Does anyone commute into central london

[xjay1337]

Just to update.
First day in my new job.
Left at just got 7.45 and arrived at 9.31 (10am start)

Lots of traffic on the m4 I think on a good run we can get this down to 1h30.


Commuting in London was ummmm exciting? Parked on Lomax street lots of spacers there - thanks to whoever pointed that out, think it was someone who worked in the building.

Now just the joy of the ride home come 6.
Altho I did get a banging chicken and bacon panini.

[xjay1337]

supercommuter said:

Takes me 2 to 2.25 hours from Bristol to Central London (Bishopsgate), yesterday was a lovely ride in and did it in 2 hours. Used to take me much longer when I first started but you get to know where the gaps are and can make much quicker progress. Unless you get blocked by some tool on a GS with a Polite vest on wobbling down the traffic.

That's very good! You must be going a fair old pelt :-)

Also, unexpected thunder storms... yay! Lol

[xjay1337]

I have waterproof gear completely although I took the waterproof lining out of my trousers as it was a bit umm... sticky... :-)

See how waterproof it is on it's own loool

[xjay1337]

Yay! Sunshine.

HASHTAG cursedit

Edited by xjay1337 on Tuesday 7th June 17:29

[xjay1337]

Not going to lie, the ZX7 is a bit tight but not as uncomfortable as I imagined, I'm a bit fat chap and it's pretty good really.
Around the city it's great and the lack of steering lock isn't really an issue. Going right is fine but left is awful because it traps your hand between the bar and the tank haha.

I find myself sitting at 90 or so on the motorway as it helps keep the weight off my shoulders.
Not sure what the new R1s are like but I remember the 2010 ish big Bang R1s were pretty roomy!

[xjay1337]

Also, on another question I notice some bus lanes do not have motorcycle on them but others do even on the same piece of road.
Are motorcycles able to use ALL bus lanes in London or are the signs correct and would we be fined if we ignored.
Only information I can find online is from 2011 lol

[xjay1337]

Ahhh no what a bum
Fingers crossed you may be lucky on this occasion!

[xjay1337]

sjtscott said:

I had to get another suspect puncture looked at the bike place I use down the road from my office first thing Monday, the roads were completely jammed upto Waterloo with a bizarre setup with a box junction only on half the road at Lambeth North station junction/crossroads. I had to bail out of my intended route and took another on a road I don't ever use so I 'might' have strayed into a no go bus lane to work around the grid lock another rider kindly advised me at the next lights he'd got a bus lane PCN ticket.. so waiting to see if anything arrives by post
Stupid bloody setup where only the Red Route TFL lanes permit bikes - other lanes are local borough council owned and none currently permit motorbikes to use their lanes. So if it arrives and I pay within 14days it going to cost me £65 Lambeth borough council's website tells me.

Did you get the ticket?



Loving the commute, down to once or twice a week now and can get from door to door in 1 hour 15 on a good day. Easy 8 to 10 leptons on the Motorway.
The longest was 1hr 40 and that was horrendous traffic from Vodafone on the A34 to Jct 10 on the M4. Average is about 1h 20-25 so that's great. Not had any issues with parking yet, always able to park in Suffolk Street or Loman Street.. had a lovely chat with an ER6 owner the other week who also got back into biking for his commute!

Finding my all weather textiles a bit much some of the time (didn't go in at all last week due to weather being so hot) so looking to get a set of Draggin Jeans and also some leathers and summer gloves.
My TCX S-Speed Goretex are great so I can use them all year round.

Edited by xjay1337 on Tuesday 26th July 11:55