Cycling to work

[Henry Hawthorne]

Like I said I "wasn't sure". Happily corrected, but I am almost certain I have seen bikes on trains at those times.

[mouseymousey]

I think that as long as the trains aren't rammed then you'll be OK.

[otolith]

ewenm said:

The weekly (or more frequent!) threads in GG about "bloody cyclists" make me smile. It would seem that it is sufficiently rare for someone to notice an idiot on a bike that it warrants the starting of a thread. I'm sure all of us that cycle to work could start a new thread every day about multiple idiot drivers we encounter on each ride.

I think the thing that pushes some people into an us-and-then mentality is the lunatic fringe - for instance:

http://bikescape.blogspot.com/2008/06/towards-car-...

[Davi]

sjg said:

Davi said:

Dunno about that, I had a few weeks when I couldn't drive recently, so walked in to the office or got the bus. I got wet considerably more times than I didn't.

Apparently on a 20-min each way commute you'll get rained on about 16 times over the year. That was about right by my experience - it rains a lot but it's rare for it to actually happen when you're out. Proper mudguards keep off any water from the wet roads.

I've got some good news - we're going to be in for a very dry remainder of the year - out of just a dozen days I've cycled in, I've got soaked (and I mean properly soaked) 4 times now - so only another 12 to go and only 5% of a years commute covered...

[Chris71]

Now got a more suitable bike and a secure place to put it and have to say I'm hooked.

Highly recommended and you'll learn loads about road observation for the car as well.