Travelling through London

Roastie
Roastie Posts: 1,968
edited June 2007 in Commuting chat
This afternoon I travelled through the centre of London, sadly in a car driven by my boss.

Can't believe how many cyclists I saw, and I felt so jealous - riding in London looks like a complete hoot! My boss thinks I'm insane to think of it as a playground. My "country" riding has such a completely different complexion.

Surprisingly few RLJers, but I can see how they are annoying - esp in the city environment. Have fun out there!

Edit 1: Oh yes, also witnessed a three way commuter race heading west from around St Pancras. Won by a lanky dude on a slick shod MTB, totally pasted the roadie and Brompton pilot (although I didn't think the folder had half a chance).

Edit 2: Eish! And I have no idea how you guys manage not to ride into things. There are so many rather fine looking ladies on foot I found it dificult to concentrate![:p]
David
Engineered Bicycles

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  • Fat Head
    Fat Head Posts: 765
    Take it you didn't see East London then....
  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Fat Head</i>

    Take it you didn't see East London then....
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    Drove in via the East, left via the West...

    The East was not very appealing.
    David
    Engineered Bicycles
  • b@kes
    b@kes Posts: 9
    riding in London is brilliant, apart from the way it hacks up your lungs on hot days

    if you want to see lots of RLJers have a look around the city on Moorgate or Eastcheap
  • ianamc
    ianamc Posts: 90
    eish, nothing like giving away where you are from...
  • The Endorser
    The Endorser Posts: 191
    I did a 2 mile blast across the town here I'm based to get to a job this afternoon, dicing it up withthe traffic - haven't grinned so much in ages!

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  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    I was so weeed with myself this weekend, why I took trains from Paddy instead of just biking it across to Smithfield baffles me.
    David
    Engineered Bicycles
  • plusgourmande
    plusgourmande Posts: 307
    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Roastie</i>

    I was so weeed with myself this weekend, why I took trains from Paddy instead of just biking it across to Smithfield baffles me.
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    Something to do with sporadic monsoons, i think.

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