Had a great ride in London

malky54704
malky54704 Posts: 178
edited July 2007 in Commuting chat
Yesterday St Albans to East Grinstead, only 56 miles but great ride. How do you guys cope with that traffic every day?

Anyway saw many guys jumping the lights....


What's your recent great ride, you know when you just seem to fly!!!
Power to the Pedal

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  • tony_s
    tony_s Posts: 237
    I love the slightly dangerous dog-eat-dog nature of cycling in London. I love to ride fast and aggressively- it's such a buzz and means that the whole exercise never gets boring. As for RLJ's, I like to think that people who use bikes as a means of cheap transport tend to jump lights whereas cyclists don't, if you catch my drift; a bit pompous maybe but there ya go!!
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  • jonathan ellis
    jonathan ellis Posts: 3,870
    great ride yesterday down in hyde park along the serpentine road

    on the RLJ I have given up with them
    it appears to be about 90% who do it
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  • jonnywilkinson
    jonnywilkinson Posts: 356
    all riding in london is great, but yeah, even better when everything just clicks, and nothing can touch you
    Jonny

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  • Tynancp
    Tynancp Posts: 160
    resisting rlj at junctions, just, they're so slow sometimes that the dozen bikes I've passed in the last few minutes all come past me and wobble across huge junctions perfectly safely

    it's very annoying, the junctions are seriously crap, I sit there wondering what on earth is supposed to be happening
  • Greenbank
    Greenbank Posts: 731
    malky54704 wrote:
    How do you guys cope with that traffic every day?

    You get used to it, and it makes cycling around nice quiet country lanes at the weekend even more enjoyable.
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  • overmars
    overmars Posts: 430
    I think the weekend of the TDF in London was possibly the best I've ever had. It was like being on a high and wishing it would never stop...
    8) 8) 8) :D:D:D
  • hevipedal
    hevipedal Posts: 2,475
    overmars wrote:
    I think the weekend of the TDF in London was possibly the best I've ever had. It was like being on a high and wishing it would never stop...
    8) 8) 8) :D:D:D

    It was definately a high............ and next friday I'll be riding out to Montee de la jeante to see the peleton in France. A 100k ride to see them go past... and then another 100k home. can't wait.
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  • malky54704
    malky54704 Posts: 178
    hevipedal wrote:
    overmars wrote:
    I think the weekend of the TDF in London was possibly the best I've ever had. It was like being on a high and wishing it would never stop...
    8) 8) 8) :D:D:D

    It was definately a high............ and next friday I'll be riding out to Montee de la jeante to see the peleton in France. A 100k ride to see them go past... and then another 100k home. can't wait.

    See you are doing London Paris. I did E Grinstead tro Paris for charity we had 15 riders it was great. You have to believe cycling down the Champs was fantastic. Finished at Tour Effiel- fantastic!!!!!
    Power to the Pedal

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  • graham_g
    graham_g Posts: 652
    That's how I met my current girlfriend.

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