Well it had to happen eventually!

Anonymous

I get it, honest, I do. I'm good waiting in the queue (is that correct?) rather than filtering.

In Seattle, in the city, one can mount the sidewalk and ride between the poles and the curb. It's actually preferred by all concerned. Virtually every side walk allows at least 2 feet (.609 meters) between the poles and the street. Of course, again you have to watch for doors on the left, but peds don't accupy the same area. It's outside of the main walking area.

Each town has the option of forbidding or allowing sidewalk riding.
Poles being parking meters (machines you have to pay for parking,) utility poles, planters, trash cans, and so on. When the light changes to green at the ped crossing, the walking lane is allowed to cross.

Honestly, if you ride directly in a lane on the street when traffic is faster than your max, you can create a conflict and become a statistic. The best option is to be seen by doing so. Staying in traffic is preferred up to the point of the cars driving faster. They want you out of the way by then.
'Probably the same in most places.

Here in Georgia, it's best to just stay off the streets and ride the sidewalks, which never have people on them until you get into the city. The cars will consider you a target and take the initiative. Believe me, there is no love lost on a bicyclist.

You guys are mainly referring to London here in this thread, right?

Gambatte

bikers46 wrote:

You guys are mainly referring to London here in this thread, right?

Nope

Anonymous

I was guessing by Mike's post, so it is the same in most of the UK? The filtering thing?

cee

bikers46 wrote:

I was guessing by Mike's post, so it is the same in most of the UK? The filtering thing?

Too troo buddy........If I get the bus, my commute take about an hour.
My cycle commute takes between 10-30 minutes depending upon how furiously I cycle!
If I waited in the queue like all the other traffic, my cycle commute would take about an hour, that extra 40 or so minutes waiting in a queue (It just so happens that my line of fire as it were does not include many bits that do not have traffic!).

Why would I bother!

Gambatte

My commute about 40mins in a car about 50 by bike.

Car is stop/start, upto 70mph, with a lot of 0-10mph.

Bikes more steady 10-37mph, dependant mainly on where the hills are, filtering helps maintain that 10mph lower limit

TheFoolio888

cee wrote:

bikers46 wrote:

I was guessing by Mike's post, so it is the same in most of the UK? The filtering thing?

Too troo buddy........If I get the bus, my commute take about an hour.
My cycle commute takes between 10-30 minutes depending upon how furiously I cycle!
If I waited in the queue like all the other traffic, my cycle commute would take about an hour, that extra 40 or so minutes waiting in a queue (It just so happens that my line of fire as it were does not include many bits that do not have traffic!).

Why would I bother!

I'd have to agree with this...on my commute in Birmingham I use a combination of bus lanes, filtering between lanes and pavement. If I sat in traffic like a car the commute would take me 45mins, by filtering it takes me 15-20mins.

Why would anyone bother sitting in traffic like a car?

redddraggon

TheFoolio888 wrote:

Why would anyone bother sitting in traffic like a car?

If it's unsafe to filter

TheFoolio888

redddraggon wrote:

TheFoolio888 wrote:

Why would anyone bother sitting in traffic like a car?

If it's unsafe to filter

Sorry, I meant to permanently sit in traffic and never filter.

BentMikey

Only filtering isn't necessarily unsafe. Done carefully the level of risk is very low. OTOH, if you filter like Lucas Brunelle, I guess the risks may be higher!

secretsam

Dirk Van Gently wrote:

Well the driver of the van has committed a serious offence (apart from knocking you off the bike that is) he left the scene of an accident

Ping! That's his job gone if the police catch him

Anonymous

Ping! That's his job gone if the police catch him

Hit and run. No pretty words hide that one.

Hairy Jock

It should be pointed out that the left lane on North Bridge is a Bus Lane, although there are often vans and taxis using it for parking at the top (south) end. I find it a wee bit worrying to here of vans doing U-turns as I generally hit 25-30mph going down there in the mornings. Just wish I could get close to that sort of speed going up on the way home.

cee

Well it was back to the docs for me this morning. The pain in my ribs hadn't subsided so I thought another check was the very thing.

This doctor diagnosed definitely one, possibly two fractures in different ribs. She also upped the ante with the ole pain meds as well! :shock:

The guys who hit me seems to have gotten away with it. The police say they didn't get ctcv footage and no-one else reported it. :x

Ah yes the uphill direction of the north bridge. I tell yeh.... it aint that steep but it kicks your ass sometimes! My favourite route is straight up the mound from hanover street. That certainly separates the wheat from the chaff!