Areas you hate??
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The avenue in southampton. its the main route out of the city to the countryside and its always busy has loads of massive pot holes (got double pinch flats and dented rim once) and the 'cycle path' is the pavement and is thus covered in glass, crosses countless driveways and junctions and if you have the temerity to use the road you get honked at as your paseed by mere millimeteres by retards in vans and lorries (hilariously i once even got screamed at by a pedestrian to get on to the pavement :shock: )pm0
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BigJimmyB wrote:pyro_maniac wrote:best thing i did was move4 away from plaistow, i hate east london, its gone badly dowhill in the last few years, and it wasnt that good to begin with
Where about in S Ock are you? I know it well.
There's not exactly a lot of it to know. 0 -
BigJimmyB wrote:pyro_maniac wrote:best thing i did was move4 away from plaistow, i hate east london, its gone badly dowhill in the last few years, and it wasnt that good to begin with
Where about in S Ock are you? I know it well.
i live near the junction of south and stifford rds, nicely out the way and tucked away in the corner of town0 -
Mr_Cellophane wrote:BigJimmyB wrote:pyro_maniac wrote:best thing i did was move4 away from plaistow, i hate east london, its gone badly dowhill in the last few years, and it wasnt that good to begin with
Where about in S Ock are you? I know it well. There's not exactly a lot of it to know.
lol, one of the reasons we moved here, a lot quiter and more laid back then london0 -
It's not an area as such, except perhaps in a metaphysical sense - the Piccadilly Line.0
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The cycle path that takes me the short route to work that I end up taking if I oversleep in the morning. It takes me past the Westlands helicopter factory and every morning I am confronted with people who show liltle or no cycling skills and quite frankly have a problem with the concept of keeping to the left of the cycling lane or at least not riding in the middle of it and wobbling about everywhere.
Last night on the way home one of them was daydreaming and not looking where they were going so I slowed down and moved out of there way as they wobbled into my path. My cry of "watch where you are going" was enough to make them wobble out of my way again.
How difficult is it to ride in a straight line and watch what other people are doing, its getting dangerous and I've got the point now where I have decided to cycle on the road and take my chance with the tin boxes.0 -
redddraggon wrote:idaviesmoore wrote:Mold-Denbigh road...minging road surface and the whole stretch is like a wind tunnel
The A541?, It's not too bad, better than a lot of roads in England.
Ie, if you do it on a motorbike
'How can an opinion be bullsh1t?' High Fidelity0 -
"pyro_maniac wrote:i live near the junction of south and stifford rds, nicely out the way and tucked away in the corner of town
Near the bustops too!
My family (and some friends) are from Ockendon, lived there myself a while back.
We ride from the Treaclemine (near where I live), through davey Down and up into Marley woods, then out to Belhus (and back!). Not the most inspiring route, but about the best without using the car.
Do you have any local routes?0 -
broachboy wrote:Wolverhampton :x what a dump - I hate the place, only been here for 41 years now :? Bonus is I am only 5 mins from Staffordshire, and 20 mins from Shropshire
Love Shropshire, love the damn place
Which bit of Wolverhampton are you in? Grew up there myself (still go back now and again, and am still all too easily parted from my cash when popping into Fred Williams ), and getting into the countryside for decent rides was always fairly easy. Not much in the way for difficult hills unless headed west to Bridgnorth or north over the Chase (the long slog uphill from Cannock town centre to the telecomms tower near Broadhurst Green was and is always a favourite), though.
David"It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal0 -
Harehills/Chapeltown area of Leeds.
Its full of chavs/refugees/illegals driving about in untaxed,uninsured cars. Most of them are held together with tape and string.0 -
[/quote]BigJimmyB wrote:"pyro_maniac wrote:i live near the junction of south and stifford rds, nicely out the way and tucked away in the corner of town
Near the bustops too!
My family (and some friends) are from Ockendon, lived there myself a while back.
We ride from the Treaclemine (near where I live), through davey Down and up into Marley woods, then out to Belhus (and back!). Not the most inspiring route, but about the best without using the car.
Do you have any local routes?
not yet, only lived here just under a year, had loads to do to the house and i am just going back to work now after having aback problem for the last 6 months
will have a look at riding through davey down into the woods, must be some better places to ride, just got to find them0 -
I hate The Avenue too. I just moved, and my way out of town is along Millbrook Road. It's a pleasure.portuguese mike wrote:The avenue in southampton. its the main route out of the city to the countryside and its always busy has loads of massive pot holes (got double pinch flats and dented rim once) and the 'cycle path' is the pavement and is thus covered in glass, crosses countless driveways and junctions and if you have the temerity to use the road you get honked at as your paseed by mere millimeteres by retards in vans and lorries (hilariously i once even got screamed at by a pedestrian to get on to the pavement :shock: )0 -
[/quote][/quote]pyro_maniac wrote:BigJimmyB wrote:"pyro_maniac wrote:i live near the junction of south and stifford rds, nicely out the way and tucked away in the corner of town
Near the bustops too!
My family (and some friends) are from Ockendon, lived there myself a while back.
We ride from the Treaclemine (near where I live), through davey Down and up into Marley woods, then out to Belhus (and back!). Not the most inspiring route, but about the best without using the car.
Do you have any local routes?
not yet, only lived here just under a year, had loads to do to the house and i am just going back to work now after having aback problem for the last 6 months
will have a look at riding through davey down into the woods, must be some better places to ride, just got to find them
Go up to the swimming pool, then ride up alongside the golf driving range into the country park. You can do a good few miles if you don't mind weaving about a bit and crossing a few roads.
Yup, I live there as well!0 -
east london yes ... birmingham, southampton, leicester ... etc. all sorry once great places that are now only exceptional in their fondness for roundabouts and crap architecture. Portsmoutth also ... the "city" that proudly announces itself to all arriving by train with a giant Matalan store.0
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Town - Dover
Landscape - around Spalding0
