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Post by SILENCED on Jun 6, 2023 17:08:07 GMT
Where does it start from? It doesn't, it has finished. |
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Post by northlondon83 on Jun 6, 2023 17:11:27 GMT
Where does it start from? It doesn't, it has finished. according to multiple sources there are events on 18 June and 10 September this year. I believe the OP was referencing London to Brighton as opposed to Ride London |
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Post by northlondon83 on Jun 6, 2023 17:13:34 GMT
Where does it start from? Clapham Common I believe it used to start in Richmond. Another interesting cycle path is Avenue Verte from London to Paris, not entirely sure of the route but I know it passes through Coulsdon. Believe it heads north towards Carshalton, Morden, Colliers Wood and Battersea, possibly through Clapham too |
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Post by vjaska on Jun 6, 2023 17:17:21 GMT
I was cycling through south London this morning on my way to central London and was surprised to see so many cyclists! I got on the A23 in Brixton, where there were a bunch of cyclists who came from further south on the A23. We were then joined by even more when we got to Oval with many coming from the A3, and heading north towards Elephant and Castle. There were about 30-40 of us in total. I headed for Waterloo via Lambeth North, which was a fairly quiet section, but there were quite a lot again around Waterloo bridge heading north for Aldwych and Tottenham Court Road. It's quite rare to see so many cyclists during the week. Many go on rides on Sunday when traffic is generally better, it was around 8.30am though so I'm not sure if they were heading for work or not. However cycling does offer a good alternative to get to work or other destination as opposed to taking a bus. Traffic through West Norwood and Tulse Hill this morning was quite bad however I wouldn't say that's abnormal for 8.30am on a Tuesday morning. I think stuff like Ride London and the Olympics have boosted cycling in London and the UK, as more see it as an attractive way to commute. You can even take a foldable bike on a train during rush hour and continue your journey by bike, which can speed up journeys. I know a lot of people have been quite negative about cycling/Ride London but there are a lot of benefits to cycling I'm sort of the down the middle when it comes to cycling and why I've stayed away from this thread really until now - I've no interest in cycling and I don't agree that cycling should be plumped ahead of bus passengers who always shoved to the bottom of the pile but I'm not totally against it either. The biggest issue for me is congestion should of tackled first by substantially reducing it before then bringing out the cycling infrastructure - instead, whats happened is buses have lost their priority and it's helped contribute to the loss of patronage. I'm a pedestrian first and foremost and I have to admit, it's cyclists as well as e-scooters who have tended to cause issues for me more so than other traffic over the years (I still remember the cyclist who had the cheek to tell me I can't cross despite the green man showing and his traffic light showing red) but I'm not naive enough to know there are some more courteous cyclists out there but I do find them to be few and far between on my outings. As for the event, I don't have any comment on that - it's usually not in my area so I don't have first hand experience of it so not really feasible for me to comment on. |
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Post by northlondon83 on Jun 6, 2023 17:24:40 GMT
I was cycling through south London this morning on my way to central London and was surprised to see so many cyclists! I got on the A23 in Brixton, where there were a bunch of cyclists who came from further south on the A23. We were then joined by even more when we got to Oval with many coming from the A3, and heading north towards Elephant and Castle. There were about 30-40 of us in total. I headed for Waterloo via Lambeth North, which was a fairly quiet section, but there were quite a lot again around Waterloo bridge heading north for Aldwych and Tottenham Court Road. It's quite rare to see so many cyclists during the week. Many go on rides on Sunday when traffic is generally better, it was around 8.30am though so I'm not sure if they were heading for work or not. However cycling does offer a good alternative to get to work or other destination as opposed to taking a bus. Traffic through West Norwood and Tulse Hill this morning was quite bad however I wouldn't say that's abnormal for 8.30am on a Tuesday morning. I think stuff like Ride London and the Olympics have boosted cycling in London and the UK, as more see it as an attractive way to commute. You can even take a foldable bike on a train during rush hour and continue your journey by bike, which can speed up journeys. I know a lot of people have been quite negative about cycling/Ride London but there are a lot of benefits to cycling …and on Sunday 18th June, 30,000 cyclists will ride the 46th London-Brighton bike ride (it’s not a race) in aid of the BHF. It’s a super day out for a great cause. Broadly agree with your comments but I think there’s a debate to be had about whether the legacy objectives of the (fantastic) 2012 Olympics were delivered. Just out of interest, are there road closures to the same scale as Ride London? I can't imagine there being little or no enforcement of road closures since it's a fairly big event I vaguely remember last year's event on 19 June, however I wasn't in London that day so wasn't affected by disruption |
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Post by matthieu1221 on Jun 6, 2023 23:27:11 GMT
A shame that because of how the calendar works, May 28 2024 won't also be a Sunday-- the Ride London road signs warning of the upcoming road closures seem to have been forgotten and are still sitting there along Euston Road. Oh well, I guess if they are still there by 2028 (and the event is held on May 28th) the signs will be correct again.
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Post by northlondon83 on Jun 6, 2023 23:45:36 GMT
A shame that because of how the calendar works, May 28 2024 won't also be a Sunday-- the Ride London road signs warning of the upcoming road closures seem to have been forgotten and are still sitting there along Euston Road. Oh well, I guess if they are still there by 2028 (and the event is held on May 28th) the signs will be correct again. Quite often signs like that stay after the closure dates have passed, like in West Ealing where a diversion of the E7 dated Saturday 13 May 09.00-17.00 has clearly passed, but the sign has not been taken down |
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Post by ronnie on Jun 7, 2023 4:02:10 GMT
A shame that because of how the calendar works, May 28 2024 won't also be a Sunday-- the Ride London road signs warning of the upcoming road closures seem to have been forgotten and are still sitting there along Euston Road. Oh well, I guess if they are still there by 2028 (and the event is held on May 28th) the signs will be correct again. Quite often signs like that stay after the closure dates have passed, like in West Ealing where a diversion of the E7 dated Saturday 13 May 09.00-17.00 has clearly passed, but the sign has not been taken down In Greenwich just before the marathon in April there were still signs for the October marathon closures. These things have a long life …. |
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