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What the hell is wrong with Cambridge cyclists?
99 percent of them ride on cycle paths and wear helmets!!
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What the hell is wrong with Cambridge cyclists?
On Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 4:21:51 PM UTC, MrCheerful wrote:
99 percent of them ride on cycle paths and wear helmets!! Doesn't that disprove your theory that all cyclists ride on pavements? |
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What the hell is wrong with Cambridge cyclists?
On 10/12/2019 16:21, MrCheerful wrote:
99 percent of them ride on cycle paths and wear helmets!! If someone does a journey of [a number of] miles how many yards do they have to travel on a cycle path to be counted in that 99%? |
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What the hell is wrong with Cambridge cyclists?
On 10/12/2019 17:53, TMS320 wrote:
On 10/12/2019 16:21, MrCheerful wrote: 99 percent of them ride on cycle paths and wear helmets!! If someone does a journey of [a number of] miles how many yards do they have to travel on a cycle path to be counted in that 99%? Indeed, there are instances on many roads where it would be almost suicidal to NOT cycle on the path, but of course cycling much slower and respecting pedestrians etc. If the path is narrow and busy with pedestrians, then common sense tells one to walk with the bike. -- Bod |
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What the hell is wrong with Cambridge cyclists?
On Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 5:53:15 PM UTC, TMS320 wrote:
On 10/12/2019 16:21, MrCheerful wrote: 99 percent of them ride on cycle paths and wear helmets!! If someone does a journey of [a number of] miles how many yards do they have to travel on a cycle path to be counted in that 99%? Nugents are the person to answer this. They have often pointed out that pavement driving is OK because motorists only travel a portion of their journey on the footway. |
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What the hell is wrong with Cambridge cyclists?
On 10/12/2019 18:21, Bod wrote:
On 10/12/2019 17:53, TMS320 wrote: On 10/12/2019 16:21, MrCheerful wrote: 99 percent of them ride on cycle paths and wear helmets!! If someone does a journey of [a number of] miles how many yards do they have to travel on a cycle path to be counted in that 99%? Indeed, there are instances on many roads where it would be almost suicidal to NOT cycle on the path, I would have thought that in residential/shopping areas it mainly depends on whether the path takes the cyclist where they want to go and that it doesn't require a stop/start every 20 yards. From a brief visit to Cambridge, it seemed that a lot of paths were on road, using space "stolen" from payers of that mythical "road tax". but of course cycling much slower and respecting pedestrians etc. If the path is narrow and busy with pedestrians, then common sense tells one to walk with the bike. Shouldn't a cycle path offer a reasonable expectation that it's ok to cycle along it? |
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What the hell is wrong with Cambridge cyclists?
On 10/12/2019 18:49, Simon Jester wrote:
On Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 5:53:15 PM UTC, TMS320 wrote: On 10/12/2019 16:21, MrCheerful wrote: 99 percent of them ride on cycle paths and wear helmets!! If someone does a journey of [a number of] miles how many yards do they have to travel on a cycle path to be counted in that 99%? Nugents are the person to answer this. They have often pointed out that pavement driving is OK because motorists only travel a portion of their journey on the footway. Err... Cheerless was referring to cycling on ...actual cycle paths. |
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What the hell is wrong with Cambridge cyclists?
On 10/12/2019 16:21, MrCheerful wrote:
99 percent of them ride on cycle paths and wear helmets!! I was in Cambridge this evening (from the late afternoon until about 22:00). Witha small caveat about the proportion you quote, I don't think you're wrong. |
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What the hell is wrong with Cambridge cyclists?
On 10/12/2019 18:21, Bod wrote:
On 10/12/2019 17:53, TMS320 wrote: On 10/12/2019 16:21, MrCheerful wrote: 99 percent of them ride on cycle paths and wear helmets!! If someone does a journey of [a number of] miles how many yards do they have to travel on a cycle path to be counted in that 99%? Indeed, there are instances on many roads where it would be almost suicidal to NOT cycle on the path, but of course cycling much slower and respecting pedestrians etc. If the path is narrow and busy with pedestrians, then common sense tells one to walk with the bike... ....though one rarely listens to the voice of common sense when cycling, eh? |
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What the hell is wrong with Cambridge cyclists?
On 11/12/2019 00:50, JNugent wrote:
On 10/12/2019 16:21, MrCheerful wrote: 99 percent of them ride on cycle paths and wear helmets!! I was in Cambridge this evening (from the late afternoon until about 22:00). Witha small caveat about the proportion you quote, I don't think you're wrong. I might have been lucky, I only noticed one complete ****wit on a bike, no helmet, rding in the road, with a baby trailer on the back, having ignored a red light he was then stuck in the middle of a junction. |
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