What the hell is wrong with Cambridge cyclists?

99 percent of them ride on cycle paths and wear helmets!!

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?

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%?

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.

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Bod

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.

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?

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.

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.

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?

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.