Don't ride in groups or we will be stopped cycling completely.

[ozboz]

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has banned joggers and cyclists from the Thames Path between 10am and 6pm over Easter. It seems pretty sensible because it is so crowded that social distancing is getting impossible. It's hard enough when I go out at 7:30pm for an hour or so. Now there'll be a whole lot more joggers to contend with.

That’s interesting , i was on part of that yesterday from Putney to Richmond , there was quite a lot of cycling activity ,

 

[Mo1959]

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Social distancing on the beach at Cooden, early in the morning, observed on my ride. Looks pretty good to me.

Side note: the dazzling sunshine and reflections off the water and damp low-tide sand blew out the colour and created this interesting monochrome effect.

Love that!

 

[DaveReading]

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has banned joggers and cyclists from the Thames Path between 10am and 6pm over Easter. It seems pretty sensible because it is so crowded that social distancing is getting impossible. It's hard enough when I go out at 7:30pm for an hour or so. Now there'll be a whole lot more joggers to contend with.

Yes, they showed on the TV news last night runners being told to walk and cyclists to dismount on the towpath.

That seems a bit irrational, given that it increases the time they are exposed to people that they are passing, and vice versa, though I suspect the hidden aim was to persuade them to run and cycle somewhere less crowded, which makes more sense.

 

[iandg]

No, the situation that the country is in needs folk to question if having a population that's less fit than usual is a good idea right now or if people spending a little less time at home would be a better option. As long as they're sensible, don't overdo it and take care, that is.

Usually about now, I'd be riding 12 hours a week at this point even in iffy weather, building up to go touring and take part in some big event rides, but I'm doing only about 7 despite the warmth, rarely leaving the fens and my home valley. With no events or tours any time soon, motivation seems more difficult.

The population is probably getting fitter with the number of people I pass on my daily dog walk (and the number of cyclists that are out on the road according to my clubmates).

You should be able to maintain a good level of fitness on 7 hours a week. I have continued with the daily dog walk (about 4-5km) and done about 200 virtual km on rollers/turbo since 'lockdown' started. Up to 22nd March I had covered just over 2000km in around 95 hours and 50 rides and was looking forward to longer rides over the summer months. I'm still fit and confident that I could ride 200km tomorrow if restriction was lifted despite no outdoor cycling for 3 weeks and I've maintained the same weight and BP that I had in March when I stopped cycling outdoors (I was 80kg and had a BP of around 155/90 at the end of 2019, I'm currently 77.5kg and 140/80).

To date I've missed 1 audax event cancelled due to covid restrictions, the Dirty Reiver next week is rescheduled for September and I was also looking forward to a 300km in May and a 200km in June. I'm confident that I've maintained a reasonable level of fitness

Everything will get back to 'normal' when infection rate starts to decline - that's only going to happen by reducing transmission and transmission to a vulnerable person may kill them. More people out on the streets for longer (running, jogging, cycling) results in social distancing becoming more difficult - so no, spending a little less time at home is probably not the best option.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

You can go out once per day to exercise, and you know that... no need to kick the arse out of it.

@SkipdiverJohn can go out at often as he likes for exercise in England and you know that.

 

[mjr]

More people out on the streets for longer (running, jogging, cycling) results in social distancing becoming more difficult - so no, spending a little less time at home is probably not the best option.

I don't agree that social distancing becomes more difficult with cycling as long as people mostly ride out of built-up areas, rather than all head for the banks of the Thames. I was no closer than 4m to anyone but my wife yesterday when cycling and most of the time, I couldn't even see anyone else. I'm closer than that to other people when in my garden!

Would anyone like to divide England's road length by population by say 3 (as we won't all be out all day) and see how much road per person? The problem is distribution not space and cycling spreads people over a wider area.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

As others have correctly pointed out already, I can go out as many times as I wish, for exercise, shopping, or work purposes - so I'm not kicking the arse out of anything. And whatever distances I do ride don't get uploaded to Strava either. As it happened I did go out again, for just over an hour in the evening, which would have meant a daily total of at least 40 miles. That's on my own, not in a close proximity group with others, so it's irrelevant to anyone else what mileage I do or whether it's in one ride or multiple rides, or a mixture of rides and walks.
Some people who seem to think it's their entitlement to stick their oar in and make judgements about how much exercise is deemed "reasonable" for someone else to do, would be far better off just minding their own business and concentrating on what they do, rather than being self-appointed busybodies telling everyone else what to do. Far from restricting my physical activity, since the shite weather finally improved last month, I've actually been doing double the amount of cycling and walking I would normally do - and I will be keeping this increased activity up all the time that the virus restrictions continue to interfere with my normal routine.

1. When am I allowed to leave the house?
You should only leave the house for very limited purposes:

• shopping for basic necessities, for example food and medicine, which must be as infrequent as possible
• one form of exercise a day, for example a run, walk, or cycle - alone or with members of your household
• any medical need, including to donate blood, avoid or escape risk of injury or harm, or to provide care or to help a vulnerable person
• travelling for work purposes, but only where you cannot work from home

But by all means keep doing your own thing, because you're interpreting it "as you wish" and even seeing it in black and white isn't going to convince you.

 

[Low Gear Guy]

Yes, they showed on the TV news last night runners being told to walk and cyclists to dismount on the towpath.

That seems a bit irrational, given that it increases the time they are exposed to people that they are passing, and vice versa, though I suspect the hidden aim was to persuade them to run and cycle somewhere less crowded, which makes more sense.

There is also a potential issue with speed differentials. The runner and cyclists will be passing lots of people at slow speed whereas the walkers will be moving at a similar pace and generally keeping spaced out.

 

[PK99]

There is also a potential issue with speed differentials. The runner and cyclists will be passing lots of people at slow speed whereas the walkers will be moving at a similar pace and generally keeping spaced out.

Exactly, while waling on Wimbledon common I have not once been close passed by a walker but have been numerous times by cyclists and runners.

 

[lane]

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has banned joggers and cyclists from the Thames Path between 10am and 6pm over Easter. It seems pretty sensible because it is so crowded that social distancing is getting impossible. It's hard enough when I go out at 7:30pm for an hour or so. Now there'll be a whole lot more joggers to contend with.

Exactly the point I was making about the French curfu if you restrict times people go out more people out at the same time is the result which is worse.

 

[lane]

Exactly, while waling on Wimbledon common I have not once been close passed by a walker but have been numerous times by cyclists and runners.

Same here when walking closed passed by a runner when cycling by a cyclist despite a straight wide road with no traffic. That was a group of two cyclists out together.

 

[alicat]

That says one form of exercise a day. So in theory I can go cycling as much as i want but can't do a run and a walk on the same day.

To be clear, I have decided to go by the spirit of it and am either cycling or walking but not both.

 

[lane]

Report on local CTC Facebook page of police pulling up when a cyclist stopped for call of nature and a second hand report of cyclist being stopped and asked where he lived - not sure if true or not due to being second hand but suspect it probably is.

 

[PK99]

Exactly the point I was making about the French curfu if you restrict times people go out more people out at the same time is the result which is worse.

The simple solution :

Jog or cycle on the road not where walkers are - after all there are precious few cars there now!

Do not cycle on towpaths or shared paths

Do no jog on towpaths or pedestrian paths.

 

[JtB]

I’ve decided to keep my intensive exercise indoors on my cross and turbo trainers, while my single daily outdoor exercise is walking.