Manchester to Blackpool bikeride

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ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Hmm, I've just been reading some worrying reports on this year's event over on BikeRadar. Unfortunately, it sounds as though things haven't improved since I rode it a few years back... ;)

Apparently there were several nasty accidents on that descent I warned about at Haigh Hall, multiple collisions with cars, kerbs, fellow cyclists...

I'm sure that most people had a good ride but I think encouraging several thousand very inexperienced riders out onto busy roads at the same time is always going to be risky. There's no excuse for including a tricky slippery fast descent on the route and not even posting marshals to warn riders about it!
 

reecesanford

New Member
Location
South Manchester
The decent at Haigh Hall was slippery although common sense seems to bypass alot of people.I managed it fine on my road bike with super slick tyres but people were hammering down it like lunatics.
There were a few marshals down there and also large orange barriers made into a chicane to slow people down but it looked like some idiots had either moved some or kicked them over.

Colin you had a lucky escape as i wont be doing it again.Not worth risking a nice bike getting damaged due to other careless riders.

What also winds me up is the amount of people who now ride with ipods.There was also a bunch of scrout looking kids and one had some music system blasting music out that could be heard 200 metres away.
 

kaillum

Senior Member
reecesanford said:
Because most people have it on so loud they hear nothing else around them.

ah.. but i'm a responsbile adult. and have good spacial awareness even with G'n'R boosting me on for the last 8 miles!

don't tar everyone with the same brush.. or you'll soon run out of sticky black stuff!:smile: xx(
 

reecesanford

New Member
Location
South Manchester
You would certainly need good spacial awareness around you cycling in huge groups of people like on sunday.
I just couldnt contemplate listening to music while riding for several reasons and safety is the main one.
 
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