Tales from today's commute....

[markharry66]

Monday and back out on road bike today, cold start, no weekend cycling afteralll as according to her indoors shopping on both days is more important. Nice sunny start, lack of traffic and a different route into work, I thought I would avoid the agg of bin day on my usual route and take the scenic route though the park, kept my speed down in the park. Typical once got through the park realised I had not passed a single person in there. Bumped into one of our van drivers from work exchanged light hearted v signs. Nice journey into work.

 

[PeteXXX]

Londoncentric, but will the new Silvertown Tunnel, which opens today, be if any use to anyone?
Dedicated bike shuttle service, apparently..

 

[biking_fox]

Good start to the week, still cold but fine cycling on school holiday empty roads.

 

[ianrauk]

Londoncentric, but will the new Silvertown Tunnel, which opens today, be if any use to anyone?
Dedicated bike shuttle service, apparently..

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Its a complete and utter mess. Especially for pedestrians and cyclists. No thought has been put into it to make the tunnel inclusive which should have happened from the start. It's also a very busy area car wise both sides of the river. Cyclists will have to wait for a token bus service which they have said will be free for the first year. Then what? It will go the similar route to the Dartford Crossing for bikes. They will slowly erode the transport until it is pretty much useless and even may start charging.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Perfect just slightly frosty morning. Absolutely beautiful to be out.

 

[PeteXXX]

Its a complete and utter mess. Especially for pedestrians and cyclists. No thought has been put into it to make the tunnel inclusive which should have happened from the start. It's also a very busy area car wise both sides of the river. Cyclists will have to wait for a token bus service which they have said will be free for the first year. Then what? It will go the similar route to the Dartford Crossing for bikes. They will slowly erode the transport until it is pretty much useless and even may start charging.

I read an article on it somewhere.. I think it was a sentence the final paragraph that had a mention of bikes in it.. 😞