I want to ride my bicycle

[juliet]

Lots of bike discussion lately. For the benefit, therefore, of cyclists & would-be cyclists amongst my London-based readership: cycle guide maps now available online (Java required). Also, Journeyplanner now handles bike-journey planning as well.

Comments

[mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com]

i'm so bike-craving now!!!

[mr-tom.livejournal.com]

Ooooh! Shiny!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Hurrah!

[juliet]

I still prefer paper maps for most route-planning, though (I like to be able to spread the whole thing out & get all zooms at once, as it were). But it is quite shiny, yes :-) Not 100% sure how the distance thingy works yet...

[juliet]

GET ONE BIKE!

Good for yr health & everything! I believe there's some second-hand places near the Elephant which are less likely than, say, Brick Lane to consist entirely of nicked stock.

[mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com]

yes, i would go for 2nd hand but tbh i won't have enough quidpounds till end summer.

also, cycling in london traffic doth give me teh fear!

[juliet]

[nods] fair enough re lack of cash.

Second-hand locations: Pedal It, 18 Newington Causeway; Recycling, 110 Elephant Road (both recommended by Southwark Cyclists). And the London Bicycle Tour Company at Gabriel's Wharf sell off their ex-hire bikes at the end of the summer (they'll have been regularly serviced, so that might be a good deal). If you're serious, want to go have a look at the first two weekend after next? I'd be interested anyway to go look at nice bikes [grin] & you could find out how many quidpounds they are.

Cycle Training have a deal with Southwark Council whereby Southwark residents can get free/subsidised roadcraft lessons - don't know the details exactly but worth contacting them.

[removes bike pimp hat]

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Hmm, the journey planner javascript search doesn't seem to actually do anything. Maybe I'm frying it's little brain by suggesting that someone might want to cycle from Mile End to Goodge Street...

[mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com]

yes please!

[juliet]

Yay! Sometime on Sat 30th suit you, then, for bike-inspecting?

[mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com]

that sounds great, it's in my diary now.
xx

[juliet]

Hurrah, in mine too.

[juliet]

The regular tfl journeyplanner thingy? You have to go to 'extra options' & then at the bottom there's 'give me cycle-only routes'. Worked for me - & in fact suggested a different route from my normal one to take from work to Ben's, which I will try tonight (it looks like it avoids the 'orrible hill I usually encounter; and it may also cut down on the traffic lights).

However, journeyplanner appears to be struggling a little atm anyway...

[mzdt.livejournal.com]

The Globe is this Sunday, isn't it? any thoughts on advance meetings?

[juliet]

Have just sent email, squeak if you don't get it!

[peshwengi.livejournal.com]

Now I just need somewhere to leave my bike :-(

[peshwengi.livejournal.com]

Although it may be safer than the tube these days!