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Edinburgh and Glasgow are bad enough so i can honestly say that i will never ever ride a motorcycle in London, Manchester, Leeds or any other large city down south. i have been to London twice in my life both of which i was not driving and both times i left with a desire to punch people. having said that i have met a lot of Londoners out on holiday and they are completely different people compared to the ones i have met in London.
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I had to go the damn place yesterday and got the same feelings very quickly - trouble is it's the f*cking tourists that get to me as I had to walk through the central bit. They get quite irate when you just push them out of the way but as they swear at you in their native tongue I had no idea what they said. Serves them right for assuming that everyone wants to stop and take a picture of the Palace of Westminster Clock Tower NO IT'S NOT CALLED BIG BEN - THAT'S THE NAME OF THE BELL INSIDE IT YOU IDIOTS is what I found myself muttering under my breath, quite loudly...
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It is a London attitude thing... tube arrives in the station, I'm at the end of the carriage where there's just a single door, door opens... and there's a crowd of people standing there, a solid wall of them, wanting to get on. And I want to get off.
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Virtually 99% of all the riding I have ever done has been in London. I learnt to ride in London during uni. Recently moved back home to MK, and I feel like I can ride with one eye closed here...so much more of a doddle than central London.
My slow speed control benefited hugely, and London aint so bad if you're loud and fast...most importantly loud though. Cycliststs, scooters and tourist pedestrians are the 3 worst things. These new barclays bicycles hasn't helped matters either. +1 Last edited by thulfi; 08-08-11 at 06:52 PM. |
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My first capital ride was Paris fully loaded 2UP, don't think I have ever been more stressed or focused so hard whilst on my bike. After the initial ride in, and once I turned off the satnav (and the distracting chatty mrs behind me , wittering in my ear "ooo look at that building and how pretty it is", whilst I'm trying to dodge the suicidal pedestrians
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Have you ridden with the Soho bunch recently?
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Urban riding is a skill that needs to be honed like any other, some say it's inherently dangerous, I disagree, it's a very specialised skill that I've spent more than thirty years honing. I love it.
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The roads in London are just as bad for us Home Counties types. I lived in Kinston-u-T for a year and hated the contant queues and hours it took just to get anywhere. Nowadays I don't mind going inside the M25 as far as, say, Sunbury to get to Spannerman but any trips further in to Town and I take the train. Sorry you London dwellers but you're welcome to the place.
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Grew up in London and learned to drive there (third day, let's go round the Hammersmith one way system, shall we!). Moved out and then ended up with it on my patch as a rep. I'd need some persuading to ride there though. The combination of suicidal cyclists and despatch riders is bad enough in my motorised cage - I think I'll work my way up to biking slowly! So I don't have to bike slowly!
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