Re: Riding on motorways
 

I hate motorway riding, particularly overtakes in the fast lane, as you are prone to idiots in the moddle lane pulling out without indicating.

I get back to the inside lane as quickly as possible, but motorways are just tedious, much prefer a nice twisty road.

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Motorway riding has never bothere me as its just like in the car, Boring and idiots dont see you.
Take an mp3 player to relieve boredom and away you go.

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Also try not to sit in cars' blindspots and look as far ahead as possible for any changes that may affect you.

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Maybe ... :p

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I dislike Motorways on the Bike. Just so Boring. Ear plugs a must.

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I do most of my miles at the minute on the M40 and it is mind numbingly boring, but p*ss easy compared to driving through London when I get there. It really is just a confidence and experience issue. I'm used to doing loads of motorway miles but less used to London traffic, hence I feel more secure doing a ton on the motorway than 15mph through London. Motorways are pretty safe IMO compared to most roads. You know exactly where people can emerge and exit the road and only have one direction of traffic flow to look out for. Like everything in biking, there no substitute for just putting in the miles...

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+1 for 'motorways are boring' .

+1 for 'earplugs are essential'

+1 for 'I hate motorways in the rain'

Just treat the other drivers as homicidal idiots with no clue which lane they should be in (or how indicators work) and you won't be too far away from the truth.

Keith

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Cross winds that are so bad you can get your knee down leaning into them. Joy I tell you! Other than that no real issues, ive done thousands of miles commuting on them.

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Until you ride under a bridge :p

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:eye: That would make a brilliant video