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Cycling ... in Reading & district; ... and further afield!
Topic Started: 29 Feb 2012, 05:40 PM (5,903 Views)
Hayes
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Now all you cyclists,tell me,is there a different law for you in Reading.When you jump the lights and just miss the cars that are coming across you do you think it's funny.When you ride in the middle of the inside lane up the A33cant you see the 15ft cycle path that cost a few grand if you cared to look to your left? Another thing,those flickering lights that you got on your head like Beachy Head lighthouse,do you know that they half blind motorists coming the other way.Reading seem to have the worse cyclists in the universe,perhaps it's time the government made them pay say 50quid a year road tax.I know motorist sometime p@@s you off and they can be just as annoying to you,but come on,obey the law.
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6 Nov 2013, 05:06 PM
On the face of it it seems heavy handed, but if he wasn't prepared to co-operate with the police then its his own fault. But a summons to court is ridiculous, he should have been given a police caution or, at most, an 'on the spot' fine.
The ideal scenario would be to confiscate his bike until he has bought some lights.
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6 Nov 2013, 05:17 PM
SuffolkRoyal
6 Nov 2013, 05:06 PM
On the face of it it seems heavy handed, but if he wasn't prepared to co-operate with the police then its his own fault. But a summons to court is ridiculous, he should have been given a police caution or, at most, an 'on the spot' fine.
The ideal scenario would be to confiscate his bike until he has bought some lights.
I got the impression he had lights but hadn't switched them on, apparently because he forgot the clocks had gone back ^o) .

He clearly hadn't noticed it had gone dark ;) :D
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6 Nov 2013, 06:21 PM
Tilehurstsouthbank
6 Nov 2013, 05:17 PM
SuffolkRoyal
6 Nov 2013, 05:06 PM
On the face of it it seems heavy handed, but if he wasn't prepared to co-operate with the police then its his own fault. But a summons to court is ridiculous, he should have been given a police caution or, at most, an 'on the spot' fine.
The ideal scenario would be to confiscate his bike until he has bought some lights.
I got the impression he had lights but hadn't switched them on, apparently because he forgot the clocks had gone back ^o) .

He clearly hadn't noticed it had gone dark ;) :D
yep, more-or-less. I think it was more of that the lights were at home, not yet fitted to the bike for the winter months ...
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6 Nov 2013, 08:32 PM
SuffolkRoyal
6 Nov 2013, 06:21 PM
Tilehurstsouthbank
6 Nov 2013, 05:17 PM
SuffolkRoyal
6 Nov 2013, 05:06 PM
On the face of it it seems heavy handed, but if he wasn't prepared to co-operate with the police then its his own fault. But a summons to court is ridiculous, he should have been given a police caution or, at most, an 'on the spot' fine.
The ideal scenario would be to confiscate his bike until he has bought some lights.
I got the impression he had lights but hadn't switched them on, apparently because he forgot the clocks had gone back ^o) .

He clearly hadn't noticed it had gone dark ;) :D
yep, more-or-less. I think it was more of that the lights were at home, not yet fitted to the bike for the winter months ...
In that case the Twonk deserves all he gets!
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Pedal on for Purley biking tour

CYCLISTS are being urged to register for a community bike ride raising cash for a promised primary school.

The Tour de Purley on Sunday, April 27, will collect cash for the proposed Purley Primary School - an extension of the infant school off Purley Lane - as organisers look to raise £600,000 by next September.

Riders can choose between 25 or nine mile routes, starting at Bucknell’s Meadow, for a sign-up fee of £10, while a children’s cycle costs £5 per rider. The event is supported by Reading West MP Alok Sharma, who will be handing out medals in the meadow when the racers have finished, and he is hopeful the school will receive the further funding it needs.

He said: “I am delighted to be taking part in the Tour de Purley to help support the bid to expand Purley Primary School. The school has tremendous backing from the community for this expansion and I applaud the inventive ways they have gone about fundraising for the new school building.”

Mum of two Danyelle Tovey has helped to organise the ride and said: “I’m looking forward to it. It is really important that we can have a primary school in Purley and we have already got more than 100 people signed up.”

Parents and teachers have already raised more than £350,000 for the project, which was approved by West Berkshire Council in September.

To keep track of their progress, visit www.purleyprimaryschool.co.uk



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Awesome a clear route one way and a slalom route the other way! Clearly someone from the council just wanted to give them some fun! :D
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Interesting article I've just found. Obviously only applies to real cyclist opposed to the idiots on their phones or drinking a can of Cider whilst they amble along. ^o)

Why do cyclists ride in the middle of the road? Because they're allowed to: a poster from the Department for Transport advises "Cyclists. Ride central on narrow roads." think.direct.gov.uk/cycling.html

See those potholes? Not good for your suspension, are they? To cyclists, they're not just inconvenient they're lethal. The cyclist up ahead might be in the middle of the road for a few seconds in order to avoid a big gash in the ground. Cyclists are expert pothole - spotters. Use this inside knowledge to prevent costly damage to your car's suspension.

But, I hear you cry, cyclists block me even when the tarmac is butter-smooth. Take a look ahead. See any "islands", those refuges placed smack bang in the middle of the road, and placed there to protect pedestrians? Every keen cyclist knows that these islands can be death traps. Some motorists get a spurt on to overtake cyclists before these refuges, cutting in at the last second. Some cyclists, therefore, take what's called the "primary position". (Yes, there's an official Stationery Office name for the middle of-the-road manoeuvre www.cyclecraft.co.uk/book.html). This is cyclists' semaphore for "don't pass me just yet there's an obstacle ahead." Watch what cyclists do when they've passed the island: ninety-nine times out of a hundred they tuck back into the side of the road, and the motorist can then safely overtake. When a cyclist takes the "primary position" before such an upcoming obstacle it's not a mark of arrogance, it's a (risky) tactic to keep everyone safe.

Cyclists will also assume the primary position to avoid "dooring" by motorists opening their car doors without looking, or when about to turn right. Again, once safe to do so, cyclists return to the side of the road.

Not that a cyclist has to be a "gutter bunny," hugging the kerb. Cyclists, in law, operate "carriages", and have done since a court case in 1879. And, as operators of vehicles they have as much right to the whole lane as a motorist. Most of the time cyclists, quite sensibly, allow motorists to pass because that's the safest and nicest thing to do. But it's not a legal requirement. There's no such thing on the road as a "car lane." The only roads that motorists can call their own are motorways - the clue is in the name.

OK, so how about those cyclists who block the road by "riding two abreast". That's also perfectly legal. It's in the Highway Code. https://www.gov.uk/rules-for-cyclists-59-to-82/overview-59-to-71 Remember, motorists - unless their cars concertina like Autobots from the Transformers movie www.imdb.com/title/tt0418279/ - ride two abreast all the time, even when driving solo.

The Highway Code states that cyclists should not ride more than two abreast and should ride in single file on "narrow or busy roads and riding round bends." However, the Highway Code doesn't define what it means by "narrow" or "busy" or quite how rounded the curve has to be before it's considered a "bend." Club cyclists, who often ride in packs, will ride two abreast to chat, and will thin out when necessary, but two riders will often "take primary position" before bends. It should be reasonably obvious why. Far too many motorists take bends, even blind ones, fast, and cyclists do not want to be squished when an overtaking driver realises they've overcooked the corner and has to dive back in to avoid a head-on smash.

Cyclists often "block the road" in order to save their lives, and possibly yours, too.

Carlton Reid is the executive editor of BikeBiz.com. He drives a Nissan Note "but not very often." He's writing a history book on motoring's cycling beginnings, Roads Were Not Built For Cars. www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com

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I think it proves we're still a long way from finding a peaceful co-existence together ...
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There will never be peace between motorists and cyclists. Maybe if more motorists spent a few hours a month on a bike, they'd be less aggressive towards Cyclists.

As someone who does both, I find myself very tolerant of bikes on the road, but still very wary of cars when I'm on my bike.
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I pulled up at a junction yesterday near my house and a bike was on the inside, proper cyclist not the idiot type, I called out to him are you going straight on or turning left, he said left - why? So I replied well I didn't want to knock you off your bike if you're going straight on so would have waited for you to get across safely - he nearly fell off his bike in surprise! It can be done!!
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