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Is It Time To Demand Segregation?
Do The Right Thing » Sweat365 » Fitness Community — No, I’m not talking about the kind of segregation that creates second-class citizens , and makes people sit at the back of the bus - that’s not a Good Thing at all. No, what I mean is having decent, direct routes for bikes that keep them out of the way of eejits people driving motorised vehicles. I grew up as a Vehicular Cyclist - I passed my Cycling Proficiency test at the age of nine or so, and from then on rode proudly on the road, asserting my rights to be there through riding responsibly. I ride as if I have every right to be there, obey the law (stop at red, light up, etc), and in the case of a driver who’s in any doubt, I’ve had over 30 years ...

What segregation really means
A view from the cycle path - David Hembrow — This video shows a location very near our home. Cyclists completely separated from motor traffic. And I mean completely separated. It's not an aberration, but something quite common. I've said in the past that it's possible to cycle here and barely see cars, and so it is. Cars are mostly elsewhere. I previously had a video of the far end of the bicycle road shown in this video. If you imagine going under the blue bridge in this video, you can get all the way into the city centre on the bicycle road, and the last bit looks like this This location looked quite different three years ago. The ...

Et Cetera 3
The Recumbent Blog — The Sunday tradition continues — a few items that caught our eye this week… Bubble and Squeak – an Update by Miles Kingsbury Miles Kingsbury is a masterful fabricator and documents his projects beautifully. See his latest “Bubble and Squeak” update at Bhpc.org.uk → Filmed By Bike 2010 Call For Entries Filmed By Bike is an annual festival of short cycling films, limited to 8 minutes each. Entries for the 2010 festival are being accepted through February 15th, with chosen films being shown April 16-18 in Portland. With an annual run ...

Personally I’d Find A Different Route
Do The Right Thing » Sweat365 » Fitness Community — This video appeared on Cyclelicio.us a few days ago. It shows that you’re far, far "safer" to take the lane on a dual carriageway than to ride along the hard shoulder. In so doing, the overtaking traffic gives you a much wider berth than if you’ve already marginalised yourself to the edge of the road: There are several roads a little like that near here - The Coast Road, the A19 south of the Tyne Tunnel, the Spine Road to Ashington, etc. And I’ve pretty much decided that none of them is safe for cyclists. Few roads in the UK have actual hard shoulders (a kerb in town, or a ditch out of town seem to be the norm), except motorways. The speed limit on those is 70mph, ...