New to this site – hope you guys come back to review comments on “old” strips…
@JB – my ‘city’ in the Netherlands just took a two lane street with a painted bike lane (and a tram line between the carriageways – we have public transport here!) and made it single lane with a raised bike lane at ‘sidewalk’ level. Plus at some junctions and roundabouts (‘traffic circles’ in US, right?) cars have to give way to bikes crossing.
@ Rene – London (England !) now has a Mayor who cycles…
By the way, who said UK and US were two nations divided by a common language? I thought a road bike was for riding on roads, cf ATB for riding off-road… It seems that, in the US, a ‘road’ bike is what we call a ‘racing’ bike – no mudguards or carrier, useless for real life (commuting, shopping, picnics with the family). Oh, well…!
Yep, Boris cycles, but it remains to be seen what priority he gives to cycling. Given he wasn’t really elected having made a priority of cycling, who knows?
(BTW: I’m in UK and use ‘road’ bike in the ‘racing’ sense. For a bike with muguards etc, I’d use the phrase ‘touring bike’ or ‘city bike’ – my current bike neatly falls between cracks, it’s a MTB style Bike Shaped Object to which I’ve fitted racks, non knobbly tyres etc).
New to this site – hope you guys come back to review comments on “old” strips…
@JB – my ‘city’ in the Netherlands just took a two lane street with a painted bike lane (and a tram line between the carriageways – we have public transport here!) and made it single lane with a raised bike lane at ‘sidewalk’ level. Plus at some junctions and roundabouts (‘traffic circles’ in US, right?) cars have to give way to bikes crossing.
@ Rene – London (England !) now has a Mayor who cycles…
By the way, who said UK and US were two nations divided by a common language? I thought a road bike was for riding on roads, cf ATB for riding off-road… It seems that, in the US, a ‘road’ bike is what we call a ‘racing’ bike – no mudguards or carrier, useless for real life (commuting, shopping, picnics with the family). Oh, well…!
Yep, Boris cycles, but it remains to be seen what priority he gives to cycling. Given he wasn’t really elected having made a priority of cycling, who knows?
(BTW: I’m in UK and use ‘road’ bike in the ‘racing’ sense. For a bike with muguards etc, I’d use the phrase ‘touring bike’ or ‘city bike’ – my current bike neatly falls between cracks, it’s a MTB style Bike Shaped Object to which I’ve fitted racks, non knobbly tyres etc).