tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post1122777085676003025..comments2024-03-19T10:54:26.547+00:00Comments on Real cycling: Saints alive! Brompton Oratory and bad cycle lanesRob Ainsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15545429147297468874noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-43158123752263650472009-02-01T19:48:00.000+00:002009-02-01T19:48:00.000+00:00Here in Cambridge we're familiar with cycle lanes ...Here in Cambridge we're familiar with cycle lanes that lead cyclists into the Door Zone (http://www.camcycle.org.uk/newsletters/74/article5.html), though these are not contraflow lanes as in Ebury Street.<BR/><BR/>One thing about the Ebury Street lane is that car occupants who are just about to open a door will be facing cyclists, whereas on Trumpington Road they will have their backs to cyclists. I wonder if that reduces the number of "doorings"?Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14228972852570724347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-65809468463287326722009-02-01T18:43:00.000+00:002009-02-01T18:43:00.000+00:00It is always Nice Looking at Pictures of London.I ...It is always Nice Looking at Pictures of London.I have the Link now to your Blog so I can have a Look when you put something New in it. Keep up the good Work of Posting bad Infrastructure in London.l' homme au velohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964877237998191937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-61733813220533131082009-02-01T18:16:00.000+00:002009-02-01T18:16:00.000+00:00Cheers! I was in Dublin last August with a pal, en...Cheers! I was in Dublin last August with a pal, en route to cycling in a very wet Galway. The cycle paths in the capital were as patchy as they are here in London (we'd arrived on the ferry, and biking to and from Heuston was something of a challenge, with the canalside route helping a little). Tomorrow I'm intending to feature one of my favourite bad cycle facilities, a curiously botanical one in Westminster. Watch this space...Rob Ainsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15545429147297468874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-31105101065829578112009-02-01T18:02:00.000+00:002009-02-01T18:02:00.000+00:00Incidentally I have a Brompton Foldy since 2004,Gr...Incidentally I have a Brompton Foldy since 2004,Great little Bike.l' homme au velohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964877237998191937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-21245705622171184162009-02-01T18:00:00.000+00:002009-02-01T18:00:00.000+00:00Cyclists should have good Segregated Cycle Paths o...Cyclists should have good Segregated Cycle Paths of at least 2 metre or 7 foot.Those Lanes are Lethal we have the same style over here in Dublin as the UK,it is all very Pathetic.<BR/><BR/>If they the Government want People to use the Bicycle more they have got to make it safer for us to do so. Madonna Del Ghisello the Patron Saint of Bicyclists must Remember that ,very good Blog I just discovered it on Crap Waltham Forests Blog. Dublin Ireland.l' homme au velohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964877237998191937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-69862943040750690212009-01-31T19:28:00.000+00:002009-01-31T19:28:00.000+00:00Well pointed out! Last week, as I was testing out ...Well pointed out! Last week, as I was testing out the British Library newspapers site, I did a few text searches on Mozart in the Burney collection of 18th century papers. Mozza evidently made quite a splash in 1760s London: there are many adverts for his concerts, generally along the lines of 'A CONCERT by Mafter W.A. MOZART, a Childe who plaies as fkilfully as the moft Accomplifhed Mafter'.Rob Ainsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15545429147297468874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-11995939012882155352009-01-31T19:16:00.000+00:002009-01-31T19:16:00.000+00:00If you make it all the way to the south end of Ebu...If you make it all the way to the south end of Ebury Street safely, don't forget to admire the house (no. 180) on the right where Mozart composed his first symphony. There's also a statue of him (as a young boy) at the junction with Pimlico Road.Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14228972852570724347noreply@blogger.com