But trailwagger and the others who know better might be out policing the roads when we are doing our legal solo rides?
Dunno, suspect the next announcement, after the usual 2 or 3 day delay for the last one to sink in, will be no exercise.
It will be just that ^ judging by some of the attitudes on display here
Pretty sure cycling is banned in France now after a minority taking the piss (may have been mentioned elsewhere on here just not read the full thread).
If people dont take the piss,this might work. But in hindsight were f$£ked as most of the populous will push, shops at 8am tomorrow will be rammed,families will still go to the park in groups, and you will still see people taking the pi**. Friday a full grounding.
I know everyone's getting very excited about multi-hour rides on empty roads and trails, but I'm pretty sure that's not what they're talking about. The advice is clear, stay in and only go out infrequently, when you have to. Good luck explaining to the plod why you absolutely had to go on a 5 hour bike ride 40 miles from home. It's pretty obvious that If everyone piles out on to the roads and trails (especially at the weekend) you're not going to be on your own.
Here we go...
FFS
I'll be only cycling to and from work like I normally do. Any other cycling will be on the turbo I thankfully picked up this afternoon! Only if I start to go properly mad stuck indoors will I go for a ride along the coast path near home, can easily do 20 miles with plenty of room to avoid people along that. Will be hard but for the sake of people like my parents I will fully comply, no way could I live knowing my actions could have helped contribute to someone dying.
As is all over my Facebook news feed, Shit Just Got Real.
If I still need to go to work, I'll cycle in. If I don't go to work, I'll find myself a couple of 10 mile local loops on quiet roads or easy trails.
Walking the dog will be my daily exercise, so no biking for me for the foreseeable. TBH I probably wouldn't bugger off on my bike for an hour on my own anyway, would rather walk with the family.
Check your privacy settings on Strava, and change your rides so only you can see them.
Just saying
Check your privacy settings on Strava, and change your rides so only you can see them.
Just saying
Or alternatively, don't be a cock.
I'm not even cycling to work, for the first time in history, I think driving is the right thing to do.
Check your privacy settings on Strava, and change your rides so only you can see them.
Just saying
You know that you've still ridden your bike right. The whole 'if it's not on Strava, it didn't happen thing' isn't literally true. Just saying 😉
I’m not even cycling to work, for the first time in history, I think driving is the right thing to do.
Why do you think it's the right thing to do? Nobody's said that it is off limits.
Edit: Being at work with other people is much more damaging surely??
While it might be fun to play the hypothetical exception game on here, let's just be reasonable and responsible eh?
Walking the dog will be my daily exercise, so no biking for me for the foreseeable.
My allowance will also be taken up with the dog, doesn't provide any exercise for me however so I'm not looking forward to the foreseable..like a few other folks on here cycling is how I keep my mental health in check. If i spend the next couple of months without cycling outdoors I will be in a very dark place very quickly..
On the other hand, at least I hopefully won't be lyimg in a hospital coridoor awaiting a ventilator...so thats a plus side i suppose
were f$£ked as … families will still go to the park in groups
According to BBC news, that's explicitly allowed, no?
"From tonight, people will be allowed to leave their homes for …
one form of exercise a day - for example a run, walk, or cycle, alone or with members of their household"
Yep. As with many things, the current situation has plenty of chance to get worse, and it’s worth bearing in mind that if there ever are any ‘unfortunate consequences’ of a given ride, the rider is almost certainly not going to know about it.
When/if we get universal testing then it’ll be different because we’ll *know* if there’s a chance of hurting others or not, but right now basically no one knows for sure if they’re carrying or not.
I started the couch to 5k running plan in December, completed it 2 weeks ago and have continued doing 3 solo runs from my house a week, so that won't be changing thank god. I'm currently the fittest I've ever been so really don't want to lose that. I try and avoid people on my runs regardless of social distancing anyway!
Riding will be gravel bike/mtb pootles along local bridleways/towpaths, again from my house.
So 3x runs between 5k and 10k, plus maybe one cycle ride a week.
Yep. But only once a day. Alone, or with your immediate household.
That'll work nicely for me and Mrs. Slow. But yes, let's not take the piss or we may lose our trips out altogether.
I guess pump tracks and bmx tracks are out of bounds as they encourage congregation.
I won't miss my daily cycle commutes because a) I'm just grateful I can work from home and reduce my social contact (which isn't much anyway), and b) I'll have more energy to go out on my trials bike more often (I'm shit so not doing anything risky).
While it might be fun to play the hypothetical exception game on here, let’s just be reasonable and responsible eh?
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From tonight, people will be allowed to leave their homes for …
one form of exercise a day – for example a run, walk, or cycle, alone or with members of their household
It’s not rocket science.
There is also a clarification to 'minimise the amount of time spent outside'. Clearly that's subjective, but would seem to rule out excessively long rides.
Clearly that’s subjective, but would seem to rule out excessively long rides.
Does that mean I can’t sit out in my garden for excessively long periods too?
I see nothing on that link that says how long one is or isn’t allowed to be outside for.
Am I not allowed to do laps of my estate for 3 hours where at no time I am more than 1 mile from home.
Reasonable & responsible - but remember what’s reasonable & responsible for you might not be applicable for another.
A one size fits all solution has not been prescribed for all - yet.
Dunno, but if you are miles and miles away from home when you get stopped it's probably enforceable that you're outside the rules. Less so in the garden!
Basically as said above it comes back to understand what the rules are there to do, don't break them, and don't take the piss
Crossed posts but yes, we agree 👍.
You know how prisoners get an hours exercise in the yard - this is the cycling equivalent to that, its for keeping things ticking over - not for training or to improve. So what if you lose a bit of peak fitness?
Does that mean I can’t sit out in my garden for excessively long periods too?
'even when doing these activities, you should be minimising time spent
outside of the home and ensuring you are 2 metres apart from anyone outside of your household.'
If your garden is not a shared space, then no issue.
Is my one form of exercise per day allowed to be multi-day bikepacking tho?
Is my one form of exercise per day allowed to be multi-day bikepacking tho?
Nope.
Ultra marathon?
Ultra marathon?
No.
The qualifier to what you are allowed to do is ...
"These four reasons are exceptions - even when doing these activities, you should be minimising time spent
outside of the home and ensuring you are 2 metres apart from anyone outside of your household."
(From the link posted on the previous page)
Essentially, it means not taking the piss. Reluctantly, for me, that means around 30-60 mins ride/run per day, and not anything over 2 hours.
How would once-a-day exercise be enforced?
Me and the OH go for a stroll togethr once a day, but a few times a week i'd like to go for a ride by myself. I dont think i'll be doing any harm but, because of the way i am, i worry about breaking rules/laws.
Cycle shops are in the essential shops list and can stay open.
But you can only shop for food.
Hope they have good stock of gels
Me and the OH go for a stroll togethr once a day, but a few times a week i’d like to go for a ride by myself.
We can't do what 'we'd like to' at the moment. Simple.
Edit: wrong thread.
Cycle shops are in the essential shops list and can stay open.
But you can only shop for food.
Hope they have good stock of gels
One assumes the workshop will be the focus of the business, rather than the buying & selling of anodised Hope bits
Well there you go, Borris just came on TV and said it’s OK to go cycling.
Yep, but my missus seems to have interpreted it as "you can only cycle a handful of miles" she started laying down the law about how far and what sort of riding I was allowed to do... The doom and gloom telly has cranked her paranoia up to 11.
Silver lining for cyclists – the road cycling will be brilliant without all the cars.
I have to say cycling to/from work today it seemed like the whole CV19 thing had really bought the latent bellend out in lots of drivers. Might be nice to have an enforced break from motoring for the majority...
I wouldn't look too surprised if you get stopped 30 miles from your house, and hit with a fine in a a week or 2 anyhow...
I wouldn’t look too surprised if you get stopped 30 miles from your house, and hit with a fine in a a week or 2 anyhow…
Indeed. Person in regular clothes, riding casually, carry on. Pointy hat’d mamil giving it everything, where do you think you’re going?
‘Cycling’ will be what the general public thinks cycling is, not what keen enthusiasts think it is.
You know how lots of people on here are being all morally superior about idiots ramming the supermarkets, crowding beaches or generally ignoring the advice?
Some of you need to have a look at yourselves and think about how self entitled you sound.
It’s a real shame that we can’t carry on with what we’d like to do but hey, we aren’t alone in that.
Have a bit of social responsibility and don’t think of what the most you can get away with but rather how little you can do to expose yourself or others.
Bleating about being ‘on your own’ etc doesn’t cut it. It’s not essential to spend 2-3 hours out on your bike miles from home, or riding in the woods where you risk coming off and injuring yourself, needing emergency care, however unlikely that may sound to you.
Just stick to rule 1...
Aside from the death and economic collapse, the worst thing about this is the upturn in sanctimonious crap.
This 'don't be a dick' idea cuts both ways.
I can walk from my house to the local park with the dog, where there will be dozens of others all walking their dogs and where isolation by 2m will be a challenge, let alone the 20m I'd be happy with.
Or I can hop in the car and drive 5 mins to somewhere that I'm still astounded hardly anyone knows about, and walk the dog in splendid isolation - if I see someone it'll likely be 100m away, not even 20.
Are we really saying that's not allowed now?
