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[Closed] Boris bikes...will I die?

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But got there eventually?


 
Posted : 09/04/2013 10:49 am
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They weigh several tons.

Even in the highest gear of the three, you will be spinning the pedals like a madman.

if you don't have the app, you will spend more time looking for somewhere to dock the bike at your destination than you did reaching your destination.

I still think they are great ( Though obviously the Brompton is the King...).


 
Posted : 09/04/2013 11:07 am
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[i]But got there eventually?

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Only 5 mins late. Ah, it was ok, there's just one turning I keep missing and then haven't got a clue where I am. Shame the weather has gone crap.
Funny though - pedestrians seem as wary of the bikes as cars do. No-one's walked out in front of me yet.


 
Posted : 09/04/2013 11:10 am
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No-one's walked out in front of me yet.

ride down Oxford Street or in the Square Mile - shopping tourists and city boys are prime for mowing down.


 
Posted : 09/04/2013 11:57 am
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Ok here's a tip..

Look up. Find a point of interest and locate that. Then navigate around that focal point where ever you are in the city. As you develop the Skilz, locate a couple of them and navigate around them. Use them as reference points like you would on a trail. (tower 51 in Broadgate, Gerkin, BT Tower, Tower Bridge, Aldgate, 7 Dials, etc. etc. the porn shop on the corner near Tokyo Fixed etc. etc. )

If you constantly look down at the road you'll get lost, you've no reference points see.

HTH.

And yes, that's the weather for you sometimes it rains.. But I bet you got a bike ok though yeah?? 😆


 
Posted : 09/04/2013 1:08 pm
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bikebuoy, have you considered submitting content for the 'City Cycling for Dummies' book?


 
Posted : 09/04/2013 1:21 pm
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Still waiting for the weightlifting pic...


 
Posted : 09/04/2013 1:22 pm
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It's a good tip bikebouy - and my ref point is the Shard! It's massive, but at the point where I get lost I can't see the damn thing. That's the problem with that London, the streets are lined with buildings! All I have to do is get from North of the river, to the river. But I'm thick as pigshit. (stupid 😀 )


 
Posted : 09/04/2013 1:36 pm
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