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Cycling to the Amex.
- Thread starter Zebedee
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Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
- 18,855
I enjoyed the cycle last night as well, also back to Hangleton in the strong wind. I contemplated taking on Coldean Lane and showing it who is boss, but I decided to leave it and not start anything I couldn't finish.
The tape around my handlebars is coming off though, another negative review of Cyclestore on London Road I'm afraid, they've lost me now. Too many sloppy performances from them now, the handlebar tape lasted a few weeks, the chain wasn't properly oiled after a service, the gears needed to be "amended" after the same service and finally, they didn't fully pump the front tyre when a puncture got repaired. Sloppy work, Boris deserves better!
The tape around my handlebars is coming off though, another negative review of Cyclestore on London Road I'm afraid, they've lost me now. Too many sloppy performances from them now, the handlebar tape lasted a few weeks, the chain wasn't properly oiled after a service, the gears needed to be "amended" after the same service and finally, they didn't fully pump the front tyre when a puncture got repaired. Sloppy work, Boris deserves better!
BensGrandad
New member
Not if they put a bike on the train which takes up the space 4 people could stand in.
Pogue Mahone
Well-known member
- Apr 30, 2011
- 10,750
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
And two years after this post, it's happening in Brighton.
theboybilly
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Southcoastbikes will sort you - excellent service
theboybilly
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I've got every right to put my bike on a train should there be a space in the bike rack. Did you fall of your Raleigh Chopper as a kid or something?
BensGrandad
New member
Choppers were not about when I was a child and we had guards vans where cyclists put there bikes rather than now in the entrance way by the doors thus preventing foot passengers getting off or on. I have no objecttion if they put them in the wide area designed for them but the standard entrance doors are not the correct place and that is what causes inconvenience.
^ So it's the bikes on trains things that makes you "anti-cyclist" then BensGranda? Southern banned bikes on peak trains many years ago. When I used to commute to London I had to buy a Brompton so I could continue to cycle to Hove and from London Bridge, and vice versa. Understandable as commuter trains are now so crowded.
Seconded. Always done a good job for me too.
Really? The way cars zoom up and down Coldean Lane would put me right off attempting that.
Done it twice. It is a bloody nightmare, not relaxing at all.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Pier to the gyratory is a nightmare, not sure anything else is? Lewes Rd is great for cyclists.
Roger that Stat Brother
BensGrandad
New member
I am anti cyclists cos I got fined 5s in 1956 for riding on the pavement doing my paper round. Now I take my life in my hand walking to or from
Princess Royal Hospital or to the town via Franklynn Rd due to cyclists riding on the pavements at speed.
Princess Royal Hospital or to the town via Franklynn Rd due to cyclists riding on the pavements at speed.
You should try walking in the dedicated cycle paths because cyclists NEVER use these so you'll be cyclist free and safe.
BensGrandad
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They have them in Haywards Heath but call them pavements.
Pogue Mahone
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- Apr 30, 2011
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Zooming UP Coldean Lane? Don't really see that. I cycle up and down Coldean Lane most days - don't see it as particularly scary. Not sure it's the way I'd go to Hangleton though; it may be the most direct but Lewes Rd, Upper LR, Preston Circus, Dials and OSR is more cycle friendly. That's the way I went 30 years ago when I had a girlfriend in Hangleton