http://bikeuser.flurble.org/wordpress Wouldn't it be great if cyclists, always an independent bunch of people, could work together to promote cycling in Southampton? Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:57:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I went to France last weekend. I took the bus to Victoria, and cycled through London to St Pancras. In Paris, I found a road going south from Gare du Nord. It was big and full of traffic, and the bus lane was marked no cycling. Conveniently, a cycle lane ... http://bikeuser.flurble.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/12/11/grenoble/ I said I was over helmet debates but... If you fix my cycling style, and skills, then some ways you can increase my safety are (1) increasing the population of cyclists (2) reducing the population of motorists (3) reducing the intelligence of other cyclists (4) increasing the intelligence of the ... http://bikeuser.flurble.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/06/30/game-theory/ - helmet debates - cyclists v cars arguments things I am not bored of: - chocolate - taking pictures of cycle lanes places I have been - cambridge (full of tourists who STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD HELLO I AM TRYING TO GET PAST *BRINGBRING* gee I might I as well put my bell ... http://bikeuser.flurble.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/06/28/things-i-am-bored-of/ ! Last week to take up the university's Cycle2Work scheme and buy a nice bike to cycle to work with. ! Bike week 2008 14--21 June, lots of gentle rides to test out your new bike with, or relax post-exams on. See http://www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/events/home.asp and http://www.southamptoncyclingcampaign.org.uk/events.shtml ! Kick off bike week by joining ... http://bikeuser.flurble.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/06/09/monday-morning-exclamation-marks/ Tonight, 6pm Omdurman Road by the common, bare as you dare. Tomorrow, ladies' ride, 10am, somewhere on the common, look for the hats, Five miles to fabulous. Sunday, daytime, Riverside Park (by the Itchen in Bitterne Park), Springwatch/Breathing spaces festival thing. Bat boxes and green stuff and that. Your gratuitous rant for the ... http://bikeuser.flurble.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/06/06/whats-on-your-mind/ * The university is opening its cycle2work scheme for the first two weeks of June, the perfect time to buy a bike. If you are employed by the university, this is an opportunity to buy a bike tax-free on a kind of "hire-purchase" from the university: The scheme involves employees sacrificing ... http://bikeuser.flurble.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/05/19/summer/ new poll! http://bikeuser.flurble.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/02/28/ps/ The Southern Daily Echo is the same every day. Delays on the M27. Occasionally, for spice, there are accidents on the M3. These are clearly dangerous roads. I suggest that all car drivers find alternative routes down the back roads and leave the motorways to HGVs, coaches and the like. In ... http://bikeuser.flurble.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/02/28/rambling-like-a-route-through-the-wellows-on-a-sunday-afternoon/ "Why don't you get your dad to pick it up?", the chap at the caravan site said. I think he thinks I'm ten years younger than I am. Snowdrops, crocuses, snowdrops, primroses and more snowdrops lined the paths as I cycled from Winchester up to New Alresford to collect a towbar. ... http://bikeuser.flurble.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/02/15/spring/ Update on Lovers' Walk: apparently they are going to trial the lighting switch-off in the spring. Keep your eyes open. Down the bottom end of the common something or other is happening to improve the crossing with Northlands Road. I draw your attention once again to the facebook campaign (facebook ... http://bikeuser.flurble.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/01/18/merry-new-year/ I've been tracking the local news lately, and one of the things I notice is that most days there is news of at least one traffic accident, and sometimes more. Often these are collisions involving cars and lorries on the motorways. Sometimes they involve motorbikes on the Botley Road. Occasionally---one ... http://bikeuser.flurble.org/wordpress/index.php/2007/12/05/motor-crashes/ From the steps up from Chamberlain Road The Council, through the Common Management, are proposing to switch off the lights along the length of the Lover's Lane path in the NE corner of the common from 10th December until March 2008 as a 'pilot' scheme for increasing users' security. They already ... http://bikeuser.flurble.org/wordpress/index.php/2007/11/28/lights-out-on-lovers-walk/ Online voting is now open for the people's millions. Of the four projects, only one would affect communities right across the UK; the Sustrans Connect2 project, which would divide the funding among 79 projects from Scotland to Southampton which aim to improve walking and cycling connections between local communities. One ... http://bikeuser.flurble.org/wordpress/index.php/2007/11/26/the-peoples-millions/ Did you know about the Southampton Cycling Campaign? It exists to try and give Southampton Cyclists a voice. It interacts regularly with the Council cycling officer. Its stated aim is "to improve the lot of cyclists in and around Southampton for reasons of health, environment, economy, convenience and pleasure." although we're ... http://bikeuser.flurble.org/wordpress/index.php/2007/11/12/southampton-cycling-campaign/ intriguing. Apparently the "new" transport manager left already. Oybikes! However, the oybikes now have an article on the unilink site (which links to the business&community service page). Huzzah huzzah, both that there is some information available, and that the unilink site finally has some non-bus information. Cycle scheme And, finally, the new cycle 2 ... http://bikeuser.flurble.org/wordpress/index.php/2007/10/30/35/