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I dislike that it's very bumpy as they didn't roll it enough. It's on my regular route north and seems to be busy with everyone going the right way the times I've used it. I'm not a huge fan of cycle infrastructure for my own riding as I can just ride either without issue but I feel it's a good thing for cycling especially for little kids and stuff so make the effort to use good infrastructure to show support for it. Much prefer filtered permeability so it isn't cycle specific but does make the area much nicer to ride in.
All the times I've had someone deliberately block me cycling or try to grab me to bitch about cyclists they've just given enough body language or something I've stopped a short distance from them and been able to reply whatever they yell at me with "well I've stopped, I'm not your problem" to which they then complained I was riding a high horse rather than a bike.
By giving cyclists that narrow scrap of leftover space once they put all the lanes they could in for drivers it means cyclists won't take up/use/block a full lane. It's rather simple maths that traffic models have spat out not a great love of cycling.
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Yes it's bumpy, could you hear the rattling noise in the chip? It was from the bungee cords on the front rack. Do you go all the way pass E&C - Blackfriars bridge - all the way to / pass Kings X? I have grown to like the bit from after St George's circus. I am all for kids learning how to ride bikes and often see groups of them on that route, but whenever I am running late and have to go north... and behind a group, my heart skips a beat... :-P I usually just get off my bike and walk very fast to bypass them...
By the way, the cycle cams we got last year is still going strong, the len is bit scratched, hence a smudge on the all the clips...
ExTra
Probably, to be honest, I am really not sure if I like the design of that particular lane because it kind of leads to nowhere in a sense and peds walk everywhere during busy times. I have even seen bikes going the opposite direction when it's clearly a one way lane. I only use it when I go to work which is the building on the left and I get off just pass that woman.
It's Elephant and Castle by the way and I am still a little terrified by the whole road design that is supposed to be more cycle friendly?