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I saw the flying pig tall bike a couple of times, it was good. Apart from the odd lycra clad numpty on a road bike trying to go fast and weave (unsafely) through when there were kids and normal folks just enjoying themselves
Sounds like he did well. We managed about 1.5 laps before the roads started opening up and it stopped being as safe. We took too long to leave the house. Hoping to head back for car free day in 6 weeks
The biggest challenge for me was getting there. It's too far for the kids to cycle, and too far for me to cycle with them on my cargo bike without electric assist. I took the train to Kings X but the trains weren't running properly so I took 2 there and 2 back. Was more stressful thank it shoul have been with 3 people and 3 bikes when there's only 1 adult and 1 bike is over 7ft long and weighs a lot! At least it was possible, couldn't have taken the tube and my cargo bike is too big to put on the car
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Luckily for us there was an organised ride-in from Ealing, but lots of idiots on bikes in amongst that lot and painfully slow at times, but no easy task stopping traffic (who never want to stop!) and negotiate junctions/lights etc. Hats off to the Marshalls/Guides, they're pretty good and everyone is kept safe.
We were actually happier later-on when it opened up a bit. Our first lap started around Midday and you can imaging how busy it was then. I love the irony of many parents who tell their kids not to do something and actually do it themselves. Our boy almost got squished by many-a-stupid-parent. The Douze was a nice big deflector at times to stop being cutting across us.
It's a great day out and would recommend it to anyone with a vague interest in bikes... and hopefully we'll bump into some more cargo-esq-bikes next year!
thebrenthamtaffy
@benp1 we were there on our Douze on Saturday! Our 5 1/2 year old managed x2 laps on his Islabike Cnoc which was pretty good going. We rode across from Ealing with his bike mounted on the back of the Douze and he rode on his own once we were in Hyde Park. He did around around 18 miles in the end. Not as many cargo bikes as last year. Saw x2 Bullitt's - pink one with the speaker system (LBC logos on it?) and a dark green one. And then a few 3-wheeled Christiana's... Loadsa' other crazy bikes around though including a steam-punk flying pig tall bike... :)