Irony + naivety * health & safety = frostbite

sure there was a link to london underground or similar on another thread on here about how you can take your bike on certain tube line outwith peak hours. could be handy to know in situations such as this.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/bicycle-tube-map-0108.pdf
Voila. Basically no deep level tubes, which is most of 'em and outside of rush hours.