Old Bill on Brick Lane

Handing out fines to anyone cycling the wrong way down Brick Lane.

Just South of Chesire Street, under the new bridge.

Cheers for the heads up!

i thought it was now legal to cycle the wrong way down a one way... Or am i mistaken?!?

oh!!! How do we find out which streets these are?
-Damn, i keep going the wrong way thinking im in the right. damn...

why don't they go on sunday to lock thieves up? much more useful

good point

plus rozzers lurking on the corner at the lights on Southwark St & Southwark Bridge Rd - as I approached the lights they almost ran out to check on my RLJ status

Ridiculous.

Was there not a recent trial which entitled cyclists to travel against traffic in a one was street?

The left hand doesnt know what the right hand is doing.

Retards.

+1 to Todd.

Its MILES out of the way to go south around there. Either Vallance road or Commercial street. Well out of order. They should be turning a blind eye, or install a contra-lane for cycles more like.

NO its not legal to go down any old one-way the wrong way. I blame the London Evening Standard for muddying the waters there. If there's a lane marked, or in some streets in LB of Kensington & Chelsea, just signs telling you so, it's OK to do this.

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No, I don't agree - it's not a reasonable argument to say 'why aren't you doing XYZ instead?' but I think to choose that particular spot, where there is massive need for cycles to go either way, is plain cynical, a moneymaking exercise.

Skully- for it to be a money making exercise would suggest that there are more people on bicycles going the wrong way down a one way street than anywhere else nearby.

i.e. a noticeable concentration of law breaking cyclist menaces to society that might have been reported to the coppers until they had to do something, and be seen to do something?

are they checking the bikes aswell to see if they are stolen?

To be honest, what's the problem of pushing your bike down that road? it doesn't seem like a huge inconvenience doing that.

+1 to Todd.

Its MILES out of the way to go south around there. Either Vallance road or Commercial street. Well out of order. They should be turning a blind eye, or install a contra-lane for cycles more like.

NO its not legal to go down any old one-way the wrong way. I blame the London Evening Standard for muddying the waters there. If there's a lane marked, or in some streets in LB of Kensington & Chelsea, just signs telling you so, it's OK to do this.

I'm gonna buck the trend here and say to anyone who was getting busted this morning that I rode by on Brick Lane (the correct way) this morning, and YES that was me in the all black...with orange rims/grips (with a full bag with stuff strapped to it)....laughing and shouting SHAMEEEEEEEEE! as I rolled by.
I am far from a law abiding citizen when it comes to riding on the roads of London, but I like to think I have a little bit of common sense, and for every person that rides down Brick Lane the wrong way who posesses the slightest bit of common sense, there are at least 100 twats of various types who seem to lack any whatsoever.
Its almost as if they are riding blindfolded, and somehow have the misguided attitude that they have some kind of fucking right of way, when travelling the wrong way down Brick Lane, I have to avoid these twunts on a daily basis, every day, on the way into work, they're worse than the pedestrians because they are travelling at speed.
Also Skully, I am sorry but its a big fat -1 from me I am gonna have to strongly disagree with you on the idea that its miles out of the way to go via Commercial Street or Valance Road to head south.
Yes its a moderately longer route, but I think its safer and much much faster, to clock up some speed down Commercial Street then it is to pootle down Brick Lane for fear of oncoming vehicles and pedestrians everywhere in the evenings/mornings, I manage to do it every day and have absolutely no problems making good time in the evenings on the way home.

Skully- for it to be a money making exercise would suggest that there are more people on bicycles going the wrong way down a one way street than anywhere else nearby.

i.e. a noticeable concentration of law breaking cyclist menaces to society that might have been reported to the coppers until they had to do something, and be seen to do something?

Yes, that is the case. Lots of people need to travel south, and loads of people do it the wrong way down Brick Lane.

Well I think its pretty far out of the way, CJ. One way streets are restrictive and should be abolished, wherever (and for whomever) possible, IMO.

YES that was me in the all black...with orange rims/grips (with a full bag with stuff strapped to it)....laughing and shouting SHAMEEEEEEEEE! as I rolled by.

You fucking LOVE your new clothes, dont you CJ?

As for arresting theft in brick lane - try and do that, more than half the stolen bike in Brick Lane are likely not to be reported let alone their serial number registered, so how can the police arrest a seller for selling bicycle that claim to be stolen? the seller can easily claim that the bike are merely second hand bike that the owner don't want anymore.

yes, they could've add a bit more work in going through the stolen bike report from their local station and then going down to Brick Lane to check the bike, but at the same thing I've a feeling it's not that simple.

sometime it's not as straightforward as it seemed to said "why don't you arrest bike theft?".

Well I think its pretty far out of the way, CJ. One way streets are restrictive and should be abolished, wherever (and for whomever) possible, IMO.

To me it seems to be the difference of a quarter of a mile.....if that (assuming you're heading towards Tower Bridge), thats not far out of the way in my eyes, but these things are relative I guess, and I also think compensated for by the fact that I reckon your average speed would be a lot higher travelling down Commercial Street, than going down Brick Lane the wrong way.

You fucking LOVE your new clothes, dont you CJ?

Oh and yes Balkster, I fucking love my new winter get-up, Lycra FTW.....have I said that before?
Fuck it.....i'll say it again, Lycra FTW bitches, not all of its new though....half of it is from my snowboard clothing but don't tell anyone shhhhhhhhhhhh.

sometime it's not as straightforward as it seemed to said "why don't you arrest bike theft?".

True, but it's a vicious circle. Why bother to report your bike stolen when it can take ages, hanging around in a station, and it most likely wont get found.

not productive but it's the way a lot of people see it.

Yes its a moderately longer route, but I think its safer and much much faster, to clock up some speed down Commercial Street then it is to pootle down Brick Lane for fear of oncoming vehicles and pedestrians everywhere in the evenings/mornings

...not forgetting the terrible state of the road itself! It really isn't a diversion to avoid it unless you go to the top of Brick Lane THEN take an alternative route. If you just plan a different (faster) route in the first place you don't have to go near Brick Lane.

But yeah this police exercise seems a little malicious.