You are reading a single comment by @Fox and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@Fox
@spybot - I'm preparing for a job interview - even worse...
The point is that the signs may or may not be incorrect, but you need a traffic management order or similar legal instrument to ban cyclists. They don't have that, so there is no ban - just some signs which (incorrectly) imply there is and some plastic policemen telling people not to ride their bikes.
I think taking the 'we don't ride on pavements' argument to its extreme like this is elitest and counter-productive. Some people don't have the confidence to ride on the roads at all - so the safe places where they can ride are precious.
If it is part of the National Cycle Network that's exactly what it's meant to be, and yes we should fight against people trying to rip big holes in it.