TFL road works patrol report from ride 30th August

One of our usual road works patrols with TFL with our report attached

Issues to resolve include lorries parking on Belvedere (and we need to do a TM walk on Wandsworth Rd_ * Vinci hoarding issues * Ponton Rd vehicle … Read More

More from “Faster Pedestrian” – on chatting

In which chatting is a good measure of cycling

https://fasterpedestrian.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/in-which-chatting-is-good-measure-of.html

There are various ways of measuring how suitable a road is for cycling. For example, Transport for London has the Cycling Levels of Service (CLoS) score, and Wales has the … Read More

Blazing Saddles Bike Ballet – Taster session this Saturday

Taster Session -­ Saturday 20th August, 2-­4pm

Blazing Saddles are looking for female Ride Leaders to assist with up to 35 performers & 20-­50 audience  members cycling between venues in several locations around Dulwich on 17th September, approx. 2-­?4pm. The … Read More

In which “Faster Pedestrian” redesigns the Old Kent Road

An interesting blog about the Old Kent Road from the blogger “Faster Pedestrian” that we think you might want to read. It’s about how to fit segregated cycle lanes, and might be interesting for anyone replying to the Old Kent Road … Read More

Rye Lane, north end — a how-to guide

I’m talking about this bit and the space further north which is usually full of pedestrians and occasionally full of PCSOs.

This bit (see above) is the north end and, going north, cyclists should be on the road and the … Read More

Bike Train to central London

London’s first: fun and free. August 17th. Come and join us

Bike Train to Central London

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Coal Line

Great idea but short on nitty gritty. To come to pass it needs two new bridges across roads, two built-out platforms slung beside the railway tracks and (the easy bit) a big hole in a concrete wall, plus ramps … Read More

Bike Train Wednesday

The Bike Train will start as usual at 8am from Nunhead Station picking up riders at Peckham Rye Station from the bike stands behind McDonalds at 8.10am. At the same time a train will leave Denmark Hill Station at … Read More

Hire a bike for a day for free

Evans Cycles in East Dulwich will lend you a Brompton for 24 hrs for free. You give them two pieces of ID — one including a photo — and they give you the bike. Their address is 48A East Dulwich … Read More

Join our Discussion Group with your existing email

Our discussion group is hosted by google groups, which you can access at: https://groups.google.com/ forum/#!forum/southwarkcyclists

You don’t need Gmail to sign up to the Googlegroup

To keep your old email go to: https://accounts.google.com/SignUpWithoutGmail . Use that to get a GoogleAccount.

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