Waltham Forest Mini-Holland: Report of our Trip

Written by Liz Eden, 24th September 2016

We were shown round by Paul Gasson, of Waltham Forest Cycling. We first cycled around some of the outlying bits, then locked up … Read More

Lycra for people who don’t usually fit into lycra

A company called “Fat Lad At the Back” now sell cycling clothes for those of us who aren’t built like whippets. (I’m not entirely sure what I think of the … Read More

Tower Bridge Closure – CS7 fail!

Heavy traffic on Southwark bridge as a consequence of the Tower Bridge closure. The cycle path works perfectly but the nose to tail vehicles and parked coaches on the south … Read More

Tower Bridge diversion ride report

The team went for a ride to examine the proposed diversions etc – hence our observations on facebook

Our report is here …..cycle-run-3-oct-2016-v0-1s-tower-bridge-closure-1

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Mayor Khan confirms his support for the Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge

In A letter to Lib Dem Assembly Member Caroline Pidgeon the mayor reiterated his commitment to the scheme and stated that TfL is currently reviewing the initial funding, technical and … Read More

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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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, … Read More