You may also be interested in the automatic categorisation listings and themed galleries.
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjHWPVZE0S8 Highway Code Rule 240 (backed up in law) http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_069860 You MUST NOT stop or park on a tram or cycle lane
Resurfacing a cyclepath, Dutch style. This four kilometre long, four metre wide cycle path is being resurfaced. There's room for two rollers next to each other. The sign reads "Fietspad - dus niet brommen". i.e. "Cyclepath - therefore ... [more]
Resurfacing a cycle path, Dutch style. Another layer is applied to a four kilometre long four metre wide cyclepath.
Resurfacing of a cycle path. This path is 4 m wide and four kilometres long without interruption, providing part of a fast cycle route around Assen. The new surface is several inches of asphalt laid on top of proper foundations. The same ma ... [more]
Slochd Summit - high point of the day Not the highest point of the trip - that was still to come in the next few days - but marked the end of the gentle climb from Aviemore and Carrbridge
Crap Cycle Path Design Part 99 Location: , Buckland Dinham (England, United Kingdom) Why, oh why did they design a cattle grid on a cycle path where you have to steer your bike whilst on the wet slippery grids. Just goes to show what ... [more]
While bidirectional cyclepaths in this part are normally 4 m wide, they can be much wider at junctions.
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUgTfOKR0hU A lovely, mostly sunny ride begining alongside the Cam downstream of Cambridge. A few little residential dinks in between golden sunny fields ending in the Park and Ride (with big b ... [more]
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CYwwoA5jds If this is the first time you ride along this cyclepath, you'll have a nasty shock at the end. With little chance to correct or see, the path suddenly narrows and dumps you into onc ... [more]
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH76RrLFBog The cyclepath is in good need of a trim. Some of the encroaching flora is those really nasty stinging nettles.
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHeAk4MT1Io These lights are a potential accident blackspot. Luckily they are temporary. I go through my light when it changes and head off up the West Cambridge Cyclepath. A cyclist with a ... [more]
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPvplRIFqj4 I've shown the failings in this path, at the end of Church Lane in Trumpington, several times. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4m25-ElLAA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG6kZNF ... [more]
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoddpTGNayk I've shown the failings in this path, at the end of Church Lane in Trumpington, several times. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4m25-ElLAA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG6kZNF ... [more]
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoddpTGNayk I've shown the failings in this path, at the end of Church Lane in Trumpington, several times. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4m25-ElLAA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG6kZNF ... [more]
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPFi8GNJkFE Of course, if your car has a flat you really must make sure that you don't use the road as place to change a tyre. After all if traffic comes from both directions that will delay so ... [more]
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXsQQTet05w I've shown the failings in this path, at the end of Church Lane in Trumpington, several times. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4m25-ElLAA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG6kZNF ... [more]
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulx-Ppv-1lE Last of three cars all going through this junction without indicating, meaning other traffic (i.e. me) cannot work out what they are doing. Not indicating implies they are going str ... [more]
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSOPRq1rGRs This is infuriating. There is loads of space around here, but this driver has chosen to park completely in the cycle path. It forces any cyclist to do a precarious manoeuvre on the ... [more]
See "video" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGqwg-8VvOo This van driver thinks it's acceptable to block the cycle path. Technically, they completely block the path as the space on the right hand side is in the door zone (where doors in ... [more]
One of the reasons why cyclists shouldn't be too worried about trees being removed to create cycle paths is illustrated very well by this cycle path going through a wooded scene in the Netherlands. Trees grow back. This photo was take ... [more]
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taEZuQdE4k4 This is always a trying time on a bicycle. The road to the right of me has straight on and left as roundabout options. You'd have thought most people would remember that they should ... [more]
see video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTtmzfm3JQI With all the side roads here it's not safe on the inside of this lane.
We've had a light dusting of snow here in Assen. It's -2 C. All cyclepaths have been swept and gritted and children continue to cycle to school as usual.
Our obesogenic society decrees that much of the money spent on encouraging cycling, should actually be spent keeping folk out of the saddle. 'End of Cycle Route' and 'Cyclists Dismount' signs are springing up everywhere like triffids. At Co ... [more]
Sustrans path near York Racecourse where poor drainage design leads to black ice at bottom of a slope and on a bend! The 'non skid' surface is no help here.
German cycle paths are too close to the road, even in rural areas where it is possible for them to be better spaced from the road. Watch the video to see how on crossing the border into the Netherlands, the cyclepath position changes, and t ... [more]
German cycle paths are too close to the road, even in rural areas where it is possible for them to be better spaced from the road. Watch the video to see how on crossing the border into the Netherlands, the cyclepath position changes, and t ... [more]
German cycle path in town. Too narrow, shared with pedestrians, rough surface, frequently obstructed by motor vehicles and with posts on the path. http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2010/05/german-cycle-paths-vs-dutch-cycle-paths.html
German cycle path. Too narrow, too close to the road, not well enough surfaced, cars parked on it. http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2010/05/german-cycle-paths-vs-dutch-cycle-paths.html
It's great to see so many solar roofs in Germany, but the cycle paths are a bit wanting. This two metre wide cycle path is simply too narrow for use in two directions at once, and it's too close to the road. http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2 ... [more]
German road junction and cycle path design. There are many problems with this relative to Dutch design. o The cycle path is too narrow and not as well surfaced as the road. o The cycle path is too close to the road. No real separation. ... [more]
commute taken on my walk to work from Leith to the city centre. not for much longer though as the office is moving to a hideous office park on the other side of town.
first edinburgh bike ride Location: Cramond, Edinburgh (Scotland, United Kingdom) i've only been talking about it for 6 years...
Heading into Glimmen near Groningen in the Netherlands. There is snow all around again, but the cycle path is clear. As I took this photo I was gaining quite rapidly on the snow plough that you see in the photo. The cycle path between Gron ... [more]
The main road, with a speed limit of 70 km/h, runs alongside this minor road which has been made into a through road only for cyclists. This is a cheap and effective way of building good cycling infrastructure. Note that while we stop at ... [more]
Entering the village of Loon (pronounced like the English word "loan") near Assen in the Netherlands. Note the 30 km/h speed limit common to most villages, and how cyclists completely avoid what would be dangerous traffic calming as they en ... [more]
Cycle path next to frozen canal (people have been skating here recently) mostly cleared of yet another layer of snow, and regular cycle traffic continuing as it always does.
Immaculate four metre wide cycle-path surface without potholes despite many freeze and thaw cycles. This is the result of a high standard of path construction and maintenance. See #20650 for an example of what is done to fix potholes whe ... [more]
Yesterday's early snowfall turned to rain and you can see that this has washed away a lot of the remaining snow and ice. It's 2 C today, which is warmer than it's been for a month. This cycle path along the canal was kept clear by snow p ... [more]
Someone returning to the suburbs from the centre of the city by bicycle. The cycle path she is on goes through an underpass to avoid the traffic lights which drivers have to stop at. It has remained usable through all the ice and snow t ... [more]
Noordelijke Velomobieltocht 2010 near Assen. Wide cycle path in the countryside, two metres of which is cleared of snow - sufficient for two velomobiles to travel next to each other.
Northern velomobile ride near Assen in the Netherlands. Note the extremely wide cycle path completely clear of ice and snow, which was falling overnight a few hours beforehand.
Northern velomobile ride near Assen in the Netherlands. Note the completely clear, ploughed and gritted cycle path despite a few cm of snow a couple of hours earlier.
Racing cyclists training in Assen in the snow next to a frozen canal. It's a good thing they can rely on getting some grip on the cycle path surface. Maybe we'll get a thaw eventually. Compare with #20221 which was taken two days later w ... [more]
A cycle and pedestrian bridge in Assen. The temperature stays stubbornly below zero and this bridge hasn't been cleared quite so well as it could have been (see other photos tagged snow for a comparison)
Snow continues to fall daily, including today. However, there great majority of cycle paths are still good to ride on and there are still plenty of cyclists in the centre of Assen, even as it goes dark enough that cyclists are reduced to a ... [more]
The snow continues to fall daily, but most of the cycle paths remain clear here in Assen.
Cyclists on cycle paths both sides of the road. The temperature remains below freezing, a little snow was falling when I took the photo, but cycle paths are clear of snow and ice and shopping trips are still by bike. Assen, Netherlands.
Still cold, but the postal delivery goes ahead by bike on cycle paths clear of snow and ice. Assen, Netherlands.
A group of children cycling together in Assen. Temperatures remain below zero, and the roads and cycle paths remain clear of ice and snow. Assen, Netherlands.
This cycle path in the countryside a few kilometres outside of Assen in the Netherlands is much more important than the road. Therefore the cycle path is clear while the road (on the left) is completely covered in snow. Video showing the pa ... [more]
A nice ride in the middle of the Dutch countryside when the temperature is -6 C and there is 12 cm of snow. The cycle paths were of course almost completely free of snow. More of the story plus video here: http://hembrow.blogspot.com/20 ... [more]
Another day, another sweeper. Leaves being removed from a 4 metre wide main cycle path in Assen
To me the cycle path already looked adequately empty of leaves. In the Netherlands cycle paths always do. All the time. However, here comes the leaf sweeper again just to make sure. 3 metre wide secondary cycle path behind a residential ... [more]
Alexandra Park Road Bridge Location: Whalley Range, Manchester (England, United Kingdom) Fallowfield Loop cycle path.
A horse being led by cyclist. Riding into the village of Loon, near Assen in the Netherlands on the wonderful smooth and wide cycle path usually used by commuters, shoppers, school run kids, skaters, cycle tourers and of course racers. T ... [more]
Brand new housing estate at Kloosterveen near Assen. This shows the excellent cycle path alongside homes. Cars are permitted to park between trees. There is a special mesh which protects the greenery. Also, even though these are smaller ter ... [more]