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Posted by: John Sutton | November 20, 2009

On your bike (but not by tram)

On my commute to Liverpool by train this morning I picked up a freebie mag called “On Your Bike” promoting cycling and commuting by bike in Greater Manchester. All highly laudable stuff until I came to a short piece on the Metrolink redevelopment which proudly proclaimed that every stop on the network was getting 10 cycle park spaces. This is pathetic tokenism. Metrolink has long been the target of attempts to allow bicycles on board, and I kind of get why they’ve always said no. However in the context of a week in which Manchester is committing itself to a 40% reduction in carbon emissions by 2020, the GMPTE is going to have to go a lot further towards accommodating cyclists than this!

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Cycle Commuting

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If they really want to get people out of their cars and onto a bike then they need to start providing safe reliable routes.

I have now just about given up trying to use the various cycle paths to/from work. They are un-useable.
If the roads get any busier i’m going to hang the bike up all together.

By: redbike on November 20, 2009
at 11:39 am

Hi John,

just found your site and currently contemplating next years Ironman. Had a go at Sherborne in 2008, (with no training. Not to be advised and didn’t complete the bike course in time allowed) Planning to be a bit more organised this year and found your info on the course and this years Ironman very useful.

Keep up the good work

Dan

By: Dan Fitzgibbon on November 22, 2009
at 11:42 pm

Hi Dan,

Thanks for the encouragement! I can’t contemplate tackling an Ironman with no training – it took me 7 years of triathlon to pluck up the courage to have a go. I’m thinking about holding an informal “Ironmeet” camp around Easter where folk can get together, ride and run bits of the course etc and generally swap ideas and tips. Being fairly local it would be fairly easy for me to co-ordinate. Watch this space…

By: John Sutton on November 23, 2009
at 12:09 am