Olympics commuting

[jonbee56]

New to biking here (& middle aged). Only had a CBF125 for about a month now and thoroughly enjoying it all. Realised that I should have done this years ago.

Anyone else started as an alternative to commuter travel during the Olympics and for pure enjoyment as well?

I am in North Kent and work near Angel.
By car its 1.5-2 hours
Public transport, its about 2 hours
That's both on good days & god knows the timescales during the Olympics

Does this seem like a good idea or am I being naive about the City Riders and their manic attitudes ?

[Andy_Pagin]

City riders tend to be fairly sane, if only because it's so dangerous.
It's the cyclists who seem to have a death wish.

I just hope the city's grid-locked during the Olympics - filter heaven
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[jonbee56]

Still learning the trick and confidence in filtering. I'm an old fart so I am more cautious than the young kids

I'm more thinking about the couriers. Some of their antics are.....suicidal

[DrSnoosnoo]

I did my first bout of filtering the other day. Just thought ahh well, i'll give it a go. just try it
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[yen_powell]

I think it will be bad for bikes as well. Imagine The Limehouse Link tunnel. Only one lane available to you and the cars and the equivalent of a bus lane line down the centre you mustn't cross or touch or you get a large fine. Where are you going to filter?

The Highway, lots of turns banned so extra traffic anyway, again only one lane available and standstill traffic. Every time you are filtering down the outside and meet an island or central reservation (especially at signals, you will have now where to filter except the wrong side of the islands/signals, right under the CCTV.
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[jonbee56]

First time commuting today Orpington to Angel (17miles) took it really easy & about 50 minutes. Once confidence improves, & I find the best route I'm sure it will get down to 35-40 minutes.
First time filtering as well, also not as bad as I thought, just followed others doing the same thing

So good news for those mature learners that want to commute especially in lieu of the Olympics, it's not as stressful as you think.

Apologies to anyone that was held up by an old fart on CBF125 & L plates

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[nowhere.elysium]

My workplace is being used to play host to the American Team. This means that I've been forced into taking leave for a couple of weeks during the peak season for the Olympics. On the one hand, it's buggered any chances of me deciding when i want to go on holiday, but on the flip side, it's two contiguous weeks that I didn't have to fight for.

The even itself is so far beneath my notice that I'm just treating it as a larger-than-usual tourist frenzy. Whatever happens, it's gotta be better than the riots, right?
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