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Fem1
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PostPosted: 12:37 - 27 Sep 2012    Post subject: I conquered my fear! Reply with quote
Yes finally i have beaten my nemesis....That dreadful roundabout i hated with passion. Today i overcame that fear and must say was well pleased with myself to be able to use that damn roundabout not once but twice haha.
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Matt-
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PostPosted: 12:40 - 27 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well done Smile

See its not that hard, destroy your barriers , make new ones , same again !!!

Good luck with biking....

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Ribenapigeon
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PostPosted: 13:20 - 27 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
When I decided to get a bike earlier this year roundabouts were my biggest fear. Don't bother me now even in the wet where you just have to remember to go slow and steady. There will always be tricky things to deal with though. There is a turn into a siude road I do nearly every day and I still muck it up or at least feel awkward turning into it. Problem is it has an island just before its junction and barriers around the corner so you can't lean to get a nice fast turn and so you either go super slow feeling like an arse or if you do go quick you run dangeroiusly close to the island. I HATE that corner and have to force myself to use it.

Biking eh, tsk!
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JoeDougieDoug...
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PostPosted: 13:25 - 27 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Is it a difficult roundabout (many lanes? stupid amount of exits?), If so, find it on google maps and link it here please! Smile
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Dave70
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PostPosted: 13:38 - 27 Sep 2012    Post subject: Re: I conquered my fear! Reply with quote
Fem1 wrote:
Yes finally i have beaten my nemesis....That dreadful roundabout i hated with passion. Today i overcame that fear and must say was well pleased with myself to be able to use that damn roundabout not once but twice haha.

Now let's hear it for the dreaded double roundabout Neutral

There's one of those close to were I live and on the way back home after passing my CBT I had to go through them, as unbeknown to me at the time, with not having riden or drove on the roads before, there were no right turns on my planned route back home, so had no other option than to just go for it. Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be tbh.

In fact, I have found most people are so terrified by this double roundabout that they all stop and hesitate. Which means, if you're confident and aware enough, you can usually get through both of them without the need to really slow down too much and rarely have to stop. Very Happy
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Cuchulain
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PostPosted: 13:51 - 27 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wasn't the one in Hemel Hempstead was it?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Magicroundabout_hemel.svg/255px-Magicroundabout_hemel.svg.png
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JoeDougieDoug...
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PostPosted: 13:55 - 27 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
May I present Essex's own Sadler's Farm...

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_E9WshausxnI/SuGqtsZcZjI/AAAAAAAAADA/zQMqUpvlu2k/s320/SadlersFarmRoundabout.jpg

First time I went on this roundabout, i got lost Laughing
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Kradmelder
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PostPosted: 13:58 - 27 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well done! Now you can tell people who are afraid to man up! He he

Face your fears and conquer them like a man Mr. Green
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MCW
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PostPosted: 16:35 - 27 Sep 2012    Post subject: Re: I conquered my fear! Reply with quote
Fem1 wrote:
Yes finally i have beaten my nemesis....That dreadful roundabout i hated with passion. Today i overcame that fear and must say was well pleased with myself to be able to use that damn roundabout not once but twice haha.


Hurrah! Fear is the hardest thing about riding a bike. x
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recman
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PostPosted: 17:55 - 27 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cuchulain wrote:
Wasn't the one in Hemel Hempstead was it?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Magicroundabout_hemel.svg/255px-Magicroundabout_hemel.svg.png


AAAAHHHHH!

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janner_10
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PostPosted: 22:48 - 27 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well done Fem1

Now you need to to get yourself to Swindon - to really put those roundabout fears to bed!
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Rogerborg
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PostPosted: 13:08 - 28 Sep 2012    Post subject: Re: I conquered my fear! Reply with quote
[quote="Midlife Crisis Woman"]
Fem1 wrote:
Hurrah! Fear is the hardest thing about riding a bike. x

I dunno, lamp-posts are pretty unyielding.

Good job on it though - like many things in life it's about relaxing and easing yourself in a bit at a time.
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