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First commute in cycle commuting paradise!

  • 13-04-2011 8:02am
    #1
    briano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 678 ✭✭✭


    Had my first commute into work since I moved to Sweden.

    Was a little concerned about it as I was warned it was a complicated route, with hills and a lot of traffic. Also, my road bike is still in Ireland, so I am using a cheapo single speed from a recycling centre.

    Turns out the swedes were lying to me - I have less than 200m (out of 15km) that isn't on bicycle paths. These paths also take a route away from main roads and the like, so you find yourself on fully segregated paths going through woods and parks and what not.

    In the few places where cycle paths crossed a road turning right (equiv. of one turning left in Ireland) the cyclist has the right of way, including on slip roads where you are actually crossing perpendicular to the road, and, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I wouldn't believe it, the drivers actually give way to the cyclists.

    The route is fairly twisty alright, but the cycle paths all have dedicated signage, rather than having to use the road signs. The "traffic" that I had been warned about consists of other cyclists who don't shoal and seem not to partake in the race that we don't talk about. Pedestrians, when they were on shared footpaths/lanes, kept to their side and seemed to be more aware of cyclists than in Ireland.

    I am comparing this to my old commute which was Clontarf to Dun Laoghaire, no lanes for most of it, ****ty roads, close passing and that f**king roundabout outside the point.

    Now, if we can just overlook the 55% tax rate and the fact that winter lasts for 6 months...


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  • #2
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    briano wrote: »
    Now, if we can just overlook the 55% tax rate and the fact that winter lasts for 6 months...

    only 3% more than here though and how do you find cycling with a snow plough attached:D


  • #3
    briano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 678 ✭✭✭briano


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    only 3% more than here though and how do you find cycling with a snow plough attached:D

    Better than with an umbrella. (says he, looking nervously at the sky :D )


  • #4
    TinyExplosions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,860 ✭✭✭TinyExplosions


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    only 3% more than here though and how do you find cycling with a snow plough attached:D

    You don't need that, you just need:

    bikes_mukluk1-500pxx365.jpg

    in the winter :)


  • #5
    Karma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,106 ✭✭✭Karma


    new bike for you al?


  • #6
    TinyExplosions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,860 ✭✭✭TinyExplosions


    Karma wrote: »
    new bike for you al?

    Might be more suitable for my weight :)


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