Comments for Spokes East Kent Cycle Campaign

Comment on Crab & Winkle Way resurfacing by Sam Dentten

Sam Dentten — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:33:21 +0000

Great to see this yesterday, much safer and dare I say it, easier to pedal up for those of us who huff and puff up the hills!

Comment on Future cycling and walking routes by Dusty Dimatteo

Dusty Dimatteo — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:44:34 +0000

Hi This is a great website and found the page helpful,this will improve my events specially when im working out,cycling is the ultimate sport and no question why it has grown in the last 10 years.

Comment on A successful Big Wheel of Kent 2010 by Terry John

Terry John — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:13:27 +0000

Hello everyone!
LeanMachines really enjoyed the Big Wheel event in Dane John Gardens.
We hope that we may be able to support some more of your events with our electric bikes that can help bring access to two-wheels to lots more people!
Thanks for inviting us along.
Terry John

Comment on Isle of Sheppey Cycle Routes consultation by Spokes East Kent Cycle Campaign

Spokes East Kent Cycle Campaign — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:12:02 +0000

Full details of the proposed routes can be found here:

https://shareweb.kent.gov.uk/Documents/leisure-and-culture/countryside-and-coast/cycling/Isle%20of%20Sheppey%20Cycle%20Routes%20Brochure%20WEB.pdf

Comment on Isle of Sheppey Cycle Routes consultation by Spokes East Kent Cycle Campaign

Spokes East Kent Cycle Campaign — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:26:51 +0000

The routes are around Sheerness and on some tracks on the eastern side of Sheppey. See the blue dashed lines here:

http://www.opencyclemap.org/?zoom=13&lat=51.3977&lon=0.84161&layers=B000

(Note that not all of the eastern Sheppey route has been marked in yet)

So, they don’t cover Eastchurch yet, though we there are possible future plans here.

Comment on Isle of Sheppey Cycle Routes consultation by SImone Stanton

SImone Stanton — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:16:35 +0000

Can you please advise where these proposed cycle routes are? Would love to be able to get to Eastchurch without risking life and limb along the lower road?

Comment on The Hub Cycle Shop opens on Saturday in Sandgate by Steve Fawke

Steve Fawke — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:48:17 +0000

Just like to say goodluck and I hope your new venture is a great success. The fizzy and cupcake was greatly appreciated, I hope I can expect similar service on my next visit!

Comment on Road safety article on the Guardian Bike Blog by Adrian Oliver

Adrian Oliver — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:29:57 +0000

We don’t all completely agree with John!
His view as “a cyclist who wants to feel safe on the road” is just propagating the myth that our roads are dangerous. Some of them are. I wouldn’t recommend a ride along the A251. It’s fast and narrow and bumpy and bendy. But every morning and every evening a very mature cyclist cycles steadily and deliberately all the way from Ashford to Faversham and back. I’m sure he hasn’t got a death wish. He just does it because he can and clearly he feels safe. And as of this morning he was still alive and uninjured.
We have millions of miles worth of roads that are perfectly safe for cyclists. If you stop thinking about traditional motorised vehicle routes and have a good look at your maps and at your neighbourhood you will discover plenty of safe roads to enable you to get around on a bike.
And no cyclist has the right to criticise another road user unless they have taken the trouble to actually learn how to ride safely on the road in the first place. Every other road user (even most pedestrians!) has been trained to use their vehicle safely on the road. Cyclists are not blameless as many pro-cycling “safety” campaigns such as the recent CTC SMIDSY campaign would have us believe. Very few cyclists position themselves well in the road and at junctions. Even fewer bother to be aware of what’s going on around them. And even fewer can communicate effectively on the road.
We don’t need another bunch of consultants draining even more funds from real cycling advocacy work by producing a rubbish piece of research telling us what we already know. What we need is planners to follow the latest street design guidance from the Department for Transport and we need people claiming to be “the voice of the cyclist” to “grow some”.

Comment on CycleStreets reaches its first birthday by Martin, CycleStreets

Martin, CycleStreets — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:43:13 +0000

Thanks for this posting – much appreciated! It’s been a lot of hard work, and we’ve still got a lot more to do, but it’s great to have such support.

Comment on Cycling in Dublin, London, and Amsterdam by Jack.Dublin.

Jack.Dublin. — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:04:45 +0000

It was very enjoyable,I have been watching this for a few Days now Courtesy of the Dublin Cycling Campaign Site dublincycling.ie which gave a Link to dctv.ie Dublin Community Television which is normally Broadcast on Cable TV but was released on Vimeo.

It is getting shown by various Cycling Groups on small Theatres in Pubs and Function Rooms in Dublin and is very Popular. It is very Pertinent in Relation to the very bad Infrastructure that we have to suffer with in Dublin and also London. Then it shows you Cycling Heaven in Amsterdam and Copenhagen if only we had this in Dublin,very worth watching.