Hi
NCN5 in Birmingham runs for a couple of miles through Cannon Hill Park. The park is, mainly, unlit and in some sections can feel quite remote. There was a spate of muggings of cyclists and runners last winter and as result people are reluctant to use it for the winter evening commute.
A couple of us are trying to organise “bike trains” through the park in the evening. The basic idea is that people wait at the park entrance for up to 5 minutes, see who else turns up, and then ride through at the pace of the slowest rider. Looking at the volumes of riders going into town in the morning it shouldn’t be a long wait. We are encouraging people to meet on the hour, at quarter past, half past, and quarter to. In an idea shamelessly stolen from Chase The Sun we are going to ask participants to tie a green ribbon to their saddle so that we spot each other easily and meet up at traffic lights etc.
The hope is the whole thing would quickly become self organising.
Would welcome any comments, suggestions, and offers of assistance.
Andrew