[HAMR] Jan 30th

[Vince]

Steve is under way. Heading north west on the A5

[Mr Larrington]

Seems to have turned SW on the A422 towards Buckingham, and possibly Marsh Gibbon.

[CrazyEnglishTriathlete]

End of January.  Some minor French audax event has 16 topics and 391 posts.  One quiet bloke from Milton Keynes has 86 topics and 5158 posts. 

GO STEVE !!!!

[Hummers]

End of January.  Some minor French audax event has 16 topics and 391 posts.  One quiet bloke from Milton Keynes has 86 topics and 5158 posts. 

It's early days yet....

Besides, the Facebook page will proabaly take the brunt of those August posts like "HELP!! I qualified in May but in two months have forgotten where my bike is...what GPS should I buy to find it??!!!"

Oh yeah...

GO STEVE !!!!

H

[T42]

Trace begins on A5.  Are cyclists allowed on 4-lane dual carriageway in the UK?  They aren't here.

[LittleWheelsandBig]

Cyclists are allowed on virtually all A-roads in the UK.

[Butterfly]

Yes, so long as it isn't a motorway and doesn't specifically exclude them like some tunnels.

[Hummers]

Yes, so long as it isn't a motorway and doesn't specifically exclude them like some tunnels.

Like the A3, for example.

(Damn those cameras!!)

H

[Ningishzidda]

He's diverted to Hook Norton !

Or maybe he's planning to make a gesture at Clarkson's house.

[Oaky]

..., and possibly Marsh Gibbon.

A tad speculative so soon into the ride! 

[Wowbagger]

He's diverted to Hook Norton !

Or maybe he's planning to make a gesture at Clarkson's house.

Oh no! Not Hook Norton! There's a brewery there.

[Hummers]

He's diverted to Hook Norton !

Or maybe he's planning to make a gesture at Clarkson's house.

Oh no! Not Hook Norton! There's a brewery there.

There certainly is 

H

[Oaky]

I hope he's not heading for Stow-on-the-Wold.  I heard that the wind blows cold there.

[T42]

Cyclists are allowed on virtually all A-roads in the UK.

Duly noted, ta.

I had a gander at the A5 there and blenched.  I've ridden a couple of similar stretches here and once been told to bugger off out of it at the next exit.

[Jaded]

Try the A14. There are even nice cyclist markings for getting you across oncoming slip roads.

[rafletcher]

Cyclists are allowed on virtually all A-roads in the UK.

Duly noted, ta.

I had a gander at the A5 there and blenched.  I've ridden a couple of similar stretches here and once been told to bugger off out of it at the next exit.

The bit north of MK isn't too bad (for a major A road anyway). And it's not dualled there either - not past Old Stratford where it re-joins the route of the old Watling Street.

[trekker12]

He's diverted to Hook Norton !

Or maybe he's planning to make a gesture at Clarkson's house.

Oh no! Not Hook Norton! There's a brewery there.

There certainly is 

H

It's OK the beer festival isn't until the 18th July this year

[rabbit]

Another reporting day here (AKA watching-what-Steve-is-up-to-workday) 

*watches

[rob]

Besides, the Facebook page will proabaly take the brunt of those August posts like "HELP!! I qualified in May but in two months have forgotten where my bike is...what GPS should I buy to find it??!!!"
H

Snort....

[T42]

Cyclists are allowed on virtually all A-roads in the UK.

Duly noted, ta.

I had a gander at the A5 there and blenched.  I've ridden a couple of similar stretches here and once been told to bugger off out of it at the next exit.

The bit north of MK isn't too bad (for a major A road anyway). And it's not dualled there either - not past Old Stratford where it re-joins the route of the old Watling Street.

Our 2012 Strasbourg-Perpignan route was royally buggered up because of a short stretch of 2x2 carriageway on our way out of Besançon. When we took the alternative, carefully checked on Streetview, we went straight into major roadworks. At night, natch.

Dontcha love Audax?

[Wowbagger]

Cyclists are allowed on virtually all A-roads in the UK.

Duly noted, ta.

I had a gander at the A5 there and blenched.  I've ridden a couple of similar stretches here and once been told to bugger off out of it at the next exit.

There are minor roads round here which are nastier than some of the major A roads in quieter parts of the country.

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/idld.srf?X=588620&Y=188625&A=Y&Z=120&lm=1 is really unpleasant most of the time and I have mostly stopped riding on it.

[Chris S]

Cyclists are allowed on virtually all A-roads in the UK.

Duly noted, ta.

I had a gander at the A5 there and blenched.  I've ridden a couple of similar stretches here and once been told to bugger off out of it at the next exit.

There are minor roads round here which are nastier than some of the major A roads in quieter parts of the country.

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/idld.srf?X=588620&Y=188625&A=Y&Z=120&lm=1 is really unpleasant most of the time and I have mostly stopped riding on it.

And indeed, some of the A-roads are a real surprise. We rode on the A5 with Teethgrinder on an AUK Dinner Dart from his place to That Wales, and it was fine. We've also ridden a good chunk of the A4, and that too was fine - wide, flat, good sight lines, not too much traffic (Reading notwithstanding - that was a mare).

[Mr Larrington]

Did the A4 from Newbury to Slough in the early hours of a Sunday morning with von Broad otp.  Garry sportingly kept waiting for me every time I nearly fell asleep but apart from that, and Reading, it was OK and only about a mile longer than the lanesy routesheet way.

Big chunks of the A406 are forbidden to bikes these days.

[Chris S]

Did the A4 from Newbury to Slough in the early hours of a Sunday morning with von Broad otp.  Garry sportingly kept waiting for me every time I nearly fell asleep but apart from that, and Reading, it was OK and only about a mile longer than the lanesy routesheet way.

Big chunks of the A406 are forbidden to bikes these days.

Sounds like the Severn Across, Larrington Return^TM

[Mr Larrington]

It was actually von Broad's idea, hatched in the petrol station shop at Membury Services, but I happily went along with it as I'd started nodding off at the wheel before even reaching Malmesbury.  But yes, Severn Across 2007