On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 3:49 PM, David Cantrell <da...@cantrell.org.uk> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:53:57AM -0800, Paul Makepeace wrote: > >> Yeah, I'm not dinging TfL, and yes, they do provide a reasonable means >> of getting around London with the caveat that you check for line >> closures on every journey (something that I don't recall methodically >> doing 10 years ago). > > That's because ten years ago they weren't bothering to do any > maintenance. > > And you don't have to check before every journey. I certainly don't > bother. Just check at weekends.
YMMV I guess. I was using the Tube pretty heavily throughout the weekend & week day & night during my last few months in London July-Sep and it seemed pretty heavily under (re)construction. >> It's that your own two wheeled transport is just so much quicker. The >> earlier-quoted w9 to w2 3RL journey would be about six minutes on >> a(ny) bike, and no walking. > > Provided you've got somewhere to park it. And don't forget the extra > time/hassle of having to cleanse yourself and change your clothes > afterwards. That's true altho' parking's rarely an issue IME. A Strida or fold-up seems to bypass pretty much all of that. >> Where a bike really excels however is at night. If you go out late and >> need to get home the ratio between time on night bus and bike can be >> upwards of 10x. > > Only if you're sober. Bug or feature :-) P