A few days in London gave me the chance to try Boris bikes and what fun they are.
London to me is ideal cycling territory, lots to see and plenty of cycling challenges all within a short distance.
I'm not keen on cycling on the A and B roads around the caravan - too much fast moving traffic - but carving through central London traffic is easy and relatively safe.
There's a sticker on each bike warning about vehicles turning left, and I could immediately see there could be problems with that.
Ride it like you stole it is my motto, so most of my left turns took place on the pavement.
One way streets? Not on a Boris bike, although I only did short stretches against the flow.
And some streets have cycle lanes designed to allow you to go in the opposite direction to motorised traffic.
Interaction with pedestrians and other drivers was cordial, apart from a white van at Holborn Circus who called me the c-word.
How could he know that? He must be psychic.
My capital cycling adventure also enables me to test my latest attempt at photo-sharing.
Hopefully this link will show an oh-so-interesting pic of a stand of Boris bikes:
www.23hq.com/RobF/photo/8118783
Anyone care to guess where it is?
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