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  • I hadn’t been out for a long bike ride for ages, and so was tempted by the fine early autumn weather of Sunday 14 October 2012 to go out with the Anerley Bicycle Club on a ride down to Chiddingstone Castle in Kent.  The Anerley is one of Britain’s oldest cycling clubs, having been founded in 1881, and has regular Sunday rides into the Kent and Surrey countryside, plus Tuesday trips too.   Over a dozen people showed up, most of them regulars but one or two new faces or, like me, those returning after a prolonged […]
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    I hadn’t been out for a long bike ride for ages, and so was tempted by the fine early autumn weather of Sunday 14 October 2012 to go out with the Anerley Bicycle Club on a ride down to Chiddingstone Castle in Kent.  The Anerley is one of Britain’s oldest cycling clubs, having been founded in 1881, and has regular Sunday rides into the Kent and Surrey countryside, plus Tuesday trips too.   Over a dozen people showed up, most of them regulars but one or two new faces or, like me, those returning after a prolonged […]

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  • Last month I e-mailed Councillor Sean Fitzsimons, a representative for the Addiscombe ward and a member of Croydon Labour Party, for clarification on his stance on the matter of 20 mph  zones.  Below  is my request and underneath that, his response and more recent developments – watch this space for more. On 5 September 2012 21:17, austen.croydoncyclists@gmail.com <austen.croydoncyclists@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Councillor Fitzsimons, I’m currently the co-ordinator of Croydon Cycling Campaign and a member of the Board of the London Cycling Campaign (LCC).  The LCC recently responded to a request by the Greater London Authority’s Transport […]
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    Last month I e-mailed Councillor Sean Fitzsimons, a representative for the Addiscombe ward and a member of Croydon Labour Party, for clarification on his stance on the matter of 20 mph  zones.  Below  is my request and underneath that, his response and more recent developments – watch this space for more. On 5 September 2012 21:17, austen.croydoncyclists@gmail.com <austen.croydoncyclists@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Councillor Fitzsimons, I’m currently the co-ordinator of Croydon Cycling Campaign and a member of the Board of the London Cycling Campaign (LCC).  The LCC recently responded to a request by the Greater London Authority’s Transport […]

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  • In my previous post I discussed some councillors who had raised objections to cycling exceptions on one-way streets, in spite of this having worked so effectively in other boroughs and the City of London now opening up 34 roads to contraflow cycling or two-way operation. I also highlighted one particular councillor who not only objected but gave quite a speech, in which he showed his disdain for those who ride bikes, rejecting best practice because ‘if it works in other boroughs it isn’t necessarily right for Croydon’ without giving any reason why Croydon might be […]
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    In my previous post I discussed some councillors who had raised objections to cycling exceptions on one-way streets, in spite of this having worked so effectively in other boroughs and the City of London now opening up 34 roads to contraflow cycling or two-way operation. I also highlighted one particular councillor who not only objected but gave quite a speech, in which he showed his disdain for those who ride bikes, rejecting best practice because ‘if it works in other boroughs it isn’t necessarily right for Croydon’ without giving any reason why Croydon might be […]

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