General Cycling Discussion - Slightly pointless pursuit...

Okay, you can call me a sad git, anorak, or whatever international equivalants exist ;)

I bought a street atlas for East Kent this lunchtime, I've already got the local OS Explorer maps for the area but I don't like marking them as I find it distracting when planning walks etc. The atalas is pocket sized and at2.5 miles to the inch still shows the smallest hamlets and most minor lanes.

So why did I buy it? I'm going to start marking off routes to work I've tried (I'm not going to grade them or anything, as that would be getting silly ;)) I just thought I'd record the various lanes I've used to get to and from work.

The question is: What should I do about those couple of routes I've tried, where I ended up circling back to the station only to catch the train in because I'd run out of time? I could of course mark off every road I've ever ridden on but that seems a little obsessional :)

Richard

This only confirms my belief that "commuting cyclists" like us are not actually trying to get anywhere at all, but rather use it as an excuse to ride! :D

I say let them be, forget about them and take them again at a later date.:D

I have a question for you:

Is i hard for a us citizen to get a visa to work there? What sites have job listings for london, or where ever?

Originally posted by LittleBigMan
This only confirms my belief that "commuting cyclists" like us are not actually trying to get anywhere at all, but rather use it as an excuse to ride! :D

When I was commuting on a regular basis, the most direct route to work was seven miles long. The shortest route I ever took was 12 miles. Some of my routes were 30 miles long. It wasn't about getting to work. It was definitely about the ride.

I don't think I have ever purposely driven my car an extra mile on my way to work just for the joy of driving.

Since this is to be a record of successful trips to work leave out the unsuccessful ones. But I would use the map to figgure out what I should have done to make them successful and then take them to work...
Joe
:beer:

Originally posted by The Toninator
I say let them be, forget about them and take them again at a later date.:D

I have a question for you:

Is i hard for a us citizen to get a visa to work there? What sites have job listings for london, or where ever?

Try:

http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/

http://fish4.co.uk/jobs/

I think it's reasonably easy to get a visa to work here, but I don't know for sure. I warn you though, we pay a fair bit more for bike bits - approaching 1$ for 1£ :(

Richard

Thanks. Everything is expensive there. I'm thinking about a change for a while not sure what i want to do or where i want to go. Could just be day dreaming too:)