Originally Posted by coasting

Yesterday evening when I was riding round the park, I realised that that was the only place I could ride in London without start stop and without bumper to bumper traffic so bad that you can't even weave around with superior bike handling skills. Either that or my bike handling skills are poor. I tried riding before rush hour, late morning, lunchtime, afternoons. Never a pleasure. People who commute must think cycling is a real chore.