Watching this guy cycle across London was pretty amazing. The traffic was quite heavy and congested (which is a significant part of how he beat the car), but he never had to cross a highway or anything large like that.

The bike group here in Colchester fusses a lot about two nasty roundabouts that apparently make it very difficult to cycle up to the town centre from the south side of town. I had thought seriously about getting bikes when we came over here, but the traffic is just uber creepy and I’m a coward, so we didn’t. It’s also rough because the days are short and damp here, which doesn’t seem a good combo for cycling. We got out of a movie today at 4:20, and it was already close to dark. Sub-Evil and I can still take the back footpath in the morning, but I suspect it’ll be too dark for that by early December.

I have to say that now having been in London, I am made very sad by the public transport here in The Cities. Its just abysmal.

And as an avid cyclist, I am glad to know one could still navigate though such an urban area with speed and success. Again, you can’t really do that in The Cities either. You are taking your life in your hands if you have to cross any of the beltway roads even by over/underpass.