London commuters today have been trying to beat the Tube strike - and many have got in the saddle to do so, which we think is awesome.
And that got us thinking when we saw this video posted to Twitter earlier today of this morning's rush hour at Blackfriars Bridge by Chris Kenyon.
Chris is co-founder of the website Cycling Works, which highlights London businesses that support cycling, including many household names - including FMCG giant Unilever, Microsoft, publisher Penquin Random House and law firm Allen & Overy.
When the separated cycle lane across the bridge opened last year as part of the North-South Cycle Superhighway, it quickly proved the maxim, "Build it and they will come."
> 1,200 cyclists PER HOUR using new cycle superhighway
People on bikes already make up most of the traffic at the bridge in rush hour, but this morning was something else altogether.
So, there is a road.cc Cyclists Stay Awesome t-shirt on offer to the FIRST person to agree with us, in the comments below, how many cyclists are in the video, riding northbound (so in the opposite direction to the camera).
We are EXCLUDING from the count the guy on a push-scooter around halfway through, as well as the two riders in green and yellow hi-viz who, when the footage finishes, haven't passed the camera.
We are also EXCLUDING anyone cycling against the main flow.
Standard road.cc Schwag Grab rules apply, and our count of how many cyclists there are riding northbound is final.
Good luck.
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114?
103 (the 27th prime number). Why not?
115?
I reckon there's 106 of them. Good turn out.
121
101 is my best guess.
109
Definitely 105 but tats been done so I'd say 104 and cross my fingers!
110, dammit... 114 then, dammit...115 over here - *waves*
I make it 110, but as someone else has already guessed that, I had better say 114 as that's the nearest numbe rthat hasn't already been guessed.
There were an amazing number of newbie bike commuters in town yesterday, that's for sure. If they could hack the rain last night, that's about the worst they'll every get!
117
Darting along the cycleway, 180!
112
105
Oddly ( but in a very nice way ) it seemed as busy today !
33 are riding northbound - the other 74 are standing still
I've gone over it many times, i've confured and concluded, accurately. It's...
Twelvty-ish.
132....yep definitely 132
132
116, including Rapha with massive beard at 0:22
111
99
More than I see in a year of commuting on the mean unnamed roads of Wiltshire.
111
139
113
bit blurry fuzzy though
My guess is 107.
Lots.
I would say 172
105 (like the best value groupset out there!)
More to the point, what about the empty roadway on the left of the picture? Why is infrastructure being provided at vast expense to the taxpayer for motorists who then do not use it?
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