Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Is this where the wallabies are?
Couple of years ago, I saw someone riding a mountain bike down the hard shoulder of the M4 approaching J13. It's a fair trek from J12 and not sure where else he could have got on from.
And yet, it has those lovely wide lanes at the side that no-one seems to be using!
(I know, the M25 in Herts is now "smart", so actually they are being used. Shush).
Where?
"The M25 is not Hertfordshire's new velodrome"
lush, sarcasm at its best.
Exactly. It's Kent's and Surrey's and Essex's too.
The signage is unclear, particularly so to foreigners. Where is any indication that cycling isn't allowed?
I use autostrada in Italy and at all entry points there is signage saying cycles/mopeds/horse drawn vehicles are not allowed.
Maybe you should read up on the traffic laws of the country you're visiting rather than hoping everything is spelt out in big letters.
And motorised vehicles are meant to obey speed limits that are prominently displayed on signposts pretty much everywhere.
Judging by the car-worshipping Twitter profile they have up I am sure it gave them great pleasure:
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