Richmond Park

Police were stopping cyclists yesterday to hand out leaflets advertising
a cycle safety day in Richmond Park on Saturday 9th August. If anyone's
interested there's more info he

http://cms.met.police.uk/news/local_...r_of_lo rries

LN

"lardyninja" wrote in message
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Police were stopping cyclists yesterday to hand out leaflets advertising a
cycle safety day in Richmond Park on Saturday 9th August. If anyone's
interested there's more info he

http://cms.met.police.uk/news/local_...r_of_lo rries

LN


A few Saturdays ago, there was a cyclist speed trap on the hill down from
Richmond to roehampton gates - I saw a good few people being stopped and
spoken to.

pk

PK wrote:

"lardyninja" wrote in message
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Police were stopping cyclists yesterday to hand out leaflets advertising a
cycle safety day in Richmond Park on Saturday 9th August. If anyone's
interested there's more info he


http://cms.met.police.uk/news/local_...n_driving_seat
_to_learn_danger_of_lorries

LN


A few Saturdays ago, there was a cyclist speed trap on the hill down from
Richmond to roehampton gates - I saw a good few people being stopped and
spoken to.

pk

fast hill that, if one lets her roll even big green will cruise into the
20mph+ with ease.

roger
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www.rogermerriman.com

Roger Merriman wrote:
PK wrote:

"lardyninja" wrote in message
...
Police were stopping cyclists yesterday to hand out leaflets advertising a
cycle safety day in Richmond Park on Saturday 9th August. If anyone's
interested there's more info he


http://cms.met.police.uk/news/local_...n_driving_seat
_to_learn_danger_of_lorries

LN

A few Saturdays ago, there was a cyclist speed trap on the hill down from
Richmond to roehampton gates - I saw a good few people being stopped and
spoken to.

pk

fast hill that, if one lets her roll even big green will cruise into the
20mph+ with ease.

roger

I hit 45mph on my mountain bike down there about 5 years ago. Strong
tailwind that day but even freewheeling will get close to 30.

Pete

lardyninja wrote:
Police were stopping cyclists yesterday to hand out leaflets advertising
a cycle safety day

sounds like a misuse of authority to me - mind you, maybe we could use
police officers to stop all sorts of people to advertise things. Perhaps
they could also give one a free newspaper while they were at it. Or
maybe give Judith's windscreen a wash :-)

T

On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:39:52 +0100, Tony B
wrote:

lardyninja wrote:
Police were stopping cyclists yesterday to hand out leaflets advertising
a cycle safety day

sounds like a misuse of authority to me - mind you, maybe we could use
police officers to stop all sorts of people to advertise things. Perhaps
they could also give one a free newspaper while they were at it. Or
maybe give Judith's windscreen a wash :-)

I expect they stoped them for speeding - as most people do down there,
then simply warned them and passed on some information. It's what
I've seen happen other times.

Jim.

On Aug 8, 5:30*am, "PK" wrote:
"lardyninja" wrote in message

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Police were stopping cyclists yesterday to hand out leaflets advertising a
cycle safety day in Richmond Park on Saturday 9th August. If anyone's
interested there's more info he

http://cms.met.police.uk/news/local_...ut_in_driving_...

LN

A few Saturdays ago, there was a cyclist speed trap on the hill down from
Richmond to roehampton gates - I saw a good few people being stopped and
spoken to.

pk

Do the speed limits apply to just cyclists on the road or to all
cyclists in the park? I've not ridden in the park for years, but I
used to fly down some of the short sections of track on my mountain
bike. A couple of sections ran downhill next to the road (or they used
to, it has been a while) and it was quite possible to hit 25mph off
road, but pretty close to the road.

Laters,

Marz

On Aug 8, 6:16 pm, Marz wrote:

Do the speed limits apply to just cyclists on the road or to all
cyclists in the park? I've not ridden in the park for years, but I
used to fly down some of the short sections of track on my mountain
bike. A couple of sections ran downhill next to the road (or they used
to, it has been a while) and it was quite possible to hit 25mph off
road, but pretty close to the road.

To all cyclists. The speed limit is 20mph on the roads and 15mph on
the Tamsin Trail. Cycling elsewhere in the Park is not permitted at
all.

--
Dave...

"dkahn400" wrote in message
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On Aug 8, 6:16 pm, Marz wrote:

Do the speed limits apply to just cyclists on the road or to all
cyclists in the park? I've not ridden in the park for years, but I
used to fly down some of the short sections of track on my mountain
bike. A couple of sections ran downhill next to the road (or they used
to, it has been a while) and it was quite possible to hit 25mph off
road, but pretty close to the road.

To all cyclists. The speed limit is 20mph on the roads and 15mph on
the Tamsin Trail. Cycling elsewhere in the Park is not permitted at
all.

--
Dave...


10mph on the tamsin!

Hence it is ignored by all!

pk

On Aug 8, 11:01 am, lardyninja wrote:
Police were stopping cyclists yesterday to hand out leaflets advertising
a cycle safety day in Richmond Park on Saturday 9th August. If anyone's
interested there's more info he

http://cms.met.police.uk/news/local_...ut_in_driving_...

It isn't about speed. It is another of their 'don't go up the inside
of lorries' promotions.

OK, I broke the rules and actually read the link.

...d