Velo libre a Londres, 2eme?

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New Brompton, anyone?

On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:31:09 -0800 (PST), Squashme
wrote:


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New Brompton, anyone?

Shame all this pro-cycling guff from SWT doesn't extend to actually
allowing commuters to take their own bikes on the train.

On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:41:28 +0000, Peter Grange
wrote:

On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:31:09 -0800 (PST), Squashme
wrote:


http://tinyurl.com/cv9xj5

New Brompton, anyone?

Shame all this pro-cycling guff from SWT doesn't extend to actually
allowing commuters to take their own bikes on the train.

I've just packed my Nephew home to Somerset on a SW train. Taking his
bike on the train was trivial. I simply phoned SW trains, told them
the train he would be on and his ticket number and they gave me a bike
booking reference number.

We cycled to Waterloo together and loaded his bike onto the train
without a problem.

On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:54:04 +0000, Tom Crispin
wrote:

On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:41:28 +0000, Peter Grange
wrote:

On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:31:09 -0800 (PST), Squashme
wrote:


http://tinyurl.com/cv9xj5

New Brompton, anyone?

Shame all this pro-cycling guff from SWT doesn't extend to actually
allowing commuters to take their own bikes on the train.

I've just packed my Nephew home to Somerset on a SW train. Taking his
bike on the train was trivial. I simply phoned SW trains, told them
the train he would be on and his ticket number and they gave me a bike
booking reference number.

We cycled to Waterloo together and loaded his bike onto the train
without a problem.

Fairy nuff, but I think you missed the key word "commuters". Not at
all the same tale at 08:00 at Ascot heading for Waterloo.

On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:30:44 +0000, Peter Grange
said in
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Fairy nuff, but I think you missed the key word "commuters". Not at
all the same tale at 08:00 at Ascot heading for Waterloo.

Oh dear, my sympathies. It never ceases to amaze me that going from
Reading to London we have two such disparate services: FGW every few
minutes, 25 min to Paddington; on the next platform SWT to Waterloo
about twice a week at slightly more than walking pace.

Guy
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On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:31:37 +0000, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
wrote:

On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:30:44 +0000, Peter Grange
said in
:

Fairy nuff, but I think you missed the key word "commuters". Not at
all the same tale at 08:00 at Ascot heading for Waterloo.

Oh dear, my sympathies. It never ceases to amaze me that going from
Reading to London we have two such disparate services: FGW every few
minutes, 25 min to Paddington; on the next platform SWT to Waterloo
about twice a week at slightly more than walking pace.

Guy

Thanks for the sympathy Guy, but it's history now. Retired, living in
Dorset, and getting up long after the 07:whatever_it_was_I_used_to_get
has gone! I can now just be the grumpy old man about commuting without
actually having to do it.

Pete

On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:30:44 +0000, Peter Grange
wrote:

Fairy nuff, but I think you missed the key word "commuters". Not at
all the same tale at 08:00 at Ascot heading for Waterloo.

How many commuter trains take non-folding non-bagged bikes at peak
hours?

"Tom Crispin" wrote in message
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On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:30:44 +0000, Peter Grange
wrote:

Fairy nuff, but I think you missed the key word "commuters". Not at
all the same tale at 08:00 at Ascot heading for Waterloo.

How many commuter trains take non-folding non-bagged bikes at peak
hours?

The ones up here do - 2 per train :-)

Wife is still glad of the Birdy though - means no having to take the risk if
2 other people are there, and it apparently gets tight sometimes.

On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:17:49 +0000, Peter Grange
said in
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I can now just be the grumpy old man about commuting without
actually having to do it.

Result!

I have worked out that Crossrail will be finished about the time I
am too old and knackered to ride across London every day :-)

Guy
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On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:31:22 +0000, Tom Crispin
said in
:

How many commuter trains take non-folding non-bagged bikes at peak
hours?

All those going out of London, at least from Reading to Didcot. I
used to take my recumbent on them pretty frequently.

Guy
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