On trains that I historically always had to myself (in a two wheeled sense), there's now consistently 4-5 bikes at all times. And most sensible commutery types.
Hurrah for the Olympic spirit! Maybe.
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Busy bikey trains
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Posted 12 years ago #
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Yes the bounce is being sustained. Road bike crazy in London just now. Need to catch train from starting point to be sure of a berth on trains emanating from Edinburgh, even before the students re-emerge without lights and their crazee RLJing
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Can't say I've noticed it's been unusually busy. Still lots of fresh air being carted around by Scotrail at high speed*. Maybe it's the times I travel.
* I prefer a half empty train personally.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Can't say as I've noticed any change in the wild west.
The new Airdrie Tesco has a bike rack which puts it above Morrrisons, Coatbridge Tesco and Asda. There is still only ever one bike there though and that's only when I'm using a cumbersome.
Going to London this weekend, not taking a road bike but might noise some of them up a little with an S6L.
Posted 12 years ago # -
I've resorted to a two bike strategy to get to Linlithgow Bridge because I can't get on the Dunblane or Glasgow train reliably with a bike on that route.
Even so, it's getting hard to find a park outside of Haymarket if I arrive before the incoming commuters and the old Ryries rack seems to be increasingly busy too.
So, I think there's been a significant increase of bike/rail travel over the summer.
"Scotrail at high speed.." LOL
Posted 12 years ago # -
@crowriver - I prefer a half full train personally, but I may have a sunnier disposition...
:-p
Robert
Posted 12 years ago # -
Haymarket has been crazy busy with bikes for months.
Folding bike on the train for me now, and I always fold prior to boarding. There's often space for me to stick it unfolded in the 'big' bike space, but I reckon that will just end up denying another bike getting on, later in the journey.
Took me a while to get a handle on the luggage rack arrangement on my regular trains.
I think I prefer the older trains with the luggage spaces handily by the doors, to the Turbostars which tend to put them as far away from the doors as possible.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Happily I'm on the Glasgow - Helensburgh train, which is lovely and old and has lots of space around the toilets/disabled area. No bike racks, but we had 5+pram at one point this morning, and you could still just about get past.
Friendly conductors help, mind.
Slight aside, I believe Glasgow Central has removed is bike parking, going by some signs I saw last week. Tweeted at ScotRail and Virgin, but no response.
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@alibali, you need a folder.
@Darkerside, I wonder if it's for 'security reasons' or do they just need more space for coffee and pasty shops?
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I was next to a bike rack coming home on the Glasgow-Edinburgh shuttle last Saturday. Our buggy was folded and stuffed under a seat but the bike bit was subsequently used-up by two other buggies containing sleeping cargoes, resulting in two people with bikes sticking their head in the door then running further down the carriage. During the journey the two other buggy-propellors had to shuffle their buggies out of the way of train-operatives going past with trolleys of 'food' and resultantly complained to each other loudly about "what's this bit for, anyway? [prodding the rubberised crossbar-level bike-support protruding from the wall] It's stupid, it just gets in the way". I was wrangling the bairn at the time but informed them that it was for attaching bikes to, as the large bicycle signs nearby indicated, but I don't think they were listening.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Slight aside, I believe Glasgow Central has removed is bike parking, going by some signs I saw last week.
Someone has probably told them that exploding bicycles are a security risk and must be removed from the station.
Posted 12 years ago # -
It is/used to be on platform 15 which is so far away from the rest of the station that I'm not sure it could be realistically thought of as 'inside'.
Posted 12 years ago # -
@alibali, you need a folder.
@crowriver Yes, but was a bit put off by watching the guy in 2012 trap his fingers every day ariving at the office!
I'm not sure how "two bikes" will work in the winter. The old banger in L'gow will need some repairs and lights which makes the whole thing a bit of a faff.
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