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North Bristol to the city centre race – bus vs train vs car vs bike

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  • March 14, 2019 at 10:57 am #937557
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    hawkinspeter

    They’ve now published a

    They’ve now published a summary article that has more info on the routes: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/raced-north-bristol-city-centre-2635420

    (Sorry – I can’t be bothered to copy/paste their different routes)

    March 14, 2019 at 9:45 am #937555
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    fukawitribe
    brooksby wrote:
    Goldfever4 wrote:
    Daveyraveygravey wrote:
    Can we have more info on the actual route?  It looks like the lady that took the bus had to get a bus to the start, so she was later than the others?  Is that fair?

    I imagine they waited for her to get there before starting.

    Ironically, the bus route will have been on the Metrobus, the brand new, hyper-expensive bus route that is still slower than cycling.

    IIRC Metrobus was originally touted as being more or less a guided bus system, with dedicated routes etc; it ended up being too expensive to do that so the bulk of its routes are just on the normal roads, with the rest of the traffic, just like a ‘normal’ bus.  I did see a Metrobus on the new busway by Ashton Gate the other day.  Its a bit like seeing some rare bird: I imagine that bus-spotters werelined up to take serial numbers… yes 

    I see a lot of them around Ashton, passenger number in them look decent – early morning / evening obviously, but see a fair few people outside that when i’ve been around. From what i’ve heard indirectly from people that have used that route, seems well regarded.

     

    They were going to be predominantly fully guided, that was really never going to fly, and are mostly on the road but in bus lanes (some ‘special’ ones’) for much of the routes i’ve seen. It’s been a right comedy show getting even what we’ve got so far, but they seem alright – not tried yet, will next time I need to get back from Aztec without bike/car.

    March 14, 2019 at 9:06 am #937553
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    brooksby
    Goldfever4 wrote:
    Daveyraveygravey wrote:
    Can we have more info on the actual route?  It looks like the lady that took the bus had to get a bus to the start, so she was later than the others?  Is that fair?

    I imagine they waited for her to get there before starting.

    Ironically, the bus route will have been on the Metrobus, the brand new, hyper-expensive bus route that is still slower than cycling.

    IIRC Metrobus was originally touted as being more or less a guided bus system, with dedicated routes etc; it ended up being too expensive to do that so the bulk of its routes are just on the normal roads, with the rest of the traffic, just like a ‘normal’ bus.  I did see a Metrobus on the new busway by Ashton Gate the other day.  Its a bit like seeing some rare bird: I imagine that bus-spotters werelined up to take serial numbers… yes 

    March 13, 2019 at 11:35 pm #937551
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    Bmblbzzz
    Goldfever4 wrote:
    Daveyraveygravey wrote:
    Can we have more info on the actual route?  It looks like the lady that took the bus had to get a bus to the start, so she was later than the others?  Is that fair?

     

    I imagine they waited for her to get there before starting.

     

    Ironically, the bus route will have been on the Metrobus, the brand new, hyper-expensive bus route that is still slower than cycling.

    But faster than driving in a car. I’m not sure whether this is down to the M32 bus lane or what. Any suggestions, anyone?

    March 13, 2019 at 8:49 pm #937549
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    Goldfever4
    Daveyraveygravey wrote:
    Can we have more info on the actual route?  It looks like the lady that took the bus had to get a bus to the start, so she was later than the others?  Is that fair?

     

    I imagine they waited for her to get there before starting.

     

    Ironically, the bus route will have been on the Metrobus, the brand new, hyper-expensive bus route that is still slower than cycling.

    March 13, 2019 at 7:26 pm #937547
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    Simon E
    Daveyraveygravey wrote:
    Can we have more info on the actual route?  It looks like the lady that took the bus had to get a bus to the start, so she was later than the others?  Is that fair?

    Probably not but it’s 21st century British public transport, what do you expect?

    <shrug>

    March 13, 2019 at 5:21 pm #937545
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    HoarseMann
    ktache wrote:
    That does not look like the worlds fastest bike.

     

    Fast enough though and pretty much a perfect city bike… hub dynamo, son edelux front light, bombproof sturmey 3 speed, folds so can blag it onto a train/bus, mudguards, looks a heap so unattractive to thieves… just the brakes that are probably a bit ropey, especially in the wet.

    March 13, 2019 at 1:28 pm #937543
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    Daveyraveygravey

    Can we have more info on the

    Can we have more info on the actual route?  It looks like the lady that took the bus had to get a bus to the start, so she was later than the others?  Is that fair?

    March 13, 2019 at 1:23 pm #937541
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    Daveyraveygravey
    CXR94Di2 wrote:
    The losers also polluted the Environment.

      The winner arrived fitter, better mental attitude for the day and nothing to pay for parking.

     

    The winner may have arrived mentally scarred though, as he realised that some of those lovely normal folk in cars actually might want to kill him…

    March 13, 2019 at 7:32 am #937539
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    Mungecrundle

    All this proves is that
    All this proves is that cyclists cause delays for other road users. If the cyclist had not taken part in the race, then one of the other transport options would have won. QED cyclists cause traffic congestion.

    March 13, 2019 at 6:54 am #937537
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    CXR94Di2

    The losers also polluted the

    The losers also polluted the Environment.

      The winner arrived fitter, better mental attitude for the day and nothing to pay for parking.

    March 12, 2019 at 2:18 pm #937535
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    ktache

    ibid

    ibid

    March 12, 2019 at 1:53 pm #937533
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    hawkinspeter

    Bristol doesn’t need a quick

    Bristol doesn’t need a quick bike to be quicker than other traffic.

    (Pic shamelessly stolen from BristolPost)

     

     

    March 12, 2019 at 1:47 pm #937531
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    ktache

    That does not look like the

    That does not look like the worlds fastest bike.

     

    March 12, 2019 at 1:39 pm #937529
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    hawkinspeter

    It was the bike.

    It was the bike.

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