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Video: London cyclists beat the Tube strike, but how many are there? Tell us and you could win a T-shirt!

Cyclists Stay Awesome in the capital today by pedalling to work through the cold and rain

London commuters today have been trying to beat the Tube strike - and many have got in the saddle to do so, which we think is awesome.

And that got us thinking when we saw this video posted to Twitter earlier today of this morning's rush hour at Blackfriars Bridge by Chris Kenyon.

Chris is co-founder of the website Cycling Works, which highlights London businesses that support cycling, including many household names - including FMCG giant Unilever, Microsoft, publisher Penquin Random House and law firm Allen & Overy.

When the separated cycle lane across the bridge opened last year as part of the North-South Cycle Superhighway, it quickly proved the maxim, "Build it and they will come."

> 1,200 cyclists PER HOUR using new cycle superhighway

People on bikes already make up most of the traffic at the bridge in rush hour, but this morning was something else altogether.

So, there is a road.cc Cyclists Stay Awesome t-shirt on offer to the FIRST person to agree with us, in the comments below, how many cyclists are in the video, riding northbound (so in the opposite direction to the camera).

We are EXCLUDING from the count the guy on a push-scooter around halfway through, as well as the two riders in green and yellow hi-viz who, when the footage finishes, haven't passed the camera.

We are also EXCLUDING anyone cycling against the main flow.

Standard road.cc Schwag Grab rules apply, and our count of how many cyclists there are riding northbound is final.

Good luck.

 

 

 

 

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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MrMajic | 7 years ago
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114?

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theironduck | 7 years ago
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103 (the 27th prime number).  Why not?

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EricP | 7 years ago
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115?

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Justonge | 7 years ago
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I reckon there's 106 of them. Good turn out.

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mingmong | 7 years ago
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121

 

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Darren C | 7 years ago
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101 is my best guess.cool

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dbiddulph | 7 years ago
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109

 

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markysd | 7 years ago
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Definitely 105 but tats been done so I'd say 104 and cross my fingers!

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peted76 | 7 years ago
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110, dammit... 114 then, dammit...

115  over here - *waves*

 

 

 

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Jem PT | 7 years ago
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I make it 110, but as someone else has already guessed that, I had better say 114 as that's the nearest numbe rthat hasn't already been guessed.

There were an amazing number of newbie bike commuters in town yesterday, that's for sure. If they could hack the rain last night, that's about the worst they'll every get!

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ClubSmed | 7 years ago
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117

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antonio | 7 years ago
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Darting along the cycleway, 180!

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CygnusX1 | 7 years ago
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112

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whizzzz | 7 years ago
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105

Oddly ( but in a very nice way ) it seemed as busy today !

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beezus fufoon | 7 years ago
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33 are riding northbound - the other 74 are standing still

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BigManLittleHair | 7 years ago
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I've gone over it many times, i've confured and concluded, accurately. It's...

 

Twelvty-ish.

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Cupov | 7 years ago
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132....yep definitely 132

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Cupov | 7 years ago
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132

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Leviathan | 7 years ago
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116, including Rapha with massive beard at 0:22

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tritecommentbot | 7 years ago
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111

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Deac | 7 years ago
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99 

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bike_food | 7 years ago
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More than I see in a year of commuting on the mean unnamed roads of Wiltshire.

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cyclisto | 7 years ago
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111

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gonedownhill | 7 years ago
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139

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hoffbrandm | 7 years ago
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113

bit blurry fuzzy though

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sheridan | 7 years ago
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My guess is 107.

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atgni | 7 years ago
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Lots.

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lammymiko | 7 years ago
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I would say 172

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Canyonaro | 7 years ago
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105 (like the best value groupset out there!)

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Mungecrundle | 7 years ago
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More to the point, what about the empty roadway on the left of the picture? Why is infrastructure being provided at vast expense to the taxpayer for motorists who then do not use it?

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