Bicycle 'Highway Code'

"Burning_Ranger" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Is there a bike specific that will tell me the rules,
regulations and etiquette of riding on a road. I'm gonna
start a new job soon and ride to work on my bike. Or
should I just read the Highway Code?

Cyclecraft is the book to read .... tinyurl.com2flz7Open ↗

Quoted message said:

Is there a bike specific that will tell me the rules,
regulations and etiquette of riding on a road. I'm gonna
start a new job soon and ride to work on my bike. Or should
I just read the Highway Code?

Highway Code highwaycode.gov.ukhighwaycode.gov.ukOpen ↗

Plus get a copy of Cyclecraft by John Franklin ISBN
0117020516 Published by The Stationery Office - read,
inwardly digest.

Cheers, helen s

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On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 19:01:13 +0100, "Burning_Ranger"
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Is there a bike specific that will tell me the rules,
regulations and etiquette of riding on a road. I'm gonna
start a new job soon and ride to work on my bike. Or should
I just read the Highway Code?

You should read the highway code
(highwaycode.gov.ukhighwaycode.gov.ukOpen ↗) and also Cyclecraft by John
Franklin
<url:http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0117020516>

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Burning_Ranger said:

Is there a bike specific that will tell me the rules,
regulations and etiquette of riding on a road. I'm gonna
start a new job soon and ride to work on my bike. Or
should I just read the Highway Code?

You should read the Highway Code but it is lacking in advice
for cyclists - just four measly pages and it certainly
doesn't cover etiquette or how you obtain the all important
skills of anticipation and road awareness.
highwaycode.gov.ukhighwaycode.gov.ukOpen ↗

You should definitely get yourself a copy of Cyclecraft
by John Franklin, ISBN 0-11-702051-6 It is packed with
advice and information.
lesberries.co.ukccraft.htmOpen ↗ (although a
more recent reprint is available than that on the
author's site)

Alternatively you could sign up for an awareness session
with one of the growing number of cycle training
organisations. An increasing number of adults are siging up
for such courses, often funded by their employer.

John hampshirecycletraining.org.ukhampshirecycletraining.org.ukOpen ↗

"JohnB" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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You should read the Highway Code but it is lacking in
advice for cyclists - just four measly pages and it
certainly doesn't cover etiquette or how you obtain the
all important skills of anticipation and road awareness.
highwaycode.gov.ukhighwaycode.gov.ukOpen ↗

The highway code is fine for describing how to use the road
as a vehicle (which a bike is) But I would treat the
specific advice it does offer cyclists with caution. The bit
on roundabouts is paticularly hairy - though better than
previous versions.

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You should definitely get yourself a copy of Cyclecraft by
John Franklin, ISBN 0-11-702051-6 It is packed with advice
and information.
lesberries.co.ukccraft.htmOpen ↗ (although a
more recent reprint is available than that on the author's

site)

This is definately to be recommended. John Franklin actually
knows what he is talking about.

"Peter Owens" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"JohnB" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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You should read the Highway Code but it is lacking in
advice for cyclists - just four measly pages and it
certainly doesn't cover etiquette or how you obtain the
all important skills of anticipation and road awareness.
highwaycode.gov.ukhighwaycode.gov.ukOpen ↗

The highway code is fine for describing how to use the
road as a vehicle (which a bike is) But I would treat the
specific advice it does offer cyclists with caution. The
bit on roundabouts is paticularly hairy - though better
than previous versions.

Quoted message said:

You should definitely get yourself a copy of Cyclecraft
by John Franklin, ISBN 0-11-702051-6 It is packed with
advice and information.
lesberries.co.ukccraft.htmOpen ↗ (although
a more recent reprint is available than that on the
author's

site)

This is definately to be recommended. John Franklin
actually knows what he is talking about.

I think I was the first[1] to recommend it .. and I used my
Amazon affiliate link 😉

[1] Well, okay, snap with Helen ...

elyob said:

"Burning_Ranger" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

Is there a bike specific that will tell me the rules,
regulations and etiquette of riding on a road. I'm gonna
start a new job soon and ride to work on my bike. Or
should I just read the Highway Code?

Cyclecraft is the book to read ....
tinyurl.com2flz7Open ↗

Ta.

In article said:

Burning_Ranger said:

Is there a bike specific that will tell me the rules,
regulations and etiquette of riding on a road. I'm gonna
start a new job soon and ride to work on my bike. Or
should I just read the Highway Code?

You should read the Highway Code but it is lacking in
advice for cyclists - just four measly pages

Only four pages of cycling specific advice, some of it
rather dodgy, but the bits for all road users does apply
too. If Burning_Ranger is changing from driving to a bike
then he might know all those bits already, but if not he
should definitely read it.

bikexprt.comstreetsmartsOpen ↗ is American, but
worth a read.

Alan Braggins said:

In article said:

Burning_Ranger said:

Is there a bike specific that will tell me the rules,
regulations and etiquette of riding on a road. I'm
gonna start a new job soon and ride to work on my bike.
Or should I just read the Highway Code?

You should read the Highway Code but it is lacking in
advice for cyclists - just four measly pages

Only four pages of cycling specific advice, some of it
rather dodgy, but the bits for all road users does
apply too.

What? You mean I've been breaking the law every time I've
failed to put a warning triangle 147feet behind me when I've
punctured?

John B ;-)

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What? You mean I've been breaking the law every time I've
failed to put a warning triangle 147feet behind me when
I've punctured?

Conjures up an image of a "normal" cyclist with a huge
warning triangle strapped to their back "just in case".

Jon

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Alan Braggins said:

Only four pages of cycling specific advice, some of it
rather dodgy, but the bits for all road users does
apply too.

What? You mean I've been breaking the law every time I've
failed to put a warning triangle 147feet behind me when
I've punctured?

No, because rule 248 doesn't say you MUST do that.

The chances of your being able to get your vehicle safely
off the road so it doesn't cause an obstruction are also
rather higher when cycling.

Alan Braggins said:

In article said:

Alan Braggins said:

Only four pages of cycling specific advice, some of it
rather dodgy, but the bits for all road users does
apply too.

What? You mean I've been breaking the law every time I've
failed to put a warning triangle 147feet behind me when
I've punctured?

No, because rule 248 doesn't say you MUST do that.

Oh so sorreeeee.

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The chances of your being able to get your vehicle safely
off the road so it doesn't cause an obstruction are also
rather higher when cycling.

Oops. Humour bypass operation detected.

John B

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Alan Braggins said:

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Alan Braggins wrote:
>
> Only four pages of cycling specific advice, some of it
> rather dodgy, but the bits for all road users does
> apply too.

What? You mean I've been breaking the law every time
I've failed to put a warning triangle 147feet behind me
when I've punctured?

No, because rule 248 doesn't say you MUST do that.

Oh so sorreeeee.

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The chances of your being able to get your vehicle safely
off the road so it doesn't cause an obstruction are also
rather higher when cycling.

Oops. Humour bypass operation detected.

I imagine he's joking as well. urc dry humour in
typical effect.

A

"Jon Senior" <jon@restlesslemon_DOT_co_DOT_uk.remove> wrote in
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What? You mean I've been breaking the law every time
I've failed to put

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warning triangle 147feet behind me when I've punctured?

Conjures up an image of a "normal" cyclist with a
huge warning

triangle

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strapped to their back "just in case".

Don't laugh. Exactly that used to be favoured in parts of
the USA. I think it was the Columbus, Ohio branch of the
American Youth Hostel Association that particularly pushed
them. I wonder if they still
do.

PLEASE don't anybody tell that MP Eric Martlow, or whatever
his name is, about the idea

Jeremy Parker

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Jon

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In "]news:[email hidden], JohnB
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Alan Braggins wrote:

Oops. Humour bypass operation detected.

I imagine he's joking as well.

Well spotted that man. I'd have expected someone who needed
a smiley to have used one in the first place.