This weekend, for the second Saturday in succession I took the Ninja out for a little trundle.
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Saturday’s effort was a trip to a former RAF airfield over in Langar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The journey is a mix of roads, some are twisty, and it’s possible to keep the speed above 100<\/s> 90<\/s> 80<\/s> 70<\/s> 60<\/s> 50<\/s> 40<\/s> 30 on some stretches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last Saturday’s outing was a quick trip in to Hockley, an area of central Nottingham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For context: the traffic situation in Nottingham is poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s not as bad as that London (which still hasn’t bettered the speed of traffic from the 1800s) but it is very slow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the bike, I made it in to Hockley, parked, shopped, and back to the house in 40 minutes, and the cost would have been about a couple of thimbles of petrol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Had I gone in the car the round-trip (plus parking) would have taken just over an hour, and would have cost a couple of quid for parking plus about a pint of fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On public transport the round-trip (door to door) would have taken between three to four hours, would have cost \u00a35.60.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That’s a compelling argument for motorcycling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And yet motorcycles in Nottingham are not allowed to use bus lanes, and they are not considered as a form of transport distinct to cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, they are lumped in with cars, and aren’t considered separately at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There’s something very wrong with this kind of logic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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