How are you gonna beat the tube strike?

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How are you gonna beat the tube strike?

Postby Snoop Doug » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:46 am

Yeah I know, cycle to work. Well my bike has a busted spoke and a flat tyre, sooooooo come Thursday, I'm gonna walk! It's only 15 miles.

I was on Radio London this morning and paul Ross asked if I would skip some of the way :)

Should be fun - read more if you want.

[url]http://snoopdeloop.blogspot.com/2009/06/mr-snoop-walks-to-work.html[/url]
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Re: How are you gonna beat the tube strike?

Postby ThePinkDreamMachine » Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:20 pm

Brilliant

But you can borrow my bike if you like? my MTB is not pink promise

what a great idear.. but will you actulay make it in time. its about 4hours walk no?

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Re: How are you gonna beat the tube strike?

Postby Mike I » Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:50 pm

Snoop has spare bikes, he just fancies a walk. Probably not a bad idea, given the number of non-cyclists who are going to be out on their bikes tomorrow :roll: .
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Re: How are you gonna beat the tube strike?

Postby adrian » Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:16 pm

[quote="Mike I"]Snoop has spare bikes, he just fancies a walk. Probably not a bad idea, given the number of non-cyclists who are going to be out on their bikes tomorrow :roll: .

LCC are running [url=http://www.biketube.org.uk]'bike tubes'[/url] covering popular commuting routes. Good idea, but has the potential for carnage. I may select an alternative route.
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Re: How are you gonna beat the tube strike?

Postby Snoop Doug » Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:50 pm

I reckon I can do it in around 3 hours....ish. Should be fun I'll take a camera just in case... :)
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Re: How are you gonna beat the tube strike?

Postby jon avery » Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:58 pm

[quote="Mike I"]Snoop has spare bikes, he just fancies a walk. Probably not a bad idea, given the number of non-cyclists who are going to be out on their bikes tomorrow :roll: .

Not at the time i leave i bet there wont, what worries me more is if i am going to get to see England v Andorra, they are saying now it will be played behind close doors, :( so it looks like a refund and on the sofa for me
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Re: How are you gonna beat the tube strike?

Postby Snoop Doug » Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:49 pm

[quote="Sean Hogan - 何祥"]... and a good book.


Huh...? Walking and reading @ the same time. Watch out, you'll get Lord Ingram spouting about people cycling with ipods or some other hooh hah :twisted:
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Re: How are you gonna beat the tube strike?

Postby jon avery » Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:18 pm

[quote="Sean Hogan - 何祥"]Jon, the game is on and still open to fans.

Cheers Sean, i don't think getting there will be a problem it's going to be the getting home that'll be the problem, and before some bright spark says take your bike, first i'm meeting a mate, and secondly i aint watching England sat in lycra :D
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Re: How are you gonna beat the tube strike?

Postby EdO » Tue Jun 09, 2009 6:35 pm

[quote="Snoop Doug"]I reckon I can do it in around 3 hours....ish. Should be fun I'll take a camera just in case... :)


15 miles in 3 hours? That's marching pace. Don't think I could keep up. Good luck with that.

It'll be the bike for me. No thrills business as usual.
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Re: How are you gonna beat the tube strike?

Postby George » Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:39 am

Strolltastic snoop, did you make it?
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Re: How are you gonna beat the tube strike?

Postby Andrew G » Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:48 am

Mad as a badger Snoop, hope you make it with your feet still in piece.
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Re: How are you gonna beat the tube strike?

Postby Snoop Doug » Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:17 am

[quote="George"]Strolltastic snoop, did you make it?


It's tomorrow y'all.

Pilates tonight - might need more than that come Thursday eh :shock:
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Re: How are you gonna beat the tube strike?

Postby huw williams » Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:00 am

Can't see what all the fuss is about. I walk to work every day 8)
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Re: How are you gonna beat the tube strike?

Postby Michelle » Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:01 am

Yeah your walk takes 8 minutes Huw!
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Re: How are you gonna beat the tube strike?

Postby adrian » Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:15 am

Utter chaos on the roads today - think Cairo only with more bikes - but I didn't see any carnage. This despite cyclists passing gridlocked traffic on the inside and the outside, in between, up the pavements - you name it. And of course the poor old red lights got dissed in a big way.

Actually, the biggest increase I noticed today was not in pedal cyclists, but in scooters and motorbkes.
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