Cycling in London

Since Barclays and London Transport introduced a new way to travel in London, I was waiting for a sunny weekend to try London Cycling. The 25th of September, Saturday was a sunny day and I went for my trial.

I bought my pass a week after the campaign was launched and did not use it for few months. The reason behind was my fear to ride with the traffic on the road. The traffic is crazy in London. I do not have driving licence and it was a challenge for me, so I was waiting for somebody else to go for a ride with me.

We went to pick up the bicycles at Kings Cross. It was very easy to to take bicycle off the station, by lifting it up and pulling back. We took small and quite street to go to Holborn and in ten minutes we packed our bicycles at the Holborn's London Cycling's station next to Nandos. We had our lunch there and took our next ride to Covent Garden and end up parting our bicycle at Trafalgar Square. We walked through Piccadilly and took our last ride for a day from Tottenham Court Road back to Kings Cross.

It was an amazing day, very exciting and I was satisfied with the experience. I would recommend to everybody to try London Cycling.

Tip for everybody: if you Londoner you can register on the official site of London Cycling, pay £3 for a key and £1 for a day ride. Remember first 30 min are free. If you are not registered you can still use your credit card and hire a bike.