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NOTES OF HFCYCLISTS MEETING
Tuesday 31 May 2011, 7.30pm [June meeting brought forward one week]
Held in the garden of Susie Gretz, 4a Eynham rd, W12 0HA
PRESENT: Susie Gretz, Alan Rowden, Ayse Kardes, John Griffiths, Gerry Berridge, Marta Wojcik, David Marsh, Hamza, Mihali, Paul Saunderson [later]
APOLOGIES: Petrina Helm, Loretta Reehill, Ruth Mayorcas
1] We welcomed Hamza, who David
introduced to the group. Hamza is finishing his studies on a management
course.
2] Camden Green Fair and Bikefest, aka London Green Fair. 4,5 June.
http://www.londongreenfair.org/ volunteers needed
Also volunteers are needed
for the Bikefest part of it. They still need people to help out stewarding
the Bicycle Tournament and particularly to person the LCC stall over the
whole weekend.. If you are able to help out please contact them at
London Bicycle Music Festival Email <mailto:BMFLondon@gmail.com>
By text to tel: 07940 121 513
3] BIKEWEEK
Saturday 18 June, 1-5pm. Bikeworks
event on Shepherds Bush Green,
Bikeworks is running a promotional event for their company on Shepherds
Bush Green on Saturday 18 June, 1 - 5pm. They will bring a Dr Bike and
Bikeability taster sessions.
LBHF are participating with an HGV / cyclist awareness, etc. We will have
an information stand there, and promoting the LCC and hfcyclists. Susie
and Gerry and Mihali will be involved. If others can take part please
contact John as soon as possible.
Wednesday 22 June, 8 - 10am. LBHF are laying on a Cyclists' Breakfast for members of their staff who cycle, and members of our group have been invited to join them. There will be a Dr Bike there. This takes place in the forecourt of Hammersmith Town Hall on King street. Contact at LBHF: Simon Franklin, 020 8753 3353, simon.franklin@lbhf.gov.uk
Wednesday 22 June. Sunset ride
to the Roebuck on Richmond Hill, where we will meet up with other west
London groups.
Meet at 7.15pm for 7.30pm start on the small open space at the end of
Queen Caroline street overlooking the river and almost under Hammersmith
Bridge. Leader: Marta Wojcik; 07841 289 255,
If anyone wants to lead a ride on another day please contact John as below.
4] CONSULTATION ON THAMES PATH.
An email about this has just been sent out. Please respond to this very
sensible suggestion. See http://www.hfcyclists.org.uk/consult.htm.
John may go down to the Thames path this Saturday morning at 10am to tell passing cyclists with families about the consultation. If you are interested in helping please let me know and come down.
Alan pointed out that in the
morning peak cyclists race past the area by the pubs. And Ruth Mayorcas
has been badly injured by a cyclist on the Upper Mall. However, as with
speeding cars, it is not an excuse to ban all cyclists. Measures can be
taken against those who cause problems, and those commuting at speed are
unlikely to obey no cycling signs anyway.
At the same web address there is a link to the consultation on the Fulham
Palace Surface level crossing scheme.
5] TWO-WAY ONE-WAY.
At a recent Kensington & Chelsea Cyclists meeting we learnt from Kathryn
King of LBHF that cycling the wrong way on one-way streets can now be
trialed in other Boroughs. Rainville Road and Bridge Avenue have been
suggested. John will write to LBHF suggesting that they conduct such a
trial. .
6] SPEEDING CARS
At a recent meeting of the Community Safety Board Cllr Greg Smith said
that he did not believe that speeding was a problem in LBHF. John has
asked the Met Police for the number of speeding offences in LBHF over
the last 5 years in a FOI request.
However anecdotal evidence is that there is a lot of dangerous speeding in 20mph and 30mph areas. To highlight this problem and to try and spur the Council and the local police to take action, we will do our own speed checks. John is going to pick up a radar speed gun from Susie Morrow of Wandsworth cyclists the day after this meeting. Gerry, Susie, David, Marta, John, John Ashford have said they will help in speed checks, working as pairs. Perhaps for an hour at a time. There was great enthusiasm for this.
Suggested streets include Brook
Green, Bradmore Park rd, Dalling rd, Sinclair rd. If you want to be out
there, or help in the analysis and presentation of the results, please
let John know. Also if you have a street or school near you that would
be interested.
6] UNITY TRUST
We decided to transfer of the rest of our money from the Barclays account
to the Unity Trust account set up by the LCC. We transferred a portion
a few months ago and the Unity trust account works well. This is also
a safeguard in case our group declines or ceases to operate and means
that the LCC will have access to our funds. We wrote a cheque for £2000
from our Barclays account to the Unity Trust account.
7] EXPENSES
Susie had expenses of £31 79 for refreshments. John brought along
a bottle of wine that Richard Chute had brought to a previous meeting.
Thanks to all others that brought contributions.
8] DERELICTION
David brought up the problem of derelict bikes blocking the use of cycle
racks. The person to contact is Roy Instrall at lbhf, roy.instrall@lbhf.gov.uk,
David also mentioned the poor state of the cycle path beside the Talgarth rd near the Novotel. Perhaps he should try contacting the Cycling Officer Simon Franklin as above.
Problems can be reported on the lbhf website at http://tinyurl.com/4x9sxw5 . John has just reported a sunken drain in the North End rd outside the Co-op opposite West Kensington Station. Watch to see if there is any action.
9] CYCLE RACKS
Paul brought up the problem that there were still no cycle racks outside
the Cycle Surgery on Shepherds Bush Green, in spite of several requests
for it.
RIDES, EVENTS
Some rides at http://new.lcc.org.uk/events
Big LCC Ride Sunday 26 June: As announced in the new mag there will be a LCC bike ride from central London to Greenwich. The route is similar to Colin Wing's Docks & Ducks ride featured in the April/May magazine. All members, friends and family are welcome to join. The ride is suitable for all ages and abilities, just a nice relaxed day out on our bikes. If you are a confident cyclists good with people please comsider helping to marshal the ride. Get in touch with Gerhard@lcc.org.uk if you are able to help.
8] DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING
Tuesday 5 July. 7.15 for 7.30pm. Place to be decided nearer the time.
John Griffiths [chair / co-ordinator]
020 7371 1290 / 07789 095 748
john@truefeelings.com
OUR WEBSITE www.hfcyclists.org.uk