This shows the hostile roadspace here. Route
http://radwagon.blogspot.com/2013/02/... in Cambridge Video Clip Cycling Guide, as described at
http://radwagon.co.uk/2013/02/cambrid....
This is simply not a nice place to ride a bike. The pavement is shared use but only after the on the left houses stop. After that there's clearly little expectation of people cycling on it as there are a number of pedestrians walking along the middle of it. Unlike other shared use facilities there's nowhere to go outside of those boundaries.
The roadspace is very unpleasant as well with people driving too fast, too close, and not taking any measures they should when passing vulnerable road users. If 20mph limits are to be standard in town, this is a classic example of a place that needs to be 30mph.
Approaching the roundabout, take great care to check where people driving intend to go. Many will still try to pass on the corner approaching the roundabout. Look for a safe spot to pull out, then take the lane to stop this. The roundabout can be done at speeds similar to cars and has a convenient slope to help that out. Try to hold the lane on the exit as it's a sharp, blind corner with no opportunity for safe passing by cars. After, try to ease any waiting cars past, although the shared use path is still fairly poor, especially with all the side roads.
At the bus stop, start using the shared use path. It's much safer as the car speeds go up again, and there's only one side road left. Approaching that turning, just before the hill, see if it's safe to go back into the road space. It stops you losing priority if there are cars waiting to pull out. As you can see, I couldn't do this. Come back in as soon as it's past as the hill is much better out of the roadspace.
Coming down the hill into Fulbourn, check traffic behind to find a spot to safely pull out. The shared use path does an awkward divert into the side road, losing priority, so it's better to get out although can be used in extremis.
These is a cycle space on the left side of the traffic calming, use it if you want. I find it slower and can be full of rubbish, and you can see I keep up with traffic here.
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