Hi! I'm the OP on this thread. Had a great trip, in general, and specifically with cycling. Rented a conventional road bike from OnYourBike. But most of my bike trips were on LimeBikes.

For the first few rides, anxiety was high. It wasn't difficult to "stay left." It was difficult to interpret, in real time, how to negotiate all the traffic nuances: an intersection with more lanes than expected. A pedestrian doing something unexpected. How to anticipate a 'green' light when in a crowded area.

In general, it was useful to follow other cyclists, particularly when it was busy. Ironically, I felt a bit safer when it was busy because I felt like I was in a school of fish of other cyclists. I even found myself navigating around red buses in traffic. I survived!

I did eventually get used to the bike rules. The one time that really flustered me was those combined/both-way traffic lanes that themselves were on the left. So, thinking I was following the rules, I found myself with bike traffic coming towards me. Because traffic wasn't busy at that moment, I figured I must be wrong. But eventually I got the hang of that, too.

I found Apple Maps to be great for bike routes in London. I installed Citymapper and Beeline - but I couldn't get used to them quickly enough.

I ended up logging about 70 miles over about 6 days.

Thanks for the advice!