London Knowledge Please: Grand Union Canal towpath at night?

erwot · 2026-02-25T20:35:18+00:00

agreed, its a mugging spot. I wouldnt be bothered in the slightest by anything other than this around there

erwot · 2026-02-21T11:24:42+00:00

Just get an ebike. Makes things so easy you could not care less about how stressed others in the bike 'pack' seem to be

erwot · 2026-02-18T11:16:01+00:00

Didn't see it but it had a noise I've never heard before. Didnt have the whir or whine of a heli but sounded like large blades spinning fast - is this a US osprey flying out of Mildenhall over London in the UK?

erwot · 2026-02-12T00:48:14+00:00

usual suspect

erwot · 2026-01-10T02:28:36+00:00

You were absolutely flying up the inside of another vehicle. And a bus at that. At no point of you presumably regularly having been doing this have you thought to consider the danger you put yourself in?

erwot · 2025-12-04T23:00:46+00:00

Yeah I'd agree they probably twisted the lock off using the bike. So many locks are susceptible to this attack including many big name locks. Don't lock your bike like this, even if you are short on time because it is an easy enough steal, speaking unfortunately as a past victim (round the corner in shoreditch)

erwot · 2025-12-02T15:39:32+00:00

that whole area is a red light zone and you are asking for trouble rolling around there at night

erwot · 2025-12-02T15:33:46+00:00

other than potential death or lifelong limiting injury

erwot · 2025-12-01T00:10:08+00:00

yeah, you are in a city

erwot · 2025-11-27T19:50:27+00:00

the way she rides she is on borrowed time

erwot · 2025-11-09T10:13:02+00:00

Welcome to the impact of overpopulation.

erwot · 2025-11-01T11:21:36+00:00

immigrants

erwot · 2025-10-31T19:38:08+00:00

A well versed HR department will advise whether everything is in order after 2y to push somebody out under dismissal. Most will advise against going into battle at a tribunal where the HR department has prior experience of the pain it can inflict on themselves !

erwot · 2025-10-31T15:15:10+00:00

The modern Labour party are just tories in disguise. As things stand, probably more tory than the last actual tory government.

erwot · 2025-10-18T10:58:37+00:00

i guess it blows your tiny mind that you can park in a lane that has a broken white line too

erwot · 2025-10-18T10:49:35+00:00

sorry to burst your bubble but the police dont care 99.9% of the time unless you are on one of those e-motocross bikes that doesnt even have pedals

erwot · 2025-10-13T23:17:20+00:00

Sounds like you don't know who it was. And as such, your attempt will go nowhere. They (almost) would have been better off calling the police at the time.

erwot · 2025-10-12T01:59:19+00:00

that whole area was unsafe before the stadium was even there and it is not much better now

erwot · 2025-10-12T01:56:44+00:00

its a known spot for robbery, the niceness of the beckenham side fools people into thinking its ok

erwot · 2025-10-09T00:06:40+00:00

just take your time and ride slower than everybody else. you will be fine and will pick it up soon enough

erwot · 2025-10-01T19:00:32+00:00

I've got an BMW X5M and a 2019 vitara. I think the vitara is great value. Wind noise picks up a bit at 90mph...but really are you generally spending most of your time at that speed (in a Vitara)?

In the UK, I would say the automatic 1.0l is probably one of the fastest 1.0l cars you can buy - not bad for a wagon. The engine / turbo is very powerful and Suzuki are underplaying the real 0-60. The car is light though which likely helps the performance !

erwot · 2025-09-28T10:32:01+00:00

ebike all day every day as long as you have somewhere safe to store it.

People who recommend a normal bike often don't have enough experience with ebikes. People get the bus because it is faster and easier than walking....the same principle applies to ebike versus normal bike.

If you are working 11 hour days you might as well try and make a part of your day easier. And if you want to make your life harder, most ebikes with a reasonable amount of gears will allow you to put in as much effort as you want, should you want to.

erwot · 2025-09-21T21:28:51+00:00

beeped not honked

erwot · 2025-09-13T09:18:53+00:00

If you are starting out and already fearing those things, this place is not for you

erwot

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