To cycle ON the pavement?

[Hum2]

Haven't ridden in years and just getting back on it. Do not trust some of the cars on the road to overtake me with enough space. I'm still wobbly on it.

AIBU to ride on the pavement? Even when there is a cycle lane on the road (which was a locked at two points today by parked cars!).

I also use the 'green man' to cross the roads rather than moving to the road and crossing like a vehicle.

Yes, completely. If you’re not a pedestrian get on the road.

*blocked

Yabvu. Pavements are for feet,paws,prams. Not for bikes.

YABU. Pavements are for pedestrians.

Yes you are. I believe it's illegal and you can be fined?

Yes yabvu,pavement cycling is so annoying!

I think it's illegal now.

You're just gonna get flamed Hum2. People love to hate. I'd hide the thread now & forget about it. Ur Not U imho.

Completely unreasonable.

It's illegal.

Completely and utterly unreasonable. I have lost count of how many adult cyclists have shouted or sworn at my dd - she is profoundly Deaf and cannot hear bikes coming up behind her. Get on the road or get off your bike.

You are but I'd still do it.

Sorry but yes YABU. Pavements are for pedestrians.

You need to build your confidence on an actual off-road cycle path. Sustrans is a good place to find ones near you. Or in a park where cycling is allowed.

N.b. I am a cyclist.

YABVU. That drives me potty.

I was walking near our house today with 4 yo DS and DH on crutches and someone whizzed past us on the pavement.

Of course yabu. This is a reverse surely?!

Do not trust some of the cars on the road to overtake me with enough space.

The solution is not to do likewise to pedestrians.

You might want to look into a Bikeability course to get your confidence up?

The pavement is for pedestrians, and having a wobbly cyclist on it isn't brilliant for them either- I don't think the police prosecute pavement cyclists any more though.

I do sympathise though, driving standards in the UK are pretty poor, particularly when it comes to sharing the road with other users.

I'm pretty sure there's an age limit (11?) for riding on pavements.

We have so many cyclists on our pavements where I live, there's no excuse as the roads are really quiet so it's bloody annoying and dangerous.

Please don't. It gives us cyclists a bad name!

As others have said - build up confidence on quite roads, before tackeling the big ones.

My council offered cycle training, which was fab.

YABU. I walk in the middle of the pavement when an adult cyclist comes along. They don’t get past.

Cycle on the road as that gives the message to car drivers that it us a shared space. I've been told by a car driver to "get on the pavenent" and reported him to the police who said they would speak to him.

Ps I got knocked over by some idiot on a bike on a pavement. Not pleasant. They didn't have the excuse either of being nervous, they said to the ambulance people that they were circumnavigating the bus I'd just got off when they went into me but cctv saw them riding for at least 100m on the pavement before.

Found this...

The maximum court fine is £500 or the police can issue a £50 fixed penalty notice (FPN). In short, it is illegal to cycle on a pavement alongside a road, unless it has been marked as a cycle track.

on Google, from cyclinguk.org.

As the mother of a deaf son who regularly has to leap out of the way of cyclists on the pavement and has no warning as he can't hear them coming I think you might guess my answer!
In fact far worse was the time a few years ago when two numnuts on mopeds went roaring through the park with their helmets off and nearly mowed him over. I was furious as he could have been hit by the second while getting out of the way of the first!!!