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Comedy Bike Tour: Exploring the Scenic and Unique Lanes of Hampshire
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Hampshire
Join our Comedy Bike Tour in Hampshire and explore the scenic and unique lanes while being protected by a cycle bus. Laugh at the challenges of cycling in the area and discover the quirks of the Winchester active travel strategy.
Join our Comedy Bike Tour in Hampshire and explore the scenic and unique lanes while being protected by a cycle bus. Laugh at the challenges of cycling in the area and discover the quirks of the Winchester active travel strategy.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- KMA Sports Academy - Participants will gather at Colden Common Community Centre to join the bike bus. This bus is a fully equipped trailer designed to protect against Hampshire traffic and prevent close overtaking. A safety briefing will be provided to help participants navigate the unique driving habits of Hampshire drivers. Enjoy music and cycle…
- KMA Sports Academy - Participants will gather at Colden Common Community Centre to join the bike bus. This bus is a fully equipped trailer designed to protect against Hampshire traffic and prevent close overtaking. A safety briefing will be provided to help participants navigate the unique driving habits of Hampshire drivers. Enjoy music and cycle along to classics like “I Want to Ride My Bicycle.” The ride will follow the B3335, where the history of cycle lane development will be shared, along with insights into local politics and the intriguing actions of HCC. Participants may witness the blue bike campaign, the iconic “WOT no cycle lane” sign, and the friendly 20’s Plenty Crossing supporters who will wave and cheer. The living blue sign communications with HCC, such as “You can remove this sign but not the message” and “Just build a cycle way,” will also be highlighted. The journey will conclude at the Handlebar Café for a coffee break to refuel with caffeine for the return trip.
What's Included
- Fully equipped Bike bus trailer
- Tea and coffee
- Fully equipped Bike bus trailer
- Tea and coffee
Additional Information
This offers a distinctive experience as there are very few cycle lanes in Hampshire, and many people feel apprehensive about cycling on the roads. However, the guide is highly experienced in managing a school cycle bus and ensuring children’s safety from traffic. Participants will have a unique opportunity to experience cycling from the picturesque…
This offers a distinctive experience as there are very few cycle lanes in Hampshire, and many people feel apprehensive about cycling on the roads. However, the guide is highly experienced in managing a school cycle bus and ensuring children’s safety from traffic. Participants will have a unique opportunity to experience cycling from the picturesque village of Colden Common, through the historic streets of Twyford, and onto Hockley Link, with the assurance of protection by the cycle bus. Here, they will appreciate one of the rarest resources in the Winchester area: a cycle lane. Participants will find humor in the abrupt end of the cycle lane at Hockley and the poorly designed junctions. They will enjoy laughing at the inefficiencies of HCC and delve into the car-centric perspectives of council leaders through entertaining quizzes and intriguing facts. This is a comedic journey through the cycling chaos of the Winchester Active Travel Strategy.
Location
Colden Common Community Centre
Saint Vigor Way
meet outside the community centre in colden common
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Dream27335914022
May 25, 2025
You don’t get fun like this in Amsterdam - There is nothing like this in Holland, my heart was pumping all the way to the cycle path, then it got a bit pedestrian. Could not have done that at home. 5 Stars, will be back.
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Johnm694
Mar 7, 2024
Limit of endurance, where the wheels hit the .... - I've done paragliding off cliffs and flown helicopters in and out of trees. I've travelled far and wide. Who'd know there are such extreme sports opportunities so close to home! The required kit is a lot more accessible as well. A bit of navigation and organisation - and Bob's your uncle....
A cheeky note (but I'm sure the organiser won't mind me saying, as this is all about the experience and spreading the word far and wide) ... you can go solo,and there are other less stressful routes nearby if you lose your nerve on the day.
Of course in an organised group there will be lots of video evidence of those close calls you'll want to share with your family, friends and of course the police, but some say that takes something from living in the moment.
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L8668yfsd
Oct 24, 2023
Would be brilliant if the Council builds the cycle lane - This is an extraordinary tour. We gasped in surprise at the audacity of the County Council's highways department. The funniest part was learning about how the Council's budget will never find enough money for cycling and active travel, despite it being an extraordinarily cost effective investment with the UK government's own estimates that every £1 spent, between £5 and £6 is returned to the local economy (see Cycling UK's briefing about the benefit of cycling to the economy).
With the County Council's budget being shaved to the minimum, it's hilarious that it is diverting money away from the solution that will reduce long-term NHS spending, that will reduce carbon emissions and congestion, that will reduce air pollution, traffic noise and improve physical and mental wellbeing.
These guys are clowns!
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Edcv4594cq
Oct 24, 2023
Psychopaths not Cyclepaths - I’ve done the Alps and the Pyrenees and loved the adrenaline of flying down free ride trails with cliff drops. I’ve won Redbull Rampage 10 years running, enjoy base jumping without a parachute and used to be Eddie Kidd’s stunt double. But this is proper off the charts white knuckle thrill seeking. My kids love it and think I’m the best parent in the world for introducing them to this dare devil sport. In a modern world full of health & safety constraints that shackle fun, the B3335 Cycle Tour stands out as a nod to the good old days of kids playing on train tracks, handheld fireworks and driving without seat belts. Staying in the past appears a suitable metaphor for the HCC approach to sustainable active travel. Sustain the minimal spending, actively talk about it and travel nowhere. Well done Cycle Bus volunteers for achieving what HCC and £millions of public transport spending could not. I hope rumours of an M3 Junction with A34 kids bike park come to fruition, the trap door drop into the motorway sounds awesome.
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Cyclemanc2023
Oct 23, 2023
Never build this cycle lane - What an amazing time! Almost got knocked off at least twice, nothing like feeling the wind rush through your hair as HGV’s caress you from the side.
Please never build this cycle lane council, the blood of children on the roads keep the tyres spinning a little quicker and I can hit new personal bests into Winchester
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335stevep
Oct 23, 2023
Twyford and Colden Common bike bus - What a fantastic cycle ride into Winchester! Witnessed lots of inconsiderate motorists. Marveled at the numerous pot holes in the road. Enjoyed the ridiculous cycle crossing at the Hockley traffic lights. Highlight of the trip was learning new abusive language from drivers as well as new gestures as we cycled in strict formation along the ‘peaceful’ B3335. Come on HCC, get your act together and build proper cycleways to link the outlying villages with Winchester city centre. You could make a start by reducing the speed limit on the B3335 to 40mph.
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Hannahgb5666wa
Oct 23, 2023
Thrill seeker’s dream! - Cannot recommend this tour enough. So well organised and friendly with DJ musical accompaniment. We started out nice and gentle but were soon shrieking as we dodged death-defying potholes, wet to the bone as speeding drivers passed us at close range splashing through poorly drained rivers of water on the road. All of this with the perfect safety shield of human flesh. Our tour guides helpfully pointed out that this exciting experience was only made possible due to the 60mph speed limit and the lack of cycle lane. So great! Leaving Colden Common and coming through Twyford we breathed in the delicious exhaust fumes of the congested traffic, noting the number of cars with only one person in them. We then took a beautiful detour off the main road, which was frankly less thrilling. But did allow my heart rate to reduce significantly and my shoulders to fall back into their normal place. Ready for the climax: crossing our fingers and holding our breath we edged back out into the traffic travelling well over the 40mph speed limit. Hair raising! Then headed into a short section of road that is national speed limit. This was truly the pinnacle moment of the trip: overtaken at close range by HGVs, feeling your body sucked towards them and the wind and fumes in your hair. When we arrived at the Hockley Link traffic lights there was a final treat of having to join the motorway traffic and then cross onto the cycle path with no phase of lights for cyclists. The ride then takes you on a beautiful (but frankly safe and boring) ride into Winchester.
If you want to come away feeling you have diced with death and (hopefully) won, like a superhuman on 2 wheels, if you want the ultimate cycling adrenaline experience with which to enthral your friends then this trip is for you. I loved it so much I am planning to take the return journey next time, when we get to cross the carriageway of speeding HGVs coming around a corner. Can’t wait!!!
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