Ones round here are shite! Its where all the crap from the road gets throw when cars go past. The road is usually full of holes and have double drains in som places making you ride into the middle of the road to dogde em. Rode jays bike to work today to get a feel for a road bike, and f**k meee it was fast and smooth! Did 30 racing a bus, almost died like but it was fun lol Really tempted to get one now, only thing stopping me is the fast my spine felt like it had been torn out after a while. Oh, and our cycle lanes are actually on the road, not like these shite ones they put on the pavement. We have that on the promenade though, people moan at you for riding in a cycle lane and not moving for them. Rode into some guy the other week on purpose, dick.