Crap cycle lanes
The Warrington Cycle Campaign's book of Crap Cycle Lanes is notorious among cyclists. From amusing and pointless to downright dangerous lanes, the book catalogues 50 of the worst examples of cycle facilities in Britain. Upload your photos of crap cycle lanes to our Flickr group
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This cycle lane lets you smack both your handlebars and your knuckles into a lamppost at 50 metre intervals. It definitely gives a rhythm to the journey
Photograph: D Richards/Warrington Cycle Campaign/Eye Books
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Perhaps with a limited tarmac budget for cycle lanes, Preston Highways Department reasoned that, by making them narrower, they could stretch them further along. Or maybe a pedantic contractor scaled up the line drawn on the map. Or it could even be a course carefully designed to test the sufficiency of the cyclist’s morning caffeine dose
Photograph: Warrington Cycle Campaign/Eye Books
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This spectacular new velodrome in Coventry has a sheltered grandstand, and, coming soon, food stalls, bars and ticket touts. One of the many crap cycle lanes to which the only real response is “…but why?”
Photograph: M. Edwards /Warrington Cycle Campaign/Eye Books
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The large supermarket chains see cyclists as a healthy market, and nothing is too much trouble to welcome them. For example, Tesco offer this custom-designed, er, pole. Bring a friend. Bring all your friends! On second thoughts, better just bring one friend
Photograph: Warrington Cycle Campaign/Eye Books
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Two-way cycle lanes can be hazardous, especially where the width is tight. Danger of collision is ever-present. Coventry city council have banished this risk altogether with this innovative segregating fence. See also how the metal sign at the far end of the fence provides a subtle reminder to cyclists of the need to keep knees and feet a good distance from the centre of the facility
Photograph: P. Owens/Warrington Cycle Campaign/Eye Books
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A fun and easy way for bicycles to get from A to B. As long as they don’t have a rider, that is
Photograph: Warrington Cycle Campaign/Eye Books
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We can only wonder what motivated Crawley planners in this delightful initiative: a cycle lane that stretches out across a traffic lane, abruptly ending about a metre from the kerb. The idea is, presumably, to stop by the END marking, then lift or push the bicycle the last two and a half feet It’s easy to imagine the patient smiles as happy drivers await the completion of the inexplicable ritual.
Photograph: Warrington Cycle Campaign/Eye Books
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Enjoy the red-carpet treatment for a full five seconds as you take advantage of Stratford-upon-Avon's generous cycling Nirvana.
Photograph: J. Stocks/Warrington Cycle Campaign/Eye Books
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Fancy a battle with oncoming vehicles across a dual carriageway ? To tempt you, there's the inviting half-metre strip of cycle path on the other side, if you happen to make it there in one piece ...
Photograph: T. Raven/Warrington Cycle Campaign/Eye Books
