Comments on: Preston in the Picture: Riding into the park http://blogpreston.co.uk/2012/09/preston-in-the-picture-riding-into-the-park/ Community news and views for Preston, Lancashire Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: David Perkins http://blogpreston.co.uk/2012/09/preston-in-the-picture-riding-into-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-5185 David Perkins Sun, 16 Sep 2012 09:04:00 +0000 http://blogpreston.co.uk/?p=16344#comment-5185 This picture, in my opinion, doesn’t really show what the Guild Wheel is actually like. I’ve ridden it a few times, and I’d like to say I was a keen cyclist but I do honestly believe that this awesome council that we have in Preston, have no idea what surface to actually put down on certain sections of it.

How can a team of people who design a cycle route, think that loose shale and gravel is the best surface to ride a bike on? The section of the wheel that runs straight through Avenham Park is the worst surface to ride a bicycle on… why can’t it be nice and smooth like this picture shows?
They’re trying to get cyclists out and about on the Guild Wheel because it’s been a massive spend and don’t want to see it flop like most things in Preston, yet they’re making it difficult to actually ride it?
I wish it had been done a lot better than it has, the Guild Wheel had the potential to be something incredible!

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