madprof wrote:It is absolutely fine to go for a bike ride but yeah be careful. Cycling is safe for most people but just like walking it is your judgement call on conditions.
There is no government guidance on length of exercise and nothing in the law that sets a limit. So use your best judgement and I am sure everyone here will stay socially distanced at all times when out.
I am doing a "commute" to work every morning on the bike and will probably set up the turbo trainer for a cycle "home" afterwards as I find it difficult to just close the laptop and suddenly cook dinner and be "at home".
Most of my exercise is cycling to the allotment and working on it, but there is a nice little 5 mile circuit I can do very close to home, entirely on unclassified roads, which are very sparsely used at the moment.
Cycling on road may be safer now (although it always was safe) with fewer motor vehicles on the road, but on the other hand, if the roads are very quiet, those who are still driving might compensate for the lack of other traffic by paying less attention. I was coming back from my allotment yesterday when a woman crossed the road right in front of me forcing me to a halt, some people have dreadful spatial awareness, or just can't be bothered to pay attention.