Jan and Klodi's Party Bus - part II off topic discussion

RobFowl · 05-10-2015 4:55pm

Lumen wrote: »

https://www.facebook.com/orwellwheelers/posts/1039775736055563

RIP really sorry to hear that

daragh_ · 05-10-2015 5:48pm

That's very sad news. RIP

Max Rockatansky · 05-10-2015 8:38pm

Shocking news. RIP Pat, a true gentleman, you will be missed.

Raam · 05-10-2015 9:03pm

Genuinely shocked. Stopped me in my tracks. RIP, Pat.

eeeee · 06-10-2015 8:34am

Lumen wrote: »

https://www.facebook.com/orwellwheelers/posts/1039775736055563

Jesus that's horrendous. R.I.P., and condolences to his family and friends.

lennymc · 06-10-2015 10:15am

Really sad.

traprunner · 06-10-2015 10:17am

Saw a driver mount an island on Pearse St., Dublin at the Macken St. junction. It was a bit surreal. I'd say he was travelling at less than 10kph. He was heading towards Ringsend and I'm not sure if he planned to turn right then change his mind. Some noise from it and the collective 'ooooo' from pedestrians and cyclists as he hit the traffic lights. Looks like a busted radiator at least. He appeared fine as did his passengers.

This is obviously a sign that all drivers are lunatics.

Alanstrainor · 06-10-2015 11:05am

Saw the aftermath of that crash and was wondering how it possibly happened.

Also got a second puncture in 2 days

Found the piece of glass this time. I'm wondering if my tire is shot, I'd say there's only 2000km on it.

Doctor Bob · 06-10-2015 1:25pm

traprunner wrote: »

Saw a driver mount an island on Pearse St., Dublin at the Macken St. junction. It was a bit surreal. I'd say he was travelling at less than 10kph. He was heading towards Ringsend and I'm not sure if he planned to turn right then change his mind. Some noise from it and the collective 'ooooo' from pedestrians and cyclists as he hit the traffic lights. Looks like a busted radiator at least. He appeared fine as did his passengers.

This is obviously a sign that all drivers are lunatics.

I was in the Drury Street bike park on Saturday afternoon and saw a driver drive his swanky Alfa sports car over a low concrete island- wheels either side, concrete into the undercarriage (the vehicular equivalent of a kick in the nuts?). The crunch was nasty.

OldBean · 06-10-2015 2:18pm

Working in Geneva this week. Only landed in this (rainy) morning, but really surprised by the interactions between motorists and cyclists. Respect, courtesy and common sense. Madness.

If the weather gets better and I get my work done early, I'm tempted to rent a bike and try get partially around Lake Geneva.

tomasrojo · 06-10-2015 2:42pm

I worked in Basel for a few months. Nice to cycle around. Those "farmers' roads" outside the cities are nice too.

OldBean · 06-10-2015 5:25pm

What's also interesting is there's a 'cycling infrastructure' in place - some on road and off road lanes, etc, similar-ish to Dublin but slightly better designed.

And still no one seems to use them.

And everyone gets on.

RobFowl · 06-10-2015 5:30pm

tomasrojo wrote: »

I worked in Basel for a few months.

Basil or Baal

tomasrojo · 06-10-2015 7:07pm

RobFowl wrote: »

Basil or Baal

It's "basil" to me. I think "Basel" is the more common way to spell it in English these days.

Zyzz · 06-10-2015 8:22pm

Anyone here living in cork..and close to the Giant store?

Beasty · 06-10-2015 9:27pm

Not me (just need another 9,000+ Boardsies to post a similar response and cheer Rob up a bit:pac:)

RobFowl · 06-10-2015 9:35pm

Beasty wrote: »

Not me (just need another 9,000+ Boardsies to post a similar response and cheer Rob up a bit:pac:)

9000+ (-1)

OleRodrigo · 06-10-2015 9:47pm

OldBean wrote: »

Working in Geneva this week. Only landed in this (rainy) morning, but really surprised by the interactions between motorists and cyclists. Respect, courtesy and common sense. Madness.

If the weather gets better and I get my work done early, I'm tempted to rent a bike and try get partially around Lake Geneva.

Same in France. Cars slow down, then pass at a decent speed.

OleRodrigo · 06-10-2015 9:56pm

Might sneak into the motoring forum with this.

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RobFowl · 06-10-2015 10:10pm

OleRodrigo wrote: »

Might sneak into the motoring forum with this.

Get them to reply in this thread rather than opening new ones to reply (troll) here though.
Will get us to 10k all the faster :cool:

Qualitymark · 06-10-2015 10:16pm

Loooong questionaire here

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/?sm=Y7mEWH%2b9PubN7hIDa4t6CA%3d%3d

Ger Fogarty of Clare County Council asking lots of questions. I had to answer some of the more complicated ones "neither agree nor disagree".

Interesting points. I reckoned the minimum width for a (separated) cycle path should be 2.5 metres, with the way cycling numbers are rising.

Darkglasses · 06-10-2015 10:24pm

Qualitymark wrote: »

Loooong questionaire here

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/?sm=Y7mEWH%2b9PubN7hIDa4t6CA%3d%3d

Ger Fogarty of Clare County Council asking lots of questions. I had to answer some of the more complicated ones "neither agree nor disagree".

Interesting points. I reckoned the minimum width for a (separated) cycle path should be 2.5 metres, with the way cycling numbers are rising.

I admire the attempt but it's a dreadful questionnaire to answer. I'm about 15 questions in and I don't think I've been able to give a good answer to any of his questions.

eeeee · 06-10-2015 11:18pm

Qualitymark wrote: »

Loooong questionaire here

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/?sm=Y7mEWH%2b9PubN7hIDa4t6CA%3d%3d

Ger Fogarty of Clare County Council asking lots of questions. I had to answer some of the more complicated ones "neither agree nor disagree".

Interesting points. I reckoned the minimum width for a (separated) cycle path should be 2.5 metres, with the way cycling numbers are rising.

God that was loooooooong! Questions could have been phrased waaaaay better. I wonder what value there will be in it given how many people may have given up half way through such a long, long survey. The questions are quite leading in places too which would put a question mark over the results for me.

2.5m as standard is excessive though. I'd like it on the canal at rush hour though! A sacrifice too far as long as there are car lanes I think. In my experience the less room cars have the squeezier/more impatient they get with cyclists and the cycle lane.

Absolutely fantastic to see a County Council take an interest, whatever the impact of it may or may not be.

Qualitymark · 07-10-2015 7:14am

gadetra wrote: »

2.5m as standard is excessive though. I'd like it on the canal at rush hour though! A sacrifice too far as long as there are car lanes I think. In my experience the less room cars have the squeezier/more impatient they get with cyclists and the cycle lane.

Maybe, Gadetra, but on the other hand, with the growth in the numbers of cyclists, it would be sensible to build the lanes for projected numbers. If we build metre-wide lanes, they're going to lead to accidents as the lanes become overcrowded.

Absolutely fantastic to see a County Council take an interest, whatever the impact of it may or may not be.

It's wonderful!

Harrybelafonte · 07-10-2015 8:37am

No Bike season is officially here. Just to troll... I'm gonna do this: https://events.athleticsireland.ie/ps/event/AthleticsIrelandAutumnOpenCross2015

So, how do I dress like the Freds of the running world?

smacl · 07-10-2015 8:55am

Qualitymark wrote: »

Loooong questionaire here

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/?sm=Y7mEWH%2b9PubN7hIDa4t6CA%3d%3d

Ger Fogarty of Clare County Council asking lots of questions. I had to answer some of the more complicated ones "neither agree nor disagree".

Interesting points. I reckoned the minimum width for a (separated) cycle path should be 2.5 metres, with the way cycling numbers are rising.

Jaysus, that was like pulling teeth. While I finished it, I'm guessing a large number of potential respondents will abandon less that half way through. I had to read a number of the questions twice just to figure out what was being asked only to respond with a neither yes nor no. Truly awful survey.

Alanstrainor · 07-10-2015 10:01am

After my 2 in a row puncture madness in the last 2 days I panic bought a Schwalbe Marathon Plus on CRC. I'm pretty sure both punctures were caused by one piece of glass embedded in the tyre, so I'm not going to swap it just yet.

This is the tyre I have on the rear at the moment:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ie/en/vittoria-rubino-pro-road-bike-tyre/rp-prod31765

I'd say 2000km on it now, but hopefully I'll get more life out of it, it should last longer than that.

OldBean · 07-10-2015 10:03am

Alanstrainor wrote: »

After my 2 in a row puncture madness in the last 2 days I panic bought a Schwalbe Marathon Plus on CRC. I'm pretty sure both punctures were caused by one piece of glass embedded in the tyre, so I'm not going to swap it just yet.

This is the tyre I have on the rear at the moment:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ie/en/vittoria-rubino-pro-road-bike-tyre/rp-prod31765

I'd say 2000km on it now, but hopefully I'll get more life out of it, it should last longer than that.

Hmmmm, I don't know. You might get another few km out of it, but realistically you'd be better off buying another bike.

Qualitymark · 07-10-2015 10:14am

Number of refugees cycling to freedom along the former Iron Curtain cycle trail is skyrocketing http://www.euronews.com/2015/10/07/taking-the-arctic-route-migrants-cycle-from-russia-to-norway/

Funkyzeit · 07-10-2015 10:59am

Zyzz wrote: »

Anyone here living in cork..and close to the Giant store?

Work around the corner from it. Anything I can help with?

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Jan and Klodi's Party Bus - part II off topic discussion