Can I claim from SDCC for a destroyed bike tyre?

seamus

The route I cycle into work every day, takes me through some of the less desirable parts of Clondalkin. The cycle tracks and paths are consistently littered with broken glass. SDCC obviously make absolutely zero effort to clean the paths of this crap.

So this morning, I'm cycling in. The paths are wet, so the glass is invisible. Next thing, I hear the familiar hiss. Balls. So I have to walk the 15 minutes home, get changed into my work clothes and go to get the bus into work. 75 minutes late for work.

I get home, check out my tyre, and there's a 7mm piece of glass embedded into my tyre, having shredded the inner tube. The tyre was pretty much brand new, €35 worth, so I'm a little annoyed to say the least.

Plenty of people manage to get money from the council from car wheels destroyed by potholes. Can I claim for similar reasons?

Victor

You can only claim if they knew about it.

wwhyte

seamus wrote:

Next thing, I hear the familiar hiss. Balls. So I have to walk the 15 minutes home, get changed into my work clothes and go to get the bus into work. 75 minutes late for work.

Punctures are annoying, and I don't mean to be smart, but don't you have a puncture repair kit with you?

seamus

wwhyte wrote:

Punctures are annoying, and I don't mean to be smart, but don't you have a puncture repair kit with you?

I did, but I didn't have an allen key with me to remove my wheel

On inspection though, the puncture was irreparable, so I would have ended up just getting greasy and wasting ten minutes at the roadside

cyclopath2001

Victor wrote:

You can only claim if they knew about it.

Is that why they don't do regular safety inspections of cycle tracks?

MrPudding

cyclopath2001 wrote:

Is that why they don't do regular safety inspections of cycle tracks?

What they don't know can't hurt them.

MrP