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leaving a bike in the Phoenix Park

  • 04-10-2009 10:07pm
    #1
    jph100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 429 ✭✭


    hi

    does anyone know if there is a suitable place to leave+lock your bike for a little while in the park?

    thanks


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  • #2
    Doctor Bob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,141 ✭✭✭Doctor Bob


    Daytime? Overnight?

    The Park's not exactly well appointed with dedicated cycle parking, but many of the buildings/destinations (Zoo, Farmleigh, PP Visitors' Centre) have somewhere to park- railings, fences, etc.

    For recreational park use, I usually just see people with their bikes on the grass near their picnic, football game, bike polo match, etc.


  • #3
    jph100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 429 ✭✭jph100


    thanks for the reply.

    yeah it wud be somewhere to leave it for like half an hour or so durin the day/evening time, so i cud go for a jog.

    wud it be safe leavin a helmet too?

    thanks again


  • #4
    petethedrummer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,604 ✭✭✭petethedrummer


    jph100 wrote: »
    thanks for the reply.

    yeah it wud be somewhere to leave it for like half an hour or so durin the day/evening time, so i cud go for a jog.

    wud it be safe leavin a helmet too?
    Depends how good your lock is, how good your locking technique is and how good your bike is.

    For the millionth time I'm posting HAL:
    http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/hal-grades-your-bike-locking/
    http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/hal-grades-your-bike-locking-3-the-final-warning/

    You should give up that jogging lark, keep cycling and you won't have to worry about bike thieves.


  • #5
    Doctor Bob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,141 ✭✭✭Doctor Bob


    jph100 wrote: »
    yeah it wud be somewhere to leave it for like half an hour or so durin the day/evening time, so i cud go for a jog.

    wud it be safe leavin a helmet too?

    I'd guess that any of the destinations I listed should be safe enough during their opening hours. Outside those hours, maybe consider leaving it on street outside the Park? I don't know what entrance you use- at the town end, there are Sheffield stands outside Ryan's pub on Parkgate Street.

    No idea about the helmet. (One tip- leave it higher than a dog can cock its leg!)


  • #6
    iercepa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36 ✭iercepa


    you could lock it on the railings outside the Garda HQ entrance. pretty sure theres guards around there 24hours so should be safe enough


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  • #7
    Bunnyhopper
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    Garda HQ sounds like the best bet, or maybe the railings outside the bike rental place just inside the Parkgate Street entrance (assuming it's open and they don't accidentally rent your bike to someone :) ).


  • #8
    Dr_Colossus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,219 ✭✭✭Dr_Colossus


    Garda HQ is a good spot alright, left a bike locked outside there for an entire weekend before and it wasn't touched but then again it wasn't much of a bike. Generally I'd think bikes are safer in the Phoenix Park than on most city streets especially during the day as most scumbags don't bother themselves taking the trek out.


  • #9
    iercepa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36 ✭iercepa


    Dr_Colossus wrote: »
    Garda HQ is a good spot alright, left a bike locked outside there for an entire weekend before and it wasn't touched but then again it wasn't much of a bike. Generally I'd think bikes are safer in the Phoenix Park than on most city streets especially during the day as most scumbags don't bother themselves taking the trek out.

    maybe safer but ive seen plenty of car windows smashed just up from the HQ over the summer so its not scumbag free


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