Biking on the Dart

trad

I've started to take my bike on the Dart as per the new arrangements announced by Irish Rail. Makes my commute at the work end shorter by about 15 to 20 mins. Thank you Irish Rail.

Now, what do you do with your bike on the Dart? I leave mine across the non opening doors and sit nearby and keep an eye on it. My destination is Greystones so I have to be quick to move my bike as Greystones only uses one platform for enrty / exit. It doesn't look like a lot of thought has been put into this as in bike storage.


Another upside of this may be the less fit amongst us doing Howth Head and Bray Head on the one spin with a trip on the Dart inbetween. I'm travelling in a couple of hours so I'll report on how many lycra clad freds are using the Dart to aid the "training" spins.

murph226

Thats cheating, why take the bike at all?

happytramp

Hmmm, can't wait to avail of this facility. My hand is in a cast for the next month or so but as soon as i'm able I'll cycle into town with my girlfriend, hop on a train and head out for a ride around Dun Laoghaire or Bray.

As for storage. I'll probably stand or sit with it by the non opening doors.

Cookie_Monster

Stand with it in the big spaces on either side of the doors I would have thought.

tomasrojo

You can use a hair-tie or elastic band to engage the front brake, which makes the bike far less prone to rolling and fallig over. Or add a stand, if you're so inclined. A 'lot of people don't like stands, it seems, but I certainly have found it a great advantage to have one.

Mikmon

Just one question...........

I thought this only applied at offpeak hours - i.e. between 10 and 3 and then after 7 in the evening on weekdays. Would i be able to bring a bike from Tara st. to Portmarnock at 7.35am and back at 4.35pm?

cdaly_

I suspect not. Anyway, Tara st to Portmarnock is a lovely flat spin...

jimm

murph226 wrote: »

Thats cheating, why take the Dart at all?

FYP

trad

Took the bike/dart saturday to and from work. Only one other cyclist got off at Greystones.

Talking to some cyclists from the Greystones region they are looking at weekend spins in the north County up as far as Drogheda with a dart commute at either end.

I can't help but thinking a group of 40 lycra clad cyclists will desend on a dart station going on a one way spin.

Could see a lot of city based cyclists looking for a quick way into the hills.

trad

Was getting off the Dart in Greystones yesterday afternoon and off gets a couple with a Dawes Tandem.

I suspect they (IR) never thought about that one.

tomasrojo

I don't think Irish Rail thought it through at all:

Cookie_Monster

tomasrojo wrote: »

I don't think Irish Rail thought it through at all:

IE had nothing to do with it, they were simply told to allow it by the NTA in accordance with some initiative or other

tomasrojo

And, to be fair, there's only an outside chance the Goodies will be travelling on Irish Rail.

Cookie_Monster

tomasrojo wrote: »

And, to be fair, there's only an outside chance the Goodies will be travelling on Irish Rail.

ah, I can't see the image in work, only copped when I went to re-edit my post...

tomasrojo

More trandem users, even less likely to trouble Iarnród Éireann:



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