That doesn't belong there! Things you've seen in the cycle lane/track.

Dermot Illogical

I've seen some strange sights & behaviour in designated cycle lanes and cycle tracks and thought it might be worthy of a tongue-in-cheek thread.

The Clontarf cycle track in particular is a fertile hunting ground for random behaviour. It's choc-a-bloc with dog walkers, pedestrians, runners, boot camps, groups of cyclists who seem unable to keep left, rollerbladers, people taking their bikes for a walk etc.
But by far my favourite sight on it was an elderly gent sunbathing in a deckchair a couple of months back. Comfy as can be, eyes closed and not a care in the world.

Design oddities also seem to abound in cycle tracks, in addition to inanimate objects which have come to rest there.
So, go on, tell us about the odd stuff you've seen where there should only be bikes.

Beasty

RT66 wrote: »

But by far my favourite sight on it was an elderly gent sunbathing in a deckchair a couple of months back. Comfy as can be, eyes closed and not a care in the world.

I was wearing lycra - just working on the tanlines - surely that's allowed in a cycle lane?

juan.kerr

A dwarf on a unicycle going backwards on the wrong side of the road.

Dermot Illogical

Beasty wrote: »

I was wearing lycra - just working on the tanlines - surely that's allowed in a cycle lane?

Now that you mention it...

Dermot Illogical

juan.kerr wrote: »

A dwarf on a unicycle going backwards on the wrong side of the road.

Tiddlers are only allowed to shoal.

RobertFoster

I see lone footwear (shoes, boots, sandals, etc.). Sometimes there's a pair, but more often it's just the one foot. Not exclusive to cycle lanes, but still odd.

longshanks

Vans, cars, forklift trucks, sandwich boards, a pile of telegraph poles, trailers, fruit stalls, kango hammer, rubbish bags, temporary railings, debris swept in off the road, clothes and there are probably a few more I cant think of.
I only started cycling three weeks ago though, before that I hadn't been on a bike in about 15 years.

Lusk Doyle

I saw a bike in one once. Madness really if you ask me when there was a perfectly adequate road right next to it!

Dermot Illogical

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

I saw a bike in one once. Madness really if you ask me when there was a perfectly adequate road right next to it!

He was probably only picking up bottles.

kerry4sam

What grates me are those damn pot-holes. Especially so when cycling on un-familiar roads in the rain and they are full with water, & I don't know they are there until I am in them :mad:

Cycles-tracks in general are shocking tbf. Some of what are designated as cycle-tracks clearly have never had people cycle on them before being designated as such.

Wishbone Ash

Two Garda bikes parked blocking the cycle lane in Drumcondra this evening while the Gardai chatted on their mobile phones nearby.

A family having a picnic on a rug on the cycle lane in Clontarf.

(EDIT: by bikes I mean bicycles - not motorbikes).

buffalo

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

A family having a picnic on a rug on the cycle lane in Clontarf.

haha! I think we were on that track around the same time.

cdaly_

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

A family having a picnic on a rug on the cycle lane in Clontarf.

Hope ya snagged a sandwich as you whizzed across the rug...

senordingdong

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

I saw a bike in one once. Madness really if you ask me when there was a perfectly adequate road right next to it!

Jah, except some roads are not perfectly good.

Wishbone Ash

cdaly_ wrote: »

Hope ya snagged a sandwich as you whizzed across the rug...

There was a big cream cake on display so I was tempted to slice it for them!

nomdeboardie

RobertFoster wrote: »

I see lone footwear (shoes, boots, sandals, etc.). Sometimes there's a pair, but more often it's just the one foot. Not exclusive to cycle lanes, but still odd.

I blame alien abduction - sometimes the teleporters leave a little behind

zymar

pot holes uneven surfaces ,raised and sunken manhole covers small stones that have been swept by cars off road onto cycle lane make u want to avoid cycle lane to try to keep urself and your bike in one piece

nomdeboardie

Triple Cs (counter-counterflow cyclists)

deandean

On aforementioned Clontarf clyle-path: two elderly ladies 80+, probably sisters, arms linked slowly making their way along the cycle lanes, I saw 2 or 3 lycra lads nearly creamed them.

I stopped & got off my bike, had a chat with them, they were local and didn't have a CLUE they were walking on a cyclepath!

I showed them the cycle signs & the walking signs painted on the road, they thanked me and along they went on the footpath.

That feckin cyclepath is the MOST DANGEROUS PLACE IN DUBLIN TO CYCLE! You'd be safer cycling on the road, juggling chainsaws.

Dipsomaniac

Bootcap on Clontarf cycle track

RobertFoster

nomdeboardie wrote: »

I blame alien abduction - sometimes the teleporters leave a little behind

*Whistles X-Files theme*

hardCopy

Clontarf coming out on top here. A couple of years ago a running club used to meet opposite The Sheds. They used to all stretch and chat on the track wander across it from their, before heading off two abreast along the cycle track with their backs to traffic.

The Phoenix Park cycle track on Chesterfield Avenue is beyond a joke, you just can't even contemplate cycling on it during the summer.

tomasrojo

There's a de facto taxi rank being run on the cycle track on Inchicore Road in front of the Hilton.

CramCycle

RobertFoster wrote: »

I see lone footwear (shoes, boots, sandals, etc.). Sometimes there's a pair, but more often it's just the one foot. Not exclusive to cycle lanes, but still odd.

Every day I see one on the way to work, always somewhere different and never a pair, womens shoes are rarer but do appear. My path I generally see leather slip-on shoes as the most common, Nike/Addidas/New Balance come second but leather shoes win in numbers by a long shot. Said it to the missus and she swears I am daft as it is clearly pairs of runners she sees on the way to work (in the other direction).

SweetCaliber

There's a cycle land in my estate (because it's quite large) and right slap bang in the middle is a sign post, one after the other!

You would kill yourself if a dog ran after you or such...

CramCycle

As for the teleportation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz8AC5RXQXQ

That said on my way to work there are plenty of bike lanes that mysteriously disappear and/or someone teleported a lamp post/bin into its place.

Hmmzis

Motorbikes. Very very slow motorbikes. And then they stop in the middle of it for no good reason. Same with those scooter yokes (how come some of them smell so bad?). And all this with little to no traffic going the other way, so filtering on the right would be faster and safer.

CramCycle

Hmmzis wrote: »

=how come some of them smell so bad?

Pour petrol and 2 stroke oil into a hairdryer and turn it on, then you'll see.

BTW don't actually do that

daragh_

tomasrojo wrote: »

There's a de facto taxi rank being run on the cycle track on Inchicore Road in front of the Hilton.

Also used by massive big coaches. My new office is right beside it. I've been giving them my best 'stare of disapproval' everyday to no avail. :rolleyes:

piston

A Renault Scenic with someone "walking" his dog by holding the lead out the driver's window.

Bear in mind I'm talking about a genuine closed to motor traffic cycle path alongside the River Foyle. Not sure how he got it there as there are gates at both ends.

zenbuffy

The Facility of the Month page here never fails to have me laughing - http://www.warringtoncyclecampaign.co.uk/

buffalo

daragh_ wrote: »

Also used by massive big coaches. My new office is right beside it. I've been giving them my best 'stare of disapproval' everyday to no avail. :rolleyes:

Could you take photos and report offenders to the Taxi Ombudsman/DCC/Gardaí?

daragh_

buffalo wrote: »

Could you take photos and report offenders to the Taxi Ombudsman/DCC/Gardaí?

AFAIK it would be up to the Guards to deal with it. I'll drop in during the week and check. A word with the Hilton might be more productive.

Bunnyhopper

tomasrojo wrote: »

There's a de facto taxi rank being run on the cycle track on Inchicore Road in front of the Hilton.

Same on Parnell Street near Chapters - or used to be anyway, I haven't been past in a while.

OldBean

Saw this on Twitter a while ago...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cianginty/sets/72157629770199608/with/3093208641/

buffalo

daragh_ wrote: »

AFAIK it would be up to the Guards to deal with it. I'll drop in during the week and check. A word with the Hilton might be more productive.

I can't imagine the Hilton will care too much - far more beneficial for them to have taxis ready and waiting, and no skin off their nose if a passing cyclist is inconvenienced. Also, they can claim it's nothing to do with them.
I was thinking DCC could help poke the Gardaí. Presumably they spent money on building cycle lanes, and enjoy positive publicity from having them (particularly contra-flow ones), so they might care (and make the Gardaí care) if all their hard work is being negated.

Let us know how you get on anyway!

daragh_

buffalo wrote: »

I can't imagine the Hilton will care too much - far more beneficial for them to have taxis ready and waiting, and no skin off their nose if a passing cyclist is inconvenienced. Also, they can claim it's nothing to do with them.
I was thinking DCC could help poke the Gardaí. Presumably they spent money on building cycle lanes, and enjoy positive publicity from having them (particularly contra-flow ones), so they might care (and make the Gardaí care) if all their hard work is being negated.

Let us know how you get on anyway!

I was thinking of the big coaches delivering punters. Assume the Hilton would have a line of communication with the operators.

Will let you know anyway.

marketty

how has this not been posted?!

Surveyor11

I cycle down the quays every morning, and there's a DCC road sweeping van parked here http://goo.gl/maps/zHg1L without fail (approx. 8.45am). Totally ignoring the cycle lane outside.:mad:

Now, maybe our man is on official business, but is it more than a coincidence that our man is popping in for a breakfast roll and coffee?:rolleyes:

Spook_ie

marketty wrote: »

how has this not been posted?!

Idiot cyclist

§ 4-12 (p) – Bicycles
• Bicycle riders must use bike path/lane, if provided, except for access, safety, turns, etc.
• Other vehicles shall not drive on or across bike lanes except for access, safety, turns,
etc.
• Bicyclists may use either side of a 40-foot wide one-way roadway.

If you're gonna break a law at least have an inkling of the law you're breaking so you can get away with it

Jawgap

From the UK......

AdMMM

Overturned roadworks signs are plaguing my route every day now. Haven't really seen anything strange in the cycle lanes other than all the glass and debris that's been swept into them over the years.

Beasty

I've deleted a post as well as some follow-up ones referring to it. If anyone has any questions about this, please PM me

Thanks