Cycling Car Boot Sale

ryan_sherlock

It has been a while but hows about running a Cycling Car Boot sale on Wednesday 27th of May on the south side of Dublin (last time we used Lamb Doyles - http://www.lambdoyles.com/index.php/contact-us/). I'm looking into a venue today to host it but it would be somewhere in that area. Any major clashes?

godtabh

I'd be up for that.

nak

sounds good, few things to sell.

RobFowl

How about one on the north side?

godtabh

RobFowl wrote: »

How about one on the north side?

too far away

Raam

RobFowl wrote: »

How about one on the north side?

Where will you hold it and on what day/time?

zurbfoundation

godtabh wrote: »

too far away

...from where?

07Lapierre

Raam wrote: »

Where will you hold it and on what day/time?

St. Anns Park on Sunday, June 14th? (Part of Bikefest) What about it Cycling Ireland? All thats needed is a table or two( a few chairs would be nice) .

godtabh

zurbfoundation wrote: »

...from where?

Lamb Doyles

But to be fair given that Ryan_Sherlock is sorting this some one some one from the NS should be sorting one out there as per 07Lapierre

nak

07Lapierre wrote: »

St. Anns Park on Sunday, June 14th? (Part of Bikefest) What about it Cycling Ireland? All thats needed is a table or two( a few chairs would be nice) .

Parking is very limited in and around St Anne's Park.

07Lapierre

nak wrote: »

Parking is very limited in and around St Anne's Park.

True...its outdoors too..if it rains you might get wet. If its windy the chairs might fall over..the Bikefest is on that day...place will be full of kids!

Any other excuses?

Luxman

This is a cool idea. All sorts of bits and bobs to move on. North side for me sure. How many did previous ones need to cater for. How much space? Howth summit car park?

Alek

Howth summit car park?

I like the idea

RobFowl

I'm biased but Balrothery Inn

Could get bcmf to run a Hell of the north that day too .......

thehamo

I was only thinking this the other day. Would be a great idea. Schools often set aside their parking spaces to.hold car boot sales etc im sure it would be easy enough to set one up. Insurance could be an issue though

CramCycle

I'm in, track league is on that night but then, there will always be something. Are you going for Lamb Doyles or looking for somewhere else?

Harrybelafonte

Track leage that night and considering how badly attended the last one was, I won't be bothering with the Lamb Doyle one. Maybe Mr Sherlock promoting it would make a difference...

CramCycle

ryan_sherlock wrote: »

It has been a while but hows about running a Cycling Car Boot sale on Wednesday 27th of May on the south side of Dublin (last time we used Lamb Doyles - http://www.lambdoyles.com/index.php/contact-us/). I'm looking into a venue today to host it but it would be somewhere in that area. Any major clashes?

Any movement or decision Ryan?

ryan_sherlock

Still trying to get a venue - it would be 7+ days after things get sorted (proper promo etc.). As someone brought it up, insurance may be an issue to get. Anyone got good ideas/know a place, please mention.

CramCycle

I know some of the vintage car clubs do car boot sales at some of the quieter LUAS car parks on Sunday mornings, but that might be too far away for some people.

Other than that, its a case of asking a local pub with a car park. Lamb Doyles was good as they were open to the idea, just a pity the numbers were not there.

Does anyone have a local that would be open to the idea? Or the quieter car parks in UCD on a Saturday or Sunday?
Not sure how UCD security would feel about this though.

My work place has a car park in town, so I can ask security would they be OK with it if town looked like it would be a reasonable spot? They may say no of course.

Harrybelafonte

Northside, I mentioned Whitehall Church carpark before.

South side, why not Taylors, they're already cool about MTBers parking there of a Sunday morning.

godtabh

Dundrum Methodist Church on Ballinteer Road always have signs up for Car Boot Sales

CramCycle

godtabh wrote: »

Dundrum Methodist Church on Ballinteer Road always have signs up for Car Boot Sales

Its 20euro in the gate to bring your car in AFAIK, free to the public, if it wasn't for the price on all of them I would have suggested we just use one of the monthly car boot sales.

RainyDay

godtabh wrote: »

Dundrum Methodist Church on Ballinteer Road always have signs up for Car Boot Sales

Apparently, you need to be in the queue at 6am on the Saturday morning to get your space too.

bcmf

RobFowl wrote: »

I'm biased but Balrothery Inn

Could get bcmf to run a Hell of the north that day too .......

Thats a great idea!
Sure yourself and Beasty could fill up all the sales tables on yer own!

godtabh

I wasnt suggesting that we tag along to one that already happens but rather use a venue that already has car boot sales on it

Harrybelafonte

godtabh wrote: »

I wasnt suggesting that we tag along to one that already happens but rather use a venue that already has car boot sales on it

The Metodist Church has been running var bots there for years and the funds go directly to chairties and the church itself. Fees to sell are high, and even at a "normal" car boot, you're not guaranteed to make any kind of return. They allow cars onthe grass etc, but it's super cramped and not an ideal location and I doubt they'd let people use it for free. The footfall wouldn't make it worth their while.

Beasty

bcmf wrote: »

Sure yourself and Beasty could fill up all the sales tables on yer own!

My issue would be fitting everything into the boot (which is about 1,800 litres with the seats down)....


.... maybe one morning I should just open up the garage for viewing, with the auction taking placed in the afternoon:)

OldBean

Do ye definitely want to sell bits from the back of your cars? I'm sure someplace like the Bernard Shaw, Twisted Pepper or the Back Page from the Bodytonic guys would open up their event/outdoor areas and be quite happy to have people inside during the day.

Also opens up the market to hipsters that'll grab that 190mm quill stem you bought years ago for no good reason.

And a beer or two.

godtabh

OldBean wrote: »

Do ye definitely want to sell bits from the back of your cars? I'm sure someplace like the Bernard Shaw, Twisted Pepper or the Back Page from the Bodytonic guys would open up their event/outdoor areas and be quite happy to have people inside during the day.

Also opens up the market to hipsters that'll grab that 190mm quill stem you bought years ago for no good reason.

And a beer or two.

Are they pubs? If so where?

Leroy42

What sort of numbers are we talking about? does it really need an official car boot sale or just we all happen to park in the same place and have tables!

CramCycle

Leroy42 wrote: »

What sort of numbers are we talking about? does it really need an official car boot sale or just we all happen to park in the same place and have tables!

That was my feeling, use a quiet public car park. A pub is nice because you can sit around and have a coffee or a beer, and a chat, a cafe would achieve the same.

I will see if my place will let me use the car park, and post up tomorrow, it is in the centre of town, after that, all of the places sound grand. Twisted pepper is to small and awkward to get too if your carrying more than a few tyres.

OldBean

godtabh wrote: »

Are they pubs? If so where?

Yep, all pubs - Bernard Shaw is in Portobello, Back Page in Phibsboro and Twister Pepper on Middle Abbey St.

The Back Page is a nice sports bar, show everything and anything along with pizza and good beer, area out the back takes bikes too, Bernard Shaw has a great outdoor area with a bus that... Serves pizza. Bike friendly too as far as I know.

Twisted Pepper has an event space at the back and a very good cafe out front. I always wheel my bike in when I'm going for a coffee, so I doubt there'd be an issue there.

They're a bit more central than some of the other locations mentioned. If it's over the weekend there's free parking around Portobello and Phibsboro, and a Luas pretty much to Twisted Pepper.

They're all run under the Bodytonic group, who'd be the best to have a chat with if ye were interested. They have other locations/projects dotted around too. Nice guys to boot.


The other place I can think of is the Sunday market or the Green Door market in Newmarket Square, but I don't know who's involved in the organisation of either.

eeeee

OldBean wrote: »

Yep, all pubs - Bernard Shaw is in Portobello, Back Page in Phibsboro and Twister Pepper on Middle Abbey St.

The Back Page is a nice sports bar, show everything and anything along with pizza and good beer, area out the back takes bikes too, Bernard Shaw has a great outdoor area with a bus that... Serves pizza. Bike friendly too as far as I know.

Twisted Pepper has an event space at the back and a very good cafe out front. I always wheel my bike in when I'm going for a coffee, so I doubt there'd be an issue there.

They're a bit more central than some of the other locations mentioned. If it's over the weekend there's free parking around Portobello and Phibsboro, and a Luas pretty much to Twisted Pepper.

They're all run under the Bodytonic group, who'd be the best to have a chat with if ye were interested. They have other locations/projects dotted around too. Nice guys to boot.


The other place I can think of is the Sunday market or the Green Door market in Newmarket Square, but I don't know who's involved in the organisation of either.

I did markets like those for 3 years. You have to pay for the space in almost all, like the car boots, and you'll be in with other stuff if they're running a normal market. It's hard to shift stuff, you will barely make your table. If you get it for free yeahie, but (and I had a stall in a pub for 3 years) it is very dark inside a pub. You don't realise it but it's hard to actually look at stuff in the darkness of a pub and we all lit our stalls and the pub itself. The Twisted Pepper is poky, but the Shaw might work - take over the beer garden! The Shaw run car boots and markets, and they don't do it for free as far as I remember (may have changed I'm not sure).

Anyway, all theoretical as I'm racing the track league on Wednesday nights! But I have a fair bit of market experience.

If a pub lets you use its car park for free you're golden. Every where in Dublin is cycle-able to everywhere else so where ever it is it'll be pretty handy, if it has parking that gives people more options. Plus it has to accommodate Beasty's stuff. That's 3/4 of the space gone straight off!

OldBean

Yeah, I don't know what the story is with the guys in Newmarket Sq. - Never harm in asking though. I've done stalls before selling everything from chilli to 60's telephones and photos from the 40's, always managed to blag space.

I'd say the Bernard Shaw's beer garden is the best bet too. I'm not sure if they'll charge, there's been events there before where they haven't - Having passing trade when it's usually quiet could be worth more than getting money from stalls.

How big do ye expect it to be? Stalls/wares/people coming to browse?

cunavalos

Would there be any point in having a chat with Sundrive / Track Commission and seeing if you could hold the sale at Sundrive during one of the Summer League Nights. There is a bit of space around the pavillion or if it was a nice evening could even hold it out in the centre of the track. I would presume most people would generally only be bringing a couple of boxes of stuff to sell so would be well able to carry the stuff from the car to the track.

An alternative would be to hold it on the day of the Duane Delaney GP (Saturday June 6th) and that would give a bit of time to organise things a bit more if there was enough interest and if the weekend was a better option for some with the added plus of having some racing to watch.

Harrybelafonte

cunavalos wrote: »

Would there be any point in having a chat with Sundrive / Track Commission and seeing if you could hold the sale at Sundrive during one of the Summer League Nights. There is a bit of space around the pavillion or if it was a nice evening could even hold it out in the centre of the track. I would presume most people would generally only be bringing a couple of boxes of stuff to sell so would be well able to carry the stuff from the car to the track.

An alternative would be to hold it on the day of the Duane Delaney GP (Saturday June 6th) and that would give a bit of time to organise things a bit more if there was enough interest and if the weekend was a better option for some with the added plus of having some racing to watch.

This won't happen. I have already spoken to the authorities there about it.

Trying to contrl people walking on to the track is pretty difficult as it is tbh.

Thud

Get anywhere with this?
Is that car park in the Sandyford industrial estate (corner of Benildus Ave and Blackthorn Drive) public or private?
It's usually pretty empty in the evenings and weekend, thought the missus how to drive there a few years back.

mgbgt0_0

Is there any plans for a car boot sale this year ?

ryan_sherlock

If anyone would like to organise one I have (almost literally) tons of things for it

ryan_sherlock

Weepsie wrote: »

Will they help me go up a hill any easier?

If used correctly (and probably often)!

RobFowl

Would Balrothery just off the M1 suit, there is a nice pub with a car park which would be ideal (a sponsor of the Knights at VCB as wekk ) . I have a load of kit too and know others with similar amounts..

Eamonnator

RobFowl wrote: »

Would Balrothery just off the M1 suit, there is a nice pub with a car park which would be ideal (a sponsor of the Knights at VCB as wekk ) . I have a load of kit too and know others with similar amounts..

That would suit me down to the ground.

RobFowl

Koutobia and I could set it up I'm sure...

TheBlaaMan

RobFowl wrote: »

Koutobia and I could set it up I'm sure...

Hmm, that sounds like a plan...:)

RobFowl

koutobia would be happy to esp now I just told him I'd offered his help

koutoubia

Yeah, I leave the computer to go to the jacks and come back to find out i have been roped in to organising a boot sale....:)

But no problem with me!

Harrybelafonte

If I can do anything buzz me

magicbastarder

Weepsie wrote: »

Will they help me go up a hill any easier?

if it weighs tons, probably not.

koutoubia

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

If I can do anything buzz me

A trip down to the local inn to speak to the innkeeper will be required!

Lusk_Doyle

koutoubia wrote: »

Yeah, I leave the computer to go to the jacks and come back to find out i have been roped in to organising a boot sale....:)

But no problem with me!

That'll learn ye to stop your long standing habit of disappearing into the jacks with the laptop...