Jan and Klodi's Party Bus - part II **off topic discussion**

Harrybelafonte

No. Loinsigh had horse's ears. Bojack is a horse. Pretty different.

Qualitymark

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

No. Loinsigh had horse's ears. Bojack is a horse. Pretty different.

Na-a-a-a-ay. Bojack has the body of a man.

LollipopJimmy

Note to self... Make sure chain lube has a lid on it before shaking thoroughly

Qualitymark

Another thick article in Irish Times: "At last, cyclists and motorists agree: cycling is dangerous" http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/at-last-cyclists-and-motorists-agree-cycling-is-dangerous-1.2422024

Reporter is squeaking about helmets and hi-viz within a couple of paragraphs; not a word about good cycling infrastructure.

Time for letters to the paper.

manafana

Qualitymark wrote: »

Another thick article in Irish Times: "At last, cyclists and motorists agree: cycling is dangerous" http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/at-last-cyclists-and-motorists-agree-cycling-is-dangerous-1.2422024

Reporter is squeaking about helmets and hi-viz within a couple of paragraphs; not a word about good cycling infrastructure.

Time for letters to the paper.

idiot article, did he praise people in article before that for breaking speed limits.

LollipopJimmy

Anybody here cycle through Clonskeagh? One of those bike counter things on the cycle path at UCD. It's counted almost 300000 bikes going by it since Jan 1st. Problem is another 300000 didn't make it from the goat down due to pothole damage obtained in the cycle lane.

Wishbone Ash

Anyone else using Veloviewer and losing km/metres in their YTD stats?

They've reduced my distance by about 500k and my metres climbed by about 11,000!

(Strava totals remain unchanged).

Fian

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Anybody here cycle through Clonskeagh? One of those bike counter things on the cycle path at UCD. It's counted almost 300000 bikes going by it since Jan 1st. Problem is another 300000 didn't make it from the goat down due to pothole damage obtained in the cycle lane.

I pass that twice a day, I watch it click up as I pass, sometimes. It seems to detect my bike about two times in three, misses it the other times. I have never been able to figure out why.

On an unrelated note:

Et tu Guardian?

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/09/cyclists-urban-bikes-kamikaze-safety-pedestrians

CramCycle

Fian wrote: »

I pass that twice a day, I watch it click up as I pass, sometimes. It seems to detect my bike about two times in three, misses it the other times. I have never been able to figure out why.

On an unrelated note:

Et tu Guardian?

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/09/cyclists-urban-bikes-kamikaze-safety-pedestrians

My bike is often not detected by them, usually because I am not on the narrow strip at the edge, doesn't pick up anyone on the road or overtaking.

Jawgap

https://twitter.com/gardatraffic/status/663792325026562048

rollingscone

Fair play to AGS

tigerboon

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Anyone else using Veloviewer and losing km/metres in their YTD stats?

They've reduced my distance by about 500k and my metres climbed by about 11,000!

(Strava totals remain unchanged).

You'll have to do that spin again

LollipopJimmy

Going up by UCD this morning and as I'm taking off from a set of lights my dinner from last night was causing unpleasantness in my stomach so I thought I'd just let one rip, so I shift about the saddle and let one rightly go without thinking anything of it when I hear 'oh for **** sake' coming from behind me... Poor girl

manafana

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Anybody here cycle through Clonskeagh? One of those bike counter things on the cycle path at UCD. It's counted almost 300000 bikes going by it since Jan 1st. Problem is another 300000 didn't make it from the goat down due to pothole damage obtained in the cycle lane.

put in complaint with council already about state of works and the path beside the new development.

Rambling Man

Athletics, huh? Wada mess.

Qualitymark

manafana wrote: »

put in complaint with council already about state of works and the path beside the new development.

Good luck with that. Leinster Road's patches and potholes have been the burden of my song for at least two years now, and the council has taken no action. It's particularly dangerous when you're cycling on a rainy night and you crash into one of those seams or potholes concealed by puddles.

Meanwhile… bicycle music http://boingboing.net/2014/01/27/music-made-by-playing-a-bicycl.html

tomasrojo

Qualitymark wrote: »

Leinster Road's patches and potholes have been the burden of my song for at least two years now

"The Burden of My Song" would be a great title for a memoir by a self-pitying rock star.

tomasrojo

This is a good point about town centres trying to compete with out-of-town retailers.

Until now, bluntly, many traditional town centres such as Enfield, Walthamstow and Palmers Green were playing in the wrong game, trying to compete with out-of-town retailers on ease of access by car — a contest they can never win. The only way they can prosper is to play to their strengths; to compete on the quality of the shopping experience. By, for instance, turning an historic shopping street from a noisy, fume-filled traffic pipe into a pedestrian-friendly space. By turning a market place from a car park into somewhere you can sit and have a coffee.

http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/andrew-gilligan-most-people-support-the-idea-of-a-more-cyclingfriendly-city-a3110236.html

Some other interesting points there too. Especially this:

And if we’ve been guilty of anything, I think it’s been not making it clear enough that these schemes aren’t just for cyclists. Pedestrians sometimes feel overlooked in the battle for media and political attention. But most of those who gain from the street closures, pavement widenings and new public spaces will actually be pedestrians.

manafana

tomasrojo wrote: »

This is a good point about town centres trying to compete with out-of-town retailers.


http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/andrew-gilligan-most-people-support-the-idea-of-a-more-cyclingfriendly-city-a3110236.html

Some other interesting points there too. Especially this:

its true isn't it see it in some parts of west coast in states (by USA stnadards) plenty parking but in one place, then big long cyclist and walking areas and shops etc

Qualitymark

If anyone who regularly cycles Leinster Road would like to add to requests for it to be resurfaced, now's the time and this is the place:

http://www.fixyourstreet.ie/reports/view/40538?s=e&full=1

Qualitymark

Australian cycle race

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsanHNYZA0Q

manafana

campbell flakemore has decided pro cycling isn't for him.

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/11/campbell-flakemore-quits-cycling/

sherlok

Qualitymark wrote: »

Australian cycle race

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsanHNYZA0Q

Maybe that's why everyone seems so anti bike in Australia - the introduction of the safety bicycle could change everything.

CramCycle

tomasrojo wrote: »

This is a good point about town centres trying to compete with out-of-town retailers.


http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/andrew-gilligan-most-people-support-the-idea-of-a-more-cyclingfriendly-city-a3110236.html

Some other interesting points there too. Especially this:

That's where I spent most of my youth, if they think Palmers Green is anti cycling they really should not come here. I was on the road on my BMX at national school age, they have huge parks and green space and drivers, in my memory, were very friendly. The A roads were the only danger but nearly all of them had tunnels underneath and parallel roads.

Admittedly it was the 80s so things may have changed slightly.

Qualitymark

Incedentally, burden, in terms of song, means a recurring chorus:

If I had Maggie in the wood
I'd surely give her something good
If I had Maggie in the wood
I'd keep her there till morning ♫♪♫

Pigeon Reaper

Very happy I cycled to work this morning. It took me a whole five minutes longer than normal though due to traffic.

Unknown Soldier

OBEDENTIA CIVIUM URBIS FELICITAS

Obedience of the Citizens (of the City) leads to Happiness

If everyone in Dublin could get their sh1t together that would be just great. I thought narcotics led to happiness, or at least good times but i'm getting old at this stage!

Jawgap

A few of these going two abreast would be 'irritating' to say the least......

World's longest bike tops 117 feet, doesn't turn corners well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-NpZQIQ6pE

cunavalos

I see sagan got married this week. Is it a slovakian tradition to cut a timber log with a chainsaw in your wedding suit


Apologies: Apparently it is a tradition as the road to the brides house is "blocked" before the wedding and the groom must clear the road before the ceremony and he started of with a handsaw

Beasty

Note to self:

"Try to remember to put shoes out of Charlie's reach"