La Flamme Rouge **off topic discussion**

silverharp

https://twitter.com/DubCityCouncil/status/1296875101607034880

magicbastarder

Was just out for a walk, passed the new cycle path under construction on Griffith avenue extension. It seems as unnecessarily narrow in real life as it does in the photos. Why, if they're taking a lane from motorists, they couldn't take a full lane, seems weird.

Jez I hadn't heard Alex Zanardi was involved in a crash and badly injured back in June

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/alex-zanardi-moved-out-of-intensive-care-after-significant-clinical-improvements/

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/paracyclist-alex-zanardi-suffers-severe-head-injuries-in-truck-accident/

Eamonnator

I did a Red C survey today, part of which was about cycling attitudes and infrastructure. I gave all the correct answers, and made a fiver into the bargain.

eeeee

Deleted User wrote: »

Jez I hadn't heard Alex Zanardi was involved in a crash and badly injured back in June

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/alex-zanardi-moved-out-of-intensive-care-after-significant-clinical-improvements/

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/paracyclist-alex-zanardi-suffers-severe-head-injuries-in-truck-accident/

Ah god no He's been through so much. Get well soon Alex.

Eamonnator

Eamonnator wrote: »

I did a Red C survey today, part of which was about cycling attitudes and infrastructure. I gave all the correct answers, and made a fiver into the bargain.

Cycle lanes to beat the band will be installed all over Drogheda soon so :pac:

Eamonnator

eeeee wrote: »

Ah god no He's been through so much. Get well soon Alex.

If it wasn't for bad luck, that man would have no luck.
He's had it rough, and seemed to take everything, that life dished out to him, in good spirit.
And appears to be a lovely man.

magicbastarder

https://twitter.com/wtyppod/status/1296966497051475972

tomasrojo

Looks as if Drury St.-style bike parking will be available on the north side of Dublin. Great news
https://twitter.com/DublinCommuters/status/1297159532578254855

Wishbone Ash

tomasrojo wrote: »

Looks as if Drury St.-style bike parking will be available on the north side of Dublin. Great news....

Great news indeed but I'll have to go out and get another heavy duty lock for that one.

tomasrojo

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Great news indeed but I'll have to go out and get another heavy duty lock for that one.

You mean to leave there?

tomasrojo

For trailer- and cargobike users, this is good news too:
https://twitter.com/DublinCommuters/status/1297189312740634625

magicbastarder

it's not about cycling, but this is quite an interesting podcast about how the demands of policing road laws changed policing in the states, with the added complication of the question on whether it's OK to search a car without a warrant:

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/policing-the-open-road/

Weepsie

tomasrojo wrote: »

Looks as if Drury St.-style bike parking will be available on the north side of Dublin. Great news
https://twitter.com/DublinCommuters/status/1297159532578254855

Wonder where it will be. The ramp exiting Ilac wouldn't be one i'd be taking too lightly, and probably not going in either.

Jervis is a bit of a maze. There's one up the road from Citibank in the IFSC that is managed by the same crowd as Drury street and would be fairly ideal. In fact it already has a bike cage for one of the companies in the area.

buffalo

Spreadsheet linked at the bottom of this page shows details of funding allocated to various CoCos around the country by the NTA, and the associated Cycling and Walking Projects it's for. Interesting reading, nice to see some of the titles, others are a little more dubious (e.g. "Resurfacing and relining of roads/streets (replacement road markings should consider cycling arrangements)").


https://www.nationaltransport.ie/news/nta-allocates-e55m-to-councils-for-cycling-and-walking-projects-under-july-jobs-stimulus-plan/

How was the funding allocated I assume there were submissions made? I note Louth CC got nothing and this was the CC who only a few months ago couldn't afford to finish repairs to a road in a housing estate that Meath CC started so half the work was done (estate lines in both CC areas in Drogheda) couldn't make it up.

Wishbone Ash

tomasrojo wrote: »

You mean to leave there?

Yup. (I've one in Drury Street since it opened).

wanderer 22

Has anyone been on the trails at Belmont Demense - http://belmontdemesne.ie/? Was thinking of trying out the trails on the CX bike tomorrow.

CramCycle

colm18 wrote: »

Has anyone been on the trails at Belmont Demense - http://belmontdemesne.ie/? Was thinking of trying out the trails on the CX bike tomorrow.

CX Leinster League used it last year I think and there has been national champs there as well if memory serves. Half Baked cafe is pretty nice as well, they had tables that had social distancing implemented before Covid 19 ever existed.

loyatemu

buffalo wrote: »

Spreadsheet linked at the bottom of this page shows details of funding allocated to various CoCos around the country by the NTA, and the associated Cycling and Walking Projects it's for. Interesting reading, nice to see some of the titles, others are a little more dubious (e.g. "Resurfacing and relining of roads/streets (replacement road markings should consider cycling arrangements)").


https://www.nationaltransport.ie/news/nta-allocates-e55m-to-councils-for-cycling-and-walking-projects-under-july-jobs-stimulus-plan/

Wicklow CC's biggest projects are the resurfacing and relining of roads in the metropolises of Dunlavin and Stratford-on-Slaney. The only "improvement" planned for here in Greystones is the slight widening of an existing cycle path - that'll really get the kids cycling!

tomasrojo

This is nice. Large-load bike parking at Glasthule recycling centre:
https://twitter.com/susy_butler/status/1297810505608953857

rubadub

tomasrojo wrote: »

This is nice. Large-load bike parking at Glasthule recycling centre:
https://twitter.com/susy_butler/status/1297810505608953857

I don't use stands like those as it appears all you need is a standard spanner to take out the 4 bolts in the ground and away you go. I am not sure if some are secured better on the underside but I imagine some are just bolts. They could weld them or at least use specialist bolts which need special tools or have it so the heads can break off once installed.

There is a cycle rack outside Aldi in Sandyford and it appears all you need to do is take off a single nut and then pull the bar upwards. The bars are excessively long just for aesthetics, the length gives you far more leverage to be able to bend it.

Harrybelafonte

The above tweet reminds me... if you’re not locking up a cargo bike or similar in Drury St, please don’t use the spaces marked for them. It’s nigh on impossible to use the other racks with a cargo bike, especially if it’s busy.

tomasrojo

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

The above tweet reminds me... if you’re not locking up a cargo bike or similar in Drury St, please don’t use the spaces marked for them. It’s nigh on impossible to use the other racks with a cargo bike, especially if it’s busy.

You sometimes find these notes discarded beside the cargo bike stands:

tomasrojo

rubadub wrote: »

I don't use stands like those as it appears all you need is a standard spanner to take out the 4 bolts in the ground and away you go. I am not sure if some are secured better on the underside but I imagine some are just bolts. They could weld them or at least use specialist bolts which need special tools or have it so the heads can break off once installed.

There is a cycle rack outside Aldi in Sandyford and it appears all you need to do is take off a single nut and then pull the bar upwards. The bars are excessively long just for aesthetics, the length gives you far more leverage to be able to bend it.

Yes to both. But if you lock with a Fahgettaboudit, they can't slide the bar through the lock (I think). They could make off with the bar still attached though.

lissard

That design defect in the stand cost me a bike a few years ago. If you can see the bolt heads then it's not secure. One electric drill with the appropriate socket is enough to unfasten the bolts in no time at all. The bolts have to be buried to be considered secure.

eeeee

God I am dim. I look down at racks like that and think the same thing - but still lock my bike to them every now and then when there's no alternative. *facepalm* I look at them and think 'god that's a really stupid bike stand secure-ing design' and walk away, leaving my beloved bike attached to it

I almost always try to lock to a pole or sign for that reason though.

manafana

bargain thread worth a look for any strava users

dastardly00

manafana wrote: »

bargain thread worth a look for any strava users

Thanks manafana. I tend to stay out of the bargain alerts thread so I wouldn't have seen the deal without your post here

devonp

just noticed the new TV scheduling layout on the RTE website. very disappointed , used to able to see all channels from all providers eg virgin for any given time period, now only 1 channel at a time , seems limited to major channels only


was quite good to have a quick look for cycling sports...


anywhere else give anything like the above ?






actually here
https://www.virginmediatv.ie/en/tv/tv-guide.html