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Cycling on paths and other cycling issues (updated title)

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    #2192
    AndrewJRenko
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    Niner leprauchan wrote: »
    I must have missed something, what's the issue here?

    Did you not notice all the cars parked on the bike lane? Maybe they should have had hi-vis stripes?


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    #2193
    Casey78
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 873 ✭✭✭Casey78


    meeeeh wrote: »
    A quick question. Do people actually watch linked videos? EspeciallyTwitter links. If I wanted to follow tweets I would on Twitter. (I might be weird I even find 'funny' WhatsApp videos tedious. At some stage it's just video pollution.)

    On this thread,nope very rarely look at any of the video links.


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    #2194
    [Deleted User]
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    AndrewJRenko wrote: »
    Did you not notice all the cars parked on the bike lane? Maybe they should have had hi-vis stripes?

    Are we watching the same clip? He didn't encounter a single parked car. Encountered a dozen entrances but that's normal.


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    #2195
    Hurrache
    Registered Users Posts: 10,148 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    meeeeh wrote: »
    A quick question. Do people actually watch linked videos? EspeciallyTwitter links. If I wanted to follow tweets I would on Twitter. (I might be weird I even find 'funny' WhatsApp videos tedious. At some stage it's just video pollution.)

    No, we just guess what's in them and seem to get it right every time.

    Our talents are wasted, maybe it's more constructive if we get together and try win the lotto instead.


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    #2196
    [Deleted User]
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    07Lapierre wrote: »
    Santry to Dublin Airport.
    Glasnevin to Finglas

    Both of these routes have to be the most pathetic attempts at cycle lane design ever! Both are a total waste of time and money.
    Bad cycle lane infrastructure is worse than no cycle lane infrastructure ... because people who know feck all about commuting by bike can’t understand why cyclists do t use these lanes!

    There's a very nice Lane going up the side of the airport from old airport road to the first entrance to the airport. The lane between that and the main entrance is not perfect but I cycle it every day without issue.

    They lane between the airport and the cloghran roundabout is a joke in fairness and yes, the santry area is a disgrace.


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    #2197
    meeeeh
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    Casey78 wrote: »
    On this thread,nope very rarely look at any of the video links.

    I think sooner or later someone tells us what's in them anyway. :D In fairness I don't watch what Gemma O'Doherty and her friends are producing either. They seem to be equally dedicated.


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    #2198
    Casey78
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    meeeeh wrote: »
    I think sooner or later someone tells us what's in them anyway. :D In fairness I don't watch what Gemma O'Doherty and her friends are producing either. They seem to be equally dedicated.

    And as easily triggered.....


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    #2199
    AndrewJRenko
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    meeeeh wrote: »
    A quick question. Do people actually watch linked videos? EspeciallyTwitter links. If I wanted to follow tweets I would on Twitter. (I might be weird I even find 'funny' WhatsApp videos tedious. At some stage it's just video pollution.)

    >100 views on one of the vids I posted on this thread, so yeah, some people watch them.


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    #2200
    ewc78
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    meeeeh wrote: »
    A quick question. Do people actually watch linked videos? EspeciallyTwitter links. If I wanted to follow tweets I would on Twitter. (I might be weird I even find 'funny' WhatsApp videos tedious. At some stage it's just video pollution.)

    Don't look at any of the ones posted on here anyways.


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    #2201
    Hurrache
    Registered Users Posts: 10,148 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    ewc78 wrote: »
    Don't look at any of the ones posted on here anyways.

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    #2202
    Casey78
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    AndrewJRenko wrote: »
    >100 views on one of the vids I posted on this thread, so yeah, some people watch them.

    Yeah but you've clicked on the link 99 times yourself :D
    I'd say GCN are quaking in their boots!


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    #2203
    Hurrache
    Registered Users Posts: 10,148 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Casey78 wrote: »
    Yeah but you've clicked on the link 99 times yourself :D
    I'd say GCN are quaking in their boots!

    You gotta laugh with posts like this trying to be all cool and **** and yet have a fascination with the thread and people in it.


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    #2204
    Casey78
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 873 ✭✭✭Casey78


    Hurrache wrote: »
    You gotta laugh with posts like this trying to be all cool and **** and yet have a fascination with the thread and people in it.

    Dear God, do you actually read what you have written before you post?


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    #2205
    FinnC
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    meeeeh wrote: »
    A quick question. Do people actually watch linked videos? EspeciallyTwitter links. If I wanted to follow tweets I would on Twitter. (I might be weird I even find 'funny' WhatsApp videos tedious. At some stage it's just video pollution.)

    The videos on here are getting a bit tiresome as I don't really understand what new point they are trying to make that hasn't been made already 100 times before. But then to be fair none of this thread makes much sense!


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    #2206
    07Lapierre
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    Niner leprauchan wrote: »
    I must have missed something, what's the issue here?

    Yes you missed a lot! You clearly don’t cycle a lot.


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    #2207
    AndrewJRenko
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    Niner leprauchan wrote: »
    Are we watching the same clip? He didn't encounter a single parked car. Encountered a dozen entrances but that's normal.

    Try counting the Yield signs.


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    #2208
    AndrewJRenko
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    FinnC wrote: »
    The videos on here are getting a bit tiresome as I don't really understand what new point they are trying to make that hasn't been made already 100 times before. But then to be fair none of this thread makes much sense!

    So are we all agreed that drivers driving through late reds isn't all that unusual after all?


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    #2209
    07Lapierre
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    Niner leprauchan wrote: »
    There's a very nice Lane going up the side of the airport from old airport road to the first entrance to the airport. The lane between that and the main entrance is not perfect but I cycle it every day without issue.

    They lane between the airport and the cloghran roundabout is a joke in fairness and yes, the santry area is a disgrace.

    Nice smooth black tarmac is not what makes a good bike/shared pedestrian pavement.


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    #2210
    07Lapierre
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    Niner leprauchan wrote: »
    I must have missed something, what's the issue here?

    This might help the penny drop! ;)

    https://twitter.com/juststepsways/status/1278777179317456899?s=21


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    #2211
    Hurrache
    Registered Users Posts: 10,148 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    FinnC wrote: »
    The videos on here are getting a bit tiresome as I don't really understand what new point they are trying to make that hasn't been made already 100 times before. But then to be fair none of this thread makes much sense!

    Problem is that people still don't get the point despite it having being made over 100 times. It's evident on the roads and the thread, with the most recent example only being a few posts back.


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    #2212
    meeeeh
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    Hurrache wrote: »
    Problem is that people still don't get the point despite it having being made over 100 times. It's evident on the roads and the thread, with the most recent example only being a few posts back.

    'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.'


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    #2213
    Hurrache
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    meeeeh wrote: »
    'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.'

    And yet you continue to visit a thread you have issues with. Certainly is insanity.


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    #2214
    meeeeh
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    Hurrache wrote: »
    And yet you continue to visit a thread you have issues with. Certainly is insanity.

    I don't think I expect different results. :D


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    #2215
    Spook_ie
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    AndrewJRenko wrote: »
    Try counting the Yield signs.

    Since when has a Yield sign been classed as a parked car? and yes I saw them and did he have to yield at any of them? The only one would seem to be the last one at the roundabout where he yielded to the blue van.


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    #2216
    Hurrache
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    Would you drive down a road in which you have to yield every few metres as you're deemed to have less importance than someone else, or would you take the adjacent road that gives you priority over that other person?

    Don't be making stupid arguments for the sake of it.


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    #2217
    Spook_ie
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    Hurrache wrote: »
    Would you drive down a road in which you have to yield every few metres as you're deemed to have less importance than someone else, or would you take the adjacent road that gives you priority over that other person?

    Don't be making stupid arguments for the sake of it.

    I drive on whichever roads get to my destination and follow the road traffic rules as I do it. Don't you?


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    #2218
    Hurrache
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    #2219
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    AndrewJRenko wrote: »
    Try counting the Yield signs.

    No, that's not what you said, you said cars parked.

    Yield signs are just normal for cycle lanes. Nothing strange or exciting about the video if that's what it's about


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    #2220
    Hurrache
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    Niner leprauchan wrote: »
    Yield signs are just normal for cycle lanes.

    And therein lies the problem, doesn't it? Why would you use one littered with yield signs over an adjacent road?


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    07Lapierre wrote: »
    This might help the penny drop! ;)

    https://twitter.com/juststepsways/status/1278777179317456899?s=21

    First off I cycle daily.

    Secondly, I see nothing unusual. Cycle lanes cut in and out. That's the way they are.

    So are you telling me that the video in reality, shows me nothing new and absolutely nothing to do with parked cars which was the original comment? I see why people don't bother watching them


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