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

ThisRegard · 05-07-2017 10:32AM

I'd say the issue is with the OPW, I'd say it was hard enough to get a commericial licence from them for where they are at the moment, never mind around the papal cross.

rollingscone · 05-07-2017 11:24AM

Anyone see those 20% ramps in the Giro Rosa TT stage yesterday? :-o

magicbastarder · 05-07-2017 12:15PM

ThisRegard wrote: »

I'd say the issue is with the OPW, I'd say it was hard enough to get a commericial licence from them for where they are at the moment, never mind around the papal cross.

You'd like to think they'd welcome more tourists in the park. And it would be right beside all the cycle paths on the 15 acres too, so fairly well positioned.

LollipopJimmy · 05-07-2017 12:16PM

Don't really see a whole lot wrong with where they are now. The guys always seem fair busy

ThisRegard · 05-07-2017 01:38PM

It's a fair oul distance if you're coming from the north west side of the park.

CramCycle · 05-07-2017 01:41PM

ThisRegard wrote: »

It's a fair oul distance if you're coming from the north west side of the park.

Its not too bad if you are on a bike :pac:

RayCun · 05-07-2017 01:42PM

ThisRegard wrote: »

It's a fair oul distance if you're coming from the north west side of the park.

Their main market is probably tourists, travelling from the city centre by bus or by LUAS

Alek · 06-07-2017 10:59PM

Cyclojesus-G. Goodnight everyone.

smacl · 09-07-2017 04:00PM

First bad accident on Friday since starting cycling. Coming down an l-road at about 35kph and met a car with a trailer just after a corner coming the other way. No room either side or option to ditch so braked hard, went over the bars, bounced off the bonnet and back into the road. Well banged up with both shoulders dislocated. One popped back in waiting for the ambulance, the other during a four man tug of war back in the hospital where I got to play the rope. Currently one arm in a sling and other should be in a sling, so won't be back on the bike any time soon. In better news, the bike is fine but the one casualty is my favourite boards jersey that had to be cut off. Big shout out to the paramedics for putting up with me for the 1hr30 from Caherdaniel to Tralee and the staff of Tralee hospital for fixing me up.

wanderer 22 · 09-07-2017 06:09PM

smacl wrote: »

First bad accident on Friday since starting cycling. Coming down an l-road at about 35kph and met a car with a trailer just after a corner coming the other way. No room either side or option to ditch so braked hard, went over the bars, bounced off the bonnet and back into the road. Well banged up with both shoulders dislocated. One popped back in waiting for the ambulance, the other during a four man tug of war back in the hospital where I got to play the rope. Currently one arm in a sling and other should be in a sling, so won't be back on the bike any time soon. In better news, the bike is fine but the one casualty is my favourite boards jersey that had to be cut off. Big shout out to the paramedics for putting up with me for the 1hr30 from Caherdaniel to Tralee and the staff of Tralee hospital for fixing me up.

Sorry to hear that, wishing you a speedy recovery

OleRodrigo · 09-07-2017 06:21PM

smacl wrote: »

First bad accident on Friday since starting cycling. Coming down an l-road at about 35kph and met a car with a trailer just after a corner coming the other way. No room either side or option to ditch so braked hard, went over the bars, bounced off the bonnet and back into the road. Well banged up with both shoulders dislocated. One popped back in waiting for the ambulance, the other during a four man tug of war back in the hospital where I got to play the rope. Currently one arm in a sling and other should be in a sling, so won't be back on the bike any time soon. In better news, the bike is fine but the one casualty is my favourite boards jersey that had to be cut off. Big shout out to the paramedics for putting up with me for the 1hr30 from Caherdaniel to Tralee and the staff of Tralee hospital for fixing me up.

Fair winds for a quick recovery Smacl.

09-07-2017 07:57PM

smacl wrote: »

First bad accident on Friday since starting cycling. Coming down an l-road at about 35kph and met a car with a trailer just after a corner coming the other way. No room either side or option to ditch so braked hard, went over the bars, bounced off the bonnet and back into the road. Well banged up with both shoulders dislocated. One popped back in waiting for the ambulance, the other during a four man tug of war back in the hospital where I got to play the rope. Currently one arm in a sling and other should be in a sling, so won't be back on the bike any time soon. In better news, the bike is fine but the one casualty is my favourite boards jersey that had to be cut off. Big shout out to the paramedics for putting up with me for the 1hr30 from Caherdaniel to Tralee and the staff of Tralee hospital for fixing me up.

Bummer. Get well soon!

ED E · 09-07-2017 09:40PM

Anyone know if its an offence to block an advance stop zone at lights?

magicbastarder · 09-07-2017 09:44PM

you mean a car pulling across the stop line they're meant to stop at?
AFAIK it's OK for them to be in there if they pull in when the light is green, but cannot proceed any further (e.g. yellow box in front of them with no clear exit), so can end up in one facing a red light; but if the light is red, they cannot pull past the line pertaining to cars.

ED E · 09-07-2017 09:51PM

My issue is with drivers (mainly taxis) approaching a red light and stopping in the ASZ instead of 1-2m back.

Must have a dig into the RTA.

magicbastarder · 09-07-2017 09:53PM

oh, it's not just taxis, it's endemic.

Fian · 10-07-2017 11:56AM

ED E wrote: »

My issue is with drivers (mainly taxis) approaching a red light and stopping in the ASZ instead of 1-2m back.

Must have a dig into the RTA.

I always make a point of pulling in front of them, even if it means my bike is pointing across their car rather than in the direction i want to travel then the light changes. For the same reason i always go around cars who pull in tight to the left to try and stop my from filtering past them at lights - if they pull in close to the left curb I just pass them on the right.

The cars are doing this because they want to prevent filtering, I am circumventing them because I want them to understand that seeking to prevent filtering is pointless and ineffective.

ThisRegard · 10-07-2017 12:24PM

I don't think cars are doing it so as to prevent filtering. Some do it out of ignorance alright, but I'd say very few people do it out of spite.

tomasrojo · 10-07-2017 12:25PM

Fian wrote: »

I always make a point of pulling in front of them, even if it means my bike is pointing across their car rather than in the direction i want to travel then the light changes. For the same reason i always go around cars who pull in tight to the left to try and stop my from filtering past them at lights - if they pull in close to the left curb I just pass them on the right.

Years ago, I stopped in the middle of the ASL at the NW end of Merrion Square, just before you cross the junction and pass the National Gallery, and waited there for the green light. The motorist who subsequently arrived behind me drove around me and stopped in the junction, at the other side of the ASL. Fortunately, this autotmotive variation of "shoaling" never caught on.

magicbastarder · 10-07-2017 05:55PM

anyone else heading in to the dublin cycling campaign AGM tonight?

ED E · 10-07-2017 06:00PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

anyone else heading in to the dublin cycling campaign AGM tonight?

Oh, thanks for the reminder!

magicbastarder · 10-07-2017 06:23PM

ED E wrote: »

Oh, thanks for the reminder!

we need a special boardsie secret signal to identify ourselves to each other. a rolled up trouserleg, maybe.

eeeee · 11-07-2017 12:32AM

Jesus get well soon Smacl, that sounds hideous. Shoulders are a pain in the hole. The physio is essential and also mind numbingly boring. You have my deepest sympathies.

magicbastarder · 11-07-2017 09:01AM

well, the DCC AGM was a success; i won a bottle of wine in the raffle.

seamus · 11-07-2017 09:04AM

The Amiens St bridge was hit twice yesterday. Twice. By two different trucks.

If truck drivers can't see or avoid a bloody stationery railway bridge that's twice their height, what chance do cyclists have? They really need to have a proper think about construction traffic in the city.

smacl · 11-07-2017 09:40AM

nee wrote: »

Jesus get well soon Smacl, that sounds hideous. Shoulders are a pain in the hole. The physio is essential and also mind numbingly boring. You have my deepest sympathies.

Thanks Nee, in with the orthopaedic people tomorrow so hope to come out with a physio program then. Many years of martial arts in my younger life, so well used to endless mind numbing repetitive exercise. In fact I'm probably one a the few warped individuals that will actually enjoy the physio

tomasrojo · 11-07-2017 10:07AM

seamus wrote: »

The Amiens St bridge was hit twice yesterday. Twice. By two different trucks.

Both the bridges and the truck drivers share responsibility to pay close attention and have due regard for other users of the road.

magicbastarder · 11-07-2017 10:15AM

those drivers should not be allowed drive into the bridges; they don't even pay bridge tax.

Kav0777 · 11-07-2017 10:33AM

seamus wrote: »

The Amiens St bridge was hit twice yesterday. Twice. By two different trucks.

Surely that should read a bridge collided with a truck yesterday.

smacl · 11-07-2017 10:34AM

seamus wrote: »

The Amiens St bridge was hit twice yesterday. Twice. By two different trucks.

If truck drivers can't see or avoid a bloody stationery railway bridge that's twice their height, what chance do cyclists have? They really need to have a proper think about construction traffic in the city.

Agreed. Also if truck drivers are hitting stationary infrastructure they really need to re-sit their HGV license as they represent a hazard to all around them.

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