Tell us about your new improved government regulations compliant cycle part II

magicbastarder · 05-02-2021 05:48PM

felt quite a bit colder out there today. a flat 27km at just shy of 30km/h.

quite a few assholes out there too. got blown at by a dublin bus while crossing the M50 (i assume he wanted me to use the ****ty cycle path) and had a couple of lunatic overtakes by artic drivers, one of which was an overtake less than 200m from a roundabout, which resulted in him pulling back in fairly sharpish on me, had to drop anchors for that one.

Seth Brundle · 05-02-2021 05:55PM

I had intended in heading to Glasnevin Cemetery this afternoon taking a slightly longer route there which would have given me my first 100+km spin this year.
However, work seems to be expecting me to actually do stuff today so I'm still here at my desk. Just a little more annoyed with myself.

smacl · 05-02-2021 05:56PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

felt quite a bit colder out there today. a flat 27km at just shy of 30km/h.

quite a few assholes out there too. got blown at by a dublin bus while crossing the M50 (i assume he wanted me to use the ****ty cycle path) and had a couple of lunatic overtakes by artic drivers, one of which was an overtake less than 200m from a roundabout, which resulted in him pulling back in fairly sharpish on me, had to drop anchors for that one.

They seemed to be out there today for some reason, nearly got taken out of it by someone entering a roundabout while ignoring that I was already on it. 21k for me, back up Cruagh to the Viewing point and around the local area over lunch. Was planning on taking the ice tyres off this weekend but met.ie says no.

LollipopJimmy · 06-02-2021 01:01PM

10kms in to a planned 50k (loops within the guidelines) I managed to break my chain, well the connector link gave in, very small mileage on the chain. Currently on the Luas cos I'm not walking 5k in cleats and the bike is in lbs, needs headset bearings too

monkeyslayer · 06-02-2021 01:55PM

Is it just me or are the joggers on the road in the phoneix Park getting worse and worse? It's absolutely lethal at the weekends. Especially now with some of the paths flooded, woukd be gym monkeys fanned out two, three, even four abreast at times, on blind corners, middle of the road... Forcing traffic into lethal overtaking manoeuvres... I come back from spins there now feeling really stressed and angry. I feel like being one of those raving lunatics giving out to everyone.

Type 17 · 06-02-2021 01:58PM

monkeyslayer wrote: »

...Forcing traffic into lethal overtaking manoeuvres...

Remember that no one is forced to do anything lethal, that's their choice
(but yes, some of the joggers are d1cks)

Seth Brundle · 06-02-2021 01:58PM

monkeyslayer wrote: »

Is it just me or are the joggers on the road in the phoneix Park getting worse and worse? It's absolutely lethal at the weekends. Especially now with some of the paths flooded, woukd be gym monkeys fanned out two, three, even four abreast at times, on blind corners, middle of the road... Forcing traffic into lethal overtaking manoeuvres... I come back from spins there now feeling really stressed and angry. I feel like being one of those raving lunatics giving out to everyone.

In fairness, the only one responsible for a dangerous overtake is the driver!

Wildly Boaring · 06-02-2021 02:02PM

monkeyslayer wrote: »

Is it just me or are the joggers on the road in the phoneix Park getting worse and worse? It's absolutely lethal at the weekends. Especially now with some of the paths flooded, woukd be gym monkeys fanned out two, three, even four abreast at times, on blind corners, middle of the road... Forcing traffic into lethal overtaking manoeuvres... I come back from spins there now feeling really stressed and angry. I feel like being one of those raving lunatics giving out to everyone.

Ah here.
This must be a wind up.
Nobody is forced into a lethal overtaking manouver.

The cyclists were 3 abreast in the middle of the road!!!!
Grr off my road peasant!!

Stark · 06-02-2021 02:03PM

Walkers have been conditioned at this point to see joggers like grim reapers coming towards them ready to instantly infect someone the second they come within 2m like in a game of bulldog/tag. Hence people have to run on the road if the Park is anyway busyish as a result.

monkeyslayer · 06-02-2021 02:07PM

True re over taking manoveures, I could have worded it better, but you know what I mean, there's always that driver that gets even half a chance and he's going for it... Iv no problem people using the road, it's the joggers running right down the middle of it or jumping onto it without so much as glance for their own or other people's safety.

CramCycle · 06-02-2021 02:53PM

smacl wrote: »

They seemed to be out there today for some reason, nearly got taken out of it by someone entering a roundabout while ignoring that I was already on it. 21k for me, back up Cruagh to the Viewing point and around the local area over lunch. Was planning on taking the ice tyres off this weekend but met.ie says no.

Roundabouts, the last bastion of free choice where the rules of man seem not to apply. Overtaking on single lane roundabouts, the left lane to turn right, indicating any f*&*ing way they want for sh1ts and giggles.

murphyebass · 06-02-2021 03:12PM

Got out for an hour cycle today. A mix of road and venturing slightly off road hence the bit of muck.

Was a nice morning for it. Bit manky out now.

Mercian Pro · 06-02-2021 09:51PM

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

10kms in to a planned 50k (loops within the guidelines) I managed to break my chain, well the connector link gave in, very small mileage on the chain. Currently on the Luas cos I'm not walking 5k in cleats and the bike is in lbs, needs headset bearings too

Well that explains the photo. Was wondering where the bike was and whether you managed to sneak it on board

LollipopJimmy · 06-02-2021 09:58PM

Mercian Pro wrote: »

Well that explains the photo. Was wondering where the bike was and whether you managed to sneak it on board

I bought an ex a Scott Contessa and the luas lad wouldn'tet me on woth it, even though it was wrapped in plastic and cardboard. I often wonder how she is these days, poor scotty

grouchyman · 06-02-2021 10:19PM

Planning to go out for 2 hours with intervals in the second hour. But what with the bright dry day and the wind not too bad I did a few laps around the village instead. 106 kms in about 5 hrs avg speed 20.8. Happy with that.

obi604 · 07-02-2021 02:12PM

Was out for a casual trot on my trusty steed earlier.

Came to a Garda checkpoint. Waited diligently and it came to my turn, guard kinda half laughing at me for stopping and said go on, shook his head etc.

I bet if I didn’t bother stopping and cycled on through, it could have been a different story. Or a different guard may have asked me questions etc.

What has been your experience at these check points?

LollipopJimmy · 07-02-2021 02:16PM

I've just slowed down and rolled through while giving a wave.

Today was the first day I was actually stopped, I was on my way to the Phoenix Park so I just said 'I live up the road there and heading into the park', was told to go ahead.

I just fecked about in the mud today, was very hungover leaving the house but glad I did it

Stark · 07-02-2021 02:20PM

So far I haven't been stopped at the quays checkpoints.

rolling boh · 07-02-2021 02:37PM

have not been stopped at Confey kildare pay no attention to me so far it was quite windy in spots this morning quite a few out though .

magicbastarder · 07-02-2021 02:53PM

have not been stopped at any checkpoints while on the bike, just slowed down on approach and have been waved through each time.

bazermc · 07-02-2021 03:00PM

Just back from a couple of hours. First time out in at least 3 weeks. Such a pleasure to be able to cycle.

Wildly Boaring · 07-02-2021 03:22PM

I was stopped at colpe cross.

Scooted up the inside of the queue. Slowed to be waved through.

Insisted on me stopping.
Just asked where I lived.

No drama at all

Daroxtar · 07-02-2021 06:29PM

45km, absolutely Baltic. Garmin reading 0 degrees all the way around. Headwind from all directions. A shower of rain just after I went out the door left the roads manky. Cold hands, completely frozen toes. Nice clean bike destroyed with muck.
Grand apart from that.

a148pro · 08-02-2021 12:07AM

CramCycle wrote: »

Roundabouts, the last bastion of free choice where the rules of man seem not to apply. Overtaking on single lane roundabouts, the left lane to turn right, indicating any f*&*ing way they want for sh1ts and giggles.

I'll always remember being in India, where it seems the entire world is on their giant dusty roads, on every type of vehicle conceivable - bikes with trailers piled with crates, motorcycles with pillion passengers, rickshaws, cars, weird motor bike truck hybrids, buses, massive trucks

in a rickshaw ploughing through it all and we come to a "roundabout", very large one maybe the size of the darndale ones on the Malahide road back in the day

driver is evidently making the right turn, but doesn't decrease speed at all and instead of going three quarters the way around the roundabout he just swings straight to the right to go one quarter the way around the wrong way into oncoming traffic! Roundabout is busy, cuts across it all and makes the turn. No one bats an eyelid!

I'd say they'd get a good laugh reading our threads obsessing about some minor traffic violation

CramCycle · 08-02-2021 09:28AM

a148pro wrote: »

I'd say they'd get a good laugh reading our threads obsessing about some minor traffic violation

Sounds like my experience of Russia, coming into Moscow, road/motorway several lanes wide and cars doing 80 and only inches from each other, indicators and lanes were advisory at best. Our taxi driver didn't even flinch as he swerved across 3 lanes for a turn he apparently forgot he needed to take. Further south in Saratov, you could pay the police to drive through their version of Grafton St. and even get what appeared to be an armed escort. I don't recall a sober taxi driver and was warned about putting my seatbelt on could cause grave offence.

alentejo · 08-02-2021 10:11AM

cycled to work (6 k). Was not too bad out there. I think if you are mentally prepared knowing that you will face the coldest headwind from hell before hand, it helps! Nice and dry with some snow.

devonp · 08-02-2021 11:56AM

usual commute in from leixlip.....into the driving sleet showers on the wide open N4
worked up a good sweat

LollipopJimmy · 08-02-2021 09:20PM

Bit muddy in the park today, I'd just sank halfway up to my shins here.

This bike is grand for most of the trails in the park but some parts get a bit tough :pac:

https://imgur.com/gallery/S9QdBIa

magicbastarder · 08-02-2021 09:27PM

i remember sinking up to my knee as a kid, very possibly in the same spot.

LollipopJimmy · 08-02-2021 09:32PM

To be fair that was the only really muddy part, the rest is doable on the gravel bike. Might get chunkier tyres for more craic though. That there is in depths of the Furry Glen

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