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cycling on a pedestrian bridge

Timberrrrrrrr

So apparently the cycling forum doesn't allow threads about this sort of thing so I will share this mornings experience with the nice people of AH and ask for your own experiences when it comes to gob****es on bikes.

Dear gob****e

While walking across the Sean O'Casey bridge (which is for pedestrians btw) this morning at the IFSC you decided that it would be a good idea to go as fast as you could on a bridge with very limited grip when wet and expect people to move out of the way for you.

I honestly don't think the lady with the buggy saw you but even if she did there was no way she could have gotten out of your way on time. Swerving to avoid her was the right thing to do but then turning your head to shout at her was where it all went down hill for you.

As you couldn't see where you were now going you obviously didn't realise you had crossed the width of the bridge and were now heading straight for me, I hope the venti coffee that you ended up wearing as a face mask didn't burn too much and i reckon 7 or 8 stitches should close that gaping cut above your right eye nicely although it will probably leave a pretty nasty scar.

I 'll say this for you though, you do have balls. After nearly wiping out 2 adults and a child (i'm ok btw, small bruise to my arm that i can live with) you then had the cheek to get up and start screaming at me because somehow in your tiny mind it was my fault. You had a camera on your helmet and told me you would be going to the guards and showing them the footage. Please feel free to do this but may i suggest watching it yourself first and seeing if maybe just MAYBE the fault lies with you.

You also claimed if you see me again you will " wrap your bike around my neck". No one was stopping you from doing that this morning so am guessing you were just mouthing off in anger. Anyway you will be glad to know that starbucks gave me a free refill of my coffee and am now nice and warm in work.

If you read this and need my details for the big garda investigation this please feel free to pm me for contact details.

Have a lovely weekend

Sincerely

Timberrrrrrrr

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Timberrrrrrrr

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Ah, yes. Coffee. Dmaned more important. Any act of apathy or fake outrage is automatically excused if it was explained by the need to get a coffee. Good man!

Apathy? Fake outrage?

The guy could have seriously injured 3 people including a small child in a buggy.

You think i should feel sorry for this guy?

Carlos Orange

buffalo wrote: »

I see hundreds of cars parked up with two wheels on the footpath every day. Do they lift the car onto the footpath?

You must have a tough time going through life deliberately misunderstanding people.

Boom_Bap

Dr_Bill wrote: »

To be honest I think the thread should be unlocked in the cycling forum, its a valid discussion anyway got to respect the Mods decision. Cyclists in some cases feel everyone should move out of the way for them as if they have priority over all other road users and pedestrians which is simply not the case.

A commute to work doesn't have to be a time trial!

The cycling forum is for people that have an interest or passion for cycling, so opening a thread there to blanket critique the patrons is not so cool.

AH though, critique away.

[Deleted User]

Dr_Bill wrote: »

To be honest I think the thread should be unlocked in the cycling forum, its a valid discussion anyway got to respect the Mods decision. Cyclists in some cases feel everyone should move out of the way for them as if they have priority over all other road users and pedestrians which is simply not the case.

A commute to work doesn't have to be a time trial!

even if the thread was unlocked in the cycling forum i still wouldn't go into it.

they are a weird sort over there that i wouldn't like to get involved with too much. and i mean weird even by AH standards.

Hell when i was getting advice on bicycles i went to the motor forum and got great advice from people on brands of bikes and where to start etc without it being a big rigmarole !

Snickers Man

Grandpa Hassan wrote: »

InconsiderateCyclists are pricks. DangerousDrivers are pricks. More often than not, carelesspedestrians are pricks. Nothing to see here. Except a completely disproportionate and unhealthy level of rage!

Just amended yours a little so I could agree with it

Snickers Man

BTW. Is the Sean O'Casey Bridge ONLY for pedestrians or can cyclists use it too? I have often cycled across it SLOWLY and always giving right of way to pedestrians. I have never noticed signs saying cyclists shouldn't use it but some seem to think they can't.

Anyone got a definitive answer?

[Deleted User]

Sure cycling is best of both worlds, cycle on the road when traffic is flowing, get to a junction with a red light, cross with the pedestrian green light. You may never have to stop at all :rolleyes:

endacl

As I was coming in to work today I saw a cyclist bunnyhopping over a bus full of grannies. He landed on an ambulance transporting a heart for transplant into a critically ill child, sending it into a skid. As he rode away he happyslapped a little girl, walking to school with her mother. He also picked his nose and flicked it at a passing motorist.

I see this kind of cr4p every day. Something has to be done about the plague of bunnyhopping, happyslapping, boogerflicking cyclists. Luckily, there were no hot beverages involved. Could've been mayhem.

:mad:

Carlos Orange

Snickers Man wrote: »

BTW. Is the Sean O'Casey Bridge ONLY for pedestrians or can cyclists use it too? I have often cycled across it SLOWLY and always giving right of way to pedestrians. I have never noticed signs saying cyclists shouldn't use it but some seem to think they can't.

Anyone got a definitive answer?

I don't cycle but I think the default is that cyclists can not cycle in pedestrian areas so there doesn't need to be a sign disallowing it.

endacl

cisk wrote: »

Sure cycling is best of both worlds, cycle on the road when traffic is flowing, get to a junction with a red light, cross with the pedestrian green light. You may never have to stop at all :rolleyes:

Well, you really should slow down to get of the bike to cross on the pedestrian green. That's what I generally do. As do many others. What's the problem with that?

seamus

Dr_Bill wrote: »

To be honest I think the thread should be unlocked in the cycling forum, its a valid discussion

Not really, it's a pointless rant, not a discussion. Pointless rants belong in AH.

SteM

Snickers Man wrote: »

BTW. Is the Sean O'Casey Bridge ONLY for pedestrians or can cyclists use it too? I have often cycled across it SLOWLY and always giving right of way to pedestrians. I have never noticed signs saying cyclists shouldn't use it but some seem to think they can't.

Anyone got a definitive answer?

There used to be signs at both ends of the bridge indicating no cycling. The last time I passed it they were gone - not sure if they'd been removed by the council or by a scally.

endacl

seamus wrote: »

Not really, it's a pointless rant, not a discussion. Pointless rants belong in AH.

I hear the cyclist involved was on the dole at the time. Also a traveller, if the rumours are to be believed.

Sheldons Brain

Snickers Man wrote: »

BTW. Is the Sean O'Casey Bridge ONLY for pedestrians or can cyclists use it too? I have often cycled across it SLOWLY and always giving right of way to pedestrians. I have never noticed signs saying cyclists shouldn't use it but some seem to think they can't.

Anyone got a definitive answer?

The Sean O'Casey bridge is clearly for pedestrians.

If you are going to go slowly, would it kill you to get off the bike and just walk across? Quite apart from the law you would not be showing contempt for your fellow citizens.

my friend

Timbrrrrrrr

I'm lovin' it!

check_six

Snickers Man wrote: »

BTW. Is the Sean O'Casey Bridge ONLY for pedestrians or can cyclists use it too? I have often cycled across it SLOWLY and always giving right of way to pedestrians. I have never noticed signs saying cyclists shouldn't use it but some seem to think they can't.

Anyone got a definitive answer?

Well there is a cycle track on the path on both sides of the bridge separated from the footpath by a strip of paint. Cycle track layout is pretty arbitrary and inconsistent at the best of times. I'd guess the engineers decided to fudge it and lead the cycle track to the bridge and then let people work it out for themselves.

I can't see anything wrong with slowly wheeling across the bridge, but I'd say that, technically, you're supposed to dismount, though in some cycle track designs they have "Cyclists Dismount" signs all over the place, and they are absent here.

Obviously, cycling like a scuttering gobsheen as described in the OP is strongly discouraged.

Dr_Bill

seamus wrote: »

Not really, it's a pointless rant, not a discussion. Pointless rants belong in AH.

Hardly pointless but you got to love AH. I've got my popcorn

ebbsy

East link bridge has a sign on it saying no cyclists.

Some people still have problems reading.

There is an overall problem in Dublin, it is a very dangerous place to be cycling around in. The council can have as many of those bikes as they like for rent, but would you feel safe cycling up the quays ? I would in my arse.

MrStuffins

Helmet-cam or no Helmet-cam, I would've been introducing his bicycle to the splendour of the River Liffey!

endacl

Dr_Bill wrote: »

Hardly pointless but you got to love AH. I've got my popcorn

Of course it's pointless. The OP came on to vent, because his venty thread wasn't entertained on the cycling forum.

Chips Lovell

The quays are grand. I can't remember the last time there was a serious injury or fatality there.

tipparetops

Similar thing happened to me about a month ago.
I was walking on a river path about a month ago, it was only wide enough for 2 people to walk past each other.
A cyclist came flying along, saw me and just kept going. All I could do was brace myself and put my shoulder into him.
He went flying off the bike into the hedge.

I have seen him once since on that path, he got off the bicycle when we met.

buffalo

ebbsy wrote: »

East link bridge has a sign on it saying no cyclists.

Some people still have problems reading.

So cyclists aren't allowed on pedestrian bridges, nor are they allowed on vehicular bridges?

The signs on the Eastlink are advisory, cyclists are only requested to dismount.

Sheldons Brain

check_six wrote: »

Well there is a cycle track on the path on both sides of the bridge separated from the footpath by a strip of paint.

I think you've answered this yourself.

I can't see anything wrong with slowly wheeling across the bridge, but I'd say that, technically, you're supposed to dismount, though in some cycle track designs they have "Cyclists Dismount" signs all over the place, and they are absent here.

That would be because it isn't a cycle path and cyclists shouldn't be there at all so why put a sign telling them what to do.

Obviously, cycling like a scuttering gobsheen as described in the OP is strongly discouraged.

Quite. But less furious lawbreaking isn't right either.

buffalo

psinno wrote: »

You must have a tough time going through life deliberately misunderstanding people.

Forgive me - how do the cars get onto the footpath without driving on them? And where in Irish law does it say it's legal to drive onto the footpath for the purposes of parking there?

Samaris

Hah, he deserved all he got. It'd be nice to think your cyclist friend is reading the forum and feels like an idiot for it now.

Since you asked for anyone else's stories of cyclists behaving badly, well, here's one of my own, and I was the cyclist in this case. Mortally ashamed of it now, but I'll tell you, I got a hell of a fright when it happened.

Bad weather, it had been lashing down rain and my grip wasn't amazing. I had a bit too much speed, but I was aware of it and was just moving my grip to the brakes to start slowing for the T junction ahead. Some schoolkids were on the path by me, and out of my peripheral vision, I saw one of them dart suddenly towards me, with a yell, trying to startle me. Well, it succeeded. I knew there were primary schools around and what flitted through my head was that a small child had suddenly dashed in front of me. I yanked to the right away from them, rather than braking, because I knew braking wouldn't stop me hitting them if I did, and missed braking altogether, shooting out into the T junction right in front of a car, and scared the driver absolutely ****less, I reckon. She braked (fortunately, it was a steep hill up, so she wasn't moving fast), I shot in front of her and ended up on the other side of the road, shaking a bit from my near miss, whereupon she yelled at me, entirely justifiably! I was still processing what had happened and couldn't manage more than an incoherent gesture towards the kids, who presumably hadn't expected things to get quite that dramatic. Anyway, all was fine, bar everyone involved getting a fright.

In the very unlikely chance, Driver, that you're on boards, I'm really sorry about that!

Squatman

zerks wrote: »

You can fit the contents of a bottle of wine in one of those cups.Just sayin'.

Yes, its not unusual for cups to hold liquid, in fact some would argue, that this is their only purpose

seamus

ebbsy wrote: »

East link bridge has a sign on it saying no cyclists.

Some people still have problems reading.

That sign has no legal basis. It's a suggestion, not a requirement.

Fat Christy

Cyclists, the root of all evil. Whether I'm driving or walking, those b@stards just get on my nerves. When I see a cyclist my blood pressure starts rising.

Why in the name of god can you not obey a fcuking red light for fcuk sake!! Fcuk!!

I have encountered cnutish pedestrians and cnutish drivers but nothing, literally nothing can top cnutish cyclists. I seem to encounter cycling fcuks with a complete disregard for other road users more often than I encounter dickhead motorists and pedestrians. I am convinced the majority of cyclists are colour blind. The light is fcuking red, fcuking red you kant, red means stop.

When I am at a pedestrian crossing and the green light man comes on and I see a cyclist coming I will stand in the way of the cyclist until the light starts flashing orange. I will not move until the walking green man stops flashing. And I'm not even sorry!

Every time I see a cyclist stop at a red light and actually obey the rules of the road, I want to hug him/her. Go you, you know your colours, fair play!!

Red - Stop
Green - Go
Orange - GO, GO, GO, GO, You can make it.

Jeesh.

Timberrrrrrrr

endacl wrote: »

Of course it's pointless. The OP came on to vent, because his venty thread wasn't entertained on the cycling forum.

Or because it was closed after one reply.