La Flamme Rouge off topic discussion

Torres09 · 12-05-2019 9:47pm

koutoubia wrote: »

Down the coast from Balbriggan to Skerries. Through Skerries (with a stop for a coffee and a scone in LA Bakery highly recommended) and up the coast to Loughshinney. Take a right in Lshinney and then either the first or second left onto the back roads will eventually take you into Lusk. From Lusk go across Quickpenny back onto R132 at Murtaghs.
A far more pleasant way!

Ever taken the left onto Millers Lane leading onto Golf LinksRoad in Skerries? , nice little climb on a otherwise quiet country road... Well a load loader wasn't happy with me on the road yesterday. Honking his truck horn and revving his truck vigorously within I'd say 2 feet from me....

koutoubia · 12-05-2019 9:59pm

Torres09 wrote: »

Ever taken the left onto Millers Lane leading onto Golf LinksRoad in Skerries? , nice little climb on a otherwise quiet country road... Well a load loader wasn't happy with me on the road yesterday. Honking his truck horn and revving his truck vigorously within I'd say 2 feet from me....

yeah often do it after spending too long in the sun outside above mentioned bakery and the legs have gone cold.A tough little bugger on cold legs.

manafana · 13-05-2019 7:55am

Chips Lovell wrote: »

I think it's fair to say that the amount of Garda time that goes into policing illegal scooters is a tiny, tiny fraction of that which goes into general road traffic policing, which in turn is a fraction of the time which goes into policing drug-related crime.

well they must have lots of time, as someone pointed out they had 3-4 gardai out only looking for scooters to stop, i was closed passed near feather beds and a gardai was on foot duty, he commented on it, but doesn't do anything about it, that kind sums up the situation for me at moment. one job at time nothing else

buffalo · 13-05-2019 8:15am

manafana wrote: »

well they must have lots of time, as someone pointed out they had 3-4 gardai out only looking for scooters to stop, i was closed passed near feather beds and a gardai was on foot duty, he commented on it, but doesn't do anything about it, that kind sums up the situation for me at moment. one job at time nothing else

There was a Garda on foot duty at the Featherbeds?

Harrybelafonte · 13-05-2019 8:31am

Was there a sportive yesterday that left around Fairview and headed up Howth then out NCD towards Ballyboughal?

marvin80 · 13-05-2019 8:57am

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Was there a sportive yesterday that left around Fairview and headed up Howth then out NCD towards Ballyboughal?

This one possibly:

https://twitter.com/PaulKimmage/status/1127635561361985536

magicbastarder · 13-05-2019 9:12am

yep, at least one person from this parish was on that, from what i can see on strava.

Wishbone Ash · 13-05-2019 9:12am

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Was there a sportive yesterday that left around Fairview and headed up Howth then out NCD towards Ballyboughal?

Dublin Fire Brigade annual sportive.

Harrybelafonte · 13-05-2019 10:05am

Ah, got it, cool. Nice to see a few out yesterday.

statto25 · 13-05-2019 1:27pm

If you are out for a spin, do you salute/acknowledge a cyclist passing on the opposite side of the road? I as a rule always do but yesterday I met 10 fellow cyclists and the only one to return the gesture was an old lady with a front basket.

Raam · 13-05-2019 1:28pm

statto25 wrote: »

If you are out for a spin, do you salute/acknowledge a cyclist passing on the opposite side of the road? I as a rule always do but yesterday I met 10 fellow cyclists and the only one to return the gesture was an old lady with a front basket.

Totally depends on the quality of their sock game.

Rechuchote · 13-05-2019 2:11pm

I've been leafletting locally for Wednesday evening's cycle to the Dail (meeting at the National Gallery on the Merrion Square side at 5.15), and have decided that riding bicycles is infectious. There are whole long stretches of houses (for instance on Kimmage Road Lower) where you don't see any bicycles in gardens, and other stretches where you see bikes tied to railings in virtually every garden, and bunches of them with bike sheds (usually http://bikeshel.com/ ones). One road I was on had something like 18 bike houses out of 23 houses.

Torres09 · 13-05-2019 2:25pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Just checked your Strava ride - yup that was it.

(You could have taken in Ducky Rooney's Lane today also. When you crossed the R132, and turned right at Hedgestown School, if you had turned left instead it would bring you up it.)

Ehh thanks:D Took this road this morning, nice climb but by god it just keeps biting:eek:

CormacH94 · 13-05-2019 6:01pm

statto25 wrote: »

If you are out for a spin, do you salute/acknowledge a cyclist passing on the opposite side of the road? I as a rule always do but yesterday I met 10 fellow cyclists and the only one to return the gesture was an old lady with a front basket.

Always give a wave or a hand lifted off the bars going by

Anyone doing the Wicklow Mountains Cycle Challenge on Sat? Haven't done a sportive yet but was it was recommended to me today and am really interested.
https://register.primoevents.com/ps/event/2019WicklowMountainsCycleChallenge

101km with 1500m climbing, Sally Gap, Shay Elliot and Slieve Mann
Did a 91km 1300m climbing cycle on Saturday so I feel like I'd be able for it, haven't gone near the Shay Elliot or the Slieve Mann side of Wicklow yet.

Anyone do it previous years? Would love to hear some feedback

magicbastarder · 13-05-2019 11:00pm

statto25 wrote: »

If you are out for a spin, do you salute/acknowledge a cyclist passing on the opposite side of the road? I as a rule always do but yesterday I met 10 fellow cyclists and the only one to return the gesture was an old lady with a front basket.

the reaction you get is usually very dependent on where you are (as in whether you're outside commuting routes or not).
in dubliin, inside the M50 you wouldn't see much response to a wave. once you start passing leisure cyclists you get much more of a chance of getting a hello, or of one returned.

magicbastarder · 13-05-2019 11:10pm

something i'd not seen before - on the way home in the car earlier, we were coming down ballymun road, and stopped at the junction where collins avenue/glasnevin avenue crosses it. another car had stopped in front of us, but at the far set of lights.
as in on a junction like that, there are lights on each corner, so there's a light alongside the stop line you stop at. there's another set of lights on the far side of the junction displaying the same signal. whoever was driving this car had stopped at this second set, so arse out in the junction.
usually when i see weirdness like that i put it down to someone having just gotten into a rental car in the airport and still trying to get used to irish roads. i just wonder if in this case, was it someone with a much stricter adherence to lights than we irish have.

13-05-2019 11:21pm

I get that regularly at a near by T-junction. Someone turning right off the T with a green and me waiting to cross on foot, as they turn and get the pedestrian lights they'll be seeing a red in front of them which would be for traffic coming from what would have been their left now behind. It's comical standing there and pointing to the red man and waving them through

Boscoirl · 14-05-2019 12:23am

I just stay well back from people like that

Boscoirl · 14-05-2019 12:33am

We had our club sportive yesterday. I was driving the lead car for one of the groups. Some eejit took issue with us being on the road. Not sure if there was any confrontation with any of the riders at the back of the group but when he was overtaking he had the windows down Effin and blinding as he went. Then pulled in front of me and stopped on the road. Two of our cycle marshals and the motorcycle marshals tried to calm him down and get him out of our way.

I had to call the cops. Eventually they calmed him down enough to move the car over to the side of the road. Then he kicked off again. We got going again while they waited for the guards. They calmed down before they got there and continued on but then he was behind us again. Thankfully he passed again with out incident. The guards radioed ahead to a Hurd that was manning a junction up the road to have a word, but he never made sit that far. Must have turned off in between. Some seriously odd people out there.

14-05-2019 9:08am

Probably been posted before but was new to me. Came across this account when looking at the comments in a Garda tweet.

https://twitter.com/carsowntheroad

Hurrache · 14-05-2019 9:42am

I've a son that insists he can ride without stabilisers, but can't, so I may try this.

cdaly_ · 14-05-2019 9:44am

magicbastarder wrote: »

something i'd not seen before - on the way home in the car earlier, we were coming down ballymun road, and stopped at the junction where collins avenue/glasnevin avenue crosses it. another car had stopped in front of us, but at the far set of lights.
as in on a junction like that, there are lights on each corner, so there's a light alongside the stop line you stop at. there's another set of lights on the far side of the junction displaying the same signal. whoever was driving this car had stopped at this second set, so arse out in the junction.
usually when i see weirdness like that i put it down to someone having just gotten into a rental car in the airport and still trying to get used to irish roads. i just wonder if in this case, was it someone with a much stricter adherence to lights than we irish have.

As seen here, many countries only have a traffic light on the road to which it applies and from the centre of the junction, there are none visible at all. This removes all the confusion: If you see a red light in front of you, you stop. Once you've crossed the stop line, there is no traffic light to see.

Mickiemcfist · 14-05-2019 11:46am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Probably been posted before but was new to me. Came across this account when looking at the comments in a Garda tweet.

https://twitter.com/carsowntheroad

That's fairly funny! I was bracing myself to read a lot of crap

14-05-2019 11:54am

Mickiemcfist wrote: »

That's fairly funny! I was bracing myself to read a lot of crap

I quite liked the "cycling two and three abreast, taking up the whole road and blocking traffic!" one

magicbastarder · 14-05-2019 2:01pm

whoops, i think i just got someone in trouble. passing the local spar, there was a grab truck parked half on the footpath, half in the cycle lane, but as i passed, i spotted that the rear tyres were essentially bald.
coming out of that spar at that very moment was a garda.

CramCycle · 14-05-2019 2:05pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

whoops, i think i just got someone in trouble. passing the local spar, there was a grab truck parked half on the footpath, half in the cycle lane, but as i passed, i spotted that the rear tyres were essentially bald.
coming out of that spar at that very moment was a garda.

When the truck is fully loaded and his braking stops short at a junction where a kid is crossing, you can be glad you potentially have saved a life and have only cost the driver a fine and a court date rather than having to live with that.

ED E · 14-05-2019 2:34pm

^ 2pts and €80 FCPN, no court unless the member wants to go for dangerously defective which I suspect they wouldn't.

magicbastarder · 15-05-2019 10:17am

i was wondering what penalty there might be levied on the business who own the truck. i suspect there are many businesses who would be happy to tell an employee to walk (in the literal and figurative sense) if the employee said 'i'm not driving that truck as i'll get points if i'm caught'.

i suspect no penalty would be imposed on the business, but there should be. the fleet manager should be held responsible.

LollipopJimmy · 15-05-2019 10:26am

magicbastarder wrote: »

i was wondering what penalty there might be levied on the business who own the truck. i suspect there are many businesses who would be happy to tell an employee to walk (in the literal and figurative sense) if the employee said 'i'm not driving that truck as i'll get points if i'm caught'.

i suspect no penalty would be imposed on the business, but there should be. the fleet manager should be held responsible.

Bald tyres infuriate me, it's the only part of the vehicle that touches the road (unless you have a 'felt spec VW then your sump also touches the road). I see so many cars in traffic with bald tyres when stopped at lights.

Currently sitting at my desk, can't wait to get out cycling after work, my legs are already rotating

dahat · 15-05-2019 11:51am

2hrs on the turbo awaits me after work, lunatic traffic between my free hours so best do specific work on the turbo.

The forecast for the days ahead looks generally okay so we should gt plenty km's in.

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