Jaysus cycling! (6 Viewers)

[pete]

Great wee country alright

Could be worse. No AR-15s were involved for starters.

 

[nooleen]

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[7 - No tomorrow]

Came off my bike last night. Nothing broken, but everything hurts.
Can barely move my right arm. Considered going to the ER during the night, but thought better of it this morning.

I was just telling someone how it only happens to me every few years and I was due one. Up yours, universe.

 

[Jerry Twig]

Let me see what people here think of this as I've been called a contrarian for suggesting it in polite conversation:

Dublin is the only place on earth where the majority of cyclists appear to wear high viz gear, even during the day, I assume based on some misguided RSA directive. But rather than increase safety (a good light does the job in the evening and a pair of eyes is enough in the day) it stigmatizes cyclists as a nuisance and a hazard. It's drivers in Ireland that need to be sensitised to the rights of cyclists, and hi-viz is a red rag to a bull.

 

[nooleen]

yeah that's a mad argument

 

[Jerry Twig]

yeah that's a mad argument

Do you think hi-viz makes a difference during the day?

 

[nooleen]

yeah...it's more visible like

 

[george mcfly]

Having a bit of text while cycling seems to be getting quite popular doesn't it?

 

[Lili Marlene]

Having a bit of text while cycling seems to be getting quite popular doesn't it?

guilty


although i'm usually changing podcast or something like that

 

[nooleen]

wtf

 

[Lili Marlene]

Well, on the big stretch of cycle path in the Phoenix Park, 5 miles of it. You're probably thinking of me in the middle of a busy street.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Well, on the big stretch of cycle path in the Phoenix Park, 5 miles of it. You're probably thinking of me in the middle of a busy street.

You are a real bad boy

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Anyone tried these handlebar mounts you can get for your phone?

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

These yokes

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

All I want is a bike with a built-in low-friction power generator that will power frame-embedded front and back lights, and also has a charger for my phone.

Is that really too much to ask?

 

[nooleen]

You're probably thinking of me in the middle of a busy street.

i am not
i'm not even anywhere near a busy street

 

[therealjohnny]

As a driver and a cyclist I think it makes perfect sense to wear a high viz jacket. As an added bonus it also makes people think you are a Polish builder when you go into shops.

 

[nooleen]

thumbs up for getting to pretend to be a tough workie bloke

 

[Unicron]

guilty


although i'm usually changing podcast or something like that

I think podcasts are okay as you can still hear background noise. Music though, no fuckin way.

 

[Jerry Twig]

As a driver and a cyclist I think it makes perfect sense to wear a high viz jacket. .

So you all think Ireland is ahead of the curve by expecting cyclists to wear hi-viz stuff? I think if you tried to introduce it in Holland or Denmark or wherever people would think you're mad.