Jaysus cycling! (2 Viewers)

[magicbastarder]

yeah, that's a tough one. because a response of 'you're quite literally totally wrong there' comes across as rude...

 

[Deadmanposting]

Council plans campaign to urge cyclists to be more careful when sharing spaces with pedestrians - Dublin Inquirer

Both the Dublin Cycling Campaign and advocates for people with disabilities say they don’t think this is the right approach.

dublininquirer.com

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Council plans campaign to urge cyclists to be more careful when sharing spaces with pedestrians - Dublin Inquirer

Both the Dublin Cycling Campaign and advocates for people with disabilities say they don’t think this is the right approach.

dublininquirer.com

''“There is a problem, people are fearful,” said Fianna Fáil Councillor Deirdre Heney. “I had a constituent, an older gentleman, requesting that something be done about the Clontarf promenade, cyclists are booting past pedestrians, it is quite dangerous. ''

My main experience while cycling out along clontarf, is pedestrians ambling along in the cycling lanes. (that and ocasional lycra clad heros booting round corners 2 abreast on the cycle lanes forcing other cyclists to jam on their breaks).

But the biggest problem is the death maze caused by the unfinished ever changing roadworks on the way too... i.e so back to cars...

 

[ann post]

If its always the bloody cyclists then nobody has to talk about

A: Just how many laws* people break per day driving even if they are sorta normal
B: Driving beeing a consistentl and relentless source of tragedy for people

But those bloody cyclists are going to fuck up the place alltogether.


*UTM is fucking awful on roundabouts. No indicators, lane swaps at the last second etc etc and one day he was ranting about other drivers and i just dropped in 'when did you last read the rules of the road' - Never. The answer was never. There are pre-theory test drivers all over the country absolutely fucking winging it in 2 tonne machines

 

[magicbastarder]

AXA or the AA or somebody did a bullshit survey which found that something like a fifth or a quarter of over 55s thought cyclists were the biggest danger on the roads. Most of those probably listen to pat Kenny.

 

[ann post]

I know I'm taking the bait by sharing this (still maintaining a work twitter here....) but eh, that's me done with Ryanair for life

 

[ann post]

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[magicbastarder]

i know there's probably bigger things to worry about, but nice of them to carve their path across the mountains like that.

 

[ann post]

Yeah it's a bit 'skiing' in that sense.

 

[magicbastarder]

One reason gravel bikes have become popular is that modern mountain bikes make life too easy on the sort of terrain most people have access to. The bike yer man is riding there is probably essentially pointless for any other terrain. Like a track day car no longer road legal in what you can use it for.

 

[ann post]

Dutch government and neurologists call on cyclists to wear helmets – but cyclists’ union says “too much emphasis” on helmets discourages cycling and “has an air of victim blaming”

The Dutch transport ministry is set to publish guidelines on voluntary helmet use, as local authorities have started to run discount campaigns to encourage cyclists to buy helmets

road.cc

Helmets chat in the Netherlands.

I'm looking for a new one slowly - something a bit lower profile or officey. I've a hi Vis yellow one that's graaaand but I'm slightly looking at a folding ebike for the winter months because of the new bus routes out here.

 

[magicbastarder]

IIRC the netherlands has seen a near doubling of fatalities in the last ten years - but that's driven mainlyby the elderly getting back on bikes, with the surge in popularity of e-bikes.
they don't have the reaction times, or the survivability, that younger cyclists do.

 

[seanc]

There's a market stall here flogging a variety of European cycling tops. Prices negotiable I assume.

These jerseys mean nothing to me, but some of you might be interested.

 

[magicbastarder]

Years ago, some mad bastard on the boards.ie cycling forum decided the Wicklow 200 wasn't enough of a challenge so came up with an alternative route with twice the climbing. There are usually about 6 to 10 people who do it each year. Yesterday was the 13th year it's been done (and I've never done it).

Just looking at the Strava entry of one of the lads who did it. 236km with 4,800m of climbing. Strava estimated he burned 10,000 calories.

 

[rettucs]

Years ago, some mad bastard on the boards.ie cycling forum decided the Wicklow 200 wasn't enough of a challenge so came up with an alternative route with twice the climbing. There are usually about 6 to 10 people who do it each year. Yesterday was the 13th year it's been done (and I've never done it).

Just looking at the Strava entry of one of the lads who did it. 236km with 4,800m of climbing. Strava estimated he burned 10,000 calories.

is that that Evil thing?

from my days on that forum I always got the impression there was a lot of 'look at me' going on with the lads that did that.

also, it takes them around 12-16 hours, if memory services. My wicklow 200s were always around the 7 to 7.5 hour mark. Its plenty.

 

[ann post]

That's not for me.

 

[magicbastarder]

i don't have the gearing on the bike for it. lowest i can go is 34-28, i suspect you'd need a 34-32 to stop you emptying your legs on the steep bits when you've still got 50 or 100km to go.

doing the wicklow 200 at 27km/h is no mean feat!

 

[ann post]

I've a notion my gearing goes that low, but also i think tops out at 11 or something, which to cover 236km in a day is probably also useful.

I'm looking at scotland for my next one and (28kg bike with pannier wind drag) I'm getting put off by 90km a day.

 

[ann post]

HOWEVER.

A person can get to scotland from my front door without ever interacting with an airplane, which is attractive to me.

 

[magicbastarder]

you mean the smallest ring on your cassette is an 11 tooth? same here, but i very very rarely use it. downhill at 50 or 60km/h maybe.