Dublin city pubs where I can see my bike locked up

jon1981

Hi,

I'll caveat this with " I won't be drinking alcohol".

I meet up with friends the odd evening after work in the pub in town. Since I've started cycling it's not that easy as i don't want to risk locking an expensive bike up somewhere. Any advise on good locations to lock the bike up or pubs that have a good eyeshot on a bike rack?

cheers
Jon

TripleMinor

I hope you're not serious.
Do you really want to advertise on the internet when/where your expensive bike will be locked up?

jon1981

Don't worry I'm not going to publish my bike details, time, day...etc. (really didn't expect that!)

Also hence why I want to be able to see it! So I can see if some toerag goes near it.

smacl

Better solution might be to get a cheap hack for you pub bike. Less likely to get nicked, and less of a heartbreak if it does.

petethedrummer

Great thread. This is going to keep me amused all afternoon.

Submission 1.
O' Donoghues on Suffolk St. (If you lock your bike to the lampose outside the window seat).
https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.343421,-6.259797,3a,75y,105.37h,82.43t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sV2Nvv_VUeo7rtZL8ECH-8Q!2e0?hl=en

jon1981

Great the more options I have the more difficult it will be for the toerags to find me!!

07Lapierre

Why not have the Pub come to you?

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/KJCWyRBiQEA/maxresdefault.jpg

colm_gti

Park it in Drury Street carpark

petethedrummer

Window Seat in the Temple Bar
https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.345477,-6.264601,3a,75y,122.09h,75.74t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sJky2cbMxzqlQKmb75O4ETg!2e0!3e5?hl=en

petethedrummer

Window Seat in The Oak. Dame Street. Bike Rack across the street.
https://www.google.ie/maps/place/The+Oak/@53.344143,-6.266741,3a,75y,253.58h,75.06t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sF8lobOfGbla8PAV7r4ds_Q!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x48670e9d44bc9289:0x534eda61b1576b28?hl=en

jon1981

Hogans is looking good

https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.342097,-6.264786,3a,37.5y,126.41h,82.92t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s7ff3l5cgSh5W_lTGH-4uig!2e0

irish_goat

On a good day the Bull and Castle beer garden is nice and has a bike rack beside it.

petethedrummer

The Bernard Shaw beer garden.

buffalo

Haven't been there in a while, but the Long Stone has a car park that backs on to the smoking area. The car park does close before the pub does though, so if you're late leaving, you'll wheel your bike out through the building to some odd looks.

Wishbone Ash

colm_gti wrote: »

Park it in Drury Street carpark

+1

There's a wide choice of pubs within 5 mins walk. (The Hairy Lemon is just across the street).

roverrules

Leave it at home and strike out the bit about not drinking, you'll be much better company when not constantly peering out the windows.

nc19

thinly veiled 'I have friends' thread...

Doctor Bob

The Welcome Inn on Parnell Street lets you bring your bike inside.


https://goo.gl/maps/5J6sf

Slydice

I think you can bring your bike into the black sheep on Capel Street and hang it up.
https://twitter.com/blacksheepdub/status/561200227764670467

Maybe ask them just to double check that.

Matt Bianco

Long past it's decadent late 90's heyday and OT I know - but is the Welcome Inn still opening bar Love Hate filming?

Doctor Bob wrote: »

The Welcome Inn on Parnell Street lets you bring your bike inside.


https://goo.gl/maps/5J6sf

blobbie

The Auld Triangle.

You can't exactly see you bike locked up from here but it is handy for visiting http://tinyurl.com/ne2u7wa

route66

Johnnie Fox's !

Well, it's Dublin if not quite city.

Nobody will rob your bike and you'll have a great workout getting there. Careful on the descent home mind ...

Zillah

Is there really any danger to a bike on a public street with a good quality u-lock?

Matt Bianco

Read and weep

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056226324

Eamonnator

Zillah wrote: »

Is there really any danger to a bike on a public street with a good quality u-lock?

http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/dublin-bike-thefts-surge-at-unprecedented-rate-no-other-crime-rising-as-fast/

According to this article, the answer is probably YES

tomasrojo

Eamonnator wrote: »

http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/dublin-bike-thefts-surge-at-unprecedented-rate-no-other-crime-rising-as-fast/

According to this article, the answer is probably YES

In related news, the sales of cable locks are surging.

tomasrojo

It's funny how often that image at stickybottle shows up to illustrate an article about bike theft:


What manner of locking would be overcome by snipping spokes in that way? Any way of locking a rear wheel other than the Sheldon method of locking through the rear triangle could be overcome by just taking off the rear wheel and stealing the frame. If locked through the rear triangle, the thief couldn't steal the bike, even after snipping every spoke, as shown. The thief would still have to saw through the rim or break it some other way.

Keep_Her_Lit

tomasrojo wrote: »

It's funny how often that image at stickybottle shows up to illustrate an article about bike theft:


What manner of locking would be overcome by snipping spokes in that way? Any way of locking a rear wheel other than the Sheldon method of locking through the rear triangle could be overcome by just taking off the rear wheel and stealing the frame. If locked through the rear triangle, the thief couldn't steal the bike, even after snipping every spoke, as shown. The thief would still have to saw through the rim or break it some other way.

That had me wondering too. Here's my guess ... the bike was nicked first, then sometime later somebody decided they'd help themselves to the hub, the quick way. Abandoned bikes (or bike parts) can "decay" over an extended period. Reminds me of those time lapse films of animal corpses being munched by an assortment of other living creatures until only the bones remain.

tomasrojo

Or it's just a set-up for an eye-catching photo.

TimeToShine

Are your friends actually willing to accommodate you choosing a pub based on your bike?!

buffalo

Keep_Her_Lit wrote: »

That had me wondering too. Here's my guess ... the bike was nicked first, then sometime later somebody decided they'd help themselves to the hub, the quick way. Abandoned bikes (or bike parts) can "decay" over an extended period. Reminds me of those time lapse films of animal corpses being munched by an assortment of other living creatures until only the bones remain.

Or most of the bike was stolen by an opportunist who didn't have a spanner to undo the axle nut on the front wheel, but did have a boltcutters...

Doctor Bob

Matt Bianco wrote: »

Long past it's decadent late 90's heyday and OT I know - but is the Welcome Inn still opening bar Love Hate filming?

It's a while since I was there, but I hadn't heard that it had closed. The opening hours often seemed to be a bit of a moveable feast.

Maybe 'moveable feast' is the wrong phrase. A few years ago a friend was at the bar in the Welcome and asked if they had crisps for sale. The reply he got: "This isn't a f***ing restaurant."

(I should point out that I've never found the barman anything other than sound, but others might have had different experiences.)

granty1987

petethedrummer wrote: »

The Bernard Shaw beer garden.

Only problem with that is in the evenings its so packed you couldn't swing a topknot hair do, let alone bring the bike into the shaw

I would appreciate more bike friendly beergardens though

Ciaran_B

The Oval on Abbey St has clear sightlines to a couple of sign posts on the street.

dragratchet

Doctor Bob wrote: »

It's a while since I was there, but I hadn't heard that it had closed. The opening hours often seemed to be a bit of a moveable feast.

Maybe 'moveable feast' is the wrong phrase. A few years ago a friend was at the bar in the Welcome and asked if they had crisps for sale. The reply he got: "This isn't a f***ing restaurant."

(I should point out that I've never found the barman anything other than sound, but others might have had different experiences.)

myself and a few buddies once had a very different experience involving a jogger getting attacked for using the toilet, a few pint glasses getting hurled at a wall and a crow bar getting waggled about. needless to say we drank up and headed off quickly :eek:

buffalo

dragratchet wrote: »

myself and a few buddies once had a very different experience involving a jogger getting attacked for using the toilet, a few pint glasses getting hurled at a wall and a crow bar getting waggled about. needless to say we drank up and headed off quickly :eek:

Was the jogger a customer? Could've been worse...

Matt Bianco

dragratchet wrote: »

myself and a few buddies once had a very different experience involving a jogger getting attacked for using the toilet, a few pint glasses getting hurled at a wall and a crow bar getting waggled about. needless to say we drank up and headed off quickly :eek:

Or the time the two lads with the motorbike helmets came in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEwTOVNnLyw

petethedrummer

Knacker drinking?

http://lovindublin.com/feature/11-places-go-knacker-drinking-good-friday-sorry-god/

OldBean

The Back Page in Phibsboro is a pretty handy little bar (owned by the same guys as the Bernard Shaw, just not as busy), seen plenty of bikes being wheeled through to the smoking area out back. Good beer and pizza. Great place to watch a match too.

Bloggsie

Thanks the name of the thread made me smile, my solution is the chain it to yourself & then tell your friends that you cant go to the bar but theres the money you get them in and one for my bike while your at it!