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Rally for action on cycling
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20-09-2016 2:32pm#1http://www.thebikecomesfirst.com/rally-for-action-on-cycling-to-take-place-in-dublin-this-wednesday/
Timing is a bit nuts. One o clock on a Wednesday?
I'd go and bring my kids, but it's on at one o clock. On Wednesday.
Wonder what kind of turnout they'll get.1
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http://www.thebikecomesfirst.com/rally-for-action-on-cycling-to-take-place-in-dublin-this-wednesday/
Timing is a bit nuts. One o clock on a Wednesday?
I'd go and bring my kids, but it's on at one o clock. On Wednesday.
Wonder what kind of turnout they'll get.
I guess they're trying to get city centre-based people on their lunch break.
I might head over if I can get free at that time. Anyone else on here heading over?
Will have to see if I can get a pitchfork somewhere........
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Rogue-Trooper wrote: »Will have to see if I can get a pitchfork somewhere........
You've given the word mob a bad name
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I'll be wearing this (though slightly curvier)...
Then again, looking at the Rain Radar, I might be wearing this over it...
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Any updates/pics from the rally? I couldn't make it
A reasonable turnout I think, no idea of numbers, I had to leave after the first stop on Dawson St though, would have been better if we just continued on to the final destination rather than stopping for speeches that were preaching to the converted! Have just had a work colleague tell me that I don't have the same rights on the road as cars do because I don't pay road tax....:(:(:( Oh and a taxi driver cut me off on the way over. :rolleyes:0 -
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I wasn't able to take part this afternoon as I didn't fancy the pan flat sprint finish. I prefer a bit of a ramp, to be honest.
And herein lies the problem. The CX'ers want cycle infrastructure to include mud banks. The MTB'ers want it to include winding paths with a few tree roots. The roadies want beautifully smooth tarmac with no bus stops, driveways or joggers to break the rhythm.
We don't know what we want!
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Don't get me wrong, i fully want better infrastructure for cyclists, I think for a fairly small country, with relatively small cities and travelling distance more should be done to have people commute by bike at the very least....
but, I'd feel like an @rse going along and taking part in this when I've done nothing for what are presently far more important causes before this becomes a bleak cesspit of a country (if it is not already). I'll have to merely vocally support it from where I am and when in conversation with skeptics.
Chapeau to those in attendance all the same, as I imagine they give their time over for several causes and this is just another worthy one in a long list.
OK, you're allowed to join the demo as long as you join the Repeal the 8th demo too, and donate to McVerry
I'd say there were about 70 there. Won't be able to make the next one, but hopefully more will. And for those who are Ross constituents, maybe unroll a banner saying so.0 -
Any updates/pics from the rally? I couldn't make it
A very civilised affair it has to be said. I forgot the pitchfork which was probably a good thing as it wasn't that kind of gathering. The numbers seemed to fluctuate but I reckoned just over a hundred by the time we were on Kildare Street for the first of the speeches but we seemed to loose a few between there and the Dept of Transport offices.
I managed to drag a fellow roadie from the office - we were the only lycra-clad representatives. Was a bit like Rodney & Delboy turning up to the funeral dressed as Batman & Robin. When I attempted some humour by asking when the first food stop was or where the hell my domestique was, they just stared blankly at me. Lesson learned. Know your audience.
cdaly_ was there under-cover in his civvies and Chucote came dressed as a battenburg (very nice to meet you by the way young lady).
Pic from outside the DoT offices:
Am I glad I went? Yes. Would I go again? Yes. Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
I saw someone in full Boards.ie kit on a black Cube chatting to someone in a hi-vis jacket just behind the breakaway group. Just chatting, not flailing at, or swinging at, just chatting. Weird!
That was me. I felt duty-bound to bridge the divide. I might try talking to motorists next.I wasn't able to take part this afternoon as I didn't fancy the pan flat sprint finish. I prefer a bit of a ramp, to be honest.
We made up for it on the way back to the office. Managed to get back sweaty & panting. I won. Obviously.
Obligatory stats from the ride:
7.5km with a moving time of 29:41 (including the run out and back from work). A vertigo-inducing 22m climbed. Forgot my heart rate strap so no HR stats I'm afraid.0 -
I saw someone in full Boards.ie kit on a black Cube chatting to someone in a hi-vis jacket just behind the breakaway group.Rogue-Trooper wrote: »When I attempted some humour by asking when the first food stop was or where the hell my domestique was, they just stared blankly at me. Lesson learned. Know your audience.
You clearly should have tried to bridge over to the breakaway group, that would have shown them 0 -
Rogue-Trooper wrote: »I managed to drag a fellow roadie from the office - we were the only lycra-clad representatives. Was a bit like Rodney & Delboy turning up to the funeral dressed as Batman & Robin. When I attempted some humour by asking when the first food stop was or where the hell my domestique was, they just stared blankly at me. Lesson learned. Know your audience.
Ha ha you weren't alone, I spotted 3 other lycra clad dudes I didn't bother to change back into my cycling gear so went in office gear with high viz jacket. I did speak to you but didn't introduce myself ('Hey I'm firedance' 
) Hopefully we can get a few more of these going in the coming weeks and months, you never know, some actual good might come of it! 0 -
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Ha ha you weren't alone, I spotted 3 other lycra clad dudes I didn't bother to change back into my cycling gear so went in office gear with high viz jacket. I did speak to you but didn't introduce myself ('Hey I'm firedance' ) Hopefully we can get a few more of these going in the coming weeks and months, you never know, some actual good might come of it!
Ah, were you the chap in civvies on the (other) Cube road bike that I had the conversation about taking the KOM?!0
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