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strange anti-cycling posters up in Howth

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    #362
    DirkVoodoo
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    masculinist wrote: »
    That clearance distance is mad impractical on Irish roads which are designed for horses and carts...

    You're right! Clearly not designed for 2 tonnes of metal traveling at 80 km/hr.

    Even more reason to exercise caution when overtaking. If you can't overtake safely and see crossing the white line as the danger in itself rather than what it represents, then you clearly shouldn't be driving.


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    #363
    rubadub
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    Mercian Pro wrote: »
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    masculinist wrote: »
    Look. It happened. As we passed one another
    was this cyclist unusualy thin or something?

    6inches is 0.15m, there are 5x0.15m in 0.75m. From the photo it seems the arrow is a little over 0.15m in width. You should have hit him.

    So as I said before you might be exaggerating (aka lying), or using a totally different definition of clearance which you are keeping secret about -even though you already referenced the photo and its clearance.


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    #364
    I love Sean nos
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    masculinist wrote: »
    I had a mad idea
    Not your first.
    masculinist wrote: »
    I wished I was holding my phone to take a photo of the big grin on the cyclists face
    If you fancied the guy, just offer to buy him a piece of cake.


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    #365
    Tenzor07
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    Fingal council should install these around Howth:

    irish-council-installs-signs-to-show-riders-the-start-and-finish-of-strava-


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    #366
    magicbastarder
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    out in howth today, you could barely move with all the cars. i went noticeably faster up the hill than i went through the village.


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    #367
    I love Sean nos
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    out in howth today, you could barely move with all the cars. i went noticeably faster up the hill than i went through the village.
    Howth is destroyed with cars when the weather is good. It has a DART station. Why don't more people get the bloody DART? :confused:


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    #368
    magicbastarder
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    they may not live near a train station?


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    #369
    I love Sean nos
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    they may not live near a train station?
    Drive to the nearest train station?

    The amount of cars makes Howth a pain in the hoop to even walk around on a nice day.


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    #370
    neris
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    the camper van **** on the pier dont help the parking situation either


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    #371
    magicbastarder
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    well, take my parents for example - for them, going to howth on the train is a near 3 hour round trip - and they live ten minutes from the maynooth line. driving there is just over an hour round trip.

    (FWIW, the national journey planner is showing 1h23 for the outbound leg on the train, and google maps is claiming 32 minutes in the car).


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    #372
    Tenzor07
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    Best time to go to Howth for a quiet cycle?

    A bitter December night, 7pm, in -6c temperatures, no other cyclists around and very few cars! :pac:..... :D


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    #373
    I love Sean nos
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    well, take my parents for example - for them, going to howth on the train is a near 3 hour round trip - and they live ten minutes from the maynooth line. driving there is just over an hour round trip.
    Well, that's different. There's no problem with jamming Howth up with cars for the inconvenience of all if it makes it easier for daytripping yokels from the midlands.


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    #374
    eeeee
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    I love Sean nos wrote: »
    Well, that's different. There's no problem with jamming Howth up with cars for the inconvenience of all if it makes it easier for daytripping yokels from the midlands.

    Mod warning: insulting the poster's parents does not help get your point across. That's enough of that.
    Any problems pm me do not respond in thread.


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    #375
    magicbastarder
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    my parents live in blanchardstown. last i checked, it was not in the midlands.


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    #376
    Weepsie
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    I love Sean nos wrote: »
    Drive to the nearest train station?

    The amount of cars makes Howth a pain in the hoop to even walk around on a nice day.

    Driving to the nearest station also serves to block up multiple areas. DART is a fixed line, great if on it but our various lines have the most basic of connectivity. Same with the phoenix park, depending on where you live it can be an age to get there by public transport


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    #377
    I love Sean nos
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    my parents live in blanchardstown. last i checked, it was not in the midlands.
    Bah! My fault. Read Maynooth and jumped to conclusion.


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    #378
    brocbrocach
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    well, take my parents for example - for them, going to howth on the train is a near 3 hour round trip - and they live ten minutes from the maynooth line. driving there is just over an hour round trip.

    (FWIW, the national journey planner is showing 1h23 for the outbound leg on the train, and google maps is claiming 32 minutes in the car).

    On a sunny Sunday? It's probably an hour and a half to drive there. Probably less to escape out to be fair.


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    #379
    magicbastarder
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    i think my folks are clever enough to know not to drive to howth on a sunday, thankfully.


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    #380
    cdaly_
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    The normal spin from primary school to home used to be about 10-15 min. One sunday, coming home from a gaa match, it took 1h30 due to howth-bound traffic...


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    #381
    Leroy42
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    cdaly_ wrote: »
    The normal spin from primary school to home used to be about 10-15 min. One sunday, coming home from a gaa match, it took 1h30 due to howth-bound traffic...

    But you can bet that there were plenty of motorists complaining about the number of cyclists on the road and how they were holding up the traffic!


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    #382
    brocbrocach
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    i think my folks are clever enough to know not to drive to howth on a sunday, thankfully.

    I'd say there's generations of kids scarred by it though.


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    #383
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,599 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    is howth one of these towns which charges for parking on weekdays, when parking is not an issue, but doesn't on sundays, when the place is black with cars?


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    #384
    Chuchote
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    Funny how we don't, like other Europeans, use the water to travel


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    #385
    Chuchote
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    Funny how we don't, like other Europeans, use the water to travel


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    #386
    neris
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    is howth one of these towns which charges for parking on weekdays, when parking is not an issue, but doesn't on sundays, when the place is black with cars?

    No paid parking in howth any day of the week. One of the reason the pier looks a camp site. They have talked about bringing it in but ppl locally dont want it


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    #387
    Lusk_Doyle
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    Chuchote wrote: »
    Funny how we don't, like other Europeans, use the water to travel

    Like from where to where?


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    #388
    I love Sean nos
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    I love Sean nos wrote: »
    Well, that's different. There's no problem with jamming Howth up with cars for the inconvenience of all if it makes it easier for daytripping yokels from the midlands.
    Sorry, that was supposed to come out funny rather than insulting. I can't explain the thought process behind it, beyond it being a complete failure.


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    #389
    brocbrocach
    Registered Users Posts: 890 ✭✭✭brocbrocach


    I love Sean nos wrote: »
    Sorry, that was supposed to come out funny rather than insulting. I can't explain the thought process behind it, beyond it being a complete failure.

    I laughed, never mind the haters


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    #390
    odyssey06
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    Chuchote wrote: »
    Funny how we don't, like other Europeans, use the water to travel

    Dublin Bay Cruises is ahead of you... but they've only one boat alas!
    http://www.dublinbaycruises.com/

    You might even be able to bring bikes onboard...

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #391
    Chuchote
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭Chuchote


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Chuchote wrote: »
    Funny how we don't, like other Europeans, use the water to travel

    Dublin Bay Cruises is ahead of you... but they've only one boat alas!
    http://www.dublinbaycruises.com/

    You might even be able to bring bikes onboard...

    Yeah, that's the kind of thing I meant - wouldn't you think there 'd be launches and sailboats flocking to bring trippers to Howth - including with bikes


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