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RIP to missing cyclist

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    #2
    Budawanny
    Registered Users Posts: 338 ✭✭Budawanny


    RIP.


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    #3
    Lemming
    Registered Users Posts: 14,148 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    RIP


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    Resoguy
    Registered Users Posts: 41 ✭Resoguy


    Very sad, RIP


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    #5
    Borderfox
    Registered Users Posts: 10,257 ✭✭✭✭Borderfox


    RIP

    Always worth having strava beacon or an ICE sensor if going solo

    Very sad end


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    secman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,329 ✭✭✭secman


    Doesn't bear thinking about to be honest, all my rides are solo. RIP and condolences to his family.


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    Macy0161
    Registered Users Posts: 9,450 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    RIP.

    Only read about this after doing a couple of solo mtb spins over the weekend, including some in unofficial trails. Whilst my better half knew roughly where I was, I'll be using live track from now on.


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    jon1981
    Registered Users Posts: 4,359 ✭✭✭jon1981


    Indeed, something for us all to think about. I use Garmin live tracking on my 520 and purely for this reason.


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    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,848 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Poor guy, R.I.P.


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    rollingscone
    Registered Users Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    I use livetrack but Garmin keep disabling autostart with every update and not notifying me.

    Also there's a large swathe of that area with no Mobile phone signal whatsoever.

    I once had to walk for 30 minutes with the bike on my shoulder until I found a house in Aughavannagh where the owner kindly let me use her landline.

    The point being that technological safety nets are limited.


    RIP to the man. I hope it was quick and without pain or fear.


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    #11
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,054 ✭✭✭✭neris


    Sad to hear. Got me thinking of the amount of times I've told the other half I'm going down to Wicklow or up to north county Dublin for a cycle without giving a rough idea of the areas I'd be in


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    Icyseanfitz
    Registered Users Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭Icyseanfitz


    RIP, scary stuff


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    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,848 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Mod note: this is a condolences thread only, take to discussion elsewhere. posts deleted, further OT posts will be deleted.


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    RacoonQueen
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,366 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    RIP
    So very sad, we're so vulnerable out there in so many ways.


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    bogmanfan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭bogmanfan


    RIP and condolences to friends and family.

    It's something that's crossed my mind on occasion. As a mountain biker, I often go on solo spins. One beautiful day last summer I took a tumble on one of the more extreme natural trails in Ticknock. Soft landing, and I was totally fine, but when I checked Strava later that day I saw that I was the only person to have recorded a time on that segment all day. Really made me think that had I crashed hard and been in trouble, it may have been quite a long time before I was found. Definitely made me think twice about the risks I take while out solo, and I now stick to well travelled routes if I'm not out with friends.


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