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Thorns on backroads causing punctures.

BlackandGreen · 2019-04-25 19:21:35

Seriously, am I just super unlucky or does anybody else constantly get flat tubes from tiny little thorns and gorse? No matter how carefully I try to ride I regularly seem to end up with small pin pricks in my tyres. I'm using impac smartpac tyres mostly for commuting and doing errands rurally. The lad in the shop told me…

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#32 28-04-2019 8:03pm
Wishbone Ash

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Del2005 wrote: »

There's no illegal cutting of roadside hedging, it can be cut anytime during the year....

I thought that only applies where the hedge was actually deemed to be unsafe - i.e. obstructing road users or obscuring signage. Otherwise the normal March-September restriction applies.

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#33 28-04-2019 8:09pm
magicbastarder

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i'll have to read up on the latest act (i.e. travesty) signed into law by josepha madigan, but yep, the previous one allowed for hedge cutting along roads specifically for road safety reasons.

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