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Cyclocross Practice in Public Parks

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    #32
    easygoing39
    Registered Users Posts: 1,361 ✭✭✭easygoing39


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121529692#Comment_121529692

    You'll be up at the front for the Nats in Limerick with all that sneaky training!! LOL



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    #33
    saccades
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121489849#Comment_121489849

    Read the legislation, not allowed on trails unless the trail is designed for a mechanically propelled vehicle, Inc skateboards 🤣 supposed to stop lads riding homemade trails built amongst the woods but collite would have you think MTB is completely banned (and the gamekeepers too).

    I cycle through the bits you mention in cherry wood when commuting to work, there is potential, I've not seen anything to ride on a cx bike mind. I'll send you a message about a potential place or two.



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    #34
    Eiregt
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭Eiregt


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121531328#Comment_121531328

    As much as I'd love to believe it, no amount of sneaky training will see me anywhere near the front at Nats 😂



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    #35
    AndrewJRenko
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121529692#Comment_121529692

    Don't meant to be the Christmas Grinch, but is this private land?



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    #36
    Eiregt
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭Eiregt


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121532449#Comment_121532449

    Should have expected that question. Bah Humbug!

    Yes, it's private land.

    It's an unused, boom era business development site that has been left open to the public to use, mainly for walking or from what I can tell, letting dogs off the lead for a runabout.



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    #37
    AndrewJRenko
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    Any landowner is crazy to leave their land open for public use, tbh. It's more their problem than yours.

    You can just imagine someone suing the landowner after tripping and breaking their leg on that enormous rut left by the crazy cyclist that everyone sees going round in circles there.



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    #38
    Eiregt
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭Eiregt


    Unfortunately I could imagine something like that, such is the world we live in.

    I'm sure there's a sign tucked away somewhere, warning people that they're entering at their own risk and the owner isn't liable for any incidents that might occur on the property.

    I'll be mindful of not carving the place up and creating a potential trip hazard for others.



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    #39
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,772 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121533514#Comment_121533514

    Funnily enough, those signs are not worth the plastic they are printed on. A landowner must take reasonable steps to make their land safe and where necessary, restrict access. A sign alone, even more so one well hidden, won't protect them in a court case.

    I don't agree, I trespassed alot in my youth but always and the view that any ills that befell me where my own fault but many would not follow that rule themselves.



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    #40
    Eiregt
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    I wasn't aware they're not of much use to the landowner. I was always of the understanding that the reason for the signs was to transfer any liability to the trespasser.

    It begs the question, why bother with this signs? I guess as some demonstration of having taken reasonable measures to warn anyone entering the property.

    I'd be of the same thinking that a person should accept responsibility for your own actions. If we didn't have the claim culture we have here, we might have the right to roam, similar to other countries.

    That's probably a discussion for another day though.



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    #41
    seanin4711
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121529692#Comment_121529692

    pm me looking for cx training options also



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    #42
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,772 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121533649#Comment_121533649

    They will put off some people, which is what they are aiming to do and it could allieviate some responsibility in a court case when a judge makes a call but as a rule of law, nope, they do nothing if you have made the land easily accessible.



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