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Buffalo & Doozerie - The mild musings of two grumpy old men!

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,112 ✭✭✭nomdeboardie


    Just kidding - left deliberately ambiguous in hope of stick figure drawing with goofy faces and angrily raised digit



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,938 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    the amount of batshittery i've seen on the roads recently is funny. i had a lovely wide overtake yesterday by a lad in a red yaris, only issue was he came sailing past me about 60m from a crossroads, one where we were approaching from the minor road. i think he copped he'd made a mistake though, he steadfastly ignored my big smiley gestures at him when i caught up with him.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,112 ✭✭✭nomdeboardie


    Riding in a continuous-line cycle lane, little traffic, I check behind and nudge out a little ahead of an illegally-parked car partly blocking the lane.

    Beeeep!

    I point to the obstructing vehicle, shout to the effect of what-was-I-supposed-to-do (no obsenities or anything, though), as a car appears from behind, though I thought from far enough that my slight change in road position shouldn’t have affected them

    They pull up alongside and tell me I didn’t indicate. OK, maybe I hadn't, but I’m normally a ‘big indicator’ and cautious mover-outer 😛, and in this instance my gut instinct a that I was being unreaonably beeped (though I will stand corrected if dashcam footage emerge on the Day of Judgement to demontrate my guilt).

    They then drove ahead a little and immediately made a left turn down a side road just in front of my wheel as I grabbed my brakes. Oh wait, that’s OK though – they were indicating! 🤗



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,938 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    where is it?



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,938 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    Outside St Michaels house?



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  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,957 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Between their inability to manage traffic properly or finish a job, it's a wonder Nolan are still in business. Must be an industry with little competition.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭letape


    I think Richard Nolan’s workmanship is second to none. Certainly did a great job on Bray Main Street a couple of years ago.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,112 ✭✭✭nomdeboardie


    Gotta love the eBike rider who felt the need to squeeze by me uphill in one of those yes-it-would-be-a-good-thing-if it-were-a-decent-width ‘curbed-off-on-road' cycle lanes yokes this morning, only to move out at the next break in the barrier a couple of feet later to get onto the main carriageway to turn right later 🙄



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,161 ✭✭✭buffalo


    Beeped at by a truck driver today. The reason? He apparently struggled to overtake me on a dual carriageway, or failed to observe the massive roadworks pit that meant the cycle track was closed. Or both probably.



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,938 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,161 ✭✭✭buffalo


    Someone managed to reverse into my cargo bike while it was parked outside creche this morning. Hoofed half of it up onto the kerb despite the brake being on and the back wheel being locked.
    One broken spoke and one bent one which he's offered to cover, but I'm just baffled as to how you miss something of that size in your mirror - the roof was on, so it's the height of an adult.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,161 ✭✭✭Paddigol




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,161 ✭✭✭buffalo


    He was dropping his kid off too, when he came out he rushed straight over to apologise.



  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,957 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    I'll be honest, f*ck them, say you can't trust the frame and you use it to transport kids. You want their insurance company to either replace it or have an assessor come out and sign of that the incident done no damage.

    If nothing else, they will check their mirror when reversing in future. Imagine if that was a child who didn't realise what was happening or someone with a physical impairment who couldn't leap out of the way.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,161 ✭✭✭buffalo


    Sometimes I wonder what my life would be like if I was more confrontational. I'm currently looking out at a car park. There is a wheelchair space, then a yellow box to allow access to a ramp (sensibly located next to the wheelchair space), then a regular empty space.

    An SUV-driving motorist just pulled in and parked in the yellow box instead of the empty space literally next to it. The ramp is now blocked (which has been a pain for me on the cargo bike in the past), and driver is totally oblivious. But I know there's no way to make her aware of it without coming across as aggressive.



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,938 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    a friend of a friend has a kid with a significant disability. the usual caveat applies - 95% of people go out of their way to be accomodating or helpful, but the 5%…



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,161 ✭✭✭buffalo


    Got off the train yesterday to find my bike fucked. I'm surprised they didn't nick the quick release front wheel, as I'd been late for the train in the morning and hadn't stuck the cable loop around it, just U-locked the seat stays to a Sheffield stand.

    Instead they'd tried to use the bike as a lever to break the U-lock, but only succeeded in putting a sizeable dent and bend in one of the seat stays. Then I'd say they kicked in the back wheel for good measure, breaking the rim.

    It was only about the third time I'd left it at the station for the day. It was my favourite bike - solid and versatile and elegant, good for touring, commuting or utility. I don't know how I'm going to replace it. 😫



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭Steoller




  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,957 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Any chance of CCTV or the Gardai investigating? Scum bags are scum bags and some would destroy a frame intentionally if they couldn't steal it.



  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Ah that's awful, you have my deepest sympathies.

    My favourite bike is also my commuter, that or it not being where I parked it are my worst nightmares.

    I hope you're able to get it either fixed or suitability replaced.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,883 ✭✭✭beggars_bush


    Why is there no secure bike parking facilities at train stations and major bus stations. It's baffling.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,161 ✭✭✭buffalo


    If the station is unmanned, it's hard to have secure bike parking. There are lockers for rent at this station, but you have to pay for a year up front which is off-putting. Though obviously I'd pay that now…



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