Speed Hump @ Centennial Park - Update

Could they have made it any higher? For f*ck's sake.

It's not going to take long for somebody to break their neck when they
fly off it at 80km/h.

- K

On 2006-03-22, Kimon (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
Could they have made it any higher? For f*ck's sake.

It's not going to take long for somebody to break their neck when they
fly off it at 80km/h.

That would be dumb of them then, wouldn't it?

Speed humps are designed to encourage you to slow down before hitting
them. Thank your lucky stars they aren't bollards, which seem to be
designed to stop your bike instantly (and catastrophically) when you
commit the smallest of mistakes.

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TimC
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TimC wrote:
On 2006-03-22, Kimon (aka Bruce)
It's not going to take long for somebody to break their neck when they
fly off it at 80km/h.

That would be dumb of them then, wouldn't it?

Especially since the speed limit is 30km/h

Parbs wrote:
TimC wrote:
On 2006-03-22, Kimon (aka Bruce)
It's not going to take long for somebody to break their neck when they
fly off it at 80km/h.

That would be dumb of them then, wouldn't it?

Especially since the speed limit is 30km/h

Um, the speed hump is on the bottom of a steep hill.

On 2006-03-22, Kimon (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Parbs wrote:
TimC wrote:
On 2006-03-22, Kimon (aka Bruce)
It's not going to take long for somebody to break their neck when they
fly off it at 80km/h.

That would be dumb of them then, wouldn't it?

Especially since the speed limit is 30km/h

Um, the speed hump is on the bottom of a steep hill.

Yes, and the speed limit is still 30.

You do have working brakes, don't you?

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TimC
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On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:06:58 -0800, Kimon wrote:

Um, the speed hump is on the bottom of a steep hill.

It's fairly easy to hit 50 down there. It's also illegal, and potentially
dangerous for other people. If your brakes aren't good enough to control
your speed down there, you've got absolutely no ****ing business riding
down it, because there's no way in hell you'll be able to stop in time if
someone does run out in front of you.

Doing it in a pack at speed is worse. We've all seen what happens when the
front riders panic brake. I can't see a problem with a speed hump in a
30km/h zone.

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Dave Hughes |
"Remember - if all you have is an axe, every problem
looks like hours of fun." -- Frossie, ASR

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:47:06 GMT, TimC wrote:

It's not going to take long for somebody to break their neck when they
fly off it at 80km/h.

That would be dumb of them then, wouldn't it?

It sounds pretty dumb to me to be riding around a park - shared with
lots of pedestrians and dog walkers - at high speed in the first place.
Aren't there any alternatives in Sydney?

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Michael Warner wrote:


It sounds pretty dumb to me to be riding around a park - shared with
lots of pedestrians and dog walkers - at high speed in the first place.

Centennial Park has been redesigned to specifically cater for cyclists;
there are two lanes of equal size around a 4km loop - one for cars, one
for bicycles. Generally, cyclists only share their lane with
roller-bladers, which are gradually declining in numbers.


Aren't there any alternatives in Sydney?

I've ridden a bicycle in 15 cities around the world. Sydney is the
worst. It's safer to ride a bike in NYC than Sydney.

- K

Kimon wrote -

I've ridden a bicycle in 15 cities around the world. Sydney is the
worst. It's safer to ride a bike in NYC than Sydney.

Just make sure you ride up Oxford Street on the way to the park between 5
and 6 any Saturday or Sunday morning, as the clubs and the discotheques are
"unloading".

Anything else you ever see or experience on any typical Sydney ride (riots,
gang wars, extra terrestrials/film crews, voodoo masses, truck eating
potholes) will all seem pretty tame really.

best, Andrew

Andrew Price wrote:
Kimon wrote -

I've ridden a bicycle in 15 cities around the world. Sydney is the
worst. It's safer to ride a bike in NYC than Sydney.

Just make sure you ride up Oxford Street on the way to the park between 5
and 6 any Saturday or Sunday morning, as the clubs and the discotheques are
"unloading".

Anything else you ever see or experience on any typical Sydney ride (riots,
gang wars, extra terrestrials/film crews, voodoo masses, truck eating
potholes) will all seem pretty tame really.

best, Andrew

POTM

- K