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Old March 22nd 06, 09:40 AM posted to aus.bicycle
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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.

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Old March 22nd 06, 10:47 AM posted to aus.bicycle
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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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Old March 22nd 06, 10:52 AM posted to aus.bicycle
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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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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
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Old March 22nd 06, 11:06 AM posted to aus.bicycle
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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.

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Old March 22nd 06, 11:24 AM posted to aus.bicycle
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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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Old March 22nd 06, 11:37 AM posted to aus.bicycle
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On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:19:37 -0800, Kimon wrote:

Well, a first time cyclist or a person not be aware of the hump's
presence will not have much of a choice (or a kid who doesn't know
better). At the moment, there is no sign indicating a speed hump, and
even with a sign there is little chance slowing down on that hill.


Assuming it's on the steepest hill (ie, down from Oxford St, or the other
side of the pavilion), it's still a piece of **** to slow down. A beginner
cyclist will be riding the brakes the whole way, and unlikely to be moving
that fast.

OTOH if the speed hump is that large, the local MTBers will be having
great fun using at as a jump.

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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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Old March 22nd 06, 06:14 PM posted to aus.bicycle
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Kimon wrote -

Well, a first time cyclist or a person not be aware of the hump's
presence will not have much of a choice (or a kid who doesn't know
better). At the moment, there is no sign indicating a speed hump, and
even with a sign there is little chance slowing down on that hill.


Our bunch meets for morning rides directly opposite where the new hump has
been placed.

As has been observed its a metal hump with edges unkind to bike wheels, sort
of like the ones film crews use to cover cables when they have to go across
roads - and very much like the one Matt White slippped on at very slow speed
and broke his arm just before the prologue to the TdeF a few years ago.

So while we are waiting there (telling lies about why we didn't win any
races on the previous weekend) and waiting for the rest of the bunch to roll
up, another group turns from Grand Parade UP the hill and the lead rider in
the pre dawn gloom either doesn't see or misjudges the angle to go over the
hump, goes down and joins the Collar Bone Club (always open to new members).

I do hope someone points out to the park authority that they will have a
liability problem with making a dangerour intersection more and not less
dangerous to users.

The way better solution is to require all users whether cyclist or motorist
to correctly observe the stop sign at the intersection - they seem to have
lots of rangers patrolling the park - effective enforcement of a protective
control sign would overcome the perceived problem, not the installation
something inherently dangerous to cyclists.

best, Andrew


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Zebee asked -

In other words, why isn't the "someone" you?


Me (and my army) will do.


 




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