It's Facility Time Again

Phil Cook

I've just had a look at this month's and it reminds me of the barrier
at the Kingussie end of the section of NCN between Kingussie and
Newtonmore.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.m...month/index.htm

In both cases the barrier prevents you from riding onto the path from
the road.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

Tom Anderson

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Phil Cook wrote:

> I've just had a look at this month's and it reminds me of the barrier
> at the Kingussie end of the section of NCN between Kingussie and
> Newtonmore.
>
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.m...month/index.htm
>
> In both cases the barrier prevents you from riding onto the path from
> the road.

Ooh, i've got a brilliant one on my camera, must send it in soon. It's
part of a two-way segregated cycle lane, and looks a bit like this (where
= is a kerb and - is a painted line):

pavement
===============================
-> <-
---------- ==========
<- ->
==========---------------------
road

Yes, it changes from ride-on-the-left to ride-on-the right, and sends two
opposing streams of traffic directly across one another. There is a yield
mark on one of them, so it sort of works in principle, but i can't see it
doing so in practice.

tom

--
20 Minutes into the Future

wafflycat

"Phil Cook" <phil@p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:c83d44p6o619h4e92a7u7plouc9jffk1fp@4ax.com...
> I've just had a look at this month's and it reminds me of the barrier
> at the Kingussie end of the section of NCN between Kingussie and
> Newtonmore.
>
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.m...month/index.htm
>
> In both cases the barrier prevents you from riding onto the path from
> the road.

FFS, do the designers of these monstrosities have anything more than an
amoeba for a brain?!! AAAARRGGGGHH!!

Rant over. Normal service will now be resumed.

Peter Clinch

wafflycat wrote:

> FFS, do the designers of these monstrosities have anything more than an
> amoeba for a brain?!! AAAARRGGGGHH!!
>
> Rant over. Normal service will now be resumed.

not until after the legal branch of the Association for the Advancement
of Amoebae has sued you for defamation, it won't...

Pete.
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Marz

On Jun 4, 7:51*am, Phil Cook <p...@p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> I've just had a look at this month's and it reminds me of the barrier
> at the Kingussie end of the section of NCN between Kingussie and
> Newtonmore.
>
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.m...the-month/index...
>
> In both cases the barrier prevents you from riding onto the path from
> the road.
> --
> Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

It's an obvious attempt to inject 'xtreme' into urban cycling, when
out riding your BMX you can now hop up onto the rail, grind and
continue, sweet!

wafflycat

"Peter Clinch" <p.j.clinch@dundee.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:6ano3tF2qd9qoU2@mid.individual.net...
> wafflycat wrote:
>
>> FFS, do the designers of these monstrosities have anything more than an
>> amoeba for a brain?!! AAAARRGGGGHH!!
>>
>> Rant over. Normal service will now be resumed.
>
> not until after the legal branch of the Association for the Advancement
> of Amoebae has sued you for defamation, it won't...
>
> Pete.

Darn... they got me bang to rights! :-)

David Hansen

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:36:50 +0100 someone who may be "wafflycat"
<w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> wrote this:-

>FFS, do the designers of these monstrosities have anything more than an
>amoeba for a brain?!! AAAARRGGGGHH!!

They have a brain? When was this novel idea introduced and who is
responsible for it?


--
David Hansen, Edinburgh
I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me
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Marc

Marz wrote:
> On Jun 4, 7:51 am, Phil Cook <p...@p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>> I've just had a look at this month's and it reminds me of the barrier
>> at the Kingussie end of the section of NCN between Kingussie and
>> Newtonmore.
>>
>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.m...the-month/index...
>>
>> In both cases the barrier prevents you from riding onto the path from
>> the road.
>> --
>> Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"
>
> It's an obvious attempt to inject 'xtreme' into urban cycling, when
> out riding your BMX you can now hop up onto the rail, grind and
> continue, sweet!
Continue for 10 yards until you have to stop and the give way ( just
visible at the top), just how much use do they think this bit of white
paint lunacy will get?

naked_draughtsman

On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:53:42 +0100, Tom Anderson wrote:

> Yes, it changes from ride-on-the-left to ride-on-the right, and sends two
> opposing streams of traffic directly across one another. There is a
> yield mark on one of them, so it sort of works in principle, but i can't
> see it doing so in practice.

If you enjoy this then come for a ride around Wrexham some time -
scalextric style crossovers on shared use paths (i.e. swapping the
pedestrian and the cyclists' sides) seem to be the speciality around here.

One farcility has 3 of them in about 400m. Must take a photo of it and
send it in....

peter

Danny Colyer

On 04/06/2008 15:36, wafflycat wrote:
> Rant over. Normal service will now be resumed.

I thought that was normal service :-P

--
Danny Colyer <http://www.redpedals.co.uk>
Reply address is valid, but that on my website is checked more often
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wafflycat

"Danny Colyer" <danny_colyer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:RdidnUfb-9iXSNvVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@posted.plusnet...
> On 04/06/2008 15:36, wafflycat wrote:
>> Rant over. Normal service will now be resumed.
>
> I thought that was normal service :-P
>
Oi! Nipples! Watch it! ;-)

Peter Grange

On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:51:14 +0100, Phil Cook
<phil@p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

>I've just had a look at this month's and it reminds me of the barrier
>at the Kingussie end of the section of NCN between Kingussie and
>Newtonmore.
>
>http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.m...month/index.htm
>
>In both cases the barrier prevents you from riding onto the path from
>the road.

And after bunny-hopping over the fence, see how far you get before the
first giveway sign.

Pete

Martin

Tom Anderson wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Phil Cook wrote:
>
>> I've just had a look at this month's and it reminds me of the barrier
>> at the Kingussie end of the section of NCN between Kingussie and
>> Newtonmore.
>>
>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.m...month/index.htm

That is a classic. The council went to the expense of dropping the kerb,
then placed the barrier exactly in the middle.

What is really worrying is that whenever I see a new FotM, I am nearly
always reminded of a similar farcility near me.

>> In both cases the barrier prevents you from riding onto the path from
>> the road.
>
> Ooh, i've got a brilliant one on my camera, must send it in soon. It's
> part of a two-way segregated cycle lane, and looks a bit like this
> (where = is a kerb and - is a painted line):
>
> pavement
> ===============================
> -> <-
> ---------- ==========
> <- ->
> ==========---------------------
> road
>
> Yes, it changes from ride-on-the-left to ride-on-the right, and sends
> two opposing streams of traffic directly across one another. There is a
> yield mark on one of them, so it sort of works in principle, but i can't
> see it doing so in practice.

There is a shared use path near me where the cyclist half jumps from the
left side, to the right in a short distance, right on a blind corner.

Martin.

Dave Larrington

In news:X%C1k.146043$cZ3.12235@newsfe10.ams2,
Martin <martin.dann@virgin.net> tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell us:

> There is a shared use path near me where the cyclist half jumps from
> the left side, to the right in a short distance, right on a blind
> corner.

The one along the east side of the Tottenham one-way system does this, with
the added bonus of doing so at the entrance to one of the industrial units.
Thus one has to look out not only for errant peds and cyclists, but also for
vehicles entering and exiting said industrial unit. Not to mention having
to dodge round the plodmobiles frequently parked smack in the middle of the
path while the filth nick people for driving in the bus lane.

--
Dave Larrington
<http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk>
Although the hippopotamus hath no sting in its tail, the wise
man would rather be seated upon the back of a bee.