Limbo cycling on NCN1

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:34:18 +0000, Tom Crispin wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

I bet no one over 6" tall would dare cycle under this bridge on the NCN1
at more than 5mph.

www.johnballcycling.org.uk/photos/limbo

Grid Reference TQ350880

And what a great way to prohibit the use of Chelsea tractors outside
schools.

I hope that some of the recently announced public money will be spent on
improving such places.

How difficult would it be to ramp that bridge so that there was sensible
headroom? Is there not some sort of minimum standard for such things?

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Alex Potter said:

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:34:18 +0000, Tom Crispin wrote innews:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

I bet no one over 6" tall would dare cycle under this bridge on the NCN1
at more than 5mph.

Quoted message said:

www.johnballcycling.org.uk/photos/limbo

Quoted message said:

Grid Reference TQ350880

Quoted message said:

And what a great way to prohibit the use of Chelsea tractors outside
schools.

I hope that some of the recently announced public money will be spent on
improving such places.

How difficult would it be to ramp that bridge so that there was sensible
headroom? Is there not some sort of minimum standard for such things?

There's an underpass under the main railway line just south of Wrexham
General station which has a similar headroom (I have to duck when
walking under it). Maybe people were shorter when these bridges were
built...

There's another one here http://petereverett.fotopic.net/p41550722.html
- take your choice between riding through the flood tunnel (which
people do judging by the tyre tracks!) or along the ledge under the
main span of the bridge.

peter

naked_draughtsman said:

Alex Potter said:

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:34:18 +0000, Tom Crispin wrote innews:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

I bet no one over 6" tall would dare cycle under this bridge on the NCN1
at more than 5mph.

Quoted message said:

www.johnballcycling.org.uk/photos/limbo

Quoted message said:

Grid Reference TQ350880

Quoted message said:

And what a great way to prohibit the use of Chelsea tractors outside
schools.

I hope that some of the recently announced public money will be spent on
improving such places.

How difficult would it be to ramp that bridge so that there was sensible
headroom? Is there not some sort of minimum standard for such things?

There's an underpass under the main railway line just south of Wrexham
General station which has a similar headroom (I have to duck when
walking under it). Maybe people were shorter when these bridges were
built...

There's another one here http://petereverett.fotopic.net/p41550722.html
- take your choice between riding through the flood tunnel (which
people do judging by the tyre tracks!) or along the ledge under the
main span of the bridge.

Is that part of a Sustrans route?

Tom Crispin said:

I bet no one over 6" tall would dare cycle under this bridge on the
NCN1 at more than 5mph.

www.johnballcycling.org.uk/photos/limbo

on the mountain bike yes i probably would, but yes bloody silly.

Quoted message said:

Grid Reference TQ350880

And what a great way to prohibit the use of Chelsea tractors outside
schools.

roger
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Tom Crispin said:

I bet no one over 6" tall would dare cycle under this bridge on the
NCN1 at more than 5mph.

www.johnballcycling.org.uk/photos/limbo

Grid Reference TQ350880

And what a great way to prohibit the use of Chelsea tractors outside
schools.

Probably the only obstacle on NCN1 where a recumbent is actually an
advantage!

In news:[email hidden],
Tom Crispin <[email hidden]> tweaked the
Babbage-Engine to tell us:

Quoted message said:

I bet no one over 6" tall would dare cycle under this bridge on the
NCN1 at more than 5mph.

www.johnballcycling.org.uk/photos/limbo

Grid Reference TQ350880

I'm 6'3" and I've ridden under that at more than 5 mph.

On a recumbent (Ferry Lane closed due to RTA).

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Alex Potter said:

How difficult would it be to ramp that bridge so that there was sensible
headroom? Is there not some sort of minimum standard for such things?

That might sound easy, but this bridge is on the marshes next to the
River Lea.
About half a mile south there is a similar railway underpass which
regularly floods.

naked_draughtsman said:

There's an underpass under the main railway line just south of Wrexham
General station which has a similar headroom (I have to duck when
walking under it). Maybe people were shorter when these bridges were
built...

Or the road/path underneath has been repeatedly resurfaced by putting a
new coat straight onto the existing surface, which has built up over
time.

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Tom Crispin said:

I bet no one over 6" tall would dare cycle under this bridge on the
NCN1 at more than 5mph.

www.johnballcycling.org.uk/photos/limbo

Grid Reference TQ350880

And what a great way to prohibit the use of Chelsea tractors outside
schools.

There's one rather similar on NCN 55 in Bamber Bridge, Preston. When I
last used it, there was a 'Cyclists Dismount' sign which I ignored.
Halfway through I realised that I really should have paid attention. I
think a height warning is rather more appropriate: I would have heeded
that.

Cheers,
Luke

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exile in Lancashire <http://www.shrimper.org.uk>

Tom Crispin said:

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:50:11 -0800 (PST), naked_draughtsman <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

There's another one herehttp://petereverett.fotopic.net/p41550722.html
- take your choice between riding through the flood tunnel (which
people do judging by the tyre tracks!) or along the ledge under the
main span of the bridge.

Is that part of a Sustrans route?

Possibly. It is here http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=452500&Y=305500&A=Y&Z=3
(where the route goes under the A46). The OS map has a number 63 next
to the green dots to the left and the right - I assume that means it's
part of the Sustrans network.

peter

Alex Potter said:

Tom Crispin said:

www.johnballcycling.org.uk/photos/limbo

Grid Reference TQ350880

[...]

Quoted message said:

How difficult would it be to ramp that bridge so that there was sensible
headroom? Is there not some sort of minimum standard for such things?

If streetmap.co.uk has translated that right, it's a railway line over the
top and there's water just beside the track, so seems pretty difficult.
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naked_draughtsman said:

Tom Crispin said:

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:50:11 -0800 (PST), naked_draughtsman

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

There's another one herehttp://petereverett.fotopic.net/p41550722.html
- take your choice between riding through the flood tunnel (which
people do judging by the tyre tracks!) or along the ledge under the
main span of the bridge.

Is that part of a Sustrans route?

Possibly. It is here
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=452500&Y=305500&A=Y&Z=3
(where the route goes under the A46). The OS map has a number 63 next to
the green dots to the left and the right - I assume that means it's part
of the Sustrans network.

You are right. White on a pink background is an NCN route. Blue on a
clear background, within a blue box, is a regional route.

Cheers,
Luke

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exile in Lancashire <http://www.shrimper.org.uk>