Some may remember my rather embarrassing face plant in a car park about six months ago. The prime cause was my lack of attention but the storm drains having the grates running in the same direction as the direction of travel didn't help. At the time I brought it to the attention of the manager of the store and eventually the owner.
I didn't receive a firm commitment for action and with other things on my mind I kind of forgot about it. Suzie's just been down that way and noticed that the drain grates have been rotated through 90 degrees :-)
I feel a letter of thanks coming on. That'll make a nice change. -- Cheers | ~~ __@ Euan | ~~ _-\<, Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*)
Some may remember my rather embarrassing face plant in a car park about six months ago. The prime cause was my lack of attention but the storm drains having the grates running in the same direction as the direction of travel didn't help. At the time I brought it to the attention of the manager of the store and eventually the owner.
I didn't receive a firm commitment for action and with other things on my mind I kind of forgot about it. Suzie's just been down that way and noticed that the drain grates have been rotated through 90 degrees :-)
I feel a letter of thanks coming on. That'll make a nice change. -- Cheers | ~~ __@ Euan | ~~ _-\<, Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*)
Hmmm, I recall Humbug mentioning at Goat a similar problem on Flemington Road/inner west (or was it, correct me), ie: the grates facing the wrong way for cyclists. Bloody dangerous if you were on 23mm treads. 😠
Some may remember my rather embarrassing face plant in a car park about six months ago. The prime cause was my lack of attention but the storm drains having the grates running in the same direction as the direction of travel didn't help. At the time I brought it to the attention of the manager of the store and eventually the owner.
C'mon, I'm sure SexyLand can afford to send you a voucher or something for bring this to their attention? Looks like they've 'stiffed' you.. 🙂
Hmmm, I recall Humbug mentioning at Goat a similar problem on Flemington Road/inner west (or was it, correct me), ie: the grates facing the wrong way for cyclists. Bloody dangerous if you were on 23mm treads. 😠
bahahahah. I know tha lass who instigated that becoming 'best practice*' amongst councils Oz-wide. She had a spill and successfully sue a council for it, and thus now they must at 90deg to road direction. If you spot one, mention they are waving liabilty by allowing such a scenario and watch em run to fix it! 😄😄😄
F"lawyers have SOME uses. other than speed humps"Dutch
* any claim to 'best practice' usually equates to 'We are bluffing and have no idea and thus shall implement something involving lots of colorful/butt-ugly ppt-presentations'
Some may remember my rather embarrassing face plant in a car park about six months ago. The prime cause was my lack of attention but the storm drains having the grates running in the same direction as the direction of travel didn't help. At the time I brought it to the attention of the manager of the store and eventually the owner.
GPLama> C'mon, I'm sure SexyLand can afford to send you a voucher or GPLama> something for bring this to their attention? Looks like GPLama> they've 'stiffed' you.. 🙂
Heh :-) I made it quite clear I wasn't after any compo, I just wanted something done about it.
GPLama> wwoowo waaakaa awaaaaka wooooOooo
GPLama> cheers, GPL :iirc:
You do. -- Cheers | ~~ __@ Euan | ~~ _-\<, Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*)
On 19/10/05 at 19:05:45 cfsmtb somehow managed to type:
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Hmmm, I recall Humbug mentioning at Goat a similar problem on Flemington Road/inner west (or was it, correct me),
Yep there was two of 'em near Abbotsford St. and a quick call on the Monday got the "we already know about them and there's a work crew there fixing them right now" type response. When I went past one of the grates about half an hour after I called 'em it'd been turned around. Top marks for fixing it quickly but no marks for causing the problem in the first place...:-)
On 19/10/05 at 19:05:45 cfsmtb somehow managed to type:
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Hmmm, I recall Humbug mentioning at Goat a similar problem on Flemington Road/inner west (or was it, correct me),
Yep there was two of 'em near Abbotsford St. and a quick call on the Monday got the "we already know about them and there's a work crew there fixing them right now" type response. When I went past one of the grates about half an hour after I called 'em it'd been turned around. Top marks for fixing it quickly but no marks for causing the problem in the first place...:-)
-- Humbug
I'm sure I still see bundles of these so should take a mental note now and report them..
And I think there's still a couple of grates on High St Kew (towards the Depot) that have great big gaps at the side of the grate just waiting to catch a wheel...
I'm sure I still see bundles of these so should take a mental note now and report them..
And I think there's still a couple of grates on High St Kew (towards the Depot) that have great big gaps at the side of the grate just waiting to catch a wheel...
How big are these things? Can't you just ride around them?
bahahahah. I know tha lass who instigated that becoming 'best practice*' amongst councils Oz-wide. She had a spill and successfully sue a council for it, and thus now they must at 90deg to road direction. If you spot one, mention they are waving liabilty by allowing such a scenario and watch em run to fix it! 😄😄😄
F"lawyers have SOME uses. other than speed humps"Dutch
* any claim to 'best practice' usually equates to 'We are bluffing and have no idea and thus shall implement something involving lots of colorful/butt-ugly ppt-presentations'
Best best practice is having the bars at 90 degrees to the traffic flow PLUS flat fairly thin strips welded agross the bars at fairly close intervals.
Best best practice is having the bars at 90 degrees to the traffic flow PLUS flat fairly thin strips welded agross the bars at fairly close intervals.
must have been something similar happen around where I live, (Northen Beaches Sydney), quite a few of the grates have been changed for a finer one of crisscrossing strips in a diamond pattern, hardly notice it when you roll over it.
mind you thats mostly on the main roads, plenty of side streets with the old grates running parallel with the road, in fact there is one in front of my place
the potholes and the grates are one of the reasons I only ride MTB with 26" fat tyres 🙂
SteveA <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:
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flyingdutch said:
bahahahah. I know tha lass who instigated that becoming 'best practice*' amongst councils Oz-wide. She had a spill and successfully sue a council for it, and thus now they must at 90deg to road direction. If you spot one, mention they are waving liabilty by allowing such a scenario and watch em run to fix it! 😄😄😄
F"lawyers have SOME uses. other than speed humps"Dutch
* any claim to 'best practice' usually equates to 'We are bluffing and have no idea and thus shall implement something involving lots of colorful/butt-ugly ppt-presentations'
Best best practice is having the bars at 90 degrees to the traffic flow PLUS flat fairly thin strips welded agross the bars at fairly close intervals.
Steve(Speed hump)A 😄
Qld of course does it differently (roll eyes). We've gone for a cheap solution using flat bar at 45 degrees.
We started using them before the case dutch mentioned but they are rarely retrofitted.
