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I went past the back of St

I went past the back of St George’s Park yesterday and they were deploying big planters (with some kind of crane) around the corner of Lake View Rd and Park Crescent. I overheard someone talking to a car driver and they both agreed that it was much better than all the caravans that used to be there.

Haven’t checked out Beaufort Rd yet (I’ll be going along there tomorrow morning), but I’m hoping that’s had something done with it.

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chrisonabike wrote:

chrisonabike wrote:

Where logic or “theory” clashes with reality though – the stats apparently show this is a real thing AND when relatively simple measures are applied there is a measurable improvement. https://www.roadpeace.org/working-for-change/graduated-driving-licensing/ https://www.racfoundation.org/media-centre/study-confirms-benefits-of-graduated-driver-licensing Policing – agree that a) needs police and b) a subtle approach to avoid “police stopping us just ‘cos we’re young”.

Well if there’s a need for a graduated driving license (and it does look like there’s a good case for it), then let’s have a graduated driving license with additional tests to let young drivers take passengers or drive after midnight. Instead, we get a half measure that assumes that maturity is purely linked to age and develops at the same rate in people.

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…and now residents have

…and now residents have been ‘let down’ by traffic scheme before it even starts: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/residents-let-down-traffic-scheme-9504500

Apparently, they need a pharmacy and a dentist instead, but there’s both on Church Road just about 5 minutes away. There’s also the Wellspring GP surgery, but they have trouble getting appointments there (I don’t use it much, but haven’t had an issue getting an appointment myself, though it’s not usually the same day).

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David9694 wrote:

‘It’s my car – why should an under-21 not be allowed in it?’

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgl5jvz0dqo

And so it begins. Isn’t the idea of this that it would apply at night?

Well quite, Faye : “If this rule came into place, it wouldn’t give me any motivation to drive at all,” says the 16-year-old from Norfolk. “I want to drive because it gives me a lot more freedom.”
Ever considered why public transport is “a nightmare”? Or thought of anyone but yourself? 

Agree something needs to apply to older drivers – regular re-tests. If you really cannot figure out Ringo, I don’t see how you can claim to be safe to drive:

Exeter city centre car park bans cash and direct card payments

It’s ‘too expensive’ to fix the pay and display machines

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-city-centre-car-park-9664438

Interesting that in a city centre car park they’ve decided the fee/cut taken by Ringo is more economic than operating machines on the spot. 

I don’t like the logic behind it – if they’ve passed their driving test and are old enough, then why can’t they be trusted to be sensible? I also have doubts as to how this would be policed.

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andystow wrote:

Oh, doing it myself is the plan. I’ve replaced spokes and trued wheels before. The co-op is a volunteer workspace (that I sometimes volunteer at) where you’re supposed to do your own wrenching, with the volunteers just being advisors.

Bike Peoria Co-op

They/we have a couple of good quality truing stands, as well as some other tools I’ll need like a headset bearing press, and bottom bracket facing tool.

Excellent.

I built my rear wheel a while ago with a 60mm Prime rim and some aero spokes which weren’t as difficult to use as I’d thought. When it came to truing it though, I ended up putting the tyre on, mounted the wheel on the bike and just eyeballed the tyre with the down-tube as my old truing stand probably won’t take thru-axles. So far, it’s been very solid and I haven’t felt the need to do any more adjustment.

I did buy a cheap truing guage but haven’t got around to trying it out yet.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006437109220.html

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Can’t say that I’ve noticed

Can’t say that I’ve noticed any issues with KMC chains

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slc wrote:

I am just waiting for my LTN bingo card. Bristol Post seem to be road.cc readers too and have adopted the ‘summarize comments on an earlier article’ article. 

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/news-opinion/readers-react-bristol-low-traffic-9655725

I had a look at that earlier and thought they were showing a reasonable balance of comments. I don’t get the one about it being in breach of the Disabilities Act.

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slc wrote:

[quote=slc]I’m not brave enough to go through at more than jogging pace… A couple of weeks ago someone added signs saying ‘cyclists be aware high speed traffic ahead slow down’, with a ‘no cycling’ graphic (not the correct graphic, something like a ‘no smoking sign, red slash through a bicycle). I was annoyed enough to photograph it for fixmystreet, and had a result. Exciting, huh? https://www.fixmystreet.com/report/6577120%5B/quote%5D

I saw those signs and briefly wondered whether they should be vandalised. Good luck getting high speed traffic along there that’s not a bike.

Incidentally, I got a letter through my door today about the scheme starting up (from BCC).

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andystow wrote:

I laced up my first wheel ever, new rim, spokes, and nipples onto my old SON dynamo hub. I still need to take it to the bike co-op to tension and true it. The rim matches the new hand built rear wheel, which is ready to go. The frame I used for LEJoG is out getting stripped and powder coated.

Hopefully posting the results in the next couple of weeks on Pictures of your Bike.

Nice.

I think you should give tensioning and trueing a go. Just take it relatively slow and try to tension each spoke roughly the same. It’s quite possible to true up a wheel by putting it onto the bike and eyeballing it so that the rim is halfway between the forks. It’ll be a learning exercise, prepare you for if you ever need to replace a spoke and then you can take it to the bike co-op to check how well you’ve done. As long as you don’t go too tight, it should save them some time.

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slc wrote:

I use the same road every day. My usual experience is drivers failing to give way through the chicanes (I guess you have to pay road tax for priority to apply), but that route to the station also demonstrates the effectiveness of modal filters – imagine the ratrunning  if drivers could make it through Queen Ann road to the station.  

I got a taxi driver into trouble once with A&S police by submitting a video of them racing through the traffic calming.

Queen Ann Road is a bit of a mess at the moment what with the building work going on. I used to go fairly fast through the tunnel, but now you can’t tell if you’re going to be running into the back of a lorry.

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slc wrote:

slc wrote:

I live here too. The consultations in lockdown were indeed about the whole scheme – the Beaufort Road one way was part of an earlier proposal that was shelved following opposition from motorists arguing for their right to ratrun. I think the part to watch will be Avonvale road (western half of the scheme). The scope of the change here is much larger than around Beaufort Rf, and will depend largely on bus gates rather than modal filters. We have seen in Exeter that motorists will ignore these without enforcement.

Avonvale Road is on my route to the station and it’s certainly problematic with traffic. The number of times I see a bus being blocked in by queued traffic the other side of the traffic calming measures.

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Car takes a quick plunge bath

Car takes a quick plunge bath in a sinkhole in Italy

https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/10/21/watch-sinkhole-swallows-car-in-italy-2228

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBatOqLmWGU

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Finally, it looks like we

Finally, it looks like we might get a planter or two after months/years of waiting.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/work-start-installing-traffic-restrictions-9650063

But after facing months of delays, the roll out of traffic restricting measures – including planters, pocket parks and new bus gates across Barton Hill, Redfield and St George – will begin next Monday (October 28). Work will be carried out in five stages between the end of October and January 2025.

Phase 1 – St George including Wicket Lane, Beaufort Road, Blackswarth Road, Glebe Road and The Avenue – from October 28 to November 6

Phase 2 – Redfield including Avonvale Road, Pilemarsh, Marsh Lane, Barnes Street, Victoria Avenue and Byron Street – from November 11 to November 29

Phase 3 – Barton Hill including Kingsmarsh Way and Lincoln Street – from December 2 to December 9

Phase 4 – Barton Hill and Redfield including Lancaster Street and Cobden Street – from December 10 to 13

Phase 5 – Barton Hill and Redfield including Grindell Road, Barton Hill Road/Ducie Road and Ducie Road bridge – from December 16 to January 10

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ktache wrote:

There has to be a certain level of desperation in the lives of unsuccessful Argos ram raiders.

The laminated book of dreams

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Excellent!

Excellent!

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