Anti-motorbike barriers to be removed from National Cycle Network

[dodgy]

According to Carlton Reid over at BikeBiz http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/an...be-removed-from-national-cycle-network/020388

They're a bloody menace, but I'm not sure what it will be like without them, will motorbikes become an actual problem rather than imagined?

 

[Sharky]

I would be happy for them to be removed. The ones on the cycle path alongside the A2 are so narrow, that you can't cycle between them without stopping and that's on a normal bike. Couldn't even consider using the pathway on my tandem trike with my autistic daughter.

 

[I like Skol]

Manchester leading the way

The barriers on the Fallow field loop never seemed to be a problem for me but I only ride a 'normal' bike. The ones that really wind me up are the tall ones that lean inwards to narrow at the top. These are a total menace and are not even wide enough for my shoulders to fit through, never mind the bike handlebars!

This kind of thing -

Although there doesn't seem to be any set standard on the width and some are worse than others. I have actually felt as if I have slightly jarred my neck and shoulders on some occasions after negotiating/man-handling me and bike through some of these.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

This is the difficulty isn't it, I like to ride down the towpath of the Chesterfield canal at Worksop I have suggested this to my daughter & SIL but they have one child in a trailer the other on a tag-a-long so can't ride down there. But once they get removed I can see the local kids tearing up there on bikes & quads & churning the track up so bad making it unrideable.

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This kind of thing - View attachment 152980

We also have some of those, the only way I can get my bike through is standing it on the rear wheel & lifting it over.

 

[I like Skol]

This is the difficulty isn't it, I like to ride down the towpath of the Chesterfield canal at Worksop I have suggested this to my daughter & SIL but they have one child in a trailer the other on a tag-a-long so can't ride down there. But once they get removed I can see the local kids tearing up there on bikes & quads & churning the track up so bad making it unrideable.

Perhaps a couple of 'officers of the law' in attendance with a bike crusher would soon alleviate the problem. They wouldn't have to catch many for word to get around and the pool of unlicensed and unlawful bikes to be diminished.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Perhaps a couple of 'officers of the law' in attendance with a bike crusher would soon alleviate the problem. They wouldn't have to catch many for word to get around and the pool of unlicensed and unlawful bikes to be diminished.

They have an active squad in the area doing just that, unfortunately all that appears to have done is make the situation worse, there are now more of the "yuff's" joining in the game, to see who can outrun them the longest.

 

[raleighnut]

I get a bunch of problems getting the trike through some of em, ditto when I used to tour with the trailer.

 

[I like Skol]

They have an active squad in the area doing just that, unfortunately all that appears to have done is make the situation worse, there are now more of the "yuff's" joining in the game, to see who can outrun them the longest.

So we are stuck with them then, at least in some areas, or is there a better solution?

 

[Pale Rider]

Strictly speaking, this is a lobbying effort by Sustrans to encourage the owners of the paths/barriers - often a local authority - to remove them.

I'm sure we'd all like to see fewer barriers, but the risk of more skulduggery is not an easy one to manage.

A few years ago, Durham County Council removed most of the barriers on their stretch of the C2C path.

The publicity at the time said the barriers would be reinstated if there was a noticeable increase in unlawful users.

As far as I can gather, that has not had to be done so barrier removal appears to have worked in that instance.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

These are the type that they have on the towpath, a real pain in the artichokes

 

[raleighnut]

These are the type that they have on the towpath, a real pain in the artichokes

Yep a real 'pain in the bum', there is one of those on the section of the 'Cloud Trail' (NCN 6) on the way to Derby that uses a stretch of towpath.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Will this do?

 

[KneesUp]

So we are stuck with them then, at least in some areas, or is there a better solution?

Weight sensitive bear traps?

 

[raleighnut]

Will this do?

Not with that 'stone cutting' blade in.

 

[I like Skol]

Not with that 'stone cutting' blade in.

It doesn't stop most site workmen......