Anti-motorbike barriers to be removed from National Cycle Network

[dodgy]

Does the gate open?

Only when unlocked.

 

[Inertia]

I don't see that type being a barrier to wheelchair access, not like the type I pictured, but I would have to consult with affected user groups to confirm this before I would ever elect to install one.

This is one similar to the ones I have to navigate, the shape for bikes doesnt allow some bikes through (No chance with panniers), good luck getting a wheelchair through.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

This is one similar to the ones I have to navigate, the shape for bikes doesnt allow some bikes through (No chance with panniers), good luck getting a wheelchair through.

That's evil worse than the ones I have to go through, are they just on entry/exit or along the track as well

 

[I like Skol]

This is one similar to the ones I have to navigate, the shape for bikes doesnt allow some bikes through (No chance with panniers), good luck getting a wheelchair through.

That is a piece of engineering. Actually, I take that back, it is a piece of fabrication with very little consideration to engineering, design or purpose. It is a truly horrendous item and I suspect a result of a situation where the fear of the crime is massively over shadowing the possibility of the crime!

 

[Inertia]

That's evil worse than the ones I have to go through, are they just on entry/exit or along the track as well

Its on the track, you walk down steps, under the bridge and are hit with that. Unlike the pictured one there is a locked gate next to it whch runs up to the canal.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

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!

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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.

Those sort are a PITA also locally those annoying ornamented blocks in the ground by the supposed bike cutout at the entances to Clayton Vale.

 

[Inertia]

Had a nice surprise this morning, not. The one I talked about earlier is the only one I have to dismount for until today. There is a similar barrier further back on the towpath but it doesnt reach to length of the path so there was a gap to the side of it I could ride through instead of dismounting. The operative word being was..someone has made an addition.

 

[mjr]

There is a similar barrier further back on the towpath but it doesnt reach to length of the path so there was a gap to the side of it I could ride through instead of dismounting. The operative word being was..someone has made an addition.

Non-reflective wood? That's only a matter of time before someone crashes into it in the dark hard enough to break it.

 

[Jody]

That's only a matter of time before someone crashes into it in the dark hard enough to break it.

 

[raleighnut]

Even easier,

 

[mjr]

Surely no-one would leave obvious saw marks on it when a crowbar or large enough rock could look like crash damage.... sorry, I mean when someone will probably have crashed into it before anyone could?

 

[byegad]

I gave up on Sustrans some years ago. As a recumbent trike rider, due to intermittent balance issues, the barriers made most paths in my area impassable. Add to that 'surfaces' that can be a quagmire and signing that is woeful, and I'm now using those nicely (Well mostly nicely.) tarmacadamed cycle paths, beautifully signed and directly routed things called roads!

Experience of being a Sustrans Ranger tells me the anti motorcycle barriers are easily circumvented by yoofs on motorbikes by smashing down a couple of fences and mmoto-crossing an odd field, not something open to most cyclists and a big no, no for a recumbent trike rider!

As for County Durhams experiment in barrier removal, I'd guess the people objecting to it were the same ones who walk dogs on 10m strings on the ex-Railway mixed use paths that are a feature of the Durham area. They also objected to cyclists using the Spennymoor-Bishop Auckland path and wanted barriers put in to keep cyclists* out.

*N.B. Cyclists, not motorcyclists.

 

[Drago]

The moaners should be superglue to a wheelchair, see how they then like motorcycle barriers.

 

[Inertia]

Non-reflective wood? That's only a matter of time before someone crashes into it in the dark hard enough to break it.

heh, well I cycled in this morning and couldnt see it as I rounded the corner, when I got close it woudl appear it had a crash with a saw and a spade over the weekend

 

[Jody]

I hope it wasn't you @Inertia