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You'd need a very big dustpan and brush. 😊 at least as big as the ride on sweepers my lad used to drive in the factory.
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You'd need a very big dustpan and brush. 😊 at least as big as the ride on sweepers my lad used to drive in the factory.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Farmer's here are very good at getting rid of the clippings but there is nothing you can do. As others haves said, make sure you have a puncture repair kit the end.
It was a rather silly question IMHO
It was a rather silly question IMHO
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I carry a spare tube and a puncture kit, put a fresh tube in, having removed the cause of the flat, and repair the tube when you get home, its what I'm doing today following my flat.
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Maybe attach to front of bike so it clears it out the way before your tyres reach the cuttings?
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Lol
perhaps spring load it so it stays on the road, and add a rotary brush in front of it to sweep the cutting's into the pan. Roger Longbottom
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Going slightly off topic, I have often wondered why one can be fined for not picking up dog pooh but horses, (and let's face it when they do one it is a big one) just seem to do it at will anywhere and everywhere.
Poor Will must be well fed up (before anyone else says it!!)
Poor Will must be well fed up (before anyone else says it!!)
johnblack
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I wouldn't grow my roses in dog pooh.
hoopdriver
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I actually have seen a farmer on a bike, many years ago, in France. I was lost on some minor roads in Alsace and came upon a farmer and his son herding dairy cattle across a road and into a barn for milking. When I asked directions to the village I was trying to reach next I couldn't understand his Alsatian accent. After a couple of tries, he held up his hand, to tell me to wait. Leaving his cows in the hands of his son, he dashed into the barn and came out with an ancient bicycle. Still wearing his gumboots, he signalled to me to follow and led me to the village - about a three-mile ride - he pointed to the sign and with a smile and wave, turned around and pedalled home...
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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However, the council is responsible for keeping highways clear and a cycle path is a highway, or part of. I'd keep on at the council until they tire and clean it up (or require the farmer to, but they're less likely to do that IME) but you will get no compensation for any damage unless you can show the council knew and had failed to act.
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I would have listened to the farmer's responses rather than the dog
DRM
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yes it’s fun in that region trying to fathom what’s being said with the local dialect, plus the mix of French & German thrown in for good measure
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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Carry spare tubes and a kit. All part of cycling.
Wyn Davies
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No it's not a silly question are farmers above the law they get enough of taxpayers money to support them surprised at your response.
I can remember a club run where we turned a corner to find a tractor cutting a hawthorn hedge. In spite of stopping almost immediately, several of the guys had punctured multiple times in both wheels. We barely had enough spare tubes between us when a couple found they'd missed some thorns after putting new tubes in.
Wyn Davies
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Don't see the joke eightpound for tube six pound for slime and my wife made a 50 mile trip to pick me up thanks for your wisdom.Lol
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