Cyclists hitting an invisible gate.

[T4tomo]

Perhaps we should all stay still, all of the time, just in case a meteorite falls from the sky just in front of us?

Ah but what happens if said meteorite, lands exactly where we are being still?

 

[Mike_P]

And next to it there is one of those inverted V shaped cyclist pass-throughs.

Different location once came across a cyclist sprawled across the ground who had misjudged the V and presumably was travelling at some speed.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Different location once came across a cyclist sprawled across the ground who had misjudged the V and presumably was travelling at some speed.

REmind me of going through an A-frame gate a year or so ago just before a group of teenage lads on "mountain bikes" arrived at it from the opposite direction
One of them was a way behind his mates
being young and male he decided to show off and do a long wheelie
by then time he got to the A-frame his mates were already through and waiting for him

He decided that if he continued the wheelie up to the gate then his handlebars would clear the top and he could get through like that
and - clearly - look like a total legend

when he got to about 4-5 feet from the gate he suddenly realised that his judgement MAY have been somewhat out (not sh*t Sherlock!!!) and jammed his brake on and crashed in a total non-legend manner

as you can tell I hung around to watch

his mates - presumably once they were pretty sure he was kinda OK - were wetting themselves laughing


anyway - for information - you probably can;t wheelie any bike through an A-frame gate

 

[cougie uk]

I remember being in Bala in Wales one weekend.

It's a bit of a tourist trap with the lake but all of the shops and cafes are on the one road through the town.
We were sitting at a café right at the end of the town enjoying the sun.
Traffic queues are very common as people pull in and out of parking bays along the road.

Two youths on scrambler bikes come wheelying into town. Then one clocks the jam ahead - slams on both brakes and his front wheel locks up as soon as it hit the ground. He comes off and the bike flips and spectacularly comes to a halt against the petrol pump in the garage at the side of the road.

An attendant comes out and starts filling the tank. (Wales - must have been 20 years back) I guess if he's gonna dint his pumps he's gonna get some cash out of them.

 

[Slick]

The gate will be there to stop vehicles. Its doing a good job 🙂

How do you know?

All I've seen it stop so far is cyclists and scooterists.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

'kinell!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

How do you know?

All I've seen it stop so far is cyclists and scooterists.

Both of which are vehicles - OK only small and that isn;t what was meant but it does stop them

 

[winjim]

Both of which are vehicles - OK only small and that isn;t what was meant but it does stop them

It tends to stop the rider a bit quicker than it does the vehicle, which is sort of the problem.

 

[wiggydiggy]

I'll just leave this here....

View: https://youtu.be/BJsm4hsk35U?feature=shared


TL;DW: Drivers hit bollards multiple time, bollards widened, drivers still hit them.

 

[slowmotion]

My guess is that it's due to Target Fixation, either the gate itself or something a little further down the road.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_fixation

I feel enormous sympathy for the victims' and their cracked ribs etc. It looked bloody painful.

 

[matticus]

I'll just leave this here....

View: https://youtu.be/BJsm4hsk35U?feature=shared


TL;DW: Drivers hit bollards multiple time, bollards widened, drivers still hit them.

Worth watching to the end for the presenter's cheeky smile when they come back to the studio :P

 

[wiggydiggy]

Worth watching to the end for the presenter's cheeky smile when they come back to the studio :P

It was. I don't have videos of another similar thing but divers hitting this bollard in Preston, Lancs became so common it got it's own action figure. Sadly the bollard has now been removed.

 

[steveindenmark]

How do you know?

All I've seen it stop so far is cyclists and scooterists.

Its breaking itself in slowly🙂

 

[winjim]

World Bollard Association on twitter for all your bollard related entertainment.

https://twitter.com/WorldBollard?t=nFKozMo6klsyPHsSlncVSA&s=09

 

[wiggydiggy]

World Bollard Association on twitter for all your bollard related entertainment.

https://twitter.com/WorldBollard?t=nFKozMo6klsyPHsSlncVSA&s=09

View: https://twitter.com/WorldBollard/status/1610235871105622017


Where in the UK is that!? Pavement parking solved!