Bragging Rights Up for Grab
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Bragging Rights Up for Grab
Postby wombatK » Mon Dec 16, 2013 2:08 pm
It was a bit wet today so I passed on it. Construction shed is a wee bit in the way of a good runup for an ascent.
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Re: Bragging Rights Up for Grab
Postby moya » Mon Dec 16, 2013 10:58 pm
As much as people complain about the SHB staircase, at least the staircase is wide, the ramp is wide, and the ramp is logically located in the middle of the stairs to enable simultaneous ascent and descent.
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Re: Bragging Rights Up for Grab
Postby wombatK » Tue Dec 17, 2013 11:46 am
Hard to figure why the ramp is so close to the southern side of the stairway - you wouldn't want to have wide MTB bars or mirrors protruding over the bar ends. Not like you're going to hold the rail while cycling up or down it !
Narrow width seems like its designed if for the Martyn Ashton skill level...
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Re: Bragging Rights Up for Grab
Postby trailgumby » Tue Dec 17, 2013 9:21 pm
The faster you go down the smoother the ride
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Bragging Rights Up for Grab
Postby queequeg » Tue Dec 17, 2013 11:52 pm
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Re: Bragging Rights Up for Grab
Postby Anthony1234 » Wed Dec 18, 2013 7:36 am
Agreed.wombatK wrote:Bicycle traffic is way way way thinner than SHB - don't think there'll be contention for use of the track, especially when there is a presently viable option to use the road exit about 150 to 200 m south on Blaxland Rd.
I ride over the bridge multiple times a week and most of the time don't pass another cyclist.
I will be sticking to the road though, much better than slowing down for the stairs.
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Re: Bragging Rights Up for Grab
Postby wombatK » Wed Dec 18, 2013 8:27 pm
and it would be a pretty easy to form a nice "single track" type ride down the hill to the south. It would have
a much gentler grade than the stair track. And if you could kick enough of the slippery bark aside (e.g. by
sliding, skidding MTB tyres), it could even be negotiable on a road bike
Perhaps constructing an official narrow track like that would have been much cheaper than the
rail-on-stairs provision. Just needs a little more lateral thinking than councils would usually put into it.
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Re: Bragging Rights Up for Grab
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Re: Bragging Rights Up for Grab
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Re: Bragging Rights Up for Grab
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Re: Bragging Rights Up for Grab
Postby leximack » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:56 pm
You would have to be a pretty decent rider to ride up or down it without dieing I would think.
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Re: Bragging Rights Up for Grab
Postby Chuck » Fri Dec 20, 2013 10:19 am
I'd be no chanceleximack wrote:how wide is it? looks pretty narrow on the photo.
You would have to be a pretty decent rider to ride up or down it without dieing I would think.
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Re: Bragging Rights Up for Grab
Postby sogood » Fri Dec 20, 2013 10:36 am
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Re: Bragging Rights Up for Grab
Postby wombatK » Fri Dec 20, 2013 11:41 pm
Checked it today - it's about 75 mm. Any rider attempting it would need nerves of steel.leximack wrote:how wide is it? looks pretty narrow on the photo.
You would have to be a pretty decent rider to ride up or down it without dieing I would think.
Making an impromptu single track is a way more appealing option.
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Re: Bragging Rights Up for Grab
Postby recumbenteer » Sun Dec 22, 2013 9:15 am
Crikey, I can't even get DOWN the HB steps/ramp without assistance LOL
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Re: Bragging Rights Up for Grab
Postby Anthony1234 » Wed Jan 29, 2014 7:49 am
I will still ride on the road for this section, however this will mean that the foreshore paths will all link up properly with the station, great work again by the council.
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Re: Bragging Rights Up for Grab
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Re: Bragging Rights Up for Grab
Postby toolonglegs » Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:39 am
Slightly off topic... but I didn't see anything mentioned on here about Martyn Ashton being permanently paralyzed in an accident during the time he was making this film . Only realized while listening to an interview on the BBC.wombatK wrote:Narrow width seems like its designed if for the Martyn Ashton skill level...
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Re: Bragging Rights Up for Grab
Postby Nobody » Wed Jan 29, 2014 1:56 pm
http://road.cc/content/news/93511-trial ... ing-spinal" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;toolonglegs wrote:Slightly off topic... but I didn't see anything mentioned on here about Martyn Ashton being permanently paralyzed in an accident during the time he was making this film . Only realized while listening to an interview on the BBC.
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Re: Bragging Rights Up for Grab
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Re: Bragging Rights Up for Grab
Postby bigfriendlyvegan » Wed Jan 29, 2014 3:19 pm
Nothing, particularly, but this particular bike path continues on to a road which takes you past the bottom of the stairs. They are the most useless set of stairs for bikes to use, since you can avoid the stairs with a 100 m ride. I do it daily.Cossie Phil wrote:Whats wrong with carrying your bike up or down steps?
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Re: Bragging Rights Up for Grab
Postby Nobody » Wed Jan 29, 2014 3:28 pm
One reason is you can trip and get an injury. I did this when I tripped running up stairs. The bike went forward, bounced off the above steps and the handlebar came back and fractured my nose.Cossie Phil wrote:Whats wrong with carrying your bike up or down steps?
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Re: Bragging Rights Up for Grab
Postby rdp_au » Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:48 pm
It would have just as simple, and maybe less costly, to build a shared path across the hill and down to the foreshore at a more gentle angle. This would give a continuous cyclepath all the way from the foreshore all the way to Meadowbank.
That would be useful.
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