We’re all push cyclists on this post – sorry. You need to find a post on this site or another blog entirely about MOTORbiking. Good luck with the hunt! And i can’t let you go without saying, consider getting him a bike. Safer and more enviromentally friendly

Roseanne

On the point about the rain and getting more people cycling, on the commuting section of boards.ie I recently “If your commute is less than 8km, what don’t you cycle?” (here http://tinyurl.com/kscqnl )… of the options in the poll the main reason people didn’t cycle is “Too dangerous”, “Irish weather”, and “Too much effort” in that order. My attempt at responding to these fears and other comments, is here – http://tinyurl.com/nyg2pv.

also – ive never been more scared to cycle than here in dublin – and i lived and cycled in paris and in budapest. the streets are so narrow i hardly blame drivers for squeezing me to the pavement.
but then again, you just have to stay away from main roads like dame street and u should be fine.

greetings from a fellow blogger and cyclist.

Funny (or maybe not) that you ask because less than 24 hours after I wrote that post (it was in draft yesterday while I fiddled about with the pix) I had a near broken limbs experience on Werburgh St., you know where Burdocks is near Christchurch. It’s a one-way st with a fairly steep incline and this total thick pulled out from a side street while looking towards St. Patricks cathedral i.e. away from the traffic! I was an inch from making her shiny shiny car very much less shiny and she smiles at me through the windscreen *rolls eyes*

However, however, however, I will say that this kind of experience is a rarity. I have never had a significant bike accident and the once or twice in my (holy joe is it that long!) 20 years of cycling in Dublin have ended with me rising from the tarmac screaming blue murder at the ignoramus who drove out in front of me. Like i said above I’m a slow moving target… You do have to have your wits about you but that’s partly why it’s so much fun and so invigorating!

Night and thanks again for the chance to get involved!
R