Street Furniture And Associated Items

[Steve21]

They're anti cycle gates I've always been told. The idea being you can't cycle through them, but if you dismount you can turn the handlebars and the wheel fits through the bottom.

 

Never understood the point as no doubt you just then get back on and cycle again (or in your case around the side lol)... But yeah... council logic

 

Steve

[6Foot2]

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There might be a slight design problem with this gate??

 

which is brand new by the way - there has been one there for years but this is a new one

 

 

the gap has stayed the same

 

Motorcycle Inhibitor Barrier:

 

 

Edit: Beaten to it! I guess they are more a deterrent than 'motorcycle proof'

Edited April 2, 2021 by 6Foot2

[mikeprice]

They use them a lot round here on cycle paths - so they are probably not there to deter cyclists - just stops cars and motor bikes and the like

 

and forces bicycles to slow down

 

bicycles do have to stop - there are various techniques to get through them depending on the size of the bike

 

annoying thing is that some are slightly narrower than others - there is one near a nice local pub where my shoulders don't quite fit through facing dead forward - thus resulting in having to use a different technique

[Steve21]

Ah yeah guess motorcycles would make more sense, as they wouldn't be able to twist the bars enough to get through, while bicycles could with dismounting as you say

 

Steve

[mikeprice]

They make a lot of sense - especially with the increase in idiots on scrambler bikes recently

 

not a lot to break on them unlike 'kissing gates' and such - which are also a real pain for bicycles!!

[stevejp]

Is it just my eyesight (probably) or is there a gap plenty big enough for bikes etc on the RH side of the gate itself?

[6Foot2]

Is it just my eyesight (probably) or is there a gap plenty big enough for bikes etc on the RH side of the gate itself?

 

From another thread:

 

 

[stevejp]

From another thread:

 

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Sheep... cyclists... cyclists... sheep - I suppose you could make a link...

[mikeprice]

Is it just my eyesight (probably) or is there a gap plenty big enough for bikes etc on the RH side of the gate itself?

 

That was supposed to be the point - nice new thingy (style, gate, what is the name???) - large gap left to one side plenty wide enough for a motorbike!

 

maybe I was being obtuse

 

again

[stevejp]

That was supposed to be the point - nice new thingy (style, gate, what is the name???) - large gap left to one side plenty wide enough for a motorbike!

 

maybe I was being obtuse

 

again

 

Well, that’s what I thought (about the gap - not about you being... oh, never mind) but all of the other replies were so serious, I just assumed I’d missed the point (not for the first time)

[mikeprice]

I know this is going on a bit - but before mods appear (with wands) then some useful (??) information

 

these barriers are called Motorcycle Inhibitors apparently

 

https://centrewire.com/products/motorbike-inhibitor/

 

 

ANyway

 

[witch]

 

:focus:

[6Foot2]

Too many bollards is not enough!..

 

 

..it seems.

[Andrew_C]

What a load of bollards...

 

Coat - gone.

[6Foot2]

The Leaning Bollard of Hull:

 

[6Foot2]

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[6Foot2]

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[mikeprice]

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Given the USA flag in the background - I would presume one of 'those' states

(mentioning no name for amphibious reasons)

[a_masters]

 

The UK equivalent.

[mikeprice]

Wish I had taken a picture of it - but I used to work near a road that had "Dead End" and "One Way Street" signs at the start of it

[ICTDirect_Dave]

This place in Durham has always tickled me.

 

[mikeprice]

This place in Durham has always tickled me.

 

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Pity Me Framwell Gate Moor surely has to be a play or a film or something

[6Foot2]

 

No, thanks all the same I'm not going to pay £5 to look at that. I'll find some other way to pass the time.

 

[6Foot2]

Too many bollards is not enough!..

 

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..it seems.

 

 

Not NEARLY enough!

[mikeprice]

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Not NEARLY enough!

 

The Daily Mail anti-cycling campaign really seems to be gathering force!!