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Dibs on the front combo dirty white/black harry lever with tektro brake, black cable.
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It does beg the question why Hackney and Bristol (as per link to article provided by BMMF) councils are trialling these manhole covers if they cannot be implemented across the road networks that they are responsible for.
I couldn't agree more Bobbo, I can't see Hackney doing this out of the kindness of their hearts. I'm really interested to hear what they say.
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HatBeard - I salute you. That drawing is killer! I might include it in my next correspondence with Boris. ©HatBeard naturally.
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From what i can gather the utilities companies (water, gas etc) are responsible for maintaining the manhole covers, and they are dictated to by European legislation and at present the The European Standard for skid resistance of manhole covers is EN124, which is what the current metal ones are. So if the European standard changed then all manhole covers would need to change.
Even if they just changed the ones on corners that would be a bloody good start.
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On that get a grip sight that the op linked to there is a section called product trials they mention a type of manhole cover that Hackney Council is trialling for several reasons (including more grip) one of them being that that they are non-metal manhole covers which would deter thieves selling stolen manhole covers for scrap!
Has anyone seen one of these? if so do they look as flimsy as they sound?
Bobbo - they look like just the ticket. I've never seen them before, I might contact Hackney council too and ask them how it went. Surely Boris J doesn't want everyone riding Boris bikes going arse over tit every time it rains?!?
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So I have the usual tale of woe, last Thursday I was cycling along Savoy
Hill WC2 and as I prepared to take the corner a taxi came round the bend,
it's a narrow road so I moved to the side of the road but went over a
manhole cover smack bang on the corner which I didn't know was there, it had
just been raining, you can guess the rest, my wheels came out from under me
and before I even had a chance to put out my hands I was face down on the
tarmac inches away from the taxi's wheels. An ambulance ride to casualty
followed and five stitches above my eye, messed up my hip too so can't cycle
for a while.The taxi driver wasn't speeding or hogging the road, I was wearing a helmet
and cycling normally, the manhole cover wasn't worn out.We all know that manhole covers are treacherous when wet but is there
anything, apart from practical solutions like avoiding the manhole, we can
do about it? Is there someone we can lobby to get manhole covers on corners
changed? Or is this just a hazard that as cyclists we just accept, that one
day it will be our turn to wipe out?I have come across this campaign, which is petitioning to improve the
roads, manholes being part of that http://www.getagripuk.org/ with their
recommendations on manholes here
http://www.getagripuk.org/Main-content/solutions.htmlI have also written to Boris Johnson and to Westminster Council, if anyone
is interested in this I will update this post with their replies.
Looking for a 1 1/8 Inch AHeadset and a 25.4 riser bar.
Black, silver, gold don't mind too much.
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