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biker jk wrote:

megalo wrote:More tacks today (Sunday 15th March) friend got tacked today and also last sunday. I was lucky

Spoke to some other riders and was told at leat another 4 at the time we were there.

Sad part is we can't do anything about it

Why don't you ride on the road? Are the tacks thrown in the bike lane alone or also on the road?

We do ride on the road (shoulder only) and use the dedicated bike lane as well. People with flat tyres today were spread out along the Boulevard.

On the road right of the white line is best.

kb wrote:On the road right of the white line is best.

Agreed - there is no requirement to ride on the shoulder, and that is where there are going to be more loose tacks.

If you ride to the right of the white line, any tacks that have been dropped will likely be picked up by the tyres of the cars using the road. This is my standard practise for the Boulie now.

nezumi wrote:

kb wrote:On the road right of the white line is best.

Agreed - there is no requirement to ride on the shoulder, and that is where there are going to be more loose tacks.

If you ride to the right of the white line, any tacks that have been dropped will likely be picked up by the tyres of the cars using the road. This is my standard practise for the Boulie now.

On the right of the white line is best tack-wise but prefer riding on the shoulder for 2 reasons,

1 - It's safer to stay clear of cars, I would think so anyway......
2 - Don't want to give drivers a reason to dislike cyclists, it's possible they would......

Having a day off this Thursday so hopefully will be a tack-free day

megalo wrote:

nezumi wrote:

kb wrote:On the road right of the white line is best.

Agreed - there is no requirement to ride on the shoulder, and that is where there are going to be more loose tacks.

If you ride to the right of the white line, any tacks that have been dropped will likely be picked up by the tyres of the cars using the road. This is my standard practise for the Boulie now.

On the right of the white line is best tack-wise but prefer riding on the shoulder for 2 reasons,

1 - It's safer to stay clear of cars, I would think so anyway......
2 - Don't want to give drivers a reason to dislike cyclists, it's possible they would......

Having a day off this Thursday so hopefully will be a tack-free day

Your choice but I would ride on the road to avoid punctures. You said there's nothing you can do about the tacks but there is something you can do about where to ride to avoid them.

Rode there on Sunday, stayed right of the white line and missed all the tacks. Lots of people with flats unfortunately.

megalo wrote:

nezumi wrote:

kb wrote:On the road right of the white line is best.

Agreed - there is no requirement to ride on the shoulder, and that is where there are going to be more loose tacks.

If you ride to the right of the white line, any tacks that have been dropped will likely be picked up by the tyres of the cars using the road. This is my standard practise for the Boulie now.

On the right of the white line is best tack-wise but prefer riding on the shoulder for 2 reasons,

1 - It's safer to stay clear of cars, I would think so anyway......
2 - Don't want to give drivers a reason to dislike cyclists, it's possible they would......

Having a day off this Thursday so hopefully will be a tack-free day

This is why we need to hire some of those portable signs:
"Cyclists Beware;
Hazard on shoulder
Use main lane"

nezumi wrote:

kb wrote:On the road right of the white line is best.

Agreed - there is no requirement to ride on the shoulder, and that is where there are going to be more loose tacks.

If you ride to the right of the white line, any tacks that have been dropped will likely be picked up by the tyres of the cars using the road. This is my standard practise for the Boulie now.

Has the added bonus of potentially annoying the deranged idiot or idiots who are dropping the tacks. If it is a driver or motorcyclist who is doing this because they wish to rid the Boulie of cyclists getting in their way whilst they take the corners at speed, they will realise dropping tacks is counterproductive to their cause

warthog1 wrote:

nezumi wrote:

kb wrote:On the road right of the white line is best.

Agreed - there is no requirement to ride on the shoulder, and that is where there are going to be more loose tacks.

If you ride to the right of the white line, any tacks that have been dropped will likely be picked up by the tyres of the cars using the road. This is my standard practise for the Boulie now.

Has the added bonus of potentially annoying the deranged idiot or idiots who are dropping the tacks. If it is a driver or motorcyclist who is doing this because they wish to rid the Boulie of cyclists getting in their way whilst they take the corners at speed, they will realise dropping tacks is counterproductive to their cause

Indeed, that is the main reason why I have been suggesting that cyclists ride on the road through there. If all cyclists did it and motorists were inconvenienced then I'm sure there would be a great deal of pressure brought upon the perpetrator to stop dropping the tacks.

Its obviously a resident.

You are probably correct DD.
Still going to annoy the imbecile though, so that's reason enough for mine

Derny Driver wrote:Its obviously a resident.

the alternative suspect is a commuter - a lot of drivers jump off Chandler Hwy and use the Boullie to access Johnson St.

I rode on Sunday afternoon. I didn't spot any but a MTB'er got tacked just north of the Studley Park Boathouse turnoff.

i rode northbound on the 20th and no tacks that i could see.
I rode on the right side of the line and i saw some southbound riders on the shoulder with no problems

Some controversial comments to say the least. What about CCTV cameras?

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/03/after ... -about-it/

biker jk wrote:Some controversial comments to say the least. What about CCTV cameras?

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/03/after ... -about-it/

if the cops have a theory of when its being done then by all means surveillance is a good idea but having CCTV all along the Boulevard isn't

Strydz wrote:

biker jk wrote:Some controversial comments to say the least. What about CCTV cameras?

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/03/after ... -about-it/

if the cops have a theory of when its being done then by all means surveillance is a good idea but having CCTV all along the Boulevard isn't

You can still place temporary CCTV systems to record movement, and the fact that someone has already done the ground work for approximately when and where would make it easier to co-ordinate.

I just wonder how much it would cost the local council to run those miniature street sweeps once a week up and down the bollie.

Don't ride in the shoulder, simples.

In this abnormal event, we should request non-standard advisory signage like "tacks on shoulder" "cyclists use road" to be installed along the Boulevard. Black wording on yellow background in diamond shape like a warning sign.

This helps to get the message out there and may reduce potential tensions between cyclists and motorists.

marty_one wrote:

Strydz wrote:

biker jk wrote:Some controversial comments to say the least. What about CCTV cameras?

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/03/after ... -about-it/

if the cops have a theory of when its being done then by all means surveillance is a good idea but having CCTV all along the Boulevard isn't

I just wonder how much it would cost the local council to run those miniature street sweeps once a week up and down the bollie.

VicRoads run street sweepers down there a couple of times a month. It costs about $2000 a pop because they transport them from Dandenong.

Tacked this morning just before the bridge going over the freeeway toward chandler end.

Saw 2 other fixing flats as well, with a third riding past mentioned she'd just fixed one herself.

Vicroads have confirmed they have a crew coming out today to clean up again...

dalai47 wrote:Vicroads have confirmed they have a crew coming out today to clean up again...

If they did, the missed the one that got me tonight. Grrrr.

Saw a guy (presumably Vicroads) with a little hand held contraption sweeping the bike lane on the last rise before descending to Chandler Hwy around lunchtime today.

As others have written on this and other fora, ride outside the white line and you'll have a much better chance of riding tack free.

I saw two people looking at their tyres this morning on Yarra Boulevard, Kew. One near the Gipps Street bridge and the other closer to Walmer Street on the MYT shared path before it branches off.