Friday Night Rants?

[Banditbandit]

You need to factor in lifetime of Web vs Concrete ones. The repair.maintenence cost would be higher in Wrb
There would be less cost for a rider injured on a conc barrier as opposed to web

Maybe we should set up a controlled test part wrb part conc

Yeah - we can chuck some of our bike-riding politicians at the wire barriers at high speed and see if it shreds them ..

[Akzle]

Yeah - we can chuck some of our bike-riding politicians at the wire barriers at high speed and see if it shreds them ..

i'd vote for that. We need a refferendum!

[scrivy]

Mmmm, Cheese Barriers

Is that like a blue waffle?

[eldog]

Or perhaps...every cunt could just fuck up and stop crying about something that just isn't a fucken issue.

Cunts.

Now Theres a subject KB is ideal for

[oldrider]

Yeah - we can chuck some of our bike-riding politicians at the wire barriers at high speed and see if it shreds them ..

Really! - Are there any of them left now?

[Banditbandit]

Really! - Are there any of them left now?

Well Phil Goff for one - at least in his Mayoral Campaign video he does ...

http://thespinoff.co.nz/20-04-2016/i...abe-phil-goff/

I believe Winnie peters still rides his harley ...

Goof candidates for the experiment ..

[caspernz]

Or perhaps...every cunt could just fuck up and stop crying about something that just isn't a fucken issue.

Cunts.

Ouch! I'm thinking the same way as Drew...just not as politely

WRBs aren't ideal objects to hit. But then neither are trees, power poles, strainer posts or any other kind of road side furniture

[Big Dog]

Are you sure? If you come off midcorner aren't you heading toward the apex and toward a Web on the median.
Toward the median?

Except inertia will still be present and your turning force will not since your rubber is no longer connecting you to the road. Result you carry on in a straight line which relatively speaking is to the outside.
The opposite of course is true on a left turn... according to specification they are not installed on right of a left turn... Tui ad right there.


Ps I may not have the physics terminology right but pop down to your nearest hair pin on race day and wait for someone to test their leathers.
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[Berries]

You need to factor in lifetime of Web vs Concrete ones. The repair.maintenence cost would be higher in Wrb
There would be less cost for a rider injured on a conc barrier as opposed to web

Maybe we should set up a controlled test part wrb part conc

No need, just ride from Dunedin to Mosgiel and back. The older section has a concrete median that is scuffed to fuck. I can only think of one repair required in the last five years when it got hit by a truck at near to a right angle. Most of the time the damage is swept up, car removed and nobody is any the wiser to there having been an incident - and some of them have been fairly big crashes.

Then you look at the WRB on the new section and that gets hit every few weeks. You know this because the damage is evident for days afterwards and you often wonder how the hell people hit it where they do. A few years back I looked at lifetime maintenance costs for various types of barrier but as the cost was a big fat zero for concrete I did not get far.

Not so sure I would agree with your second comment. Have seen several riders seriously injured hitting concrete median barriers. While the smooth face might look forgiving in comparison to a WRB they are still made of concrete. My advice is the same whatever the barrier is made of, best not to hit it.

[eldog]

Except inertia will still be present and your turning force will not since your rubber is no longer connecting you to the road. Result you carry on in a straight line which relatively speaking is to the outside.
The opposite of course is true on a left turn... according to specification they are not installed on right of a left turn... Tui ad right there.
Ps I may not have the physics terminology right but pop down to your nearest hair pin on race day and wait for someone to test their leathers.
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Yes you are right, but you were talking the inside and outside of a curve

I was thinking inside and outside lanes
outside lane is on the left, inside lane on the right

semantics maybe, I just wasn't thinking of curves - well not that type anyway.

[eldog]

My advice is the same whatever the barrier is made of, best not to hit it.

unless your using a bulldozer

[eldog]

Well Phil Goff for one - at least in his Mayoral Campaign video he does ...

http://thespinoff.co.nz/20-04-2016/i...abe-phil-goff/

I believe Winnie peters still rides his harley ...

Goof candidates for the experiment ..

$5 and a bag of chips to watch?

[nzspokes]

I concur. Was trying to look like he knew what he was doing.

[RDJ]

unless your using a bulldozer

Nah. regardless of mode of conveyance, best not to hit a pretty much immovable object at any speed, in any vehicle. It will not end well. IMO.

[Akzle]

Nah. regardless of mode of conveyance, best not to hit a pretty much immovable object at any speed, in any vehicle. It will not end well. IMO.

if it's immovable, you need a bigger dozer.