braamfontein sptuit

[Jules]

Had a chat to my wife about this this morning after receiving the article from Knievel. After she calmed me down she made a good point. There is a rider who is at the level who will attempt this teeter-totter and will have a 50/50 chance of falling off. The consequences of falling off this thing are quite extreme.

 

 

If this obstacle was placed somewhere where it was just an obstacle and not a means to crossing the river I don't think it wold get the negative press it is receiving.

 

 

 

It is true that if you fell off that thing, your chances of hurting yourself are quite high. It is quite a drop and there are sharp rocks below. A friend of mine's mom got a nasty gash in her arm trying to ride the thing (she has no plans to sue the builder that i'm aware of).

 

 

 

Whereas if you fall off another obstacle, you might just get a bruise or something.

 

 

 

Still, the bottom line is: if you attempt the thing and you crash it's your own stupid fault, especially if there is a sign.

[Jackes]

The article if anyone missed it.

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Nancy said: ?If structures like that are put up in a
public place' date=' people tend to trust them.
It is absolute negligence on the part of
the grown-ups who put these up on the
cycling trail.

[/quote']

 

So she's the one behind all this 

 

Jackes17542008-08-20 05:58:22

[TNT1]

 

 

The article if anyone missed it.

 

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Nancy said: ?If structures like that are put up in a

public place' date=' people tend to trust them.

It is absolute negligence on the part of

the grown-ups who put these up on the

cycling trail.

 

[/quote']

 

So she's the one behind all this, hmm

 

 

Who's all these "grown-ups" of which she speaks?

TNT12008-08-20 05:58:57

[Jules]

The article doesn't say he's threatening to sue, unless i'm missing something?

[DawieO]

Had a chat to my wife about this this morning after receiving the article from Knievel. After she calmed me down she made a good point. There is a rider who is at the level who will attempt this teeter-totter and will have a 50/50 chance of falling off. The consequences of falling off this thing are quite extreme.

 

If this obstacle was placed somewhere where it was just an obstacle and not a means to crossing the river I don't think it wold get the negative press it is receiving.

 

It's not as if it was the ONLY means of crossing the river, so the argument doesn't hold.

 

It was right next to the traditional crossing so it puts this right back to "If you can't ride it, don't"

[knievel]

I agree, who ever said he was going to sue?

 

Here is another article about it in reply to the Sandton Chronicle.

 

http://www.supersport.co.za/cycling/columns.aspx?id=6123&headline=Use+at+your+Own+Risk

 

I must say i agree!

 

[GIRR]

Damn I didn't know there were any boulders there

And I thought it was just the north shore stuff declared illegal?

 

Why is anything written in the paper always so twisted.

[Dirtbreath]

Had a chat to my wife about this this morning after receiving the article from Knievel. After she calmed me down she made a good point. There is a rider who is at the level who will attempt this teeter-totter and will have a 50/50 chance of falling off. The consequences of falling off this thing are quite extreme.

 

If this obstacle was placed somewhere where it was just an obstacle and not a means to crossing the river I don't think it wold get the negative press it is receiving.

 

It's not as if it was the ONLY means of crossing the river' date=' so the argument doesn't hold.

 

It was right next to the traditional crossing so it puts this right back to "If you can't ride it, don't"

[/quote']

 

You are right. But sometimes one doesnt know that you can't ride it until you are splattered on the rocks below. A fall onto hard soil where you get a few bumps and bruises to dent your ego is one thing but there have been many nasty spills there that are not so much the obstacle itself but the terrain over which it spans.

[DawieO]

So by that argument we can all do trapeze acts as long as they are on the ground?

[Dirtbreath]

Dude, now you are being silly. But for the ssake of this argument, say a trapeze is 3 metres of the ground so when you fall, you know it, versus having it 15 metres off the ground that when you fall, you don't get up again.

 

Your analogy equates a spinning bike installed on the spruit.

 

I loved this thing and applaud the guys who put it up. A lot of hard work went into it. Every time I rode it felt like the first.

[Thug]

Don't people use common sense anymore ???

 

It is one of two ways of crossing the sewerage stream. The other is to clamber over the rocks. Because its there, doesn't mean that one has to ride it !! If your skills levels are such that you are "afraid" of crashing, don't ride the damn thing.

 

People will always try and blame implements and not their own skills shortcoming.

 

I'm sorry to hear about your injuries Peter, but if you sue, in my eyes you are a total twat.

 

 

 

 

 

[Dirtbreath]

Don't people use common sense anymore ???

 

Is that a serious question?

[DawieO]

I hear you DB, but the difference being you wouldn't be swinging on the big one unless you could.

Nuff said, I see your point, but the whole suing thing is just silly.

 

I also loved that thing. 

[slowpoke]

ok, so what next - you won't be able to buy hot coffee anywhere because the warning ont he cup isn't enough

 

you won't be able to buy a microwave to heat the coffee cos the manufacturers will have gone out of business because they got sued for making something which COULD heat coffee to boiling point (ditto for stoves and kettles)

 

AAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!

 

that his family support him shows it's a genetic problem and NOT simply from falling too hard on his head 

[markStockton]

 

I agree' date=' who ever said he was going to sue?

 

Here is another article about it in reply to the Sandton Chronicle.

 

http://www.supersport.co.za/cycling/columns.aspx?id=6123&headline=Use+at+your+Own+Risk

 

I must say i agree!

 

[/quote']

 

I have to say this article sums it up in the end. Instead of bitching, put up a bridge as an alternative / chicken run etc.

 

However this is the sensible thing to do.

 

[Dirtbreath]

Problem is that all the bridges that are currently in place on the spruit were put there by mtb clubs and groups of riders. This was done at the ire of council and they are not too keen on doing it as they receive a lot of sh*t for doing a good deed.