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See is there a front chain guard to stop your trouser cuffs getting | See is there a front chain guard to stop your trouser cuffs getting | ||
destroyed with oil :) Be prepared to tuck your trousers into your socks. | destroyed with oil :) Be prepared to tuck your trousers into your socks. | ||
===Insurance=== | |||
There are no places that I am aware of where one can insure a bicycle on its own; most people put the bike on their house insurance. The house cover should go up to bikes worth 500euro, beyond that you might need to add the bike to the policy and pay more. | |||
If you are renting, apparantly a crowd called http://www.123.ie will insure the house contents and your bicycle. | |||
==Accessories== | ==Accessories== | ||
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===Rathfarnham to City Centre=== | ===Rathfarnham to City Centre=== | ||
This way avoids alot of traffic lights and also alot of the heavy traffic on the canal. Sorry for the lack of roadnames, I'll update as I get to know more of them. From Rathfarnham, cycle past the river and up into Terenure. In Terenure take the right hand turn to go towards Rathgar (this is officially a No Right Turn but I've never had any trouble doing it). At Rathgar, take the road to the right of the Church. Keep cycling straight until you reach the first set of traffic lights and take the slip road to the left. Cycle on this road until you reach the shops. About halfway along the shops, there's a right hand turn. Go down this road and at the end of this road there should be a Church. Go around the Church and straight on until you reach the traffic lights. At the lights turn left onto Palmerston Road and keep straight until you reach the next lights. At these lights, turn right and this will bring you into Ranelagh. In Ranelagh, turn left at the traffic lights and head out of Ranelagh. Shortly after Ranelagh there's a right turn onto Northbrook Road, go down this road and this will take you onto Dartmouth Square. Go around this and this will bring you onto Leeson St Upper. Cycle down Lesson St and into the City Centre. | This way avoids alot of traffic lights and also alot of the heavy traffic on the canal. Sorry for the lack of roadnames, I'll update as I get to know more of them. From Rathfarnham, cycle past the river and up into Terenure. In Terenure take the right hand turn to go towards Rathgar (this is officially a No Right Turn but I've never had any trouble doing it). At Rathgar, take the road to the right of the Church. Keep cycling straight until you reach the first set of traffic lights and take the slip road to the left. Cycle on this road until you reach the shops. About halfway along the shops, there's a right hand turn. Go down this road and at the end of this road there should be a Church. Go around the Church and straight on until you reach the traffic lights. At the lights turn left onto Palmerston Road and keep straight until you reach the next lights. At these lights, turn right and this will bring you into Ranelagh. In Ranelagh, turn left at the traffic lights and head out of Ranelagh. Shortly after Ranelagh there's a right turn onto Northbrook Road, go down this road and this will take you onto Dartmouth Square. Go around this and this will bring you onto Leeson St Upper. Cycle down Lesson St and into the City Centre. | ||
==Links== | |||
The following set of links have been blatantly stolen from the Cycling forum on http://www.boards.ie | |||
===Shops=== | |||
www.chainreactioncycles.com | |||
www.probikekit.com | |||
www.wiggle.co.uk | |||
www.evanscycles.com | |||
www.cyclesuperstore.ie | |||
www.cycleways.com | |||
===News & General=== | |||
www.irishcycling.com -Irish news | |||
www.cyclingnews.com - World News | |||
www.pezcyclingnews.com - American Slant - but good colour pieces | |||
===Bike Manufacturer & Bike Reviews=== | |||
http://www.mtbr.com/reviews/ - all you MTB products & bikes reviewed | |||
===D.I.Y Repair & Maintenance Tips=== | |||
http://www.parktool.com/repair_help/FAQindex.shtml | |||
http://www.utahmountainbiking.com/fix/ | |||
===Races & Clubs & Associations=== | |||
http://www.fbdinsuranceras.com/ Rás | |||
http://www.cyclingulster.com/ - cycling ulster | |||
http://www.juniortour.org/ - junior tour of Ireland | |||
www.MTBIreland.com - MTB Ireland | |||
===Groups & Activists=== | |||
http://www.dublincycling.org http://home.connect.ie/dcc/ - Dublin Cycling Campaign | |||
http://www.eirbyte.com/gcc/ - Galway Cycling Campaign | |||
http://www.ecf.com - European Cyclists' Federation | |||
http://www.velo-city2005.com/ - Velo-City 2005 Dublin | |||
http://www.22september.org/ - Car Free Day |
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