tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post7472771400156354123..comments2024-03-27T11:51:03.366+00:00Comments on The Ranty Highwayman: Big Blue Wobbly Thing*The Ranty Highwaymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17361350433158148025noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-48685506253306980442015-08-05T07:03:47.893+01:002015-08-05T07:03:47.893+01:00A splay kerb has a 75mm upstand on the splay which...A splay kerb has a 75mm upstand on the splay which should reduce the risk of pedal strikes for most people, but the way TfL is laying them is higher (100mm to 125mm) which is more likely to catch a pedal. The vertical part of the upstand has the other effect of being more likely to catch a wheel if clipped.The Ranty Highwaymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361350433158148025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-77972574151838532452015-08-04T21:54:49.379+01:002015-08-04T21:54:49.379+01:00Correct me if I'm wrong, but the only advantag...Correct me if I'm wrong, but the only advantage of splayed kerbs ever mentioned by TfL is that it reduces the risk of clipping your pedals on the kerb. I have never seen them mention the fact that it reduces the risk of falling over if your wheel hits the kerb. <br /><br />That's the only explanation I can think of for why there's a small up-stand: TfL are only designing the kerbs to help avoid pedals being clipped. Avoiding wheels being clipped don't seem to be a consideration in the design.adohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09517138595327973266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-13625000275211092522015-07-31T18:04:59.942+01:002015-07-31T18:04:59.942+01:00It is completely frustrating to me, because there ...It is completely frustrating to me, because there is no extra effort or cost to get the kerb detail right. For the life of me, I can't work out why. They are also getting it wrong on the Embankment too. I am going to email them about it.The Ranty Highwaymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361350433158148025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-71842008251741689462015-07-31T09:52:23.290+01:002015-07-31T09:52:23.290+01:00In all the consultations for this and the N/S rout...In all the consultations for this and the N/S route I religiously included reminders drawing attention to the need for splayed kerbs, so it's rather gratifying to see that TfL seems to show some awareness of the input that it gathered in the process, especially since the recently-refurbished protected lane on the eastern end of Howland Street in Camden, as with the rest of the Seven Stations Link, has the usual pedal-grabbing right angled kerbs.<br /><br />How disappointing then that the implementation here seems so half-baked.congokidnoreply@blogger.com