{"id":7789,"date":"2014-02-07T16:19:46","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T16:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=7789"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:06:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:06:56","slug":"phantom-irish-pothole-finally-appears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/02\/07\/phantom-irish-pothole-finally-appears\/","title":{"rendered":"Phantom Irish Pothole Finally Appears."},"content":{"rendered":"

Per the pothole that destroyed me and did a lot of damage to my bike last December, per this report<\/a>:
\nConvincing people that I could hardly walk because I had been launched by a monster pothole that swallowed my front wheel was hardly compelling when I couldn’t show the hole in the road to anyone. My credibility had to be even more suspect when I claimed that this dangerous condition existed right next to the road’s limit line. Nor can I blame the local road works because it is always covered by water. Until today!!<\/p>\n

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Less than a mile from where we live, I probably go by this area at least once a day. It is always, and I mean always, covered by water. Even on days where there has been no rain. Why the water had receded today is a mystery to me.<\/p>\n

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At least now I can document this vicious cycling trap so the local authorities will know where to go to get this problem resolved. With the result being that another bike rider will not have to suffer a potentially lethal result.<\/p>\n

THX 4 all of U!!<\/p>\n

btw: Per my blog report<\/a> above, here is what this area normally looks like:<\/p>\n

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Per the pothole that destroyed me and did a lot of damage to my bike last December, per this report:… read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiwheel","category-ireland","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-21D","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7429,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/12\/13\/eagle-pothole-disaster-gives-way-to-nbg-pot-of-gold\/","url_meta":{"origin":7789,"position":0},"title":"Eagle Pothole Disaster @ Old Castlebar Airport Gives Way to NBG Pot of Gold","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"December 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I sent the following post to the Wheelmen forum, my small brethren of fellow HiWheel bike riders, on Monday before I went out for a training ride here in Ireland on the Eagle: At our new National Bicycle Greenway blog, I just finished the tedious job of consolidating all my\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Eagle-HiWheel"","block_context":{"text":"Eagle-HiWheel","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/eagle-hiwheel\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Picture-39.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Picture-39.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Picture-39.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Picture-39.png?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7630,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/12\/30\/weather-cooperates-body-cooperates-back-on-the-eagle\/","url_meta":{"origin":7789,"position":1},"title":"Weather Cooperates – Body Cooperates: Back on the Eagle","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"December 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Rode the Eagle. seven miles today. 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