Totally agree with this. A “we understand the frustration and are doing all we can” type statement would be great. Rather than “it’s nothing to do with us” which is why we’re getting currently. Also part of the frustration is about cars leaving the car park and the P&R service which clearly are to do with the club as they employ the people doing it (even if it’s outsourced the club have the outsource contract).
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[Travel] Mill Road P&R Chaos
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Totally agree with this. A “we understand the frustration and are doing all we can” type statement would be great. Rather than “it’s nothing to do with us” which is why we’re getting currently. Also part of the frustration is about cars leaving the car park and the P&R service which clearly are to do with the club as they employ the people doing it (even if it’s outsourced the club have the outsource contract).
Sadly though that would be a lie.
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Or some such variation on that theme !
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
I must be one of the very few lucky ones who is unaffected by all this.
Delivered straight into the Coach Park by NWSS coach, about an hour before kick off, then all l have to do is negotiate the steps up to the outer concourse.
Then after the game saunter back to the coach, and drive back out onto Village Way about half an hour after the final whistle.
Easy peasy.
Delivered straight into the Coach Park by NWSS coach, about an hour before kick off, then all l have to do is negotiate the steps up to the outer concourse.
Then after the game saunter back to the coach, and drive back out onto Village Way about half an hour after the final whistle.
Easy peasy.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
There are lies . . . and then there are damned lies.
and expensive.
- May 8, 2018
- 9,340
Same, although once we were all back on the coach way before the half hour “no leave zone” and the our driver had the audacity to attempt to leave “early” and got massively bollocked half way up village way
- May 8, 2018
- 9,340
Coach season ticket adds about £12-£13 a game for me which on one hand is annoying but on the other worth every penny!
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Yes, indeed it is I've done the same on coaches from Shoreham several times this season. But unlike most contributers on this thread, you are not relying on public transport, of which some methods (particularly on Sundays or public holidays) are becoming unviable.
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Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
So the crux of the issue is the stadium has expanded whereas the included in ticket price transport has contracted, how is this not an issue for the club to resolve ?
Terry Butcher Tribute Act
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Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Indeed. Isn't that always the boittom line in just about everything now?
My day of idly disassociating away from the decorating, finally led me to folding e-bikes, with this thread in mind.
Brompton's are, and seemingly will always be, prohibitively expensive, but I did find this mad thing for less than £800.
www.electriclife.co.uk
That appears to be the non-brompton, entry level, price point, with loads of choice although I have no idea how much assistance you get for you cash.
While the Halfords Assist, which the old couple down the road are always whizzing around on, is now less than £500. (As before no idea if any good)
Brompton's are, and seemingly will always be, prohibitively expensive, but I did find this mad thing for less than £800.
Flo Electric Folding Bike
Weighing only 19.9kg the Li-Fe Flo e-bike has a folding frame, handlebar stem and folding pedals making it easy to pack down, transport and store. Its even an award winner - picking up the 2021 IF Design Award. Our modern Flo electric folding bike will happily assist you of speeds up to 15.5mph...
www.electriclife.co.uk
That appears to be the non-brompton, entry level, price point, with loads of choice although I have no idea how much assistance you get for you cash.
While the Halfords Assist, which the old couple down the road are always whizzing around on, is now less than £500. (As before no idea if any good)
Horses Arse
Well-known member
Can't take the battery into the ground, expensive thing to go missing if left on bike. Wish they had storage availableMy day of idly disassociating away from the decorating, finally led me to folding e-bikes, with this thread in mind.
Brompton's are, and seemingly will always be, prohibitively expensive, but I did find this mad thing for less than £800.
Flo Electric Folding Bike
Weighing only 19.9kg the Li-Fe Flo e-bike has a folding frame, handlebar stem and folding pedals making it easy to pack down, transport and store. Its even an award winner - picking up the 2021 IF Design Award. Our modern Flo electric folding bike will happily assist you of speeds up to 15.5mph...
That appears to be the non-brompton, entry level, price point, with loads of choice although I have no idea how much assistance you get for you cash.
While the Halfords Assist, which the old couple down the road are always whizzing around on, is now less than £500. (As before no idea if any good)
Gazwag
5 millionth post poster
As said earlier, with the bike sheds overlooked by state of the art CCTV, stewards, occasionally armed police, a few hundred other bikes and anyone loitering near them for 90% of the time parked automatically looking suspicious, it's about the only place I leave a bike and don't give it a second thought.
Horses Arse
Well-known member
I'd love to have confidence in that. I'd hate to rely on it though.
Nicking a bike may attract attention of police, removing a battery, especially from a Brompton, less so. CCTV just proves it has been nicked, neither the police nor club would spend time finding the culprit.
Shouldn't be like that but unfortunately it is. CCTV a deterent but if it doesn't deter then it doesnt help a great deal unless it's related to a serious offence.
Should you not be writing 'unlocking then removing a battery'?
It's just a parochial version of the active trave debate at large.
For all the reason we already know transport is up pooh creek.
The answer isn't longer platforms, Thameslink trains, bypassing Brighton, more buses (despite there being no more drivers) waterslides cable cars and monorails - because none of that is happening.
An answer is to utilise the very good cycle path up from town (I can't speak for the east side of the stadium), yet that's the one met with the most objections, with you now adding mythical cycle crime to place with no reported cycle crime.
There are a damn sight easier and 'safer' bikes/batteries to nick, all across Sussex, than the ones with stewards, police and CCTV actively watching over them.
Our equivalent of leaving your bike outside The Israeli Embassy!
Mellor 3 Ward 4
Well-known member
What was very disappointing was the The Albion Roar tweeted that they had an interview coming up with PB
I asked if they were wanting questions to put to PB - I wanted the issue of transport raised - their reply was they interview had already taken place.
Very disappointing.