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Jan and Klodi's Party Bus - part II **off topic discussion**

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    #5852
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,471 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    They have a competition in my workplace to win a bike tomorrow. It involves doing goldsprints on exercise bikes. I am excited, time to shake off the cobwebs and bring back the pain (the majority of people in my building are just slightly over half my age).


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    #5853
    robyntmorton
    Registered Users Posts: 4,263 ✭✭✭robyntmorton


    Go for it! Show em how it's done!


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    #5854
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,743 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    CramCycle wrote: »
    They have a competition in my workplace to win a bike tomorrow. It involves doing goldsprints on exercise bikes. I am excited, time to shake off the cobwebs and bring back the pain (the majority of people in my building are just slightly over half my age).

    The principle of the competition seems a little off. The winner is probably the person who needs a bicycle least?


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    #5855
    manafana
    Registered Users Posts: 3,484 ✭✭✭manafana


    tomasrojo wrote: »
    The principle of the competition seems a little off. The winner is probably the person who needs a bicycle least?

    trickle down economics :cool:


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    #5856
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    tomasrojo wrote: »
    The principle of the competition seems a little off. The winner is probably the person who needs a bicycle least?

    The winner is probably the person, who will get the most use from it.


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    #5857
    Chuchote
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭Chuchote


    CramCycle wrote: »
    They have a competition in my workplace to win a bike tomorrow. It involves doing goldsprints on exercise bikes. I am excited, time to shake off the cobwebs and bring back the pain (the majority of people in my building are just slightly over half my age).

    Don't swap a heart attack for a putative bike.


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    #5858
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,471 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Chuchote wrote: »
    Don't swap a heart attack for a putative bike.

    I done a similar competition in my old job last year, where you won some random gift. You got two attempts to cover the most distance in one minute. A young lad beat my first attempt by 20 metres. I beat him by 2metres on my second attempt but could not walk for the rest of the day. So worth it for the tub of whey powder I never intend using.


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    #5859
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,378 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Eamonnator wrote: »
    The winner is probably the person, who will get the most use from it.
    Right, so - the plan is evolving

    Thinking about putting on one of these goldsprint events at my workplace. Just need to get someone senior enough (probably me) to sign it all off and agree the company will fund the Cervelo prize bike.


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    #5860
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,378 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Actually come to think about it there is one guy in the office who's actually older than me. Don't want him to lose out and think we may need to handicap this based on age.....


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    #5861
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,165 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    tomasrojo wrote: »
    I have two 700x28 in the shed. They're too hard to get onto my current wheelset, so they only did a few km. They've been in the shed a few years, but they're absolutely fine, I think. Yours for free, if you want them. I live in Balally/Dundrum/whatever it's called.

    Missed this before, that would be amazing tomasrojo as I've learned from CW that the distributor for them in IE has shut up shop. I'll throw a few quid to the SSF to make up for your generosity :)


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    #5862
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,743 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    ED E wrote: »
    Missed this before, that would be amazing tomasrojo as I've learned from CW that the distributor for them in IE has shut up shop. I'll throw a few quid to the SSF to make up for your generosity :)


    I'm off out right now. PM me and we'll arrange a pick up.


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    #5863
    Lumen
    Registered Users Posts: 31,012 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Beasty wrote: »
    Right, so - the plan is evolving

    Thinking about putting on one of these goldsprint events at my workplace. Just need to get someone senior enough (probably me) to sign it all off and agree the company will fund the Cervelo prize bike.
    How are you going to get the bikes up to the top?

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    #5864
    cdaly_
    Registered Users Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭cdaly_


    Sure a 36x28 will be grand for that...


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    #5865
    Chuchote
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭Chuchote


    CramCycle wrote: »
    I done a similar competition in my old job last year, where you won some random gift. You got two attempts to cover the most distance in one minute. A young lad beat my first attempt by 20 metres. I beat him by 2metres on my second attempt but could not walk for the rest of the day. So worth it for the tub of whey powder I never intend using.

    Damn, for a moment I read that as "white powder" and eyebrows hit the ceiling.


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    #5866
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,827 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Enjoy your new bike Cram! We expect a winning update... #spintowin


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    #5867
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,471 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    nee wrote: »
    Enjoy your new bike Cram! We expect a winning update... #spintowin
    Got a call from the creche, I spun to get there (I can be pretty damn fast with motivation apparently), so no bike for me. I do wonder if I had taken the time to change into my cycling shoes would I have been quicker overall and two, apparently my really nice work trousers do not like cycling.
    On a side note, people in creches are terrible for exaggerating symptoms. He is a bit tired and a tiny bit pale should not be related to you as, he is very pale and lethargic, he keeps falling asleep and we cannot wake him up now, I keep checking in on him to make sure he is still breathing.
    Sweet christ, I arrive to see him tired but sitting up and chatting to his friends. Thankfully my adrenaline instead of common sense kicked in, because if I had taken what they said on board I would have screamed for an ambulance.
    Going to get a pic of the bike that I can show at his 21st and say, my love for you cost me this bike.


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    #5868
    Chuchote
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭Chuchote


    CramCycle wrote: »
    Going to get a pic of the bike that I can show at his 21st and say, my love for you cost me this bike.

    What happened to the bike?


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    #5869
    Chuchote
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭Chuchote


    I've uploaded a couple of GPX files so I can see how they work on the Here app on my phone.

    (I made the routes in http://brouter.de/brouter-web/ and downloaded them, then emailed them to myself, opened the email on the phone and told it to add the route to Here We Go.)

    But how do I invoke them from Here?


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    #5870
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,471 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Chuchote wrote: »
    What happened to the bike?

    Some young person has it now, I am acting on the basis that I would have won it.


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    #5871
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,827 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    CramCycle wrote: »
    Some young person has it now, I am acting on the basis that I would have won it.

    Correct procedure!


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    #5872
    Chuchote
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭Chuchote


    Oooh, that bike! The putative bike! Ah well: toddler/bike, hmmm; bike/toddler, hmmm… you made the right choice.


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    #5873
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,743 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    Chuchote wrote: »
    Oooh, that bike! The putative bike! Ah well: toddler/bike, hmmm; bike/toddler, hmmm… you made the right choice.

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    #5874
    Hungrycol
    Registered Users Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭Hungrycol


    Quick help. I know nothing about hybrid/MTB wheels and a work colleague has brough in his tyre/wheel measurements for a new tube he needs, as I know about bikes and all that stuff. He's given me "37-622" and "28 x 1 3/8". What tube do I need on CRC? Links please.......


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    #5875
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    Normal 700c tube will do just fine, just make sure it's suited for larger (37mm) tyres and has the right valve type (schrader/presta/Dunlop)


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    #5876
    Hungrycol
    Registered Users Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭Hungrycol


    like this?

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ie/en/continental-tour-28-all-tube/rp-prod18907


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    #5877
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    Yup!


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    #5878
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,852 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    Anyone see this.

    Garda seize cars blocking bike lane


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    #5879
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,127 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    Weepsie wrote: »
    Anyone see this.

    Garda seize cars blocking bike lane
    I read about it the other day. In reality I think it's more to do with the cars being for sale, the fact that they're in a cycle lane is coincidental.


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    #5880
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,471 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    nee wrote: »
    Correct procedure!

    Followed on here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=102642395&postcount=15


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    #5881
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,957 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Weepsie wrote: »
    Anyone see this.

    Garda seize cars blocking bike lane
    RobertFoster wrote: »
    I read about it the other day. In reality I think it's more to do with the cars being for sale, the fact that they're in a cycle lane is coincidental.
    There are cars permanently parked in the cycle track on the R132 at Fosterstown in Swords (outside the breakers yard) for years now. One time I asked a couple of Gardai who happened to be in the vicinity about it and the reply I got was that the scrapyard owner put them there as he wanted them towed away so the Gardai weren't going to give in to him!

    (I also realise that there is a long time legal dispute going on there).


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