They don't even pay road tax Joe. Off topic thread

Beasty · 22-07-2014 9:44am

Dermot Illogical wrote: »

From the top deck of the bus this morning I saw some genius cycling on the M1 heading south past Dublin Airport. I wonder if he took the port tunnel.

Maybe he was trying to take some of RobFowl's KOMs down the M1. Not sure he would get one down that stretch though, as I had the Garmin in the ambulance when being transported to the Beaumont in that direction after my crash 5 years ago...

AdMMM · 22-07-2014 9:45am

Nearly mowed down two sets of Spanish students this morning in the space of five minutes. The oul ticker could have done without their blindly walking out antics!

Pretty sure I would have come off worse though

Qualitymark · 22-07-2014 10:06am

AdMMM wrote: »

Nearly mowed down two sets of Spanish students this morning in the space of five minutes. The oul ticker could have done without their blindly walking out antics!

Pretty sure I would have come off worse though

I find a tinkle on the bicycle bell as you approach usually wakes them up.

bcmf · 22-07-2014 10:18am

Mrs bcmf us into the running thing.
She was loading a run into strava and noticed one of her running colleagues had loaded a run and got a KoM on the Balbriggan Skerries road with an avg speed thst worked out at 58 secs per km.
I informed her that the breakaway on the Giro weren't doing that speed on that segment.
So Strava cheating isn't confined to Cyclists@

RobFowl · 22-07-2014 10:43am

Beasty wrote: »

Maybe he was trying to take some of RobFowl's KOMs down the M1. Not sure he would get one down that stretch though, as I had the Garmin in the ambulance when being transported to the Beaumont in that direction after my crash 5 years ago...

Motor way KOM's deleted

None of the few I have are gale assisted btw unlike certain moderators about this place

lennymc · 22-07-2014 10:46am

RobFowl wrote: »

Motor way KOM's deleted

None of the few I have are gale assisted btw unlike certain moderators about this place

Beasty · 22-07-2014 11:40am

RobFowl wrote: »

None of the few I have are gale assisted btw unlike certain moderators about this place

Following my more recent crash I have absolutely no/very little recollection of the weather conditions on 4 April 2012 ...

Raam · 22-07-2014 11:43am

Beasty wrote: »

Following my more recent crash I have absolutely no/very little recollection of the weather conditions on 4 April 2012 ...

You had a crash? I haven't heard about this at all.

Beasty · 22-07-2014 11:49am

Raam wrote: »

You had a crash? I haven't heard about this at all.

Don't worry, I'll happily fill you in on the details when I get chance (and you've got a spare half hour or so):pac:

Jawgap · 22-07-2014 11:50am

lennymc wrote: »

Why is there a picture of ET in this thread

quozl · 22-07-2014 12:05pm

That photo belongs in the Party Bus.

lennymc · 22-07-2014 2:08pm

I was getting filthy looks earlier on from a cyclist when I was in the cycle lane. I was running though, and thoroughly deserved them.

RobFowl · 22-07-2014 2:17pm

lennymc wrote: »

I was getting filthy looks earlier on from a cyclist when I was in the cycle lane. I was running though, and thoroughly deserved them.

All you need now is a wet suit ........

Beasty · 22-07-2014 2:33pm

Even bleedin' horses are getting in the way of motorists now:

http://www.lescourseshippiques.com/hippodrome/495/saint-pierre-la-cour/20-07-2014/83321/course-8-prix-marc-vettier-videos.html

3.30 in ...

(link stolen from the Horse Racing forum)

rdsatapa · 22-07-2014 3:42pm

Qualitymark wrote: »

I find a tinkle on the bicycle bell as you approach usually wakes them up.

Get a horn.

manafana · 22-07-2014 4:02pm

RobFowl wrote: »

All you need now is a wet suit ........

hope you ran in sleeveless shirt and with long socks

Qualitymark · 22-07-2014 4:26pm

rdsatapa wrote: »

Get a horn.

That's your personal business.

RobertFoster · 22-07-2014 5:06pm

rdsatapa wrote: »

Get a horn.

After the picture of Gale, there's no hope.

AdMMM · 22-07-2014 5:10pm

rdsatapa wrote: »

Get a horn.

Jaysus, they were only children!

Qualitymark · 22-07-2014 5:12pm

AdMMM wrote: »

Jaysus, they were only children!

Excuse me. Misread it. Thought it said "Got a horn".

Eamonnator · 22-07-2014 7:46pm

Team IAM Cycling are using these helmets in the Tour de France.
I quite like the look of them.
Can anybody tell me , where I might be able to buy one?
Please.

Lumen · 22-07-2014 7:56pm

Eamonnator wrote: »

Can anybody tell me , where I might be able to buy one?

Step 1. Build time machine.

They're not out until December 2014.

lennymc · 22-07-2014 7:57pm

Eamonnator wrote: »

Team IAM Cycling are using these helmets in the Tour de France.
I quite like the look of them.
Can anybody tell me , where I might be able to buy one?
Please.

It's a nice looking helmet, but it's no air attack.

Raam · 22-07-2014 7:58pm

Lumen wrote: »

Step 1. Build time machine.

They're not out until December 2014.

I'll have the time machine ready in about six months.

Lusk_Doyle · 22-07-2014 7:59pm

bcmf wrote: »

Mrs bcmf us into the running thing.
She was loading a run into strava and noticed one of her running colleagues had loaded a run and got a KoM on the Balbriggan Skerries road with an avg speed thst worked out at 58 secs per km.
I informed her that the breakaway on the Giro weren't doing that speed on that segment.
So Strava cheating isn't confined to Cyclists@

I reported a few a while back also around Lusk, Skerries and Swords as the "runs" were clearly cycles and I wasn't losing my running KOMS to no cyclist!

Eamonnator · 22-07-2014 8:05pm

lennymc wrote: »

It's a nice looking helmet, but it's no air attack.

Sounds a bit aggressive for me.

bcmf · 22-07-2014 8:15pm

lennymc wrote: »

It's a nice looking helmet, but it's no hurling helmet that is the air attack.

...Fixed

Rua_ri · 22-07-2014 9:03pm

Some scumbag stole the child seat off my bike today at a rural train station. They left the bracket and the bike, just legged it with the seat. It really put me out that someone would do this. Nothing sacred or safe from thieves.

couerdelion · 22-07-2014 10:24pm

Everytime I'm watching the Tour de France and the commentators mention Bardet I find myself breaking out into the intro to this song.

You'll probably do the same now I've mentioned it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXCN1DhHTZA

Wishbone Ash · 22-07-2014 10:27pm

Spotted a chap at Blake's Cross this evening who was taking no chances - he had a track pump strapped to the top tube.

Lumen · 22-07-2014 10:42pm

Queen's horse Estimate tests positive for morphine
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/horse-racing/28430528

"Initial indications are that the positive test resulted from the consumption of a contaminated feed product, the Palace said."

CptMackey · 22-07-2014 10:44pm

Doesn't deserve a new thread but I need a new chain. I'm running a 10 speed ultrgra group. Will any 10speed chain do ie ultegra dues ace etc ?

Lumen · 22-07-2014 10:45pm

CptMackey wrote: »

Doesn't deserve a new thread but I need a new chain. I'm running a 10 speed ultrgra group. Will any 10speed chain do ie ultegra dues ace etc ?

Yes. Any 10sp Shimano/SRAM compatible chain.

CptMackey · 22-07-2014 10:47pm

Lumen wrote: »

Yes. Any 10sp Shimano/SRAM compatible chain.

Excellent, bike shop here I come. Now where is the credit card :pac:

BofaDeezNuhtz · 22-07-2014 11:25pm

Chris Hoy documentary on BBC1 now

BofaDeezNuhtz · 23-07-2014 4:57am

Dermot Illogical wrote: »

From the top deck of the bus this morning I saw some genius cycling on the M1 heading south past Dublin Airport. I wonder if he took the port tunnel.

Top decko or bottom decko?

Classic.

lennymc · 23-07-2014 10:17am

couerdelion wrote: »

Everytime I'm watching the Tour de France and the commentators mention Bardet I find myself breaking out into the intro to this song.

You'll probably do the same now I've mentioned it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXCN1DhHTZA

Curse you courdelion.

bcmf · 23-07-2014 12:09pm

P McQuaid on Pat Kenny proclaiming himself to be the saviour of cycling and that his stance against doping that led to his departure from the UCI.

I am suspicious to why he has reemerged and some former winners have come out in support of Armstrong.
Would it be possible he would be forming another cycling body?

buffalo · 23-07-2014 12:10pm

bcmf wrote: »

Would it be possible he would be forming another cycling body?

Long live the NCA!

RobFowl · 23-07-2014 12:22pm

bcmf wrote: »

P McQuaid on Pat Kenny proclaiming himself to be the saviour of cycling and that his stance against doping that led to his departure from the UCI.

I am suspicious to why he has reemerged and some former winners have come out in support of Armstrong.
Would it be possible he would be forming another cycling body?

Pat for president of the IVCA.....

bcmf · 23-07-2014 12:38pm

RobFowl wrote: »

Pat for president of the IVCA.....

So he can 'clean up ' the vets and make sure everyone competes at the same level.

Jawgap · 23-07-2014 3:54pm

oops......

Glasgow 2014: Sri Lanka cyclists stopped by police on M74

Four members of Sri Lanka's Commonwealth Games team were stopped by police when they were spotted cycling down the M74 near Glasgow.
They were seen on one of Scotland's busiest stretches of road at the exit for Motherwell and Hamilton before they were told they were breaking the law.

The junction is close to Strathclyde Park, which hosts the triathlon events on Thursday and Sunday.

"The cyclists were advised to get off the road," Police Scotland said.
The quartet were photographed by Olympic champion and England triathlete Alistair Brownlee, who then tweeted the picture.

"The Sri Lankan cycling team cruising down the M74, lovely spot for a bike ride," the 26-year-old wrote.

Chips Lovell · 23-07-2014 5:43pm

Brigitte Bardot...

Beasty · 23-07-2014 5:52pm

Jawgap wrote: »

oops......

Glasgow 2014: Sri Lanka cyclists stopped by police on M74

Fuinnily enough exactly the same thing happened when the games were in Manchester (or possibly a subsequent World Chapionships) when a team of pursuiters went down the Mancunian Way, which is a motorway through the centre of the city

Sarz91 · 23-07-2014 9:07pm

Went physio today and have been told I may have Chondromalacia Patellae.

I was told it's more than likely cleat positioning. Which is rather annoying seen as I've been unable to race for the last 3 years due to injuries caused by cleat positioning. I've had numerous fits but to no avail obviously.

Had a chat with the sports therapist who specialises in cycling injuries and she suggested Speedplay Zero's and to max out the float.

Anyone use Zero's? How do you find them?

Unknown Soldier · 23-07-2014 10:05pm

Sarz91 wrote: »

Went physio today and have been told I may have Chondromalacia Patellae.

I was told it's more than likely cleat positioning. Which is rather annoying seen as I've been unable to race for the last 3 years due to injuries caused by cleat positioning. I've had numerous fits but to no avail obviously.

Had a chat with the sports therapist who specialises in cycling injuries and she suggested Speedplay Zero's and to max out the float.

Anyone use Zero's? How do you find them?

Would that be something like having no pain in your knees, in general but when you touch/press around them there is some pain?

I'm hoping my issue is because I had to use my hybrid for the last two days

Sarz91 · 23-07-2014 10:07pm

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

Would that be something like having no pain in your knees, in general but when you touch/press around them there is some pain?

No it's not sore to touch but when I squat or walk upstairs there is a pain and a crunching just above my kneecap.

Idleater · 23-07-2014 10:26pm

Sarz91 wrote: »

No it's not sore to touch but when I squat or walk upstairs there is a pain and a crunching just above my kneecap.

I was diagnosed with it after somehow injuring myself walking on a beach in Sicily. Collapsed thigh muscles and or kneecap going off its track was what my physio diagnosed. I think the term is used across multiple knee type injuries. Happily mine cleared up thanks to physio and doctor so I'd recommend you get some you can trust their opinion and work with.

seany15 · 23-07-2014 10:32pm

I use zeros. Absolutely love them. Made a massive difference to my pedal stroke and i even felt i was climbing better than when i go back to the shimanos on the hacker. No knee issues at all. And i have the float nearly at 0 cause i hate my knees moving. Expensive but well worth it.

Unknown Soldier · 23-07-2014 10:44pm

Had my canyon serviced. I actually don't feel embarrassed on it any more.

It even had a firmware update!

Tomorrow I feel brave enough, if not privileged, for the first time to wear my Argos/shimano (team Ireland) kit.

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