Dr Ferrari's Camper Van (off-topic discussion)

furiousox wrote: »

Celebration Day today!
Anyone going?

http://www.ledzeppelin.com/celebrationday/o2_splash.html

I am now - thanks for that!:D

Spotted this in Lanzarote, didn't know Cycling Ireland employees owned pubs over there

furiousox wrote: »

Good man, I'm going to the Swords cinema, looking forward to it!

Just trying to find the old air guitar in the attic

buffalo wrote: »

So what's that, tissues soaked in death lotion?

Per la dolce morte, da soli.

CramCycle wrote: »

Listening to Newstalk this morning, off the cuff comment "begging" cyclists to get the bus today as it was far to dangerous to cycle, followed by, "I know you want to get fit, but get the bus and got to the gym this evening"

ain't the reason I cycle bub

No danger that they'd beg motorists to give bikes extra room on the road :pac:

doozerie wrote: »

The melodrama surrounding Irish weather seems to know no bounds. You cycle through some rain and a bit of wind and people fall about themselves wringing their hands at the supposed trauma you must have endured. They seem to see a hurricane behind every faintly grey cloud, I wonder do they ever even venture beyond their front door for most of the year. Is it any wonder that as a society we seem so addicted to the car as some kind of safe haven from the "bad world outside".

I was about to ask what was the incredible hazard this morning. Rain, that was it? What, are cyclists made of Disprin?

tomasrojo wrote: »

I was about to ask what was the incredible hazard this morning. Rain, that was it? What, are cyclists made of Disprin?

I'm made of sugar! :pac:

buffalo wrote:

I'm made of sugar! :pac:

I now have a mental image of you in a race. Some of the bigger fellas in your bunch are running low on energy and craving carbohydrates, any carbohydrates. You are looking nervous.

buffalo wrote: »

I'm made of sugar! :pac:

hay sugar

A bit of rain? That problem has already been solved by those clever Dubliners:

"Created in Dublin, where it rains a LOT, these are designed to sit just below the knee, protecting the full lower leg from rain, splashes and general road grot, while allowing the wearer to retain some semblance of personal style."

http://road.cc/content/review/57905-georgia-dublin-leggits-waterproof-overshoes

(I've never heard of this brand before)

Darkglasses wrote: »

I was wondering, what do you people watch/do on the trainers?

My bottom bracket.

el tel wrote: »

A bit of rain? That problem has already been solved by those clever Dubliners:

"Created in Dublin, where it rains a LOT, these are designed to sit just below the knee, protecting the full lower leg from rain, splashes and general road grot, while allowing the wearer to retain some semblance of personal style."

http://road.cc/content/review/57905-georgia-dublin-leggits-waterproof-overshoes

[SIZE="1"](I've never heard of this brand before)[/SIZE]

May aswell be wearing fluorescent welllies

When all the new 2013 Pro team gear out? Wondering what the new Pro Cannondale Team will look like.....:cool:

cdaly_ wrote: »

Which old fogey were you? I was the one with the Jimmy Page hairdo...
Good fun, teenager and I enjoyed it.

Ha!
I was up near the back in B5.
Crowd was of a "certain age" all right.
Enjoyed it too, will buy the blu-ray when it comes out and crank it up on the surround sound at home.
Coulda been a bit louder last night.

Darkglasses wrote:

I was wondering, what do you people watch/do on the trainers?

I've watched cycling DVD's on my laptop while on the turbo trainer. Unfortunately the DVD's were narrated by Phil Liggett, who I hate as a presenter/narrator. Fortunately that motivated me to push harder on the turbo to try to will my bike+turbo forward to run the pr1ck over. Unfortunately I failed. Fortunately my laptop survived due to my failure. I'm not sure whether that counts as a victory or a failure overall.

When doing turbo sessions where I'm doing stints for specified time periods though, so basically I am watching various numbers, I find it hard to watch a DVD. For those sessions I listened to music instead. It came as quite a surprise to me to find that my ears sweat. A lot. I had trouble keeping the earphones in my ears. There, I've outed myself as an ear sweater now

@buffalo, You're just in denial, embrace your ear sweating (and join us in De Nile).

furiousox wrote: »

Coulda been a bit louder last night.

Ya mean ya forgot the hearing aid. Seemed to get louder as it progressed tho.

le petit braquet wrote: »

His hairdo in 2007 or back in the day? If the latter - kudos!

2007 hair. Been a long time since I had hair back in the day colour. Great fun cycling helmetless; it kinda flares out like a flag...

Went to Corkagh Park today with my daughter to watch some cycling, and we headed to the pet farm afterwards. We went over to see the sheep and goats but they all immediately pegged it over to the opposite side of the enclosure 'cos someone was flaunting a carrot at them over the fence. Mr Carrot seemed to be having great fun keeping the carrot just out of reach while the sheep were clambering over each other trying to reach it.

My daughter was intrigued so we headed over. We were a few metres from the frenzy when one of the sheep decided it had had enough carrot teasing and threw itself over the fence. Mr Carrot uttered an enthusiastic "Jaayezuss Kerr-EYE-ESTTT!" as he threw himself backwards with a facial expression that I'd associate with someone facing the onslaught of a zombie army, or a particularly large and hairy spider. All machismo and dignity was lost as he stumbled back against his quite calm partner and young child.

Meanwhile my daughter had adopted a different facial expression, one that suggested she'd just heard a very interesting expression and was storing it away to repeat at some inappropriate time later. Great. Anyway, the sheep, enjoying its newly found freedom, quickly lost interest in Mr Carrot and headed towards us instead. Mr Carrot regained his composure and with a manly swagger he lobbed the carrot into the enclosure, said "Fookin' sheep, wha'! Stupid fookin' thing", and laughed. Then he made a prompt beeline for the toilets, suggesting that perhaps he got a greater fright than he was conveying, and left the sheep to wander free. A right charmer.

Children's attractions, that's where all the action is, where men are sheepish, and sheep have taken as much as they are willing to take.

Completed a Wexford Wheelers club spin for the first time this morning (second attempt), delighted.