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

lennymc · 24-04-2015 9:40am

First road race in nearly a year last night in the Dundalk league. My god I am unfit!! LOL. Roll on next week.

Alek · 24-04-2015 12:02pm

Dear fellow cyclist on a red Ribble.
[snip]

ehhhh, nevermind...

My mistake.

lennymc · 24-04-2015 12:07pm

technically it doesn't become the M1 until after the first exit after the santry exit, until then it's the N1 (iirc). I use that stretch of road - it's certainly not motorway there.

Alek · 24-04-2015 12:08pm

He continued forward, photo taken just before that. I turn left here daily.

(I wouldn't write this if I was on M1, hey?

)

[edit]

You are absolutely correct Lenny! My bad. Dammit.

lennymc · 24-04-2015 12:21pm

I used to think it was motorway too, until I checked it out. I use that stretch now as it cuts out santry and the omni and all the associated hassle.

flying11 · 24-04-2015 12:28pm

Hi all,
No point starting a thread for this so i said i'd ask here instead.

Am i supposed to get race numbers with a limited competition license?

I can't seem to see anything about it on the CI website

CramCycle · 24-04-2015 12:35pm

flying11 wrote: »

Hi all,
No point starting a thread for this so i said i'd ask here instead.

Am i supposed to get race numbers with a limited competition license?
I can't seem to see anything about it on the CI website

Nope, just a license card, any race that requires them will provide them AFAIK

Alek · 24-04-2015 1:19pm

lennymc wrote: »

I use that stretch now as it cuts out santry and the omni and all the associated hassle.

Thats exactly what I am going to try on Monday

The tax man · 24-04-2015 2:49pm

lennymc wrote: »

technically it doesn't become the M1 until after the first exit after the santry exit, until then it's the N1 (iirc). I use that stretch of road - it's certainly not motorway there.

Technically the M50 is beneath you. I never used that stretch of road myself. Heading Northbound it always looks too tight when cars are passing cyclists.
I'm always knackered anyway by the time I get to the lights at Whitehall after the drag up from Drumcondra and I slink off to recover around the rat runs towards Oscar Traynor rd.:)

Alek · 24-04-2015 2:59pm

Looking at Street View it looks quite tight alright - single outbound lane and a joke of a hard shoulder.

roverrules · 24-04-2015 4:09pm

Alek wrote: »

Looking at Street View it looks quite tight alright - single outbound lane and a joke of a hard shoulder.

And I think its a 60 limit, so expect cars to be accelerating to 80!

retalivity · 24-04-2015 8:33pm

Dont see any liege-bastogne-liege thread but paddy power have gerrans at 66/1 whereas everyone else has him between 22-33.

I know hes coming back off injury but i cannot leave the previous years winner at that huge a price...

tigerboon · 25-04-2015 1:14am

That clip on This is British Eurosport where Contador hands over the bike is still brilliant.

RainyDay · 25-04-2015 10:03am

Zyzz wrote: »

Reporting a taxi driver has never been so easy with the driver check app

Arsebag took a right hander off Stephens Green which isn't allowed, I had planned to go straight on but he decided to speed up and drive towards me (obviously to try and not get caught) and when I yelled that he was breaking the law he gave me the finger and started cursing like there was no tomorrow!

From previous experience, reporting traffic to the regulator goes nowhere. They just refer you to the Gardai.

Zyzz · 25-04-2015 12:02pm

RainyDay wrote: »

From previous experience, reporting traffic to the regulator goes nowhere. They just refer you to the Gardai.

Shame really!

And now my post is gone!

Definitely would suggest downloading the app for future reference! (Im on an iPhone not sure about android)

The tax man · 25-04-2015 1:30pm

Zyzz wrote: »

Shame really!

And now my post is gone!

Definitely would suggest downloading the app for future reference! (Im on an iPhone not sure about android)

I used it on android last night. His mugshot looked more like a wanted poster.

Zyzz · 25-04-2015 1:32pm

The tax man wrote: »

I used it on android last night. His mugshot looked more like a wanted poster.

Now take that face and imagine it speeding at you while screaming and cursing at you and giving you the finger!

The tax man · 25-04-2015 1:56pm

Zyzz wrote: »

Now take that face and imagine it speeding at you while screaming and cursing at you and giving you the finger!

I'm sure the two of you and a lovely conversation.:D

Cantona's Collars · 25-04-2015 2:04pm

Fair play to this fella from NI.

A morbidly obese man who piled on the pounds thanks to a twice-daily takeaway habit and 'hated leaving the house' because of his looks has lost 19st in just one year.

David Rush, 33, from Lisburn, Northern Ireland, felt that he 'shouldn't go out' because of his size but lost the weight after plucking up the courage to start cycling.

At his heaviest, he weighed 34st and was forced to order specialist XXXXXL clothes on the internet - the result of topping up his takeaway-heavy diet with six bags of crisps and two bottles of full-fat Coca-Cola a day.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3053925/Morbidly-obese-man-used-feast-takeaways-twice-day-takes-cycling-sheds-19-STONE-just-one-year.html

arybvtcw0eolkf · 25-04-2015 2:17pm

Hey a 'Thank You' to the cyclist on the Malahide Road, Thursday morning, who pointed out that my phone wallet was about to fall out of the back pocket of my cycling jacket.

If you're reading this, I didn't get to thank you enough man ~ my phone, money, cards and work I.D. would have been lost.

Silly me had forgotten to zip up my pocket.

rollingscone · 25-04-2015 4:13pm

rollingscone wrote: »

Can anyone point me in the right direction for information on replacing these cables?

Turned out to be beyond saving...total bummer. Thanks to the lads in Thinkbike for having a look at it. I hadn't pinged that the shifters weren't indexing. BB was zapped, back wheel was badly out of true but was also buzzing.

I would normally have suggested using the frame for a nice s/spd build with a cheap back wheel but the frame was corroded.

Lusk_Doyle · 25-04-2015 5:07pm

Aiden Defeated Revolver wrote: »

Hey a 'Thank You' to the cyclist on the Malahide Road, Thursday morning, who pointed out that my phone wallet was about to fall out of the back pocket of my cycling jacket.

If you're reading this, I didn't get to thank you enough man ~ my phone, money, cards and work I.D. would have been lost.

Silly me had forgotten to zip up my pocket.

No problem. I'll accept a cash payment as thanks.

Luxman · 25-04-2015 5:18pm

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

No problem. I'll accept a cash payment as thanks.

So will IðŸ˜œ

tomasrojo · 25-04-2015 6:50pm

zerks wrote: »

Fair play to this fella from NI.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3053925/Morbidly-obese-man-used-feast-takeaways-twice-day-takes-cycling-sheds-19-STONE-just-one-year.html

Full-fat Coca-Cola?

tomasrojo · 25-04-2015 9:56pm

Slightly old, but I've only just seen it:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ukip-candidate-victoria-ayling-asks-in-meeting-what-happens-when-renewable-energy-runs-out-10057008.html
UKIP candidate asks what happens when renewable energy runs out.

magicbastarder · 25-04-2015 10:32pm

found this under a carpet in a house i bought in 2003; i think it dated from about 1967?

arybvtcw0eolkf · 26-04-2015 9:01am

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

No problem. I'll accept a cash payment as thanks.

Was it you?

Lusk_Doyle · 26-04-2015 5:11pm

Aiden Defeated Revolver wrote: »

Was it you?

No. Just spotted the oportunity for some cash!

magicbastarder · 27-04-2015 4:24pm

the indo have run a 'car vs. bus vs. bike' article (commute times):

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/special-reports/commuter-test-which-is-faster-bus-bike-or-car-we-find-out-31173662.html

Eamonnator · 27-04-2015 4:54pm

There's a memorial to Liam Horner near Powerscourt.
If I remember correctly, it says "Liam Horner, Olympic Cyclist. The Last Prime"

Macy0161 · 27-04-2015 4:59pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

the indo have run a 'car vs. bus vs. bike' article (commute times):

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/special-reports/commuter-test-which-is-faster-bus-bike-or-car-we-find-out-31173662.html

9.23 start time? They did their best to let the car win. 8.23 they'd have probably seen buses go past full, and not been able to get the car out onto the N11!

manafana · 27-04-2015 5:02pm

Macy0161 wrote: »

9.23 start time? They did their best to let the car win. 8.23 they'd have probably seen buses go past full, and not been able to get the car out onto the N11!

just wish they would improve the cycling paths etc on that road as they are shockingly in need of work on that road

Qualitymark · 27-04-2015 6:44pm

Macy0161 wrote: »

9.23 start time? They did their best to let the car win. 8.23 they'd have probably seen buses go past full, and not been able to get the car out onto the N11!

Journalists' working hours…

Qualitymark · 27-04-2015 7:27pm

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/crowd-control/videos/rule-your-world-do-the-right-thing/ Daniel Pink's Crowd Control tested out a road that plays America the Beautiful if you drive at exactly 45mph.

And to keep people from parking in disabled spaces:

Wishbone Ash · 27-04-2015 7:39pm

lennymc wrote: »

technically it doesn't become the M1 until after the first exit after the santry exit, until then it's the N1 (iirc). I use that stretch of road - it's certainly not motorway there.

Apologies for being pedantic but it only becomes the M1 after the M50 interchange. The stretch from there to Dublin Port (via tunnel) is all still the M50. If you were to travel from the Red Cow interchange to Dublin Port via DPT you never leave the M50. It's the N1 from Santry to the DPT exit/entrance.

Alek wrote: »

Looking at Street View it looks quite tight alright - single outbound lane and a joke of a hard shoulder.

Not pleasant to cycle on Alek. Motorist traffic is very close and you'll get the odd horn blast from drivers assuming you are cycling on a motorway.

rollingscone · 27-04-2015 8:36pm

Currently at Fred Level: "Has a whole set of DHB kit (LS Jersey and Bib tights) that he'd forgotten he owned".

dunworth1 · 27-04-2015 11:05pm

what do people bring with them gear wise when going on a long 100km+ spin
obviously a spare tube and multitool
but how much water and what else?

Alek · 28-04-2015 4:29am

Not pleasant to cycle on Alek.

Went there yesterday. Not too bad to be honest, and much faster than going via Santry.

Not a pleasant one by any means but usable if I'm late to work

Raam · 28-04-2015 6:03am

dunworth1 wrote: »

what do people bring with them gear wise when going on a long 100km+ spin
obviously a spare tube and multitool
but how much water and what else?

What you mentioned and then a couple of bars and a couple of water bottles, phone, bit of cash, pump, tire levers. If it looks like it might rain then I'll bring a raincoat.

Lumen · 28-04-2015 7:44am

dunworth1 wrote: »

what do people bring with them gear wise when going on a long 100km+ spin. Obviously a spare tube and multitool

From bitter experience: patches, a proper tyre boot, chain tool and possibly missing link.

I don't actually bring these things (apart from patches), but I would if I learned from my bitter experiences, for instance being stuck up a mountain in Donegal in gale force winds and rain with no mobile signal, repeatedly and desperately trying to use folded cash to boot a tyre as each note in turn bursts through the hole, finally having to descend on a flat tyre to a petrol station and call a taxi, shivering and swearing.

Also: don't start a 100km ride when one of your tyres "looks a bit dodgy".

furiousox · 28-04-2015 8:25am

Qualitymark · 28-04-2015 9:25am

BBC piece on the benefits of making London a cycle-friendly city. Other cities please copy http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05qgch5

Fian · 28-04-2015 12:39pm

Only problem with that "singing road" is that the rumble strips would be awful on a bike + they run them tight to the outside edge of the road. shame they didn't build them near the centre so that cars would be incentivised to leave space on the right and to keep them out of the way of cyclists.

RainyDay · 28-04-2015 1:16pm

Qualitymark wrote: »

And to keep people from parking in disabled spaces:

This kind of psychology might be more effective here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbjFv81l1qQ

tomasrojo · 28-04-2015 2:32pm

Lumen wrote: »

From bitter experience: patches, a proper tyre boot, chain tool and possibly missing link.

I saw a tip: cut up (and clean) an old toothpaste tube to make a boot. Just cut out about 10cmx4cm. Indeed, I found it does make a good boot. (This preparation is at home, as a permanent addition to your toolkit. Not much use when you're actually stranded up a mountainside in Donegal.)

Thargor · 28-04-2015 2:45pm

Lumen wrote: »

From bitter experience: patches, a proper tyre boot, chain tool and possibly missing link.

I don't actually bring these things (apart from patches), but I would if I learned from my bitter experiences, for instance being stuck up a mountain in Donegal in gale force winds and rain with no mobile signal, repeatedly and desperately trying to use folded cash to boot a tyre as each note in turn bursts through the hole, finally having to descend on a flat tyre to a petrol station and call a taxi, shivering and swearing.

Also: don't start a 100km ride when one of your tyres "looks a bit dodgy".

tomasrojo wrote: »

I saw a tip: cut up (and clean) an old toothpaste tube to make a boot. Just cut out about 10cmx4cm. Indeed, I found it does make a good boot. (This preparation is at home, as a permanent addition to your toolkit. Not much use when you're actually stranded up a mountainside in Donegal.)

What about these to get you home on a puncture or are they just a gimmick?

https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/sun-3-may/products-detail-page/ps/p/bike-quick-fix-tyre-repair/

SCOL · 28-04-2015 2:57pm

I used one on my wheel barrow just to see if they were any good and they work
It has stayed up fully hard for the last year or so there is about 30PSI in the tyer.

Thargor · 28-04-2015 3:03pm

Interesting thanks, Theres probably a lot more volume to fill on a wheelbarrow tyre aswell. For less than 3 euro I think Ill chance a couple, always a bit nervous about never carrying tubes or tools when I go out.

Alek · 28-04-2015 3:18pm

It has stayed up fully hard for the last year or so

... :eek:

petethedrummer · 28-04-2015 3:20pm

Couldn't you start carrying some tubes and tools?

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