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  • #2852
    manafana
    Registered Users Posts: 3,486 ✭✭✭manafana


    Lumen wrote: »
    He's a club member.

    http://janoskohler.wordpress.com/

    hes got few crazy downhill kom's


  • #2853
    doozerie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭doozerie


    Lumen wrote: »
    Irish Rollerbladers Anonymous?

    Could be, judging by his blading style my guess is that he has a Provisional license.


  • #2854
    The tax man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,558 ✭✭✭The tax man


    doozerie wrote: »
    Speaking of shame, I saw a guy out roller-blading in the heat of yesterday afternoon. I glanced over as I passed him by, to see that he was wearing a balaclava under his helmet. I know that roller-blading isn't exactly widely accepted as a suitable pastime for an adult, but it seemed like an extreme length to go to to disguise himself.

    ...or maybe he is a professional ninja and simply forget to change out of his office clothes before his commute home.

    I saw that dude going past the coffee shop in Marley park yesterday. Could've sworn I saw the same bloke on CNN during the week storming some government building in Ukraine.


  • #2855
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,590 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    doozerie wrote: »
    This is a curious one, looks like it could be fun to try though, it's called the Halfbike and they say it combines biking with jogging:

    Halfbike-kolelinia-upright-bike-1.jpeg

    Why are we calling cycling "biking" these days? It's all very American.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #2856
    Ole Rodrigo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,013 ✭✭✭Ole Rodrigo


    I thought biking was a Triathlon word.


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  • #2857
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    howdy people, I was talking to a friend the other day about this forum and the topic of the boards jersey came up, apparently he wants one, so, my question is, can you still get them or are they a once off kinda thing?


  • #2858
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 77,649 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    howdy people, I was talking to a friend the other day about this forum and the topic of the boards jersey came up, apparently he wants one, so, my question is, can you still get them or are they a once off kinda thing?
    OK, so who wants to break the news???

    :D


  • #2859
    Dermot Illogical
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭Dermot Illogical


    Beasty wrote: »
    OK, so who wants to break the news???

    :D

    I've been holding off in the hope someone else might.


  • #2860
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 77,649 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Actually I'll do it myself...

    ...basically the first person to ask is first in line to arrange the next order - fyi here's the last order thread


  • #2861
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Beasty wrote: »
    OK, so who wants to break the news???

    :D
    Dermot Illogical wrote: »
    I've been holding off in the hope someone else might.
    Beasty wrote: »
    Actually I'll do it myself...

    ...basically the first person to ask is first in line to arrange the next order - fyi here's the last order thread

    Bo11ocks to that! :pac:

    So I take there's another one happening at some stage then?


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  • #2862
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 77,649 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    So I take there's another one happening at some stage then?
    Once we have a "volunteer" ....

    We tend to have 1 or 2 orders a year, but given the last one only closed a few weeks ago I would guess it could be a few months before anyone puts their hand up to do another

    You could keep your eyes on the Cyclimng Adverts sub-forum as gear does come up for sale occasionally


  • #2863
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Beasty wrote: »
    Once we have a "volunteer" ....

    We tend to have 1 or 2 orders a year, but given the last one only closed a few weeks ago I would guess it could be a few months before anyone puts their hand up to do another

    You could keep your eyes on the Cyclimng Adverts sub-forum as gear does come up for sale occasionally

    Fair enough so, Well I won't be said volunteer :pac:

    I'll check back from time to time, or just get my friend to sign up and make him do all the work


  • #2864
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,590 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    ror_74 wrote: »
    I thought biking was a Triathlon word.

    That's even worse.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #2865
    NeedMoreGears
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,419 ✭✭✭NeedMoreGears


    I noticed a clicking sounds when braking the other day. The noise (from the front only) went away when I pulled a little harder on the lever. I originally thought the wheel might be a little out of true. It turns out there was some slight damage to the rim (new Zonda only about 300km on them!). It looked as if something hard like a flat screwdriver had contacted the rim. There was a slight burr at the outermost edge of the rim and a small nick in the centre of the rim sidewall.

    I would estimate that the nick was about one tenth to one twentierth the thickness of the rim wall deep. Any way I blended the nick with some fine sandpaper and all seems ok. I hadn't realised the rims were quite so soft.

    Anyone else experienced similar? What did you do?


  • #2866
    bcmf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    Beasty wrote: »
    Once we have a "volunteer" ....

    We tend to have 1 or 2 orders a year, but given the last one only closed a few weeks ago I would guess it could be a few months before anyone puts their hand up to do another

    You could keep your eyes on the Cyclimng Adverts sub-forum as gear does come up for sale occasionally


    God help me but...
    I was considering a brand new design to go with the caps and buffs on a minimum order basis ie whatever John says his min order for shorts and jersey (and socks?) is then it will be the first to get their name down up to that number.
    we could then look at bib tights and gilet winter jacket later in the year.


  • #2867
    Dermot Illogical
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭Dermot Illogical


    bcmf wrote: »
    God help me but...
    I was considering a brand new design to go with the caps and buffs on a minimum order basis ie whatever John says his min order for shorts and jersey (and socks?) is then it will be the first to get their name down up to that number.
    we could then look at bib tights and gilet winter jacket later in the year.

    Include me in :)


  • #2868
    bcmf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    Dermot Illogical wrote: »
    Include me in :)
    OK. I will drop JD a line and see.
    A few rules:no exceptions:
    Min order then its closed.
    I do the design. Dont like it dont buy it. I have a low tolerance of whinging :pac:
    You must be able to pick up off me as it will be posted to me. North County Dub or D.15.
    More rules to come along as I think of them...:P


  • #2869
    bcmf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    NeedMoreGears wrote: »
    I noticed a clicking sounds when braking the other day. The noise (from the front only) went away when I pulled a little harder on the lever. I originally thought the wheel might be a little out of true. It turns out there was some slight damage to the rim (new Zonda only about 300km on them!). It looked as if something hard like a flat screwdriver had contacted the rim. There was a slight burr at the outermost edge of the rim and a small nick in the centre of the rim sidewall.

    I would estimate that the nick was about one tenth to one twentierth the thickness of the rim wall deep. Any way I blended the nick with some fine sandpaper and all seems ok. I hadn't realised the rims were quite so soft.

    Anyone else experienced similar? What did you do?
    I noticed the same on the front rim of a miche wheel I had. Didnt do anything just left it.Like you I noticed a small clicking when braking.


  • #2870
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 77,649 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    bcmf wrote: »
    OK. I will drop JD a line and see.
    A few rules:no exceptions:
    Min order then its closed.
    I do the design. Dont like it dont buy it. I have a low tolerance of whinging :pac:
    You must be able to pick up off me as it will be posted to me. North County Dub or D.15.
    More rules to come along as I think of them...:P
    One rule for you - if you are changing the design you must get the approval of the office/Dav before finalising it


  • #2871
    bcmf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    I am aware of the notification to the elders of anything that involves the use of Boards logo/name etc.


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  • #2872
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 77,649 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Elder he my be, but I supect he's still younger than you .....


  • #2873
    manafana
    Registered Users Posts: 3,486 ✭✭✭manafana


    going slightly over minimum order number wil reduce your cost so worth keeping that in mind.


  • #2874
    bcmf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    Yeah I understand that but the problems that arise with sheer numbers regarding paymsnt and distribution really make a large order close to unworkable.
    I will close the order at 20.once I have approval from the village elder s that we can use the boards logo etc.


  • #2875
    furiousox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,015 ✭✭✭furiousox


    D.I.D. Cycle4life with Dan Martin on June 7th

    E80 registration fee in aid of Temple St

    http://www.cycle4life.ie/

    CPL 593H



  • #2876
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    Nothing worse than spending all of a long weekend on my good bike, to climb on to the commuter bike and find some fecker has filled the frame full of lead......


  • #2877
    Alek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    Its almost as bad as discovering that some fecker filled my belly full of fat over Easter :mad:


  • #2878
    Idleater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    Jawgap wrote: »
    Nothing worse than spending all of a long weekend on my good bike, to climb on to the commuter bike and find some fecker has filled the frame full of lead......

    I added a B&M rear dynamo light to my SP front at the weekend and I'm almost certain that now there's more drag at times. Total wattage is ~3.6 I think.


  • #2879
    Qualitymark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,824 ✭✭✭Qualitymark


    I've always found that dynamos set on the wall of the tyre create a fair amount of drag; the kind that runs on the tyre's tread don't.


  • #2880
    rollingscone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,478 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    Alek wrote: »
    Its almost as bad as discovering that some fecker filled my belly full of fat over Easter :mad:

    Someone has been lowering cakes into my mouth while I sleep all year.


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  • #2881
    Ryath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,474 ✭✭✭Ryath


    Idleater wrote: »
    I added a B&M rear dynamo light to my SP front at the weekend and I'm almost certain that now there's more drag at times. Total wattage is ~3.6 I think.

    I'd surprised if you can it's only 0.6watts. I can't even notice the difference in resistance with my SON hub with a SON Edelux front and B&M secula rear switched on or of.
    Qualitymark wrote: »
    I've always found that dynamos set on the wall of the tyre create a fair amount of drag; the kind that runs on the tyre's tread don't.

    Idealeaters is a hub dynamo very few use those old bottle dynamos now.


  • #2882
    Qualitymark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,824 ✭✭✭Qualitymark


    Ahh, I'm old-fashioned; didn't realise time had moved on. I use bungee cord lights, less messing; only alternative I'd think about is Sugru-and-magnet-connected lights.


  • #2883
    Idleater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    Ryath wrote: »
    I'd surprised if you can it's only 0.6watts. I can't even notice the difference in resistance with my SON hub with a SON Edelux front and B&M secula rear switched on or of.



    Idealeaters is a hub dynamo very few use those old bottle dynamos now.

    That's what I feared. I have a sneaking suspicion that the over consumption of a certain delicacy over the weekend might be more to blame... clutching at straws.

    As an aside, the secula is a super neat little light. The commuter is now battery independent.


  • #2884
    Planet X
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,001 Mod ✭✭✭✭Planet X


    Idleater wrote: »
    That's what I feared. I have a sneaking suspicion that the over consumption of a certain delicacy over the weekend might be more to blame... clutching at straws.

    As an aside, the secula is a super neat little light. The commuter is now battery independent.

    Ah, Secula......never heard of it and am looking for a rear dynamo light. Good? Just been googling it, looks neat. How small is it approx.? Is it dandy?
    ðŸ˜႒


  • #2885
    Idleater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    Planet X wrote: »
    Ah, Secula......never heard of it and am looking for a rear dynamo light. Good? Just been googling it, looks neat. How small is it approx.?

    I got the one that attaches to a mudguard and it's smaller than the reflector that was on it. 331ask is the model code. Roughly 5 cm tall and 4 wide I reckon.
    The standlight lasts a couple of minutes too, and overall is sufficiently bright during the day. Seems brighter than the db ones.


  • #2886
    Ryath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,474 ✭✭✭Ryath


    Planet X wrote: »
    Ah, Secula......never heard of it and am looking for a rear dynamo light. Good? Just been googling it, looks neat. How small is it approx.? Is it dandy?
    ðŸ˜႒

    It's pretty compact about the size of a match box. I have the mudguard version on SKS cromoplastics. It's probably brighter than a smart 1/2 watt. I only have a lezyne microdrive to compare it to which is brighter than any rear light I've seen and it's nearly as visible. Stand light lasts at least 10 mins if not more never checked it.

    http://www.jl-bikershop.de/out/pictures/master/product/1/2025118100.jpg

    This pic probably best shows size but is too big to embed.
    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V1uYKXMwIAM/Uqj7C8OyUjI/AAAAAAAACbk/qVGFlGpS7D0/s1600/DSC_7675.jpg


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  • #2887
    lennymc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    quick question - will a campy fr & rear derailleur crankset and non indexed downtube shifters work with shimano cassette?
    As far as I can see on tinterweb it should work....


  • #2888
    bcmf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    lennymc wrote: »
    quick question - will a campy fr & rear derailleur crankset and non indexed downtube shifters work with shimano cassette?
    As far as I can see on tinterweb it should work....

    Should work as long as you don't try indexing.


  • #2889
    lennymc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    bcmf wrote: »
    Should work as long as you don't try indexing.

    cheers. Although, I dont know if I should trust you or not..... :)


  • #2890
    bcmf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    See UKIP and Nigel Farage are trying to recruit Moyes as he succeeded in keeping United out of Europe.


  • #2891
    rollingscone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,478 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    lennymc wrote: »
    quick question - will a campy fr & rear derailleur crankset and non indexed downtube shifters work with shimano cassette?
    As far as I can see on tinterweb it should work....

    Seems to be the most common form of abomination on mixed shimano/campy set ups.


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  • #2892
    bcmf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    lennymc wrote: »
    cheers. Although, I dont know if I should trust you or not..... :)

    Would I lie to you.


  • #2893
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,141 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Idleater wrote: »
    I added a B&M rear dynamo light to my SP front at the weekend and I'm almost certain that now there's more drag at times. Total wattage is ~3.6 I think.
    No, total wattage is 3.0. Front gets 2.4, rear 0.6


  • #2894
    Idleater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    Lumen wrote: »
    No, total wattage is 3.0. Front gets 2.4, rear 0.6

    But I still have more easter eggs to eat. :'( talk about making the chocolate come down crash worse.

    My one saving hope is that the wind was against me.

    Both ways.

    Yeah ...


  • #2895
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,232 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    69ZyXP.jpg

    (Or both...)


  • #2896
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    lennymc wrote: »
    SICK question - will a campy fr & rear derailleur crankset and non indexed downtube shifters work with shimano cassette?
    As far as I can see on tinterweb it should work....

    There. Fixed your post.


  • #2897
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,456 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    i blame vikings (the tv series) for making me want to read the saga Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



  • #2898
    Qualitymark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,824 ✭✭✭Qualitymark


    ednwireland wrote: »
    i blame vikings (the tv series) for making me want to read the saga Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok

    Read Njál's Saga. Full of dark and gritty jokes, and the title character is called Niall (Njál = Niall).


  • #2899
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    Anybody know anything about the Wexford Wheelers race with the team TT at the end of June? CI calendar has scant details and a search on the web and fb has not shed any further light.


  • #2900
    Darkglasses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,526 ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    Anybody know anything about the Wexford Wheelers race with the team TT at the end of June? CI calendar has scant details and a search on the web and fb has not shed any further light.

    Michael196 probably knows whatever there is to know, you could pm him.


  • #2901
    Doctor Bob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,141 ✭✭✭Doctor Bob


    I was just browsing through the programme for the Dublin Writers Festival and spotted this event, on Sunday 25th May, 4pm. Thought it might be of interest.
    NED BOULTING, RICHARD MOORE & TIM MOORE - CYCLING FEVER

    The exploits of Sean Kelly and Stephen Roche may be a distant memory, but cycling has never been more popular. And with the first three stages of the Giro d’Italia taking place in Belfast, Armagh and Dublin this month, Ireland is braced for another outbreak of cycling fever.

    Dublin Writers Festival gathers three acclaimed writers (and cycling fanatics) to examine cycling’s phenomenal rise. Why, despite the drug scandals that have threatened to discredit the sport, has cycling become so popular? Where does it go from here? And can anyone tackle the Tour de France?

    In 2003 Ned Boulting had only vaguely heard of Lance Armstrong, but when he found himself covering the Tour de France live on television, it was the start of a steep learning curve. Many tours later his books include How I Won the Yellow Jumper and On the Road Bike, a witty and perceptive exploration of Britain’s cycling craze.

    A former Commonwealth Games cyclist, Richard Moore is now one of the best-known sports journalists in the UK and the author of numerous books including Slaying the Badger and Sky’s the Limit.

    Tim Moore’s book French Revolutions, an account of his attempt to ride the Tour de France, was described by the Sunday Times as “one of the funniest books about sport ever written”. His new book, Gironimo, finds him tackling the route of the 1914 Giro d’Italia on a wooden bike.

    Booking here: http://www.dublinwritersfestival.com/event/ned-boulting-richard-moore-tim-moore-cycling-fever/


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