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  • #5202
    colm_gti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭colm_gti


    CaoimH_in wrote: »
    Is A1 racing achievable in four years for a 22 year old, in good shape (73-4kg, 182cm tall), and who has alright legs already?

    Well, based on your weight and height, I'd say no, you haven't a chance, but depending on your eye colour and shoe size you might still be in with a chance....


  • #5203
    CaoimH_in
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 945 ✭✭✭CaoimH_in


    This year looks like my first year in a4 ... I really can't judge where I stand. My friends say I shouldn't find it difficult and will probably win something--though racing is always difficult even if you're strong.


  • #5204
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    If you follow colm_gti's example and ride every spare minute you can find in 2013, you could easily be riding at the top of A3 level in 2014.


  • #5205
    bcmf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    CaoimH_in wrote: »
    This year looks like my first year ... I really can't judge where I stand. My friends say I shouldn't find it difficult and will probably win something--though racing is always difficult even if you're strong.
    Get yourself a licence.Train like a hoor over the winter. Pick a few races that suit you ie climber, sprinter, off the front head the ball and do them. Then you you will see how racing suits you.


  • #5206
    colm_gti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭colm_gti


    seamus wrote: »
    If you follow colm_gti's example and ride every spare minute you can find in 2013, you could easily be riding at the top of A3 level in 2014.

    Hey, I'm only doing Saturday club spins til racing starts again ;)


  • #5207
    colm_gti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭colm_gti


    CaoimH_in wrote: »
    This year looks like my first year in a4 ... I really can't judge where I stand. My friends say I shouldn't find it difficult and will probably win something--though racing is always difficult even if you're strong.

    There's no point in worrying about A1 if you haven't even raced at A4 yet. Have your friends raced? You can be the fittest and strongest rider in A4 and still get dropped if you don't know how to race. You could be a freak and take to it straight away, but chances are you're like the rest of us and it will take you a few races to settle in and figure out where you need to be.


  • #5208
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,135 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    CaoimH_in wrote: »
    My friends say I shouldn't find it difficult and will probably win something

    That's just setting you up for failure, tbh.

    Just train reasonably hard and then see how it goes.


  • #5209
    buffalo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,095 ✭✭✭buffalo


    Fuuuuuuucking Garmin. Ride over to Dundrum this morning. Ride about 85km down toward Greystones and back. Ride back to Drumcondra.

    Only recorded the first ride properly.

    edit: I take it back, it only recorded the last ride properly.


  • #5210
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    bcmf wrote: »
    Get yourself a licence.Train like a hoor over the winter. Pick a few races that suit you ie climber, sprinter, off the front head the ball and do them. Then you you will see how racing suits you.

    How exactly do hoors train? On their backs, knees or bent over? I don't know any so I'm not sure of it and how it benefits cycling!


  • #5211
    Captain Havoc
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 11,393 Mod ✭✭✭✭Captain Havoc


    Lusk Doyle wrote: »
    How exactly do hoors train?

    By riding every spare minute they have.

    https://ormondelanguagetours.com

    Walking Tours of Kilkenny in English, French or German.



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  • #5212
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,009 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Darkglasses wrote: »
    I'm yet again glad of the 35mm tires on my commuter, I saw more than a couple of cars skidding and slipping around
    I would have thought that 35mm tyres would be worse in slippery (on road) conditions as one's weight would be spread over a greater area.
    Wouldn't 23's press the same weight into a smaller area and therefore increase grip?


  • #5213
    homer simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,852 ✭✭✭homer simpson


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    I would have thought that 35mm tyres would be worse in slippery (on road) conditions as one's weight would be spread over a greater area.
    Wouldn't 23's press the same weight into a smaller area and therefore increase grip?

    It should do yeah.


  • #5214
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 77,497 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    No - the more area in touch with the road surface the more grip you get - wider tyres are definitely the better option when slippery (which is why a lot of riders switch from 23mm on their summer racers to 25mm on their winter hacks)


  • #5215
    Darkglasses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,526 ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    Beasty's right, and you also have to consider the knobbly surface too. Something like Schwalbe Ultremos, being completely slick, will in no way put down traction on a slippery surface. Knobbly tyres with more rubber to the road will grip more than ordinary road tyres.


  • #5216
    Tonyandthewhale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭Tonyandthewhale


    Darkglasses wrote: »
    Beasty's right, and you also have to consider the knobbly surface too. Something like Schwalbe Ultremos, being completely slick, will in no way put down traction on a slippery surface. Knobbly tyres with more rubber to the road will grip more than ordinary road tyres.

    Wider tyres mean more contact area which means more grip. They're also lower pressure which (I think) also contributes to more grip.
    Knobby versus smooth doesn't make any difference on hard tarmac, only on loose surfaces where you need to bite into it.


  • #5217
    Darkglasses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,526 ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    Well, I think we've found the row that High Nellie was looking for here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056815898

    Really, I think we have to consider the specifics of the surface the road - Perfectly sheet ice, like on an ice rink, or basically snow/slush/sleet/"wet ice" road.

    If only to confuse the matter further, I'll defer to this video

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlYEMH10Z4s


    And ask you all to remember what makes ice slippery, is the thin film of water on top of the ice :P

    Also, these videos were made with a car, and its level of wheelspin probably equates to loss of control on a bike...Maybe?


  • #5218
    bcmf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    I have forgtotten the bloody pass word to my 3rd ebay account.
    Bloody password's.


  • #5219
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    bcmf wrote: »
    I have forgtotten the bloody pass word to my 3rd ebay account.
    Bloody password's.

    Three eBay accounts? Pray, do tell why?


  • #5220
    bcmf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    Lusk Doyle wrote: »
    Three eBay accounts? Pray, do tell why?

    Well the first one I stopped using as there was an issue with a dope who I sold some campy stuff in Taiwan.
    He opened up a paypal dispute AND LOST! So I just closed that account in case he started bidding on stuff I was selling.
    Opened up a new one but could not remember my password then when I went to remember password option it kept telling me I was answering incorrectly.
    So I opened up a new one a few weeks back and am now in the same situation. I believe the problem arises in those stupid postcode's.


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  • #5221
    AstraMonti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,718 ✭✭✭AstraMonti


    Dude.. lastpass.com , thank me later :p


  • #5222
    bcmf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    Thanked you now before I google it.

    BTW,I am a big guy and you are a little (skinny guy). Yest I swapped jackets with RobFowl. The jacket he gave me was a Black Altura one that he got off you. Now if it fits me what the hell were you thinking ,size wise, when you bought it.;)


  • #5223
    AstraMonti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,718 ✭✭✭AstraMonti


    I actually think it was the very first kit I bought with the bike... noob mistakes :p It's a good jacket though, very warm and trully waterproof.


  • #5224
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,135 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Tonyandthewhale wrote: »
    Wider tyres mean more contact area which means more grip. They're also lower pressure which (I think) also contributes to more grip.

    Pressure is directly correlated with contact area (hence pounds per square inch).
    Tonyandthewhale wrote: »
    Knobby versus smooth doesn't make any difference on hard tarmac, only on loose surfaces where you need to bite into it.

    Knobbly tyres DECREASE contact area so give less grip on smooth tarmac than an equivalently sized and constructed slick tyre. In theory.

    In practice I slip more on narrow slicks than on wide ones, but I still prefer riding on narrow ones unless it's very icy.


  • #5225
    jinkypolly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 514 ✭✭✭jinkypolly


    AstraMonti wrote: »
    Dude.. lastpass.com , thank me later :p

    Agree with this, an invaluable tool/application.


  • #5226
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    Solution to alert wayward pedestrians of your presence ?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfyC6NJqt2o


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  • #5227
    Captain Havoc
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 11,393 Mod ✭✭✭✭Captain Havoc


    Group buy?

    https://ormondelanguagetours.com

    Walking Tours of Kilkenny in English, French or German.



  • #5228
    Ole Rodrigo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,013 ✭✭✭Ole Rodrigo


    Captain Havoc wrote: »
    Group buy?

    If it comes with a matching mirror and whistle


  • #5229
    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,776 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    ror_74 wrote: »
    If it comes with a matching jodhpurs mirror and a lance whistle

    FYP :)


  • #5230
    cdaly_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭cdaly_


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    Solution to alert wayward pedestrians of your presence ?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzcLQRXW6B0


  • #5231
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    Apparently that's where the where the guys got their inspiration from.


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  • #5232
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    Check out the ad that I got in one of the threads (The Wiggo one):

    Sarah seems nice...

    https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/382192/230264.png

    Can Boards.ie confirm that this is indeed the person with whom I will be entering into correspondence with, perchance to make coitice?


  • #5233
    Dermot Illogical
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭Dermot Illogical


    Lusk Doyle wrote: »
    Can Boards.ie confirm that this is indeed the person with whom I will be entering into correspondence with, perchance to make coitice?

    Did I see you correcting someone's spelling in another thread today?


  • #5234
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    Dermot Illogical wrote: »
    Did I see you correcting someone's spelling in another thread today?

    Yep! The spelling corrector thingy wouldn't give me a suggestion for "coitice" and I wasn't ar$ed looking it up. No pun intended.


  • #5235
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    Lusk Doyle wrote: »
    Check out the ad that I got in one of the threads (The Wiggo one):

    Sarah seems nice...

    https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/382192/230264.png

    Can Boards.ie confirm that this is indeed the person with whom I will be entering into correspondence with, perchance to make coitice?

    4 miles and a couple of leagues away :D


  • #5236
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    "Remember your high-school cheer leaders? They're all grown up.

    CougarLife.com"

    Or something like that. Seriously Boards.ie, what is going on :confused: / :D


  • #5237
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    Jawgap wrote: »
    4 miles and a couple of leagues away :D

    She is awfully red in the cheeks. She must have ran there!


  • #5238
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 54,087 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Lusk Doyle wrote: »
    "Remember your high-school cheer leaders? They're all grown up.

    CougarLife.com"

    Or something like that. Seriously Boards.ie, what is going on :confused: / :D
    The ads you see are based on your internet search history.




    :pac:


  • #5239
    AstraMonti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,718 ✭✭✭AstraMonti


    Lusk Doyle wrote: »
    "Remember your high-school cheer leaders? They're all grown up.

    CougarLife.com"

    Or something like that. Seriously Boards.ie, what is going on :confused: / :D
    This is how it works:

    When you visit websites and watch videos where Google shows ads, we store a number in your browser by using a cookie to remember your visits. That number could be something like 114411.
    Because many of the websites you visit are related to pr0n, we’ll put your number (114411) in the “pr0n enthusiast” interest category.
    So we may show you more ads that are relevant to pr0n enthusiasts as you browse websites where Google provides ads.

    From here.


  • #5240
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 54,087 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    I take it you like older women then Lusk Doyle?


  • #5241
    Ole Rodrigo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,013 ✭✭✭Ole Rodrigo


    water resistant fabric treatment. Probably not breathable, but pretty cool..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7is6r6zXFDc


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  • #5242
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    To hell with fabrics, great for coating lenses with.


  • #5243
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    awec wrote: »
    The ads you see are based on your internet search history.




    :pac:

    Hardly. It's a work laptop. I do all my pornography viewing at home!


  • #5244
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    AstraMonti wrote: »



    From here.

    That ain't possible cos I never have on that computer! Figure that one out!


  • #5245
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,135 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Lusk Doyle wrote: »
    Hardly. It's a work laptop. I do all my pornography viewing at home!

    Same Google account?


  • #5246
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 54,087 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Lusk Doyle wrote: »
    Hardly. It's a work laptop. I do all my pornography viewing at home!
    It's probably smart enough to work across different computers.

    Could be worse like, you could be in to scat or something.


  • #5247
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    Lumen wrote: »

    Same Google account?

    Raam has been over using my computer a lot lately...


  • #5248
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    I get those lady ads on my work machine, and even if I was so inclined to look for some lovely local girls I wouldn't be able to due to filtering. A lot of the other targeted ads are eerily accurate though based on stuff I'd being looking on Amazon or other sites.


  • #5249
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,158 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDbrX5U75dk


  • #5250
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,224 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    I was insulted by a girl on a moped today. She complimented my boards jersey, and then asked me if I was a mod! Such cheek! I was so insulted I nearly fell off my bike :pac:


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  • #5251
    Skrynesaver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭Skrynesaver


    Yes I'd definitely trust Microsoft over Google ;)

    Just browse with AdBlock enabled and use an anti spy-ware solution to keep your cookies clean.

    If you are not paying for a service on the internet, you're not the customer, you're the product.


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