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

Ole Rodrigo · 25-06-2013 4:48pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

"Potoes" anyone? :pac::rolleyes:

(as spotted at Lanistown on the R132)

Is it the H and L thats missing I wonder :pac:

Ole Rodrigo · 25-06-2013 6:31pm

New Brooks saddle - the C17

Looks quite like the San Marco Regal. Will look lovely on the fixie, sweet.

Bunnyhopper · 25-06-2013 6:39pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

"Potoes" anyone? :pac::rolleyes:

They must have to use up some of the vowels Cav left lying around.

CramCycle · 25-06-2013 8:49pm

ror_74 wrote: »

New Brooks saddle - the C17

Does it have saddle bag loops?

Ole Rodrigo · 25-06-2013 9:04pm

CramCycle wrote: »

Does it have saddle bag loops?

Looks like it - more compact than the traditional loops

detones · 25-06-2013 9:07pm

It's Sh1t that Off the Ball now ends at 9. Nothing good to listen to now while doing my nightly kitchen clean up.

Squidgy Black · 25-06-2013 9:50pm

Never thought I'd see Brooks selling vegan saddles. I wonder how water-resistant it is though.

CramCycle · 25-06-2013 9:54pm

If you do the Euromillions, now would be a good time to check your numbers, winning ticket sold here and in Belgium. just shy of 94 million for the winner. I forgot to play today so I am confident it isn't me.

Zyzz · 25-06-2013 10:09pm

CramCycle wrote: »

If you do the Euromillions, now would be a good time to check your numbers, winning ticket sold here and in Belgium. just shy of 94 million for the winner. I forgot to play today so I am confident it isn't me.

I won, but Im keeping it on the down low..not posting it online or anything silly :cool:

Wishbone Ash · 25-06-2013 11:10pm

I'm still having trouble with Veloviewer. I deleted all activities and reloaded them again but I'm still about 220 segments short. I should be approaching 1,000. I'm also short a few KOM's but the other info seems correct.

Anyone else having trouble with it?

doozerie · 26-06-2013 12:39am

I went for a spin up to Glencullen tonight, apparently the summer resort of choice for flies. On the way up I was all:

but several flies later, on the way back down, I was all:

I think this will be my cycling headgear of choice in future:

Wishbone Ash · 26-06-2013 7:42am

CramCycle wrote: »

If you do the Euromillions, now would be a good time to check your numbers, winning ticket sold here and in Belgium. just shy of 94 million for the winner. I forgot to play today so I am confident it isn't me.

Reported to have been bought in Reilly's Supervalu in Sallins (beside train station).

ThisRegard · 26-06-2013 8:57am

I've never been so jealous of someone I don't know.

laraghrider · 26-06-2013 11:51am

Where do people stand on red light on a dual carriageway where you're going straight in the hard shoulder. The light is there to allow traffic join from the other side of the road. A red is a red or it's safe enough go for it? Reason I ask is that I seem to be the only cyclist who stops at this junction when the light is red:

http://goo.gl/maps/bNo5p

Someone said to me it doesn't apply to the hard shoulder as the stop line doesn't go across it. That right?

Dermot Illogical · 26-06-2013 11:58am

laraghrider wrote: »

Someone said to me it doesn't apply to the hard shoulder as the stop line doesn't go across it. That right?

That's probably technically correct. It's over 20 years since I looked at the legislation, but I seem to recall the offence of running a red light was failure to stop at the line when the light was red. A lot of beer under the bridge since then so I could be completely wrong.

buffalo · 26-06-2013 12:17pm

laraghrider wrote: »

Where do people stand on red light on a dual carriageway where you're going straight in the hard shoulder. The light is there to allow traffic join from the other side of the road. A red is a red or it's safe enough go for it? Reason I ask is that I seem to be the only cyclist who stops at this junction when the light is red:

http://goo.gl/maps/bNo5p

Someone said to me it doesn't apply to the hard shoulder as the stop line doesn't go across it. That right?

We've been over this before, because some cycle lanes don't have the white line across them, but it still applies iirc. Some junctions won't have a line, but you still have to stop at the lights.

S.I. No. 294/1964 — Road Traffic General Bye-Laws, 1964.

13.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4) of this bye-law, a driver facing a traffic light lamp which shows a red light shall not proceed beyond the stop line at that light or, if there is no such stop line, beyond that light.

The guys going through are probably serial RLJers. Take the high moral ground!

wanderer 22 · 26-06-2013 12:25pm

Good article on Graeme Obree here (he's going for the world land speed record) . Man, I love that guy .

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/jun/25/flying-scotsman-graeme-obree-cycling-beastie

Junior · 26-06-2013 3:40pm

Trek have bought the ProTour license for Radioshack..

Jawgap · 26-06-2013 3:42pm

laraghrider wrote: »

Where do people stand on red light on a dual carriageway where you're going straight in the hard shoulder. The light is there to allow traffic join from the other side of the road. A red is a red or it's safe enough go for it? Reason I ask is that I seem to be the only cyclist who stops at this junction when the light is red:

http://goo.gl/maps/bNo5p

Someone said to me it doesn't apply to the hard shoulder as the stop line doesn't go across it. That right?

It doesn't apply 'cos it's Tallaght - based to keep rolling, a moving target is harder to hit:D

Dermot Illogical · 26-06-2013 6:07pm

The comments section in this article should soon be full with road tax/helmets/hiviz/red lights/footpads
Cycling bullsh1t bingo anyone?
http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/cycling-behaviour-worst-967028-Jun2013/?utm_source=twitter_self

marketty · 26-06-2013 9:49pm

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Thanks. Noticed they had the FFWD disc wheel for 995 and wanted to see if I could get more off. Lost the number for the guy down south of the country selling all the track stuff (Cervelo, corima etc) on DoneDeal a few months back, so this is my next best option.

If you go through fatcheese you might get 3% cash back.

AstraMonti · 26-06-2013 11:00pm

So I was messing with the bike and got to some close by hills to give it a try and went straight to the gym with it. Leave it in a corner, the trainer sees it and tries to lift it, says wow and and gathers few more people to touch and lift and generally mess around with the bike. 3mins later 6-7 ladies all line up to feel the bike and each one coming after to chat about it. Damn this thing has many uses...

buffalo · 26-06-2013 11:14pm

AstraMonti wrote: »

So I was messing with the bike and got to some close by hills to give it a try and went straight to the gym with it. Leave it in a corner, the trainer sees it and tries to lift it, says wow and and gathers few more people to touch and lift and generally mess around with the bike. 3mins later 6-7 ladies all line up to feel the bike and each one coming after to chat about it. Damn this thing has many uses...

I like how that part sounds like your bike was so heavy he didn't actually manage to lift it! :pac:

Captain Havoc · 26-06-2013 11:17pm

buffalo wrote: »

I like how that part sounds like your bike was so heavy he didn't actually manage to lift it! :pac:

Astra is known for his love of anchors with wheels.

Zyzz · 26-06-2013 11:23pm

AstraMonti wrote: »

So I was messing with the bike and got to some close by hills to give it a try and went straight to the gym with it. Leave it in a corner, the trainer sees it and tries to lift it, says wow and and gathers few more people to touch and lift and generally mess around with the bike. 3mins later 6-7 ladies all line up to feel the bike and each one coming after to chat about it. Damn this thing has many uses...

Are you telling us you got the ride then? :cool:

Wishbone Ash · 27-06-2013 7:05am

Anyone know if the TDF is covered much on US television. Heading there tomorrow for 2 weeks. Thanks.

TinyExplosions · 27-06-2013 7:29am

NBC and Versus should show some coverage -not sure how much though, and it could be at odd hours with the time difference!

petethedrummer · 27-06-2013 10:54am

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Anyone know if the TDF is covered much on US television. Heading there tomorrow for 2 weeks. Thanks.

You could try http://www.eurosportplayer.co.uk/ if you can't get it on TV.

Zyzz · 27-06-2013 12:20pm

How awesome is this..

tomasrojo · 27-06-2013 2:27pm

Dermot Illogical wrote: »

The comments section in this article should soon be full with road tax/helmets/hiviz/red lights/footpads
Cycling bullsh1t bingo anyone?
http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/cycling-behaviour-worst-967028-Jun2013/?utm_source=twitter_self

It's quite brilliant. It encapsulates the Irish Times' entire Bike Week coverage into one simple sub-LOLCats page.

rollingscone · 27-06-2013 3:31pm

Am pondering trying my hand at converting an old Raleigh Outland MTB that's been sitting in my Dad's garage for the last 15+ years into a single speed beater that I won't mind leaving locked in the city centre/ locked in the carpark of our building (alternative to Dublin bikes).

Mostly I want to do it for the experience, I found a few threads on other forums about people converting them into tourers but really I'd like to get a cheap SS chainset and hub, not sure whether I'll need a new BB but I'd imagine I'll need to replace at least the back wheel for a SS hub?

From what I understand the original bikes were borderline BSOs so really don't want to do anything I can't do by scrounging or buying for cheap in Rothar

tomasrojo · 27-06-2013 3:33pm

Does any shop in Dublin sell floor/wall anchors? I'm thinking of the Oxford Brute Force. It's cheap and sufficient for my needs.

rollingscone · 27-06-2013 3:34pm

tomasrojo wrote: »

Does any shop in Dublin sell floor/wall anchors? I'm thinking of the Oxford Brute Force. It's cheap and sufficient for my needs.

Pretty sure they had floor anchors in Cyclesurgery in Dundrum.

Thargor · 27-06-2013 4:10pm

Has anyone ever fit a wheelset into a Parcel Motel locker? Not able to collect from a depot or anything like that I need to use the machines they have at petrol stations...

AstraMonti · 27-06-2013 4:13pm

Unless you want them delivered in an egg shape i dont think they ll fit.

petethedrummer · 27-06-2013 4:15pm

My youtube in work thinks I'm in france. I keep getting these sexy french accent ads before I watch a video. No idea what they're selling but it always sounds hot.

Thargor · 27-06-2013 4:22pm

AstraMonti wrote: »

Unless you want them delivered in an egg shape i dont think they ll fit.

I thought there were bigger lockers underneath though, doesnt matter now anyway.

DirkVoodoo · 27-06-2013 5:21pm

Thargor wrote: »

Has anyone ever fit a wheelset into a Parcel Motel locker? Not able to collect from a depot or anything like that I need to use the machines they have at petrol stations...

If it's too big, I believe it goes to the central depot in town or wherever it is and you simply collect it from there.

I think.

colm_gti · 27-06-2013 5:25pm

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

If it's too big, I believe it goes to the central depot in town or wherever it is and you simply collect it from there.

I think.

Yeah, pretty much it, I got a frameset delivered through parcel motel. There is an extra charge (an extra €7 over the €3.50), and you have to collect it from Finglas.

Fantastic service...ended up availing of a UK only offer, AND saving €20 on delivery...

DirkVoodoo · 27-06-2013 5:29pm

colm_gti wrote: »

Yeah, pretty much it, I got a frameset delivered through parcel motel. There is an extra charge (an extra €7 over the €3.50), and you have to collect it from Finglas.

Fantastic service...ended up availing of a UK only offer, AND saving €20 on delivery...

Yeah Finglas, there we go...that's in town, right?

colm_gti · 27-06-2013 5:30pm

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Yeah Finglas, there we go...that's in town, right?

It's on the nice side of town...;)

Darkglasses · 27-06-2013 5:36pm

Doing my second ever TT tonight, there's going to be a massive headwind in the return leg.

Advise? Should I ignore it and just try to make up time on the uphill sections like usual? Should I save energy for the entire first half? Should I go hard for the first quarter, and then try to relax a bit in the second quarter so I have a bit more energy for the turn into the wind?

colm_gti · 27-06-2013 5:45pm

Darkglasses wrote: »

Doing my second ever TT tonight, there's going to be a massive headwind in the return leg.

Advise? Should I ignore it and just try to make up time on the uphill sections like usual? Should I save energy for the entire first half? Should I go hard for the first quarter, and then try to relax a bit in the second quarter so I have a bit more energy for the turn into the wind?

Stick to your LTHR, don't worry about wind, gradient or speed...

Lumen · 27-06-2013 5:48pm

colm_gti wrote: »

Stick to your LTHR, don't worry about wind, gradient or speed...

Going harder when airspeed is lower is more efficient.

colm_gti · 27-06-2013 5:49pm

Lumen wrote: »

Going harder when airspeed is lower is more efficient.

But you wouldn't like to have blown your gasket before you hit the headwind...

How long is the TT?

Darkglasses · 27-06-2013 5:53pm

20km, I've never used a power meter and don't have any LTHR or FTP data.

It's a light rolling terrain, I'm much lighter than everyone who was there last time so I'll be fastest going up the drags either way...But overall I'm useless so will be doing well to finish in the middle again.

Edit: Well, no accurate data. But I know roughly how hard I can go for the 20km, but I was planning on hitting "zone 5" (at least in my head) a couple of times. Just wondering where would be the most profitable places to do it. With no wind, I imagine it would be on the uphill sections, but the wind raises an interesting question I think.

colm_gti · 27-06-2013 6:01pm

Darkglasses wrote: »

20km, I've never used a power meter and don't have any LTHR or FTP data.

It's a light rolling terrain, I'm much lighter than everyone who was there last time so I'll be fastest going up the drags either way...But overall I'm useless so will be doing well to finish in the middle again.

Get a cheap HR monitor, find your LTHR (your average HR for the last 20 minutes of a 30 minute TT).

It'll improve your TT'ing to no end if you know the effort you can maintain for 60 minutes without blowing up

As for today, go as hard as you can with a tail wind, and as hard as you can with a headwind

Darkglasses · 27-06-2013 8:33pm

Just home, much faster than last week. Also, much more pain than last week. It was very blustery I was unable to do anything less than maximum effort the entire time. Also quite hot. Bonked around half-way, thanks to my dreadful diet for the past 48 hours.

Came last this week, smaller group and all of them were quite serious racers. Still, happy out that I set a faster time than last week even with all the tough conditions

Bring on the next one!

Mercian Pro · 27-06-2013 9:45pm

Thargor wrote: »

Has anyone ever fit a wheelset into a Parcel Motel locker? Not able to collect from a depot or anything like that I need to use the machines they have at petrol stations...

Just been up to my local to collect a couple of books (The Rider and The Rules - how dedicated is that?). The biggest lockers look about 50cm square so unless your thinking BMX wheel sets, the depot is the place.

AstraMonti · 27-06-2013 9:57pm

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

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