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  • #5192
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users Posts: 24,468 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    was on the velodrome on thurs nite trying to get a decent time on the road circuit and pushing so hard up the hill the back wheel starts skipping off the road in time with the pedal strokes. Never gotten that before, kinda scary!


  • #5193
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users Posts: 24,468 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Also targeting advertising whenever I'm on the 410 forum:
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    :pac::pac::pac:


  • #5194
    doozerie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭doozerie


    Potential Christmas gift for the cycling woman in your life:

    bow_peep_crochet_gloves_burgundy1.jpg

    For reference though, I showed that picture to my wife and there was more than a hint of impending divorce in her response.


  • #5195
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,335 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    ednwireland wrote: »
    Streakers invade the track at the Gent Six

    photo_047480_220.jpg

    :eek:

    You'd think before streaking he would have at least have had the decency to wax that chest.


  • #5196
    Darkglasses
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,526 Mod ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    Another lovely night for cycling, although it's the time of year when I'm yet again glad of the 35mm tires on my commuter, I saw more than a couple of cars skidding and slipping around. Take care lads!


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  • #5197
    Hmmzis
    Registered Users Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭Hmmzis


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    Also targeting advertising whenever I'm on the 410 forum:
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    :pac::pac::pac:

    I've never gotten that one but I consistently get that EPOboost ad shown between posts.


  • #5198
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    Also targeting advertising whenever I'm on the 410 forum:
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    :pac::pac::pac:

    I thought those ads were based on your search history;)

    DealExtreme and Vodafone are appearing in my view of the forum.


  • #5199
    CaoimH_in
    Registered Users Posts: 945 ✭✭✭CaoimH_in


    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?

    I'm beginning to concoct a plan for my future world domination ... Beginning to plan out training and a better diet with less salt, processed foods, and other stuff. What do we think?


  • #5200
    bcmf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    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?

    I'm beginning to concoct a plan for my future world domination ... Beginning to plan out training and a better diet with less salt, processed foods, and other stuff. What do we think?

    Are you racing in A4 yet?


  • #5201
    Darkglasses
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,526 Mod ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    Jawgap, Hmmzis, Cookie Monster:

    Adblock is the business:

    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom


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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 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 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 Posts: 31,008 ✭✭✭✭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 Posts: 8,049 ✭✭✭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: 11,391 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 Posts: 24,948 ✭✭✭✭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: 75,196 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
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,526 Mod ✭✭✭✭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 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
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,526 Mod ✭✭✭✭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 Posts: 5,718 ✭✭✭AstraMonti


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


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