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

bcmf · 01-07-2013 7:28pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

:eek:

Bike related stuff should always be delivered to a work address!

I've said it before and I will say it again.
Parcel Motel was designed exclusivley for getting bike parts delivered undetected.

bcmf · 01-07-2013 7:33pm

RobFowl wrote: »

Yep that was me, He wrote of a deep section carbon fibre front wheel hitting me......

Jaysus. Didnt know that.
Shocking.
I mean Deep section cf wheels are bloody expensive.

cdaly_ · 01-07-2013 9:42pm

manafana wrote: »

lennymc wrote:

*stuff*

speaking of a man who would overtake cars at 60kmph

I've watched him do it...

buffalo · 01-07-2013 10:49pm

I love those few days after a target race when I can eat whatever the hell I want. I had pancakes for dinner yesterday, followed by banoffee with extra cream. I felt ill, but that didn't stop me eating all the cake tonight. Just munching my way through an entire packet of fig rolls now... om nom nom...

CramCycle · 01-07-2013 11:35pm

buffalo wrote: »

I love those few days after a target race when I can eat whatever the hell I want. I had pancakes for dinner yesterday, followed by banoffee with extra cream. I felt ill, but that didn't stop me eating all the cake tonight. Just munching my way through an entire packet of fig rolls now... om nom nom...

Based on another racer from the recent past, eating alot of figs can have some undesired results. Someone must have a picture, I have a funny feeling someone said it was lucky he was an AG2R rider or possibly unlucky he wasn't, to sum up without a picture.

colm_gti · 01-07-2013 11:44pm

CramCycle wrote: »

Based on another racer from the recent past, eating alot of figs can have some undesired results. Someone must have a picture, I have a funny feeling someone said it was lucky he was an AG2R rider or possibly unlucky he wasn't, to sum up without a picture.

Pretty sure it was and FDJ rider :eek:

bcmf · 02-07-2013 11:21am

Thought it was a quick Step rider in Paris Roubaix

Wishbone Ash · 02-07-2013 11:28am

.....and LeMond in the '86 TDF - last 60kms with brown streaks down his legs! :eek:

Morrisseeee · 02-07-2013 11:38am

FYP

bcmf wrote: »

Thought it was a Quick Shiit rider in Paris Runnix

CramCycle · 02-07-2013 11:58am

Long story short, eat alot of figs, and you will probably mess yourself.

Don't do it on a bicycle.

IM0 · 02-07-2013 12:17pm

this guy just gets better and better :eek:

nice extra bonus features so watch those too

Lyaiera · 02-07-2013 12:17pm

I'm glad for the comfy chairs in the office. After cycling for the first time in a year yesterday my arse is killing me. Padded shorts don't look too well as about-town and office wear.

Morrisseeee · 02-07-2013 12:26pm

Interesting video on carbon fibre, really helped me to understand the qualities of it.
What is carbon fibre

So, what's the best all-rounder ? ie. a bike that gives you strength, lightness, stiffness, acceleration, speed (aerodynamic-ness) and of course comfort.
/any pro bike says you
But are there big/big-ish differences in pro bikes aswell, ie. say Cavendish's sprint machine to Sagan's all-rounder to Froome's climbing motorbike ?

/end confused.ie

Actually part of my confusion/intrigue-ness comes from the fact I've never ridden a carbon bike

seamus · 02-07-2013 12:39pm

IM0 wrote: »

this guy just gets better and better :eek:

nice extra bonus features so watch those too

I remember being 16/17, BMX rider, all into X games and eurosport and all that. Then one day I saw this guy on TV, only a kid, 13 or 14, completely blowing seasoned trials riders out of the water. And I don't think at that stage he'd been riding trials very long, just pricking about at home, and competing in some national trials. I think he got about 30 seconds on some random eurosport show back then. But at that point, watching this guy, I knew I was only ever going to be able to ride bikes for fun

Saw him a few times over the last ten years or so again on random spots on obscureish shows. I'm surprised he didn't become well known earlier than he did.

IM0 · 02-07-2013 1:45pm

seamus wrote: »

I remember being 16/17, BMX rider, all into X games and eurosport and all that. Then one day I saw this guy on TV, only a kid, 13 or 14, completely blowing seasoned trials riders out of the water. And I don't think at that stage he'd been riding trials very long, just pricking about at home, and competing in some national trials. I think he got about 30 seconds on some random eurosport show back then. But at that point, watching this guy, I knew I was only ever going to be able to ride bikes for fun

Saw him a few times over the last ten years or so again on random spots on obscureish shows. I'm surprised he didn't become well known earlier than he did.

he makes walking with a balance bar on a tightrope over the grand canyon look like a cake walk. he is truely phenominal. absolutely mind boggling some of the tricks he does. just to pick one part.... rolling over [arse over tit] the red BALANCE ball and flipping and landing on ONE 3 inch railway track

woulod love to know how many takes that one took!

doozerie · 02-07-2013 1:56pm

IMO wrote:

woulod love to know how many takes that one took!

I think it is mentioned somewhere that some of the stunts required 200-ish takes. Which doesn't reflect poorly on his (phenomenal) skill, rather it reflects very well on his impressive courage since some/many of those mishaps must have hurt a lot. Not only is he amazing to watch perform, his apparently limitless optimism and positive attitude generally would chip away at the grumpiest of moods.

derealbadger · 02-07-2013 2:00pm

I am sure this has been on here before but he has nearly as good of control of the bike as I have

RobFowl · 02-07-2013 4:12pm

http://www.broadsheet.ie/2013/07/02/she-had-a-a-lovely-figure-in-fairness/

This (above) is a portrait by Fairburn, from 1815, showing an Irish lady of striking appearance and mysterious antecedents, described in the following terms:-
“[a] most extraordinary female about twenty years of age.. born in Ireland and of high family and fortune… her body and limbs are of the most perfect and beautiful shape but her head and face resembles that of a pig… She eats her victuals out of a silver trough, in the same manner that pigs do, and when spoken to by any of her relatives or her companion, she can only answer by a grunt. .”

and I love this bit......

There aren’t too many Atkinson's in Ireland; perhaps he was one of the Antrim ones. The Atkinson's don’t seem to have had any descendants, or at least none similarly afflicted…

Hope there are no Atkinson's posting here who might be offended ......

DirkVoodoo · 02-07-2013 4:26pm

Hottest weather girl (woman/person?) alive involved in slight technical blip. She brightens up my day:

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

AstraMonti · 02-07-2013 4:33pm

Ah no no.. if you haven't seen the ridiculous greek one.. you know nothing. It even gets slightly NSFW.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5VYnnQ8UWk

I apologize on behalf of my people...

DirkVoodoo · 02-07-2013 4:38pm

I like my tottie blonde, english and slightly rude. Like Lumen.

Harrybelafonte · 02-07-2013 4:39pm

I want Marcel Wüst's legs.

Beasty · 02-07-2013 4:42pm

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

I like my tottie blonde, english and slightly rude. Like Lumen.

Lumen's blonde?

Captain Havoc · 02-07-2013 6:20pm

AstraMonti wrote: »

Ah no no.. if you haven't seen the ridiculous greek one.. you know nothing. It even gets slightly NSFW.

I apologize on behalf of my people...

RacoonQueen · 02-07-2013 11:01pm

How long has that giant store on the longmile road been open? Don't tend to like giant bikes but ye know, I still want to go in and look at the shiny things.

buffalo · 02-07-2013 11:06pm

AstraMonti wrote: »

Ah no no.. if you haven't seen the ridiculous greek one.. you know nothing. It even gets slightly NSFW.

It gets slightly NSFW? When is it not?!

Squidgy Black · 03-07-2013 12:08am

Decided to go with SPDs and mtb shoes with my commuter, Charge Plug, haven't gotten around to fitting the pedals yet, I'll do it tomorrow. Slightly worried as I've read online quite a bit about people unclipping when trying to stop. I might just go back to single speed....

RobertFoster · 03-07-2013 12:09am

RacoonQueen wrote: »

How long has that giant store on the longmile road been open? Don't tend to like giant bikes but ye know, I still want to go in and look at the shiny things.

Noticed it the other day. Opened last August according to their website. Some pictures on Sticky Bottle.

Wishbone Ash · 03-07-2013 12:45am

buffalo wrote: »

It gets slightly NSFW? When is it not?!

I wasted 4 minutes of my life waiting for a NSFW bit that didn't happen!

Morrisseeee · 03-07-2013 8:52am

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I wasted 4 minutes of my life waiting for a NSFW bit that didn't happen!

..........4 minutes, eh ? :pac:
BTW he did warn you, Not-SexyEnough-For-*anking

ThisRegard · 03-07-2013 10:11am

RobertFoster wrote: »

Noticed it the other day. Opened last August according to their website. Some pictures on Sticky Bottle.

They didn't do a great job of promoting it did they? RacoonQueens post was the first I heard of it.

valleyoftheunos · 03-07-2013 2:01pm

ThisRegard wrote: »

They didn't do a great job of promoting it did they? RacoonQueens post was the first I heard of it.

they must be doing something though, I lose count of the number of Giant ikes I see about the place, they are everywhere of all types and descriptions.

rollingscone · 03-07-2013 4:37pm

Giant are very widely carried by other retailers though

furiousox · 03-07-2013 6:51pm

Off on holidays next Saturday so downloaded some light reading to the kindle.

The Curse Of The Rainbow Jersey by Graham Healy
Heaven & Hell by Don Felder
The Longest Road:An Irish Pan-American Cycling Adventure by Ben Cunningham
Racing Hard by William Fotheringham
Domestique by Charly Wegelius

Still no sign of Kelly's book anywhere.

derealbadger · 03-07-2013 6:55pm

furiousox wrote: »

Off on holidays next Saturday so downloaded some light reading to the kindle.

The Curse Of The Rainbow Jersey by Graham Healy
Heaven & Hell by Don Felder
The Longest Road:An Irish Pan-American Cycling Adventure by Ben Cunningham
Racing Hard by William Fotheringham
Domestique by Charly Wegelius

Still no sign of Kelly's book anywhere.

have a look at tick tock ten

Darkglasses · 03-07-2013 8:29pm

Bought Sean Kelly's book in Wexford Book Centre today

valleyoftheunos · 03-07-2013 9:10pm

rollingscone wrote: »

Giant are very widely carried by other retailers though

Ah yeah sorry just meant in terms of their marketing generally!

rollingscone · 03-07-2013 11:36pm

Regrettably I let a shout at an innocentish ped who staggered across my path at the Barge pub tonight, I gave my normal loud "Careful" when I saw her coming and started slowing but she strided on and only stopped when I braked and swerved and gave a "Jesus Forking Christ". I heard an abashed apology behind me but at the time my blood was up and I was already away.

On a lighter note, I confirmed my theory that white Jerseys are the Dura Ace chain of Cycle clothing.

CramCycle · 03-07-2013 11:50pm

rollingscone wrote: »

On a lighter note, I confirmed my theory that white Jerseys are the Dura Ace chain of Cycle clothing.

Overpriced and disappointing as you realise you should have gotten a SRAM chain instead :eek:

Raam · 03-07-2013 11:52pm

CramCycle wrote: »

Overpriced and disappointing as you realise you should have gotten a SRAM chain instead :eek:

I've gone Campag and I don't intend to go back. When Ultegra on reserve bike 2 eventually snots itself, I shall be getting Chorus for it.

AstraMonti · 04-07-2013 12:14am

Raam wrote: »

I've gone Campag and I don't intend to go back. When Ultegra on reserve bike 2 eventually snots itself, I shall be getting Chorus for it.

In other news, just running at 17hours on a Sev1 outage at work. Life sucks sometimes.

doozerie · 04-07-2013 12:15am

AstraMonti wrote: »

Ah no no.. if you haven't seen the ridiculous greek one.. you know nothing. It even gets slightly NSFW.

She's alright like, but I couldn't see the map behind her half the time, and I'm not sure I caught much of the actual weather forecast. It's fair to say that it was all Greek to me!

She's no Gerald Fleming, that's for sure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUdU56qaGUU

Note the green jacket, the balding patch, the familiar clouds spewing rain over the entire country, and that wink at the end. G'wan Gerald, ya good thing ya.

RobertFoster · 04-07-2013 12:28am

Jeeze, doozerie, mark that video as NSFW will ya?

Squidgy Black · 04-07-2013 2:08am

doozerie wrote: »

She's alright like, but I couldn't see the map behind her half the time, and I'm not sure I caught much of the actual weather forecast. It's fair to say that it was all Greek to me!

She's no Gerald Fleming, that's for sure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUdU56qaGUU

Note the green jacket, the balding patch, the familiar clouds spewing rain over the entire country, and that wink at the end. G'wan Gerald, ya good thing ya.

I've met the man himself a few times, he's a friend's uncle. He's exactly what you'd expect, corny with a slight hint of creepy.

TinyExplosions · 04-07-2013 8:10am

RobertFoster wrote: »

Jeeze, doozerie, mark that video as NSFW will ya?

Not Safe For Weather?

rollingscone · 04-07-2013 8:35am

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Not Safe For Weather?

Forum now needs a groan button

Hmmzis · 04-07-2013 8:51am

Just got to know I've been bumped up to Scratch in the club league. Will have to go and meditate on rule #5 (a lot). Anyone has any tips for how to best make excuses and how to sandbag properly?

On a differnet topic, my saddle keeps getting loose from time to time and it's always the same bolt. Is there something that could be put on the threads to prevent that? (without fusing the bolt to the clamp for all eternity).

Craig06 · 04-07-2013 9:00am

You can get a thread lock that's like a blue stick. Will help the screw grip. Should be able to get it in halfords. I have some here.

doozerie · 04-07-2013 9:23am

RobertFoster wrote: »

Jeeze, doozerie, mark that video as NSFW will ya?

Was it his parting wink? Up to that point he is like the dodgy overly familiar driving instructor who leans in a little when it's unnecessary, but the wink puts him very much into the "clammy hand on yer knee" territory. I suggest spraying your TV/monitor with mace, it's the only way to deal with this kind of thing.

petethedrummer · 04-07-2013 9:25am

Hmmzis wrote: »

On a differnet topic, my saddle keeps getting loose from time to time and it's always the same bolt. Is there something that could be put on the threads to prevent that? (without fusing the bolt to the clamp for all eternity).

Plumbers tape.

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

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