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

Crow92 · 16-07-2012 10:06pm

You could put a strip of rubber then zip tie the sensor. Some of them come with O-rings too.

hardCopy · 16-07-2012 10:42pm

G rock wrote: »

how does everyone put their speedo on the fork without marking the paint with the zipties over time?

am i just being too fussy?

At least it's not as bad as marks in your speedos

Crow92 · 16-07-2012 10:43pm

Question of my own.
If I was to buy say this crankset.
http://www.adverts.ie/bikes/fsa-vero-track-crankset-bb/1735982
Can I use it with a 3/32" chain or does it have to be a 1/8" chain?

I'm looking into making a 9 speed bike.

route66 · 16-07-2012 10:59pm

G rock wrote: »

how does everyone put their speedo on the fork without marking the paint with the zipties over time?

am i just being too fussy?

Yes

doozerie · 16-07-2012 11:18pm

G rock wrote: »

how does everyone put their speedo on the fork without marking the paint with the zipties over time?

am i just being too fussy?

You could use helicopter tape, or any name variation on the clear self-adhesive protective tape typically used to protect frames from the likes of cable rub or chain drop. That works well as it is robust, versatile, and effective. It can be pricey to buy, though you can usually find rolls of it for a reasonable price (relatively speaking) on eBay.

Or cut a strip of rubber from an old bicycle tube and use that, for the wholesome DIY "none of yer fancy stuff, my father would approve" look.

If you want to be *really* fussy though then you could choose to worry about whether the covered over paint will fade differently to the exposed paint

Tonyandthewhale · 16-07-2012 11:23pm

Crow92 wrote: »

Question of my own.
If I was to buy say this crankset.
http://www.adverts.ie/bikes/fsa-vero-track-crankset-bb/1735982
Can I use it with a 3/32" chain or does it have to be a 1/8" chain?

If it's a 1/8" chainring then you'll need to use a 1/8" chain, otherwise the 3/32" will get sort of stuck stuck and be generally awful and hateful and wrong and you'll never be happy again. At least that's what happens in my experience. You could presumably put a 3/32" chainring on it though I suppose.

ednwireland · 17-07-2012 9:42am

RIP jon lord

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAUlJdHJa0c

Peterx · 17-07-2012 12:22pm

with the new look boards I now know for the first time ever that yoga and pilates are a sport.

Jawgap · 17-07-2012 4:17pm

Crow92 wrote: »

You could put a strip of rubber then zip tie the sensor. Some of them come with O-rings too.

Bit of an old tube - sure why else would you keep them, if not for stuff like this?

Diarmuid · 17-07-2012 6:05pm

G rock wrote: »

how does everyone put their speedo on the fork without marking the paint with the zipties over time?

am i just being too fussy?

Get a Garmin

Wishbone Ash · 17-07-2012 6:18pm

ednwireland wrote: »

RIP jon lord

They were one of my favourite bands for many years. I think I'll crank up the turntable tonight for a blast of Made in Japan on LP.

hardCopy · 17-07-2012 6:44pm

Peterx wrote: »

with the new look boards I now know for the first time ever that yoga and pilates are a sport.

Which is closer to a sport Yoga & Pilates, Pro Wrestling or Darts?

G rock · 17-07-2012 7:05pm

Diarmuid wrote: »

G rock wrote: »

how does everyone put their speedo on the fork without marking the paint with the zipties over time?

am i just being too fussy?

Get a Garmin

Was thinking about that alright! But then the same prob arises with the cadence sensor?

hardCopy · 18-07-2012 11:10am

Ripped from You Laugh You lose

Wishbone Ash · 18-07-2012 12:36pm

Nissan Maxima

http://www.motorcheck.ie/free-car-check/

NO PLATE NUMBERS

manafana · 18-07-2012 12:44pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Nissan Maxima

http://www.motorcheck.ie/free-car-check/

edit : the taxi i see.

Same as above

Wishbone Ash · 18-07-2012 2:03pm

I met a fairly large group between Stamullen and Naul this morning all in similar distinctive red and black jerseys with what looked like the word "GIANT" across the chest. Anyone know who they are?

buffalo · 18-07-2012 6:31pm

Dan Martin going to be on RTE Sport on RTE Radio 1 in a bit.

edit: er, he's on now.

petethedrummer · 18-07-2012 8:34pm

Jeremy Whittle on newstalk now. talking about TDF '86.

ednwireland · 18-07-2012 8:59pm

petethedrummer wrote: »

Jeremy Whittle on newstalk now. talking about TDF '86.

i knew newstalk were behind the times but that report is laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate

ednwireland · 18-07-2012 9:29pm

good documentary on vicky pendleton on bbc1

Lusk Doyle · 18-07-2012 10:05pm

ednwireland wrote: »

good documentary on vicky pendleton on bbc1

An emotional fish. She is.

Lusk Doyle · 18-07-2012 10:05pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I met a fairly large group between Stamullen and Naul this morning all in similar distinctive red and black jerseys with what looked like the word "GIANT" across the chest. Anyone know who they are?

They do.

Dermot Illogical · 18-07-2012 10:13pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I met a fairly large group between Stamullen and Naul this morning all in similar distinctive red and black jerseys with what looked like the word "GIANT" across the chest. Anyone know who they are?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAbZzdalZh4
58 seconds and onward look familiar?

le petit braquet · 19-07-2012 1:33am

Decided to take the long way home to Dun Laoghaire via Malahide this evening. I was proceeding at a reasonable lick with the aid of the tailwind at St Anne's Park when my front wheel tramlined in the groove left by a trench excavated some time in the past.
As has happened in the these situations before, the rest seems to unravel in slow motion. You have the time to think about how much this is going to hurt and then it does, big time. I am even conscious of my head speeding (in slow motion) towards the concrete and then can here the thud as the helmet does its stuff and absorbs most of the shock.
I was lucky that there was no vehicle behind me, as I was planted in the middle of the lane and the consequences could have been much more serious. I ended up with road rash on my elbow, knee and knuckles, bruised ribs and clavicle and my 3 month old Giro Ionos is now in the rubbish bin.

Big thanks to the various motorists and cyclists who stopped to enquire after my welfare in case any of them read this.

The story does have a happy ending - the bike escaped unscathed:D

Junior · 19-07-2012 9:42am

You can save this link for Friday http://www.treehugger.com/bikes/do-bicycle-helmet-laws-do-more-harm-than-good.html

Hungrycol · 19-07-2012 9:52am

ednwireland wrote: »

good documentary on vicky pendleton on bbc1

While watchin that my wife said you should do that track cycling instead as I wouldn't get rained on. I informed her that the only track in Dublin is outdoors much to her amusement.

VP's dad came across as a total d!ck.

Lusk Doyle · 19-07-2012 10:05am

Hungrycol wrote: »

VP's dad came across as a total d!ck.

Yeah - you could sense the resentment from her to him.

doozerie · 19-07-2012 11:00am

Every time my Specialized BG Pro road shoes, the 2010 version, get rained on during a ride they absolutely stink for days or weeks afterwards. They smell like tomcat wee, so it's perhaps appropriate that deodorising cat litter is the most effective means of killing the smell (but only until they get wet again). Did Specialized employ some particularly territorial shoe makers that year I wonder, so territorial that they sprayed everything they made before it left the factory?

I wore them to work this morning and it currently smells like a tramp has crawled under my desk to decompose. Another good reason to get rid of open plan offices, albeit a slightly unconventional one.

Lumen · 19-07-2012 11:08am

doozerie wrote: »

Every time my Specialized BG Pro road shoes, the 2010 version, get rained on during a ride they absolutely stink for days or weeks afterwards

All my shoes stink at the moment. I tried 90 minutes in the oven at 100C, and that "cured" it for a time but the stink is slowly returning and the shoes appear to have shrunk slightly.

My next approach will be to squirt Milton into them every night using one of those plant mist sprayers, so that over time they become deeply impregnated with antibacterial poison.

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

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