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They don't even pay road tax Joe. **Off topic thread**

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    #8012
    roverrules
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 331 ✭✭roverrules


    Alek wrote: »
    Looking at Street View it looks quite tight alright - single outbound lane and a joke of a hard shoulder.

    And I think its a 60 limit, so expect cars to be accelerating to 80!


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    #8013
    retalivity
    Registered Users Posts: 14,000 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Dont see any liege-bastogne-liege thread but paddy power have gerrans at 66/1 whereas everyone else has him between 22-33.

    I know hes coming back off injury but i cannot leave the previous years winner at that huge a price...


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    #8014
    tigerboon
    Registered Users Posts: 721 ✭✭✭tigerboon


    That clip on This is British Eurosport where Contador hands over the bike is still brilliant.


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    #8015
    RainyDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,925 ✭✭✭RainyDay


    Zyzz wrote: »
    Reporting a taxi driver has never been so easy with the driver check app :)

    Arsebag took a right hander off Stephens Green which isn't allowed, I had planned to go straight on but he decided to speed up and drive towards me (obviously to try and not get caught) and when I yelled that he was breaking the law he gave me the finger and started cursing like there was no tomorrow!
    From previous experience, reporting traffic to the regulator goes nowhere. They just refer you to the Gardai.


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    #8016
    Zyzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭Zyzz


    RainyDay wrote: »
    From previous experience, reporting traffic to the regulator goes nowhere. They just refer you to the Gardai.

    Shame really!

    And now my post is gone!

    Definitely would suggest downloading the app for future reference! (Im on an iPhone not sure about android) :)


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    #8017
    The tax man
    Registered Users Posts: 4,557 ✭✭✭The tax man


    Zyzz wrote: »
    Shame really!

    And now my post is gone!

    Definitely would suggest downloading the app for future reference! (Im on an iPhone not sure about android) :)

    I used it on android last night. His mugshot looked more like a wanted poster.


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    #8018
    Zyzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭Zyzz


    The tax man wrote: »
    I used it on android last night. His mugshot looked more like a wanted poster.

    Now take that face and imagine it speeding at you while screaming and cursing at you and giving you the finger! :p


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    #8019
    The tax man
    Registered Users Posts: 4,557 ✭✭✭The tax man


    Zyzz wrote: »
    Now take that face and imagine it speeding at you while screaming and cursing at you and giving you the finger! :p

    I'm sure the two of you and a lovely conversation.:D


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    #8020
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Fair play to this fella from NI.
    A morbidly obese man who piled on the pounds thanks to a twice-daily takeaway habit and 'hated leaving the house' because of his looks has lost 19st in just one year.

    David Rush, 33, from Lisburn, Northern Ireland, felt that he 'shouldn't go out' because of his size but lost the weight after plucking up the courage to start cycling.

    At his heaviest, he weighed 34st and was forced to order specialist XXXXXL clothes on the internet - the result of topping up his takeaway-heavy diet with six bags of crisps and two bottles of full-fat Coca-Cola a day.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3053925/Morbidly-obese-man-used-feast-takeaways-twice-day-takes-cycling-sheds-19-STONE-just-one-year.html


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    #8021
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Hey a 'Thank You' to the cyclist on the Malahide Road, Thursday morning, who pointed out that my phone wallet was about to fall out of the back pocket of my cycling jacket.

    If you're reading this, I didn't get to thank you enough man ~ my phone, money, cards and work I.D. would have been lost.

    Silly me had forgotten to zip up my pocket.


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    #8022
    rollingscone
    Registered Users Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    rollingscone wrote: »
    Can anyone point me in the right direction for information on replacing these cables?

    20150412_173038.jpg

    Turned out to be beyond saving...total bummer. Thanks to the lads in Thinkbike for having a look at it. I hadn't pinged that the shifters weren't indexing. BB was zapped, back wheel was badly out of true but was also buzzing.

    I would normally have suggested using the frame for a nice s/spd build with a cheap back wheel but the frame was corroded.


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    #8023
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    Aiden Defeated Revolver wrote: »
    Hey a 'Thank You' to the cyclist on the Malahide Road, Thursday morning, who pointed out that my phone wallet was about to fall out of the back pocket of my cycling jacket.

    If you're reading this, I didn't get to thank you enough man ~ my phone, money, cards and work I.D. would have been lost.

    Silly me had forgotten to zip up my pocket.

    No problem. I'll accept a cash payment as thanks.


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    #8024
    Luxman
    Registered Users Posts: 937 ✭✭✭Luxman


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    No problem. I'll accept a cash payment as thanks.

    So will I😜


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    #8025
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,742 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    zerks wrote: »
    Fair play to this fella from NI.



    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3053925/Morbidly-obese-man-used-feast-takeaways-twice-day-takes-cycling-sheds-19-STONE-just-one-year.html

    Full-fat Coca-Cola?


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    #8026
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,742 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    Slightly old, but I've only just seen it:
    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ukip-candidate-victoria-ayling-asks-in-meeting-what-happens-when-renewable-energy-runs-out-10057008.html
    UKIP candidate asks what happens when renewable energy runs out.


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    #8027
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,321 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    found this under a carpet in a house i bought in 2003; i think it dated from about 1967?

    346581.jpg


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    #8028
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    No problem. I'll accept a cash payment as thanks.

    Was it you?


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    #8029
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    Aiden Defeated Revolver wrote: »
    Was it you?

    No. Just spotted the oportunity for some cash!


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    #8030
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,321 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    the indo have run a 'car vs. bus vs. bike' article (commute times):

    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/special-reports/commuter-test-which-is-faster-bus-bike-or-car-we-find-out-31173662.html


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    #8031
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    There's a memorial to Liam Horner near Powerscourt.
    If I remember correctly, it says "Liam Horner, Olympic Cyclist. The Last Prime"


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    #8032
    Macy0161
    Registered Users Posts: 9,268 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    the indo have run a 'car vs. bus vs. bike' article (commute times):

    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/special-reports/commuter-test-which-is-faster-bus-bike-or-car-we-find-out-31173662.html
    9.23 start time? They did their best to let the car win. 8.23 they'd have probably seen buses go past full, and not been able to get the car out onto the N11!


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    #8033
    manafana
    Registered Users Posts: 3,484 ✭✭✭manafana


    Macy0161 wrote: »
    9.23 start time? They did their best to let the car win. 8.23 they'd have probably seen buses go past full, and not been able to get the car out onto the N11!

    just wish they would improve the cycling paths etc on that road as they are shockingly in need of work on that road


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    #8034
    Qualitymark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,824 ✭✭✭Qualitymark


    Macy0161 wrote: »
    9.23 start time? They did their best to let the car win. 8.23 they'd have probably seen buses go past full, and not been able to get the car out onto the N11!

    Journalists' working hours…


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    #8035
    Qualitymark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,824 ✭✭✭Qualitymark


    http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/crowd-control/videos/rule-your-world-do-the-right-thing/ Daniel Pink's Crowd Control tested out a road that plays America the Beautiful if you drive at exactly 45mph.



    And to keep people from parking in disabled spaces:



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    #8036
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,953 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    lennymc wrote: »
    technically it doesn't become the M1 until after the first exit after the santry exit, until then it's the N1 (iirc). I use that stretch of road - it's certainly not motorway there.
    Apologies for being pedantic but it only becomes the M1 after the M50 interchange. The stretch from there to Dublin Port (via tunnel) is all still the M50. If you were to travel from the Red Cow interchange to Dublin Port via DPT you never leave the M50. It's the N1 from Santry to the DPT exit/entrance.
    Alek wrote: »
    Looking at Street View it looks quite tight alright - single outbound lane and a joke of a hard shoulder.
    Not pleasant to cycle on Alek. Motorist traffic is very close and you'll get the odd horn blast from drivers assuming you are cycling on a motorway.


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    #8037
    rollingscone
    Registered Users Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    Currently at Fred Level: "Has a whole set of DHB kit (LS Jersey and Bib tights) that he'd forgotten he owned".


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    #8038
    dunworth1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,290 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    what do people bring with them gear wise when going on a long 100km+ spin
    obviously a spare tube and multitool
    but how much water and what else?


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    #8039
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    Not pleasant to cycle on Alek.

    Went there yesterday. Not too bad to be honest, and much faster than going via Santry.

    Not a pleasant one by any means but usable if I'm late to work :)


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    #8040
    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    dunworth1 wrote: »
    what do people bring with them gear wise when going on a long 100km+ spin
    obviously a spare tube and multitool
    but how much water and what else?

    What you mentioned and then a couple of bars and a couple of water bottles, phone, bit of cash, pump, tire levers. If it looks like it might rain then I'll bring a raincoat.


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    #8041
    Lumen
    Registered Users Posts: 31,009 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    dunworth1 wrote: »
    what do people bring with them gear wise when going on a long 100km+ spin. Obviously a spare tube and multitool

    From bitter experience: patches, a proper tyre boot, chain tool and possibly missing link.

    I don't actually bring these things (apart from patches), but I would if I learned from my bitter experiences, for instance being stuck up a mountain in Donegal in gale force winds and rain with no mobile signal, repeatedly and desperately trying to use folded cash to boot a tyre as each note in turn bursts through the hole, finally having to descend on a flat tyre to a petrol station and call a taxi, shivering and swearing.

    Also: don't start a 100km ride when one of your tyres "looks a bit dodgy".


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