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  • #202
    detones
    Registered Users Posts: 964 ✭✭✭detones


    bcmf wrote: »
    You would be dead to them.
    Now get some sleep you are obviously sleep deprived and spouting nonsense.

    Sounds to me like someone has a major chip on their Shoulder. Boom boom I'm here all week.


  • #203
    doozerie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭doozerie


    Raam wrote: »
    What does he say about them?

    He believes the length of the cranks should be 21% of your inseam. While so many other people talk about ranges of suitable length, or shy away from recommending any length in particular, he has been very specific in any stuff I've read by him on the topic. He seems to get a lot of flak from fellow bike nerds for that (amongst other things), it seems almost as contentious a topic as "correct" spoke tension, or proper sock length.


  • #204
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    doozerie wrote: »
    He believes the length of the cranks should be 21% of your inseam. While so many other people talk about ranges of suitable length, or shy away from recommending any length in particular, he has been very specific in any stuff I've read by him on the topic. He seems to get a lot of flak from fellow bike nerds for that (amongst other things), it seems almost as contentious a topic as "correct" spoke tension, or proper sock length height.

    Fixed that for you. :pac:


  • #205
    Darkglasses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,526 ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    detones wrote: »
    Anybody ever done the cycling part of a relay triathlon? A couple of work mates are talking about forming a team for the tryathy next year. The cycle is 80k for the double Olympic distance. Would I look totally out of place with my non aero bog standard roadbikes and normal cycling gear. Also will my family and friends think less of me for mingling with Triathletes ;-)

    I did one before, quite enjoyed it. Think I may have actually set the fastest or second fastest bike time too. Probably would look a little strange for triathlon to have normal roadie gear, but whatever, their opinions are irrelevant. ;)


  • #206
    doozerie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭doozerie


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    Fixed that for you. :pac:

    And so it begins. You may be ahead for now in the grammar war, but just watch your stray apostrophes. That's all I'm sayin'. I'm watching, I'm waiting.


  • #207
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    doozerie wrote: »
    And so it begins. You may be ahead for now in the grammar war, but just watch your stray apostrophes. That's all I'm sayin'. I'm watching, I'm waiting.

    Never start a sentence with "and".

    2 - 0


  • #208
    MediaMan
    Registered Users Posts: 454 ✭✭MediaMan


    rollingscone wrote: »
    But I don't even know if I want a Rapha hat? :p

    You want one. I have one and they are great. You can even wear them with the peak facing backwards to look ultra-cool. And you don't need to wear a helmet, as no-one would knock you down when you look that cool.


  • #209
    rollingscone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    Except they're €40 plus mega postage...if I read the thread right the last group buy only made a saving on postage.


  • #210
    Keep_Her_Lit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 725 ✭✭✭Keep_Her_Lit


    I knew if I waited long enough I'd find a use for all those old bicycle tubes lying in my shed.

    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a33_1381810163


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  • #211
    bcmf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    rollingscone wrote: »
    Except they're €40 plus mega postage...if I read the thread right the last group buy only made a saving on postage.

    parcel motel will give you the English addy


  • #212
    AstraMonti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,718 ✭✭✭AstraMonti


    Blast from the past..

    276425.jpg


  • #213
    jimm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 650 ✭✭✭jimm


    AstraMonti wrote: »
    Blast from the past..

    276425.jpg

    "Feck off with that camera, we need to pee"


  • #214
    Ole Rodrigo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,013 ✭✭✭Ole Rodrigo


    Jaysus, a lot of saddlebags on display.

    Must have been before the rules were invented. :pac:


  • #215
    rollingscone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    bcmf wrote: »
    parcel motel will give you the English addy

    So what's the point of a group order then?


  • #216
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,160 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    AstraMonti wrote: »
    Blast from the past..
    LOL, I work(ed) with one of the guys in that photo(he is now in Canada with the same company), when I first joined the company he told me about boards and that is where you look if you want to go for a nice spin on a saturday morning.


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  • #217
    le petit braquet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭le petit braquet


    rollingscone wrote: »
    Except they're €40 plus mega postage...if I read the thread right the last group buy only made a saving on postage.

    If you really, really want one, I have a red one which I have yet to list in my other sale threads, but would be prepared to let go for say 30 yoyos to satisfy your lust for Raphaness. For added Raphaness I also have a red XL LS Jersey with full zip which I purchased from ROK_ON if that would fit.


  • #218
    rollingscone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    le petit braquet wrote: »
    If you really, really want one, I have a red one which I have yet to list in my other sale threads, but would be prepared to let go for say 30 yoyos to satisfy your lust for Raphaness. For added Raphaness I also have a red XL LS Jersey with full zip which I purchased from ROK_ON if that would fit.

    Hi LPB,

    I wasn't set on Rapha although it does look like a great bit of kit and that's my budget alright.


  • #219
    le petit braquet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭le petit braquet


    rollingscone wrote: »
    Hi LPB,

    I wasn't set on Rapha although it does look like a great bit of kit and that's my budget alright.

    Well I'm not sure that I should let it go to someone who isn't "set on Rapha", but I'll put up a photo tomorrow and you can decide if it's "you":D and if so it's yours.


  • #220
    BofaDeezNuhtz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 589 ✭✭✭BofaDeezNuhtz


    Behold the 'Praying Mantis' bike....like srsly wtf :eek:

    http://www.adverts.ie/road-bikes/21-road-bike/3950891


  • #221
    Zyzz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭Zyzz


    I have a 50/34 at the moment, can I just upgrade to a 53 or do I need to go to a 36+ aswel for it to work?


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  • #222
    ROK ON
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,831 ✭✭✭ROK ON


    le petit braquet wrote: »
    If you really, really want one, I have a red one which I have yet to list in my other sale threads, but would be prepared to let go for say 30 yoyos to satisfy your lust for Raphaness. For added Raphaness I also have a red XL LS Jersey with full zip which I purchased from ROK_ON if that would fit.


    I will buy that jersey back off of you if you want to put it up for sale.


  • #223
    Idleater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    Zyzz wrote: »
    I have a 50/34 at the moment, can I just upgrade to a 53 or do I need to go to a 36+ aswel for it to work?

    Knock yourself out, it'll be a big drop to the 34 so you might consider a chain catcher. The rear derailleur will need to accommodate the gap too, but it should work


  • #224
    le petit braquet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭le petit braquet


    ROK ON wrote: »
    I will buy that jersey back off of you if you want to put it up for sale.

    No problem, but will it still fit you? I assume post Raid etc that you would no longer be an XL, though its a small XL. Anyway would 35 euro be okay if you are interested and its still in excellent condition.


  • #225
    ROK ON
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,831 ✭✭✭ROK ON


    Pm me where I could collect.
    I have no idea where Glenageary is.
    You said your wife can meet close to town - let me know if that's a runner.
    50 is a fair price - I will put it up on your site.

    I can arrange that it will fit :-)
    Very best of luck.


  • #226
    rollingscone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    ROK ON wrote: »
    Pm me where I could collect.
    I have no idea where Glenageary is.
    You said your wife can meet close to town - let me know if that's a runner.
    50 is a fair price - I will put it up on your site.

    I can arrange that it will fit :-)
    Very best of luck.

    If I'm heading out to collect the hat I'll happily lead you there from the city centre.

    You can fly out along the N11 as far as Foxrock church then it's only about 15 minutes to Glenageary village.


  • #227
    le petit braquet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭le petit braquet


    Thanks for that ROK_ON and your selflessness in being prepared to make the XL jersey fit:D and more seriously for upping the offer. I'll PM you both with collection options.


  • #228
    Oryx
    Subscribers Posts: 19,425 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    Suzuki_TL1000R wrote: »
    Behold the 'Praying Mantis' bike....like srsly wtf :eek:

    http://www.adverts.ie/road-bikes/21-road-bike/3950891

    Gah. Adverts are doing that sh!te app redirect now on mobile. Stick it up your bum adverts!


  • #229
    Super Freak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 620 ✭✭✭Super Freak


    On a completely different note.
    Parkinsons sufferer arrested during olympic road race because he did not smile.

    I heard this guy being interviewed during the week. An understandable mistake I suppose but a very heavy handed approach but the police involved. Poor guy told the arresting officer about his disease immediately but it fell on deaf ears.

    What a terrible disease :(


  • #230
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 77,514 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Clontarf cycle track speed limit posts moved here


  • #231
    Crow92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,017 ✭✭✭Crow92


    Brought the bike with me to New Zealand for the year. Unpacked and took it out for a short spin. The journey home from the city center has this 1.5km segment which will cause me great pain for the next few weeks, Especially since the touring bike weighs close to 13kg!

    276698.JPG


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  • #232
    marko93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,013 ✭✭✭marko93


    Lads, bit concerned about taking my Trek 1.1 to college. Is there a cheap, say 250-300 quid bike that would be worth getting? Don't mind if it's a fixie. Anything bar Dual Suspension would be grand enough for me.


    Trying to find an interesting route in D15 is proving difficult I must say, but cycling is still great.


  • #233
    Darkglasses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,526 ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    marko93 wrote: »
    Lads, bit concerned about taking my Trek 1.1 to college. Is there a cheap, say 250-300 quid bike that would be worth getting? Don't mind if it's a fixie. Anything bar Dual Suspension would be grand enough for me.


    Trying to find an interesting route in D15 is proving difficult I must say, but cycling is still great.

    Btwin Triban 5!


  • #234
    marko93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,013 ✭✭✭marko93


    Darkglasses wrote: »
    Btwin Triban 5!

    Quite a bit out of the price I can afford :P

    Was honestly thinking something like this,

    http://www.adverts.ie/fixies-singlespeed-bikes/new-fixie-gear-urban-bicycle-fixed-bike/3590869


    Don't ban me :o


  • #235
    Peter T
    Registered Users Posts: 569 ✭✭✭Peter T


    Id stick with something with gears. I use a giant peloton 7000 in and out of college, bought it cheap. Maybe try have a chat with the college about bikes that get left behind every year


  • #236
    marko93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,013 ✭✭✭marko93


    Thanks for the advice!

    Was looking into throwing an offer on this maybe, but sadly, I really have no idea what I'm looking at specs wise:
    http://www.adverts.ie/road-bikes/road-bike-viking-vision-reynolds-1990-s/3987160


  • #237
    bobcranfret
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭bobcranfret


    This is an interesting vintage bike but, based on your post, you might be better going for something more recent.


  • #238
    hueylewis
    Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭hueylewis


    Well, I'm an idiot. Balanced my bike at lights in a queue of traffic instead of putting my foot down like a sensible person, then didn't consider toe overlap when I went to pedal forward. Hit the front wheel with my toe and got stuck, panicked and fell over like an eejit with dozens of onlookers. No physical damage, but oh god the shame of it.


  • #239
    Zyzz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭Zyzz


    Just saw this absolute eejit try and balance his bike in a queue of traffic but when he went to pedal, his toe hit the front wheel and he fell over. Loads of people saw it happen and laughed :pac:


  • #240
    Dermot Illogical
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭Dermot Illogical


    Zyzz wrote: »
    Just saw this absolute eejit try and balance his bike in a queue of traffic but when he went to pedal, his toe hit the front wheel and he fell over. Loads of people saw it happen and laughed :pac:

    You've heard of karma, right?
    :pac:


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  • #241
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Passed the same guy 3 times today, climbing three different hills.

    First time I went by, said good morning and about half a km down the road took a wrong turn and doubled back.
    Met the guy again about five minutes later, went by, same deal again, wrong turn, doubled back.
    Met him for a 3rd time in 15 minutes and passed him again.

    He wasn't going slow at all but I was absolutely stomping on the pedals so passing him at a fair clip each time, uphill. He must have thought I was deliberately taking the piss.


  • #242
    Buzwaldo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 733 ✭✭✭Buzwaldo


    Was out for a quiet spin this morning when this guy shot past me on a climb. Ok so I'm not the best climber, but on the next rise, same guy passes me again.
    When he passed me on the third climb, without me remembering passing him out, I thought what a tosser! Is he taking the piss or what?


  • #243
    Dermot Illogical
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭Dermot Illogical


    Buzwaldo wrote: »
    Was out for a quiet spin this morning when this guy shot past me on a climb. Ok so I'm not the best climber, but on the next rise, same guy passes me again.
    When he passed me on the third climb, without me remembering passing him out, I thought what a tosser! Is he taking the piss or what?

    Well. That was unexpected...


  • #244
    Buzwaldo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 733 ✭✭✭Buzwaldo


    Dermot Illogical wrote: »
    Well. That was unexpected...

    Sorry. Couldn't resist. Must grow up.


  • #245
    Dermot Illogical
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭Dermot Illogical


    Buzwaldo wrote: »
    Sorry. Couldn't resist. Must grow up.

    Jesus no! There's far too much grown up around here as it is!
    :)


  • #246
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    I feel as though I've really achieved something today. I figured out that the bottle sterilization thingy for the baby takes 3 x 750ml and 1 x 500ml sized of my drinks bottles for the bike. Bye bye to that scummy stuff at the bottom and in the lids! :D


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  • #247
    Dermot Illogical
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭Dermot Illogical


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    I feel as though I've really achieved something today. I figured out that the bottle sterilization thingy for the baby takes 3 x 750ml and 1 x 500ml sized of my drinks bottles for the bike. Bye bye to that scummy stuff at the bottom and in the lids! :D

    Yeah but does it make your High 5 taste like gripewater?


  • #248
    dedocdude
    Closed Accounts Posts: 282 ✭✭dedocdude


    Lads ye were probably all out for a spin but did any one hear the chap on with Marian Finucane on rte 1 radio this morning - i didnt catch his name or the full interview, but i think he is involved with Kilkenny hurling - (i think) he was arguing along the lines that GAA players should not be subject to dope testing as they are amateur and should their sample return a non-negative finding their job/careers could be needlessly affected by this. Football manager Roddy Collins was also on and mentioned that one of his players at a pervious club had failed a test due to an energy/recovery product that had a trace of something banned on it - didn't hear enough of Roddy to tell if he was in agreement with the other chap or not. There was another girl on - again i am not sure who she is, but she made a good point that for some jobs you might be tested as part of your medical to get the job - this point would go against the guys argument in my opinion.

    But It was an interesting POV especially for cycling and more so Irish cycling where amateurism and professionalism regularly meet in competition domestically -

    I think the rte player will post a pod cast of the show but cant seem to find it yet to hear the full jist of what the guy had to say


  • #249
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    Dermot Illogical wrote: »
    Yeah but does it make your High 5 taste like gripewater?

    I'll let you know!


  • #250
    Zyzz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭Zyzz


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057065383

    Lol'd at the thread title, the OP and the username of the 2nd poster..


  • #251
    Captain Havoc
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 11,393 Mod ✭✭✭✭Captain Havoc


    dedocdude wrote: »
    There was another girl on - again i am not sure who she is, but she made a good point that for some jobs you might be tested as part of your medical to get the job - this point would go against the guys argument in my opinion.

    No it wouldn't as a job is professional.

    https://ormondelanguagetours.com

    Walking Tours of Kilkenny in English, French or German.



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