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

RobFowl · 05-11-2012 5:59pm

Beasty wrote: »

E-mail just received:
:D:D

Hope you get the chance to see your beloved team try to get closer to the 5 that Liverpool have won, will help them establish themselves as the second best team in the Premier league....

Captain Havoc · 05-11-2012 6:02pm

Beasty wrote: »

E-mail just received:
:D:D

Hi Beasty, my bestest buddy in the whole wide world

Mycroft H · 05-11-2012 6:29pm

this is exactly hyow a chain should be fixed ha

Lusk Doyle · 05-11-2012 6:34pm

BX 19 wrote: »

this is exactly hyow a chain should be fixed ha

She could at least feign an interest and smile, the cow!

Morrisseeee · 05-11-2012 6:53pm

Holy flying cyclists and bikes batman !!

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buffalo · 05-11-2012 7:24pm

Like this - http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/raf-pilot-teach-cyclists/

The biological explanation for "sorry mate, didn't see you":

When you move your head and eyes to scan a scene, your eyes are incapable of moving smoothly across it and seeing everything. Instead, you see in the image in a series of very quick jumps (called saccades) with very short pauses (called fixations) and it is only during the pauses that an image is processed.

Your brain fills in the gaps with a combination of peripheral vision and an assumption that what is in the gaps must be the same as what you see during the pauses.

Essentially, if a cyclist is in a driver's saccade, they're screwed.

Junior · 05-11-2012 8:10pm

Airless Tyres anyone ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9SWIsY8rzQ

Tea_Bag · 05-11-2012 8:18pm

Junior wrote: »

Airless Tyres anyone ?

its about time. the tech has been around for ages.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aLvNkyASpk

el tel · 05-11-2012 8:21pm

Junior wrote: »

Airless Tyres anyone ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9SWIsY8rzQ

Wonder how aero they are? Probably not much use for CX.

Lumen · 05-11-2012 8:55pm

el tel wrote: »

Wonder how aero they are? Probably not much use for CX.

Probably not much use for anything. I would bet that the ride quality and grip is worse than a puncture proof tyre (e.g. Marathon Plus), as the sidewalls would have to be super stiff.

The off-roading looks slow.

Plastik · 05-11-2012 10:18pm

I changed a shifter cable tonight. What an irrational fear of such a (like most stuff on the bike) simple job. I feel like I've come of age.

AstraMonti · 05-11-2012 10:27pm

Try to get to a muddy terrain with those tires.. they 'll end weighing a ton each!

doozerie · 05-11-2012 10:44pm

buffalo wrote: »

Essentially, if a cyclist is in a driver's saccade, they're screwed.

Grab the driver by the saccade, or the fixation, and give it a good yank. That's sure to attract his attention.

doozerie · 06-11-2012 1:51am

I've been searching for a set of Electron Backupz USB rechargeable lights online and found a set on special offer, for £19.95 (they are £30+ elsewhere), from a place in Edinburgh. Their shipping info says they don't ship to Ireland but their registration page lets you select from only 4 countries for your address and Ireland is one of them. So I registered.

Sure enough they auto-filled the delivery charge in my basket - they'll charge £20 just to ship this tiny set of lights to me. In case that should scare me off they are offering free shipping if I spend just another £480.05. 'Twould take a lot of sets of lights to reach that figure, more than I'll ever need in several lifetimes, but it's "free" shipping, and something free has got to be good, right?...

Cookie_Monster · 06-11-2012 4:17am

how doable is 430km in a day do you reckon?
http://goo.gl/maps/q6Wp4

up there over the new year would really like to get up to the north most point from where we are, looking to get a car to get 70km or so up the road make it a bit easier but not sure if I'll be able too. 1400m x2 of ascent in the total dist which isn't too bad...

Would prob take 15 hours I reckon :eek:

Beasty · 06-11-2012 9:43am

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Would prob take 15 hours I reckon :eek:

That's nearly 29kph assuming no stops. I think you could easily "budget" on the full 24 hours including stops and it's still a hell of a challenge imo

... or are you saying the "70 or so up the road" in the car reduces it to a "mere" 290km? In which case maybe 15 hours including stops is a lot more realistic.

buffalo · 06-11-2012 9:47am

doozerie wrote: »

I've been searching for a set of Electron Backupz USB rechargeable lights online and found a set on special offer, for £19.95 (they are £30+ elsewhere), from a place in Edinburgh. Their shipping info says they don't ship to Ireland but their registration page lets you select from only 4 countries for your address and Ireland is one of them. So I registered.

Sure enough they auto-filled the delivery charge in my basket - they'll charge £20 just to ship this tiny set of lights to me. In case that should scare me off they are offering free shipping if I spend just another £480.05. 'Twould take a lot of sets of lights to reach that figure, more than I'll ever need in several lifetimes, but it's "free" shipping, and something free has got to be good, right?...

I'm in Edinburgh next week if you want me to pick them up?

Lusk Doyle · 06-11-2012 10:08am

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

how doable is 430km in a day do you reckon?
http://goo.gl/maps/q6Wp4

up there over the new year would really like to get up to the north most point from where we are, looking to get a car to get 70km or so up the road make it a bit easier but not sure if I'll be able too. 1400m x2 of ascent in the total dist which isn't too bad...

Would prob take 15 hours I reckon :eek:

I recently did 295kms in Italy in 9h 20m including three / four stops along the way for refreshments.

It's a long day, but certainly do-able.

Qualitymark · 06-11-2012 10:23am

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

I recently did 295kms in Italy in 9h 20m including three / four stops along the way for refreshments.

It's a long day, but certainly do-able.

Just lying down now for a little. Suddenly I feel fatigued.

ThisRegard · 06-11-2012 10:36am

doozerie wrote: »

they'll charge £20 just to ship this tiny set of lights to me.

Have you looked into that parcel motel thing ? All the kids over on the Bargain Alerts forum are raving about it.

irishbuzz · 06-11-2012 12:16pm

I understand the main benefit of Parcel Motel is that it offers 24hr delivery locations and you can pick up your items from these when you wish, but can someone explain how it can reduce delivery costs etc?

ThisRegard · 06-11-2012 12:27pm

Because some sites offer free delivery to the UK, or will only deliver to the UK, you enter your address as the parcel motel address in Antrim, so it's shipped free to there. They then bring it down to one of the drop off points for €3.50. So in doozeries case he'll pay €3.50 for a two night 'stay' in a selected motel rather than £20 delivery directly from the site.

There's additional costs depending on parcel size and not collecting within the 2 days etc.

CaoimH_in · 06-11-2012 12:29pm

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

how doable is 430km in a day do you reckon?
http://goo.gl/maps/q6Wp4

up there over the new year would really like to get up to the north most point from where we are, looking to get a car to get 70km or so up the road make it a bit easier but not sure if I'll be able too. 1400m x2 of ascent in the total dist which isn't too bad...

Would prob take 15 hours I reckon :eek:

I think you'd have to do that on the Summer Solstice to have any chance of doing most of it in daytime!

Lusk Doyle · 06-11-2012 1:32pm

Qualitymark wrote: »

Just lying down now for a little. Suddenly I feel fatigued.

Imagine how I felt! Didn't get back to the hotel until 1am after the bus transfer back from the event finish and then was up at 5:30 am the next morning for a flight!

The logistics of events with different start and finishes are head wrecking!