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

Harrybelafonte

RobFowl wrote: »

Harry you are my new hero.......

Blush... In fairness, the little guy was great at encouragement, "to the next telegraph pole, then the bus stop" and instantly handed me a bottle on the flat bits. Whether he could be bothered doing it again, I'm not sure.

Wishbone Ash

Very impressive Harry!

What was the descent like?

buffalo

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

No going right at the church, but if I get time up the easy side down to 15 minutes, I might give it a go. Best thing about it is that I have no fear whatsoever of that climb anymore. It took me longer to get up it on my road bike with 27 gears three years ago than today (with 8 gears).

Well done sir! And looks like the weather was far nicer for you, than when I went up at about 6pm, with the wind and the rain giving me a view that looked a bit like this:

Harrybelafonte

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Very impressive Harry!

What was the descent like?

Pretty fast. I was a bit braver than usual with the longer wheelbase and disk brakes.
I told himself to warn me if it felt too fast for him, which he did after a few minutes. But we slowly picked up speed, so I went faster and faster until I was spinning out. Not a word from him. When we got to the bottom I realised he'd covered his eyes with the blanket.

Super Freak

How to make a Specialized Venge look loke a shopping bike :rolleyes:

EEUUUUWWWWW

Mycroft H

http://store.theonion.com/p-5045-cheat-to-win-bracelet.aspx

CramCycle

RobFowl wrote: »

Harry you are my new hero.......

Mine too, I want one of those bikes.

Darkglasses

Had to abandon my commute home today, not remotely safe with the wind. If cars kept a safe distance from me it would have been ok, but half way home it was clear that wasn't happening

buffalo

Darkglasses wrote: »

Had to abandon my commute home today, not remotely safe with the wind. If cars kept a safe distance from me it would have been ok, but half way home it was clear that wasn't happening

Forum rules say you have to sign the Wimp List.

Lumen

Darkglasses wrote: »

Had to abandon my commute home today, not remotely safe with the wind. If cars kept a safe distance from me it would have been ok, but half way home it was clear that wasn't happening

Wobble more.

Darkglasses

Lumen wrote: »

Wobble more.

There was no stopping the wobble.

colm_gti

Someone was clearly having a slow Monday morning....



Found this stuck to my bike, which was locked in the same place I've been keeping it since October. Grammar was a bit off, so I corrected it, gave them a grade (think a C- is generous, next time they won't be so lucky), and left it back for them. I did move my bike though, path of least resistance....

Dermot Illogical

colm_gti wrote: »

Someone was clearly having a slow Monday morning....



Found this stuck to my bike, which was locked in the same place I've been keeping it since October. Grammar was a bit off, so I corrected it, gave them a grade (think a C- is generous, next time they won't be so lucky), and left it back for them. I did move my bike though, path of least resistance....

You forgot to mark down the capitalisation of "area".
D for the jobsworth, B- for yourself.

colm_gti

Dermot Illogical wrote: »

You forgot to mark down the capitalisation of "area".
D for the jobsworth, B- for yourself.

Dammit, and that was one of the things I made fun of with my mates over lunch, fail on my part!

buffalo

colm_gti wrote: »

Someone was clearly having a slow Monday morning...

I can't tell if you're talking about the guy who left the note, or yourself.

Harrybelafonte

CramCycle wrote: »

Mine too, I want one of those bikes.

On a day like today, when you're basically cycling a block of wood into the wind, having to push hard downhill, gusts of wind blowing you all over the place, or simply stopping you, with the usual four or five "Hey, can you give us a lift, hurr, hurr"s. You may change your mind.

colm_gti

buffalo wrote: »

I can't tell if you're talking about the guy who left the note, or yourself.

All my Monday mornings are slow, but I done this over lunch :P

Dermot Illogical

colm_gti wrote: »

All my Monday mornings are slow, but I done did this over lunch :P

C+.

colm_gti

Dermot Illogical wrote: »

C+.

Go away :P

Harrybelafonte

Dermot Illogical wrote: »

C+.

You missed the full stop at the end of his sentence, and, unless I'm mistaken your "C+" is not a sentence, therefore does not require a full stop. Would that be right?

Dermot Illogical

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

You missed the full stop at the end of his sentence, and, unless I'm mistaken your "C+" is not a sentence, therefore does not require a full stop. Would that be right?

Hoist by my own petard!
And the killer blow struck by someone misplacing commas. The ignominy!

Harrybelafonte

Dermot Illogical wrote: »

Hoist by my own petard!
And the killer blow struck by someone misplacing commas. The ignominy!

Shoot, the one before the "and". You cannot know how bad it is for me to have done that.

Peterx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3cLX9Azh358#!

shamelessly copied from the weather forum. If you have no attention span whatsoever go straight to 40 seconds.

daragh_

Peterx wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3cLX9Azh358#!

shamelessly copied from the weather forum. If you have no attention span whatsoever go straight to 40 seconds.

What happened to the chap who was standing by the wall? :eek:

Beasty

Bleedin' drivers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYX3mLwZwDo

buffalo

I'll never get over how some of the so-called pro teams seem to make the most basic of errors. From Jens Voight's latest blog post:

Another thing we did at the camps this year that was really good was to split up into different groups depending on the racing program. For those of us coming down to Australia, we were doing harder, more intense work to get ready for racing sooner. But for some guys who are not racing so soon, their training was a bit more relaxed, more base training.

Before we would all just go out and do the same thing, but now it was more specific so that different riders can peak at different times.

Seriously? Last year Radioshack riders weren't targetting events with their training? It's outrageous really.

Beasty

C'mon Buffalo - you surely don't pay attention to someone who talks to his legs?

CramCycle

buffalo wrote: »

Seriously? Last year Radioshack riders weren't targetting events with their training? It's outrageous really.

They sound as bad as the Irish Olympic selection committee in terms of common sense.

Dubba

Me thinks he's talking out his ar$e

ednwireland

too many face plants