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

AstraMonti

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT5lq8-L9c4

Beasty

Posts on the "weekend predicament" moved to new thread here

Lusk Doyle

seamus wrote: »

Aside from the ginormous belly and the runners, I think the worst parts are the star of david

Are you a national socialist?

Bunnyhopper

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

Are you a national socialist?

By the looks of it it's supposed to be a woo-yeah 'murca stars 'n' stripes effort, so it should be a five-point star. I guess that makes it sort of a star-typo, in which case "Wingdings grammar Nazi" might indeed apply.

seamus

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

Are you a national socialist?

No, it just looks bloody horrific.

Lusk Doyle

Bunnyhopper wrote: »

By the looks of it it's supposed to be a woo-yeah 'murca stars 'n' stripes effort, so it should be a five-point star. I guess that makes it sort of a star-typo, in which case "Wingdings grammar Nazi" might indeed apply.

Yep!

buffalo

gah! Was wondering why my back wheel was locking up this morning, dent in the rim. Must've been yesterday evening - coming through Drumcondra Road/Clonliffe Road junction, two girls decide to skitter across the various lanes in high heels. Have to brake a bit to let them by, was starting to grind back up to speed when a taxi peeled by with about a foot to spare. Clearly my consideration did not deserve any of his, and I was so distracted that I forgot about the massive pothole that was just ahead. Balls.

It's funny how so often it comes back to taxi drivers. Not that they're all bad. Hi Hermy! o/

Doctor Bob

Re the Star of David on the Lone Wolf's Lotus:

As I was leaving the track I saw his bike glimmering in the distance and had to take a look. I realized it was him right off the bat. We chatted for awhile and the primary reason for covering his bike is because of a message he had heard from God.
Ben (The Lone Wolf) had autographs of famous cyclists all over his bike but he is now covering them all. "The one thing all the cyclists have in common is that God created them all, and I want to show the importance of God in my life".
On the other side of the frame everything is covered and only displays the Star of David.
He is now unifying them all with God.

http://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/comments/16o5h0/i_ran_into_the_lone_wolf_while_he_was_applying/

The pre-crystallised bike, complete with autographs, is in the first post on reddit.

bcmf

AstraMonti wrote: »

If he had of bejazzeld those delta brakes I would have personally hunted him down and shoved every piece of bejazzel down his gullet.

The tax man

AstraMonti wrote: »

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Looks much like the K-Edge Garmin mount.

Dubba

SRAM are doing a Garmin Mount - competitively priced at £15 and look good (apart from the logo) I'll pick one up but can't find it for sale online yet.
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gallery/article/sram-quickview-computer-mount-review-36374?img=1

furiousox

Picked up the Garmin version last month, nice!

Dietmar Hamann

Dubba wrote: »

SRAM are doing a Garmin Mount - competitively priced at £15 and look good (apart from the logo) I'll pick one up but can't find it for sale online yet.
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gallery/article/sram-quickview-computer-mount-review-36374?img=1

Wiggle have it for delivery in April

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/sram-quickview-garmin-gpscomputer-mount/

doozerie

Doctor Bob wrote: »

Re the Star of David on the Lone Wolf's Lotus:

http://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/comments/16o5h0/i_ran_into_the_lone_wolf_while_he_was_applying/

The pre-crystallised bike, complete with autographs, is in the first post on reddit.

[Messenger of] Christ on a bike!

AstraMonti

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ox9xXB9xI

first comment, LOL.

Slo_Rida

furiousox wrote: »

Picked up the Garmin version last month, nice!

How much and where'd you pick it up?

Beasty

First part of the new bike just arrived ...;)

Captain Havoc

Out of curiosity, is anyone else doing the foundation coaching course on Saturday?

buffalo

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Out of curiosity, is anyone else doing the foundation coaching course on Saturday?

I might do Greystones in April, but there's a race the same day.

Captain Havoc

buffalo wrote: »

I might do Greystones in April, but there's a race the same day.

I can't plan ahead that far.

Hungrycol

Beasty wrote: »

First part of the new bike just arrived ...;)

Perspective leads me to believe it's a disk wheel without a hub

Incidentially, I heard (probably QI) the number of the Beast is actually 661 or 616 or some such. A bit like road tax; know as road tax but it's actually motor tax

Captain Havoc

buffalo wrote: »

I might do Greystones in April, but there's a race the same day.

Just looking at my calendar, that's down for May, the same weekend as the Rás finish, the Mick Byrne 200 and Ireland v Pakistan.

Beasty

Hungrycol wrote: »

Incidentially, I heard (probably QI) the number of the Beast is actually 661 or 616 or some such.

616

I prefer 666 particularly given its mathematical "beauty"

buffalo

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Just looking at my calendar, that's down for May, the same weekend as the Rás finish, the Mick Byrne 200 and Ireland v Pakistan.

That's the Level One course, not the Foundation (which is what I'd need to do first).

Captain Havoc

buffalo wrote: »

That's the Level One course, not the Foundation (which is what I'd need to do first).

durrrrrrrr

furiousox

Slo_Rida wrote: »

How much and where'd you pick it up?

I got it for E30 on CRC
Seems to be out of stock now but wiggle have them for E37

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/garmin-out-front-bike-mount/

buffalo

Captain Havoc wrote: »

durrrrrrrr

...I feel like I've missed something. Is the course this weekend not foundation level?

Captain Havoc

buffalo wrote: »

...I feel like I've missed something. Is the course this weekend not foundation level?

Sorry, I was going durrr because I missed you were talking about foundation. I was making fun of myself, not you.

Thargor

Whats the best way to weigh a bike? Is there any cheap luggage scales style thing on Ebay or anything like that? Or even any shops around Dublin with a big scales for heavy goods that would let you put it on for a second? I cant be arsed breaking down a list of components and googling the manufacturer specs...

Captain Havoc

Thargor wrote: »

Whats the best way to weigh a bike? Is there any cheap luggage scales style thing on Ebay or anything like that? Or even any shops around Dublin with a big scales for heavy goods that would let you put it on for a second? I cant be arsed breaking down a list of components and googling the manufacturer specs...

Weigh yourself, then weigh yourself with bike in hand. Total weight - your weight = bike weight.