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

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    #8522
    petethedrummer
    Registered Users Posts: 7,604 ✭✭✭petethedrummer


    Zyzz wrote: »
    Great cheers fellas :)

    Buy 2. So you have a spare.


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    #8523
    Brad768
    Registered Users Posts: 382 ✭✭Brad768


    26 degrees here in Galway..feels warmer though. I'm the last one to complain about heat but tonight's club spin will be ehh..interesting. I feel for anyone doing club league races tonight!


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    #8524
    manafana
    Registered Users Posts: 3,484 ✭✭✭manafana


    doozerie wrote: »
    It is a UCI event so the many UCI requirements, some of which defy belief, must be met. Pat will have his way!

    yes uci puts rules on the riders etc, but in terms of route giro follows guidlines but final decision is with them how to apply them


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    #8525
    doozerie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭doozerie


    manafana wrote:
    yes uci puts rules on the riders etc, but in terms of route giro follows guidlines but final decision is with them how to apply them

    Ah yeah, my tongue was firmly in my cheek for my first post. But then again, this is the UCI, rule out nothing :)


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    #8526
    daragh_
    Registered Users Posts: 3,122 ✭✭✭daragh_


    Just met 3 guys checking the road outside my office for the Giro next year.

    Had a quick chat. Finish in Merrion Square.

    But more importantly IT'S COMING PAST MY OFFICE!!!!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D


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    #8527
    Idleater
    Registered Users Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    daragh_ wrote: »
    IT'S COMING PAST MY OFFICE!!!!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D

    Book the meeting room with the best view.


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    #8528
    buffalo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,066 ✭✭✭buffalo


    Thought those pesky Juniors wouldn't bother me again once I got out of A3. How wrong I was proved tonight! :p


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    #8529
    Zyzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭Zyzz


    NSFW: If your in work don't scroll down any further
    Think Ill sit down and enjoy the highlights..






































    iBJvBVn.jpg

    tumblr_mk9efgRrX11r0ftodo1_250.gif

    (if the pic is against the rules Ill delete it, just thought he was making an ass of himself..)


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    #8530
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,613 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Sky news blaming Wiggins for "packs" of "bicyclists" wearing "lycra" speeding in "saddle wars".

    Bravo on the journalistic integrity :pac: (fair enough they took it from a paper but they just ran with it for 5 minutes there).


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    #8531
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,630 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    Idleater wrote: »
    Book the meeting room with the best view.

    410 AGM anybody? ;)


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    #8532
    buffalo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,066 ✭✭✭buffalo


    CramCycle wrote: »
    Sky news blaming Wiggins for "packs" of "bicyclists" wearing "lycra" speeding in "saddle wars".

    Bravo on the journalistic integrity :pac: (fair enough they took it from a paper but they just ran with it for 5 minutes there).

    Sky News blame Sky rider for something? Sure just send the complaint to head office!


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    #8533
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,613 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    buffalo wrote: »
    Sky News blame Sky rider for something? Sure just send the complaint to head office!

    Well technically guest speakers looking at a paper say wiggins is a god but he inspires awful behaviour by promoting lycra and going fast in large groups called pelotons on quiet roads.


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    #8534
    petethedrummer
    Registered Users Posts: 7,604 ✭✭✭petethedrummer


    Zyzz wrote: »
    NSFW: If your in work don't scroll down any further
    Think Ill sit down and enjoy the highlights..

    (if the pic is against the rules Ill delete it, just thought he was making an ass of himself..)

    Riders should be allowed carry tazers.


    There's a time an a place for mooning and that's on the back of school tour buses or 4am in Temple bar. Not at some guy busting his gut up a mountain.


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    #8535
    quozl
    Registered Users Posts: 3,308 ✭✭✭quozl


    Has anyone else noticed the odd spectator making what looks like the shaking-a-fist-up-and-down symbol for 'wanker' at the cyclists as they struggle uphill?

    Is this some other symbol that I don't know or does the odd goon really do a 'wanker' gesture in the face of some guy dying his way up a mountain?


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    #8536
    Hmmzis
    Registered Users Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭Hmmzis


    CramCycle wrote: »
    Sky news blaming Wiggins for "packs" of "bicyclists" wearing "lycra" speeding in "saddle wars".

    Bravo on the journalistic integrity :pac: (fair enough they took it from a paper but they just ran with it for 5 minutes there).

    That's class, their marketing department must proud of the news department now. :D


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    #8537
    manafana
    Registered Users Posts: 3,484 ✭✭✭manafana


    quozl wrote: »
    Has anyone else noticed the odd spectator making what looks like the shaking-a-fist-up-and-down symbol for 'wanker' at the cyclists as they struggle uphill?

    Is this some other symbol that I don't know or does the odd goon really do a 'wanker' gesture in the face of some guy dying his way up a mountain?

    think their just fist pumping rather than wanker gesture to urge them on


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    #8538
    ROK ON
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,831 ✭✭✭ROK ON


    Missed the club league race last night as I was caught in work. When I got out the evening was too fine to wast so I headed out in a relaxing cycle. Exiting the Phoenix Park at the Mt Sackville exit there was a rather tanned very rotund looking gent doing Stretching exercises on the grass by the park exit.

    Nothing unusual about that, except that from the distance he appeared naked.

    As I passed him I realised he was wearing a pair of shiny gold speedos.

    I nearly passed out from laughter. Sort of like the get up that Ray Winstone wore in the film sexy beast.

    Amazing what you see. Absolute legend.


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    #8539
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    Maybe it was for a localised version of the following ad ?

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


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    #8540
    fat bloke
    Registered Users Posts: 5,831 ✭✭✭fat bloke


    Why do you never see any "Spring-Break!" style 19 year old female antics for the eurosport cameras? I could nearly watch Chris Vroom and Porte's maddening smirk if there was the occasional tank-top lifting.


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    #8541
    petethedrummer
    Registered Users Posts: 7,604 ✭✭✭petethedrummer


    fat bloke wrote: »
    Why do you never see any "Spring-Break!" style 19 year old female antics for the eurosport cameras?

    The riders would have to carry Mardi-Gras beads up with them.


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    #8542
    doozerie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭doozerie


    petethedrummer wrote: »
    Riders should be allowed carry tazers.

    There's a time an a place for mooning and that's on the back of school tour buses or 4am in Temple bar. Not at some guy busting his gut up a mountain.

    I think the peleton should have accepted his offer of an impromptu bike stand and parked up by rolling their front wheels forcefully into the proffered slot. I can't imagine him, or many other, "fans" making that offer again in the future if it was met with such enthusiasm.


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    #8543
    lennymc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    That magical moment when your lbs rings you and says those special three little words. " your frame arrived"


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    #8544
    fat bloke
    Registered Users Posts: 5,831 ✭✭✭fat bloke


    lennymc wrote: »
    That magical moment when your lbs rings you and says those special three little words. " your frame arrived"

    To which Lenny replies:

    "Which one?"


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    #8545
    Zyzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭Zyzz


    such a lovely day..outrageous farmers tan on the cards :(


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    #8546
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,630 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    A week without my bike, and this beautiful weather. I'm dying here, this is just sheer cruelty.


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    #8547
    Planet X
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,950 Mod ✭✭✭✭Planet X


    lennymc wrote: »
    That magical moment when your lbs rings you and says those special three little words. " your frame arrived"

    CycleBike?


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    #8548
    lennymc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    Planet X wrote: »
    CycleBike?

    yup. surly cross check in hospital green. Ordered a week ago, as cheap as I could find it online.


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    #8549
    Planet X
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,950 Mod ✭✭✭✭Planet X


    Jasus.....another Surly in the house. Getting common now :)
    Well done.


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    #8550
    Planet X
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,950 Mod ✭✭✭✭Planet X


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls3NxXSb1K0


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    #8551
    lennymc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    Planet X wrote: »
    Jasus.....another Surly in the house. Getting common now :)
    Well done.

    they sure are. I'm building this one into a single speed cx race bike for the craic. I say craic, I mean extra suffering. First impressions - impressed by the finish on it, looks tough. It doesnt actually seem that heavy (I got the 50 or 52 (cant remember)). 2200g or so for the frame and 900g for the fork or so. Fork is a bit heavy, but i can replace that with a lighter carbon yoke down the road if needed. Just had a quick look at it in the box at lunch, will collect it next week and build it up over a few weeks.


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