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

doozerie

cdaly_ wrote: »

Night cycling is really nice. The night closes around you, ...

A few months back I was cycling in the Yorkshire moors during daylight but it was foggy, very foggy, and visibility shrunk quickly as I climbed higher, it got down to no more than a handful of metres. It was very surreal, it felt as if the world was physically shrinking around me. It didn't help that the setting was straight out of a horror story, it was a toss up between the Hound of the Baskervilles and a werewolf as being the most likely thing to emerge from the fog.

Anyway, as enjoyable as it was it also creeped me out a bit, gravity started feeling inadequate to keep me from parting company with the planet. I had to resist the urge to give gravity a helping hand by climbing off the bike and laying face down on the ground to increase my contact area with it. It wasn't my most manly moment, I must admit.

Great place though, Yorkshire, and excellent for cycling. I'm not sure I'm really selling it very well above...

rollingscone

A note about cycling out of Dublin towards Meath last night, I was actually descending confidently and well on the few long descents on the route but perversely I couldn't break 40kph due to the crappy road surface that was vibrating me like a ladies private recreational aid.

AstraMonti

Harrybelafonte

Very important video which proves track riders are better at almost everything than road riders

Trololololol

Raam

For sportive riders...

http://road.cc/content/blog/92981-if-you-can%E2%80%99t-see-my-handlebars%E2%80%A6


Sportivist Blind Spots

Don't assume any large gap between sportivists is safe. When veering across the road for no reason large riders often wobble over to the right before they swing sharply across to the left to stop. 


quozl

Raam wrote: »

For sportive riders...

http://road.cc/content/blog/92981-if-you-can%E2%80%99t-see-my-handlebars%E2%80%A6

Thanks Raam, that'll be very useful for me this Sunday in my first Sportive.

How am I meant to keep away from myself though?

Raam

quozl wrote: »

How am I meant to keep away from myself though?

Uhm, stay at home?

quozl

Raam wrote: »

Uhm, stay at home?

But then I won't be a Sportivist and won't need to avoid myself.

So I'll go out, but then...

I'm doomed

Skrynesaver

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Very important video which proves track riders are better at almost everything than road riders

Trololololol

But does it make up for feeling like a hamster on a wheel ?

Harrybelafonte

Skrynesaver wrote: »

But does it make up for feeling like a hamster on a wheel ?

Never had that issue, but I do have a short concentration span. Still, it's a lot less boring and more enjoyable than sitting in a bunch in A4.

doozerie

quozl wrote: »

How am I meant to keep away from myself though?

Wait until you are distracted, such as when you are eating food on the bike, and sprint away from yourself.

rollingscone

Anyone encountered.

ThisRegard

I saw a similar stand by the same company but for running stuff at the start of the summer.

CramCycle

ThisRegard wrote: »

I saw a similar stand by the same company but for running stuff at the start of the summer.

I thought I seen them do hurling stuff (gloves and bar wraps) awhile ago but could be wrong.

hueylewis

Has anyone heard the atrocious RSA cycling ad on the radio or Spotify? It starts off with a cyclist's inner monologue excitedly describing his race to a traffic light (I think, can't remember word for word), before going over the bonnet of a car. It concludes with a patronising voice telling cyclists its everyone's responsibility to be careful on the road. The Spotify ad format also includes a little square banner, in this case the message accompanying the audio is something to the effect of "watch out for cyclists on the road". I mean, the underlying message isn't wrong, but the way it's framed and presented is very bad - the banner really typifies the "us vs them" mentality in my eyes.

Edit: Ok, last I'll say about this ad after hearing it again. Managed to record the latter half here. Maybe it's just me and I'm making something out of nothing, but it sounds so condescending. Just stuck out to me because I've found other RSA ads in the past to be generally pretty good about driving and cycling behaviour/awareness.

Planet X

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ochRPYaTlc

Thanks Qualitymark

Zyzz

New desktop background

wilfitz

Lost two screws out of my spd sl cleats. Can you get these anywhere? New to cycling and no spares.

Zyzz

wilfitz wrote: »

Lost two screws out of my spd sl cleats. Can you get these anywhere? New to cycling and no spares.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mobile/ie/en/shimano-spd-sl-fixing-bolts-long/rp-prod28898

Or unless someone has a few spare lying around

clog

wilfitz wrote: »

Lost two screws out of my spd sl cleats. Can you get these anywhere? New to cycling and no spares.

I just changed a set yesterday pm me with address and I will post spares to you gratis.

wilfitz

clog wrote: »

I just changed a set yesterday pm me with address and I will post spares to you gratis.

Thanks. Pm sent

dogsears

Zyzz wrote: »

New desktop background

No selfies!

ednwireland

look out of the window bucketing rain, ok sealskin socks, knee warmer, arm warmers, long finger gloves, no rain shorts, event gilet, overshoes

what happens sun comes out

doozerie

What a weekend. On Saturday as I prepared to eat my freshly made pancakes I was shocked to find that I had only a single lemon in the house, not enough for both my pancakes and for the lemon cheesecake I'd be making that afternoon. So no lemon on my pancakes then. I decided to console myself with a glass of San Pellegrino but, horror, there was no bottle in the fridge so I'd have to settle for some from a non-chilled bottle on a shelf.

And today, after a bike ride, as I used up the rest of the pancake batter while my croissants were heating up in the oven, I realised that these pancakes would have to be consumed without lemon juice too.

My life is a series of daunting challenges, I'll bet kids these days don't know how easy they have it by comparison, etc.

detones

So Burger King now do a Triple Whopper with Bacon and Cheese. Polished one off earlier. How many k's will it to take to burn that bad boy off????

colm_gti

detones wrote: »

So Burger King now do a Triple Whopper with Bacon and Cheese. Polished one off earlier. How many k's will it to take to burn that bad boy off????

6 repeats of kilmashogue lane and 4 Hail Marys

rollingscone

detones wrote: »

So Burger King now do a Triple Whopper with Bacon and Cheese. Polished one off earlier. How many k's will it to take to burn that bad boy off????

When you get to Australia, write back and tell us if the toilets really do flush the other way.

buffalo

rollingscone wrote: »

When you get to Australia, write back and tell us if the toilets really do flush the other way.

And watch out for white jeeps:

http://www.smh.com.au/national/cyclist-hit-by-car-challenges-police-over-fine-video-evidence-20130906-2tb68.html

The audible screams after the impact are chilling. I'm not sure if SMH is a tabloid, but after the interview concludes, they stick in a little audio clip of them, just to make sure you're completely unnerved.

AstraMonti

From Grand Theft Auto 5

kerry4sam

Strava gave me a good auld chuckle today...

Came out from my Lumbar Spine CT Scan this evening to find an e-mail from Strava about increasing on my segment times

Yeah, doing well to move around this week; never mind get on my lickle racer; dare to even think about about improving Strava times!

Oh Roll on my detailed results and Please God a solution as my patience ain't at its best when I is in pain