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

le petit braquet · 07-05-2012 11:44pm

Piece on the hated Halfords from the Torygraph finance pages http://tinyurl.com/7on27y6

CramCycle · 08-05-2012 2:01am

AstraMonti wrote: »

Elections in Greece as well. The results are embarrasing. 1 out of 2 people is still retarded I ll probably stay here for the next 4 years.. I am getting my Irish citizenship next year too!

With your pace around the orwell randonee, it is too embarassing for the Irish to let you stay so we will have to do something about that citzenship malarky

Jawgap wrote: »

Flying Scotsman on BBC2 @ 11-30pm tonight.

Never seen it before, very enjoyable, how true to life would the film be other than the results?

AstraMonti · 08-05-2012 10:00am

CramCycle wrote: »

With your pace around the orwell randonee, it is too embarassing for the Irish to let you stay so we will have to do something about that citzenship malarky

Ok I was slow but not that bad, 24,3kms/h. Worst part was after the stop, it totally killed me, I will never stop again

lennymc · 08-05-2012 10:01am

AstraMonti wrote: »

Ok I was slow but not that bad, 24,3kms/h. Worst part was after the stop, it totally killed me, I will never stop again

that was all the cake!!

CramCycle · 08-05-2012 11:06am

AstraMonti wrote: »

Ok I was slow but not that bad, 24,3kms/h. Worst part was after the stop, it totally killed me, I will never stop again

I meant you were too quick, you would make the natives look bad :eek:

AstraMonti · 08-05-2012 11:07am

CramCycle wrote: »

I meant you were too quick, you would make the natives look bad :eek:

Haha that was definitely NOT the case. That bloody buffalo was flying all over the place.

Lumen · 08-05-2012 12:43pm

Gadget Show. "Armed with two of the world's greatest racing bikes, Jason and Polly take to roads of the world's most famous GP circuit. But, will Polly's £22,000 monster stand up to Jason's competitive streak?"

Nobody notices that the £22,000 disc braked road bike has the front wheel on the wrong way. :pac:

Mycroft H · 08-05-2012 2:14pm

Lumen wrote: »

Gadget Show. "Armed with two of the world's greatest racing bikes, Jason and Polly take to roads of the world's most famous GP circuit. But, will Polly's £22,000 monster stand up to Jason's competitive streak?"

Nobody notices that the £22,000 disc braked road bike has the front wheel on the wrong way. :pac:

Ohhhh dear, ohh dear. Thats bad.

seamus · 08-05-2012 2:22pm

Lumen wrote: »

Nobody notices that the £22,000 disc braked road bike has the front wheel on the wrong way. :pac:

Would i also be right in thinking that she was riding a €22k TT bike and marked it down because she had difficulty cornering?

ThisRegard · 08-05-2012 2:41pm

Lumen wrote: »

Nobody notices that the £22,000 disc braked road bike has the front wheel on the wrong way. :pac:

Jasons helmet is ill fitting, they're both wearing running shoes and they create a big queue of traffic by illegally riding two abreast and this is what you notice

Jawgap · 08-05-2012 4:31pm

Thinking of doing the Stubborn Mule Sportive just to see what happens when someone cuts up or beeps indignantly at few dozen Guards........:)

CramCycle · 08-05-2012 4:37pm

Jawgap wrote: »

Thinking of doing the Stubborn Mule Sportive just to see what happens when someone cuts up or beeps indignantly at few dozen Guards........:)

Any idea what the route is like? Any hills?

The tax man · 08-05-2012 6:18pm

Right who's on for a group buy... 57 bikes.:eek:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200754421914

Gallery of bikes on offer.

Dibs on the Lotus.:D

Jawgap · 08-05-2012 8:37pm

CramCycle wrote: »

Any idea what the route is like? Any hills?

Website says Tara and back and there's a link to their 2011 run which seems to take in Tara. It Garda parlance it heads northwest in a northwesterly direction........

Not much in the way of hills in that part of the world.

Reckon it will be well marshaled and there'll be lots of hang sangiches, tins of club orange, packages of Tayto and Mars bars at the end.:)

ednwireland · 08-05-2012 8:54pm

Jawgap wrote: »

Reckon it will be well marshaled and there'll be lots of hang sangiches, tins of club orange, packages of Tayto and Mars bars at the end.:)

surely doughnuts and coffee ?

Mycroft H · 08-05-2012 10:22pm

ednwireland wrote: »

surely doughnuts and coffee ?

Coffee? coffee? ye are getting above your station. Pot of tea if your lucky.

Jawgap · 09-05-2012 8:33am

ednwireland wrote: »

surely doughnuts and coffee ?

That's the NYPD Sportive you're thinking of!

BX 19 has it right.....

BX 19 wrote: »

Coffee? coffee? ye are getting above your station. Pot of tea if your lucky.

strong tae it will be too.......

......oh and expect lots of diversions to the nearest Spar / Centra for Twixes and the like.....

Hungrycol · 09-05-2012 2:15pm

Got these paper clips from a Japanese colleague today

kumate_champ07 · 09-05-2012 3:35pm

Saw a man in his late 50's catch a 16yr old on a robbed bike, thought it was an accident at first but the guy crashed into him from the side to stop him! Another kid had gone by me a few mins before and broke the red lights, apparently he was on another stolen bike, I had noticed he was standing up mashing in a high gear. I went lookin for him in templebar but had no luck. He had a 2min headstart on me. At least 1 was caught

AIR-AUSSIE · 09-05-2012 5:40pm

O my free Rose bikes catalogue arrived today. Its like a Argos catalogue just for bikes its huuge!:)

Mycroft H · 09-05-2012 7:47pm

AIR-AUSSIE wrote: »

O my free Rose bikes catalogue arrived today. Its like a Argos catalogue just for bikes its huuge!:)

Its great toilet reading

furiousox · 09-05-2012 9:38pm

Garmin 500's back in stock at handtec.co.uk

Dubba · 09-05-2012 9:47pm

Question on bike sizing - Is it normal for your knees to pass up and inside your elbows when in the drops? It does with me and I presumed the bike was too small but looking at the Giro it seams a lot of riders have the bikes set up that way

RobFowl · 09-05-2012 11:19pm

Dubba wrote: »

Question on bike sizing - Is it normal for your knees to pass up and inside your elbows when in the drops? It does with me and I presumed the bike was too small but looking at the Giro it seams a lot of riders have the bikes set up that way

Yes, when i started out was seen as one of the ways you knew you'd got your positioning right...

(thats said t'was in the days when steel was king)

Dubba · 09-05-2012 11:43pm

RobFowl wrote: »

Yes, when i started out was seen as one of the ways you knew you'd got your positioning right...

(thats said t'was in the days when steel was king)

Cheers...

But the odd time my knee will hit off my elbow, esp if I tuck down by bending at the elbows to get more aero.
Maybe it just that the bars are too narrow, they are 42cm and my shoulders are 46cm.

Lumen · 10-05-2012 6:38am

Dubba wrote: »

Cheers...

But the odd time my knee will hit off my elbow, esp if I tuck down by bending at the elbows to get more aero.
Maybe it just that the bars are too narrow, they are 42cm and my shoulders are 46cm.

Your knees don't know how wide your shoulders are.

Maybe you have fat knees. :pac:

The tax man · 10-05-2012 7:42am

Dubba wrote: »

Question on bike sizing - Is it normal for your knees to pass up and inside your elbows when in the drops? It does with me and I presumed the bike was too small but looking at the Giro it seams a lot of riders have the bikes set up that way

If your knees pass your ears, then you need a bigger bike.