They don't even pay road tax Joe. **Off topic thread**

bcmf

RobFowl wrote: »

Pat for president of the IVCA.....

So he can 'clean up ' the vets and make sure everyone competes at the same level.

Jawgap

oops......

Glasgow 2014: Sri Lanka cyclists stopped by police on M74

Four members of Sri Lanka's Commonwealth Games team were stopped by police when they were spotted cycling down the M74 near Glasgow.
They were seen on one of Scotland's busiest stretches of road at the exit for Motherwell and Hamilton before they were told they were breaking the law.

The junction is close to Strathclyde Park, which hosts the triathlon events on Thursday and Sunday.

"The cyclists were advised to get off the road," Police Scotland said.
The quartet were photographed by Olympic champion and England triathlete Alistair Brownlee, who then tweeted the picture.

"The Sri Lankan cycling team cruising down the M74, lovely spot for a bike ride," the 26-year-old wrote.

Chips Lovell

Brigitte Bardot...

Beasty

Jawgap wrote: »

oops......

Glasgow 2014: Sri Lanka cyclists stopped by police on M74

Fuinnily enough exactly the same thing happened when the games were in Manchester (or possibly a subsequent World Chapionships) when a team of pursuiters went down the Mancunian Way, which is a motorway through the centre of the city

Sarz91

Went physio today and have been told I may have Chondromalacia Patellae.

I was told it's more than likely cleat positioning. Which is rather annoying seen as I've been unable to race for the last 3 years due to injuries caused by cleat positioning. I've had numerous fits but to no avail obviously.

Had a chat with the sports therapist who specialises in cycling injuries and she suggested Speedplay Zero's and to max out the float.

Anyone use Zero's? How do you find them?

Unknown Soldier

Sarz91 wrote: »

Went physio today and have been told I may have Chondromalacia Patellae.

I was told it's more than likely cleat positioning. Which is rather annoying seen as I've been unable to race for the last 3 years due to injuries caused by cleat positioning. I've had numerous fits but to no avail obviously.

Had a chat with the sports therapist who specialises in cycling injuries and she suggested Speedplay Zero's and to max out the float.

Anyone use Zero's? How do you find them?

Would that be something like having no pain in your knees, in general but when you touch/press around them there is some pain?

I'm hoping my issue is because I had to use my hybrid for the last two days

Sarz91

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

Would that be something like having no pain in your knees, in general but when you touch/press around them there is some pain?

No it's not sore to touch but when I squat or walk upstairs there is a pain and a crunching just above my kneecap.

Idleater

Sarz91 wrote: »

No it's not sore to touch but when I squat or walk upstairs there is a pain and a crunching just above my kneecap.

I was diagnosed with it after somehow injuring myself walking on a beach in Sicily. Collapsed thigh muscles and or kneecap going off its track was what my physio diagnosed. I think the term is used across multiple knee type injuries. Happily mine cleared up thanks to physio and doctor so I'd recommend you get some you can trust their opinion and work with.

seany15

I use zeros. Absolutely love them. Made a massive difference to my pedal stroke and i even felt i was climbing better than when i go back to the shimanos on the hacker. No knee issues at all. And i have the float nearly at 0 cause i hate my knees moving. Expensive but well worth it.

Unknown Soldier

Had my canyon serviced. I actually don't feel embarrassed on it any more.

It even had a firmware update!

Tomorrow I feel brave enough, if not privileged, for the first time to wear my Argos/shimano (team Ireland) kit.

Sarz91

seany15 wrote: »

I use zeros. Absolutely love them. Made a massive difference to my pedal stroke and i even felt i was climbing better than when i go back to the shimanos on the hacker. No knee issues at all. And i have the float nearly at 0 cause i hate my knees moving. Expensive but well worth it.

Not worried about cost as long as they don't irritate my knees the way the Shimanos seem to.

Lumen

Sarz91 wrote: »

Went physio today and have been told I may have Chondromalacia Patellae.

I was told it's more than likely cleat positioning. Which is rather annoying seen as I've been unable to race for the last 3 years due to injuries caused by cleat positioning. I've had numerous fits but to no avail obviously.

I'd get an opinion from a different physio. Fussing over cleats sounds like there is some more fundamental issue that needs addressing.

CramCycle

Lumen wrote: »

I'd get an opinion from a different physio. Fussing over cleats sounds like there is some more fundamental issue that needs addressing.

I have been to 3 different physios (for a different problem) and all gave different reasoning, only one of them seemed to alleviate the problem with the exercise program.

Harrybelafonte

Speaking of physios, I've spent the last week since hitting 37 trying to work out what career I could leap into to get off unemployment, etc. and low and behold an advert for the Institute of Physical Therapy & Applied Science comes on the radio this orning. Now I'm convinced it'd be a great move... No idea why, considering my original degree is in English and Irish... but there you go, the power of advertising.

bcmf

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Speaking of physios, I've spent the last week since hitting 37 trying to work out what career I could leap into to get off unemployment, etc. and low and behold an advert for the Institute of Physical Therapy & Applied Science comes on the radio this orning. Now I'm convinced it'd be a great move... No idea why, considering my original degree is in English and Irish... but there you go, the power of advertising.

Was. That the ad that said 'weekends over 3 years'
They made it sound appealing alright.

Qualitymark

There's a magical (so say my creaky arthritic friends) physio out on the far edge of Connemara; daughter and granddaughter of bonesetters, was in America and saw an ad for professional physio training and took the course, came home and lives out there on the edge of the Atlantic and reputedly is good for what ails you.

Raam

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Speaking of physios, I've spent the last week since hitting 37 trying to work out what career I could leap into to get off unemployment, etc. and low and behold an advert for the Institute of Physical Therapy & Applied Science comes on the radio this orning. Now I'm convinced it'd be a great move... No idea why, considering my original degree is in English and Irish... but there you go, the power of advertising.

Could be fun. You get to hurt people and then they give you money.

Harrybelafonte

bcmf wrote: »

Was. That the ad that said 'weekends over 3 years'
They made it sound appealing alright.

Well, yeah... I started to convince myself it'd just be for an hour or two, y'know, like at lunchtime.

I know someone who did a business degree part-time for nearly four years and his wife nearly left him, so, yeah, it's a no goer from the start.

So far the only suggestions from FÁS have been... taxi driver... van courier... hard to combine the concept of those jobs with previous experiences of cycling... maybe I'll return to my childhood dream of continental truck driver.

AstraMonti

I have to come back and admit that you were all right. We should have left the baby sleep while we could. Now she is waking up screaming every 1.5h to eat . How fast things change lol

Raam

AstraMonti wrote: »

Now she is waking up screaming every 1.5h to eat .

Sure I do that every day.

Lusk_Doyle

AstraMonti wrote: »

I have to come back and admit that you were all right. We should have left the baby sleep while we could. Now she is waking up screaming every 1.5h to eat . How fast things change lol

It must be those lightweight bottles you are using. Not enough in them!

lennymc

AstraMonti wrote: »

I have to come back and admit that you were all right. We should have left the baby sleep while we could. Now she is waking up screaming every 1.5h to eat . How fast things change lol

posts like this worry me given that my own bundle of puking, eating, crying sh1tting joy is expected in October.

Found any good lightweight buggies?

Qualitymark

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Well, yeah... I started to convince myself it'd just be for an hour or two, y'know, like at lunchtime.

I know someone who did a business degree part-time for nearly four years and his wife nearly left him, so, yeah, it's a no goer from the start.

So far the only suggestions from FÁS have been... taxi driver... van courier... hard to combine the concept of those jobs with previous experiences of cycling... maybe I'll return to my childhood dream of continental truck driver.

Or maybe some work as a cycle courier while you do something like this:

http://www.ntc.ie/massage-courses?gclid=COi6x-zV3b8CFWOL2wodiBwAJA

(or others may suggest better).

I hitched around Europe with long-distance truckers years ago, and found them to be really sad guys, full of false joy and constantly exhausted, stressed from the necessity of faking their tacheometers (sp?) so they could catch two or more ferries. They told me that the thing to watch out for was when you're so exhausted that you're driving at night and the centre line turns into a snaking double line and you don't know which side of it you're driving. One said he was stopped by a cop in then Iron Curtain eastern Europe; the cop looked at him, shook his head, advised "Café solo" and let him go.

Raam

lennymc wrote: »

posts like this worry me given that my own bundle of puking, eating, crying sh1tting joy is expected in October.

Found any good lightweight buggies?

Nothing to worry about it. Here are my top tips for parenthood...

* Nappy smells or full of wee? Change nappy.
* Baby crying? Feed it or burp it.
* Enjoy looking at it.
* Put it to bed.

Harrybelafonte

AstraMonti wrote: »

I have to come back and admit that you were all right. We should have left the baby sleep while we could. Now she is waking up screaming every 1.5h to eat . How fast things change lol

You can reverse it, but it'll take patience and a good while of holding back. Parenting is all about mistakes and learning from them, no matter how f'kin expert other parents around you seem.

AstraMonti

Ah for sure, I am actually really enjoying this getting to know each other part and trying to figure wtf you have to do

lennymc

Raam wrote: »

Nothing to worry about it. Here are my top tips for parenthood...

* Nappy smells or full of wee? Change nappy.
* Baby crying? Feed it or burp it.
* Enjoy looking at it.
* Put it to bed.

Any previous experience I have had with babies has kind of gone like this:
* Nappy smells or full of wee? Hand it back to it's mother.
* Baby crying? Hand it back to it's mother
* Enjoy looking at it, but always when the mother is present in case it does something that would require it to be handed back

I guess the important stuff is:
When can I get them a bike?
Who does baby sized cycling clothing?
What gearing can they use?

sherlok

Sarz91 wrote: »

Had a chat with the sports therapist who specialises in cycling injuries and she suggested Speedplay Zero's and to max out the float.

Anyone use Zero's? How do you find them?

I moved to zeros about a year ago. One of my feet naturally sticks out a bit, and the adjustability in the zero cleats let me set everything up comfortably - which i wasn't able to do with various earlier pedals. I think this is why they seem to be loved by bike fitters. The float is a bonus too.

The only downsides are they a slippery death traps if you try and walk in them without cleat covers.

Harrybelafonte

AstraMonti wrote: »

Ah for sure, I am actually really enjoying this getting to know each other part and trying to figure wtf you have to do

The best bit is when you figure most of it out and they change everything up a notch again so you have to readjust. It's definitely not boring.

CramCycle

Qualitymark wrote: »

faking their tacheometers (sp?)

IF you knew your stuff you just pulled the fuse for the tacho so it didn't register anything. Cops in the UK didn't know how to read them years ago which also helped. They then adde in the engine immoboliser if it wasn't functioning but I remember my dad just wiring around it so he could flick it on and off at will

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

You can reverse it, but it'll take patience and a good while of holding back. Parenting is all about mistakes and learning from them, no matter how f'kin expert other parents around you seem.

AstraMonti wrote: »

Ah for sure, I am actually really enjoying this getting to know each other part and trying to figure wtf you have to do

My best advice, if someone tells you that you shouldn't do something or they suggest you are spoiling your child, or comment that you'll regret doing that, in that "I know better than you" voice tell them to F Off. My mother told us we were spoiling the little one and would regret it, to which I replied your one to talk considering the abuse she got for spoiling me as a baby.

Listen to all advice given, try and take in what makes sense but if it disagrees with your gut feeling then don't do it, your gut feeling is far better.

Also breast feeding, for men this is the greatest gift your childs mum can impart on you.