What was your first post in the cycling forum.......

Jawgap

For me my first post on boards was in the cycling forum and it was this.....

Jawgap wrote: »

Welcome to my first post on boards.......

I work in an office that backs on to a homeless shelter and the clientele gather for admission from about 5 onwards.

Cycling past I've had everything from beer cans to insults thrown at me!!

Two funny incidents - one eveing one of them threw a beer can then realised it was full - it missed me, but I stopped scooped it up and cycled to the end of the street with him shouting after me - then emptied it in front of him.

Second one - came out one evening and there was a group. One of the "ladies" shouted the cursory "get a f&^king car!!" to which a gentleman acquaintance told her to shut up the the bike was better ride than her!!

Charming!

Also experienced the odd person spitting at me.......

....in a thread titled "Strangest insult you have had when on the bike"

Then spent two months lurking before posting again.....

Darkglasses

In a thread about buying very cheap bicycles

Darkglasses wrote: »

I'm currently riding one of those Aran Islands Bikes actually (I'm basically a first-time cyclist, only cycling between Harold's X and TCD). It's only ok, I wouldn't buy one again certainly. Everything's fine with it, except it has a very very annoying habit of changing gear up without warning by its own choice. I'm sure it could keep getting me from A to B for several years, but with less happiness than other cycles could get me. I'm getting shot of it come June (probably a freebie give-away). Seems a lot of TCD students have grabbed these bikes, I always see around 4 of them locked up in the college.

As a self-respecting 21 year old male, I would certainly trade it for that Bentley right now.

Newbie question - What does BSO stand for?

Beasty

Wicklow 200 2009 thread

Beasty wrote: »

Number 666!

Not sure whether to stick to the 100 (had keyhole knee surgery a couple of weeks ago to tidy up some cartilage, and although everything seems OK, those climbs in the 200 may be pushing it)

Hate to have to admit it, but my first thread started was this one:eek: (which resulted in my first "encounter" with Jawgap)

Idleater

Wow, October 2005, don't remember what cycling I was doing back then.

Hole left!

Idleater wrote: »

If I am on the roadbike, my first thought would be to brake - that is if I know that there is no directly behind. Then again, I like to cycle that bit further out into the driving lane to avoid potholes (or at least give me the option of changing course to the inside of the pothole as required). On the mountainbike I would be tempted to bunnyhop it all right.

When cycling I tend to use the guide "cars pass you out at twice the distance that you are from the kerb" which has served me well thus far and is interesting if you think about how it works. You are a foot from the kerb - the driver thinks "aah sure he is in at the edge of the road I've loads of room". You are a metre from the kerb and the guy thinks "WTF is that cyclist doing out in the middle of the road- I'd better give him a wide berth cause he could do something crazy".

L.

Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash wrote:

The PULSE system (if genuine registration) will give the Gardai the name and address of the registered owner of the vehicle - not necessarily the driver. This is confidential info and would not be generally released.


PS _ I would have presumed that the cycle lane is optional for cyclists just as a bus in not obliged to use a bus lane AFAIK.

From August 2006 (Looks like I was incorrect about the then obligation re using cycle lanes).

SomeFool

SomeFool wrote: »

I had my bike from wiggle.co.uk delivered in 3 days! Have to agree with at1withmyself abut e-bay, very handy for smaller stuff.

From 2008 in a thread about Evans cycles, not too exciting is it!

Jawgap

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

From August 2006 (Looks like I was incorrect about the then obligation re using cycle lanes).

You were ahead of your time.....

The tax man

December 2005. "What's the furthest you ever cycled" thread.

The tax man wrote:

Did a qualifying round for that years ago with the CTC.
200km.......on a fixed wheel.
Ah the stupid things you do when young.

manwithaplan

A wide-eyed innocent in the 2010 Wicklow 200 thread:

I have been commuting by bike ever since I started work 17 years ago but I never took it up recreationally. I have always been a bit 'competitive' on my daily commutes and tend to push myself a bit. I have recently started going out for longer spins on the weekends and took my hybrid about 60 km with a friend in the Wicklow Mountains on Sunday morning (Stepaside-Enniskerry-almost Roundwood-Sallygap-Military Road-Glencullen-Stepaside). I found the hills fine but I had gears you could climb a cliff with (28-32!).

I have just ordered a road bike with a compact chainset. Am I likely to find the hills a lot harder now that Granny has taken her ring back? Would I have any chance of doing the Wicklow 100 and being back in time to get to Croker for the Dubs match that afternoon!

Still training on that bike and very thankful for the friends I have made, the things I have achieved and the fun I have had through cycling (a brief period of hospitalisation notwithstanding!).

rizzodun

In a thread called 'Animal Cyclist Crash'

rizzodun wrote: »

I had a pheasant jump out from a ditch years ago when coming down a hill, he ran ahead just inches in front of me before jumping back into the ditch, his saving grace was I was on a bmx instead of my normal mountain bike, I would have been going twice as fast on the MTB.

My contributions to the cycling forum have stayed just about as worthless!!

kerry4sam

Glad not much has changed about or within me since 25 May 2008

Here is my first post in the Cycling Forum on boards.ie!

Done this recently myself and must say the feel-good factors were there for days after ...

I forgot, seriously forgot how much fun it was just hopping on a bike and cycling ... and the scenery and views down my way were spectacular ...

I used to work in a job promoting the tourism areas of The Kingdom eventhough i wouldn't have seen or visited the places myself in over 10years but now after seeing them again, after so many years i have a renewed sense of pride in the area

Glad i got the notion to pull the bike out, get it checked-over, pack my bag and take off for hours on end for days at a time ... defo recommend it

Thanks,
kerry4sam

furiousox

I think it was this one...

kumate_champ07

03-09-2009, 02:09

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

would anywhere in dublin have these for under 15euro? http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.27409



my left pedal is gone, fell apart. strange since the bike is only 5months old.
its just a standard dual suspension bike.

after getting a new saddle and pedals for that BSO it got stolen at Molly Malone(grafton st dublin) bike racks

parents gave me some money(the bike was a bday present), grandad gave me some copper cylinders and pipes which I brought to the scrap yard for cash(he had a pig farm beside them in the 60s)

ended up buying an overpriced 10spd Peugeot(my first racer) that slowly fell apart(maybe being 19stone didnt help), used the frame and built up a fixed gear bike. the wheels almost resembled circles, took it out 1 night with no brakes on empty secondary roads, scary fun but brakes from then on.

that was the beginning of my love/obsession(no hate, just the rain of course).

became a competent wheel builder and mechanic, 2010 began training/racing, 2013 raced in international UCI event!


so having my bike stolen was the best thing that happened to me

racing has taken a backseat while I figure out what direction my life is headed, I still want to do it but not sure 'how much' I want it

CINCLANTFLT

This one...

kumate_champ07

just read above again, forgot that bike was only 5 months old, think I went 7 months without a bike till I got the peugot

tacklemore

11 months ago

26/05/2013 21:36

tacklemore

Registered User

Saturday was my first trip around Conamara on my new bike, and I will be back next year. Tackled the 80k, and couldn't get over how handy the hills were at the start, believing that the big hills were there. An awful pity that I didn't come across this thread, but I guess ignorance is bliss. Met some lads who were walking/running their bikes up the last hill, and 1 lad was running faster than I was cycling, made for a bit of fun. Showers at the GAA pitch were the job, roasting so they were, helped get rid of all the rain and dirt I picked up en route. Could have done with a few nibbles at Kylemore Abbey though, lads were mad for the jaffa cakes I had in my cycling top.

140k next year, training starts tomorrow............


Well, 11 months later I'm registered for the 140k. I've put in a couple of thousand k's on my road bike, and loving going for the aul pedal. Happy days!!
Wonder will they have some food at Kylemore this year??

Lumen

First thread 5 1/2 years was a new bike.

Start as you mean to go on.

edit: look at the spacers...and the chainring fail...and the odd lever position.

Raam

Ordering stuff from Chain Reaction Cycles in 2003. I haven't changed a bit.

wanderer 22

wow, it was 4 years ago....giving positive feedback on a beginners mountain bike spin I went on. Luckily, I didn't last long at that malarkey and moved over to the espresso side of cycling.

cdaly_

This was me irritating Lumen. I guess one should start as one means to continue...

cdaly_ wrote: »

Hi all,

New poster here.

I've been commuting on a Giant FCR3 (hybrid) for the last year. In the last 4 months I've had a set of aerobars on the bike and I love them. On a given day, along the clontarf coast cycle path, using the aerobars makes a difference of about 2 sprockets in choice of gears compared with riding on the standard bars.

On the advice of a colleague, I fitted a set of Tektro cross brake levers ( http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Tektro_RL720_Series_Lever_Set/5360027557/ ) so I have brakes at my fingertips when using the bars. I use the aerobars on all of the off road sections as well as the run along Griffith Avenue. They take some getting used to and there's definately a reduced level of control but a serious improvement in comfort. I was finding issues with my wrists (I code at work so carpal tunnel rsi could be an issue for me) and the aero bars take all the weight off them.

That said, I did come off the bike at speed when using the aerobars. I had a front wheel blowout and ended up careering across the road and swan-diving into the pavement. Serious graze to my elbow which has taken about 2 months to heal. If I had been on the main bars, I suspect I might have managed to recover and stop safely (and I wouldn't have been travelling as fast). Of course, I completely forgot to use the brakes in the course of the 4 or 5 seconds (or 5 minutes depending on viewpoint...) before touchdown.

I came off again on the same stretch of road (seriously bad surface) while on the aerobars a few weeks later. Again, I probably would have recovered if I'd been on the main bars instead. I don't ride that bit of road anymore.

All in all, I love the aerobars even with my injuries. Then again, I cannot do 'moderate' when on the bike...

Raam

Lumen wrote: »

First thread 5 1/2 years was a new bike.

Start as you mean to go on.

edit: look at the spacers...and the chainring fail...and the odd lever position.

Not to mention the fact that it is standing on two chairs.

Unknown Soldier

A short while ago...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=87772887&postcount=2240

I'm Stravas b1tch now if I were being honest.

I've improved a tad but not much of a change in lifestyle.

Darkglasses

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

A short while ago...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=87772887&postcount=2240

I'm Stravas b1tch now if I were being honest.

I've improved a tad but not much of a change in lifestyle.

Good post! I missed it at the time. Still on 40 a day?

Unknown Soldier

Darkglasses wrote: »

Good post! I missed it at the time. Still on 40 a day?

Sadly, yes.

I don't count every smoke but I'd buy 40 a day, that much I do know.

It's a sh1ty addiction to be honest. Absolutely no benefits in life.

Somethings gotta give, I hope.

I have to do that Strava Springs classic thing!

Wishbone Ash

Raam wrote: »

Not to mention the fact that it is standing on two chairs.

......and the valve position, the mini-pump and the passenger accommodation.

markens2

I've been really annoyed by cyclists lately when they cycle on the road instead of the cycle path that is there.

There are some cycle paths around me that are contiuous for about 3 miles yet they insist on cycling on the road sometimes two or three side by side.

Is there a reason for this?

How things change.

Beasty

markens2 wrote: »

I've been really annoyed by cyclists lately when they cycle on the road instead of the cycle path that is there.

There are some cycle paths around me that are contiuous for about 3 miles yet they insist on cycling on the road sometimes two or three side by side.

Is there a reason for this?

To avoid any confusion, and prevent discussion on the actual post, the above is markens2's first post from prior to the change of law removing the mandatory use of cycle lanes;)

Inquitus

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=53642097&postcount=3

This appears to be mine...I can edit out Lances 7 wins legitimately now

No other sport has such a litany of drug cheats winning it's flagship event.

2006 Floyd Landis USA 89h 39m 30s 3639 Phonak - Failed Drug Test, pending outcome
2005 Lance Armstrong USA 86h 15m 02s 3607 Discovery - Lots of smoke but nothing proven
2004 Lance Armstrong USA 83h 36m 02s 3391 US Postal - Berry Floor - Lots of smoke but nothing proven
2003 Lance Armstrong USA 83h 41m 12s 3427 US Postal - Berry Floor - Lots of smoke but nothing proven
2002 Lance Armstrong USA 82h 05m 12s 3278 US Postal Service - Lots of smoke but nothing proven
2001 Lance Armstrong USA 86h 17m 28s 3453 US Postal Service - Lots of smoke but nothing proven
2000 Lance Armstrong USA 92h 33m 08s 3662 US Postal Service - Lots of smoke but nothing proven
1999 Lance Armstrong USA 91h 32m 16s 3687 US Postal Service - Lots of smoke but nothing proven
1998 Marco Pantani Italy 92h 49m 46s 3850 Mercatone Uno - Bianchi - Proven Drug Cheat
1997 Jan Ullrich Germany 100h 30m 35s 3950 Team Deutsche Telekom - DNA evidence of Blood doping in the Eufemiano Fuentes' case
1996 Bjarne Riis Denmark 95h 57m 16s 3753 Team Deutsche Telekom - Self confessed drug cheat

Athletics is probably the closest

Los Angeles 1984 Athletics 100m Men LEWIS, Carl - Lots of smoke
Seoul 1988 Athletics 100m Men JOHNSON, Ben - Convicted Drug Cheat
Barcelona 1992 Athletics 100m Men CHRISTIE, Linford - Failed Drug Test
Atlanta 1996 Athletics 100m Men BAILEY, Donovan - Clean
Sydney 2000 Athletics 100m Men GREENE, Maurice - Coach involved with Blaco
Athens 2004 Athletics 100m Men GATLIN, Justin - Convicted Drug Cheat

Lusk_Doyle

September 2010. In response to Raam's lecture on the RAI:

Nice work bro! Good write up on the great crew!

NeedMoreGears

In response to a bit of whingefest on the 2010 Wicklow 200.....

NeedMoreGears wrote: »

What happened to all you guys? Last year's thread was hilarious and very supportive of people like me who were trying the 200k event for the first time.



Yeah - there were big organisational problems last year but Rathdrum seemed to work ok (probably because I was late enough getting there and everyone had already been there). If I had known it wasn't a formal checkpoint and not just a food stop, I would have kept going and rested/eaten at the side of the road earlier.



Going to give it another go this year anyway (entered on Tuesday). Hope to set out good and early and maybe get to the first food stop ahead of all those who'll be flying past me on Sliabh Mann.



Some more time in the hills mightn't do me any harm either. Anyone any suggestions as to some warm up events?

daragh_

I came in here looking for advice on a Pashley for my wife. Then I asked about the chain on my singlespeed. After that it's a blur.

Somehow it all led to me hanging about in car parks in Drogheda, speaking in hushed tones about emaciated men.

Dear God, what have I become?

mcgratheoin

Mine was a very simple question

mcgratheoin wrote:

What size?

I was replying to somebody selling an entry level road bike. About 3 months later I posted about my new bike and I've been here on and off since then.

killalanerr

killalanerr wrote: »

this is one for the Com's and club officials,as an ex racer i would like to help out at some races on my motor cycle as a marshall but i am concerned about insurance ,when i contacted my insurance they said they do not cover marshalls ,if any one has any info on what cover is available or required by following vehicles i would be grateful

This was my first Post back in 09 I was helping out at few races and had no intentions of racing a push bike, im not sure how i got to where i am now,I dont even own a moto now and am covering 10k+km a year on my bike and very much enjoying it and the good friends i have meat along the way we will not mention the knocks and scrapes I picked up along the way,maybe i was safer on the moto !

AstraMonti

AstraMonti wrote:

Hi guys.

I am out on the look of finding a cheap road bike. I 've done my search and i 've concluded to these two bikes:

http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-GB/bikes/road/2428/32463/

http://www.raleigh.co.uk/b_details.aspx?id=168

I am not very sure of what to choose and since i am quite new at this i would like another opinion. If you have any other proposals than these two above please feel free to post it!

Thanks in advance

5,5 years ago, my first post in boards as well. Asked for a cheap bike, ended up paying triple of what I wanted. And that's how it continued. I blame Tinyexplosions really.

Inquitus

AstraMonti wrote: »

5,5 years ago, my first post in boards as well. Asked for a cheap bike, ended up paying triple of what I wanted. And that's how it continued. I blame Tinyexplosions really.

Bet it didn't weigh less than 6kg!

quozl

Looking for advice on learning to ride a bike 11 months ago.

I did the 200km Ardattin Audax last Saturday

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=84496004

quozl wrote: »

Before Friday I'd never ridden a bike - I never learnt as a kid and now I'm mid 30s

I got an hours lesson from rothar.ie on Friday (excellent, would definitely recommend), and spent 2 hours on Sunday on my brother-in-laws bike teaching myself to turn in UCD.

That's the stage I'm at now. I can go in a sort of straight line and I can turn. Mostly I wouldn't be reliable at turning yet, anything too sharp or down-hill and it's going to be 50/50! Anything that involves me guaranteeing following a line less than 1m wide to avoid being hit by a car is going to be very risky too

The aim is to be commuting to work by bicycle as soon as possible

You'd be surprised how difficult it is to learn to ride a bike purely from a logistics point of view- I had to drive to UCD (about 3 miles) and get my brother-in-law to ride his bike there and then drive back, and then the same when coming back. A bike, when it's not a form of transport is a bloody awkward thing to move around!

I'm thinking about renting a bike from the phoenix park bike bike rentals and spending a couple of hours going around there this weekend. Can you keep completely separate from the traffic as a cyclist in the phoenix park? I don't want to mix with traffic yet.

Any other suggestions? I live in Ranelagh (beechwood) and can't find anywhere handy to practice locally. There's a very small park 6 or 7 minutes walk away (Belgrave square) but I'd guess that cycling's banned in there and I don't want to be intimidating anybody who'd have to share a path with my irratically cycling self.

I'm going to get a hybrid bike on the BTW scheme, so the other thing I'm really interested in is suggestions on cycling routes to take from Beechwood Ranelagh to the James's Street end of Thomas street. (here's the start and end points - http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5921860)

Is Rathmines or Ranelagh noticably better for cycling? There are a tonne of cyclists in Rathmines which is a plus but IIRC the buses share cycling lanes and there's less room than there would be going through ranelagh. Though as a habitual-walker I don't really notice the traffic details much

AstraMonti

Inquitus wrote: »

Bet it didn't weigh less than 6kg!

Haha definitely not. Was more like 8.5kgs or so.

wanderer 22

quozl wrote: »

Looking for advice on learning to ride a bike 11 months ago.

I did the 200km Ardattin Audax last Saturday

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=84496004

From 0 -200km in less than a year, that's seriously impressive, well done!

Ryath

3 years four months ago what bike like a lot of people! Bike still going strong no spacers now:) but front wheel got killed a few months ago.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=68930919

What have you done to me?
Advice around here is costing me a lot
Number of bikes is about to go to 3 this may be = D-1 where D= divorce.
Group set and finishing kit alone for the new bike are costing me more than the Planet X :eek:
My clothes budget creeps up every time I buy new gear.

You did save me from doing triathlons though that takes far to much time and effort(lot of respect for those that do though). I can hang on in A4 on the back of doing 100k Sunday morning club spins alone.

killalanerr wrote: »

This was my first Post back in 09 I was helping out at few races and had no intentions of racing a push bike, im not sure how i got to where i am now,I dont even own a moto now and am covering 10k+km a year on my bike and very much enjoying it and the good friends i have meat along the way we will not mention the knocks and scrapes I picked up along the way,maybe i was safer on the moto !

My motorbike was of the road the year the year my daughter was born with a busted rear shock. If I hadn't started with this lark it would have been put back on the road years ago. Will probably get back on them at some stage. Would like to be able to help with out with marshaling, more fun than standing on a corner waving a red flag.

AstraMonti

colm18 wrote: »

From 0 -200km in less than a year, that's seriously impressive, well done!

Ah.. I think my first year of cycling was the busiest as well! Got the bike december 2008 after 12+ years of no cycling and in June 2009 I finished W200 after blorg was pushing me for it. I ended up doing 10 more sportives that year. Now.. I haven't cycled anything longer than 150 for at least a year lol.. oh the shame