Jan and Klodi's Party Bus - part II **off topic discussion**

buffalo

A brief look at depression from an Irish pro cyclist...

http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/i-was-fitter-and-stronger-but-my-self-esteem-was-melting-away-1.2818046

An exercise fanatic from no age, I’ve realised that physical exertion was my coping mechanism for depression. When cycling became my occupation, it fuelled my woes rather than extinguished them. This is what led to the downward spiral.

I still love every year of riding a bike. I am trying to pack my weeks with any sport I can think of, because now I know it gives me peace of mind.

Lusk_Doyle

robyntmorton wrote: »

Pascal Donohue missed a chance there I think. All his climate change, public transport, capital infrastructure talk, and no mention of cycling.

Saying anything about a review of needs or something along those lines would at least have acknowledged that cyclists can be a part of cleaner cities.

Maybe so but what about proposition 305 that he also missed?

robyntmorton

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

Maybe so but what about proposition 305 that he also missed?

Discount bus passes for war widows?

magicbastarder

basic bike maintenance question - is the tape which holds handlebar tape in place up near the stem just electrical tape?

magicbastarder

plus, is it easy to get hold of replacement pads for the inside of a bike helmet?

Eamonnator

magicbastarder wrote: »

basic bike maintenance question - is the tape which holds handlebar tape in place up near the stem just electrical tape?

That's what I always use.

Beasty

magicbastarder wrote: »

basic bike maintenance question - is the tape which holds handlebar tape in place up near the stem just electrical tape?

The stuff that comes with the tape is slightly different but electrical tape is fine - provided you use the right colour!

Eamonnator

magicbastarder wrote: »

plus, is it easy to get hold of replacement pads for the inside of a bike helmet?

Giro replacements pads are usually easy enough to get on EBay.
No experience of any other brand.

magicbastarder

mine's a bell.
which is a curious name for a helmet brand, now that i think of it.

RobFowl

magicbastarder wrote: »

mine's a bell.
which is a curious name for a helmet brand, now that i think of it.

If you lie down does that make you a Bellend

(I'll get my coat)

Chuchote

magicbastarder wrote: »

mine's a bell.
which is a curious name for a helmet brand, now that i think of it.

From the About page on Bell's EU site:

BELL was founded in 1954 in California by Roy Richter, a passionate of auto racing. Roy perceived the need for safety in the auto racing field and moved to put products in place to serve that need. The name BELL simply comes for the fact that Roy's activities were housed in a small, garage-like facility in Bell, California.

buffalo

Danny MacAskill’s latest *swoon*

NamelessPhil

In the outtakes Danny even manages to fall off a bike elegantly (well most of the time!).

Eamonnator

Magic. The man never ceases to amaze me!

Raam

My 3 year old reckons he can do all those stunts. Should I be afraid?

CramCycle

Raam wrote: »

My 3 year old reckons he can do all those stunts. Should I be afraid?

Make him watch the making of sections of Danny's other videos, give him pause for thought.

Hager

@RobFowl. Half way there

magicbastarder

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

Rogue-Trooper

Nice.

Poland unveils glowing bright blue bike lane that’s charged by the sun

Poland just unveiled an amazing new bike path that glows bright blue at night! The path near Lidzbark Warminski is illuminated by phosphor, a synthetic material that lights up after it’s charged by sunlight. Studio Roosegaarde’s Starry Night bike lane inspired TPA Instytut Badań Technicznych Sp. z o.o to create the glowing bike path.

The material in the bike path can emit light for around 10 hours. Each day the path collects the energy that enables it to glow at night. Board of Regional Roads in Olsztyn director Waldemar Królikowski said the luminous bike path is meant to improve the safety of people biking at night.

Beasty

So the 2019 Words are to be held in Sunny Yorkshire

Should keep a couple of the mods happy;)

May be a slightly different atmosphere to that we're currently seeing in Doh!a

brocbrocach

magicbastarder wrote: »

plus, is it easy to get hold of replacement pads for the inside of a bike helmet?

I've wondered this meself, they're only foam after all. The basic structure of a helmet doesn't really wear at all but the poor pads have to put up with a lot. Helmets should be sold with a pack of replacement pads to be velcroed in when the old ones are manky past the point of rescue.

magicbastarder

mine kinda fell apart when i decided to put the helmet in a basin of warm water to clean it.

RobFowl

Beasty wrote: »

So the 2019 Words are to be held in Sunny Yorkshire

Should keep a couple of the mods happy;)

May be a slightly different atmosphere to that we're currently seeing in Doh!a

Will be a reet good week

Lusk_Doyle

Rogue-Trooper wrote: »

Nice.

Poland unveils glowing bright blue bike lane that’s charged by the sun

That's my neck of the woods when I'm over in Poland. I'll have to check it out the next time that I'm over.

rollingscone

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

That's my neck of the woods when I'm over in Poland. I'll have to check it out the next time that I'm over.

The PiS will have had it accused of witchcraft and dug up by then.

On a lighter note 1x11 10-42t vs 3x9?

lennymc

RobFowl wrote: »

Will be a reet good week

we might need a visa by then.

Chuchote

lennymc wrote: »

we might need a visa by then.

What? Is Poland Plexiting too?

Meanwhile… Robin Williams' collection of bikes is being auctioned for charities including disabled cyclists. What a pity, dar liom; it would make a fabulous museum:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/robin-williamss-kaleidoscope-on-two-wheels-1476380770?mod=e2tw

smacl

rollingscone wrote: »

The PiS will have had it accused of witchcraft and dug up by then.

On a lighter note 1x11 10-42t vs 3x9?

1x11 10-42 sounds like lots of fun and would be my choice. I had 3x9 on the old Ridley before going to 3x10 and the one thing that seemed to constantly need adjusting was the front mech. Check replacement cassette prices on the 10-42 though, as it could get expensive if this is for an off roader.

Just a thought, but if it is a self build on a budget I should have a set of 3x9 xenon shifters and rear mech hanging around which you're more than welcome to.

robyntmorton

My brother always seems to ask for a lift home at rush hour, when the motorway is busy, the local road backs up as a result, and I end up having to take the back roads around Rathmichael.

These roads, being quiet(er), rolling, and have the odd hill, are popular with cyclists, and of course, I meet one on the only hill to speak of. Being the courteous cyclist type myself, I do the sensible thing, note that I can't see over the brow of the hill, can't overtake yet, and slow down to allow him to do his thing. We get to the top, I see the clear road, and go around hmi, followed by an Audi, almost in the back seat, and a handful of other cars. The Audi driver was giving me evil eyes in the rear view mirror the whole time.

Does it seriously inconvenience people to have to slow down for 30 seconds? At least nobody in the queue decided I was being stupid, and tried to overtake the lot of us. That would have been interesting.

(On the other hand, there was one occasion on that hill, with me as a cyclist, where I had a BMW behind me. Immediate thought is BMW v Cyclist = punishment pass and forced into a ditch, but not so. He sat a good distance off my wheel, and waited for me to clear the top and wave him around. There are good drivers out there it seems)

Anyway, that's my musing for the day.

Beasty

lennymc wrote: »

we might need a visa by then.

You need one to get into Yorkshire already. You need a good word from a Yorkshireman to get one. Ed's already used up his quota, so you'll have to suck-up to another one....