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

Eamonnator

Weepsie wrote: »

Ah missed most of this. Did they mention the Dublin factory?

In 1999/2000, I was involved in a MTB team, "Team Raleigh Ireland".
When the Naas Road facility closed, I was given some tools from the workshop.
I still have a few of them.

Beasty

Just back from the musical "Bat out of Hell" currently on in Manchester. I suspect I was one of the younger ones in the audience. Anyway speaking of old fogies, the baddie of the story, Falco, was played by someone one or two of you may have heard of

Fortunately he got his comeuppence in the end....


:pac:

Chuchote

Fascinating documentary. Never knew Alan Sillitoe worked at a Raleigh factory, or that he based Saturday Night and Sunday Morning on his experience there. It sounded bloody awful! Who did people believe designed the Chopper, from the evidence given - the executive or the design professional? (The executive is now dead, not sure about the design professional.)

Eamonnator

Beasty wrote: »

Just back from the musical "Bat out of Hell" currently on in Manchester. I suspect I was one of the younger ones in the audience. Anyway speaking of old fogies, the baddie of the story, Falco, was played by someone one or two of you may have heard of

Fortunately he got his comeuppence in the end....


:pac:

I'm confused. I thought Rob Fowler was a footballist.

smacl

andy69 wrote: »

Now it's only maybe the OW Randonnee and the Mick Byrne that'd have me in Wicklow, but I couldn't get over how many cars there were on the roads. They'd ruin a perfectly lovey day out in the hills!

Depends on your choice of road. Some, like the main road from Rocky Valley through Roundwood and on to Laragh, have become very busy, but you take the side roads just a few hundred metres to the left or right and you have the place pretty much to yourself. Main reason I'm fond of all the small l-roads is they've so little traffic, and cycling in heavy traffic is not my idea of leisure.

Agree with cars versus bikers, never had an issue with bikers.

Beasty

Eamonnator wrote: »

I'm confused. I thought Rob Fowler was a footballist.

He likes to think so also. Equally he think's he's an artist, and I can see something there - well certainly something with "artist" in the title....


:pac:

manafana

andy69 wrote: »

I think it's a case of our Biker friends not being able to see the wood for the trees here: I mean, remove cars from his equation and what are ye left with? Just the odd group of cyclists here and there. No line of cars :cool:

The problem is cars. Cars, cars and more fuppin cars! Far too many faffing around .

Now it's only maybe the OW Randonnee and the Mick Byrne that'd have me in Wicklow, but I couldn't get over how many cars there were on the roads. They'd ruin a perfectly lovey day out in the hills!

to be fair the general tone of the motorcyclists wasn't an issue with cyclists, the gap can be nuts alright, big tourist attraction or place for dubs to get away pity everyone thinks its best done in metal box.

Fian

Alek wrote: »

Remember a mad fecker who was revving and close passing cyclists, motorcyclists and the like around Wicklow Gap last year?

Unfortunately it seems he's back, driving a silver Hyundai i30 this time:

http://www.biker.ie/forum/showthread.php?t=237083

What is the story with this guy? First i have heard of him.

tomasrojo

Chuchote wrote: »

Fascinating documentary. Never knew Alan Sillitoe worked at a Raleigh factory, or that he based Saturday Night and Sunday Morning on his experience there.

The factory is a constant presence in his early fiction. Very vivid description of working on a lathe in SNaSM.

RobFowl

Beasty wrote: »

Just back from the musical "Bat out of Hell" currently on in Manchester. I suspect I was one of the younger ones in the audience. Anyway speaking of old fogies, the baddie of the story, Falco, was played by someone one or two of you may have heard of

Fortunately he got his comeuppence in the end....


:pac:

Eamonnator wrote: »

I'm confused. I thought Rob Fowler was a footballist.

God

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpbA7KO-Ejo

dastardly00

Eamonnator wrote: »

I'm confused. I thought Rob Fowler was a footballist.

Nah, he's a property investor

magicbastarder

the caption reads 'the year he went pro'.

RobertFoster

Huh, I never knew he actually had a dog, I just though it was part of the Spanish tongue twister I learned.

El perro de san Roque no tiene rabo porque Ramón Ramírez se lo ha robado ("Saint Roch's dog has no tail because Ramón Ramírez stole it")

It must be before Ramón Ramírez got to the dog though.

I wonder why saints are always pointing at their wounds. Look, Doubting Thomas, look.

magicbastarder

RobertFoster wrote: »

I wonder why saints are always pointing at their wounds. Look, Doubting Thomas, look.

doubting thomas, you say this is not from a disc rotor?

tomasrojo

RobertFoster wrote: »

Ramón Ramírez se lo ha robado

When I was studying Spanish, I liked the way that phrases like this read like the very Irish "He robbed the [whatever] on him, instead of just "he robbed his [whatever]"

Beasty

RobFowl wrote: »

God

dastardly00 wrote: »

Nah, he's a property investor

That may be what he gets up to in his spare time, but the programme notes describe him as evil and tyrannical!

The hero of the story is Strat played by Andrew Polec- apparently a few years ago he suffered significant head injuries in a cycling accident - wasn't allowed to play contact sports for a year. He got his girl in the end though seeing off her dastardly father in the process. Great show and storyline:pac:

magicbastarder

ednwireland wrote: »

documentry on the history of Raleigh bicycles on bbc 4 now

bit of a lump in the throat when nicholas crane walks them through to the bike he used to cycle over the himalayas. and still a cracker of a bike.

RobFowl

Building up to my 10'000th post wanted to post some photos which mean a lot to me for various reasons. This one for pure vanity...
Winning an race on my own

RobFowl

With a great friend at the Ras and a rider I loved to watch.

RobFowl

Riding in the bunch with another great mate, people you meet on the bike tend to be good sorts. This one is one of them, helped me out many times.

RobFowl

And finally a picture of a good friends out on the bike. One here is no longer with us but was one of the best.

Unknown Soldier

Rogue One is out.

That's my Saturday morning sorted!

Wishbone Ash

Chuck Berry RIP

tomasrojo

Near The Park Carrickmines retail centre this morning:


For the sake of balance, they probably should have blocked one of the car lanes with a sign warning cyclists that one of the lanes of the cycle track was blocked.

MediaMan

tomasrojo wrote: »

Near The Park Carrickmines retail centre this morning:


For the sake of balance, they probably should have blocked one of the car lanes with a sign warning cyclists that one of the lanes of the cycle track was blocked.

The most remarkable thing about this pic is that it looks like the council swept the cycle lane!

rollingscone

MediaMan wrote: »

The most remarkable thing about this pic is that it looks like the council swept the cycle lane!

Can't be risking the bases of mobile signs getting pitted by grit and broken glass

tomasrojo

I presume from the content of the sign that they wanted things to look nice in the event of an unscheduled visit to the cycle track from our automobilist overlords.

wanderer 22

Snow and ice forecast for tomorrow so the RSA advises you should wear a reflective armband...
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/commuters-warned-to-expect-snow-and-ice-on-tuesday-morning-1.3017874

tomasrojo

colm18 wrote: »

Snow and ice forecast for tomorrow so the RSA advises you should wear a reflective armband...
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/commuters-warned-to-expect-snow-and-ice-on-tuesday-morning-1.3017874

Severe weather warning videos created in collaboration with RTÉ’s Teresa Mannion

With techno soundtrack, I hope.

Unknown Soldier

colm18 wrote: »

Snow and ice forecast for tomorrow so the RSA advises you should wear a reflective armband...
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/commuters-warned-to-expect-snow-and-ice-on-tuesday-morning-1.3017874

And the Snow/Ice Tyres, which I took off last week, are back on the bike...

FFS!

It is quite baltic out though, and there be frozen snow on my shed out the back!

It's actually snowing now in Firhouse.