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

manafana

dastardly00 wrote: »

The end of Dwars Door Vlaanderen and Stage 3 of Volta Ciclista a Catalunya are live on the two British Eurosport channels right now

had few of my finest euros on Lampaert (as well as Naasen), wasn't hopeful when Gilbert had him drilling it, superb ride well worth a watch for anyone.

Fighting Tao

detones wrote: »

Every morning on my short commute I tell myself I'm going to go easy today. Slow pace. Keep the shirt from getting sweaty. Arrive in style. Then another commuter appears and passes me or goes through a red light while I'm stopped and I loose the run of myself go full gas and end up in work in a sweaty heap. We men are a stupid lot.

You sound like a motorist having to beat a bicycle to the next set of red lights.

LollipopJimmy

It's to be reasonable weather wise over the weekend, looking forward to getting a few early miles in on Sunday morning, Australian GP is lights out at 6am so finished around 7.30 and I'll go out then

Beasty

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

It's to be reasonable weather wise over the weekend, looking forward to getting a few early miles in on Sunday morning, Australian GP is lights out at 6am so finished around 7.30 and I'll go out then

Don't forget that's 6.30 in old money.....

Wishbone Ash

Beasty wrote: »

Don't forget that's 6.30 in old money.....

....and mudguards off time!

LollipopJimmy

Beasty wrote: »

Don't forget that's 6.30 in old money.....

Yup, already noted.

Thud

Watched the "Young Offenders" movie last night on Netflix, could almost be classified as a cycling movie (even though they've stolen the bikes).

Great advert for the area, makes South/West Cork look like an amazing place to cycle.....if only it wasn't in Cork

Chuchote

Have to say, any film that has cruelty to animals (and I love hens, sweet ditsy creatures) is a no-no for me, despite the cycling

Hungrycol

Just because I'm a cyclist doesn't mean I'm slow. I had a car trying to overtake me on a right hand turn (or is that undertake). I normally take right hand turns wide anyway but seriously, he slowed very quickly when, had he proceeded with his manoeuvre he would have crashed into the stopped traffic at junction. Stupidity is why my insurance is so high

tomasrojo

Overtaking another vehicle as they are turning is a terrible idea.

tomasrojo

Final Journey, Copenhagen-style:
https://twitter.com/urbanthoughts11/status/845707276463804418

Chuchote

tomasrojo wrote: »

Final Journey, Copenhagen-style:
https://twitter.com/urbanthoughts11/status/845707276463804418

Is that the smiling widow… :eek:

CramCycle

In the likely case i make it to retirement I plan to at some stage buy a cargo bike. I now have a plan for how I want my funeral to be arranged. I would probably be less classy and get them to throw the casket lob sided into a regular cargo bike.

LollipopJimmy

Chuchote wrote: »

Is that the smiling widow… :eek:

She's likely been a 'cycling widow' for years anyway. There's likely some users on here who haven't seen their wives in years due to spending every waking hour in the saddle :pac:

Chuchote

CramCycle wrote: »

In the likely case i make it to retirement I plan to at some stage buy a cargo bike. I now have a plan for how I want my funeral to be arranged. I would probably be less classy and get them to throw the casket lob sided into a regular cargo bike.

I can't understand why funerals are private rather than State-run (as a basic service: plywood coffin and cremation) with any fancy stuff laid on at one's own expense, but the gathering-place and the cremation strictly price-controlled. The price for getting buried is disgraceful, and I can't see it as anything other than a cartel.

robyntmorton

Another cyclist killed today, on the N18. RIP

Cyclist (50) killed after collision with camper van in Clare
http://jrnl.ie/3307990

magicbastarder

not about cycling, but about endurance sports; e.g.

research shows that chronic marathon runners (that is, those who ran at least one marathon a year for the previous 25 years) have twice the coronary plaque in their arteries and twice the risk of heart attack and sudden death than sedentary people.

http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/is-our-fixation-on-fitness-getting-dangerous-1.3011824

take from it what you will.

Harrybelafonte

Chuchote wrote: »

I can't understand why funerals are private rather than State-run (as a basic service: plywood coffin and cremation) with any fancy stuff laid on at one's own expense, but the gathering-place and the cremation strictly price-controlled. The price for getting buried is disgraceful, and I can't see it as anything other than a cartel.

My body is to be ****ed onto a fire at home in Donegal and whatever ashes that remain thrown into the sea or off a very high mountain. Better to burn out than fade away. Graveyards are a misuse of land. If we had vultures here I'd go Tibetan on it.

ford2600

magicbastarder wrote: »

not about cycling, but about endurance sports; e.g.


http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/is-our-fixation-on-fitness-getting-dangerous-1.3011824

take from it what you will.

Nothing new there.

One of the reasons I stopped doing very long rides.

The starva inspired obsession hasn't helped, with distance and accumulating yearly mileage totals etc with no regard for strength, flexibility, mobility, muscle mass etc has lads in pretty poor shape convincing themselves they are fit as fiddles.

Dr O'Keeffe has been speaking/writing about it for quite a while.

Brenda Egan of DCU has a good TED talk on benefits of muscle mass as we age

smacl

ford2600 wrote: »

One of the reasons I stopped doing very long rides.

You may want to qualify what you consider 'very long' there, as I suspect it is significant multiple of what most of us consider very long

ford2600

smacl wrote: »

You may want to qualify what you consider 'very long' there, as I suspect it is significant multiple of what most of use consider very long

https://youtu.be/LkXwfTsqQgQ

It's more the accumulative effect of constantly doing big mileage, say spending 10-15hrs a week on bike every week for years.

It's a lot of time to spend exercising to end up with horrific mobility, no strength, poor muscle mass and no stress for your bones. When you add in that it might be increasing your cardiac risk for some I couldn't contine to do it as cycling has always been about health for me over anything else.

We are just smart monkeys yet most lads would struggle to do 5 chin up/ squat their BW/get up of the floor without using their hands etc etc.

I'm all for the bike but the more is better mentality is gone mental.

There is no doubt a huge mental benefit to accomplishing a goal like a 200/300 or whatever but I think doing it all the time in the long term is an awful inefficient use of time if exercising for health is your primary objective.

People will disagree make up their own minds etc.

I won't be doing audax for the foreseeable future and might never again but there is a few other reasons for that. Inisfree 400 looks great though 😀

CramCycle

I don't do it for the health benefits, that is just a nice side effect, I actually enjoy it, but I am a bit odd, and not representative of intelligent people in any way shape or form.

ThisRegard

ford2600 wrote: »

We are just smart monkeys yet most lads would struggle to do 5 chin up/ squat their BW/get up of the floor without using their hands etc etc.

And conversely you'd get lads who could do all that with one hand and yet score terribly in terms of cardiovascular health.

ford2600

ThisRegard wrote: »

And conversely you'd get lads who could do all that with one hand and yet score terribly in terms of cardiovascular health.

That's pretty basic level strength/mobility.

Strong is squatting 2 times BW and sets of 20 chin ups with a 20kg backpack. Getting up of the floor without using your hands is basic mobility.

The strongest guys I know would be in great aerobic shape;at a lot less than 15hrs

It's not an either or only choice

ThisRegard

I agree, it's not an either/only, I was going to say in the post that it's all about balance but I felt that goes without saying.

CramCycle

Can someone just tell me the standards for being considered fit and healthy so I can aim for those and not try to do any better or let myself do any worse.

Hungrycol

I guess it depends on your age too. When I was a young fella I was fit and strong but by no means do anything like sets of 20 chin ups with 20KG on my back, that's freakishly strong. And no chance in hell I could do a one chin up now without a run and jump first.

Harrybelafonte

Hungrycol wrote: »

I guess it depends on your age too. When I was a young fella I was fit and strong but by no means do anything like sets of 20 chin ups with 20KG on my back, that's freakishly strong. And no chance in hell I could do a one chin up now without a run and jump first.

That's dedication, not freakish

ford2600

Hungrycol wrote: »

I guess it depends on your age too. When I was a young fella I was fit and strong but by no means do anything like sets of 20 chin ups with 20KG on my back, that's freakishly strong. And no chance in hell I could do a one chin up now without a run and jump first.

You can't do a single chin up because you don't train to do it. Not hard to train for.

Chances are you are weaker and you are asking your arms and back to lift more now..

This is freakish

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRlAIz2BPeM/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRMtfxijLCp/?hl=en

Chuchote

CramCycle wrote: »

Can someone just tell me the standards for being considered fit and healthy so I can aim for those and not try to do any better or let myself do any worse.

Put a couple of slabs of Saskia water in your panniers and cycle across the city and you're doing fine