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

magicbastarder

there's nothing like watermelon straight from the fridge when you come in off the bike on a day like that.

Chips Lovell

27 degrees this evening and you still see lads commuting in Waterproof trousers

RobertFoster

Jep Gambardella wrote: »

27 degrees this evening and you still see lads commuting in Waterproof trousers

They and the GAA-shorts-mid-winter lads should race each other. Choosing the time of year for the race would be difficult though.

LollipopJimmy

My new workplace isn't a million miles from liffey valley so decided to enquire in a bike shop near there how much to replace the bearings in my Mavic Ksyrium SL's, €160quid... anybody else had this job done?

Eamonnator

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

My new workplace isn't a million miles from liffey valley so decided to enquire in a bike shop near there how much to replace the bearings in my Mavic Ksyrium SL's, €160quid... anybody else had this job done?

Have you tried Humphries in Finglas?.
I've found them very reasonable, particularly with Mavic Wheels. Derek is a sound man.

LollipopJimmy

I will, thanks. I COULD stop being a lazy bugger and do it myself.

magicbastarder

any idea how much of the €160 is parts and how much is labour?

Wishbone Ash

I had a bit of a surreal experience tonight. I got the bus which I don't think I've done in about 25 years. All very modern and clean and fancy etc. I was a bit paranoid about the exact fare malarkey as back in the day you could present a 50 pounds note and get change.

Anyway, when I used the 33 frequently back in the 1980's, early 1990's, there used to be a mother and teenage son on it regularly. The mother would talk non-stop and the son would nod politely every so often while wearing headphones.

They were on it tonight. I couldn't believe it. And nothing has changed as such. The mother was still talking nineteen to the dozen while he was still nodding politely while still wearing head phones. He is much heavier now (probably in his 40's now) while she hasn't really changed at all.

Buses seem much cleaner now. When I used them last they were the old dull green ones which were manky and often stank of urine but you could smoke upstairs!

This has nothing to do with cycling but it is the off topic thread!

secman

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I had a bit of a surreal experience tonight. I got the bus which I don't think I've done in about 25 years. All very modern and clean and fancy etc. I was a bit paranoid about the exact fare malarkey as back in the day you could present a 50 pounds note and get change.

Anyway, when I used the 33 frequently back in the 1980's, early 1990's, there used to be a mother and teenage son on it regularly. The mother would talk non-stop and the son would nod politely every so often while wearing headphones.

They were on it tonight. I couldn't believe it. And nothing has changed as such. The mother was still talking nineteen to the dozen while he was still nodding politely while still wearing head phones. He is much heavier now (probably in his 40's now) while she hasn't really changed at all.

Buses seem much cleaner now. When I used them last they were the old dull green ones which were manky and often stank of urine but you could smoke upstairs!

This has nothing to do with cycling but it is the off topic thread!

Wonder what they were saying about you now, not having seen you for yonks .
Same here haven't been on a bus in i don't know how long ! I've same memories of a smoke haze,

tomasrojo

I like this photo.




Exhibition of photos of Birmingham in the 70s and 80s.

RobFowl

tomasrojo wrote: »

I like this photo.




Exhibition of photos of Birmingham in the 70s and 80s.

The Dude on the right looks about as cool as it's possible to be :cool:

Lusk_Doyle

RobFowl wrote: »

The Dude on the right looks about as cool as it's possible to be :cool:

I'd say he was roasting in that coat to be honest.

Wishbone Ash

And the Mk I Cortina on the right. Loved those. Brings back memories of a happy sunny childhood.

tomasrojo

Interview with Henry Marsh, neurosurgeon and now writer:
http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/brain-surgeon-henry-marsh-you-have-to-have-a-big-ego-1.3093580

(Came up in the Helmet Megathread once or twice.)

Chuchote

Interesting new bike-to-work scheme in Britain

http://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/2860/free2cycle-paying-for-your-bike-through-pedal-power

Under the Free2Cycle scheme, employees are required to set a 'personal mileage pledge', and based upon the number they are offered a free bike of their choice, which is ordered to an authorised retailer and picked up by the employee.

A maximum value of £1,750 has been set for bikes funded by pedal power alone, but employees will be free to make an optional contribution that can lift the bike value to £2,750 - which is more than enough for a swish machine.

(It's not clear whether the mileage is on an honour system; I see Strava ads littering the page, but there's no reference that I can see in the article to how the mileage is calculated.)

Eamonnator

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

And the Mk I Cortina on the right. Loved those. Brings back memories of a happy sunny childhood.

My bride and I were brought from the church to our wedding reception in a Mk1 Cortina.

Eamonnator

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

I'd say he was roasting in that coat to be honest.

If it keeps the heat in, it'll also keep the heat out!

LollipopJimmy

Eamonnator wrote: »

My bride and I were brought from the church to our wedding reception in a Mk1 Cortina.

Cortina's never did it for me but there was a user on here many years ago who had a mk2 GT with two fart cannons on the back and it was awesome.

CramCycle

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Cortina's never did it for me but there was a user on here many years ago who had a mk2 GT with two fart cannons on the back and it was awesome.

My dad had one, broke my heart when he sold it for a sensible family car. It took years to forgive him.

RobFowl

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Cortina's never did it for me

Ford Capri, now that was the epitome of cool when I was 10 or so...

We had minis, morris minors, Fiat minafiori, Carinas, corollas, starlets when I was growing up..
No great affection for any of them tbh

magicbastarder

i used to love seeing the opel mantas up in donegal when we went up to visit my dad's family.

RobFowl

Ps anyone have an idea how much an post charge to post a chainset packed in a box???

LollipopJimmy

Absolutely wrecked, Slane yesterday was unreal even with the heavens open

CramCycle

@RobFowl 12euro or less

Jawgap

https://twitter.com/ccrichton/status/868841990707924992

Chuchote

The canalside cycle path on the Grand Canal between Baggot Street and Rathmines is dotted with patches of broken glass, as if some clever person has carefully smashed a series of bottles and left them in the middle.

I was See It! Say It! -ing it today and someone stopped to chat; she said the broken glass had been there for about a fortnight.

If others see it, could they also report it? The patch I reported (as one of several) was coming towards Rathmines from The Barge.

Chuchote

Continuing a discussion on another thread about language used for injuries and worse for people riding bikes who get tangled up with motorised vehicles…

Two of this year's too-many-already deaths of people on bikes were genuine accidents - one was someone who dismounted from his bike, tripped backwards and hit his head; another was someone who was riding fast along a hard shoulder - a driver got into trouble and drew in to ask for help, the man on the bike didn't hear him calling and rode headfirst into his car while looking out for debris on the road.

So it's important not to write a description of a crash with language that blames either someone in a car or someone on a bike.

The traditional standard in Irish journalism, deliberately worded to avoid blame was to say that two/more vehicles were "involved in a collision". I always found this a bit silly back in the day, but am now beginning to see its sense.

manafana

Chuchote wrote: »

The canalside cycle path on the Grand Canal between Baggot Street and Rathmines is dotted with patches of broken glass, as if some clever person has carefully smashed a series of bottles and left them in the middle.

I was See It! Say It! -ing it today and someone stopped to chat; she said the broken glass had been there for about a fortnight.

If others see it, could they also report it? The patch I reported (as one of several) was coming towards Rathmines from The Barge.

seen that sunday, assumed it was weekend, but still their on Monday evening.

buffalo

Chuchote wrote: »

The traditional standard in Irish journalism, deliberately worded to avoid blame was to say that two/more vehicles were "involved in a collision". I always found this a bit silly back in the day, but am now beginning to see its sense.

I'm not sure where you're seeing that as standard. The most common phrasing is that the "bike/cyclist collided with a car/vehicle/pedestrian/etc".

Beasty

buffalo wrote: »

The most common phrasing is that the "bike/cyclist collided with a car/vehicle/pedestrian/etc".

.... and what did you collide with last week buffalo? Looks like the road may have taken a bit of a battering.....