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

Thargor

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

No one cycles to Cherrywood? Am I reading it right?

Leaving a bike at Cherrywood is a faster way to get rid of it than putting it up for free on Adverts.

Fighting Tao

I paid a deposit on a trek 1.2 today. Now I'm struggling have to decide the colour. Either Matt black which looks cool or California Sky Blue. I'm edging towards the blue as my other road bike is Matt black and white. What does everyone think?

Matt Black
https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/bikes/road-bikes/performance-road/1-series/c/B214/

Or Blue
https://www.trekbikes.com/ie/en_IE/bikes/road-bikes/performance-road/1-series/1-2/p/1401010-2017/

Decisions decisions! It has my head wrecked.

magicbastarder

stealth black is *so* 2016.

OleRodrigo

Thargor wrote: »

Leaving a bike at Cherrywood is a faster way to get rid of it than putting it up for free on Adverts.

What? I cycle to Cherrywood.

Are you thinking of Cherry Orchard?

Fighting Tao

magicbastarder wrote: »

stealth black is *so* 2016.

I could never claim to be ahead of the curve.

magicbastarder

what's the difference between a cherry wood and a cherry orchard? whether the trees are planted in lines?

Lusk_Doyle

magicbastarder wrote: »

what's the difference between a cherry wood and a cherry orchard? whether the trees are planted in lines?

That and a shed load if gangland related crimes.

Beasty

Fighting Tao wrote: »

Either Matt black which looks cool or California Sky Blue.

"Sky" Blue FTW;)

RobertFoster

Fighting Tao wrote: »

Decisions decisions! It has my head wrecked.

The blue is nicer.

magicbastarder wrote: »

what's the difference between a cherry wood and a cherry orchard? whether the trees are planted in lines?

That makes some sense. Any guesses on what a Cherryhound is?

eeeee

Fighting Tao wrote: »

I paid a deposit on a trek 1.2 today. Now I'm struggling have to decide the colour. Either Matt black which looks cool or California Sky Blue. I'm edging towards the blue as my other road bike is Matt black and white. What does everyone think?

Matt Black
https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/bikes/road-bikes/performance-road/1-series/c/B214/

Or Blue
https://www.trekbikes.com/ie/en_IE/bikes/road-bikes/performance-road/1-series/1-2/p/1401010-2017/

Decisions decisions! It has my head wrecked.

Blue

Chuchote

magicbastarder wrote: »

what's the difference between a cherry wood and a cherry orchard? whether the trees are planted in lines?

Where the Trees Have No Names.

LollipopJimmy

The homeless man found dead today on the streets, I actually knew him fairly well, had looked after him weekly. A lovely guy who spent years in Oz and came back when he fell on troubled times.
He had actually been a resident of Apollo House last winter.

Spare a thought for those sleeping rough this winter

buffalo

Chuchote wrote: »

Bike commuting by electoral division, from the Census. Oddly, Harold's Cross, which normally comes up top for cycling in surveys, has fewer than the eastern neighbours:


http://census.cso.ie/p6map21/

Interesting map.

Oddly, at least 237 people work in the Phoenix Park, and apparently at least 106 people live there... and that's just bike commuters?!

magicbastarder

i can understand a lot of people working there - there's the OSI, st. marys, the zoo, garda HQ, the aras, and a few other smaller places. but the inhabitants?

magicbastarder

similar weirdness for my electoral area - in a section of the suburbs with hundreds of houses, it claims:
"There were 95 persons who commuted from within the electoral division of X to their place of work outside this electoral division.

There were 43 persons who commuted by bicycle from outside the electoral division of X to work within this electoral division.

Net commuters Out: 52"
that seems far too low for people commuting out of the area. regarding people cycling in, there are maybe 20 shops, and three or four schools. so that *could* be accurate?

Chips Lovell

The map is based on electoral divisions. The dots appear in the middle of each electoral division. If you click on the dot, you'll see the boundary of the electoral division. While some people do live in the park, the Phoenix Park division also takes in all the houses and apartments on the south side of Chapelizod Road/Conyngham Road.

magicbastarder

Jep Gambardella wrote: »

the Phoenix Park division also takes in all the houses and apartments on the south side of Chapelizod Road/Conyngham Road.

aha - hadn't spotted that.

Chuchote

And the Park Rangers, who - some of them, anyway - live in nice houses at the gates, or used to.

Chips Lovell

There's a surprising amount of houses in the Phoenix Park once you explore a bit. Always been a bit envious of people who get to live there.

magicbastarder

i went to school with two guys who lived in the park. nice back garden to have.

Chips Lovell

Want:

Alek

These Bosch motors are impressively strong. Not that you would probably want to do that, but going up Ticknock (20-odd kph average) with two kids was a breeze

rubadub

Alek wrote: »

These Bosch motors are impressively strong.

the one pictured there is the performance one, which is more powerful than the bosch more commonly seen on bikes.

They tend to put the higher torque one on higher end bikes, which is unfortunate as it then proves very expensive.

I think many do not really consider/think about the power of the motors, many seem to think they are like motorbikes and will just breeze up a really steep hill -albeit at a slow speed. A better way to think of it is like a tandem bike, your motor/partner has to stop pedalling once you get over 25 km/hr, but that partner could be a frail old man or Chris Hoy.

Alek

the one pictured there is the performance one,

That's the one my wife has in her Cube Hybrid Pro that she recently used to pull kid's trailer (+2 kids and luggage) on a trip.

Superman legs is the closest description of what it offers. (up to 25kph)

They tend to put the higher torque one on higher end bikes,

Its actually more useful on cargo or MTB bikes, I see no reason to use Performance version even on the highest end hybrid.

magicbastarder

saw this while out walking the other day - hard to see on the link, but the path pictured is a cycle path on the near side of the line, and a footpath the far side. so they put the bin in the cycle path, necessitating the line between them having to swerve to accomodate it; but you'd expect the bin is there primarily for the benefit of pedestrians, so they have to cross into the cycle lane to use it.
such a simple, trivial thing, such basic lack of attention to basic details.

https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.3794392,-6.2746217,3a,48.6y,245.22h,87.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1snD05RC2J8aZfc4fYj9a5Sw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

magicbastarder

to be fair, the bike symbols are so badly worn off the path it's not easy to tell which side is which.

LollipopJimmy

Definitely a chill in the air tonight, my nipples are in a bundle after 60k :pac:

Harrybelafonte

Thought co2 cartridge in the inflator was empty so unscrewed. It was not empty.

Chuchote

magicbastarder wrote: »

to be fair, the bike symbols are so badly worn off the path it's not easy to tell which side is which.

Similar-ish problems on the bike/walk path in Milltown Park between Dartry and Clonskeagh - the bike path's grass is gradually encroaching so that in places it's scarcely the width of the walking path. The gardeners mow the grass, but never take a spade and cut out the encroachment.

Lusk_Doyle

Chuchote wrote: »

Similar-ish problems on the bike/walk path in Milltown Park between Dartry and Clonskeagh - the bike path's grass is gradually encroaching so that in places it's scarcely the width of the walking path. The gardeners mow the grass, but never take a spade and cut out the encroachment.

You are always stopping randomly when out rambling on the bike. Why not bring the spade with you the next time and do some public service!