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

manafana

NamelessPhil wrote: »

Maybe he took his inspiration from Mark Cavendish's infamous two fingers victory salute in 2010.

he has no contract for 2018, by all accounts he is a hard man to manage so his talent is of no doubt, but teams not interested

manafana

dahat wrote: »

I have to return my Stages unit for testing under warranty as it is eating 2032 cells at a rate of 1 a week.
A disaster considering my training is power based, panic stations!!!!!

How many weeks have you been letting it eat them?

You sound like chris froome? the bike will still work without it, could work off blend of heart rate and cadence.

LollipopJimmy

Going back to the conversation on turning the bike upside down to work on it, I just watched a video of a man with no right arm and a stump on his left side change a puncture without turning his bike upside down or laying it down on the ground

magicbastarder

if someone can tell me how to stand a bike with full mudguards upright with one wheel off, at the side of the road, please share it.

LollipopJimmy

magicbastarder wrote: »

if someone can tell me how to stand a bike with full mudguards upright with one wheel off, at the side of the road, please share it.

I wasn't having a go or anything, I've flipped mine on occasion

cdaly_

magicbastarder wrote: »

if someone can tell me how to stand a bike with full mudguards upright with one wheel off, at the side of the road, please share it.

I find that if you have a metal fatigue crack in your front mudguard, it bends nicely out of the way. You just have to straighten it out afterwards so the wheel can turn...

tomasrojo

Working on gear alignment when the bike is upside down isn't all that suitable, as the gears are never right when you turn it back the right way. But it's definitely ok for fixing punctures. Even when I'm at home, I find it easier than putting the bike in the work stand. Maybe I'm just used to it.

magicbastarder

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

I wasn't having a go or anything, I've flipped mine on occasion

ah no, i didn't read that from your post!

ford2600

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Going back to the conversation on turning the bike upside down to work on it, I just watched a video of a man with no right arm and a stump on his left side change a puncture without turning his bike upside down or laying it down on the ground

Neighbour of mine is a welder by trade and very busy. He operates a firewood processor and drives mini diggers/ tractors at weekends. He is missing his right forearm. I never seen anyone more capable with machinery, quick, competent, efficient.

Seemingly, he told his mother she could stay outside hospital room the day after accident if she was going to be crying.

Some people with severe disabilities are awesome

tomasrojo

magicbastarder wrote: »

if someone can tell me how to stand a bike with full mudguards upright with one wheel off, at the side of the road, please share it.

I guess, as said upthread, you lay the bike carefully on its non-drive side on the ground after you remove the wheel. (Which isn't what you're asking.)

The Sheldon Brown site has some opinions on the topic, between how to do it without turning the bike upside down, to why it's a terrible idea to work on your bike upside down.

I guess Sheldon himself never opined on the subject, as those were written by the guys who maintain the site, now Sheldon has gone on to the work shed in the sky.

In the case of my tourer, it doesn't have any gizmos or cabling protruding above the hoods. It's really not a big deal flipping it.

RobertFoster

magicbastarder wrote: »

if someone can tell me how to stand a bike with full mudguards upright with one wheel off, at the side of the road, please share it.

I normally hang mine on a gate/wall/fence/etc. by the bars.

magicbastarder

last time it happened me, i was on a narrow footpath, nowt to hang the bike on, and would have blocked the path if i'd lain the bike on its side.

ThisRegard

magicbastarder wrote: »

if someone can tell me how to stand a bike with full mudguards upright with one wheel off, at the side of the road, please share it.

Chop off an arm seems like a good start...

LollipopJimmy

ThisRegard wrote: »

Chop off an arm seems like a good start...

He's already started with the tip of his finger, sure what's the rest of the arm

CramCycle

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

He's already started with the tip of his finger, sure what's the rest of the arm

I hear they grow back after awhile

LollipopJimmy

ford2600 wrote: »

Neighbour of mine is a welder by trade and very busy. He operates a firewood processor and drives mini diggers/ tractors at weekends. He is missing his right forearm. I never seen anyone more capable with machinery, quick, competent, efficient.

Seemingly, he told his mother she could stay outside hospital room the day after accident if she was going to be crying.

Some people with severe disabilities are awesome

If you haven't heard about him, Billy Monger lost his legs last year racing in Formula 4, a few months later he walked the stretch of track on prosthetic legs and will be racing in Formula 3 this year. He's 18 years old. What some people can do in these situations is amazing

magicbastarder

CramCycle wrote: »

I hear they grow back after awhile

must run in the family - my mother lost the top of her index finger to a farm gate when she was 8. from the top joint up - and it grew back.

site_owner

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-australia-42660071/truck-ploughs-through-cycle-race-finish-line-in-australia

Maybe posted already. Puts the near miss thread into perspective...

tomasrojo

11430km, in one month.

https://twitter.com/steve_abraham74/status/951815299661254656

magicbastarder

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/haymaker-truck-wipes-out-finish-line-at-australian-cycling-race-1.3353009

Wonder was that road meant to be closed to traffic

magicbastarder

magicbastarder wrote: »

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/haymaker-truck-wipes-out-finish-line-at-australian-cycling-race-1.3353009

whoops, i missed that site_owner beat me to it.

CrowdedHouse

and the dopey bollix just kept going, never even noticed.

Macy0161

First day commuting of the year has me wondering... the whole cyclists on the footpath thing comments sections normally have, well I wonder how much is pedestrians walking in the bloody cycle lane (beside a perfectly good footpath) and them not realising it/ paying attention?

CramCycle

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

and the dopey bollix just kept going, never even noticed.

Being Australia I would nt be surprised if it was intentional.

magicbastarder

obviously not about cycling, but pertains to how society can become so car-dependent:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akm7ik-H_7U

tomasrojo

magicbastarder wrote: »

obviously not about cycling, but pertains to how society can become so car-dependent:

I like Donald Shoup a lot. I especially like the way an economist who has specialised in what at first glance is a rather dry subject has a website called shoupdogg.com

retalivity

Any reliable 2018 sportive calendars around? Looking for some events for jan - mar to see me through the wimter

Wishbone Ash

retalivity wrote: »

Any reliable 2018 sportive calendars around? Looking for some events for jan - mar to see me through the wimter

What part of the country?

There aren't too many sportives so early in the year but there are several Audax events in Jan/Feb/March such as King's Mountain 200, Orwell 200, Tara 200.

buffalo

retalivity wrote: »

Any reliable 2018 sportive calendars around? Looking for some events for jan - mar to see me through the wimter

There's the official CI one - http://www.cyclingireland.ie/page/events/events-calendar/leisure-sportive-events