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

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    #9782
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    Beasty wrote: »
    Oh! to be 20 again....

    ....O you who turn the wheel and look to windward,
    Consider Beasty, who was once handsome and tall as you....


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    #9783
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,766 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    John Lennon was using hashtags back in the day?!?!
    He was bigger than Jesus - obviously he had insight, and indeed could start fashions that were way ahead of his time


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    #9784
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,149 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    John Lennon was using hashtags back in the day?!?!
    Hey man it was the 60s, I'm sure he tried lots of things.


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    #9785
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,667 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    John Lennon was using hashtags back in the day?!?!

    Fixed that for ye.....


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    #9786
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,775 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i just had someone call around to the house to pick up a petrol strimmer i did not want (was foisted on me by a neighbour) and we ended up chatting about bikes. turns out he has a mercian in the attic he crashed decades ago (he's probably in his late 50s, and built the bike when he was 20) and was warned by someone in rutland cycles that the downtube was probably going to fail.
    he didn't know that there's at least one person in ireland who can repair such things, but i guess a downtube replacement is not a cheap affair?


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    #9787
    NamelessPhil
    Registered Users Posts: 1,098 ✭✭✭NamelessPhil


    I haven't had any dealings with Mercian cycles personally but I'd contact them directly and ask about repairing the frame.


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    #9788
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,442 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    A bike of that vintage would likely have metal folded over the joins, it certainly wouldn't be an easy task.

    I took a spin to Howth and back last night and then attended a neighbours wake, re-hydrating with Jameson was not my best move. Arrived to work an hour late and pissed. I am never letting anybody pour drink for me again. Then I read all the madness that Conor McGregor has been up to


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    #9789
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,040 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    Weird, on the touch site this page has 9907 before this post, on the desktop one it's 9788


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    #9790
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,775 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    maybe the touch site count includes deleted posts?


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    #9791
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,667 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Either way we and inching inexorably towards a new new name ;)


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    #9792
    Ryath
    Registered Users Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭Ryath


    RobFowl wrote: »
    Either way we and inching inexorably towards a new new name ;)

    Is there going to be a poll on it or is it just going to be Jan and Klodi's Party Bus - part III?


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    #9793
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,149 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    Ryath wrote: »
    Is there going to be a poll on it or is it just going to be Jan and Klodi's Party Bus - part III?
    Depends on how nice RobFowl is to Beasty.


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    #9794
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,667 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    RobertFoster wrote: »
    Depends on how nice RobFowl is to Beasty.

    Party bus III it is then :(


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    #9795
    [Deleted User]
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    RobFowl wrote: »
    Either way we and inching inexorably towards a new new name ;)

    I read that and could hear Carlton Kirby in my head :pac:


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    #9796
    ednwireland
    Registered Users Posts: 14,325 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    i just had someone call around to the house to pick up a petrol strimmer i did not want (was foisted on me by a neighbour) and we ended up chatting about bikes. turns out he has a mercian in the attic he crashed decades ago (he's probably in his late 50s, and built the bike when he was 20) and was warned by someone in rutland cycles that the downtube was probably going to fail.
    he didn't know that there's at least one person in ireland who can repair such things, but i guess a downtube replacement is not a cheap affair?
    talk to mercian they were always great when I lived in derby many moons ago

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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    #9797
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,775 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    cheers - mailed him with a link to mercian's website earlier based on NamelessPhil's suggestion. they quote £120 for downtube replacement, but i guess that's without any other work such as paint.

    he was quite interested to hear that my newest bike uses reynolds tubing; he'd kinda assumed that was something from his youth.


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    #9798
    Plastik
    Registered Users Posts: 2,968 ✭✭✭Plastik


    NamelessPhil wrote: »
    I haven't had any dealings with Mercian cycles personally but I'd contact them directly and ask about repairing the frame.

    I had a non-Mercian fork repaired (straightened and strengthened) by Mercian a few weeks ago and was very happy with their service.


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    #9799
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,667 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Mercian bikes themselves are absolutely beautiful and even and old damaged one deserved to be restored.


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    #9800
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,775 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i'd have offered to buy his bike only he's probably half a foot taller than me.


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    #9801
    koutoubia
    Registered Users Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭koutoubia


    Baron de Charlus wrote: »
    it's been ten years (I think?) since I went on my first Boards spin
    And what moniker were you posting under ten years ago?


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    #9802
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,748 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    RobFowl wrote: »
    Saw this cool quote from John Lennon

    “As a kid I had a dream — I wanted to own my own #bicycle. When I got the #bike I must have been the happiest boy in Liverpool, maybe the world. I insisted on taking mine indoors and the first night I even kept it in my bed.”

    Think this was it:
    9b03553d38193be6631d4664dad14059.jpg

    It's the bike you see in a few photos of him about that age. A Raleigh from what I recall, and on the overwhelming balance of probability for an English boy immediately post-WWII.


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    #9803
    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    koutoubia wrote: »
    And what moniker were you posting under ten years ago?

    El Tonto!


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    #9804
    manafana
    Registered Users Posts: 3,484 ✭✭✭manafana


    Hate to hear people stop riding because of kids, have others on here managed to handle having young children while still getting out once week just assume it takes planning and depends on parenting styles i assume?


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    #9805
    dahat
    Registered Users Posts: 16,681 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    manafana wrote: »
    Hate to hear people stop riding because of kids, have others on her managed to handle having young children while still getting out once week just assume it takes planning and on parenting styles i assume?

    Agreed, while circumstances can change significantly with kids (I have 2), a person always needs time to reflect and clear the head, the weekly bike spin can help someone in so many ways.


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    #9806
    manafana
    Registered Users Posts: 3,484 ✭✭✭manafana


    dahat wrote: »
    Agreed, while circumstances can change significantly with kids (I have 2), a person always needs time to reflect and clear the head, the weekly bike spin can help someone in so many ways.

    Yeah i find it easier to understand when it becomes three as one parent runs out of hands :)


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    #9807
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,766 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Raam wrote: »
    El Tonto!
    So whatever happened to your Kingdom?


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    #9808
    CrowdedHouse
    Registered Users Posts: 6,825 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    Next round of the arms race begins - Campag 12 speed Super/Record.

    Just need a moderate lotto win I suppose

    http://hub.chainreactioncycles.com/latest-news/campagnolo-reveal-worlds-first-12-speed-road-groupset/

    Seven Worlds will Collide



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    #9809
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,775 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    good god that's an ugly RD.


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    #9810
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    That dude should get a lotto ticket NOW

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/ivtime/permalink/847461915448883/


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    #9811
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,667 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    good god that's an ugly RD.

    I like it, whole grouppo looks good too..

    12 a much more even and rounder looking number than 11 as well ;)


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