La Flamme Rouge **off topic discussion**

retalivity

If you suspect you have covid, or do have it but are asymptomatic and/or feeling fine, is it bad form to go away for a spin on your own? Taking all other necessary precautions, staying out of shops, cafes etc, staying away from other cyclists/pedestrians.

Had a bad cold since sunday which is now clearing, and was wondering about the above hypothetical situation if I had the 'rona.

Phone the GP and get a test done?

CramCycle

Deleted User wrote: »

Phone the GP and get a test done?

100% this, they will take all the details on board and arrange a test if necessary. Until you do this you should self isolate. Also if you are showing symptoms, then you are not asymptomatic. Not everyone's symptoms are major or non existent, some are minor, some are not, GP is the best place to call to go through it all.

Thargor

devonp wrote: »

just noticed the new TV scheduling layout on the RTE website. very disappointed , used to able to see all channels from all providers eg virgin for any given time period, now only 1 channel at a time , seems limited to major channels only


was quite good to have a quick look for cycling sports...


anywhere else give anything like the above ?






actually here
https://www.virginmediatv.ie/en/tv/tv-guide.html

Ha was just moaning about that to a flatmate but didnt expect to see it in the Cycling forum, what an utterly stupid decision. RTE actually had the best listings on the net with that site, everything on now and next across all channels at a glance, I had a shortcut on my phones homescreen to it and everything, now you'd have to spend 10 minutes clicking and scrolling 50 times to get the same info. Someone in RTE desperately trying to justify their position I suppose.

Thargor

Oh yeah your Virgin alternative is a great replacement thanks, Virgin in doing something good shocker.

wheelo01

Thargor wrote: »

Oh yeah your Virgin alternative is a great replacement thanks, Virgin in doing something good shocker.

Skys version is something similar, but I dont think it has as many of the Irish channels, while VM probably dont have as many 28.2 Satellite (SKY), sso between them you'll probably find everything you need.

https://www.sky.com/tv-guide

CramCycle

Got my first ever road traffic offence fine today. Riding a P/cycle without reasonable consideration contrary to Section 51 (A) RTA.......

I am 100% guilty, and I accept the fine. I just find it weird, because I think since it was so minor and it was settled civilly, that if I was driving a car, they wouldn't have given me the fine as I would have got points as well. Hopefully I am wrong and they are enforcing this equally across the board.

Were you on the phone or something?

CramCycle

Deleted User wrote: »

Were you on the phone or something?

I, not on purpose, put my body through the back of a Santa Fe.

Wasn't it you who reported doing the exact same thing not all that long ago?

Hopefully you're ok?

Weepsie

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Wasn't it you who reported doing the exact same thing not all that long ago?

Hopefully you're ok?

I went into he back of a qasqai.
Gardai were happy to leave us settle it ourselves.

They stopping in a 24 hr bus lane to answer a call was probably more than they cared to deal with

CramCycle

Deleted User wrote: »

Wasn't it you who reported doing the exact same thing not all that long ago?

Hopefully you're ok?

Same event, obviously the new Super in my town is intent on covering everything. The Garda who had dealt with it recommended no prosecution but it would be the Super who signs off on it. I thought it was closed but obviously not completely. Happy to pay it, a lesson learnt.

Eamonnator

CramCycle wrote: »

Same event, obviously the new Super in my town is intent on covering everything. The Garda who had dealt with it recommended no prosecution but it would be the Super who signs off on it. I thought it was closed but obviously not completely. Happy to pay it, a lesson learnt.

Strange,I was in AGS for thirty years, more than half of that in Traffic. Only twice in that time did the Supt. go against my recommendation of no prosecution. One time Courts held with him, second time Court agreed with me.

crosstownk

Is there a Boards league in the Fantasy TdF?

EDIT: I started a thread in the main forum. Sign up for a bit of added interest.

lennymc

CramCycle wrote: »

I, not on purpose, put my body through the back of a Santa Fe.

Im sure it looked better afterwards. The owner should have thanked you!
Horrible hideous things,

Anyway, glad you are ok.

Weepsie

Wasn't there a case of a new super in Galway about 8-9 years ago, or maybe a local Judge who told all pubs and clubs that kick out time was 2am. They cracked down it for a while but realised the sh!tshow of having everyone piling out at the same time

Either way it was someone new trying to make a reputation for themselves and it kind of backfired

deconduo

Cars blocking cycle lanes has gotten ridiculous: https://streamable.com/v90vg2

magicbastarder

apparently the driver flipped when someone asked him to move.

deconduo

magicbastarder wrote: »

apparently the driver flipped when someone asked him to move.

:pac::pac:

magicbastarder

May be of interest to someone here looking for a project?

https://touch.adverts.ie/road-bikes/antique-mens-bike/21376370#comment_131984257

https://touch.adverts.ie/road-bikes/antique-mens-bike/21376374

Too big for me.

Thargor

CramCycle wrote: »

I, not on purpose, put my body through the back of a Santa Fe.

What actually happened? Was it parked up?

CramCycle

Thargor wrote: »

What actually happened? Was it parked up?

I had it in the Near Miss thread. I was waiting to come out of a T junction, car passed, I pulled out turning right. Cars were parked in on the left so I pulled out into traffic after checking (nothing there). Santa Fe in front started to speed up, so did I. Car in front emergency braked for a turn, Santa Fe slammed on and stopped, I slammed on and almost stopped. I hit it at about walking speed. My wheel hit the rear bumper and my rear wheel lifted, somehow enough to lift me over the handlebars and through the back window. My grandson has hit me with more force, but it still shattered. Driver didn't even realise I was in the car till I said sorry. He thought it was something in the boot moving.

You can even see me squeezing the brakes in time, but apparently disc brakes get worse really quickly once they wear out.

Wishbone Ash

magicbastarder wrote: »

...Too big for me.

When I read that first, I thought it was the project that was too big for you!

magicbastarder

i suspect that would have turned into a frame strip down and not many other parts being retained.

i may lowball in an offer if there's no interest, the only question on the first one so far was my question.

LollipopJimmy

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

When I read that first, I thought it was the project that was too big for you!

I think I passed your good self in Lusk on Wednesday evening, I gave a wave as I passed just in case. I was on the motorbike

Wishbone Ash

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

I think I passed your good self in Lusk on Wednesday evening, I gave a wave as I passed just in case. I was on the motorbike

Indeed it was. I was a bit puzzled as I thought you were pointing at the ground. (I was returning from marshaling a club race).

eeeee

National Track Championships are on tomorrow and Sunday, and almost the entire High Performance and Olympic teams are gonna be racing. The whole thing is gonna be live streamed: http://www.trackcycling.ie/?p=7819

Racing starts at 10 past 10 with the flying 200m (sprint qualification).
Schedule here:
http://www.trackcycling.ie/?p=7786

The sprints and the scratch are going to be great. The fastest women in the country will be riding, Kelly Murphy, Mia Griffin, Lara Gillespie - it's gonna be great!
And the sprints with Eimer McMullan, Orla Walsh, Deirbhle Ivory and Nikki Taggert, it's going to be super exciting!

I also predict Kelly Murphy will break the national outdoor record in the Individual Pursuit tomorrow.
Whoop whoop!

magicbastarder

posting this as it's a 'friend of a friend' scenario. GoFundMe for the poor chap badly injured on his bike in clondalkin the other day.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/tony-mckeown

(background: https://www.thejournal.ie/cyclist-injured-lorry-collision-dublin-clondalkin-5188543-Aug2020/ )

I was going to ask what the bright objects were to the left of the moon I spotted when out closing the gates there but google tells me it's Jupiter and Saturn!!!!

magicbastarder

magicbastarder wrote: »

Was just out for a walk, passed the new cycle path under construction on Griffith avenue extension. It seems as unnecessarily narrow in real life as it does in the photos. Why, if they're taking a lane from motorists, they couldn't take a full lane, seems weird.

there has been some progress:



still seems unnecessarily narrow (for a two way cycle lane) given the space available. more permanent looking than the rest of the cycle lane works DCC have been undertaking recently. the kerb is a little 'organic' looking, seems to have been shaped by hand rather than by a mould.