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La Flamme Rouge **off topic discussion**

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    #6962
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,592 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    It's more that instead of using them for their specific purpose, people are wearing them in supermarkets, coffee shops, on the school run etc. It's the sort of suburban middle class equivalent of the pajamas wearers in the city center.

    I seen my first one out in the wild today as I took a detour around by Dalkey, guy with a bike and one of those, obviously after getting in from the harbour.

    On a related note to the few posts before this, my first experience of the bike path near Blackrock and heading down to Dun Laoghaire and I have to say, it, as far as bike paths in Ireland go, this is very, very good. Amazing improvement over what went before.


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    #6963
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,749 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    This is a good idea. That corner of Fade St. is a bike-mangling black spot.
    https://twitter.com/IBIKEDublin/status/1327285832030576640


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    #6964
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,442 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    i'd say what simply happened is that the chap painting it started at one end, got bored, and started again at the far end. thinking 'the cycle path is on the right so that'll be fine'.

    I ****ing love chicanes... on race tracks. This however makes no sense


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    #6965
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,814 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    someone here was looking at buying a tandem a couple of years ago, IIRC? wonder if they got one.
    this looks reasonable enough, you'd pay a *hell* of a lot more than that for the frame new.

    https://www.adverts.ie/road-bikes/handmade-dawes-tandem-bike/21871870


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    #6966
    silverharp
    Registered Users Posts: 17,849 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    Anyone care to pick a side on this one, I veer more to the cyclist being in the wrong


    https://twitter.com/UnbalancedMemes/status/1327928746070990849

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    #6967
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,592 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    silverharp wrote: »
    Anyone care to pick a side on this one, I veer more to the cyclist being in the wrong


    https://twitter.com/UnbalancedMemes/status/1327928746070990849

    They are both morons and in the wrong for a variety of reasons


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    #6968
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,442 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    CramCycle wrote: »
    They are both morons and in the wrong for a variety of reasons

    I wouldnt have put myself in that position on my bike or my motorcycle. Pair of them in it however that was poor judgement and riding from the motorcyclist. I'm 10months riding and wouldnt ride that badly


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    #6969
    magicbastarder
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    cyclist blasted straight through a red at first and then makes the 'i'm a vehicle' claim. that motorcyclist is better off the road though.


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    #6970
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,814 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i wonder will people start approaching the gardai in greater numbers now, asking for this:

    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1327673306779095041


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    #6971
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,814 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    https://twitter.com/colmanos/status/1327960496557973508


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    #6972
    NamelessPhil
    Registered Users Posts: 1,098 ✭✭✭NamelessPhil


    The Doc on One on RTE Radio 1 is worth a listen today. https://www.rte.ie/culture/2020/1112/1177752-documentary-on-one-a-photograph-a-bicycle-and-bloody-sunday/


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    #6973
    CormacH94
    Registered Users Posts: 173 ✭✭CormacH94


    Any tips as how to plan a training season without knowing dates for racing? C.I. has nothing on their calendar due to COVID - will there even be any racing next year?

    Was hoping to start on the 1st of december (3 months base - 2 months build) but is there any point if we keep going into level 5 lockdowns?


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    #6974
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    cyclist blasted straight through a red at first and then makes the 'i'm a vehicle' claim. that motorcyclist is better off the road though.

    I don't think that gives the motorcyclist the right to dispense instant justice.


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    #6975
    magicbastarder
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    oh, i didn't intend to suggest that.


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    #6976
    Wildly Boaring
    Registered Users Posts: 3,632 ✭✭✭Wildly Boaring


    silverharp wrote: »
    Anyone care to pick a side on this one, I veer more to the cyclist being in the wrong

    2 wrongs don't make a right.
    If the incident happened where the cyclist broke the red they'd be wrong. It didn't.

    When the cyclist is turning right.
    The motorbike has undertaken another road user.
    He has done so at speed and dangerously.
    The cyclist hasn't indicated or checked prior to manouvers. In the circumstances this is careless but not dangerous (to others).
    95% of blame on motorbike


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    #6977
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    oh, i didn't intend to suggest that.

    And I think, I may have been a bit eager to misinterpret your post, sorry.


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    #6978
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,814 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i watched the video and at first assumed the cyclist running the red was why the guy on the motorbike gunned it away from the light to remonstrate with him. but the cyclist had brought a knife to a gunfight.


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    #6979
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,151 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    I was driving on a straight stretch after dark this evening and noticed blinky red lights on the opposite side of the road. My initial thought was someone salmoning in the hard shoulder, but when I passed it turned out the cyclist was coming towards me. White blinky on the rear too, so I assume it was a mix up... I can't think of why it'd be on purpose :confused:


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    #6980
    Fighting Tao
    Registered Users Posts: 6,484 ✭✭✭Fighting Tao


    RobertFoster wrote: »
    I was driving on a straight stretch after dark this evening and noticed blinky red lights on the opposite side of the road. My initial thought was someone salmoning in the hard shoulder, but when I passed it turned out the cyclist was coming towards me. White blinky on the rear too, so I assume it was a mix up... I can't think of why it'd be on purpose :confused:

    I see that all the time in Dublin. Sometimes it is red on both front and back. I don’t understand it.


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    #6981
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Fighting Tao wrote: »
    I see that all the time in Dublin. Sometimes it is red on both front and back. I don’t understand it.

    Load of complete morons that don't understand the colour chosen has meaning. Sometimes you wonder how they remember to breathe...


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    #6982
    Fighting Tao
    Registered Users Posts: 6,484 ✭✭✭Fighting Tao


    ED E wrote: »
    Load of complete morons that don't understand the colour chosen has meaning. Sometimes you wonder how they remember to breathe...

    That’s a bit harsh on Dubs. They are quite a diverse race in general ;)


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    #6983
    magicbastarder
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    have several times recently seen completely unlit cyclists on completely unlit roads.
    one i first copped when i saw his friend first, they'd made the wise decision that the chap with the light would cycle on the inside and the chap without one would cycle on the outside.


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    #6984
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,442 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    have several times recently seen completely unlit cyclists on completely unlit roads.
    one i first copped when i saw his friend first, they'd made the wise decision that the chap with the light would cycle on the inside and the chap without one would cycle on the outside.

    I mentioned tge above on twitter and got abused by various cycle campaigners. The attitude was that if I saw them then whats the danger. Suffering jaysis like.


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    #6985
    magicbastarder
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    LollipopJimmy wrote: »
    I mentioned tge above on twitter and got abused by various cycle campaigners. The attitude was that if I saw them then whats the danger. Suffering jaysis like.
    yeah, that comeback is somewhat tiresome.

    another example was one i very possibly would not have seen because my headlights were pointed in the wrong direction - it was at a T junction where i was approaching from 6 o clock and turning right, and the cyclist was coming from the right - it was the light of a car behind the cyclist which illuminated him, which was how i copped him.


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    #6986
    Wildly Boaring
    Registered Users Posts: 3,632 ✭✭✭Wildly Boaring


    I was out for a run last night and despite run vest, armband and flashing lights (red) front and back
    Several drivers thought the necessary action is to light em up like you're lamping

    Have to admit though I find drivers better by night for passing, biking and running.


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    #6987
    magicbastarder
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    https://twitter.com/clicky_here/status/1328027318460289025


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    #6988
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,442 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    Looks decent there, good width. The single lane tracks that are kerb protected are usually filled with debris, the contra flow from the quays to busaras being one of the worst, looks like its never been swept. At least the road sweepers can get into these wider tracks. That is if the bould Gemma lets them, herself and her crew have been chasing road sweepers accusing them of emitting 5G, I wish I was joking.


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    #6989
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,592 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    RobertFoster wrote: »
    I was driving on a straight stretch after dark this evening and noticed blinky red lights on the opposite side of the road. My initial thought was someone salmoning in the hard shoulder, but when I passed it turned out the cyclist was coming towards me. White blinky on the rear too, so I assume it was a mix up... I can't think of why it'd be on purpose :confused:

    I see that on the commute albeit rare, white front and back, or just a white on the back. Its weird. I wonder have any of them ever realised why reversing lights are white?


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    #6990
    MojoMaker
    Registered Users Posts: 4,590 ✭✭✭MojoMaker


    Frustrating alright. I'd argue any light is better than no light, but yeah two reds is dodgy, much more misleading than two whites.

    With usable lights front and rear from €5-€10 I don't understand it at all. I think it has to be laziness.


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    #6991
    manafana
    Registered Users Posts: 3,484 ✭✭✭manafana


    MojoMaker wrote: »
    Frustrating alright. I'd argue any light is better than no light, but yeah two reds is dodgy, much more misleading than two whites.

    With usable lights front and rear from €5-€10 I don't understand it at all. I think it has to be laziness.

    Odd time a light will die on me mind, but if i had to have one its the rear light, but yeah so many decent cheap rechargeable lights now


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