La Flamme Rouge **off topic discussion**

magicbastarder

https://twitter.com/soullessparty/status/1402303611795824640

Does he ride with a support car? Or was that just for Mexico, if so that was probably a smart move.

Seth Brundle

magicbastarder wrote: »

https://twitter.com/soullessparty/status/1402303611795824640

Is Ford in the photo? I can't see him

CramCycle

Seth Brundle wrote: »

Is Ford in the photo? I can't see him

#bloodycyclists

tomasrojo

https://twitter.com/IrishCycle/status/1402673527627583491

wheelo01

I washed my Garmin Heart Rate Monitor strap the other day, it was working perfectly up until then.
The 520 + now "finds" it, but loses it almost as quick. I have tried changing the battery, just in case, but it's just the same.
Is there something you have to do to the contacts, or the parts where it touches skin after washing it??

Thanks in advance.

CramCycle

wheelo01 wrote: »

I washed my Garmin Heart Rate Monitor strap the other day, it was working perfectly up until then.
The 520 + now "finds" it, but loses it almost as quick. I have tried changing the battery, just in case, but it's just the same.
Is there something you have to do to the contacts, or the parts where it touches skin after washing it??

Thanks in advance.

When you say washed, do you mean just dipped/rinsed in cold water or do you mean you put it through a washing machine? I know they say you can but I would only rinse in cold water to take off sweat/salt and that's it

tomasrojo

Interesting post on the Guardian bike blog about a kit to turn a conventional bike into a pedelec:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2021/jun/11/want-to-turn-your-bicycle-into-an-e-bike-heres-just-the-gizmo

dastardly00

CramCycle wrote: »

When you say washed, do you mean just dipped/rinsed in cold water or do you mean you put it through a washing machine? I know they say you can but I would only rinse in cold water to take off sweat/salt and that's it

I've washed my Garmin heart rate strap in the washing machine many, many times and I've never had any issues.

magicbastarder

that's cheating though. especially when it hits the spin cycle.

magicbastarder

https://twitter.com/neighbours_wifi/status/1403397448282877954

crosstownk

dastardly00 wrote: »

I've washed my Garmin heart rate strap in the washing machine many, many times and I've never had any issues.

Same here. I chuck it into the washing machine about once a month. No problems whatsoever.

griffin100

I winced

https://www.bikeperfect.com/news/florent-payet-struck-out-of-leogang-world-cup-in-freak-accident

breezy1985

magicbastarder wrote: »

https://twitter.com/neighbours_wifi/status/1403397448282877954

Cyclocross lane

wheelo01

CramCycle wrote: »

When you say washed, do you mean just dipped/rinsed in cold water or do you mean you put it through a washing machine? I know they say you can but I would only rinse in cold water to take off sweat/salt and that's it

Machine, that's the instructions on it.

I left it for a long time without doing anything- think that should have been my long term plan!

@lollipopjimmy do you use one? Maybe I can put my HRM into your strap, and vice versa to see if it is the strap or the HRM?

magicbastarder

*sniff* they didn't even list cycling.

https://twitter.com/carltonreid/status/1403671480664268800

breezy1985

magicbastarder wrote: »

*sniff* they didn't even list cycling.

https://twitter.com/carltonreid/status/1403671480664268800

BMW divers dont know that cyclists exist. At least it seems that way going by their driving

CramCycle

Any bike shops around Dublin, Wicklow or Wexford that would tap a crank and insert a helicoil. I had CSS do it for me years ago but there waiting list is close to 2 months for the most minor of repairs. I could do it myself either if anywhere would rent me a tap for left crank.

magicbastarder

i was over in humphries recently and asked jimmy that in the eventuality of me needing to replace a BB, would there be much of a waiting list, and he said ah no, that would be handled quickly enough. wrong side of the city for you though, but may be worth giving them a shout?

LollipopJimmy

wheelo01 wrote: »

Machine, that's the instructions on it.

I left it for a long time without doing anything- think that should have been my long term plan!

@lollipopjimmy do you use one? Maybe I can put my HRM into your strap, and vice versa to see if it is the strap or the HRM?

Yep no problem

eeeee

CramCycle wrote: »

Any bike shops around Dublin, Wicklow or Wexford that would tap a crank and insert a helicoil. I had CSS do it for me years ago but there waiting list is close to 2 months for the most minor of repairs. I could do it myself either if anywhere would rent me a tap for left crank.

Bee Cycles in Dolphins' Barn

magicbastarder

(note: this is not me)

https://twitter.com/PaschalSheehy/status/1403816343040925699

buffalo

New policing bill on the way, I noticed this section:

Under the provisions of the Bill, gardaí will also no longer be obliged to make a written record of interviews with suspects and witnesses once other recording options are available.

Any chance that means reporting a close pass will just be done over the phone, without the need to attend in person and sign a written statement?

Rechuchote

magicbastarder wrote: »

*sniff* they didn't even list cycling.

https://twitter.com/carltonreid/status/1403671480664268800

Cunning plan to get their ad spread by indignant cyclists. Worked like a dream.

cletus

CramCycle wrote: »

Any bike shops around Dublin, Wicklow or Wexford that would tap a crank and insert a helicoil. I had CSS do it for me years ago but there waiting list is close to 2 months for the most minor of repairs. I could do it myself either if anywhere would rent me a tap for left crank.

Did you get sorted with this? I wonder would it be worth heading to your local motor factors and see if they have a 9/16'' left hand tap, especially if you already have the helicoil equipment

CramCycle

dastardly00 wrote: »

I've washed my Garmin heart rate strap in the washing machine many, many times and I've never had any issues.

crosstownk wrote: »

Same here. I chuck it into the washing machine about once a month. No problems whatsoever.

wheelo01 wrote: »

Machine, that's the instructions on it.

I left it for a long time without doing anything- think that should have been my long term plan!

@lollipopjimmy do you use one? Maybe I can put my HRM into your strap, and vice versa to see if it is the strap or the HRM?

You are both 100% right, I just never done it, stories of the washing machine battering the connection years ago, probably unfounded. Cold water to wash out the salts etc. is fine for me. I've had others I never washed AFAIK and they lasted for years so who knows.

CramCycle

cletus wrote: »

Did you get sorted with this? I wonder would it be worth heading to your local motor factors and see if they have a 9/16'' left hand tap, especially if you already have the helicoil equipment

The Bike Rack have come through again. After some help with a stuck BB and some ingenuity from their mechanic, and now this, they are going forward my go to bike shop, played a blinder and I am not a regular at all but they are getting my business for my next set of wheels.

Rechuchote

CramCycle wrote: »

You are both 100% right, I just never done it, stories of the washing machine battering the connection years ago, probably unfounded. Cold water to wash out the salts etc. is fine for me. I've had others I never washed AFAIK and they lasted for years so who knows.

Wash delicate things inside pillowcase in a washing net

Seth Brundle

Danish advert for le Tour
https://twitter.com/cyclingtips/status/1404891157537058817

magicbastarder

Rechuchote wrote: »

Wash delicate things inside pillowcase in a washing net

my wife has a fairly heavy duty 'pillowcase' for washing horse related stuff, like horse rugs etc.
i think they can be bought in a lot of the larger agri outlets, she gets a lot of he stuff from whites agri, just off the old N1 near man'o'war.