La Flamme Rouge **off topic discussion**

Hurrache

Yeah, I've gone diagonal across for the youngest for access. Plus my belief if that you're in an accident with another car, it's going to be driver to driver side, so sitting on the passenger side they're not on the impact side.

bp_me

Hurrache wrote: »

Yeah, I've gone diagonal across for the youngest for access. Plus my believe if that you're in an accident with another car, it's going to be driver to driver side, so sitting on the passenger side they're not on the impact side.

And if you have parallel parked with flow (as you should) then you get the child out of the car on the footpath and not into traffic!

magicbastarder

seems to be a little bit more resurfacing than normal, going on around dublin at the moment - maybe they're ramping up to use up their budgets before the end of the year?

seamus

magicbastarder wrote: »

seems to be a little bit more resurfacing than normal, going on around dublin at the moment - maybe they're ramping up to use up their budgets before the end of the year?

That's exactly what it is, you see it every year.

CramCycle

Cycled home the long way on my track bike last night. Wore a warm winter jacket and jeans. I must have lost alot of sweat because I cannot walk properly today with the pains all over.

De Bhál

magicbastarder wrote: »

seems to be a little bit more resurfacing than normal, going on around dublin at the moment - maybe they're ramping up to use up their budgets before the end of the year?

Griffith and Collin's avenue have lovely surfaces now. Collin's avenue needed it in fairness. Griffith could've lasted another while.

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CramCycle wrote: »

Cycled home the long way on my track bike last night. Wore a warm winter jacket and jeans. I must have lost alot of sweat because I cannot walk properly today with the pains all over.

Big gear?

Rechuchote

CramCycle wrote: »

Cycled home the long way on my track bike last night. Wore a warm winter jacket and jeans. I must have lost alot of sweat because I cannot walk properly today with the pains all over.

Flu season…

daragh_

CramCycle wrote: »

Cycled home the long way on my track bike last night. Wore a warm winter jacket and jeans. I must have lost alot of sweat because I cannot walk properly today with the pains all over.

Did you wear your special Yellow T-Shirt?

magicbastarder

De Bhál wrote: »

Griffith and Collin's avenue have lovely surfaces now. Collin's avenue needed it in fairness. Griffith could've lasted another while.

i use griffith avenue a fair bit, and would agree with you - which section of collins avenue though? is it the bumpy concrete section?

VW 1

magicbastarder wrote: »

i use griffith avenue a fair bit, and would agree with you - which section of collins avenue though? is it the bumpy concrete section?

At Larkhill from the dentist at saint aidans to swords road from what I have seen.

CramCycle

nee wrote: »

Big gear?

49 X 15, up to step aside and over Enniskerry. In hindsight it may have been me pulling against the descent into Enniskerry as I have been a little untrusting since my chain snapped awje ago.

Rechuchote wrote: »

Flu season…

Alas no, not fly bad, although comically I know fall downstairs rather than walk

daragh_ wrote: »

Did you wear your special Yellow T-Shirt?

I am offering a winter training plan for jealous club mates, sounds quite suitable for some around here.

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CramCycle wrote: »

49 X 15, up to step aside and over Enniskerry. In hindsight it may have been me pulling against the descent into Enniskerry as I have been a little untrusting since my chain snapped awje ago.

Alas no, not fly bad, although comically I know fall downstairs rather than walk

I am offering a winter training plan for jealous club mates, sounds quite suitable for some around here.

49x15? An 88 is a whopper gear for the road! Especially those roads. Your poor knees!
I'm shortly to be rocking a tiny 48x18 on the road #spintowin

Rechuchote

What does 49 x 15 mean?

CramCycle

Rechuchote wrote: »

What does 49 x 15 mean?

49 tooth chainring on the front and 15 tooth cog on the back. As it turns out, it's actually a 16 as I counted this morning. Wheels are 700x23 so my gear inches (how far you go per revolution) is about 80.

I'd prefer gear metres or centimetres but historical needs.

magicbastarder

what's considered normal for a track bike?

CramCycle

magicbastarder wrote: »

what's considered normal for a track bike?

I don't think there is a normal as it depends on what your doing. For racing I'd imagine 48x16 as a minimum for learners uptown some crazy stuff from the pros.

For commuting, I think the recommended is 46x16 or 18 as it gives range of doable inclines without crawling on the flat as well as quick acceleration. Everyone is different though. I used to go round Wicklow with a 50x14 or 16.

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CramCycle wrote: »

I used to go round Wicklow with a 50x14 or 16.

Holy fcuk :eek:

As regards what's normal on a real bike, ores real individual.
88 -94 would be my range, 96 next year maybe but that's huge for me.
Sprinters go up to 100 + but no more than 120 outside i think. Inside people race on much bigger gears.
At the international, they rode 98's in the bunch races, outside! :eek:

A 90 (50x15) is a good average gear, you'd warm up on a smaller one then train/ race on a bigger one.

magicbastarder

slight formatting error here. or maybe it does what it says on the tin.

Rechuchote

Hmm. (Starts counting teeth on little sprocket wheels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7…)

marvin80

That time of the year again so here's a link for road and air temperatures from all over Ireland. Updated every 15/20 minutes I think as well:

https://www.tiitraffic.ie/weather/

LollipopJimmy

If you're not too precious the marathon route is full of discarded arm warmers :pac:

Chips Lovell

Harrybelafonte

magicbastarder wrote: »

what's considered normal for a track bike?

A whole thread in and of itself.

LollipopJimmy

I need lights for my winter hack. It was pitch black at 5.30 this morning and this walking to the gym lark will get very old very quickly.

Eamonnator

Baron de Charlus wrote: »

Will it tell me me, that I'm 30 years old, fit, weigh 75kgs and am attractive to the opposite sex?
I'd like to hear that!

Macy0161

Trying to justify a gabba, but already have a Galibier Mistral Lite, so struggling! Anyone had or directly compared them?

dahat

Macy0161 wrote: »

Trying to justify a gabba, but already have a Galibier Mistral Lite, so struggling! Anyone had or directly compared them?

Sure just do an extra day's cycling, justified... Too hard to dry clothes this time if year so more clobber needed!!!!

buffalo

https://twitter.com/UCI_cycling/status/1056924443912609793?s=20

Macy0161

dahat wrote: »

Sure just do an extra day's cycling, justified... Too hard to dry clothes this time if year so more clobber needed!!!!

It's a cheap sport, once you buy the bike...