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

Doctor Bob · 11-07-2017 10:46AM

Was the bridge wearing hi-viz?

Kav0777 · 11-07-2017 10:48AM

Doctor Bob wrote: »

Was the bridge wearing hi-viz?

No, and it was all over the road....

ford2600 · 11-07-2017 11:27AM

smacl wrote: »

Thanks Nee, in with the orthopaedic people tomorrow so hope to come out with a physio program then. Many years of martial arts in my younger life, so well used to endless mind numbing repetitive exercise. In fact I'm probably one a the few warped individuals that will actually enjoy the physio

Enjoy the rehab.

My 82 yr old mother broke both shoulders in early April and is back to about 60% and still improving so you'll be grand I would think

Really quite roads are great but I've nearly got caught once or twice with thinking they are empty! 2-3 cars over 60km is the norm lately.

smacl · 11-07-2017 11:55AM

ford2600 wrote: »

Really quite roads are great but I've nearly got caught once or twice with thinking they are empty! 2-3 cars over 60km is the norm lately.

Primarily my own fault, happened on a corner here where I should have been going dead slow. Car I met braked hard and probably added only a few kph to our combined impact speed, though even then I managed to cave in his bumper. Poor bloke got a nasty shock too and cars with trailers taking the full width of the road are common enough on back roads that I should have been better prepared. Lack of concentration on the last km or so before the house out on a spin with a mate. Lesson learnt, and while it was a painful one it could have been much worse. Assuming my wife doesn't chuck the bike a skip between this and then, I should be back on the road in a few months with a bit of luck. Still love the l-roads for all the odd hazards they present.

RobertFoster · 11-07-2017 11:55AM

Kav0777 wrote: »

Surely that should read a bridge collided with a truck yesterday.

Iarnród Éireann originally put all the blame on the bridge :pac:

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CramCycle · 11-07-2017 12:04PM

ThisRegard wrote: »

I don't think cars are doing it so as to prevent filtering. Some do it out of ignorance alright, but I'd say very few people do it out of spite.

I think a few do.

RobertFoster wrote: »

Iarnrireann originally put all the blame on the bridge :pac:

In fighting, seems bridges suffer the same issues as cyclists. If they worked together, things might get better for them. But you have the Suspension ones who are too big to talk to the little ones. Old school bricks and mortar with keystones who are just to stubborn to adapt although in fairness to them, you never see them doing anything wrong, always someone hitting them rather than the other way around (no matter what the hauliers association tells you). Unionised to the hilt as well. Rope ones, with their holier than though attitude. Talk all day about the importance of bridges but ask them to maintain themselves and they just expect someone else to do it for them. Alot of it is just pointless snobbery. The LUAS style suspension things ones are probably the worst IMO.

ford2600 · 11-07-2017 12:15PM

smacl wrote: »

Primarily my own fault, happened on a corner here where I should have been going dead slow. Car I met braked hard and probably added only a few kph to our combined impact speed, though even then I managed to cave in his bumper. Poor bloke got a nasty shock too and cars with trailers taking the full width of the road are common enough on back roads that I should have been better prepared. Lack of concentration on the last km or so before the house out on a spin with a mate. Lesson learnt, and while it was a painful one it could have been much worse. Assuming my wife doesn't chuck the bike a skip between this and then, I should be back on the road in a few months with a bit of luck. Still love the l-roads for all the odd hazards they present.

https://goo.gl/kq32mT

It's magic down that part of Iveragh, spent New year's around area above.

Since that Cross bike is going in skip I'll take it off you as a favour! The Genesis road bike on 28mm slicks has been challenged the last two Sundays

rollingscone · 12-07-2017 08:31PM

What's it like on the Clontarf cycle track around 1800-2000hrs these evenings?

Supposed to be doing laps of the Phoenix Carpark tomorrow after work with two novice colleagues and the Park was horrendous.

Not sure the spin to Clontarf will go down any better though ...

ED E · 12-07-2017 09:25PM

Any LBSs in Dublin selling display stands?

CramCycle · 12-07-2017 09:39PM

ED E wrote: »

Any LBSs in Dublin selling display stands?

I just usually lean against a rail at the lights, why pay to show off, I can do it for free.

ED E · 12-07-2017 10:19PM

CramCycle wrote: »

I just usually lean against a rail at the lights, why pay to show off, I can do it for free.

Have a special use case for this, never had the need before.

Weepsie wrote: »

If you could get it delivered,

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TOBSART255/bicisupport-4-level-bicycle-display-stand

You could probably make something cheaper though

Just a single is all thats needed. CRC have em for €17 but an LBS would be handier.

LollipopJimmy · 13-07-2017 01:37AM

FML... Went to the gym today forgetting I had agreed to go on a spin this evening. Decided to swallow a gel thinking I'd burn it off.. it's now 1.37am and I'm watching ****e on the telly

CramCycle · 13-07-2017 02:04AM

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

FML... Went to the gym today forgetting I had agreed to go on a spin this evening. Decided to swallow a gel thinking I'd burn it off.. it's now 1.37am and I'm watching ****e on the telly

Currently watching a piece discussing the educational qualifications of the current tour de france cyclists. Only a minute long but interesting.

Lusk_Doyle · 13-07-2017 07:33AM

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

FML... Went to the gym today forgetting I had agreed to go on a spin this evening. Decided to swallow a gel thinking I'd burn it off.. it's now 1.37am and I'm watching ****e on the telly

What flavour was the gel, cocaine, that you were up so late with it?

cdaly_ · 13-07-2017 09:55AM

rollingscone wrote: »

What's it like on the Clontarf cycle track around 1800-2000hrs these evenings?

Supposed to be doing laps of the Phoenix Carpark tomorrow after work with two novice colleagues and the Park was horrendous.

Not sure the spin to Clontarf will go down any better though ...

It's busy enough with walkers and children on bikes with the occasional peloton charging along...

LollipopJimmy · 13-07-2017 11:04AM

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

What flavour was the gel, cocaine, that you were up so late with it?

I also had significantly more coffee than usual yesterday. I don't tend to use the gels very often but I do find they affect my sleep, I would be a very light sleeper anyway and generally only sleep for 6/7 hours a night

Rogue-Trooper · 13-07-2017 12:44PM

Is blue the new green??

Just shopping for new brake pads (normally go with SwissStop green) however, I can't seem to find them in the usual places. Have they been replaced with the blue ones? Is there much of a difference between them does anyone know? Alloy rims BTW.

magicbastarder · 13-07-2017 02:57PM

i saw one of these - or similar - while in connemara last week. having one of the cyclists sitting over the front wheel is an interesting design choice.

https://www.tandems.co.uk/m3b0s97p94/HASE-Pino-Allround-Half-Recumbent-Tandem-Bicycle-2017

smacl · 13-07-2017 03:15PM

Weepsie wrote: »

Anyone know where I can get the bolts for clamp bands at all? I can't for the life find the ones I had when I took the bike apart

SJS tend to be pretty good for small parts.

tomasrojo · 13-07-2017 03:42PM

Rogue-Trooper wrote: »

Is blue the new green??

Just shopping for new brake pads (normally go with SwissStop green) however, I can't seem to find them in the usual places. Have they been replaced with the blue ones? Is there much of a difference between them does anyone know? Alloy rims BTW.

Shopping online, or is there a LBS that sells SwissStop? I'm trying to give business to an LBS whenever possible, but have never found anywhere selling SwissStop apart from online.

Rogue-Trooper · 13-07-2017 04:04PM

tomasrojo wrote: »

Shopping online, or is there a LBS that sells SwissStop? I'm trying to give business to an LBS whenever possible, but have never found anywhere selling SwissStop apart from online.

Online usually. I have had the LBS order them in for me before but I think they charged me €38 the last time vs about €23 online (for 2 pairs). I always go LBS if I can too but that's quite a difference.

tomasrojo · 13-07-2017 06:28PM

Yeah, that's a huge difference. I'd go online too.

Tenzor07 · 13-07-2017 10:33PM

Looks like Specialized are opening a concept store off the Naas road!

http://www.echo.ie/news/article/brown-s-barn-bar-to-be-changed-to-specialist-bike-shop

buffalo · 13-07-2017 10:49PM

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Looks like Specialized are opening a concept store off the Naas road!

http://www.echo.ie/news/article/brown-s-barn-bar-to-be-changed-to-specialist-bike-shop

Interesting. You'd be able to pop around to Corkagh Park for a test spin!

magicbastarder · 13-07-2017 11:10PM

it's in an odd place though; not exactly an LBS as it won't be local for many people. it's a little far out.

eeeee · 14-07-2017 12:47AM

tomasrojo wrote: »

Shopping online, or is there a LBS that sells SwissStop? I'm trying to give business to an LBS whenever possible, but have never found anywhere selling SwissStop apart from online.

Bee Cycles have them

eeeee · 14-07-2017 12:51AM

magicbastarder wrote: »

it's in an odd place though; not exactly an LBS as it won't be local for many people. it's a little far out.

It's local for an awful lot of people! LBS's can be anywhere, it's barely a half hour pedal out of town. That's not far out!

Tenzor07 · 14-07-2017 08:39AM

magicbastarder wrote: »

it's in an odd place though; not exactly an LBS as it won't be local for many people. it's a little far out.

It's not at all like an LBS...If indeed this is a Specialized concept store then it's all about having a presence in Ireland again, promoting the brand... And sure you could order your bike on there website and have it delivered...

Will be handy for someone travelling in from the Midlands or the West also...

manafana · 14-07-2017 09:43AM

Weepsie wrote: »

Aren't Specialized an absolutely hideously litigious company that have a history of spurious lawsuits?

Sure are, the funniest is when they went after a wheel builder who used name roubaix, only for Fuji to but in and remind Specialized that the copyright for Roubaix actually belonged to them.

Link here

Tenzor07 · 14-07-2017 09:49AM

Weepsie wrote: »

Aren't Specialized an absolutely hideously litigious company that have a history of spurious lawsuits?

Ah they are making amends by hiring a new manager for this store:

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