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

magicbastarder wrote: »

my main problem with it was that someone decided to spray one side of the chain orange.


probably would have gone for the ten speed behind it (same price), only it's a little too large for me.

Y'call that a hack?

This is a hack!

Beasty wrote: »

Damn! Knew I should have copyrighted it :mad:


:pac:

...and at those prices only you would buy them.
109 quid for a bottle cage!!!!

Dublin PARKing day will be 15th September this year, if anyone fancies occupying a car parking space with an installation or maybe we can all meet up for a picnic?

http://architectureireland.ie/dublin-parking-day-call-out-2017
http://www.dublinparkingday.org/

magicbastarder wrote: »

on the cycle in this morning, coming up to a roundabout on the strand road, a car behind waited politely behind me and passed me in a very safe and sensible manner on the other side of the roundabout. except it was one of those volvo estate ambulances with blue lights flashing. (s)he could have just given me a blip of the siren and i'd have been happy to move over...

You're a mod but no forum? Handy number that is :pac:

magicbastarder wrote: »

i'm a mercenary. will mod for food.

Are you like an assassin except you ban people? How much for a hit? Take it to pm, obviously we don't want to leave a public paper trail.

magicbastarder wrote: »

was passed by a company van on the way home today, advertising the fact that the company sells bulletproof glass. now there's an industry i hope i never find myself working in, you must meet the nicest of people.

Would be mainly for banks/post offices etc I would have thought rather than the gangsters getting their houses kitted out

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Would be mainly for banks/post offices etc I would have thought rather than the gangsters getting their houses kitted out

You would hope that's all it's for anyway!

robyntmorton wrote: »

You would hope that's all it's for anyway!

Although one of the Limerick gangs did have an armored BMW, I think it was a 7series

I was getting pissed off this evening by another cyclist on a BMX who kept going in front of me at each red light only for me to have to pass him again and again. I decided to have a word with him and explained to him that, as I was faster, it made more sense for him to wait behind me rather than going in front only for me to have to pass him again.

His reply (in broken English) was "You say you faster but I still in front".

I had no comeback on that!

magicbastarder wrote: »

on the cycle in this morning, coming up to a roundabout on the strand road, a car behind waited politely behind me and passed me in a very safe and sensible manner on the other side of the roundabout. except it was one of those volvo estate ambulances with blue lights flashing. (s)he could have just given me a blip of the siren and i'd have been happy to move over...

might have been left on by accident, like so many car indicators. I never trust car indicators because of this, strangely it seems none trust my signals on a bike either -as though I might have left my arm sticking out by accident.

It also might not have had a siren, and not have technically been a legally recognised ambulance. I wondered about the legality of alleged ambulances, seems some just write it on the side and hope for the best, just like you see dodgy minivans with BUS written on the side, with only a driver in them and yet driving in bus lanes.

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I was getting pissed off this evening by another cyclist on a BMX who kept going in front of me at each red light only for me to have to pass him again and again.

Why do you keep leaving them room to overtake? or are they illegally in some area they are not supposed to be? I have overtaken some faster cyclists who hang back well from the stop line, if I was to stick behind them I would be in the way of traffic turning left -I see others do this too, the fast cyclist might hang back so he can hang onto a traffic sign or other object so they do not have to put a foot down.

And as above, if some beast was continually catching up and overtaking me on a bmx fair fcuks to him.

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

That is pretty funny to be fair. Also you couldn't drop a guy on a BMX? Are you really wishbone ash?

I've often wondered about that myself. I'm half the cyclist I used to be.

rubadub wrote: »

...Why do you keep leaving them room to overtake? ...

......And as above, if some beast was continually catching up and overtaking me on a bmx fair fcuks to him.

I can't really blatantly block another cyclist if there is adequate room for him to move to the front.

...And it was multiple red lights over a very short period in heavy traffic (Drumcondra/Dorset Street). The BMX rider was no 'beast'.

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I can't really blatantly block another cyclist if there is adequate room for him to move to the front.

Why are you leaving adequate room for him? that is what I am getting at, if you do leave not room then you have effectively blocked him from doing it.

nee wrote: »

If someone is faster than you, stay behind them. You can easily and safely line up behind the faster cyclist, half wheel if you have the urge to compact it a bit

You cannot always easily and safely stay behind them. I only do it for my own safety and it is thankfully rare enough. But you do get inconsiderate assholes forcing others to do it.

This is the main spot I see it happening.
https://goo.gl/maps/8VLoRUGADE92

The cyclist can stop well short of the stop line, and balance with his hand on the white sign thing so they do not have to put a foot down. Then you have have several other cyclists come up behind and the filter light to the the left is usually green or flashing amber, there can be large trucks going into the dunnes in the background. There can be a bus stopped in the lane so you cannot even go to one side of others.

you quoted my exact description of this, mentioning hanging onto signs.

This is really, really, really irritating. Happens to me almost every day.

are you saying you are one of these "balancers"