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

rollingscone · 25-11-2017 01:09AM

nee wrote: »

Well I guess you could say that about any group of people's concerns that politician's take on. In fact it's an important part of the process tbf. Not in a parish pump kind of a way, but in a connected to its citizens, reflexive and responsive kind of way.

Yes but you wouldn't take that citizen /mob opinion in lieu of balanced expert analysis.

Unless of course you were a perilously irresponsible political hack like...this country needs a better class of voter.

RobFowl · 25-11-2017 01:34AM

magicbastarder wrote: »

(i say that while actually knowing a senator who's very good, so now i feel guilty)

Ronan Mullen ?

lennymc · 25-11-2017 01:44AM

RobFowl wrote: »

Ronan Mullen ?

Palpatine.

Look at what he did for Naboo. Put it on the map he did.

RobFowl · 25-11-2017 02:00AM

lennymc wrote: »

Palpatine.

Look at what he did for Naboo. Put it on the map he did.

Mesaa veree sorry

LollipopJimmy · 25-11-2017 03:22AM

Jeez.... I make one stupid and irresponsible comment and look what i started. My apologies for he comment. Sorry

Lumen · 25-11-2017 08:14AM

I don't think that being a bit blind is a defence against being a lazy tub of lard who takes policy advice from taxi drivers.

We have fully blind people competing internationally in cycling.

Of course one can argue that making jokes about people's physical appearance is poor form, but that's a completely separate issue.

CramCycle · 25-11-2017 08:48AM

Lumen wrote: »

I don't think that being a bit blind is a defence against being a lazy tub of lard who takes policy advice from taxi drivers.

We have fully blind people competing internationally in cycling.

I was saying being blind is why he maybe doesn't cycle everywhere. I lived with a blind guy for 3 years, once the training of his routes was done, there was very little need for any assistance, I often noted he was more situationaly aware than most pedestrians. This said the senator may actually walk a good bit, and only use taxis for long distance or unusual routes where he isn't sure.

Of course one can argue that making jokes about people's physical appearance is poor form, but that's a completely separate issue.

Indeed, there are people I cycle with who are half my size and fitter but there are also ones twice my size and also far fitter. I look around me when commuting and we range quite a bit physical appearance, but if someone turned to me and said, your a bit fat, have you considered cycling more, while i would get where they were coming from, I could lose a few pounds, it's hardly appropriate, all I was saying, the senator could be in the gym every morning for all we know.

The other point was, taking advice from what could only be considered a biased group is idiotic and the only way it should have been used was for further investigation and find out some facts, not to pass comments in the public sphere about it as if it were in someway a real issue. This said, it is quite common for the political classes to do this when it suits.

He should be laughed at for that, nothing else that was mentioned though.

Harrybelafonte · 25-11-2017 09:16AM

Lumen wrote: »

We have fully blind people competing internationally in cycling.

Who have pilots. You wanna offer to be his pilot?

CramCycle · 25-11-2017 09:40AM

On the bus this morning, which takes almost the same route that I cycle to work.

Interesting the subtle differences, slower, more tired, little interaction with other people, cost me more money, still a slightly more positive experience than driving.

Lumen · 25-11-2017 09:55AM

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Who have pilots. You wanna offer to be his pilot?

He wouldn't want me, I have neither the engine nor the bike control

They have pilots when competing, but AFAIK turbo trainers don't need pilots.

CramCycle · 25-11-2017 10:09AM

Lumen wrote: »

He wouldn't want me, I have neither the engine nor the bike control

They have pilots when competing, but AFAIK turbo trainers don't need pilots.

I always feel like I am going to be late when I get on the turbo to go to work

RobertFoster · 25-11-2017 10:14AM

CramCycle wrote: »

I always feel like I am going to be late when I get on the turbo to go to work

You won't bother any taxi drivers that way though.

Lumen · 25-11-2017 10:27AM

CramCycle wrote: »

I always feel like I am going to be late when I get on the turbo to go to work

Maybe tandem taxis are the answer. They'd be a lot faster than those crappy tourist rickshaws.

vigos · 25-11-2017 11:35AM

Article in the Guardian about a bike share company that went bust look at the pile of bikes left over!

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/25/chinas-bike-share-graveyard-a-monument-to-industrys-arrogance

tomasrojo · 25-11-2017 06:14PM

TIME person of the year:
https://twitter.com/zarzarbinkss/status/934431525503946752

tomasrojo · 25-11-2017 06:17PM

lennymc wrote: »

Palpatine.

Look at what he did for Naboo. Put it on the map he did.

Reminds me that someone asked on Twitter the other day why the Jedi Knights in the prequels dress like a guy who was hiding out in the desert years later trying not to look like a Jedi.

tomasrojo · 27-11-2017 04:57PM

Single-speed sort of question:

I changed the chain on the bakfiets today, except that I can't get the final rivet in at the end, because the chain is too tight (I did it the old-fashioned way, with a chain tool, not using the power link, and obviously there's no slack, as no derailleur and no chain tensioner).

If I swap out some links to facilitate using the power link, will that mean I don't have to take off the rear wheel to temporarily introduce some slack?

CramCycle · 27-11-2017 05:00PM

tomasrojo wrote: »

If I swap out some links to facilitate using the power link, will that mean I don't have to take off the rear wheel to temporarily introduce some slack?

If I understand you right, then yes, if the two ends of the chain are almost touching, no need to introduce slack as the extra link will catch but they have to be very close already.

tomasrojo · 27-11-2017 05:06PM

Yeah, sorry about weird phrasing. What I mean is I've already cut the chain to the correct length, but by doing it the old way, without the power link, I can't get the two ends to line up closely enough to press home the rivet to close the chain. It's very close, but they're a fraction of a mm off.

So I'll try the power-link way. Thanks!

cdaly_ · 27-11-2017 05:13PM

If you can run the chain off the chainring so it's loose in your hand to join, then you should be able to run it back onto the chainring when you're done. You're supposed to have a bit of slack in the chain anyway IIRC.

tomasrojo · 27-11-2017 05:19PM

cdaly_ wrote: »

If you can run the chain off the chainring so it's loose in your hand to join, then you should be able to run it back onto the chainring when you're done. You're supposed to have a bit of slack in the chain anyway IIRC.

Oh, that's worth a shot. If I can't get it back on to the chain ring after, it's no harm, as I'll need to cut off a bit of the chain anyway to make room for the power link bit, if I go the power-link route.

Thanks!

(The replacement chain now has as many links as the chain that came with the bike, and that original chain was a bit slack when new.)

dahat · 27-11-2017 06:06PM

Anyone using Three pre pay credit for Strava premium should look at it as it seems Three are or have removed 3 pay as an option in Google Play Store.

I currently have a thread open to get this confirmed in "talk to " forum.

robyntmorton · 27-11-2017 11:37PM

Hi all,

I'm off to Benidorm for a week in mid January, and want to rent a bike for a few days (so I can pretend I'm in the Vuelta). Has anyone any recommendations for rental places?

I found the Meta Bike Cafe in Albir (just north of Benidorm) who can do an Ultegra geared Ridley Fenix for €80 for 4 days, but if anyone knows of any places they can recommend, I'm all ears, please and thank you!

tomasrojo · 28-11-2017 01:14AM

I finally got the new chain onto the bakfiets. I even tried putting the old chain back on, but even that with the bit of chain stretch was too tight to allow me to close the chain. So I did have to loosen the wheel and slide it forward in the horizontal dropouts in the end. It really isn't very obvious how to do it, with the roller brakes and all that. Still, done now.

rollingscone · 28-11-2017 12:09PM

Today I made the classic mistake of arguing with an idiot.

Some guy on a Dublin bike kept charging ahead of me at the lights from the canal cyclepath and then slowing right down.

I passed him again, then he shoulted something at me and when he caught up with me at the next set of lights said I shouldn't be passing him as I was slowing him down.

It was taking me "a half an hour to clip in", I didn't think of it at the time, and just noted he kept pulling in front of me and slowing right down.

Eventually I just called him an idiot then lost my dignity when my chain dropped halfway across the junction.

It was only after I took off again and was trying to remember if I'd had any trouble clipping in at any poiint that it dawned on me.

His "taking half an hour to clip in" was me waiting with my foot on the pedal for the green bicycle instead of just tearing through the pedestrian lights.

alas, so much moral highground wasted.

tomasrojo · 28-11-2017 12:23PM

rollingscone wrote: »

Eventually I just called him an idiot then lost my dignity when my chain dropped halfway across the junction.

Not as bad as when I turned around to scowl at an errant driver and ran (relatively slowly) into the back of another car.

manafana · 28-11-2017 05:51PM

rollingscone wrote: »

Today I made the classic mistake of arguing with an idiot.

Some guy on a Dublin bike kept charging ahead of me at the lights from the canal cyclepath and then slowing right down.

I passed him again, then he shoulted something at me and when he caught up with me at the next set of lights said I shouldn't be passing him as I was slowing him down.

It was taking me "a half an hour to clip in", I didn't think of it at the time, and just noted he kept pulling in front of me and slowing right down.

Eventually I just called him an idiot then lost my dignity when my chain dropped halfway across the junction.

It was only after I took off again and was trying to remember if I'd had any trouble clipping in at any poiint that it dawned on me.

His "taking half an hour to clip in" was me waiting with my foot on the pedal for the green bicycle instead of just tearing through the pedestrian lights.

alas, so much moral highground wasted.

I have admit to not waiting for green bikes, but I always cross with caution prepared to yield, the bike green lights on or two of the crossing points on canal are so short. A yellow bike would be better but then a few people would think they don't need to yield, which happens very seldom to be fair

rollingscone · 28-11-2017 06:05PM

manafana wrote: »

I have admit to not waiting for green bikes, but I always cross with caution prepared to yield, the bike green lights on or two of the crossing points on canal are so short. A yellow bike would be better but then a few people would think they don't need to yield, which happens very seldom to be fair

It's just another example of bad infrastructure that pushes cyclists and pedestrians into conflict.

CramCycle · 28-11-2017 06:12PM

manafana wrote: »

I have admit to not waiting for green bikes, but I always cross with caution prepared to yield, the bike green lights on or two of the crossing points on canal are so short. A yellow bike would be better but then a few people would think they don't need to yield, which happens very seldom to be fair

rollingscone wrote: »

It's just another example of bad infrastructure that pushes cyclists and pedestrians into conflict.

I always used to wait, you would always see one clown who couldn't wait and would plough on regardless of pedestrians, most cyclists were grand and sort of shuffle along with one foot on the ground and stop if there were peds, but it is always the one clown who ruins it.

I do remember fondly the little kid who had a green man who stood out and stopped, turned and ordered the cyclist to stop, guy nearly killed himself but the kid was stopping him as his sister was waiting even though they had the right of way.

The cyclist was a dick and rightly got called on it, the fact that he was schooled by an 8yo made it all the funnier.

This said, the junction across Northumberland Road is beyond ridiculous. There used to be 5minutes in a rotation (timed on a camera) with only 30sec for peds and less for cyclists. Catch it at the right time and you could understand why there was so much issue with it.

VW 1 · 28-11-2017 07:13PM

Similar setup in the Stephens Green southside to leeson street cyclist light, miniscule amount of time allocated to it in comparison to traffic and pedestrians.

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