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

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  • #8672
    ford2600
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,457 ✭✭✭ford2600


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    How exactly does the locking of a bike to a tree repeatedly cause the tree to die?

    The inside trunk of a tree is essentially dead cells which give a tree it's structure and strength. The bark is an externally protective layer; protection from wind, sun, frost, infection and abrasion.

    The layer inside bark is where the tree's "vascular system" is located. The very highest branches need water, that comes all the way from the ground along with minerals. The energy created from sunlight which manufacturers sugars, from CO2 and water, for fuel is transported in that layer also.

    If you want to kill a tree damaging bark is a good start


  • #8673
    Harrybelafonte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    cdaly_ wrote: »
    Looks the business for e-bike and cargo bikes...

    Am trying to see if they make a 26" version


  • #8674
    Doctor Bob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,141 ✭✭✭Doctor Bob


    Idleater wrote: »
    2) on a road too narrow for two way traffic plus cycle lanes, there is one driving lane shared effectively by oncoming and going traffic and two cycle lanes, one in each direction.

    Not Ireland obviously but the Netherlands.

    I don't know the Dutch name for this arrangement, but it's called a kernfahrbahn in Germany and a 'chaucidou' (chaussee pour les circulations douces) in France. The layout was trialled in the UK a few years ago, with predictable reactions. To the surprise of many, the sky did not, in fact, fall in.

    More here on the Dutch arrangement, including the fact that they're not actually cycle lanes per se: http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com...ntry-road.html


  • #8675
    Idleater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,176 ✭✭✭Idleater


    Doctor Bob wrote: »
    More here on the Dutch arrangement, including the fact that they're not actually cycle lanes per se: http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com...ntry-road.html
    Yes, agreed. I've cycled (and driven) on these roads many times, but having seen them again it reminded me of the 1.5m passing distance debate. The point with these markings is of course that the roadways are for cycling, and vehicles are in effect always overtaking, against oncoming traffic in the same lane. Obviously these are minor back roads or roads in urban areas where traffic is either not dense or not fast, and naturally dedicated cycle lanes are preferred.


  • #8676
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,908 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    ford2600 wrote: »
    If you want to kill a tree damaging bark is a good start

    Well-established method of deliberately killing trees, in fact.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girdling

    (Not all the vascular system is in the bark; the xylem isn't, but the roots die when the phloem bit is removed.)


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  • #8677
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    Thanks for the science lessons guys! A simple "because" would have sufficed!


  • #8678
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,908 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    Locking your bike to a tree affronts the nymphs, who flee, taking with them the tree's soul in a glass lantern.


  • #8679
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,092 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    ford2600 wrote: »
    ...If you want to kill a tree damaging bark is a good start
    There are some hardy tree barks out there all the same. That one in the King's Inns has been trying to eat a park bench for years.

    fZjBn3Mh.jpg


  • #8680
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,344 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    Harrybelafonte wrote: »
    Though pretty resilient, trees are open to disease the same way we are, so a constant grazing of a lock against a tree can damage the bark and leave it open to infection, especially saplings and young trees in general.
    plus, a sapling is easier to saw through than a kryptonite lock*

    *claim made with no actual experience of testing same.


  • #8681
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,388 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    That banana on the N11 is coming along nicely, I reckon 2 more days till peak ripeness.


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  • #8682
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,999 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    rubadub wrote: »
    That banana on the N11 is coming along nicely, I reckon 2 more days till peak ripeness.

    Where is it?


  • #8683
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,388 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    CramCycle wrote: »
    Where is it?

    inbound between foxrock church and whites cross, don't go nicking it :pac:


  • #8684
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    The car antlers on the rock road heading into town by the Merrion gates are still holding out. They're been there since Christmas week I think.


  • #8685
    daragh_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,127 ✭✭✭daragh_


    nee wrote: »
    The car antlers on the rock road heading into town by the Merrion gates are still holding out. They're been there since Christmas week I think.

    Ha. I thought i was the only one who noticed!


  • #8686
    dahat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,073 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    A3 licence arrived, no good to me now a prospect of 3-4 months off the road.

    A winter of training and one slip ruined it all.


  • #8687
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,240 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    dahat wrote: »
    A3 licence arrived, no good to me now a prospect of 3-4 months off the road.

    A winter of training and one slip ruined it all.

    :(

    Chin up though, could have been a whole lot worse. I came off last night, I got away with a few cuts n bruises but I also got tipped by a bus as I was down, I was very close to going under the bus but thankfully I'm ok


  • #8688
    dahat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,073 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    LollipopJimmy wrote: »
    :(

    Chin up though, could have been a whole lot worse. I came off last night, I got away with a few cuts n bruises but I always got tipped by a bus as I was down, I was very close to going under the bus but thankfully I'm ok

    This is true, scary moment for you.


  • #8689
    dahat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,073 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    Weepsie wrote: »
    LollipopJimmy nearly got killed, and Dahat has a dislocated shoulder. My watch was merely a thing that can be replaced.

    Best of luck with the convalescing

    Dislocation with a fractured humerus also, simple fall max damage.

    It will heal but very frustrating atm.


  • #8690
    dahat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,073 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    It's unbelievable how a simple fall can do so much damage.


  • #8691
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,240 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    dahat wrote: »
    It's unbelievable how a simple fall can do so much damage.

    Had you taken a couple of smacks previously?


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  • #8692
    dahat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,073 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    LollipopJimmy wrote: »
    Had you taken a couple of smacks previously?

    Just one 2 years ago but so suffer from arthritis so that was a factor is the severity of the damage.


  • #8693
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    dahat wrote: »
    A3 licence arrived, no good to me now a prospect of 3-4 months off the road.

    A winter of training and one slip ruined it all.

    Dahat it's a long season, the base you have isn't going to disappear. You can just target the end of it rather than the beginning. There is also the turbo. All is not lost. I have done shoulders many times now. Was out once after a crash for 4 months. You'll get there. It's only bike racing ;)


    In other news you need frame numbers now, ffs. More shyte to put on the bike!


  • #8694
    dahat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,073 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    Galibier are selling frame holders for 5 pounds, far better than bloody zip ties.


  • #8695
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    dahat wrote: »
    Galibier are selling frame holders for 5 pounds, far better than bloody zip ties.

    Yeah got one today. #trivialannoyances


  • #8696
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    dahat wrote: »
    Dislocation with a fractured humerus also, simple fall max damage.

    It will heal but very frustrating atm.

    Hope it wasn't your dominant arm, you'll not be able to **** for months ...


    (Paraphrased from "rough ride" and credit to PK)


  • #8697
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,344 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i did a double take there. pat kenny?


  • #8698
    dahat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,073 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    RobFowl wrote: »
    Hope it wasn't your dominant arm, you'll not be able to **** for months ...


    (Paraphrased from "rough ride" and credit to PK)

    Yep dominant arm.... I have a wife... I'll be okay!!!!


  • #8699
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,240 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    Got back on the saddle today after Thursday's smash which probably wasn't my brightest move considering my Knee, ankle and elbow are swollen along with massive bruising down my thigh. Ended up having to abandon and am currently on the dart into town from Howth. I'm only 4kms from the dart station then. The knee is not pleased with me at all


  • #8700
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    dahat wrote: »
    Yep dominant arm.... I have a wife... I'll be okay!!!!

    You're obviously not married too long ;)


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  • #8701
    rollingscone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,479 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    Arrived at Poppies in Enniskerry well after cyclist O'Clock and found myself as the only lycra lout on scene.

    For some reason Brigadoon came to mind...


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