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

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  • #9452
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,380 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    John Lennon was using hashtags back in the day?!?!
    Hey man it was the 60s, I'm sure he tried lots of things.


  • #9453
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    John Lennon was using hashtags back in the day?!?!

    Fixed that for ye.....


  • #9454
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,336 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i just had someone call around to the house to pick up a petrol strimmer i did not want (was foisted on me by a neighbour) and we ended up chatting about bikes. turns out he has a mercian in the attic he crashed decades ago (he's probably in his late 50s, and built the bike when he was 20) and was warned by someone in rutland cycles that the downtube was probably going to fail.
    he didn't know that there's at least one person in ireland who can repair such things, but i guess a downtube replacement is not a cheap affair?


  • #9455
    NamelessPhil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,098 ✭✭✭NamelessPhil


    I haven't had any dealings with Mercian cycles personally but I'd contact them directly and ask about repairing the frame.


  • #9456
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,240 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    A bike of that vintage would likely have metal folded over the joins, it certainly wouldn't be an easy task.

    I took a spin to Howth and back last night and then attended a neighbours wake, re-hydrating with Jameson was not my best move. Arrived to work an hour late and pissed. I am never letting anybody pour drink for me again. Then I read all the madness that Conor McGregor has been up to


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  • #9457
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,336 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    maybe the touch site count includes deleted posts?


  • #9458
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Either way we and inching inexorably towards a new new name ;)


  • #9459
    Ryath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,546 ✭✭✭Ryath


    RobFowl wrote: »
    Either way we and inching inexorably towards a new new name ;)

    Is there going to be a poll on it or is it just going to be Jan and Klodi's Party Bus - part III?


  • #9460
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,380 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    Ryath wrote: »
    Is there going to be a poll on it or is it just going to be Jan and Klodi's Party Bus - part III?
    Depends on how nice RobFowl is to Beasty.


  • #9461
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    RobertFoster wrote: »
    Depends on how nice RobFowl is to Beasty.

    Party bus III it is then :(


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  • #9462
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 15,661 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    RobFowl wrote: »
    Either way we and inching inexorably towards a new new name ;)

    I read that and could hear Carlton Kirby in my head :pac:


  • #9463
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,719 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    i just had someone call around to the house to pick up a petrol strimmer i did not want (was foisted on me by a neighbour) and we ended up chatting about bikes. turns out he has a mercian in the attic he crashed decades ago (he's probably in his late 50s, and built the bike when he was 20) and was warned by someone in rutland cycles that the downtube was probably going to fail.
    he didn't know that there's at least one person in ireland who can repair such things, but i guess a downtube replacement is not a cheap affair?
    talk to mercian they were always great when I lived in derby many moons ago

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



  • #9464
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,336 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    cheers - mailed him with a link to mercian's website earlier based on NamelessPhil's suggestion. they quote £120 for downtube replacement, but i guess that's without any other work such as paint.

    he was quite interested to hear that my newest bike uses reynolds tubing; he'd kinda assumed that was something from his youth.


  • #9465
    Plastik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,001 ✭✭✭Plastik


    NamelessPhil wrote: »
    I haven't had any dealings with Mercian cycles personally but I'd contact them directly and ask about repairing the frame.

    I had a non-Mercian fork repaired (straightened and strengthened) by Mercian a few weeks ago and was very happy with their service.


  • #9466
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Mercian bikes themselves are absolutely beautiful and even and old damaged one deserved to be restored.


  • #9467
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,336 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i'd have offered to buy his bike only he's probably half a foot taller than me.


  • #9468
    koutoubia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭koutoubia


    Baron de Charlus wrote: »
    it's been ten years (I think?) since I went on my first Boards spin
    And what moniker were you posting under ten years ago?


  • #9469
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,908 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    RobFowl wrote: »
    Saw this cool quote from John Lennon

    “As a kid I had a dream — I wanted to own my own #bicycle. When I got the #bike I must have been the happiest boy in Liverpool, maybe the world. I insisted on taking mine indoors and the first night I even kept it in my bed.”

    Think this was it:
    9b03553d38193be6631d4664dad14059.jpg

    It's the bike you see in a few photos of him about that age. A Raleigh from what I recall, and on the overwhelming balance of probability for an English boy immediately post-WWII.


  • #9470
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,318 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    koutoubia wrote: »
    And what moniker were you posting under ten years ago?

    El Tonto!


  • #9471
    manafana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,487 ✭✭✭manafana


    Hate to hear people stop riding because of kids, have others on here managed to handle having young children while still getting out once week just assume it takes planning and depends on parenting styles i assume?


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  • #9472
    dahat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,072 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    manafana wrote: »
    Hate to hear people stop riding because of kids, have others on her managed to handle having young children while still getting out once week just assume it takes planning and on parenting styles i assume?

    Agreed, while circumstances can change significantly with kids (I have 2), a person always needs time to reflect and clear the head, the weekly bike spin can help someone in so many ways.


  • #9473
    manafana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,487 ✭✭✭manafana


    dahat wrote: »
    Agreed, while circumstances can change significantly with kids (I have 2), a person always needs time to reflect and clear the head, the weekly bike spin can help someone in so many ways.

    Yeah i find it easier to understand when it becomes three as one parent runs out of hands :)


  • #9474
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,458 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Raam wrote: »
    El Tonto!
    So whatever happened to your Kingdom?


  • #9475
    CrowdedHouse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,977 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    Next round of the arms race begins - Campag 12 speed Super/Record.

    Just need a moderate lotto win I suppose

    http://hub.chainreactioncycles.com/latest-news/campagnolo-reveal-worlds-first-12-speed-road-groupset/

    Seven Worlds will Collide



  • #9476
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,336 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    good god that's an ugly RD.


  • #9477
    Alek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    That dude should get a lotto ticket NOW

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/ivtime/permalink/847461915448883/


  • #9478
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    good god that's an ugly RD.

    I like it, whole grouppo looks good too..

    12 a much more even and rounder looking number than 11 as well ;)


  • #9479
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,999 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    manafana wrote: »
    Hate to hear people stop riding because of kids, have others on here managed to handle having young children while still getting out once week just assume it takes planning and depends on parenting styles i assume?
    Depends on both parents to be honest. I could get out for either Saturday or Sunday morning spins but really just don't want to. I knowpeople who get up at 4 in the morning and get back for 8 so they don't feel they have unfairly loaded the other parent. The truth is, bar work, if one parent wants to get out for a few hours on one day of the weekend, the only thing stopping them is the other parent or guilt at leaving the other parent, or more importantly losing time you won't get back.

    This said, only 3 more years till he will be able to go out for track, then all my problems are solved.

    Long story short, if you want to get out, you'll get out, if you don't, you won't. Don't blame the kids or your partner.
    Alek wrote: »
    That dude should get a lotto ticket NOW

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/ivtime/permalink/847461915448883/

    I'd buy a new pair of pants first.


  • #9480
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,908 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    CramCycle wrote: »
    I'd buy a new pair of pants first.

    His friends seem to have learned how to swear from children's television.


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  • #9481
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,458 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    RobFowl wrote: »

    12 a much more even and rounder looking number than 11 as well ;)
    Also sounds very "imperial" - much better than the prior decimalisation adopted:)


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