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

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  • #9852
    Hungrycol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭Hungrycol


    Hurrache wrote: »
    Ashbourne Gardai had a bike stamping day last week, and I see this initiative in Dublin City Centre now. Although the cynic would say the initiative should be in preventing bikes being stolen.

    Bit of an odd partnership with the Royal College of Surgeons, unless they're eyeing up potential customers.

    What does this always seem to happen in the past? "we won't tell anyone what we're going to do but we'll tell everyone after we've been".


  • #9853
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,255 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    "Blue Bike" sounds like a condition you'd get from not getting out on enough spins.


  • #9854
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,254 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Hungrycol wrote: »
    What does this always seem to happen in the past? "we won't tell anyone what we're going to do but we'll tell everyone after we've been".

    Ha, exactly my thoughts at the time. I didn't see it until the next day, had I know I probably would have availed of it. Never heard anything about it before it actually happened.


  • #9855
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,446 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    Took the Luas into town and back today, it's no wonder Dublin people won't leave the car at home if this is the alternative. Either the standard of driving is dropping or there are maintenance concerns, I was flung around the place all the way in and all the way back


  • #9856
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,668 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Hurrache wrote: »
    Ashbourne Gardai had a bike stamping day last week, and I see this initiative in Dublin City Centre now. Although the cynic would say the initiative should be in preventing bikes being stolen.

    Bit of an odd partnership with the Royal College of Surgeons, unless they're eyeing up potential customers.

    The College of surgeons includes the Faculty of sports and exercise medicine. Promoting healthy living and exercise is a vital part of its mission.


  • #9857
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,431 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    RobFowl wrote: »
    The College of surgeons includes the Faculty of sports and exercise medicine. Promoting healthy living and exercise is a vital part of its mission.

    They would also have alot of students who I imagine are some of the key reporters of stolen bikes considering how poorly they seem to lock them up.

    Seen a student in UCD lock up their bike with a flimsy cable lock and just leave their large kryptonite clipped onto the frame.


  • #9858
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,668 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    CramCycle wrote: »
    They would also have alot of students who I imagine are some of the key reporters of stolen bikes considering how poorly they seem to lock them up.

    Seen a student in UCD lock up their bike with a flimsy cable lock and just leave their large kryptonite clipped onto the frame.

    They have a Faculty of physiotherapy, a school of nursing as well as a medical school.
    A Fellow of the college can use FFSEM(rcsi) after their name ;)


  • #9859
    Idleater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    RobFowl wrote: »
    A Fellow of the college can use FFSEM(rcsi) after their name ;)

    Is that one of the fields when tagging your bicycle with the Gardaí?


  • #9860
    Weepsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,934 ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    RobFowl wrote: »
    The College of surgeons includes the Faculty of sports and exercise medicine. Promoting healthy living and exercise is a vital part of its mission.

    Plus they have a swanky new building to show off.


  • #9861
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,431 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    RobFowl wrote: »
    FFSEM(rcsi) after their name ;)

    Short for "For Flip Sake, Engraved My rothar colaiste saor in (aisce)


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  • #9862
    Alek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    I'd race that.

    https://www.facebook.com/bicyclingmag/videos/10156296903606670/


  • #9863
    rollingscone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,479 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    No.


  • #9864
    Alek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    Yesssss.


    https://usercontent2.hubstatic.com/13464557_f520.jpg


  • #9865
    Harrybelafonte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    Alek wrote: »
    I'd race that.

    https://www.facebook.com/bicyclingmag/videos/10156296903606670/

    Rad do some awesome races, but that one seems to be more timid tbh. If you really want a great take on the Devil, Wolfpack Hustle's All Out War is a great one:

    https://vimeo.com/wolfpackhustle/alloutwar


  • #9866
    Thud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,668 ✭✭✭Thud


    LollipopJimmy wrote: »
    Took the Luas into town and back today, it's no wonder Dublin people won't leave the car at home if this is the alternative. Either the standard of driving is dropping or there are maintenance concerns, I was flung around the place all the way in and all the way back
    the green line does a little jink at the bottom of Stephens green when coming from Dawson st, if you're not holding on to something you'll end up either smacking you head off something or on top of someone


  • #9867
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,856 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Alek wrote: »
    I'd race that.

    https://www.facebook.com/bicyclingmag/videos/10156296903606670/

    With straight bars around me? Hmmm.
    Does look like fun though.
    Martin Soderstrom had a video of similar recently https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YnWNbXV72rc


  • #9868
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,856 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Harrybelafonte wrote: »
    Rad do some awesome races, but that one seems to be more timid tbh. If you really want a great take on the Devil, Wolfpack Hustle's All Out War is a great one:

    https://vimeo.com/wolfpackhustle/alloutwar

    Now that I could get behind :D


  • #9869
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    Ehh?

    Ainsley Harriott stickers placed on new 'look out for cyclists' signs near Bournemouth University

    ?type=responsive-gallery-fullscreen


  • #9870
    wanderer 22
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,172 ✭✭✭wanderer 22


    Weepsie wrote: »
    Plus they have a swanky new building to show off.

    Which has excellent secure bike parking :cool:


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  • #9871
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,856 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    colm18 wrote: »
    Which has excellent secure bike parking :cool:

    One of my friends got the public art commission for the new place, I missed the opening and now you can't get in to see it boo!

    This secure bike parking, would it be reachable to the general public by any chance?...


  • #9872
    wanderer 22
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,172 ✭✭✭wanderer 22


    nee wrote: »
    One of my friends got the public art commission for the new place, I missed the opening and now you can't get in to see it boo!

    This secure bike parking, would it be reachable to the general public by any chance?...

    Afraid not, staff or student card needed!

    If you want to see the new building you could express interest in doing a course here and get a tour ;)

    https://www.rcsi.com/dublin/undergraduate/meet-rcsi/rcsi-campus-tour


  • #9873
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    nee wrote: »
    This secure bike parking, would it be reachable to the general public by any chance?...

    Wouldn't be very secure then if it were to be accessible to the great unwashed.


  • #9874
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    RobertFoster wrote: »
    "Blue Bike" sounds like a condition you'd get from not getting out on enough spins.
    There are, I'm told, a few towns in the USA called "Blue Ball". I think some people wanted relief from all the Bethlehems and Jerusalems in New England. And relief of another kind, potentially.


  • #9875
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,856 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    colm18 wrote: »
    Afraid not, staff or student card needed!

    If you want to see the new building you could express interest in doing a course here and get a tour ;)

    https://www.rcsi.com/dublin/undergraduate/meet-rcsi/rcsi-campus-tour

    Oooh I guess I could want to do any number of things...


  • #9876
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,255 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    tomasrojo wrote: »
    There are, I'm told, a few towns in the USA called "Blue Ball". I think some people wanted relief from all the Bethlehems and Jerusalems in New England. And relief of another kind, potentially.
    One in Co. Offaly too it seems. Better than coming from Nobber, Co. Meath I suppose.


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  • #9877
    Ryath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,483 ✭✭✭Ryath


    RobertFoster wrote: »
    One in Co. Offaly too it seems. Better than coming from Nobber, Co. Meath I suppose.

    Or Muff, Co. Donnegal

    rqNX0nRu_400x400.jpg


  • #9878
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    RobertFoster wrote: »
    One in Co. Offaly too it seems. Better than coming from Nobber, Co. Meath I suppose.

    From the Talk page of that Wikipedia entry:
    This is hanging by the side of the road in Blue Ball. Anybody know how old it is, how it got there etcetera. (NO smart-ass trolling tyvm)
    280px-The_Blue_Ball.jpg


  • #9879
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Cycle couriers in NYC.

    https://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7408437/d4ee0e75/stukje_fietsen_door_new_york.html


  • #9880
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,446 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    My bike in blueball, I'd done some serious mileage that week and the name was fitting.

    Blueball.PNG


  • #9881
    Ryath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,483 ✭✭✭Ryath


    LollipopJimmy wrote: »
    My bike in blueball, I'd done some serious mileage that week and the name was fitting.

    Blueball.PNG

    Was actually our last stop before Mullingar on the Easter Fleche a few years ago. Had around 400k done with another 50 to do!


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  • #9882
    Weepsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,934 ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    There's a road in the UK called Bell End that this week was allowed keep its name

    https://news.sky.com/story/rude-street-bell-end-will-not-have-name-changed-11326278


  • #9883
    dahat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,852 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    The Mrs has booked a week away in Portugal this summer for the family and as with most cyclists I'm wondering could I swing a bike spin or two while I'm there (she doesn't know yet)!!

    Has anyone cycled here or hired bikes from locally? Is it a suitable area for some cycling?

    We are staying in Praia du Rocha, Algrave Mor apartments.


  • #9884
    Fighting Tao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭Fighting Tao


    I am certainly suffering from blueball syndrome. Haven't been out on the bike in months due to a part time masters and a new arrival. I think my summer of cycling is ruined (not by the new arrival because I'd give up anything for him). I had hoped to do the Wicklow 200 this year but I won't even be fit for the 100. College assignments run into the start of June too :(


  • #9885
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,446 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    I was up at stupid o'clock for the F1 this morning with fuk intention of going cycling after, it was just too miserable for me at around 9ish. I need to get the bad weather bike reassembled


  • #9886
    rollingscone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,479 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    I'll be spending the May Bank holiday in Sligo with the Mrs. Does anyone know if there are greenway type cycles to be had with rentals?


  • #9887
    manafana
    Registered Users Posts: 3,486 ✭✭✭manafana


    LollipopJimmy wrote: »
    Took the Luas into town and back today, it's no wonder Dublin people won't leave the car at home if this is the alternative. Either the standard of driving is dropping or there are maintenance concerns, I was flung around the place all the way in and all the way back


    school boy, bet u stood facing frontwards or backwards, mostly no issue when u stand sideways,


  • #9888
    manafana
    Registered Users Posts: 3,486 ✭✭✭manafana


    LollipopJimmy wrote: »
    I was up at stupid o'clock for the F1 this morning with fuk intention of going cycling after, it was just too miserable for me at around 9ish. I need to get the bad weather bike reassembled

    Saturday was fun and dirty, but this morning was dank hard to get out in


  • #9889
    buffalo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,130 ✭✭✭buffalo


    Spotted this in a pub in Wicklow, reminded me of the 'cyclists collided with a car' reports we often read.

    "Struck by tree while horse-riding"


  • #9890
    Weepsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,934 ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    rollingscone wrote: »
    I'll be spending the May Bank holiday in Sligo with the Mrs. Does anyone know if there are greenway type cycles to be had with rentals?


    Not a Greenway but Sligo town to strandhill has an on road cycle path most of the way. Lovely cafe and good pub in strandhill too

    Plenty of signposted cycle ways on the Sligo town side of Benbulbin too on the way to Glencar waterfall if I recall correctly.


  • #9891
    buffalo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,130 ✭✭✭buffalo


    The thread was locked, but the IT have a follow-up to the hit and run in Clontarf a few years ago. His wife went back to work as a florist to help her cope and find some happiness:

    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/hit-and-run-rebuilding-a-life-after-cyclist-husband-s-death-1.3462488


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  • #9892
    manafana
    Registered Users Posts: 3,486 ✭✭✭manafana


    buffalo wrote: »
    The thread was locked, but the IT have a follow-up to the hit and run in Clontarf a few years ago. His wife went back to work as a florist to help her cope and find some happiness:

    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/hit-and-run-rebuilding-a-life-after-cyclist-husband-s-death-1.3462488


    This is insane, firstly the manner he was hit, secondly someone with four previous convictions (far too easy for people to stay driving), the original sentence just 2 and half yrs (6yrs half suspended in end), the usual bull that the car killed him not a person,

    In all this is main reason im pro self drive, and all cars having computers on board, hopefully move to a time where a banned driver can't jump in a car.


  • #9893
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,431 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    manafana wrote: »
    This is insane, firstly the manner he was hit, secondly someone with four previous convictions (far too easy for people to stay driving), the original sentence just 2 and half yrs (6yrs half suspended in end), the usual bull that the car killed him not a person,

    15, not four previous convictions


  • #9894
    manafana
    Registered Users Posts: 3,486 ✭✭✭manafana


    CramCycle wrote: »
    15, not four previous convictions

    four driving convictions i should say, insane really.


  • #9895
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,431 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    manafana wrote: »
    four driving convictions i should say, insane really.

    I misread it, either way, someone who should not have been on the road, or possibly out in society at the time, lovely. She is a more forgiving person than me.


  • #9896
    Vel
    Registered Users Posts: 1,318 ✭✭✭Vel


    Would this be suitable to use on my bike chain?


  • #9897
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    Vel wrote: »
    Would this be suitable to use on my bike chain?
    Probably ok, provided you clean the chain and relube frequently. Lubes made specifically for chains are better. I've used 3-in-1 at various time when I didn't have more expensive oils, and the main problem is that any rain washes it out and rusting starts, as it's a very light oil.


  • #9898
    Vel
    Registered Users Posts: 1,318 ✭✭✭Vel


    tomasrojo wrote: »
    Probably ok, provided you clean the chain and relube frequently. Lubes made specifically for chains are better. I've used 3-in-1 at various time when I didn't have more expensive oils, and the main problem is that any rain washes it out and rusting starts, as it's a very light oil.

    I'll do as you say with this oil this time and buy the proper stuff next time.

    There is a strange yellow thing in the sky today radiating a bit of warmth. I am hopeful it will stay around and we can say goodbye to the rain and therefore my cheap oil will stay put!

    Thanks!


  • #9899
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    tomasrojo wrote: »
    Probably ok, provided you clean the chain and relube frequently. Lubes made specifically for chains are better. I've used 3-in-1 at various time when I didn't have more expensive oils, and the main problem is that any rain washes it out and rusting starts, as it's a very light oil.
    Good article about clothing innovations created by Victorian ladies who wanted to cycle and faced outcries about immodesty:
    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2018/apr/16/the-ingenious-cyclewear-victorian-women-invented-to-navigate-social-mores
    Importantly, they remind us that not all inventions are told through loud or heroic narratives. These inventors put in an awful lot of work to not be seen.


  • #9900
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,446 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    manafana wrote: »
    school boy, bet u stood facing frontwards or backwards, mostly no issue when u stand sideways,

    I was actually leaning on the cushion bit at the side so standing sideways. Was the same last night, some kid actually fell of the seat coming out of James' and heading towards Rialto.


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  • #9901
    Skrynesaver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭Skrynesaver


    Vel wrote: »
    There is a strange yellow thing in the sky today radiating a bit of warmth. I am hopeful it will stay around and we can say goodbye to the rain ...

    I believe that's the fabled daystar, it's rumoured to holiday in our northern climes sometimes for as much as a week at a time...


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