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

manafana · 16-04-2018 6:31pm

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

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.

strange, i know some junctions have issues but often because of motorist error causing a stop, suggest trams might be showing their age, rarely get it on green line.

On side note, has anyone any exp of changing the drop outs on rear of carbon frame circa 2016, iv got slight dent, bike shop mentioned it could be sorted with right part for that frame model.

Vel · 17-04-2018 8:53am

When you cycle home, hop straight into the car, post a letter, hop back into the car, get a coffee from the drive-thru place near your house, go home, start chopping veg for dinner, all the while feeling that something isn't quite....right. And then you look in the mirror and realise you've done it all while wearing your cycling helmet!

Safety first!

tomasrojo · 17-04-2018 9:56am

That's an ad for the brand right there!

LollipopJimmy · 17-04-2018 10:41am

On the plus side the dog doesn't seem to care

17-04-2018 10:49am

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

On the plus side the dog doesn't seem to care

Seems to be busy checking the weather for a potential walk there.

eeeee · 17-04-2018 10:49am

Vel wrote: »

When you cycle home, hop straight into the car, post a letter, hop back into the car, get a coffee from the drive-thru place near your house, go home, start chopping veg for dinner, all the while feeling that something isn't quite....right. And then you look in the mirror and realise you've done it all while wearing your cycling helmet!

Safety first!

:pac:

Where did you get those shoes? They're amazing!

Alek · 17-04-2018 1:21pm

Whoa, that's narrow!

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Is it a boardsie that took that photo, by the way?

17-04-2018 5:03pm

Spotted this on euro news earlier. An under construction 140km bike path around lake Garda in Italy.

http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/17/breathtaking-aerial-footage-shows-italy-s-floating-cycle-path-on-lake-garda

Wishbone Ash · 17-04-2018 5:33pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Spotted this on euro news earlier. An under construction 140km bike path around lake Garda in Italy.

http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/17/breathtaking-aerial-footage-shows-italy-s-floating-cycle-path-on-lake-garda

I wouldn't normally be a fan of cycle tracks but would make an exception on that road. Very narrow and busy with constant close passing.

Wishbone Ash · 17-04-2018 9:57pm

Jesus has just joined Strava and is in 1,500 clubs already!

https://www.strava.com/athletes/20086283

17-04-2018 10:42pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Jesus has just joined Strava and is in 1,500 clubs already!

https://www.strava.com/athletes/20086283

He can walk on water but can he cycle on it I wonder ???

Weepsie · 18-04-2018 8:44am

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Jesus has just joined Strava and is in 1,500 clubs already!

https://www.strava.com/athletes/20086283

I assume he only rides cross bikes....

....gets coat......
....runs from any pitchforks....

Rogue-Trooper · 18-04-2018 9:11am

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Jesus has just joined Strava and is in 1,500 clubs already!

https://www.strava.com/athletes/20086283

Hurrache · 18-04-2018 9:13am

Cyclist casually pushed off bike by pedestrian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4K5iX0l-20

Stolen from the dashcam motors thread.

seamus · 18-04-2018 9:17am

Hurrache wrote: »

Cyclist casually pushed off bike by pedestrian

Stolen from the dashcam motors thread.

"Suspect fleeing from police intercepted by passers-by" is a more accurate description.

Hurrache · 18-04-2018 9:19am

seamus wrote: »

"Suspect fleeing from police intercepted by passers-by" is a more accurate description.

That was the joke.

Rogue-Trooper · 18-04-2018 9:33am

Hurrache wrote: »

Cyclist casually pushed off bike by pedestrian

Stolen from the dashcam motors thread.

Apparently he didn't just break a red light..........

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cyclist-huge-knife-smashed-getaway-14538889

loyatemu · 18-04-2018 11:03am

he had no helmet or hi-viz either, a real nasty piece of work.

CramCycle · 18-04-2018 11:06am

Hurrache wrote: »

Cyclist casually pushed off bike by pedestrian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4K5iX0l-20

Stolen from the dashcam motors thread.

The shoulder check guy was calm as you like, right he is knocked over, I am just going to get back to work. Actually neither pedestrian who stopped him done so lightly, they were decent hits.

Hurrache · 18-04-2018 11:44am

Impressively timed and executed shoulder check by the first guy alright.

magicbastarder · 18-04-2018 12:21pm

hope the second guy didn't take any damage to the knee, that could have been sore.

Vizzy · 18-04-2018 12:33pm

There I was,riding along minding my own business and a f**king pedestrian walks out in front of me.
And then to top it all a Garda car breaks a red light, on the wrong side of the road, and nearly runs me over.

Drivers,eh ??

Pedestrians,eh ??

CramCycle · 18-04-2018 12:38pm

Too this day one of the coolest and (admittedly stupid and dangerous) pedestrian/cyclist interactions I ever seen, is the one on College Green where a courier tried to nip through crossing pedestrians and an elderly gent (tipping 70 if not well above it) clothes lined him and took him to ground where he stood. No giving out, he faded into the crowd like the Glimmer man.

Courier hadn't a notion what happened.

It was of course not OK as he could have seriously hurt him but part of me thinks that it could have happened accidentally and that is what the courier took the risk doing.

It was comical.

Eamonnator · 18-04-2018 3:39pm

About 35 years ago, just before Christmas, I was on my annual visit to dublin, accompanied by my wife and two sons. We were standing outside the Ilac Centre on Henry Street, deciding where to go for breakfast. I noticed a chap, running out of the Centre, with his hands in front of him, trying to hide something under his jacket. A security guard was chasing him. The gurrier passed about two feet from me. I stuck my foot out and he tripped over it. He went down like a log. He didn't have time to put his hands out to break his fall. The security guard caught him. My family and I walked away. I didn't look back to see the result of his fall.
Completely off thread, but I love telling the story.

RobertFoster · 18-04-2018 4:07pm

Jaysus, beware vigilante culchies on the 8th of December :eek: :pac:

magicbastarder · 18-04-2018 7:13pm

i strongly suspect the answer to this question - hoses on track pumps are not replacable/standardised parts?
mine has split. it will unscrew, but i guess a new pump would be cheaper than replacing just the hose.

CramCycle · 18-04-2018 8:14pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

i strongly suspect the answer to this question - hoses on track pumps are not replacable/standardised parts?
mine has split. it will unscrew, but i guess a new pump would be cheaper than replacing just the hose.

You can definitely replace them. I'd guess SJS. With Aldis brand one on sale in a few places though, not sure what the price difference would be.

Eamonnator · 18-04-2018 8:15pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

i strongly suspect the answer to this question - hoses on track pumps are not replacable/standardised parts?
mine has split. it will unscrew, but i guess a new pump would be cheaper than replacing just the hose.

If it's a Topeak, as I remember, pretty much all parts are replaceable.

magicbastarder · 18-04-2018 8:16pm

i'd actually be willing to pay more for just the hose; i loathe binning things for the sake of it.

Beasty · 18-04-2018 9:34pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

i'd actually be willing to pay more for just the hose; i loathe binning things for the sake of it.

No probs. I can let you have a hose for more than the price of the pump, then I'll bin the rest of mine....

Wishbone Ash · 19-04-2018 6:46am

Beasty wrote: »

No probs. I can let you have a hose for more than the price of the pump, then I'll bin the rest of mine....

Next in line please!

magicbastarder · 19-04-2018 7:21am

Beasty wrote: »

No probs. I can let you have a hose for more than the price of the pump, then I'll bin the rest of mine....

best not bin it, you could sell me the rest of the pump in a year's time when the plunger on mine fails.

CramCycle · 19-04-2018 7:53am

I suggest the new off topic thread be called "Magicbastarders Pump"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUl6PooveJE

19-04-2018 11:26am

Spent a bit last night changing the bar tape on my bike as it had become a bit tatty. Job done admired my handy work and promised I'd give the bike a wash this morning. Took it out earlier and it dawned on me that I'd not wrapped the cables and had left them out :mad:

seamus · 19-04-2018 1:38pm

Been a while (OK, nine months) since I went for a spin that wasn't a commute. And you start asking yourself if you really miss it. Is it really that much fun pushing yourself up hills and sitting on a saddle for ages.

So lacking any other time in the week to get out, I took out the good bike early this morning for an extended commute. Nothing fancy, 30k up Stocking and over Kilternan.

Coming down from Johnnie Foxes reminded me that yes, it is that much fun.

Also a really nice way to start off a work day. I shall be doing that again, repeatedly, this summer.

magicbastarder · 19-04-2018 4:49pm

worst traffic i think i've even seen on the strand road this evening. possibly due to the garda closing off a lane northbound just at point village, to allow half a dozen buses to park there. was quite a knock on effect if that was indeed the cause.

tomasrojo · 19-04-2018 6:03pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Spent a bit last night changing the bar tape on my bike as it had become a bit tatty. Job done admired my handy work and promised I'd give the bike a wash this morning. Took it out earlier and it dawned on me that I'd not wrapped the cables and had left them out :mad:

magicbastarder · 19-04-2018 8:05pm

i gave out to a motorist earlier, while i was crossing a road against a red pedestrian light.
as my mum would have said, one of you is as bad as the other.

Luxman · 19-04-2018 8:13pm

Two of us arrived a few minutes after a cyclist went down (around the back of Ashbourne). Turns out a dog had run out and knocked him off. Turns out he was a neighbour of my mate, two drivers already had called an ambulance. He was squirming in pain the whole 15 minutes we were there. When the paramedics arrived there were quick to see he has dislocated his right shoulder. He also had problems breathing (probably rib damage). We called his wife to let her know the situation. Once he was loaded up on the ambulance we left. Speedy recovery Rob (if he frequents boards). His bike was taken in by a local neighbour. Stay safe out there.

magicbastarder · 19-04-2018 8:15pm

anyone from this parish?

https://www.facebook.com/globalcyclingnetwork/photos/a.134374393384959.29819.112665855555813/1027281850760871/?type=3&theater

(btw, i am not at all happy with this rebranding of dogs on the internet as 'doggos'. i was not consulted and am not amused).

coco0981 · 19-04-2018 9:32pm

https://twitter.com/AP/status/987062099305168897?s=19

Sounds like a good outcome for Lance

Weepsie · 19-04-2018 9:38pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

worst traffic i think i've even seen on the strand road this evening. possibly due to the garda closing off a lane northbound just at point village, to allow half a dozen buses to park there. was quite a knock on effect if that was indeed the cause.

Traffic was awful everywhere. Sun's out, people Jump into the car to go somewhere.

Saw a guy on a road bike come a cropper on the phoenix park cycle track beside Wellington monument. A group of young lads were milling about in the lane and either he didn't see them, or they crossed into his lane.

He seemed embarrassed, but they were getting a bit anstsy (in fairness he hit them). It all cooled down, but not before one of them called out to me.

Think he mistook me for former Late Late show host, Mr. Byrne, at least I assume that's what he mean.

magicbastarder · 19-04-2018 10:12pm

funny enough, one or two of the more prominent cycling campaigners are championing the positioning of the bus parking beside the point depot as an example of how things should be done. maybe it's just me, but the resulting tailback on my cycle home was something i could have done without dealing with.

to be fair, it's just a crying shame that a large venue situated beside at least one heavy crossing point on the liffey couldn't have considered the need for bus parking. it's beyond ludicrous that the onus should fall onto public infrastructure to provide said parking.

Wishbone Ash · 19-04-2018 10:56pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

...as my mum would have said, one of you is as bad as the other.

My mum would have said 'there's a pair of yous in it'.

eeeee · 20-04-2018 11:45am

Nice wee short documentary

P_1 · 20-04-2018 4:40pm

Is there a nicer thing than sitting outside Johnnie Fox's in the sunshine with a nice refreshing pint after an afternoon spent on your bike in Wicklow?

Wishbone Ash · 20-04-2018 5:01pm

P_1 wrote: »

Is there a nicer thing than sitting outside Johnnie Fox's in the sunshine with a nice refreshing pint after an afternoon spent on your bike in Wicklow?

Yes - sitting outside Johnnie Fox's with a nice refreshing pint after completing the Boards.ie Evil Ride.

LollipopJimmy · 20-04-2018 5:01pm

P_1 wrote: »

Is there a nicer thing than sitting outside Johnnie Fox's in the sunshine with a nice refreshing pint after an afternoon spent on your bike in Wicklow?

I had a pint mid cycle a while back, well we stopped about 3kms from home and that 3kms nearly killed me. I tip my hat to those of you that can enjoy a pint mid cycle

ford2600 · 20-04-2018 5:33pm

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

I had a pint mid cycle a while back, well we stopped about 3kms from home and that 3kms nearly killed me. I tip my hat to those of you that can enjoy a pint mid cycle

Jean Baptiste Lafond famously drank champagne at half time in a French Cup Final in the 1980's.

I drank a bottle of beer at about 190km in a 300km audax with 4000m climbing. I also had a beer about 700km into an 800km 10000m 3 day trip across the North of Spain; that was at lunchtime and about 33C. For low to moderate intensity cycling a glass of beer isn't a big deal.

George Hanna, who's done more 1000km plus audax events than most people have done Sunday spins is a fond of a drink on the bike to. It doesn't slow him down much.

21 years ago I worked in New York retro fitting elevator shafts to old skyscrapers; effectively digging holes in a basement with a pneumatic rock hammer. Lots of granite from memory, pretty hard work. I was 22 fit as a fiddle and drank a gallon of water a day; my co worker was 45-50, drank 6 large cans of beer a day and was the toughest guy I've ever worked with.

Alek · 20-04-2018 8:04pm

Wishbone Ash wrote:

Yes - sitting outside Johnnie Fox's with a nice refreshing pint after completing the Boards.ie Evil Ride.

True!

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