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La Flamme Rouge **off topic discussion**

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  • #2522
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,999 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    maybe you got a knock on the head?
    Well played sir, I'd tip my hat to you but its sore to move it for some reason :pac:
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  • #2523
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,336 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    that first bike featured is genuinely interesting. interchangeable front and back wheels?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TEyZLpCRkI
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  • #2524
    buffalo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,161 ✭✭✭buffalo


    manafana wrote: »
    Today makes me realize why i try get out at lunch than evenings, ...

    To get to point i had someone pull out on wrong side of road near bottom of cruagh road just after post office. Had hit breaks so just shrugged at him as he finally moved off, anyway id forgotten about it by time i got onto taylors lane only for himself to appear threatening to show me what he'd do to me if i had something to say to him.

    He pulled in front of me then, so i went round, he stopped again alongside to threaten me and only drove off after id pulled camera out. He had a dublin accent but a northern reg navy blue jag if anyone saw it this evening, very distinct older model, staggering reaction to me shrugging at him pulling out on wrong side of road. Upsetting really

    Had a similar experience as I got out for a short spin after work around Kildare/Meath. Someone in a jeep overtook me into a pair of blind bends, and I shook my head in disbelief.

    I was then treated to some kind of weird courtship dance as he alternately swerved the car from side to side and braked - all thankfully a good 20-30 metres in front of me. After a while he got bored, the passenger gave me the finger and he drove off.
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  • #2525
    cdaly_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭cdaly_


    manafana wrote: »
    He had a dublin accent but a northern reg navy blue jag if anyone saw it this evening, very distinct older model, staggering reaction to me shrugging at him pulling out on wrong side of road. Upsetting really
    If you have the reg on camera, report it to revenue. A dublin accent shouldn't be driving a UK vehicle without re-registering it. They might seize the car...
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  • #2526
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,999 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Anyone here know anyone selling bolts with american/imperial threading
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  • #2527
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 15,661 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    CramCycle wrote: »
    Anyone here know anyone selling bolts with american/imperial threading

    Bolt Company in Ballycoolin maybe.
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  • #2528
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,336 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    also wrong side of the city for you - i was recommended this place once but never got out there:

    https://www.tucksfasteners.ie/
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  • #2529
    cdaly_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭cdaly_


    Tucks don't seem to be the best lately. Try F.J.Keogh in Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin.
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2530
    Mr. Grieves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 781 ✭✭✭Mr. Grieves


    This is a fascinating comparison of Dutch street design with UK design:

    https://robertweetman.wordpress.com/2019/03/19/i-want-my-street-to-be-like-this/

    I wonder if the decision making process in local authorities is different in the Netherlands, here it seems so slow, and unwilling to upset anyone with any changes.

    Slightly related, I emailed all of my councillors asking their opinion on Bus Connects/cycling infrastructure ahead of the local elections. Depressingly, the only one to reply is a confirmed NIMBY who I've no intention of voting for.
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  • #2531
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Long shot but does anyone know where to get the cable stoppers for a Caad12 disc where the cables go into the frame from the front end? I fear water seepage, might get some Sugru if I can't find anything.
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  • #2532
    Plastik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,001 ✭✭✭Plastik


    CannondaleExperts or CannondaleSpares?
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  • #2533
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Plastik wrote: »
    CannondaleExperts or CannondaleSpares?

    Ta I'll get on these. Never knew about them :o
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  • #2534
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,336 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i'm sure everyone has seen this, but i think there are a few people here who cycle through drumcondra at times - not sure if they have cameras or not:
    Gardaí have appealed to any witnesses or to anyone who may have dash-cam footage of the incident or who was on Drumcondra Road Lower between 5.45am and 6.15am
    https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2019/0322/1037896-dublin-rta/
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  • #2535
    manafana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,487 ✭✭✭manafana


    Weepsie wrote: »
    Not to make light of such an awful tragedy, which this is, but again there it is, Gardai asking for Dash-cam footage, yet say they can't accept it most of the time when you go to them.

    On the accident itself, even without hearing much about it, you could have guessed it was very bad given the various diversions in place and how much traffic ended up on the Ballymun Road and through Phibsborough

    baffles me to have an incident like that on an inner city road, excess of speed and mass driver error
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  • #2536
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,400 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    manafana wrote: »
    baffles me to have an incident like that on an inner city road, excess of speed and mass driver error

    Heart attack/stroke at the wheel?
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  • #2537
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,336 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    folks, please let's have no speculation on a cause of this incident.
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2538
    RobbieMD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 449 ✭✭RobbieMD


    Weepsie wrote: »
    Not to make light of such an awful tragedy, which this is, but again there it is, Gardai asking for Dash-cam footage, yet say they can't accept it most of the time when you go to them.

    On the accident itself, even without hearing much about it, you could have guessed it was very bad given the various diversions in place and how much traffic ended up on the Ballymun Road and through Phibsborough

    The dashcam wouldn’t be for use in a criminal trial though. It would be to aid the Dublin County Coroner. So all the usual proofs required to get CCTV admitted are null and void
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  • #2539
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Half the club in the next two weeks...


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  • #2540
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,336 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    it's great to see how much of an impact trek's 'biggest development in cycling in 30 years' has made. something to do with bike helmets, i think?
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  • #2541
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 15,661 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Watching highlights of Grand Prix de Denain from today on Eurosport here, not a race I've seen before but wow!!!!!

    Think Shay Elliot won this one ? Actually just as I type Quigley confirms it on commentary.

    EDIT: One of the most impressive wins I've seen for a while, especially given the crashes earlier in the week and a few astana wins the week before.
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  • #2542
    manafana
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Watching highlights of Grand Prix de Denain from today on Eurosport here, not a race I've seen before but wow!!!!!

    Think Shay Elliot won this one ? Actually just as I type Quigley confirms it on commentary.

    EDIT: One of the most impressive wins I've seen for a while, especially given the crashes earlier in the week and a few astana wins the week before.

    Yeah think its only been on local french tv, seems this yr they expanded to get eurosport rights, as iv not seen any french race with cobbles like this before on tv
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  • #2543
    magicbastarder
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    https://twitter.com/cosaingalway/status/1110174376840884224
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  • #2544
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,090 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Kudos to a Dublin Bus driver on the 33 tonight. On seeing me pulling over to the side of the road outside Rush, he stopped to see if I was ok. I was only changing over the rear lights but the gesture was appreciated.

    (I initially thought he was stopping to give out about something! :o)
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2545
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,400 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Kudos to a Dublin Bus driver on the 33 tonight. On seeing me pulling over to the side of the road outside Rush, he stopped to see if I was ok. I was only changing over the rear lights but the gesture was appreciated.

    (I initially thought he was stopping to give out about something! :o)

    The driver is obviously a cyclist?
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  • #2546
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,999 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    07Lapierre wrote: »
    The driver is obviously a cyclist?
    Maybe not, I know alot of the posts here are giving out but some are just decent people
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  • #2547
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,336 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    not surprising, but interesting news.

    Time for a change: MEPs vote to scrap daylight savings time
    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/time-for-a-change-meps-vote-to-scrap-daylight-savings-time-1.3839008

    it has to be ratified individually by the various states now.
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  • #2548
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,374 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    And the decision is still left to each state as to what time they want to stick with, winter or summer.
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  • #2549
    cdaly_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭cdaly_


    I vote for us to use CET and be an hour ahead of post-Brexit London...























    If Spain can do it...
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  • #2550
    Daroxtar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,429 ✭✭✭Daroxtar


    :eek: :eek: Ouch..... https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/mar/26/hannah-dines-saddle-research-pain-swelling-female-cyclists
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  • #2551
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,090 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Daroxtar wrote: »
    :eek: :eek: Ouch..... https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/mar/26/hannah-dines-saddle-research-pain-swelling-female-cyclists
    I had to stop reading as my eyes were watering!

    I presume the old Brooks B17 wouldn't cut the mustard there!
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