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La Flamme Rouge **off topic discussion**

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    #3632
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I don't recall seeing him down to start the ITT anywhere when I checked over the last week or so and given the names on the list you'd have imagined he was nailed on for a medal.

    Only 35 down to start according to the UEC web site.


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    #3633
    brocbrocach
    Registered Users Posts: 890 ✭✭✭brocbrocach


    Captain Havoc wrote: »
    I've been threatening to do this for about ten years now but next year is the year I'll finally do it, if anyone wants to join in?

    e8c731_007f7726ba8c4d4b938bf6fac4879edd~mv2.webp
    Is that a manic Stephen Roche on the poster?


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    #3634
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,153 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    brocbrocach wrote: »
    Is that a manic Stephen Roche on the poster?
    I thought it was a young Marty Morrissey.


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    #3635
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    nah, it's nic cage.


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    #3636
    brocbrocach
    Registered Users Posts: 890 ✭✭✭brocbrocach


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    nah, it's nic cage.
    I hear he's calmed right down since his duet with Kylie though.


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    #3637
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    random quandaries - i bought a secondhand bike off a boardsie a while back - my 'relaxed' road bike - and it came with specialized hover bars, i think there's about 15mm of rise in them. not sure if i like them, and i can't decide whether to swap them for standard bars before rewrapping them (i put a brown leather brooks on the bike, and have bought brown leather effect bar tape to match).


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    #3638
    joey100
    Registered Users Posts: 3,422 ✭✭✭joey100


    I liked the look of them, can't say I ever really used them tho! Main reason they were put on was just to give that extra stack, I'd say there was probably enough spacers left tho that you could raise it nearly the same height and put normal bars on? I'm the same with a new bike, can't judge if I like the angle the bars are at or not, but knowing the way I am I'm going to change it, it would always be in my mind eating away if I didn't!


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    #3639
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,837 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Well, at least my overshoes are currently of use (well one of them anyway):

    487675.jpg becomes 487676.jpg


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    #3640
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,833 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Oh no! What happened?


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    #3641
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,153 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    Is it time to set the "Days since Beasty's accident" counter back to zero?


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    #3642
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,837 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    It's just a follow up to this post

    4 months after that earlier post they eventually diagnosed a fracture and crushed joint. I've had 3 cortisone injections since then, but it's deteriorated a bit culminating with an operation yesterday to remove a bone spur from the outside of the foot (quite large from what the surgeon said)

    That means I'm on crutches for the next 2 weeks, but hopefully the pretty continual swelling I've had on the outside of that foot for over 18 months will settle down now


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    #3643
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    Beasty wrote: »
    It's just a follow up to this post

    4 months after that earlier post they eventually diagnosed a fracture and crushed joint. I've had 3 cortisone injections since then, but it's deteriorated a bit culminating with an operation yesterday to remove a bone spur from the outside of the foot (quite large from what the surgeon said)

    That means I'm on crutches for the next 2 weeks, but hopefully the pretty continual swelling I've had on the outside of that foot for over 18 months will settle down now

    Does this mean you won't be going to Vietnam?


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    #3644
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,837 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Eamonnator wrote: »
    Does this mean you won't be going to Vietnam?
    I'm standing for President - sod all these nationality requirements, I'll have the populous of Boards to help me change the constitution


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    #3645
    koutoubia
    Registered Users Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭koutoubia


    Qoute of the year ..From Hambini's latest installment
    "Assume everyone is a fooking imbecile unless proven otherwise"

    Oh and he takes apart another bicycle manufacturer for utterly shiite tolerances.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtsos05Bf3U


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    #3646
    Enduro
    Registered Users Posts: 3,627 ✭✭✭Enduro


    Beasty wrote: »
    I'm standing for President

    Given history, and the look of your foot, I can't see you standing for long before falling over!


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    #3647
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Wimp list for the morning....yay or nay?


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    #3648
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,837 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    ED E wrote: »
    Wimp list for the morning....yay or nay?
    OK, you've shamed me into it - I'll try the bike as I'm not allowed to drive - can only clip in one side though....


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    #3649
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,837 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    brocbrocach wrote: »
    Is that a manic Stephen Roche on the poster?
    You've never met Havoc? Where did you think he got the name from. Kilkenny's very own poster boy...


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    #3650
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    koutoubia wrote: »
    Qoute of the year ..From Hambini's latest installment
    "Assume everyone is a fooking imbecile unless proven otherwise"

    Oh and he takes apart another bicycle manufacturer for utterly shiite tolerances.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtsos05Bf3U

    Watching that was like going to the dentist, and they keep pulling out more tools and more tools to get the job doneand it turns out to be ok in the end.


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    #3651
    Fighting Tao
    Registered Users Posts: 6,484 ✭✭✭Fighting Tao


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Watching that was like going to the dentist, and they keep pulling out more tools and more tools to get the job doneand it turns out to be ok in the end.

    Ah...spoiler alert!!


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    #3652
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Team for the mens elite road race at the euro's later is down to 4 now, Mullen, Dunbar and Dunne no longer on it :confused:


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    #3653
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    DCC trialling 'bike bunkers' - the €100 a year seems a little steep, especially compared to residents parking permits. i can understand why, because it involves installing dedicated infrastructure, but they could have lowered the price a little:

    https://irishcycle.com/2019/08/12/rental-of-on-street-bicycle-lockers-offered-to-dublin-residents-with-limit-options/


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    #3654
    manafana
    Registered Users Posts: 3,484 ✭✭✭manafana


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    DCC trialling 'bike bunkers' - the €100 a year seems a little steep, especially compared to residents parking permits. i can understand why, because it involves installing dedicated infrastructure, but they could have lowered the price a little:

    https://irishcycle.com/2019/08/12/rental-of-on-street-bicycle-lockers-offered-to-dublin-residents-with-limit-options/

    id argue the cost of car parking space should increase hugely, and that this bike bunker price is more than fair


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    #3655
    De Bhál
    Registered Users Posts: 2,868 ✭✭✭De Bhál


    Looking on the phone for the start list for the BinckBank Tour. Spelling that wrong led me to looking at this
    https://deathlist.net/

    Kirk Douglas is 103...impressive


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    #3656
    buffalo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,065 ✭✭✭buffalo


    Cycling home yesterday along a street with footpath-level cycle lanes that lose priority to every side road, so naturally I was on the road. Stop at a red pedestrian light where a couple and a little girl on a scooter are crossing. I overhear her say "Daddy, why is there a bike on the road?"

    I didn't get to hear his response, nor did I offer one of my own, but I do wonder what he answered.


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    #3657
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,153 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    Add corrupting the youth to the list of cyclist transgressions. She'll want to scoot in traffic now.


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    #3658
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    was on the phone to my mum yesterday; my dad recently taught one of my nephews how to cycle, so all three siblings were out on the road on their bikes. started into a debate about why the two year old needed a helmet on a balance bike, when she was going no faster that walking pace, but i gave up on that argument.


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    #3659
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,077 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    Discovered a bolt missing from my spd cleat today and the clear being very lose. Unfortunately I discovered it as I was trying to unclip.

    Thankfully the other was already unclippes, but it meant taking off the shoe to get through gates


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    #3660
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    Weepsie wrote: »
    sod clear
    spd cleat, i'm guessing?


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    #3661
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,077 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    spd cleat, i'm guessing?

    Yup, edited. I definitely typed SPD, I probably typed clear though.


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