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  • #9102
    Super Freak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 620 ✭✭✭Super Freak


    Was in the Gym tonight, had 30 min cardio work done when a spinning class was about to start. I asked if I could join, no problem says the instructor.

    So here I am, having completed a 100km sportive on Sunday.....in the rain......hard as nails I am......I'll show these guys how it's done.

    Sweet baby Jebus I left that room a broken man :eek: Big beetroot head and one large puddle of sweat later I collapsed off the bike.:D

    BTW Cycling shoes really work. My feet were killing me after wearing my trainers with flat pedals with straps for just 40 min. It's a good workout, the motivation really helped to push me on. Anyone else any experiences with spinning classes?


  • #9103
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    His lordship is not happy about the Daily Heil's portrayal of him

    From his twitter account.......

    "Look at this crap from Daily liar.First pic is me starting putting on shoes. So called security guard is my son in law http://t.co/q4YLIIR"


  • #9104
    Rovi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,570 ✭✭✭Rovi


    Super Freak wrote: »
    Was in the Gym tonight, had 30 min cardio work done when a spinning class was about to start. I asked if I could join, no problem says the instructor.

    So here I am, having completed a 100km sportive on Sunday.....in the rain......hard as nails I am......I'll show these guys how it's done.

    Sweet baby Jebus I left that room a broken man :eek: Big beetroot head and one large puddle of sweat later I collapsed off the bike.:D

    BTW Cycling shoes really work. My feet were killing me after wearing my trainers with flat pedals with straps for just 40 min. It's a good workout, the motivation really helped to push me on. Anyone else any experiences with spinning classes?
    Nope, but I'm led to believe they're all like this:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx9SIyFMfcY


  • #9105
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    Do I need the little rubber grommit thingy to cover the top of the allen bolt on my headset ? Mine is gone now and bugging the crap out of me. Although if I never had one I wouldn't miss it.


  • #9106
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,451 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    I think that's just to prevent it getting full of crud.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #9107
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    That's what I was thinking, it's not really a big problem is it, rain and crap getting into the headset ? One bike I have came with the cap, the other didn't, but I'm a completist and hate having little things like that missing.


  • #9108
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,451 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    If it's just the little rubber gromit that fits in the hole in the allen bolt head then there's nothing to worry about. Your local bike shop might have one to spare.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #9109
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    Yeah, mine ! Don't have time to get back until next week when I'm sure it will be long gone by then, I doubt they would have found it if I noticed it missing when collecting it.


  • #9110
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,371 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Rovi wrote: »
    Nope, but I'm led to believe they're all like this:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx9SIyFMfcY

    Reminds me of the boards spins on I used to see on a saturday morning :eek:


  • #9111
    insinkerator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭insinkerator


    Borrowed racing through the dark by David Millar from a friend last night. Has anyone read it?


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  • #9112
    Sr. Assumpta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 411 ✭✭Sr. Assumpta


    insinkerator wrote: »
    Borrowed racing through the dark by David Millar from a friend last night. Has anyone read it?

    Look here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=73677506


  • #9113
    Lemag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,508 ✭✭✭Lemag


    It looks like I've probably got bed bugs - FML!


  • #9114
    Hail 2 Da Thief
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,615 ✭✭✭Hail 2 Da Thief


    Lemag wrote: »
    It looks like I've probably got bed bugs - FML!

    You langers are right filthy bunch! :p

    I have a friend who was eaten alive by bedbugs when we once stayed in a hostel. Not very pleasant at all!


  • #9115
    Lemag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,508 ✭✭✭Lemag


    Hail 2 Da Thief wrote: »
    You langers are right filthy bunch! :p

    I have a friend who was eaten alive by bedbugs when we once stayed in a hostel. Not very pleasant at all!
    This infestation is a little more subtle. At first I was wondering if I was imagining it. Every time I felt something and looked I couldn't see anything. I found the corpse of one of the little feckers when I took off the bed clothes though.


  • #9116
    Holyboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 869 ✭✭✭Holyboy


    Lemag wrote: »
    This infestation is a little more subtle. At first I was wondering if I was imagining it. Every time I felt something and looked I couldn't see anything. I found the corpse of one of the little feckers when I took off the bed clothes though.

    Oh dear! Bloody nightmare to get rid of,theyre not just in your bed,theyll be in the carpet,cloths,cracks in walls,EVERYWHERE! Youll never be safe again! ;)


  • #9117
    Captain Havoc
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 11,393 Mod ✭✭✭✭Captain Havoc


    I've experience in this department, two hotels I worked in had the problem. Fumigation is the only way, in hotels they spread very quickly and can knock out many rooms in days, act swiftly or they'll be all over your house.

    https://ormondelanguagetours.com

    Walking Tours of Kilkenny in English, French or German.



  • #9118
    Lemag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,508 ✭✭✭Lemag


    Holyboy wrote: »
    Oh dear! Bloody nightmare to get rid of,theyre not just in your bed,theyll be in the carpet,cloths,cracks in walls,EVERYWHERE! Youll never be safe again! ;)
    Throwing about €400 at it will hopefully do the trick. There go my Chinese carbon clinchers..


  • #9119
    Lemag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,508 ✭✭✭Lemag


    Captain Havoc wrote: »
    I've experience in this department, two hotels I worked in had the problem. Fumigation is the only way, in hotels they spread very quickly and can knock out many rooms in days, act swiftly or they'll be all over your house.
    I've to wait until the flatmate gets home from her hols. Don't have access to her room. Should be a nice surprise for her :o


  • #9120
    insinkerator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭insinkerator


    €400? ouch. I'd nearly live with them. <.<


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  • #9121
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Lemag wrote: »
    It looks like I've probably got bed bugs - FML!

    It's serious business that. They're becoming a real problem in Ireland again and nobody's talking about it. Good friend of mine has had serious trouble with them over the last while.


  • #9122
    Hail 2 Da Thief
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,615 ✭✭✭Hail 2 Da Thief


    Khannie wrote: »
    They're becoming a real problem in Ireland again.

    I heard it's due to recently banned chemicals being removed from cleaning products.


  • #9123
    petethedrummer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,604 ✭✭✭petethedrummer


    Introduce some natural predators
    Natural enemies of bed bugs include the masked hunter (also known as "masked bed bug hunter"),[54] cockroaches,[55] ants, spiders (particularly Thanatus flavidus), mites and centipedes. The Pharaoh ant's (Monomorium pharaonis) venom is lethal to bed bugs. Biological pest control is not very practical for eliminating bed bugs from human dwellings.[11]

    Fool proof.


  • #9124
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    Bed bugs?

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  • #9125
    Vélo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,920 ✭✭✭Vélo


    I must say my road bike is looking particularily well. I just got the Brooks saddle and bar tape put on it today.

    All I need now is the leather saddle bag and I'm all sorted.


  • #9126
    TheTubes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭TheTubes


    Vélo wrote: »
    I must say my road bike is looking particularily well. I just got the Brooks saddle and bar tape put on it today.

    All I need now is the leather saddle bag and I'm all sorted.

    pics?


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  • #9127
    Vélo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,920 ✭✭✭Vélo


    TheTubes wrote: »
    pics?


    I'll try sort them out later.


  • #9128
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,371 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Vélo wrote: »
    I must say my road bike is looking particularily well. I just got the Brooks saddle and bar tape put on it today.

    All I need now is the leather saddle bag and I'm all sorted.

    No no, Carradice is the only way to go for the saddle bag, size dependent on distance planned.


  • #9129
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Vélo wrote: »
    I'll try sort them out later.

    /rubs thighs in anticipation of bike porn


  • #9130
    Vélo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,920 ✭✭✭Vélo


    CramCycle wrote: »
    No no, Carradice is the only way to go for the saddle bag, size dependent on distance planned.

    The saddle bag I'm looking at is something like this

    I use the tourer for the bigger stuff.


  • #9131
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,451 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    Just found out I'm going to the rugby match courtesy of O2.
    homer-woohoo.png

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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  • #9132
    Vélo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,920 ✭✭✭Vélo


    Vélo wrote: »
    I'll try sort them out later.

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    For some reason I can't copy and paste the photo, so you'll have to open each link.


  • #9133
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Anyone have a bike carrier for a saloon car / ancient audi A4 (like this one) that I could borrow for a week? We're heading down to Wicklow for a week and I'd like to do a few family cycles / fuel my addiction. :)


  • #9134
    furiousox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,046 ✭✭✭furiousox


    Was up in Belfast with work and managed to take a detour to Slane Cycles.
    Man that place is tiny!
    (Bit of an Aladdins Cave though)

    CPL 593H



  • #9135
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 16,720 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Khannie wrote: »
    Anyone have a bike carrier for a saloon car / ancient audi A4 (like this one) that I could borrow for a week? We're heading down to Wicklow for a week and I'd like to do a few family cycles / fuel my addiction. :)

    Where are you based and when do you need it? I've this if you want to borrow it, assuming it's soon and not anytime in September!

    Am based normally around Terenure/Rathfarnham.


  • #9136
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    That looks perfect. I'd be looking for it this weekend if that suits? I'm based in skerries but the lad who sits beside me in work is out your way. I could probably arrange something with him. On the phone now but I'll drop you a PM in the morning. Thanks a lot!


  • #9137
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 16,720 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Yeah this weekend is fine, no problem at all. It's unopened since I got it, so I don't know if there's much involved in putting it together, but I'm sure you'll be able to tell me that when you're finished with it!


  • #9138
    insinkerator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭insinkerator


    Lemag, did I see somewhere that you have a Canyon? For as long as I have been looking, I have yet to see another one in Cork.

    Which one do you have?


  • #9139
    TheTubes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭TheTubes


    insinkerator wrote: »
    Lemag, did I see somewhere that you have a Canyon? For as long as I have been looking, I have yet to see another one in Cork.

    Which one do you have?

    I'm living in Carrigaline as well and haven't seen yours yet ;)
    Will be keeping an extra eye out, which one do you have?


  • #9140
    insinkerator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭insinkerator


    ^Yours wasn't in Rothar recently getting an ultegra FD (i think) fitted?

    Wasn't there myself, but a buddy of mine said he saw it. If it was yours, he was saying that you were getting a 105, but Canyon sent you the Ultegra or somthing and now my buddy is getting the 105 instead. Or something like that.

    I always keep an eye out for one, as they are recommended an awful lot on here, but I have yet to see one out and about. I have the Roadlite 7.0

    Do you go out with the Carrigdhoun Club at all?


  • #9141
    TheTubes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭TheTubes


    ^ I don't have a Canyon, sorry for the confusion!


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  • #9142
    insinkerator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭insinkerator


    Haha.. Well im usually sporting an FDJ jersey when I'm out. If that helps you spot me :P


  • #9143
    Lemag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,508 ✭✭✭Lemag


    insinkerator wrote: »
    Lemag, did I see somewhere that you have a Canyon? For as long as I have been looking, I have yet to see another one in Cork.

    Which one do you have?
    I've seen a couple of Canyons in Cork. Mine is a built up Ultimate CF Evo 2010 Black frameset (with orange inside the fork and chainstays) with SRAM/FSA components and black Ksyrium SL wheels. I'll be out on it later today if I aint fighting bugs (see earlier post). The new baby (Cannondale CAAD 9) is on it's way so I'll be dividing up my road time between the two after it has arrived.


  • #9144
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,494 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    4 day sportif, run off before the pro race you have to finish in front of a broom wagon to get a time (otherwise get overtaken by a pro race)
    heres this years
    http://www.tourdelain.com/le-tour-de-lain-cyclosportif/parcours/160

    My weather

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



  • #9145
    insinkerator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭insinkerator


    Lemag wrote: »
    I've seen a couple of Canyons in Cork. Mine is a built up Ultimate CF Evo 2010 Black frameset (with orange inside the fork and chainstays) with SRAM/FSA components and black Ksyrium SL wheels. I'll be out on it later today if I aint fighting bugs (see earlier post). The new baby (Cannondale CAAD 9) is on it's way so I'll be dividing up my road time between the two after it has arrived.


    homerdrool21.JPG


    /jealous


  • #9146
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,494 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    keo_blade_aero_p1_2.png

    My weather

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



  • #9147
    Captain Havoc
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 11,393 Mod ✭✭✭✭Captain Havoc


    Monitor + TV hooked to PC = awesomeness :)

    https://ormondelanguagetours.com

    Walking Tours of Kilkenny in English, French or German.



  • #9148
    Crow92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,017 ✭✭✭Crow92


    Is there any websites with a hierarchy list of FSA cranks?

    And any websites with hierarchy of wheels too?

    Or am I just going to look and read reviews and make up my own mind on things?


  • #9149
    manwithaplan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,200 ✭✭✭manwithaplan


    I was looking at the thread about the guy who got hit by a milk float in London. It got me thinking about the time I fell off the back of a milk lorry (a lorry - not a float!) when scutting as a young lad. We lived near the Grand Canal at Harolds Cross Bridge and used to hop on the back of trucks all the time for a laugh (very bad idea, don't try this at home etc.).

    It just occurred to me that you never see anyone scutting these days. Why not? Trucks no longer on the streets? Road safety message getting through? Better enforcement? Kids just have better things to do?


  • #9150
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,451 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    Some kids attempted to scut on the back of my taxi during the snow.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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  • #9151
    petethedrummer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,604 ✭✭✭petethedrummer


    manwithaplan wrote: »
    It just occurred to me that you never see anyone scutting these days. Why not? Trucks no longer on the streets? Road safety message getting through? Better enforcement? Kids just have better things to do?
    It's political correctness gone mad.


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