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Dr Ferrari's Camper Van (off-topic discussion)

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    #5762
    manafana
    Registered Users Posts: 3,484 ✭✭✭manafana


    colm_gti wrote: »
    SRAM, no longer catering for people with freakishly small hands....

    for price of SRAM surely a range of sizes are justified to customers


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    #5763
    doozerie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭doozerie


    Saw a woman today driving a soft-top sports car. The car's roof was down to accommodate the large Christmas tree in the passenger seat. No sign of a seatbelt on the tree, shockingly, the RSA will hear of this.


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    #5764
    buffalo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,059 ✭✭✭buffalo


    Anyone any tips for finding a slow puncture? Tried for a while by listening and feel last night, couldn't find it anywhere, so took a chance and replaced the tube. Tyre looked soft again this morning, though now I'm trying to remember how much I inflated it... next stop: the bath!


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    #5765
    Lumen
    Registered Users Posts: 31,025 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    doozerie wrote: »
    Saw a woman today driving a soft-top sports car. The car's roof was down to accommodate the large Christmas tree in the passenger seat. No sign of a seatbelt on the tree, shockingly, the RSA will hear of this.

    I dragged my Christmas tree off the back of my bike with a bungee cord. Like a boss.

    Fortunately there are off-road cycle tracks between my house and the nearest tip, not sure it would have been a great idea on the road.


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    #5766
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    buffalo wrote: »
    Anyone any tips for finding a slow puncture? Tried for a while by listening and feel last night, couldn't find it anywhere, so took a chance and replaced the tube. Tyre looked soft again this morning, though now I'm trying to remember how much I inflated it... next stop: the bath!
    By feel, try run the tube past your lips or your eyes. Far more sensitive to tiny air currents than your calloused hands. You do look a bit silly, but it's worked a few times for me.


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    #5767
    cdaly_
    Registered Users Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭cdaly_


    seamus wrote: »
    By feel, try run the tube past your lips or your eyes. Far more sensitive to tiny air currents than your calloused hands. You do look a bit silly, but it's worked a few times for me.

    Also the sink. With a really slow puncture you might see only one bubble per second or so.


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    #5768
    buffalo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,059 ✭✭✭buffalo


    cdaly_ wrote: »
    Also the sink. With a really slow puncture you might see only one bubble per second or so.

    Yeah, I'll break out the basin I reckon. Just a pain in the hoop.


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    #5769
    Paul Kiernan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,161 ✭✭✭Paul Kiernan


    doozerie wrote: »
    Saw a woman today driving a soft-top sports car. The car's roof was down to accommodate the large Christmas tree in the passenger seat. No sign of a seatbelt on the tree, shockingly, the RSA will hear of this.

    My sister was driving to work many years ago in her mini (car, not skirt) when a Christmas tree fell off a lorry, came through her windscreen and ended up in the passenger seat. My dad was delighted not to have to fork out for a Christmas tree that year.


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    #5770
    Darkglasses
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,526 Mod ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    My commuter's back wheel fairly suddenly started sounding like an old wheelbarrow yesterday, took it off for a good look today and I'm fairly sure the noise is coming from the axle or bearings...anybody have any suggestions?


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    #5771
    Hungrycol
    Registered Users Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭Hungrycol


    Darkglasses wrote: »
    My commuter's back wheel fairly suddenly started sounding like an old wheelbarrow yesterday, took it off for a good look today and I'm fairly sure the noise is coming from the axle or bearings...anybody have any suggestions?

    Time for a new bike. :D


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    #5772
    AIR-AUSSIE
    Registered Users Posts: 1,596 ✭✭✭AIR-AUSSIE


    New Garmin Edges

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyD-em6jp_0


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    #5773
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Bit the bullet, signed up for a club licence.

    If the thought of pissing €60 down the drain doesn't inspire to take part in at least two races, nothing will.


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    #5774
    colm_gti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭colm_gti


    seamus wrote: »
    Bit the bullet, signed up for a club licence.

    If the thought of pissing €60 down the drain doesn't inspire to take part in at least two races, nothing will.

    On a similar note, just got approved for the A3 upgrade....better start training properly ;)


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    #5775
    lennymc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    colm_gti wrote: »
    On a similar note, just got approved for the A3 upgrade....better start training properly ;)

    ill miss you.


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    #5776
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    seamus wrote: »
    Bit the bullet, signed up for a club licence.

    If the thought of pissing €60 down the drain doesn't inspire to take part in at least two races, nothing will.


    Don't forget about the league administration fee too!


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    #5777
    Ryath
    Registered Users Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭Ryath


    seamus wrote: »
    Bit the bullet, signed up for a club licence.

    If the thought of pissing €60 down the drain doesn't inspire to take part in at least two races, nothing will.

    You could pay €125 for a Full Comp licence I hoping that inspires me. Club races I will make most are less than 20k away and I often cycle to so I'm only gone for 2-3 hours. Open races are more effort to get to and usually require an hours drive and I'm gone for half the day.


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    #5778
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    Ryath wrote: »

    You could pay €125 for a Full Comp licence I hoping that inspires me. Club races I will make most are less than 20k away and I often cycle to so I'm only gone for 2-3 hours. Open races are more effort to get to and usually require an hours drive and I'm gone for half the day.

    Cycle faster so. :P


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    #5779
    Ryath
    Registered Users Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭Ryath


    Lusk Doyle wrote: »
    Cycle faster so. :P

    That's the plan:D


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    #5780
    daragh_
    Registered Users Posts: 3,122 ✭✭✭daragh_


    colm_gti wrote: »
    On a similar note, just got approved for the A3 upgrade....better start training properly ;)

    One down. :D


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    #5781
    Plastik
    Registered Users Posts: 2,967 ✭✭✭Plastik


    Great news Colm! I'll have someone to talk to down the back :)


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    #5782
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Now that we've got the racing talk going, what the hell are Semi-Limit, Limit, Semi-Scratch and Scratch and how do they affect the way the races are run?

    I understand that they're some kind of skill groupings but are they categories like A1, A2, etc, or are they handicaps like in golf?


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    #5783
    daragh_
    Registered Users Posts: 3,122 ✭✭✭daragh_


    seamus wrote: »
    Now that we've got the racing talk going, what the hell are Semi-Limit, Limit, Semi-Scratch and Scratch and how do they affect the way the races are run?

    Here ya go.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=70691075


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    #5784
    colm_gti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭colm_gti


    Either my winter training is going far better than expected, or SRAM singlespeed chains are sh1te....

    I snapped a link taking off from a set of lights at the bottom of Camden St. while taking part in a spot of commuter racing this evening, the link was ruined and to make matters worse my front light popped off with the jerk when chain snapped. I hopped off the bike and went to get it, and just as I got to it some whooer ran over it and it became a bazillion pieces :( Luckily I was a 2 second walk from a bike shop, so got it fixed there and then (must remember to keep spare links from SS chain with me in future!). Cycling down the N2 in the pitch dark was interesting....

    ....and worst of all, I was winning the commuter race when it happened :o

    Any recommendations for a good singlespeed chain?

    PS. The above chain was only 2 months/1100km old!


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    #5785
    G rock
    Registered Users Posts: 926 ✭✭✭G rock


    kmc do good 'uns. Have had no problems with mine, and ran one in particular for ages


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    #5786
    colm_gti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭colm_gti


    G rock wrote: »
    kmc do good 'uns. Have had no problems with mine, and ran one in particular for ages

    Do you know which model it was by any chance?


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    #5787
    G rock
    Registered Users Posts: 926 ✭✭✭G rock


    colm_gti wrote: »

    Do you know which model it was by any chance?

    http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/CHKMZ510N/kmc_z510_gold_single_speed_chain

    Yep, it's gold....but only four quid!


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    #5788
    High Rouleur
    Registered Users Posts: 43 ✭High Rouleur


    In relation to query on slow puncture Try strong mix of washing up liquid and water on a j cloth or similar. Run this around the tyre/tube. Bubbles should quickly appear at the leak (even with slow puncture)


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    #5789
    doozerie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭doozerie


    Lumen wrote: »
    I dragged my Christmas tree off the back of my bike with a bungee cord.

    Did you sing the lumberjack song? I hope you sang the lumberjack song.


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    #5790
    doozerie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭doozerie


    Darkglasses wrote: »
    My commuter's back wheel fairly suddenly started sounding like an old wheelbarrow yesterday, took it off for a good look today and I'm fairly sure the noise is coming from the axle or bearings...anybody have any suggestions?

    Best way to check the state of the hub bearings is to remove the wheel from the frame, hold the wheel, and turn the axle by hand. You should feel any roughness which would indicate that the bearings need maintenance or replacement. While the wheel is mounted in the frame it is almost impossible to detect roughness in the bearings.


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    #5791
    doozerie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭doozerie


    colm_gti wrote: »
    Any recommendations for a good singlespeed chain?

    I've found Wipperman Connext 808 (8 speed) chains to work well on my singlespeed. I'm never likely to snap a chain but I believe these have a reputation for being durable and they seem to resist rust well (so far).

    I've read of SRAM chains snapping before but there are so many possible causes for a chain snapping that it's impossible to know whether that is really a fair reflection of (some) SRAM chains in general. Might be worth checking your chainline for any misalignment there that could be contributing to the problem.


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