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

Qualitymark · 31-01-2016 11:09AM

Club run leaves Donnybrook

Hm. Putting an img tag around photos no longer works. Is there a new system?

tomasrojo · 31-01-2016 12:03PM

If you right click the link you see after attaching an image, you can choose select "copy link location" or something like that. Then back where you edit the text click on the "insert image" button and paste the link.

There probably is an easier way.

Qualitymark · 31-01-2016 12:20PM

tomasrojo wrote: »

If you right click the link you see after attaching an image, you can choose select "copy link location" or something like that. Then back where you edit the text click on the "insert image" button and paste the link.

There probably is an easier way.

No, that just puts the IMG and /IMG tags around it. Same difference.

Here's another one; RIC man on his elderly bike. This is a jpeg rather than a .png - the other one was a screen shot of a photo from the same source.

Mm. That one's not uploading at all. I upload it, spinning ball appears, finally disappears, I click 'save' and the posting is saved, but no jpeg.

tomasrojo · 31-01-2016 12:28PM

Yeah, the upload function seems to be acting up.

Qualitymark · 31-01-2016 12:29PM

tomasrojo wrote: »

Yeah, the upload function seems to be acting up.

And when I click on the image above (the 1913 club run from Donnybrook), I get an error: 500 Internal Service Error.

Qualitymark · 31-01-2016 12:34PM

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

This is the safest route that I've managed to come up with. The other routes involve the left turn saps, or lights that are in the middle of a straight northbound on Ballymun Road on which he was almost killed (I'm not exaggerating, car broke red light at about 50km/h just as he was about to walk around all the cars which had actually stopped for the red). I notice that they've put extra lights in for the ped lights over to DCU. That may be our only option left, but we miss out on a nice walk through the park then. May be our last resort.

D'you know what I've found very effective in keeping away homicidal drivers? Those lollipop yokes that stick out at a 90 degree angle from your bike, with a reflector on them. Drivers avoid them, seemingly fearful of scraping their cars.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00PWNH4W2?keywords=lollipop%20bicycle&qid=1454240022&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

They look a bit stupid, but they work better than most things.

bazermc · 31-01-2016 04:19PM

Are GP 4000s ll any good for all year training, so wet roads. Exactly the crappy weather we have had the last few months.

The tyres that came with the bike (specialised) are in need of replacement.

Cheers.

Lumen · 31-01-2016 05:34PM

bazermc wrote: »

Are GP 4000s ll any good for all year training, so wet roads. Exactly the crappy weather we have had the last few months.

Yes. I use them year round.

CramCycle · 31-01-2016 05:50PM

Lumen wrote: »

Yes. I use them year round.

Same here

bazermc · 31-01-2016 07:51PM

CramCycle wrote: »

Same here

Sound. I'll give them a lash so.

Qualitymark · 31-01-2016 11:14PM

Whereas in 1903 Irish cyclists apparently wrapped a piece of string around and around the tyre and through the spokes as anti-slip protection. Hardy men. And women.

Wishbone Ash · 31-01-2016 11:32PM

Qualitymark wrote: »

Whereas in 1903 Irish cyclists apparently wrapped a piece of string around and around the tyre and through the spokes as anti-slip protection. Hardy men. And women.

That wouldn't allow the brakes to work!

Alek · 01-02-2016 12:33AM

That wouldn't allow the brakes to work!

In 1903 they were all riding fixies :P

... with drum / coaster brakes I presume.

RobFowl · 01-02-2016 01:07AM

Not a happy camper

rollingscone · 01-02-2016 08:26AM

RobFowl wrote: »

Not a happy camper

Tell us Rob.

What made you so unhappy in 1903?

RobFowl · 01-02-2016 08:47AM

rollingscone wrote: »

Tell us Rob.

What made you so unhappy in 1903?

Just not a happy camper

traprunner · 01-02-2016 09:42AM

Some wind out there.

RobertFoster · 01-02-2016 10:11AM

RobFowl wrote: »

Just not a happy camper

Just think, this thread has been open for 5 months (153 days). At the current rate of ~14 posts per day, it's set to close around August 14, 2017 (560 days time). We've passed the 20% mark!

Alek · 01-02-2016 10:17AM

I am not a happy camper. Third chest infection in 2 months, off the bike for the next 2 weeks this time... :mad::(:mad::(

(and I can't help eating like I was still burning 1000kcal a day extra....:eek:)

Qualitymark · 01-02-2016 10:19AM

Alek wrote: »

In 1903 they were all riding fixies :P

... with drum / coaster brakes I presume.

No brakes; you stood on the pedals to stop.

The second photo I was going to upload - an RIC man on his Ordinary - had an interesting thing: he was holding the handlebars with his palms facing upwards, rather than knuckle-upwards. Was/is that the normal method?

Alek · 01-02-2016 10:35AM

No brakes; you stood on the pedals to stop.

Fixed gear bikes (fixies) then. Bloody proto-hipsters.

Alek · 01-02-2016 10:35AM

No brakes; you stood on the pedals to stop.

Fixed gear bikes (fixies) then. Bloody proto-hipsters.

Qualitymark · 01-02-2016 10:51AM

Alek wrote: »

I am not a happy camper. Third chest infection in 2 months, off the bike for the next 2 weeks this time... :mad::(:mad::(

(and I can't help eating like I was still burning 1000kcal a day extra....:eek:)

Time to emigrate to France, or Spain, or… anywhere with a warm dry climate.

RobFowl · 01-02-2016 11:05AM

Qualitymark wrote: »

Time to emigrate to France, or Spain, or… anywhere with a warm dry climate.

Could we just relocate en masses to maybe the south of Spain?
Or else Catalonia wants independence, we could do a straight swap? (leave our politicians behind though)

Alek · 01-02-2016 11:09AM

I don't really believe in the climate thing, as I'm usually 100% fine for the rest of the year here, and I'm out in the elements daily... As a matter of fact I used to suffer heavy asthma in my youth, which did not return when I moved to Ireland over 15 years ago... until the kids appeared. Little plague bearers*...

* (C) rollingscone

ThisRegard · 01-02-2016 11:17AM

Alek wrote: »

Little plague bearers*...

* (C) rollingscone

And then some. Since mine came along, end of November/start of December I absorb whatever diseases they bring home from school and pre-school.

In fact my two only went back to school this morning after being home sick with me minding them for a week and a half with a virus. At the moment both are probably getting the shakes from Calpol and Neurofen withdrawal.

Whereas I'm in a very much celebratory mood with normality returning to my life again.

tomasrojo · 01-02-2016 12:03PM

Yeah, my two were out for most of last week. The classrooms were over half-empty at one stage.

The braking mechanisms in the early twentieth century: was something like this not the standard brake?

Or was that not until the thirties or so?

(Sorry for biggish image. Can't upload images, so had to hotlink that.)

rollingscone · 01-02-2016 12:28PM

Alek wrote: »

I don't really believe in the climate thing, as I'm usually 100% fine for the rest of the year here, and I'm out in the elements daily... As a matter of fact I used to suffer heavy asthma in my youth, which did not return when I moved to Ireland over 15 years ago... until the kids appeared. Little plague bearers*...

* (C) rollingscone

Mrs Rollingscone tried to blame my moderate-severe pneumonia (tm) on cycling* but thankfully the consultant at the Mater was quite adamant that it was viral and probably acquired on a wimp list day.

*In her defence it was a pretty scary experience where they thought it was something much worse and rushed me into isolation: Being able to blame it on something as controllable as choosing when to cycle probably had a lot of appeal.

eeeee · 01-02-2016 12:46PM

Alek wrote: »

I am not a happy camper. Third chest infection in 2 months, off the bike for the next 2 weeks this time... :mad::(:mad::(

(and I can't help eating like I was still burning 1000kcal a day extra....:eek:)

Can I join you in the unhappy camper? Got a kidney infection just before Christmas. It's still here :mad:

I've decided that being on the bike is better, fitness makes everything work better!

Alek · 01-02-2016 12:55PM

Got a kidney infection just before Christmas. It's still here

Ouch.

I've decided that being on the bike is better, fitness makes everything work better!

That was my decision with the first infection - feck it, I am going to ride through it! Needless to say I failed and most likely contributed to the second one that followed. Not taking my chances this time, hello Dublin Bus.

Can I join you in the unhappy camper?

As much as I symphatise with a fellow hurting person, if you can cycle, please stay away from my depression cave.

:pac:

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