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

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  • #3062
    brocbrocach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 890 ✭✭✭brocbrocach


    removed due to circularity of argument


  • #3063
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Jep Gambardella wrote: »
    I have "the rules" embroidered in gold stitching across the arse of my shorts.

    I thought that was just a skidmark ...


  • #3064
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    RobFowl wrote: »
    I thought that was just a skidmark ...

    Everything he sh1ts turns to gold.


  • #3065
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,016 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    Everything he sh1ts turns to gold.
    That explains the polar views on what comes out of his mouth :eek:


  • #3066
    Zyzz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭Zyzz




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  • #3067
    buffalo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,167 ✭✭✭buffalo


    Who said Australia wasn't cycle-friendly?

    https://goo.gl/maps/n2bEHsztvbr


  • #3068
    lennymc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,387 ✭✭✭lennymc


    At the ci nutrition seminar presented in association with ndc. Wonder if they will recommend drinking milk :)


  • #3069
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,651 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    anyone know how strava calculates calories burned? two near identical cycles - same route, one done at 26kph, one done at 25.7kph average, the faster one was calculated at 378 calories and the slower one at 458. do they just pluck a figure out of the air?


  • #3070
    lennymc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,387 ✭✭✭lennymc


    lennymc wrote: »
    At the ci nutrition seminar presented in association with ndc. Wonder if they will recommend drinking milk :)

    Turned out to be quite informative! Fair play to ci and ndc.


  • #3071
    bp_me
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,648 ✭✭✭bp_me


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    anyone know how strava calculates calories burned? two near identical cycles - same route, one done at 26kph, one done at 25.7kph average, the faster one was calculated at 378 calories and the slower one at 458. do they just pluck a figure out of the air?

    Not really.. but yes :D

    There are some maths related to avg speed and body weight but it's not the most reliable number in my experience.


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  • #3072
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,651 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i reckoned it was never going to be accurate, but i had assumed they'd be consistent in their inaccuracy.


  • #3073
    manafana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,488 ✭✭✭manafana


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    i reckoned it was never going to be accurate, but i had assumed they'd be consistent in their inaccuracy.

    dont HR and celcius play a part in it, but yeah its far from exact science


  • #3074
    bp_me
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,648 ✭✭✭bp_me


    manafana wrote: »
    dont HR and celcius play a part in it, but yeah its far from exact science

    The weight of the bike has a very heavy weighting in the strava calculation


  • #3075
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,651 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    manafana wrote: »
    dont HR and celcius play a part in it, but yeah its far from exact science
    I don't have a heart rate monitor. All Strava has is the GPS data and my weight. Didn't know they took in weather info.


  • #3076
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Oh now that's interesting:

    http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/05/bikes-and-tech/team-usas-not-secret-weapon-left-side-drive-felt-tafrd_406510#5sSXzFmzRRbJm9Yg.01


  • #3077
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,916 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    gadetra wrote: »
    Oh now that's interesting:

    http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/05/bikes-and-tech/team-usas-not-secret-weapon-left-side-drive-felt-tafrd_406510#5sSXzFmzRRbJm9Yg.01

    Left-hand drive? Motors? Someone will win a major bicycle race on a Suzuki in the next few years.


  • #3078
    Harrybelafonte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    gadetra wrote: »
    Oh now that's interesting:

    http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/05/bikes-and-tech/team-usas-not-secret-weapon-left-side-drive-felt-tafrd_406510#5sSXzFmzRRbJm9Yg.01

    Pffft! Slack chain!


  • #3079
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    I think it's great! I haven't heard of this much research and innovation going into a high performance bike for women specifically.

    It also looks class (slack chain notwithstanding!). Like a knife.
    I'd totally ride it!

    Why are bikes right hand drive in the first place as a matter of interest?


  • #3080
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,916 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    I asked about the right-hand drive thing before. Think it's because of standard of screwing things on righty-tighty (old screw-on freewheel would come off if on left, for example, unless non-standard thread used to make it lefty-tighty). Motorbikes are the opposite because clutch requires the space on the right. Or something. I don't know how motorbikes work. I will soon though, because bicycles are turning into motorbikes, as I said.


  • #3081
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,458 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    gadetra wrote: »
    Oh now that's interesting:

    http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/05/bikes-and-tech/team-usas-not-secret-weapon-left-side-drive-felt-tafrd_406510#5sSXzFmzRRbJm9Yg.01

    That will completely turn around the "Images of Beauty" thread;)

    Wonder if others will follow suit post Rio. Justifies me holding off an upgrade anyway


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  • #3082
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,094 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    anyone know how strava calculates calories burned? two near identical cycles - same route, one done at 26kph, one done at 25.7kph average, the faster one was calculated at 378 calories and the slower one at 458. do they just pluck a figure out of the air?
    Garmin Connect often gives twice the calories burned as Strava on the same activity! :rolleyes:


  • #3083
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,651 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    one reason i half trusted strava was that if you go to any online calculator and put in say, one hour of cycling at 25kph, it would tell you you'd burned double the calories strava would calculate for it. and i just found the lower figure more believable; but it was interesting how consistent it was, that the strava estimate is typically half found anywhere else.


  • #3084
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,458 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Weepsie wrote: »
    I've just had this new awful boards hoisted upon me. It's brutal
    Do you have a "legacy site" option? If so I would suggest clicking on it to bring you back to where you were


  • #3085
    Harrybelafonte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    Weepsie wrote: »
    I've just had this new awful boards hoisted upon me. It's brutal

    Are you a flagpole? Or does your phone have dodgy spellcheck?


  • #3086
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,094 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    gadetra wrote: »
    ...Why are bikes right hand drive in the first place as a matter of interest?
    tomasrojo wrote: »
    ...old screw-on freewheel would come off if on left...
    Yes, reverse threading wasn't invented until after the bicycle was invented/developed but by then it had become the traditional side for manufacturers.


  • #3087
    Doctor Bob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,141 ✭✭✭Doctor Bob


    Beasty wrote: »
    That will completely turn around the "Images of Beauty" thread;)

    Wonder if others will follow suit post Rio. Justifies me holding off an upgrade anyway

    It's a female-specific bike.

    What sort of 'upgrade' are you considering?


  • #3088
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    I've seen BMXs with the chainring on the left.
    Not sure why.


  • #3089
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,458 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Doctor Bob wrote: »
    It's a female-specific bike.

    What sort of 'upgrade' are you considering?
    That one may be women specific, but if successful the concept of LHD for track bike may catch on. No point in upgrading now if the technology post-Rio changes the way pursuit-specific bikes are designed going forwards


  • #3090
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,458 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Eamonnator wrote: »
    I've seen BMXs with the chainring on the left.
    Not sure why.
    Were you viewing them in a mirror?



    :)


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  • #3091
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    Beasty wrote: »
    Were you viewing them in a mirror?



    :)

    No.
    Apparently, it's for "grinding", whatever that is.

    http://bmxtech.wikia.com/wiki/RHD_%26_LHD


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