La Flamme Rouge off topic discussion

CrowdedHouse · 17-06-2019 11:03am

And it's why I always wear a cap now

Large bottle small glass · 17-06-2019 1:13pm

Christopher Strasser is out for a spin. For last 137hrs, including time stopped, he has been averaging 26km/h.

He has crossed the Rocky mountains in that time to. For perspective the great Joe Barr, M2M return record holder is over 1000km behind

CramCycle · 17-06-2019 2:30pm

He is a full state ahead of his nearest rival, incredible, but can he keep it up

Large bottle small glass · 17-06-2019 2:33pm

CramCycle wrote: »

He is a full state ahead of his nearest rival, incredible, but can he keep it up

2018 1. Place - Race Across America
2017 1. Place - Race Across America
2014 1. Place - Race Across America
2013 1. Place - Race Across America
2012 2. Place - Race Across America
2012 1. Place - DOS-RAS Extreme
2011 1. Place - Race Across America

Eamonnator · 17-06-2019 3:37pm

Large bottle small glass wrote: »

2018 1. Place - Race Across America
2017 1. Place - Race Across America
2014 1. Place - Race Across America
2013 1. Place - Race Across America
2012 2. Place - Race Across America
2012 1. Place - DOS-RAS Extreme
2011 1. Place - Race Across America

That's all well and good, but why didn't he win it in 2015 and 2016.
And I note, he was only 2nd in the 2009 24 hour Le Mans race.
It has to raise doubts about his ability.

daragh_ · 17-06-2019 4:08pm

meh. He's only been on the podium once at the Race Around Ireland.

CramCycle · 17-06-2019 5:12pm

Large bottle small glass wrote: »

2018 1. Place - Race Across America
2017 1. Place - Race Across America
2014 1. Place - Race Across America
2013 1. Place - Race Across America
2012 2. Place - Race Across America
2012 1. Place - DOS-RAS Extreme
2011 1. Place - Race Across America

I don't see a boards hill climb challenge or an Evil 200 in that list, not having a go, just saying :pac:

Brian? · 17-06-2019 5:14pm

Large bottle small glass wrote: »

Christopher Strasser is out for a spin. For last 137hrs, including time stopped, he has been averaging 26km/h.

He has crossed the Rocky mountains in that time to. For perspective the great Joe Barr, M2M return record holder is over 1000km behind

That’s some going. I commuter 126km last week and I was tired. I need to talk to my legs.

keane2097 · 17-06-2019 9:25pm

Can anyone suggest to me a light rain jacket that I can take with my on long cycles where the weather isn't guaranteed to hold up, but that I can fold up small enough to comfortably stow in a jersey pocket?

There seems to be a bewildering array of options available at all sorts of price points and I'm finding it difficult to pick something. Would something like this offer any protection from showers or do I need to spend more?

The stuff that seems to be decently waterproof also seems to be kind of heavy and maybe more suited to winter cycling, are there any decent compromises for Irish summer cycling?

LollipopJimmy · 17-06-2019 9:32pm

I have the jacket linked above and it stows nicely in my jersey pocket

keane2097 · 17-06-2019 9:37pm

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

I have the jacket linked above and it stows nicely in my jersey pocket

Thanks - how do you find it in the rain?

magicbastarder · 17-06-2019 9:42pm

it's usually in his jersey pocket.

(gets coat).

LollipopJimmy · 17-06-2019 9:42pm

keane2097 wrote: »

Thanks - how do you find it in the rain?

It's grand tbh, a bit sweaty but it's fine

tomasrojo · 18-06-2019 9:32am

I have a Montane Featherlight rain smock. It's very light, and folds down into a drawstring bag about the size of an apple. It's pretty waterproof; you can see the rain beading on it in showers. After a while it's does get wet, but I find it keeps you reasonably warm when it does soak through eventually, and it dries quickly for the return journey, if there is one. I use it all year round, but I assume it's a summer thing for most people.

Like most proper rain gear, it lasts well if you wash it in soap flakes, not the usual washing powder. I make my own with a bar of soap and a nutmeg grater, so I feel a bit like Mr. Bean.

Not sure how available it is these days, but I assume there are equivalents. It's pretty much this.

Weepsie · 18-06-2019 9:45am

Sportful Fiandre Light NoRain is my go to one. Probably doesn't squeeze down as small. It gets wet, but you remain dry. It's some sort of wizardry (or the same stuff as the Gabba)

Miklos · 18-06-2019 10:13am

keane2097 wrote: »

Can anyone suggest to me a light rain jacket that I can take with my on long cycles where the weather isn't guaranteed to hold up, but that I can fold up small enough to comfortably stow in a jersey pocket?

The Rapha Core Rain Jacket is my go to. Folds up small enough to fit in a jersey pocket, it's lightweight and properly waterproof with taped seams and all that. The cut is nice too so it's not super flappy like a lot of rain capes. It's a great man altogether.

tomasrojo · 18-06-2019 10:20am

Seems about right on why cyclists enjoy their commutes:

https://twitter.com/RachelAldred/status/1140870143016390656

Luxman · 18-06-2019 11:13am

Best Strava segment name. "To request maintenance of bridge & ramps, please email dbreen AT gsj dot ie & roads@fingalcoco.ie"

keane2097 · 18-06-2019 11:17am

Miklos wrote: »

The Rapha Core Rain Jacket is my go to. Folds up small enough to fit in a jersey pocket, it's lightweight and properly waterproof with taped seams and all that. The cut is nice too so it's not super flappy like a lot of rain capes. It's a great man altogether.

Oooh that one is a ride.

RobertFoster · 18-06-2019 11:29am

Luxman wrote: »

Best Strava segment name. "To request maintenance of bridge & ramps, please email dbreen AT gsj dot ie & roads@fingalcoco.ie"

It works too. I emailed them about some horse manure and broken glass a few years ago and they cleaned the bridge.

Lumen · 18-06-2019 1:57pm

keane2097 wrote: »

Oooh that one is a ride.

In my experience all lightweight rain jackets do much the same job, but the one feature I really miss from my old one is that it folded and zipped into its own pocket.

My current one "packs" (i.e. wraps/folds) up small-ish, but doesn't create that handy little self-contained cushion, so can't really be stored in the same jersey pocket as other stuff or else it pulls out a load of crap and throws it on the road when I retrieve it on the bike.

keane2097 · 18-06-2019 2:20pm

I ended up going for this one:

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/rr-900-ultralight-cycling-rain-jacket-black-id_8369629.html

A few of the others mentioned look the business but were a bit out of my price range. This one seems to get reasonable reviews, looks fairly fetching and most importantly folds in on itself.

Wishbone Ash · 18-06-2019 3:36pm

CramCycle wrote: »

He is a full state ahead of his nearest rival, incredible, but can he keep it up

He's over half way through Ohio now while Balch is just part way into Indiana. His average speed seems to have increased to 28.8km/h (which includes any stopped time). Incredible stuff.

(Doesn't seem to be going well for Barr. Now about 1200kms behind Strasser.)

VW 1 · 18-06-2019 5:12pm

Just read a report in the Guardian where a cyclist knocked a lady over who stepped into the road while looking at her phone. Cyclist was judged not to have acted in a competent manner as it was his duty to anticipate this. Seems crazy in a lot of ways that there isn't an onus on a pedestrian to take the care to look up before stepping into a road.

Chips Lovell · 18-06-2019 5:23pm

There is an onus and that's why she was found 50 percent liable. However, just because someone isn't looking where they're going doesn't give you licence to cycle aggresively, which sounds like what happened here.

Mr Hazeldean had come through a green traffic light, and had sounded a loud airhorn attached to his Specialized roadbike, as well as shouting, swerving and braking in a bid to avoid the pedestrian.

Ms Brushett's lawyers told the judge that she could not remember anything about the crash due to "post traumatic amnesia".

However she relied on the evidence of another cyclist who had witnessed the crash and confronted Mr Hazeldean immediately afterwards.

That witness had made a voice recording at the time, accusing Mr Hazeldean of "aggressive riding" and calling him "arrogant and reckless".

ED E · 18-06-2019 5:25pm

Luxman wrote: »

Best Strava segment name. "To request maintenance of bridge & ramps, please email dbreen AT gsj dot ie & roads@fingalcoco.ie"

https://www.strava.com/segments/12134581
https://www.strava.com/segments/12134499

Great idea that.

CramCycle · 18-06-2019 6:53pm

I went into work early today, left a bit late and picked up my kid from a friends house. He fell asleep on the way home. I don't know what to do, I have reports to write. a house to tidy, but they were not the plan for tonight. I might just go to bed early.

VW 1 · 18-06-2019 7:02pm

Chips Lovell wrote: »

There is an onus and that's why she was found 50 percent liable. However, just because someone isn't looking where they're going doesn't give you licence to cycle aggresively, which sounds like what happened here.

Ah, that makes more sense. The finer details on the cyclist weren't mentioned in the other report, just that he was travelling at 10-15 mph through a green light.

Get In There · 18-06-2019 7:31pm

Luxman wrote: »

Best Strava segment name. "To request maintenance of bridge & ramps, please email dbreen AT gsj dot ie & roads@fingalcoco.ie"

Haha I created that segment! It used to be terrible for horse manure and the odd broken beer bottle but to be fair no issues in a good long while now!

LollipopJimmy · 18-06-2019 10:18pm

So... I think I'm going to be in trouble

Raam · 18-06-2019 10:25pm

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

So... I think I'm going to be in trouble

dahat · 18-06-2019 11:12pm

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

So... I think I'm going to be in trouble

That hurts my eyes....

Are serious?

LollipopJimmy · 18-06-2019 11:14pm

Tape that was on it was ruined, I've a Ring of Kerry Saturday and all I could lay my hands on. Have prologo tape on order

Although, this stuff does feel real nice

dahat · 18-06-2019 11:18pm

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Tape that was on it was ruined, I've a Ring of Kerry Saturday and all I could lay my hands on. Have prologo tape on order

Although, this stuff does feel real nice

The mount though.... Does it really need to be like that?

The tape I'd live with for one weekend.

LollipopJimmy · 18-06-2019 11:25pm

Mount is normally flatter but I'd just had it off when fitting the tape.

18-06-2019 11:36pm

dahat wrote: »

The mount though.... Does it really need to be like that?

The tape I'd live with for one weekend.

No, no excuse for Jimmy not taking a black marker to it . If you need help Jimmy I'll lend you the baby , she's getting good at the old colouring in :pac:

magicbastarder · 18-06-2019 11:58pm

so i'm alone in a 'what's the big deal' reaction?

Peter T · 19-06-2019 7:51am

magicbastarder wrote: »

so i'm alone in a 'what's the big deal' reaction?

Not at all. If it works, it works

Harrybelafonte · 19-06-2019 7:57am

Anyone got any hints on locking bike up on Dollymount strand? Where to lock or whether to even think of it?

cdaly_ · 19-06-2019 9:19am

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Anyone got any hints on locking bike up on Dollymount strand? Where to lock or whether to even think of it?

Dig a hole in the sand (above high tide obviously) and bury it. Nobody will be able to see it to rob then...

cdaly_ · 19-06-2019 9:20am

OTOH, the nearest stands are at St. Anne's Park at the top of the causeway with another set at the inner end of the wooden bridge.

LollipopJimmy · 19-06-2019 9:27am

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Anyone got any hints on locking bike up on Dollymount strand? Where to lock or whether to even think of it?

Drop it into 360 for a service...

I was stopped outside the rolling donut last night after finishing a boxing class so I was in tshirt, shorts and regular trainers and my helmet was still in my bag cos i'd walked from training to the coffee shop, the bike was about 2 metres away from me. Guy walks up, noses around it, looks inside the shop, looks around, walks back out, walks away then walks back and noses again then asks 'how much did ya pay for the bike?'

He was clearly trying to suss if I owned the bike so I answered with 'look, just ask me if it's mine and yes it is so you won't be robbing it today', he just walked away then. You really can't have anything nice in this place

Harrybelafonte · 19-06-2019 9:47am

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

So... I think I'm going to be in trouble

Cinelli Mike Giant tape. It's nice. I have it on handlebars I use if cycling track bike to track (So I can use brakes)

Weepsie · 19-06-2019 12:44pm

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

So... I think I'm going to be in trouble

I've currently go this one on my commuter

Raam · 19-06-2019 10:39pm

dahat wrote: »

The mount though.... Does it really need to be like that?

The tape I'd live with for one weekend.

I didn't even notice the tape.

Puggy · 19-06-2019 11:36pm

Raam wrote: »

I didn't even notice the tape.

It’s the first thing I noticed, it’s beautiful.

Though the mount is, well it’s awful.

CramCycle · 19-06-2019 11:58pm

Why do you need your phone stuck to your handlebars like that, are you planning on watching Netflix on the spin into work like some drivers I see in the morning?

Raam · 20-06-2019 12:00am

CramCycle wrote: »

Why do you need your phone stuck to your handlebars like that, are you planning on watching Netflix on the spin into work like some drivers I see in the morning?

Tis a Garmin. But yeah, that angle!

CramCycle · 20-06-2019 12:27am

Raam wrote: »

Tis a Garmin. But yeah, that angle!

Its a monstrosity, call it anything else and i will call you a liar good sir.

magicbastarder · 20-06-2019 7:59am

that garmin is probably costing you 15W mounted like that.

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