La Flamme Rouge off topic discussion

tomasrojo · 31-05-2021 11:52am

Probably should regrease the small wheel after that though

magicbastarder · 31-05-2021 11:58am

i was talking to a cyclist yesterday who nearly got hit in the face by a red kite a few months back, near oldtown. it had been down in the ditch, possibly feasting on some roadkill he reckons, and he obviously startled it on approach and it took off and he came within a metre of it. he said the fright nearly killed him.

Thud · 31-05-2021 12:26pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

i was talking to a cyclist yesterday who nearly got hit in the face by a red kite a few months back, near oldtown. it had been down in the ditch, possibly feasting on some roadkill he reckons, and he obviously startled it on approach and it took off and he came within a metre of it. he said the fright nearly killed him.

Same thing happened me with a hen pheasant on Saturday, scared the crap out of me

eeeee · 31-05-2021 12:29pm

Sunday week ago a small bird flew THROUGH my front wheel, I was tipping along too.
I thought that was it for both of us :pac:

magicbastarder · 31-05-2021 1:05pm

Thud wrote: »

Same thing happened me with a hen pheasant on Saturday, scared the crap out of me

a red kite is a beast of a bird. wingspan of over 5 foot.

LollipopJimmy · 31-05-2021 1:11pm

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Cheeky ask but would anybody in Dublin have a smart trainer I could borrow for a day? For a charity event in work, I've been let down with two that were coming. It's for a fundraising event in my job this Thursday and it's my bike that will be going on to it which means I'll be either on it or next to it the entire time.

It's a fundraiser for AWARE. Obviously it will be minded like a baby and if something was to happen I'd be responsible.

Thanks to the guys that helped here, all returned today and a few bob raised for AWARE.

I've been somewhat back in the saddle this week, where would one get EPO? :pac:

Thud · 31-05-2021 1:50pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

a red kite is a beast of a bird. wingspan of over 5 foot.

I know but a pheasant is pretty big too when it takes off from the verge and flies at you

magicbastarder · 31-05-2021 3:53pm

(not me)

https://twitter.com/bicycletting/status/1399374414630821892

Weepsie · 31-05-2021 4:48pm

Thud wrote: »

Same thing happened me with a hen pheasant on Saturday, scared the crap out of me

Pheasants are idiots. I swear they wait for a bike or car to pass to trundle across the road in their awkward manner.

Maybe they want the chickens' fame

breezy1985 · 31-05-2021 5:01pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

(not me)

https://twitter.com/bicycletting/status/1399374414630821892

This is the woman at the Dart all over again. It will be gas crack and nothing will be done about it until a high profile accident almost gets someone killed

Rogue-Trooper · 31-05-2021 5:08pm

Weepsie wrote: »

Pheasants are idiots.

Can't see that without thinking of this.......

breezy1985 · 31-05-2021 5:13pm

Rogue-Trooper wrote: »

Can't see that without thinking of this.......

That lad would have definitely been a cycling advocate. He was like a dark ages Renko

cletus · 31-05-2021 7:04pm

Weepsie wrote: »

Pheasants are idiots. I swear they wait for a bike or car to pass to trundle across the road in their awkward manner.

Maybe they want the chickens' fame

They're tasty, though. So there is that...

magicbastarder · 31-05-2021 9:18pm

that reminds me, we've two in the freezer, but my wife is veggie now so we'll have to find someone to take them.

Weepsie · 31-05-2021 10:02pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

that reminds me, we've two in the freezer, but my wife is veggie now so we'll have to find someone to take them.

Interesting. I've only had it once, in Canada when I was 14. Shot and eaten the same day.

31-05-2021 10:52pm

Around the same age we were going to a school quiz down the country and we hit a pheasant, mini bus driver stopped, hopped out and put the carcass in the boot

Fighting Tao · 01-06-2021 8:57am

Pheasants are so clumsy and slow when taking flight.

I hit one in the car in 2004. I remember the year because I was just after getting the car. It took flight from a hedge, and it was some wallop. Thankfully it hit the grill of the car and only it had to be replaced. I’d say they could cause some damage to other parts of the car. Unfortunately the pheasant lived and flew off. I was hoping for a nice dinner.

buffalo · 01-06-2021 9:06am

Fighting Tao wrote: »

Pheasants are so clumsy and slow when taking flight.

I hit one in the car in 2004. I remember the year because I was just after getting the car. It took flight from a hedge, and it was some wallop. Thankfully it hit the grill of the car and only it had to be replaced. I’d say they could cause some damage to other parts of the car. Unfortunately the pheasant lived and flew off. I was hoping for a nice dinner.

I've never had grilled pheasant either.

RobertFoster · 01-06-2021 9:10am

Who knew there were so many pheasant pluckers on the cycling forum?

Fighting Tao · 01-06-2021 9:25am

RobertFoster wrote: »

Who knew there were so many pheasant pluckers on the cycling forum?

Ok…I’ll post it. Nothing better to be doing

Say this as fast as you can: “I am not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's son.
I am only plucking pheasants 'till the pheasant plucker comes.”

Peter T · 01-06-2021 9:41am

Fighting Tao wrote: »

Pheasants are so clumsy and slow when taking flight.

I hit one in the car in 2004. I remember the year because I was just after getting the car. It took flight from a hedge, and it was some wallop. Thankfully it hit the grill of the car and only it had to be replaced. I’d say they could cause some damage to other parts of the car. Unfortunately the pheasant lived and flew off. I was hoping for a nice dinner.

My brother got one to the chest on his motorbike years ago. Arrived to a party at his friends covered in blood and poop

buffalo · 01-06-2021 9:53am

Peter T wrote: »

My brother got one to the chest on his motorbike years ago. Arrived to a party at his friends covered in blood and poop

Pheasant breast? Better or worse than the leg?

magicbastarder · 01-06-2021 9:57am

Peter T wrote: »

My brother got one to the chest on his motorbike years ago. Arrived to a party at his friends covered in blood and poop

a guy in work caught a seagull in the face on a motorway on a motorbike about 20 years ago. shattered his visor. he still has no clue how he kept the bike upright.

tomasrojo · 01-06-2021 11:38am

https://twitter.com/PeterMcGuireIE/status/1399129054066917380

LollipopJimmy · 01-06-2021 8:07pm

I swear to jaysis, under severe pressure in work at the moment, all good just a lot of pressure. Got knocked off my motorbike last week, rear ended on red and out cycling today and had the (complete vanity purchase, ****ing tubs) good wheels on and got a flat.

If you hear of a mass murder around the City it was me :pac:

magicbastarder · 01-06-2021 9:27pm

cycling; when you fancy a hobby where 10% extra effort results in 3% extra speed.

CramCycle · 01-06-2021 10:02pm

Left my fancy bike out last night, thankfully didn't get nicked. I usually have a double lock on it in the shed or in the bathroom. Anyway, all grand but I told my partner in passing and I got an absolute b*llicking for leaving it out. I thought it was a bit harsh, as they always complain about it inside. I was then informed that a friend informed them that my bike is worth more than our car and it is not to be locked, let alone left outside anymore, inside every night going forward. Thankfully the friend didn't clarify a specific price or it might be the bike inside and me outside for the night. A win win all round.

magicbastarder · 01-06-2021 10:16pm

'out' is in the back garden?
i've managed that multiple times in the side passage; not visible from the road though, you need to get through/over a sturdy enough gate.

breezy1985 · 01-06-2021 10:36pm

CramCycle wrote: »

Left my fancy bike out last night, thankfully didn't get nicked. I usually have a double lock on it in the shed or in the bathroom. Anyway, all grand but I told my partner in passing and I got an absolute b*llicking for leaving it out. I thought it was a bit harsh, as they always complain about it inside. I was then informed that a friend informed them that my bike is worth more than our car and it is not to be locked, let alone left outside anymore, inside every night going forward. Thankfully the friend didn't clarify a specific price or it might be the bike inside and me outside for the night. A win win all round.

You lock it up in your bathroom ?

Also maybe I have the spelling wrong but why would your partner reward you like that after doing something stupid

Weepsie · 01-06-2021 10:48pm

I have an entire room for the bikes because it's so utterly grim (the house needs work) that my wife doesn't like going into it. Bikes, and the a bemused cat when I go into do something.

01-06-2021 10:55pm

Speaking of cats and wife/partners we spent nearly 10 minutes this evening watching the neighbours cat trying to sun himself in the driveway getting heckled by a pair of magpies who frequent the tree outside our house. One would sit on the wall and the other would hop down near him and squawk at him then they'd switch. We only watched for 10 minutes because the fleabag got fed up of them and headed off under our car

crosstownk · 01-06-2021 11:15pm

Mobbing. Magpies are expert at it. They've most likely chicks close by so are keeping the cat in check. It may even be that the magpies you saw are birds that didn't pair off this year but will actively get involved with their social group and help the nesting pairs that need protecting. Crows (magpies are part of the crow family) are real smart.

eeeee · 01-06-2021 11:25pm

crosstownk wrote: »

Mobbing. Magpies are expert at it. They've most likely chicks close by so are keeping the cat in check. It may even be that the magpies you saw are birds that didn't pair off this year but will actively get involved with their social group and help the nesting pairs that need protecting. Crows (magpies are part of the crow family) are real smart.

I never knew they did that.
Interesting.

magicbastarder · 01-06-2021 11:33pm

There's a folk tale that Irish people hate magpies because they arrived with Cromwell. I can't remember if there's evidence of when they did arrive, but I strongly suspect the dislike is in no small part to their intelligence.

eeeee · 01-06-2021 11:37pm

I unfortunately count myself in their number for their small bird nest robbing/lamb eye eating ways, and, embarrassingly, the whole luck thing which I know is ridiculous. They're beautiful birds, but big numbers are a problem in an area.
I love their intelligence, the corvid intelligence. They're incredibly smart.

Weepsie · 01-06-2021 11:48pm

Our cat sits at the window looking at birds for ages. He's still not out, but I envisage carnage when he is allowed out and I don't really want that.

Unless he can take out some jackdaws it seagulls.

Fighting Tao · 02-06-2021 7:26am

We have lots of nests in our garden, and 3 chicks have suffered due to magpies. I found 2 with the heads ripped off, eyeballs removed, and some of the innards pulled out. Then a heap of feathers yesterday suggest that they got a third and carried it off. Magpies are fantastic birds, but it’s not nice cleaning up after them. I’d prefer if they just ate insects and worms like the other birds in the garden.

Rechuchote · 02-06-2021 8:21am

Deleted User wrote: »

Speaking of cats and wife/partners we spent nearly 10 minutes this evening watching the neighbours cat trying to sun himself in the driveway getting heckled by a pair of magpies who frequent the tree outside our house. One would sit on the wall and the other would hop down near him and squawk at him then they'd switch. We only watched for 10 minutes because the fleabag got fed up of them and headed off under our car

The magpies probably have a chick just fledged, hidden somewhere near where the cat was.

Magpies are blamed for a lot of bird kills, but cats kill far more fledglings. I love cats, but whenever we have a cat living with us it's kept strictly in overnight during nesting season, which gives the birds a fighting chance.

Rechuchote · 02-06-2021 8:44am

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

I swear to jaysis, under severe pressure in work at the moment, all good just a lot of pressure. Got knocked off my motorbike last week, rear ended on red and out cycling today and had the (complete vanity purchase, ****ing tubs) good wheels on and got a flat.

If you hear of a mass murder around the City it was me :pac:

LJ, be especially careful of yourself when this kind of thing starts happening. It's a sign of exhaustion and is dangerous. If you can take a couple of days of rest and quiet it would do no harm.

magicbastarder · 02-06-2021 9:11am

we have at least one fledgling robin in the garden and i don't know how evolution has allowed them to be so noisy and conspicuous. i was doing some gardening the other day and the parents were queuing up for the leatherjackets i was tossing out to them.

daragh_ · 02-06-2021 12:07pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Speaking of cats and wife/partners we spent nearly 10 minutes this evening watching the neighbours cat trying to sun himself in the driveway getting heckled by a pair of magpies who frequent the tree outside our house. One would sit on the wall and the other would hop down near him and squawk at him then they'd switch. We only watched for 10 minutes because the fleabag got fed up of them and headed off under our car

This is happening in my back garden daily. We've two cats and the adventurous one gets an earful from two Magpies anytime she ventures onto the back wall. She attempts to retreat with some dignity but they have her sussed.

They ignore the other cat as he's far too lazy to attempt anything as strenuous as scaling a wall.

LollipopJimmy · 02-06-2021 12:39pm

Rechuchote wrote: »

LJ, be especially careful of yourself when this kind of thing starts happening. It's a sign of exhaustion and is dangerous. If you can take a couple of days of rest and quiet it would do no harm.

Ah I'm grand. My sector has just gone nuts the last few weeks. I get to go motorbike shopping this week so all good

dahat · 02-06-2021 4:51pm

While on Facebook market place earlier I saw a Genesis Equilibrium 725 disc frame set €350 for sale in a medium.

It’s beyond my knowledge but given the popularity of these here I thought it might interest somebody.

crosstownk · 02-06-2021 10:02pm

Crows are astonishingly smart. Check out these crows in Japan. Picture isn't great but Mr. Attenborough narrates.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGPGknpq3e0

If you want to learn more about corvids, search YouTube for John Marzluff. Very informative if you're only even half interested in ornithology.

Lumen · 03-06-2021 8:07am

crosstownk wrote: »

Crows are astonishingly smart. Check out these crows in Japan. Picture isn't great but Mr. Attenborough narrates.

They're also complete bastards.

I'd like to see Attenborough lovingly narrating the segment where they peck the eyes out of living animals then wait for them to die so they can feast on the carrion.

buffalo · 03-06-2021 8:55am

I read the inline quote as referring to 'cows' for some reason, which made this statement a bit bizarre.

Lumen wrote: »

They're also complete bastards.

I'd like to see Attenborough lovingly narrating the segment where they peck the eyes out of living animals then wait for them to die so they can feast on the carrion.

magicbastarder · 03-06-2021 9:00am

nature, red in tooth and claw, innit?

loyatemu · 03-06-2021 9:27am

buffalo wrote: »

I read the inline quote as referring to 'cows' for some reason, which made this statement a bit bizarre.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAxjqAfwfyI

Fighting Tao · 03-06-2021 9:28am

buffalo wrote: »

I read the inline quote as referring to 'cows' for some reason, which made this statement a bit bizarre.

That might be to do with your bovine username.

seamus · 03-06-2021 9:33am

Crows and Magpies make more sense when you keep in mind that they're actually tiny dinosaurs.

I'm reliably informed that chickens are in fact some of the most savage and brutal animals one could come across. Just like the velociraptors in Jurassic Park.

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