La Flamme Rouge off topic discussion

magicbastarder · 19-04-2020 10:08pm

sure tweet the makers (if they still exist) and ask.

magicbastarder · 19-04-2020 10:09pm

19-04-2020 10:24pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

https://twitter.com/finishlinelube

I dropped them a line there, they might get a kick out of seeing an old product.

Actually have a tub of the stuff I got last month, same brand.

I just really hate throwing stuff out if it's still good and there was some back and forth over it between herself and myself earlier

19-04-2020 11:40pm

What the hell is up with Canyon sizing? I was asked by a family member to look at a bike for them and they ask for height and inside leg measurements and then tell you that you are some kind of freak and their bikes won't fit you

Your body height/inseam length ratio is outside the normal range – check your measurements are accurate and entered properly into the form.
When measuring your inseam, you should pull up the spirit level or book into your crotch with the same amount of pressure as if you were sitting on the saddle.

I recall sizing one for myself a year or so ago with their older more inquisitive sizing tool and calling bs when they wanted to put me on a n xs 48cm frame. I ride a 52 Felt which if I'm honest I'd have been happier on a 54 at 5'7''

magicbastarder · 20-04-2020 8:07am

i'm about the same height and the eddy merckx sizer put me at a XS. i have an S - about a 52 or 53.
i think what it was was that my inside leg measurement is about an inch longer than normal for my height (32") and it panicked.

ednwireland · 20-04-2020 8:19am

Deleted User wrote: »

What the hell is up with Canyon sizing? I was asked by a family member to look at a bike for them and they ask for height and inside leg measurements and then tell you that you are some kind of freak and their bikes

yeh it recommends a small for me. ride a medium in any other brand tried a club mates medium and it fitted great.
didnt buy in the end as they havent had the colour I wanted in stock since january.

https://geometrygeeks.bike/
I used this to compare to my current bike

and bought a cannondale in the end

LollipopJimmy · 20-04-2020 8:25am

I took in a foster dog while I'm working from home. Out this morning and kicking a tennis ball for him in the local green, I kicked it from the tarmac and upended myself. My feckin arse and elbow took the brunt.

MojoMaker · 20-04-2020 11:46am

Ouch! Have done similar.

Into the bath with you.

CramCycle · 21-04-2020 10:16am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XupkFv7GmPE

woody33 · 21-04-2020 10:29am

Wow, I was waiting for tumbleweed, or kangaroos. Or something. (I used to hang out in O'Donoghue's). Nice work, stay safe. :cool:

CramCycle · 21-04-2020 10:35am

woody33 wrote: »

Wow, I was waiting for tumbleweed, or kangaroos. Or something. (I used to hang out in O'Donoghue's). Nice work, stay safe. :cool:

Me too many moons ago. As far as I know the videographer lives in Christchurch and is working in Donnybrook so has taken to walking to work, as well as a few shots when out for a walk with his kid. I think it is nice, hope he continues shooting until the end of this so we can see how things go as time progresses

21-04-2020 12:50pm

Might inspire some here :pac:

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/video-stefan-mueller-turns-his-bike-into-a-lawnmower-in-self-isolation.html

Seth Brundle · 21-04-2020 2:47pm

https://twitter.com/sticky_bottle/status/1249423804717301761

MojoMaker · 21-04-2020 3:14pm

CramCycle wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XupkFv7GmPE

Nice bit of work that. Anyone know the practicalities around shooting such drone footage in urban areas? Some of the camera work over the Liffey area is very impressive.

21-04-2020 4:59pm

MojoMaker wrote: »

Nice bit of work that. Anyone know the practicalities around shooting such drone footage in urban areas? Some of the camera work over the Liffey area is very impressive.

I know someone who operates one occasionally as part of their work and I recall him mentioning having to notify the IAA every time he puts a drone up for his work around the city. He's registered and licensed etc. I think there are different rules depending on the drone size, where you are flying, structures and the number of people in the vicinity of the drone.

Eamonnator · 21-04-2020 5:21pm

Here's a different take on using a drone for filming a biker.
Greg Callaghan, Irish Enduro rider is the biker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlWG05oMwlE

21-04-2020 5:56pm

^ Best thing about that one is the sound!!!!! Had it turned up to the last here

Eamonnator · 21-04-2020 6:29pm

one or two drones may have been injured during the making of that video.

21-04-2020 6:52pm

Could have been posted in the near misses thread with a few of those passes

CramCycle · 22-04-2020 8:41am

Doing races and other events with my son in our driveway, with increasingly confusing and convulted systems to keep it interesting. So far we have had answering maths questions mid race, dropping the bike and completing different tasks eg star jumps, push ups, spinning in circles, drawing pictures. The newest race form he has come up with is some sort of dressage, where you are voted on how cool you look while on the bike or scooter, I have so far lost all of these races.

Intrestingly, I also found that if my son uses a shortcut or 'hack' as he likes to call it, that is 'playing the game' but if I do it, it is cheating. I pointed this out to him to which he shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't make the rules, that is just the way it is". I then pointed out that he clearly makes the rules. He then pointed out that I was just upset about losing, and that was understandable, but I might have a chance if I stopped cheating, as that wasn't fair. :eek::mad::pac:

Harrybelafonte · 22-04-2020 9:21am

CramCycle wrote: »

Doing races and other events with my son in our driveway, with increasingly confusing and convulted systems to keep it interesting. So far we have had answering maths questions mid race, dropping the bike and completing different tasks eg star jumps, push ups, spinning in circles, drawing pictures. The newest race form he has come up with is some sort of dressage, where you are voted on how cool you look while on the bike or scooter, I have so far lost all of these races.

Intrestingly, I also found that if my son uses a shortcut or 'hack' as he likes to call it, that is 'playing the game' but if I do it, it is cheating. I pointed this out to him to which he shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't make the rules, that is just the way it is". I then pointed out that he clearly makes the rules. He then pointed out that I was just upset about losing, and that was understandable, but I might have a chance if I stopped cheating, as that wasn't fair. :eek::mad::pac:

Then you just threaten to stop playing, gotta mirror their irrationality until they see the error of their ways.

eeeee · 22-04-2020 9:29am

Adorable!
I want reports from every race in the league

cletus · 22-04-2020 1:08pm

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Then you just threaten to stop playing, gotta mirror their irrationality until they see the error of their ways.

Harrybelafonte · 22-04-2020 1:41pm

cletus wrote: »

Totally serious. Best way to stop a child having a freakout is the lie down on the ground and have your own. I like to connect it to the Lacanian Mirror Stage, but I'm probably way off.

Maybe not the best way, a way.

MojoMaker · 22-04-2020 2:09pm

I'll admit it, I had to Google that. But yeah, spot on.

Rogue-Trooper · 22-04-2020 2:12pm

Anyone having issues with the Garmin Connect app today (on iOS)? I just get a black screen when I open it and it's not syncing with my 520, even though the bluetooth is connected. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling it but no joy.

cletus · 22-04-2020 3:00pm

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Totally serious. Best way to stop a child having a freakout is the lie down on the ground and have your own. I like to connect it to the Lacanian Mirror Stage, but I'm probably way off.

Maybe not the best way, a way.

I kinda got the impression that the post was more of a light-hearted take on life in lockdown with kids, rather than a father's despair at his offspring's inability to apply consistent rules to a made-up game

But that's just me

Harrybelafonte · 22-04-2020 3:12pm

cletus wrote: »

I kinda got the impression that the post was more of a light-hearted take on life in lockdown with kids, rather than a father's despair at his offspring's inability to apply consistent rules to a made-up game

But that's just me

Cram's original, yeah, I read it that way too. My "advice" was serious, but also half in jest. I've been a single parent for nearly 13 years, so my take may not always match that of others.

tomasrojo · 23-04-2020 5:38pm

John Forester is no more:
https://twitter.com/carltonreid/status/1253249136364748800

Wishbone Ash · 23-04-2020 10:40pm

I had a very puzzling encounter with a very young Garda at a checkpoint in Donabate tonight while cycling home from work.

The conversation went something like this:

Garda: "Howaya. Out for a spin?"
Me: "Heading home from work".
Garda: "OK so - stay within the 2k now"
Me: "Well I have to go to Skerries" (about 15k from the checkpoint)
Garda: "Fair enough so - just keep it local"

WTF? I don't think he has grasped the concept of cycling commuting.

eeeee · 23-04-2020 10:46pm

The future's bright

LollipopJimmy · 23-04-2020 10:48pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I had a very puzzling encounter with a very young Garda at a checkpoint in Donabate tonight while cycling home from work.

The conversation went something like this:

Garda: "Howaya. Out for a spin?"
Me: "Heading home from work".
Garda: "OK so - stay within the 2k now"
Me: "Well I have to go to Skerries" (about 15k from the checkpoint)
Garda: "Fair enough so - just keep it local"

WTF? I don't think he has grasped the concept of cycling commuting.

I was chatting to a Guard in Supervalu, he seemed dead on his feet tbh. It's been a long few weeks

magicbastarder · 24-04-2020 12:10am

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

WTF? I don't think he has grasped the concept of cycling commuting.

or else he's not from the area and assumed that people don't cycle more than a couple of km to get to work (and i know that sounds flippant, but has a reasonable chance of being true).

buffalo · 24-04-2020 9:09am

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I had a very puzzling encounter with a very young Garda at a checkpoint in Donabate tonight while cycling home from work.

The conversation went something like this:

Garda: "Howaya. Out for a spin?"
Me: "Heading home from work".
Garda: "OK so - stay within the 2k now"
Me: "Well I have to go to Skerries" (about 15k from the checkpoint)
Garda: "Fair enough so - just keep it local"

WTF? I don't think he has grasped the concept of cycling commuting.

That sounds like a Garda who's operating on auto-pilot after a long few weeks. I'd suggest giving him a hug, but obviously that's an option.

Enduro · 24-04-2020 2:47pm

Couldn't think of where else in this forum to put this nice piece of new research. Cycle lanes are economically benificial...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200422151318.htm?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WYM-04232020-STATIC-B&utm_term=what_you_missed_B

CramCycle · 24-04-2020 6:11pm

Enduro wrote: »

Couldn't think of where else in this forum to put this nice piece of new research. Cycle lanes are economically benificial...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200422151318.htm?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WYM-04232020-STATIC-B&utm_term=what_you_missed_B

Was there similar a few years ago about bike lanes in london having a massive return on investment? Would be nice if they linked to the data or paper, found it here: https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/article/636667 haven't read it though.Its a large PDF for anyone on their phone

RobFowl · 24-04-2020 8:13pm

eeeee wrote: »

The future's bright

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qrriKcwvlY&t=64s

24-04-2020 10:46pm

Another free month from Eurosport. They really must be struggling for rights or cost to reshow stuff. Not all bad though as they are showing the 2017 Giro next week but they are still only showing 2019/20 classics and some older track stuff.

Peterx · 24-04-2020 11:34pm

Enduro wrote: »

Couldn't think of where else in this forum to put this nice piece of new research. Cycle lanes are economically benificial...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200422151318.htm?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WYM-04232020-STATIC-B&utm_term=what_you_missed_B

Great to hear. Although I'd be disappointed if research part funded by anyone called "PeopleForBikes" couldn't make a positive case for bike lanes

LollipopJimmy · 25-04-2020 11:33am

One of the coaches in the gym has suggested we do something at 6am every morning for 20 minutes, light exercise or whatever.

I'm going to cycle but I'm leaving the garmin at home and not fall into being a slave to strava.

RobFowl · 25-04-2020 11:41am

I do something light every morning at 6am already.....

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Ryath · 25-04-2020 12:44pm

25-04-2020 11:17pm

Ordered strings for the guitars in the attic a few weeks ago. They have been there since we moved in 6 years ago and pre first child. Used to play a lot as a teen in bands with friends and later just learning songs to play along to. Would have considered myself a very good bass player in my day too.

Herself has a decent voice and can play too, I haven't a note in my head but sure when it's just yee and the kids that doesn't matter. What an evening we had, the girls lost their collective **** when they found out mam and dad could play guitars :pac:

My finger tips are ripped to pieces now though.

Wishbone Ash · 25-04-2020 11:32pm

I can't wait for the barbers to reopen. My hair is gone ridiculous. It's curling up around the outside of my helmet now.

On the other hand, my mother loves it and says it's the way it should be - just like the way she had it on me in the 1970's. (She hates short/tight haircuts).

25-04-2020 11:46pm

I go though phases of going to the barber for a proper haircut or just getting a #2 all over at home. Haven't been to the barber since before this and I'm growing the beard back so I reckon the #2 is the way to go for me.

rubadub · 25-04-2020 11:53pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I go though phases of going to the barber for a proper haircut or just getting a #2 all over at home. Haven't been to the barber since before this and I'm growing the beard back so I reckon the #2 is the way to go for me.

while bored out of my tree I was looking up blade sizes and growth. You grow approx 1 blade a week. So if anybody is going to try out a closer cut then if you do a #1 in 2 weeks it will be about a #3. The tighter you go the easier it is to shave, down to a #1 anyway, If you use no guard then if you are not evenly shaving it then it shows up more.

Each blade is 1/8" longer than the last. Some lad in the bargain alerts wrongly read his blades and thought he was giving himself a #6 all over, when it was really a #2 which has 6mm written on it!

A #2 is a good length, if you get a #1 you get comments, but everybody gets used to it quickly, including yourself.

Ryath · 26-04-2020 12:45am

My mum's the same if she comments my hair is looking nice it's well overdue a cut!

I was lucky and got it cut days before this started and had it cut a bit shorter than usual. I'll still be taking out the clippers soon enough, might try and tidy it up but more than likely I'll go for the easy option of a blade 2 all over!

Wishbone Ash · 26-04-2020 6:22am

rubadub wrote: »

... Some lad in the bargain alerts wrongly read his blades and thought he was giving himself a #6 all over, when it was really a #2 which has 6mm written on it!.....

Every day's a schoolday! I normally get a scissors cut so I'm not that familiar with blades but I presumed a no. 4 was 4mm. no. 3 was 3mm etc.

magicbastarder · 26-04-2020 7:08am

I've not paid for a haircut in over 20 years. Have been sharing my own head. The bottom of having to pay someone to cut my hair now just seems weird.

Wishbone Ash · 26-04-2020 8:47am

magicbastarder wrote: »

... Have been sharing my own head.....

Interesting! Why do others need it?

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