La Flamme Rouge off topic discussion

dahat · 28-06-2018 12:14am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Definitely off the bike for a while, was ok after the surgery this morning then the drugs wore of and now I have to twist my body to look right to avoid tugging the stitches in my neck. Only got one cyst done so a return visit needed.

Out for a walk this evening and I swear I don't think I've seen as many out on bikes of an evening, lucky so and so's . LBS must be selling Trek's like they are going out of style I've seen that many of late.

I feel your pain, best wishes in your recovery.

My heart is broke in this weather being unable to sit on a saddle!!!

LollipopJimmy · 28-06-2018 1:19am

Went to check on my bike tonight, wires n cables everywhere so I decided pints were in order... tomorrow at 9am I shall be in bother..

Lusk_Doyle · 28-06-2018 7:08am

magicbastarder wrote: »

not the first time it's happened, if it's in the spot it happened before.

Your powers of deduction amaze!

RacoonQueen · 28-06-2018 7:15am

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Eh, no. He's done the Poggio in less than half my time. I don't wish to have my mediocrity highlighted any further.

You'd be surprised. I was a few seconds faster than him on most of the ones I checked. I clicked in to see how much slower than him I was then got on a roll :pac: They must have been doing a recovery spin. :rolleyes:

nee wrote: »

I don't get the strava thing. I never have. I've never put anything on it nor have I ever measured a ride that way, or ever had the urge to. I do look on it if I've been out of a spin with someone, one of my friends puts cool names on his rides, that's entertaining. But generally it seems boring and pointless to me. I can see the point of it for training, but I have a wee computer that can measure my heart rate, cadence, speed and distance and I have never felt like I needed more than that. Something that gives you directions would be handy, I get lost a lot.

I know that makes me some sort of fake / not-real cyclist. I don't drink coffee, and have never had a cup of coffee either. I might not be a real person

I find it more useful for running to analyse run sessions tbh.
But can be a nice boost if you've come in from a miserable spin to see you've PR'd some segments.

P.s I don't like coffee.

secman · 28-06-2018 7:29am

As I tend to do 99.99 % of my spins solo I find Strava very helpful, it's a modern day diary / log of my cycling spins. And best part is I don't have to do anything .... it maintains itself.

nice to see how I faired out against unknown opponents along the route too, At my age it's a brilliant tool to avail of.. my competitive days are long past.. but it's still nice to be competitive now and again without racing.... oh and I can't stand coffee either..:) happy and safe cycling to you all.

magicbastarder · 28-06-2018 8:12am

nee wrote: »

I might not be a real person

are you an AI?

i use strava on pretty much every ride. it's a nice way of keeping track of your increase in fitness.
my main goal on strava is to take my KOM back from WA and Mercian Pro, which i've not done yet mainly because when i do go along that segment, it's into a headwind.

Wishbone Ash · 28-06-2018 8:17am

magicbastarder wrote: »

are you an AI?....

That will mean something entirely different to nee and involves a cow and a man with a long glove.

CramCycle · 28-06-2018 11:14am

nee wrote: »

Yeah I just don't see the point personally, but maybe someday I'll suddenly get it and strava up. It just doesn't do anything for me at the moment.
I joined it initially to find routes, but they're all ridiculously short and discordant segments with leaderboards and that make no sense to me. I kind of gave up on it then and there tbh. Although I'm odd in my lack of love for numbers.

I rarely look at anyone elses stuff other than my own. I find it a nice measure of improvement over time. I make long segments on the one or two routes I do regularly and see is there any change over time.

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

That will mean something entirely different to nee and involves a cow and a man with a long glove.

I looked at it for a minute and wondered what has nee said that gives the impression that that is her line of work, then realised what was really meant.

loyatemu · 28-06-2018 11:24am

I like Strava, I find it encourages me to keep up the cycling as otherwise it's easy to become lazy - if I look at Strava and lot of the people I follow have been out and I haven't I feel I have to get on the bike. I had a week with no cycling a few weeks back and it makes me angry seeing the gap in my bar chart...

I also like seeing my gradual improvement on the segments I do regularly (even if I'm still way down the overall lists). I don't even have a computer on my bike at the moment, just my phone running Strava.

CramCycle · 28-06-2018 11:44am

On a similar note though, the two fastest commuters I know who cover nearly the same commute, are not on Strava. The two of them are typically in regular shorts and t shirts and leaving me for dead. One of them has even started a bit of friendly competition with me over the summer as the roads are quieter. Maybe I don't need Strava.

tomasrojo · 28-06-2018 12:06pm

I spend my life trying to reframe activities so they're not competitive, as I just give up as soon as something turns into a competition. It's just totally contrary to my nature, for some reason.

Lusk_Doyle · 28-06-2018 12:19pm

tomasrojo wrote: »

I spend my life trying to reframe activities so they're not competitive, as I just give up as soon as something turns into a competition. It's just totally contrary to my nature, for some reason.

Bet you can't put that another way!

CramCycle · 28-06-2018 12:19pm

tomasrojo wrote: »

I spend my life trying to reframe activities so they're not competitive, as I just give up as soon as something turns into a competition. It's just totally contrary to my nature, for some reason.

Its not a competition per say as they are both faster than me but it does seem to get me into work quicker, so we both win. The only competitive people I see on the road that annoy me are those that overtake at lights, often after you have overtaken them earlier on. I have people overtake me every day, I never find it competitive. The two I mention are two I have gotten talking to at lights My co worker suffers more from this regrettably as a female. There are a certain number of men on her commute who prejudge and presume she is slower because she is on a hybrid, wearing just loose fitting clothing rather than sports gear. Even after overtaking them, they insist on rolling in front of lights and sound like they are about to vomit up their spleen (don't ask how). She isn't a racer, she is not competing, but it bugs her because it is a lack of manners and decency. One even cut a roundabout to get in front of her and she ended up having to crawl behind him for the next while as he could barely turn the pedals after the brief exertion.

Thargor · 28-06-2018 12:23pm

Ouch:

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/watch-shocking-moment-cyclist-pushed-off-road-into-hedge-filmed-in-northern-ireland-37059411.html

tomasrojo · 28-06-2018 1:51pm

CramCycle wrote: »

One even cut a roundabout to get in front of her and she ended up having to crawl behind him for the next while as he could barely turn the pedals after the brief exertion.

That's quite funny.

magicbastarder · 28-06-2018 1:58pm

she really should have offered him a push.

Wishbone Ash · 29-06-2018 4:32pm

colm18 wrote: »

Nico Roche with a KOM on the (Enniskerry) Poggio today..stealing the crown from a boardsie too! https://www.strava.com/segments/6911387 — Poggio climb

He's taken the KOM on 'The Wall' today by some margin and at an average speed of 21.8km/h.

https://www.strava.com/activities/1669483913

CramCycle · 29-06-2018 4:57pm

He is exactly twice as fast as me.

rollingscone · 29-06-2018 6:23pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

He's taken the KOM on 'The Wall' today by some margin and at an average speed of 21.8km/h.

https://www.strava.com/activities/1669483913

I went to the bottom of the full wall yesterday...gave up on the first ramp.

Was truly grateful not to have a nicer bike which would have made me feel like even more of a fraud...

NamelessPhil · 29-06-2018 11:07pm

Found this film from 1945 on the British Council Film website "How a bicycle is made".
https://vimeo.com/39401575

Wishbone Ash · 29-06-2018 11:09pm

rollingscone wrote: »

I went to the bottom of the full wall yesterday...gave up on the first ramp.

Was truly grateful not to have a nicer bike which would have made me feel like even more of a fraud...

Were you trying to do it on the fixie? :eek:

magicbastarder · 29-06-2018 11:17pm

NamelessPhil wrote: »

Found this film from 1945 on the British Council Film website "How a bicycle is made".
https://vimeo.com/39401575

interesting to note they use the phrase 'the front fork' in the film.

rollingscone · 30-06-2018 9:59am

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Were you trying to do it on the fixie? :eek:

I don't own a fixie.

And no it wasn't on my Singlespeed it was on a reasonably light (10kg-ish) bike with a 34x28 lowest gear.

py · 02-07-2018 1:32pm

The Wall, Cunard and Kilmashogue... all were created to break you mentally and physically.

CramCycle · 02-07-2018 1:36pm

Ordered a pair of socks, that are almost club colours and also have a streak of yellow in them which I like. Normally my socks are Penneys finest. Wrong colour came out. I take a photo and write in. They apologise, put another pair in the post and tell me to keep the first pair as an apology. Second pair arrive and the same mistake. I write in again, send them the pic. Say not to worry, I can post them back but if they don't have the yellow ones, I'd leave it. They apologise again, warehouse confirm they have the wrong code on the socks and have posted the wrong ones. They refund me the money and let me have the socks, which are still nice.

That was two months ago. I get a stock notification to say the ones I want are actually back in stock. I now have two free pairs, so I figure I may as well order two.

What do I get, only the wrong colours again. I have mailed them again. Waiting to hear what happens next.

Boscoirl · 02-07-2018 1:40pm

CramCycle wrote: »

Ordered a pair of socks, that are almost club colours and also have a streak of yellow in them which I like. Normally my socks are Penneys finest. Wrong colour came out. I take a photo and write in. They apologise, put another pair in the post and tell me to keep the first pair as an apology. Second pair arrive and the same mistake. I write in again, send them the pic. Say not to worry, I can post them back but if they don't have the yellow ones, I'd leave it. They apologise again, warehouse confirm they have the wrong code on the socks and have posted the wrong ones. They refund me the money and let me have the socks, which are still nice.

That was two months ago. I get a stock notification to say the ones I want are actually back in stock. I now have two free pairs, so I figure I may as well order two.

What do I get, only the wrong colours again. I have mailed them again. Waiting to hear what happens next.

Where can we buy these free socks? :P

LollipopJimmy · 02-07-2018 1:58pm

CramCycle wrote: »

Ordered a pair of socks, that are almost club colours and also have a streak of yellow in them which I like. Normally my socks are Penneys finest. Wrong colour came out. I take a photo and write in. They apologise, put another pair in the post and tell me to keep the first pair as an apology. Second pair arrive and the same mistake. I write in again, send them the pic. Say not to worry, I can post them back but if they don't have the yellow ones, I'd leave it. They apologise again, warehouse confirm they have the wrong code on the socks and have posted the wrong ones. They refund me the money and let me have the socks, which are still nice.

That was two months ago. I get a stock notification to say the ones I want are actually back in stock. I now have two free pairs, so I figure I may as well order two.

What do I get, only the wrong colours again. I have mailed them again. Waiting to hear what happens next.

I'd have liked to have been a fly on the wall when you opened that package

Fian · 02-07-2018 2:00pm

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/cyclist-knocked-down-by-truck-in-dublin-city-centre-852482.html

Fingers crossed no serious injury.

Hurrache · 02-07-2018 2:02pm

Doesn't sound good as Gardai have said Ushers Quay is closed for the foreseeable future.

rollingscone · 02-07-2018 6:18pm

py wrote: »

The Wall, Cunard and Kilmashogue... all were created to break you mentally and physically.

But I can handle Cunard. Have only done the first half of Kilmashogue but that was on a 34x32 and I was fewked.

Did once nearly make it to the Kilmashogue Carpark on the legendary Wolfgang Beaterson.

The Wall is just another league. Revealing me for the fat fraud I am

magicbastarder · 02-07-2018 9:55pm

spotted an old dude this evening who'd clearly gone out for a spin on his bike, but stopped for a sit down and a puff of the pipe.

Eamonnator · 02-07-2018 10:24pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

spotted an old dude this evening who'd clearly gone out for a spin on his bike, but stopped for a sit down and a puff of the pipe.

Last year, on the Orwell Randonnee, I was cycling up towards Sally Gap, I got a peculiar smell, there were two cyclists sitting on a grass bank, having a spliff.

CramCycle · 02-07-2018 10:56pm

I've never seen familiar spelt with a P :pac:

Eamonnator · 02-07-2018 11:46pm

CramCycle wrote: »

I've never seen familiar spelt with a P :pac:

It took a minute.

CramCycle · 02-07-2018 11:57pm

Eamonnator wrote: »

It took a minute.

It does dull the mind a bit

tomasrojo · 03-07-2018 12:10am

magicbastarder wrote: »

spotted an old dude this evening who'd clearly gone out for a spin on his bike, but stopped for a sit down and a puff of the pipe.

Saw an old guy cycling puffing away on a pipe in his mouth yesterday. He looked reasonably modern otherwise.

Eamonnator · 03-07-2018 12:46am

CramCycle wrote: »

I've never seen familiar spelt with a P :pac:

I didn't want to make any allegations of doping,
even against myself.

magicbastarder · 03-07-2018 8:39am

there's just been a land rover/range rover ad on the radio - the usual (slightly knowing this time) overblown bollox about the adventures on little trod roads, which then pivoted to 'ah no, it's just great for the school run'.

because that's what great for the school run - cars so big that kids walking past them cannot even see over the bonnet.

tomasrojo · 03-07-2018 8:45am

Yeah, a totally inappropriate car for driving where there are large numbers of children:
https://www.treehugger.com/cars/investigative-reporters-conclude-americas-love-suvs-killing-pedestrians.html

LollipopJimmy · 03-07-2018 4:48pm

Can I get opinions on my bar tape? I'm unsure

bp_me · 03-07-2018 4:57pm

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Can I get opinions on my bar tape? I'm unsure

Rule 8.

http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/comment-page-8/#8

Eamonnator · 03-07-2018 5:11pm

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Can I get opinions on my bar tape? I'm unsure

Wrong, I'm afraid.

Notwithstanding Rule #8, My preferences, in order, would be
Red.
White,
Black.

Naturally only chose white, if you have somebody to keep the tape clean.

Edit.
On looking again at your bike, I can't imagine any scenario, in which that tape would be acceptable.
Sorry.
Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind, or something.

Edit:
Nice bike.

CramCycle · 03-07-2018 5:14pm

CramCycle wrote: »

Ordered a pair of socks, that are almost club colours and also have a streak of yellow in them which I like. Normally my socks are Penneys finest. Wrong colour came out. I take a photo and write in. They apologise, put another pair in the post and tell me to keep the first pair as an apology. Second pair arrive and the same mistake. I write in again, send them the pic. Say not to worry, I can post them back but if they don't have the yellow ones, I'd leave it. They apologise again, warehouse confirm they have the wrong code on the socks and have posted the wrong ones. They refund me the money and let me have the socks, which are still nice.

That was two months ago. I get a stock notification to say the ones I want are actually back in stock. I now have two free pairs, so I figure I may as well order two.

What do I get, only the wrong colours again. I have mailed them again. Waiting to hear what happens next.

Boscoirl wrote: »

Where can we buy these free socks? :P

Wiggle, this time they did not even try and ship the right ones out, they have just refunded me the money. I wouldn't risk it as I presume they have fixed it now. Now have four pairs of Twin Six socks.

Rogue-Trooper · 03-07-2018 5:47pm

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Can I get opinions on my bar tape? I'm unsure

My observations:

1. Sorry, no on the bar tape (funky, but not on that bike)

2. Colour preferences would be white, red or plain black (in that order)

3. Bike is sweet

4. Holy sh1t, that's one clean office

5. Is €82,750.00 your annual bike budget?

03-07-2018 7:11pm

Definitely white and / or maybe a strip of red at the bar ends and either side of the stem.

Weepsie · 03-07-2018 7:15pm

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Can I get opinions on my bar tape? I'm unsure

Just plain black, or red. White gets filthy, though I had some really good leather one that just wiped clean nice and easily on my tourer for ages.

It makes no difference, but it somewhat bothers me to see the front skewer arm on the right side.

Care to clean my office and bike?

Lusk_Doyle · 03-07-2018 8:14pm

Bar tape MUST match the saddle. That is all.

Lusk_Doyle · 03-07-2018 8:15pm

Rogue-Trooper wrote: »

My observations:

1. Sorry, no on the bar tape (funky, but not on that bike)

2. Colour preferences would be white, red or plain black (in that order)

3. Bike is sweet

4. Holy sh1t, that's one clean office

5. Is €82,750.00 your annual bike budget?

And how ridiculously clean is that desk? No work takes place here.

LollipopJimmy · 03-07-2018 8:46pm

That's just a spare couple of desks we flung into an empty space, the folk in our sister companies us them as hot desks. I was a little drunk when I chose the bar tape but I definitely can't do red or white.
Decisions decisions!

magicbastarder · 03-07-2018 9:30pm

had to stop this evening to herd two escaped calves off the road. not very difficult, they were less than 50m from where they escaped from.

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