La Flamme Rouge **off topic discussion**

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Oh same as deep heat etc, don't get it on your meat n veg

Reminds of this review for Veet!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2QP56S5P2DEGA/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B000KKNQBK

magicbastarder wrote: »

i had to look that one up. at least it's not as bizarre sounding as some of the products you see in equestrian supply places.

It used to come in a yellow tin with the "a queer (maybe quare the memory is hazy) name but great stuff" on label.

lennymc wrote: »

to buy or not to buy - that is the question

https://www.raleigh.co.uk/stbur19-super-tuff-burner

turned up yesterday. it's a hoot to ride. Makes me feel about 12 again.

keane2097 wrote: »

Stupid question alert - on a turbo trainer if you stop pedalling does it hoof you off like a spin bike or can you freewheel to some extent?

When you stop the turbo stops but ya won't get hoofed off like a spin bike!!

Deleted User wrote: »

... They look stupid and probably cost stupid :rolleyes:

People used to say that in the 1980's when power assisted steering and electric windows started appearing in higher spec mainstream cars. They said the same when cellular telephones began to appear among the great unwashed in the early 1990's.

It usually translated as 'because I can't afford them, I'll decide that they are stupid and unnecessary'.

Would you accept a new car now with manual steering and manual windows? Would you easily get by without a mobile telephone?

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

People used to say that in the 1980's when power assisted steering and electric windows started appearing in higher spec mainstream cars. They said the same when cellular telephones began to appear among the great unwashed in the early 1990's.

It usually translated as 'because I can't afford them, I'll decide that they are stupid and unnecessary'.

Would you accept a new car now with manual steering and manual windows? Would you easily get by without a mobile telephone?

Maybe my ears are funny but even normal wired headphones fall out on the bike & get held by my helmet strap, so even if they were the same price I'd still go with wired ones. I'd say Airpods are handy in an office or something though.

magicbastarder wrote: »

today is national slow down day, or some guff like that. they keep talking on the radio about how '80,000 vehicles have been caught speeding since the start of the year' and 'one vehicle was detected doing 220km/h in a 100km/h zone'.

autonomous driving technology has come on in leaps and bounds, clearly, but has also clearly gone rogue.

Ridiculous stuff - insane how motorists preach about cyclists, considering motorists are the worst and most dangerous offenders on our roads.

"Gardai have found over 100 motorists travelling over the speed limit this morning as part of National Slow Down Day.

The operation, which began at 7am, have checked the speed of 55,035 vehicles.

So far, 131 vehicles have been detected as travelling in excess of the speed limit.

Gardai found one motorist travelling almost double the speed limit, doing 138km/h in a 80km/h zone on the R675 around Ballykinsella, Waterford.

Another check on the the M1 Lusk Dublin road found a motorist travelling 181km/h in a 120km/h zone.

Gardai also found two trucks travelling at 89km/h in a 100km/h zone on both th N13 Moyle Newtowncunningham, Donegal and the N21, Blossomhill, Rathkeale Limerick."

marvin80 wrote: »

Ridiculous stuff - insane how motorists preach about cyclists, considering motorists are the worst and most dangerous offenders on our roads.

"Gardai have found over 100 motorists travelling over the speed limit this morning as part of National Slow Down Day.

The operation, which began at 7am, have checked the speed of 55,035 vehicles.

So far, 131 vehicles have been detected as travelling in excess of the speed limit.

Gardai found one motorist travelling almost double the speed limit, doing 138km/h in a 80km/h zone on the R675 around Ballykinsella, Waterford.

Another check on the the M1 Lusk Dublin road found a motorist travelling 181km/h in a 120km/h zone.

Gardai also found two trucks travelling at 89km/h in a 100km/h zone on both th N13 Moyle Newtowncunningham, Donegal and the N21, Blossomhill, Rathkeale Limerick."

I drove from Dublin to Limerick yesterday morning and we were laughing at the number of detections mentioned on the news. Less than 10 minutes on the M7 would have had that number of detections.