La Flamme Rouge off topic discussion

CramCycle · 24-11-2020 11:46am

For those who want the cheap laugh:

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

buffalo · 24-11-2020 11:49am

CramCycle wrote: »

For those who want the cheap laugh:

Interesting to hear all the passing cars - nobody stopped to check if you were okay?

Hope you heal fast!

Idleater · 24-11-2020 12:06pm

buffalo wrote: »

Interesting to hear all the passing cars - nobody stopped to check if you were okay?

Thoughts and prayers

magicbastarder · 24-11-2020 12:10pm

i was even wincing at the damage the shifter was clearly taking there.

CramCycle · 24-11-2020 12:15pm

buffalo wrote: »

Interesting to hear all the passing cars - nobody stopped to check if you were okay?

Hope you heal fast!

There was a DNG driver across the road who looked at me and then continued walking to hang up the sign. Never shouted over, never called, which I thought was weird. I wasn't down for long so I can excuse the passers by but the driver was parked and facing me as I crashed, he slowed to look but never actually stopped what he was at. I thought a normal human reaction would be to call out or call over.

Seth Brundle · 24-11-2020 1:56pm

CramCycle wrote: »

There was a DNG driver across the road who looked at me and then continued walking to hang up the sign. Never shouted over, never called, which I thought was weird. I wasn't down for long so I can excuse the passers by but the driver was parked and facing me as I crashed, he slowed to look but never actually stopped what he was at. I thought a normal human reaction would be to call out or call over.

Seems strange.
Might he have been thinking that it could turn into an insurance scam or something?

Hope you and the bike are ok now.

Seth Brundle · 24-11-2020 1:56pm

I'm liking this idea...

https://twitter.com/DavidZipper/status/1331000672066678784

MojoMaker · 24-11-2020 1:59pm

Ouch - heal quickly dude.

Were you crossing a white line when it went? Some obstruction (couldn't make it out) pushing you out to the centre line?

CramCycle · 24-11-2020 2:08pm

Seth Brundle wrote: »

Seems strange.
Might he have been thinking that it could turn into an insurance scam or something?

Hope you and the bike are ok now.

I once fell a few years ago and while lying on the road, a van pulled up behind me, tutted (I had not yet got up), and then drove around me. I was down for a minute or so which is a long time until an elderly man came over to help. It would have been a stretch IMO to think it could possibly be a scam but I think its just some people are either unable to process what to do (freeze up, which is possibly what happened here) or are just a bit d1ckish.

MojoMaker wrote: »

Ouch - heal quickly dude.

Were you crossing a white line when it went? Some obstruction (couldn't make it out) pushing you out to the centre line?

Its a single lane that only broadens out at the junction but alas no, the wheel went before I got to the white line, the road was just greasy after a few dry days, should have slowed with the back brake, or pulled the front one a little less hard.

tomasrojo · 24-11-2020 6:11pm

Cargo bikes seem to be a very viable delivery method:

https://twitter.com/AsEasyAsRiding/status/1331281558104313859

I assume to some extent van and lorry drivers compensate for the parking disadvantage by parking on pedestrian and cycling infrastructure though.

Interesting points that vans are limited by the number of drops they can do in a day, so can't capitalise fully on higher load capacity.

24-11-2020 6:49pm

Couple of enterprising fellas I've seen around Drogheda are doing deliveries on e-bikes with trailers I assume for local businesses for online orders. Saw one taking out shoeboxes to bring into a house.

It's gas the wide births they get as drivers assume they have kids in the trailer

meercat · 24-11-2020 6:59pm

No cheap laughs cramcycle,just winces.something similar happened me recently and I think any cyclist that ever happened to would be glad to hear you got away with road rash and bruising. Greasy roads can just bite you.

Seth Brundle · 25-11-2020 12:02pm

Looks like fun although you'd want to be sure of the surface underneath...

https://twitter.com/cyclegaz/status/1331538123717636096

LollipopJimmy · 25-11-2020 1:09pm

CramCycle wrote: »

There was a DNG driver across the road who looked at me and then continued walking to hang up the sign. Never shouted over, never called, which I thought was weird. I wasn't down for long so I can excuse the passers by but the driver was parked and facing me as I crashed, he slowed to look but never actually stopped what he was at. I thought a normal human reaction would be to call out or call over.

How are you today after it all?

seamus · 25-11-2020 1:19pm

tomasrojo wrote: »

Interesting points that vans are limited by the number of drops they can do in a day, so can't capitalise fully on higher load capacity.

I hadn't really thought of that. My working from home spot here has me looking out the front, so I'm seeing delivery vans coming and going all day long. Most of the them are Ford transit sized, and when they open the doors they're stacked high with boxes, usually Amazon. But not big ones. Ones about the size of a football.

If you think about how many of them could fit in a transit, there is no way in hell they could actually deliver a stuffed-full vanload in a single day. That'd be 100 drops.

I'm sure modern delivery systems maximise routes and all that, but even there's no way in hell a single van could make a delivery every 4 minutes on average.

As a result you end up sending out big vans a fraction full.

CramCycle · 25-11-2020 3:10pm

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

How are you today after it all?

Didn't sleep great, wound is weeping and sticking to everything. On top of that I had to go for a covid test as i developed wheeziness and a cough not long after. It is just a cold, as I haven't been closer than 2m to anyone bar my family for weeks and I recall getting similar last year but nonetheless, better to play it safe. family have excommunicated me to the front of the house. Sly comments about finally being at home and managing to do even less being thrown around the place :pac:

seamus wrote: »

I hadn't really thought of that. My working from home spot here has me looking out the front, so I'm seeing delivery vans coming and going all day long. Most of the them are Ford transit sized, and when they open the doors they're stacked high with boxes, usually Amazon. But not big ones. Ones about the size of a football.

If you think about how many of them could fit in a transit, there is no way in hell they could actually deliver a stuffed-full vanload in a single day. That'd be 100 drops.

I'm sure modern delivery systems maximise routes and all that, but even there's no way in hell a single van could make a delivery every 4 minutes on average.

As a result you end up sending out big vans a fraction full.

I have met a few who finish their drops at the weekends. One guy meets people at the petrol station at the Y in Rathmines, he knows people are desperate so he rings them all while sitting there saying he is passing through if they want to grab them in the next 30 minutes as he won't be coming through for a proper delivery for a few days, clears most of the van very quickly, kind of like a mobile parcel motel.

Fighting Tao · 25-11-2020 4:24pm

seamus wrote: »

I hadn't really thought of that. My working from home spot here has me looking out the front, so I'm seeing delivery vans coming and going all day long. Most of the them are Ford transit sized, and when they open the doors they're stacked high with boxes, usually Amazon. But not big ones. Ones about the size of a football.

If you think about how many of them could fit in a transit, there is no way in hell they could actually deliver a stuffed-full vanload in a single day. That'd be 100 drops.

I'm sure modern delivery systems maximise routes and all that, but even there's no way in hell a single van could make a delivery every 4 minutes on average.

As a result you end up sending out big vans a fraction full.

You must live next door to me!

We get at least 4 Amazon vans a day. Usually 3 together in the morning, and 1-2 in the evening. An Post usually have between 1 and 3 vans each morning. All other delivery companies stop by during the day. The best is DPD. That driver maximises his efficiency. He pulls up into one location and phones everyone unless the door to their block is beside him. He then hands out parcels like sweets. None of this run to one door with a parcel or two, the next door with another, etc.

magicbastarder · 26-11-2020 8:28am

https://twitter.com/damienslash/status/1328684545860907008

tomasrojo · 26-11-2020 1:59pm

This potential bridge over the Corrib was discussed here before. Seems to be finally happening:
https://twitter.com/GalwayCycling/status/1331943989260537857

Seth Brundle · 26-11-2020 2:34pm

I've just fallen in love with a trailer...

https://twitter.com/urbanthoughts11/status/1312487232238882817

tomasrojo · 26-11-2020 6:34pm

SCOTUS justice Gorsuch:
https://twitter.com/speechboy71/status/1332001831355084801

magicbastarder · 27-11-2020 10:04pm

so back to the county limit from tuesday morning, if i heard the news right?

LollipopJimmy · 27-11-2020 10:58pm

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Myself and a mate ordered it but chose whiskey instead of the oysters, we're going to get the oysters elsewhere, just one or two

Best 70quid I've ever spent

Weepsie · 28-11-2020 12:23pm

Attachment not found.

Got married yesterday. Myn now wife got me these cufflinks

The outerrings rotate and all

NamelessPhil · 28-11-2020 12:26pm

Congratulations! May ye have a long and happy marriage.

magicbastarder · 28-11-2020 12:29pm

Are they ten speed or eleven speed?

cletus · 28-11-2020 12:33pm

Congrats Weepsie. Hope ye have a long and happy life together

LollipopJimmy · 28-11-2020 2:53pm

cletus wrote: »

Congrats Weepsie. Hope ye have a long and happy life together

Decent cufflinks tend to last years.

Congrats Weepsie

Mercian Pro · 28-11-2020 7:21pm

Congrats Weepsie. Looks like they're triples. Isn't there a rule against that?

magicbastarder wrote: »

so back to the county limit from tuesday morning, if i heard the news right?

For some odd reason I thought there'd be a new thread about this with people setting out their plans for new routes and breaking free from the red circle. Not a mention until your post popped up mb. Surely it will make a difference or am I being particularly naive (and cynical!)

cletus · 28-11-2020 7:50pm

Mercian Pro wrote: »

Congrats Weepsie. Looks like they're triples. Isn't there a rule against that?

For some odd reason I thought there'd be a new thread about this with people setting out their plans for new routes and breaking free from the red circle. Not a mention until your post popped up mb. Surely it will make a difference or am I being particularly naive (and cynical!)

I just figured people were sick to death of talking about lockdown.

eeeee · 28-11-2020 8:04pm

Finally got a winter bike built up, it's a Cannondale Synapse (disc, mostly ultegra on it). It's my first 'endurance/relaxed' geo bike, and even though I have slammed the stem and in and around the same bar to saddle and all that measurements it feels like I'm sitting bolt upright! Do these bikes usually feel like this? My commuter is my old track bike, then I have a track bike, a CAAD12 (which I thought was a relaxed geo) and a Felt F5. It feels like there's loads of bike out front of me too, like my MTB almost (but not as extreme obvs). And long and dull. I don't mind the extra weight. It has a sloping top tube too, which I also don't like. There's a lot of seattube! The headtube is mad long too in comparison to my other bikes!

Is this normal with these kinds of bikes? I've never ridden geo like this before. Maybe I just need to get used to it. I wonder if you can get a really small crown race for the top of the headtube so there's less of that beneath the stem.

I can't believe how different it feels! Maybe I just need to get used to it.

Seth Brundle · 28-11-2020 8:26pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

so back to the county limit from tuesday morning, if i heard the news right?

So now I travel tens of km west or south but limited to about one north or east :rolleyes:

secman · 28-11-2020 8:50pm

eeeee wrote: »

Finally got a winter bike built up, it's a Cannondale Synapse (disc, mostly ultegra on it). It's my first 'endurance/relaxed' geo bike, and even though I have slammed the stem and in and around the same bar to saddle and all that measurements it feels like I'm sitting bolt upright! Do these bikes usually feel like this? My commuter is my old track bike, then I have a track bike, a CAAD12 (which I thought was a relaxed geo) and a Felt F5. It feels like there's loads of bike out front of me too, like my MTB almost (but not as extreme obvs). And long and dull. I don't mind the extra weight. It has a sloping top tube too, which I also don't like. There's a lot of seattube! The headtube is mad long too in comparison to my other bikes!

Is this normal with these kinds of bikes? I've never ridden geo like this before. Maybe I just need to get used to it. I wonder if you can get a really small crown race for the top of the headtube so there's less of that beneath the stem.

I can't believe how different it feels! Maybe I just need to get used to it.

Relax....and enjoy it. Pun intended. Kind to your back in the long term.

eeeee · 28-11-2020 9:02pm

secman wrote: »

Relax....and enjoy it. Pun intended. Kind to your back in the long term.

Yeah I guess I'm just more used to and more comfortable in an aggressive position.
I find it harder to pedal when I'm more upright.
The bike feels so slow though! Maybe less sharp is more accurate.

When the going gets tough on races my chin is actually just above the stem :eek: :pac: When the going gets tough I sink down, spin and grind

28-11-2020 9:11pm

What colour frame did you go for eeeee there's been a few nice synapse ones the last few years.

eeeee · 28-11-2020 9:23pm

Deleted User wrote: »

What colour frame did you go for eeeee there's been a few nice synapse ones the last few years.

It's the light grey one. I bought the frame second hand on here and spent ages picking up a second hand group and finally got it built last week. I had wheels from a second hand CAAD12 frame bought off here too. It does look lovely, and the frame was immaculate in fairness.

Buzwaldo · 28-11-2020 10:34pm

Weepsie wrote: »

Attachment not found.Got married yesterday. Myn now wife got me these cufflinks

The outerrings rotate and all

She’s a keeper alright. Congrats.

Wishbone Ash · 29-11-2020 3:19pm

Seth Brundle wrote: »

So now I travel tens of km west or south but limited to about one north or east :rolleyes:

At least you have the option of going in any direction under the current 5k restriction. If I travel 50 meters east, I'm in the sea. My 5k 'circle' was more of a half circle.

Seth Brundle · 29-11-2020 3:25pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

At least you have the option of going in any direction under the current 5k restriction. If I travel 50 meters east, I'm in the sea. My 5k 'circle' was more of a half circle.

Thats no excuse!

Not sure what chain oil you should use though!

keane2097 · 29-11-2020 3:41pm

The last time we had the county boundaries it was something like 25km or the county bound whichever was farther away iirc

LollipopJimmy · 29-11-2020 4:24pm

Seth Brundle wrote: »

Thats no excuse!

Not sure what chain oil you should use though!

A wax would be best

loyatemu · 29-11-2020 4:32pm

keane2097 wrote: »

The last time we had the county boundaries it was something like 25km or the county bound whichever was farther away iirc

I think it was 20km plus the whole of your county. Seems that would sensible this time too, I can go to Baltinglass, but not Shankill...

Mercian Pro · 29-11-2020 6:18pm

loyatemu wrote: »

I think it was 20km plus the whole of your county. Seems that would sensible this time too, I can go to Baltinglass, but not Shankill...

Phase 2+ of the easing of restrictions back in June was going to be just 20km only but was changed to 20km or anywhere within your county at the last minute. All travel restrictions were lifted by the end of June.
I didn’t think the 20km allowance applied when we were last in Level 3 but it was largely irrelevant for me.

NamelessPhil · 29-11-2020 6:49pm

"Stay in your county apart from work, education, medical and other essential purposes, if appropriate."

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/ad569-level-3/#measures-in-place-from-1-december

magicbastarder · 29-11-2020 6:53pm

i hadn't really paid much heed to the exact day when restrictions were being eased, i'm getting out far less during the week than i'd hoped. stupid work wanting me to do things to earn my stupid salary.

eeeee · 29-11-2020 10:31pm

Seth Brundle wrote: »

Thats no excuse!

Not sure what chain oil you should use though!

How would you keep it on the sea/ ocean/ lake floor? Sand tubes?!

magicbastarder · 30-11-2020 11:06am

i just saw a guy on a bike cycle past the house with two moby bikes on a trailer behind him. kinda like a 'backwards' cargo bike i've not seen before. doesn't strike me as *that* efficient, one cyclist to transport two bikes.

magicbastarder · 30-11-2020 11:07am

https://twitter.com/geomannie531/status/1333350729101291535

Seth Brundle · 30-11-2020 12:01pm

To think that this is who we share the roads with...

https://twitter.com/DashCamTwats/status/1333018245704658944

De Bhál · 30-11-2020 12:12pm

Passat, as almost always.

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