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La Flamme Rouge **off topic discussion**

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    #3122
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,667 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I see Bora have signed Ion Gottlich :D

    https://www.bora-hansgrohe.com/en/press/argonnews201905ion/argonnews201905ion/121169262


    Must be a German type of humour..


    Goes over my head


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    #3123
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,445 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_G%C3%B6ttlich

    I think its just an animator liked cycling and it became slightly popular,


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    #3124
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Yeah the guy has done some work for the UCI here and there on promo clips for races and track events using the character.


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    #3125
    mfceiling
    Registered Users Posts: 12,774 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Can anyone recommend somewhere safe to park a bike in the evening in Dublin city? I'm meeting a friend at the Radisson on golden lane and we might get a bite to eat and a beer (I won't be cycling p*ssed!!).
    Is the bike park on Drury st car park open late? Is it safe?

    Thanks.


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    #3126
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,292 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    some of the roads i find myself on wednesday evenings now are being used by swords mcnally for races. is it rude to tuck in behind a bunch of lads if i'm not racing?


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    #3127
    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    some of the roads i find myself on wednesday evenings now are being used by swords mcnally for races. is it rude to tuck in behind a bunch of lads if i'm not racing?

    Depends if I am swinging off the back and you can help me get back on.


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    #3128
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,117 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    Yes, but if you do a few turns at the front instead we won't mind.


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    #3129
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,292 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    Raam wrote: »
    Depends if I am swinging off the back and you can help me get back on.
    i was thinking that too. then i saw the speed some of the lads were doing on the strava flybys and realised i'd have been of no use.


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    #3130
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Lads racing: Hey, where is your number????
    MB: it eh ... fell off?
    Lads racing: /shrugs , Sounds legit.

    MB's turn on the front approaches and conveniently so does his turn for home :pac:


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    #3131
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,445 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Lads racing: Hey, where is your number????
    MB: it eh ... fell off?
    Lads racing: /shrugs , Sounds legit.

    MB's turn on the front approaches and conveniently so does his turn for home :pac:

    Watch comically as the others start shouting at him that he has taken a wrong turn :pac: I'd recommend holding up your hand to indicate a puncture, rather than dragging them off course before turning


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    #3132
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,292 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    yeah, i was wondering what's the best hand signal for 'just pass me' in case there was any brief confusion as to whether i was racing or not.


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    #3133
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,445 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    yeah, i was wondering what's the best hand signal for 'just pass me' in case there was any brief confusion as to whether i was racing or not.

    To be fair if they catch up with you and your not in their club jersey, they really should know that your not in the race. I wouldn't over think it, they are bound by the road traffic act, like the rest of us. Personally if I know a race is coming through, I pull in or move across the road but I wouldn't expect anyone else too, always pass people on more leisurely trips when racing and it never seems to cause an issue.


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    #3134
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,952 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    CramCycle wrote: »
    To be fair if they catch up with you and your not in their club jersey, they really should know that your not in the race....
    Looking at the pics from last night's race, McNSCC gear was in the minority. Looked more like an open race.

    BTW magicbastarder, a lady with a basket on her bike crossed the finishing line with lads a few years ago (at Ardcath I think).


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    #3135
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,292 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    where was she placed?


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    #3136
    Daroxtar
    Registered Users Posts: 4,319 ✭✭✭Daroxtar


    I read Slaying The Badger over the weekend and I'm midway through Rough Ride now. It's fascinating getting two completely different perspectives (3, I suppose) from the front of the race trying to win the 1986 Tour and the back just barely hanging on by a thread.


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    #3137
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,164 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    #IBikeIVote is a trending, get on it if you're at it.


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    #3138
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,445 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Looking at the pics from last night's race, McNSCC gear was in the minority. Looked more like an open race.

    BTW magicbastarder, a lady with a basket on her bike crossed the finishing line with lads a few years ago (at Ardcath I think).

    If it is a club league, they really should be wearing club gear IMO


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    #3139
    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    CramCycle wrote: »
    If it is a club league, they really should be wearing club gear IMO

    Will wear whatever we want.


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    #3140
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,292 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    https://twitter.com/RSAIreland/status/1130775241058332672

    it's a nifty graphic, but there's a whole lot of info missing. falling from 9m up is not 'like' crashing a car at 50km/h. all they're assuming is that by the time you hit the ground falling from 9m, you're travelling at close to 50km/h.


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    #3141
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,445 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Raam wrote: »
    Will wear whatever we want.
    And you can, it was just an opinion. It is 100% your choice, you can either have some respect for your appearance or not :pac:


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    #3142
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,292 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    https://twitter.com/costellochris/status/1131902607860129793


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    #3143
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,292 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    CramCycle wrote: »
    And you can, it was just an opinion. It is 100% your choice, you can either have some respect for your appearance or not :pac:
    no, i reckon that was a mod decision and any attempt by Raam to claim otherwise is ignoring mod instructions.


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    #3144
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,117 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    CramCycle wrote: »
    And you can, it was just an opinion. It is 100% your choice, you can either have some respect for your appearance or not :pac:
    Thems fighting words. I hope your sock game is on point.


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    #3145
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,667 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    CramCycle wrote: »
    And you can, it was just an opinion. It is 100% your choice, you can either have some respect for your appearance or not :pac:


    VCB always respect the jersey ;)


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    #3146
    dahat
    Registered Users Posts: 16,630 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    So had to buy a gp4000 2 today as my normal tyres put of stock....

    Bloody hate changing tyres I've used without issue for years.


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    #3147
    coco0981
    Registered Users Posts: 1,293 ✭✭✭coco0981


    https://twitter.com/chrisfroome/status/1131932043301052416?s=19

    😂😂


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    #3148
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,741 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    Science spoiler:

    https://twitter.com/SellaTheChemist/status/1132663830004359174


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    #3149
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Ah we wondered what that was here.


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    #3150
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,429 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    Cycling had taken a back seat for me the last 6months given I was training to be punched in the face. But looking at my May stats on Strava there, I've averaged 250kms per week and have climbed 8000 metres. Reasonably pleased with that and a nice reintroduction


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    #3151
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,292 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    god help cyclists out there at the moment. utterly torrential on the northside at the moment, and a light show to boot.


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