La Flamme Rouge off topic discussion

dastardly00 · 30-09-2020 5:05pm

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Any word of his next outing?

I think it's Gent-Wevelgem on October 11th.

I don't know what other races he is planning on doing. There are not that many left in the calendar anyway.

Maybe Schelderprijs on October 14th or the 3 Days of De Panne on October 21st?

There is no mention of him doing Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, or the Vuelta

Thargor · 30-09-2020 5:20pm

Thinking of picking up a cheap secondhand one of these 2012 Trek 4500s as a Winter commuter, looking at getting it for €300 or hopefully a bit lower, what do you think? Good bike?

https://archive.trekbikes.com/ie/en/2012/Trek/4500_disc#/ie/en/2012/Trek/4500_disc/details

30-09-2020 6:12pm

8 year old bike, assuming it was bought in 2012 what kind of condition is it in now? Has it been well maintained?

Considering you can get a similarly speced 2021 Trek FX 2 for €530 new and factor any money you might have to spend on the old bike on the likes of drivetrain etc. if they haven't been maintaining it.

magicbastarder · 30-09-2020 6:22pm

i don't think you'd need suspension if it's a commuter.

Thargor · 30-09-2020 7:14pm

Its a 5km commute nothing serious, just something for frosty mornings, Ill carry on looking I suppose, slim pickings though.

silverharp · 02-10-2020 12:04pm

The passenger is our pov hero here , that being said the taxi is driving the wrong way down Meath street

https://twitter.com/electionlit/status/1311961808647974914

02-10-2020 12:12pm

What a legend the passenger is

CramCycle · 02-10-2020 12:39pm

Deleted User wrote: »

What a legend the passenger is

I'd vote for her

magicbastarder · 02-10-2020 1:38pm

silverharp, i hope you don't mind, but i edited your post so the tweet would display in-thread (it can't display mobile.twitter.com links)

dinneenp · 02-10-2020 1:43pm

silverharp wrote: »

The passenger is our pov hero here , that being said the taxi is driving the wrong way down Meath street

https://twitter.com/electionlit/status/1311961808647974914

Calling him a cyclist is an insult to cyclists.

LollipopJimmy · 02-10-2020 1:47pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

silverharp, i hope you don't mind, but i edited your post so the tweet would display in-thread (it can't display mobile.twitter.com links)

Heathen!

dastardly00 · 02-10-2020 2:47pm

Deleted User wrote: »

What a legend the passenger is

You're acting the bo****ks

eeeee · 02-10-2020 4:00pm

She's a legend!

02-10-2020 7:56pm

Has anyone been watching Long Way Up? Have my suspicions they had a lot more help than got shown early on with the cold and not as good as the original series but my god Argentina is some country. It was lovely when they met a couple who were cycling and told them their story. One part of it was familiar to me from watching the racing there when they were at the dam.

NamelessPhil · 02-10-2020 9:40pm

This is heartwarming. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/02/the-global-cycling-competition-helping-care-home-residents-see-the-world

If you follow the links in the article to last year's results some of the competitors have clicked thousands of kilometres.

02-10-2020 10:05pm

NamelessPhil wrote: »

This is heartwarming. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/02/the-global-cycling-competition-helping-care-home-residents-see-the-world

If you follow the links in the article to last year's results some of the competitors have clicked thousands of kilometres.

My partner is a nurse who has moved into that setting in recent years and has been telling me of the struggles the carers have to get some residents to engage with the activities etc. a lot of the stuff maybe just isn't for them. I was thinking about myself in that setting down the road and yeah I doubt I'll develop a taste for bingo or crafts etc. but if the home had those ???? Sign me up for a place now in case spaces are limited

Inquitus · 03-10-2020 8:48am

Giro's going to be fun!

https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1309509614581538816

Cartman78 · 03-10-2020 11:43am

Quest (Channel 144 on Sky) are showing daily highlights of the Giro by the way.

Happy to have stumbled across it just now as my two young lands are obsessed with cycling after watching the TdF

03-10-2020 12:00pm

Cartman78 wrote: »

Quest (Channel 144 on Sky) are showing daily highlights of the Giro by the way.

Happy to have stumbled across it just now as my two young lands are obsessed with cycling after watching the TdF

For those without Sky/Satelite Quest is available without geo restriction on their site www.dplay.co.uk they also have an android/ios app so you can cast to TV

magicbastarder · 03-10-2020 12:04pm

one of those days when i had been planning on going out for a two or three hour spin but it's drizzly here now and looks like more is on its way from the north, and i am just meh about going out now.

devonp · 03-10-2020 3:42pm

pity ES couldn't show todays last stage ....was looking everywhere for it

very exciting final stage ...highlights at midnight !! i believe

is LBL on ES tmrw ?

03-10-2020 5:22pm

It was live on Eurosport player, can be hard to find with all the tennis streams there but if you filter by sport and choose cycling you'll see it.

LBL is 10:25 for the women and 12:30 for the men on the player, not being covered live on the TV that I can see from the schedule.

manafana · 03-10-2020 9:43pm

too much cycling on, worth paying for the gcn or eurosport app so you can access the races you want like binck bank and earlier coverage.

For 20-40euro its worth it

03-10-2020 10:26pm

Yeah and you have the cx stuff starting too at the weekends. Actually the womens cx race today was worth a look haven't gotten around to the mens race yet but can't recall the last time I saw that much running in a cx lap. Hard, hard course.

magicbastarder · 05-10-2020 1:16pm

spotted an 80s steel olmo for sale in the rediscovery centre in ballymun earlier, with a 'do not lower saddle' warning on it. no explanation given.

it might have said 'saddle cannot be lowered' if the seatpost was seized i would have assumed, and it doesn't *look* seized.

Weepsie · 05-10-2020 1:18pm

I need to get in there again sometime

magicbastarder · 05-10-2020 1:25pm

also spotted in there, a fine example of cold setting the stays.

05-10-2020 2:08pm

Bit of a weird one, but I was walking the dog in Fairview park recently and came across a large bunch of bike lock keys, or at least, that's what they looked like.

I presumed somebody had stolen them from one of the two bike shops in Fairview and either dumped them or left them there to be retrieved later, but both shops have said they're not theirs. Not really sure what to do with them now....I wouldn't want to bin them if they're belonging to somewhere that needs them, any suggestions?

magicbastarder · 05-10-2020 2:11pm

bring them to clontarf garda station?
could have been assembled by a bike thief too, maybe?

05-10-2020 2:14pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

bring them to clontarf garda station?
could have been assembled by a bike thief too, maybe?

Good shout, rang them there and they suggested the same. If I don't hear a better suggestion, I'll leave them with the lads down there.

rubadub · 05-10-2020 2:21pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Not really sure what to do with them now....I wouldn't want to bin them if they're belonging to somewhere that needs them, any suggestions?

there is www.lost.ie and also a stupid amount of online lost & found pages on facebook. There should really be a single government one, its a ridiculous situation having to put them all up.

You could also email photos to local garda stations. Very strange looking keys

CramCycle · 05-10-2020 2:31pm

Its either a security guards lot and they lock up multiple gates with bike locks or Bell locks are like Basta keys and you only need a certain number of them to get through any of thee, ergo a thiefs.

magicbastarder · 05-10-2020 2:46pm

the ones on the top right look like Master keys (as in the master brand). cheap enough jobbies.

Captain Havoc · 05-10-2020 3:09pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I recall someone on here a while ago with the same problem saying they contacted Garmin and they sent one out to them free of charge.

I use bluetack

cletus · 05-10-2020 3:15pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

spotted an 80s steel olmo for sale in the rediscovery centre in ballymun earlier, with a 'do not lower saddle' warning on it. no explanation given.

it might have said 'saddle cannot be lowered' if the seatpost was seized i would have assumed, and it doesn't *look* seized.

What's the story with the rediscovery centre? What is it, do they sell bikes?

magicbastarder · 05-10-2020 3:27pm

'national centre for the circular economy'. They do bike maintenance classes (mainly introductory stuff) and teach bike restoration - they used to teach it to long term unemployed, not sure if they still do that - and furniture restoration, upholstery etc. All about reusing where possible.

magicbastarder · 05-10-2020 3:27pm

'national centre for the circular economy'. They do bike maintenance classes (mainly introductory stuff) and teach bike restoration - they used to teach it to long term unemployed, not sure if they still do that - and furniture restoration, upholstery etc. All about reusing where possible.

cletus · 05-10-2020 3:28pm

Do they sell on second hand bikes as well? Anything ever worth buying

magicbastarder · 05-10-2020 3:56pm

Rarely enough. They use bikes which have been donated, so it's usually low end. I bought a single speed a while back there for about 100 quid. I'd say the good stuff is usually spotted long before it gets out on the shop floor.

dinneenp · 06-10-2020 3:41pm

I got a dumb turbo trainer (will 'upgrade' it at some stage), looking for some recommended workouts from Youtube or elsewhere please.
Also any virtual rides, ideally somewhere that the scenery changes quickly/cyclist cycling quickly.
Edit- for virtual rides I found Best Indoor training apps
Any recommendations?

Thanks,
Pa.

CramCycle · 06-10-2020 9:04pm

I presume cycling is considered an inter county sport for training purposes as several clubs will have members across county boundaries?

loyatemu · 07-10-2020 11:56am

CramCycle wrote: »

I presume cycling is considered an inter county sport for training purposes as several clubs will have members across county boundaries?

I don't think so, you can train in groups of up to 15, but nowhere does it say you can travel inter-county to do so. My club certainly took the view that when Dublin was in Level3, we couldn't go there, and Dublin members couldn't come to Wicklow.

CramCycle · 07-10-2020 11:59am

loyatemu wrote: »

I don't think so, you can train in groups of up to 15, but nowhere does it say you can travel inter-county to do so. My club certainly took the view that when Dublin was in Level3, we couldn't go there, and Dublin members couldn't come to Wicklow.

Indeed, that's what the most recent CI advice says after I posted that. Government advice is different in that it says inter-county sports can continue for training, which to me reads that you can cross county borders if training with your club but its all academic now as CI have said you shouldn't. In my mind it calls into question if you are insured or not should you cross county borders. The reason I had asked is that my club are on a county line almost with numerous members just on either side by a km or so

cletus · 07-10-2020 12:27pm

I always understood "inter-county" to refer to the GAA, in terms of county teams. It would have no bearing if I trained in, say, a karate club in Portlaoise, but I live in Kildare.

It's used to include inter-county teams in the elite sports catagory

CramCycle · 07-10-2020 12:51pm

cletus wrote: »

I always understood "inter-county" to refer to the GAA, in terms of county teams. It would have no bearing if I trained in, say, a karate club in Portlaoise, but I live in Kildare.

It's used to include inter-county teams in the elite sports catagory

I get where you are coming from. Like I said, your CI insurance may not be valid if you do cross a county line for whatever reason. This said, the government guidelines say specifically, and I presume this covers any sport for training where your training might be across the border. An academic exercise as I don't go on club training spins so I am not trying to make my life easier, a mere curiosity.

cletus · 07-10-2020 1:10pm

CramCycle wrote: »

I get where you are coming from. Like I said, your CI insurance may not be valid if you do cross a county line for whatever reason. This said, the government guidelines say specifically, and I presume this covers any sport for training where your training might be across the border. An academic exercise as I don't go on club training spins so I am not trying to make my life easier, a mere curiosity.

I think you're presumption is wrong

Training

Outdoors: Non contact training only in pods of up to 15 (exemption for professional/elite/inter-county sports/senior club championship).

Indoors: Individual training only. No exercise or dance classes.

Matches and events

No matches or other sporting events should take place, with the exception of professional, elite, inter-county, and senior club championship, which should all take place behind closed doors.

This reads to me that professional sports, plus amateur inter-county GAA, and senior club GAA (but not, for example intermediate club championships) have an exemption.

I've never heard 'inter-county' being used, in a sporting sense, to refer to anything other than GAA.

So, for cycling, the only piece that is relevant is whether you are a professional or elite cyclist

keane2097 · 07-10-2020 1:21pm

I would have thought non-contact training in pods of 15 would accommodate club spins?

RobFowl · 07-10-2020 1:24pm

Training in groups of up to 15 is allowed outdoors. That applies to us all.
The elite sport is more to do with competition.
Don't think an M50 entering a B Cross race can't swing that one.......

Chips Lovell · 07-10-2020 1:27pm

RobFowl wrote: »

Training in groups of up to 15 is allowed outdoors. That applies to us all.
The elite sport is more to do with competition.
Don't think an M50 entering a B Cross race can't swing that one.......

Shoulda opted for the Elite Licence Rob.

cletus · 07-10-2020 1:43pm

keane2097 wrote: »

I would have thought non-contact training in pods of 15 would accommodate club spins?

It would, but not across county borders.

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