La Flamme Rouge off topic discussion

magicbastarder · 08-06-2021 11:03pm

https://twitter.com/soullessparty/status/1402303611795824640

08-06-2021 11:27pm

Does he ride with a support car? Or was that just for Mexico, if so that was probably a smart move.

Seth Brundle · 08-06-2021 11:34pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

https://twitter.com/soullessparty/status/1402303611795824640

Is Ford in the photo? I can't see him

CramCycle · 08-06-2021 11:39pm

Seth Brundle wrote: »

Is Ford in the photo? I can't see him

#bloodycyclists

tomasrojo · 09-06-2021 6:08pm

https://twitter.com/IrishCycle/status/1402673527627583491

wheelo01 · 10-06-2021 11:58pm

I washed my Garmin Heart Rate Monitor strap the other day, it was working perfectly up until then.
The 520 + now "finds" it, but loses it almost as quick. I have tried changing the battery, just in case, but it's just the same.
Is there something you have to do to the contacts, or the parts where it touches skin after washing it??

Thanks in advance.

CramCycle · 11-06-2021 7:29am

wheelo01 wrote: »

I washed my Garmin Heart Rate Monitor strap the other day, it was working perfectly up until then.
The 520 + now "finds" it, but loses it almost as quick. I have tried changing the battery, just in case, but it's just the same.
Is there something you have to do to the contacts, or the parts where it touches skin after washing it??

Thanks in advance.

When you say washed, do you mean just dipped/rinsed in cold water or do you mean you put it through a washing machine? I know they say you can but I would only rinse in cold water to take off sweat/salt and that's it

tomasrojo · 11-06-2021 11:31am

Interesting post on the Guardian bike blog about a kit to turn a conventional bike into a pedelec:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2021/jun/11/want-to-turn-your-bicycle-into-an-e-bike-heres-just-the-gizmo

dastardly00 · 11-06-2021 6:35pm

CramCycle wrote: »

When you say washed, do you mean just dipped/rinsed in cold water or do you mean you put it through a washing machine? I know they say you can but I would only rinse in cold water to take off sweat/salt and that's it

I've washed my Garmin heart rate strap in the washing machine many, many times and I've never had any issues.

magicbastarder · 11-06-2021 9:56pm

that's cheating though. especially when it hits the spin cycle.

magicbastarder · 11-06-2021 10:22pm

https://twitter.com/neighbours_wifi/status/1403397448282877954

crosstownk · 11-06-2021 11:25pm

dastardly00 wrote: »

I've washed my Garmin heart rate strap in the washing machine many, many times and I've never had any issues.

Same here. I chuck it into the washing machine about once a month. No problems whatsoever.

griffin100 · 12-06-2021 12:39am

I winced

https://www.bikeperfect.com/news/florent-payet-struck-out-of-leogang-world-cup-in-freak-accident

breezy1985 · 12-06-2021 1:16am

magicbastarder wrote: »

https://twitter.com/neighbours_wifi/status/1403397448282877954

Cyclocross lane

wheelo01 · 12-06-2021 1:31am

CramCycle wrote: »

When you say washed, do you mean just dipped/rinsed in cold water or do you mean you put it through a washing machine? I know they say you can but I would only rinse in cold water to take off sweat/salt and that's it

Machine, that's the instructions on it.

I left it for a long time without doing anything- think that should have been my long term plan!

@lollipopjimmy do you use one? Maybe I can put my HRM into your strap, and vice versa to see if it is the strap or the HRM?

magicbastarder · 12-06-2021 12:20pm

*sniff* they didn't even list cycling.

https://twitter.com/carltonreid/status/1403671480664268800

breezy1985 · 12-06-2021 12:21pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

*sniff* they didn't even list cycling.

https://twitter.com/carltonreid/status/1403671480664268800

BMW divers dont know that cyclists exist. At least it seems that way going by their driving

CramCycle · 12-06-2021 12:41pm

Any bike shops around Dublin, Wicklow or Wexford that would tap a crank and insert a helicoil. I had CSS do it for me years ago but there waiting list is close to 2 months for the most minor of repairs. I could do it myself either if anywhere would rent me a tap for left crank.

magicbastarder · 12-06-2021 12:58pm

i was over in humphries recently and asked jimmy that in the eventuality of me needing to replace a BB, would there be much of a waiting list, and he said ah no, that would be handled quickly enough. wrong side of the city for you though, but may be worth giving them a shout?

LollipopJimmy · 12-06-2021 2:30pm

wheelo01 wrote: »

Machine, that's the instructions on it.

I left it for a long time without doing anything- think that should have been my long term plan!

@lollipopjimmy do you use one? Maybe I can put my HRM into your strap, and vice versa to see if it is the strap or the HRM?

Yep no problem

eeeee · 12-06-2021 8:21pm

CramCycle wrote: »

Any bike shops around Dublin, Wicklow or Wexford that would tap a crank and insert a helicoil. I had CSS do it for me years ago but there waiting list is close to 2 months for the most minor of repairs. I could do it myself either if anywhere would rent me a tap for left crank.

Bee Cycles in Dolphins' Barn

magicbastarder · 13-06-2021 9:51am

(note: this is not me)

https://twitter.com/PaschalSheehy/status/1403816343040925699

buffalo · 14-06-2021 8:19am

New policing bill on the way, I noticed this section:

Under the provisions of the Bill, gardaí will also no longer be obliged to make a written record of interviews with suspects and witnesses once other recording options are available.

Any chance that means reporting a close pass will just be done over the phone, without the need to attend in person and sign a written statement?

Rechuchote · 14-06-2021 9:26am

magicbastarder wrote: »

*sniff* they didn't even list cycling.

https://twitter.com/carltonreid/status/1403671480664268800

Cunning plan to get their ad spread by indignant cyclists. Worked like a dream.

cletus · 14-06-2021 11:16am

CramCycle wrote: »

Any bike shops around Dublin, Wicklow or Wexford that would tap a crank and insert a helicoil. I had CSS do it for me years ago but there waiting list is close to 2 months for the most minor of repairs. I could do it myself either if anywhere would rent me a tap for left crank.

Did you get sorted with this? I wonder would it be worth heading to your local motor factors and see if they have a 9/16'' left hand tap, especially if you already have the helicoil equipment

CramCycle · 14-06-2021 11:20am

dastardly00 wrote: »

I've washed my Garmin heart rate strap in the washing machine many, many times and I've never had any issues.

crosstownk wrote: »

Same here. I chuck it into the washing machine about once a month. No problems whatsoever.

wheelo01 wrote: »

Machine, that's the instructions on it.

I left it for a long time without doing anything- think that should have been my long term plan!

@lollipopjimmy do you use one? Maybe I can put my HRM into your strap, and vice versa to see if it is the strap or the HRM?

You are both 100% right, I just never done it, stories of the washing machine battering the connection years ago, probably unfounded. Cold water to wash out the salts etc. is fine for me. I've had others I never washed AFAIK and they lasted for years so who knows.

CramCycle · 14-06-2021 11:23am

cletus wrote: »

Did you get sorted with this? I wonder would it be worth heading to your local motor factors and see if they have a 9/16'' left hand tap, especially if you already have the helicoil equipment

The Bike Rack have come through again. After some help with a stuck BB and some ingenuity from their mechanic, and now this, they are going forward my go to bike shop, played a blinder and I am not a regular at all but they are getting my business for my next set of wheels.

Rechuchote · 15-06-2021 9:40am

CramCycle wrote: »

You are both 100% right, I just never done it, stories of the washing machine battering the connection years ago, probably unfounded. Cold water to wash out the salts etc. is fine for me. I've had others I never washed AFAIK and they lasted for years so who knows.

Wash delicate things inside pillowcase in a washing net

Seth Brundle · 16-06-2021 10:16am

Danish advert for le Tour
https://twitter.com/cyclingtips/status/1404891157537058817

magicbastarder · 16-06-2021 10:22am

Rechuchote wrote: »

Wash delicate things inside pillowcase in a washing net

my wife has a fairly heavy duty 'pillowcase' for washing horse related stuff, like horse rugs etc.
i think they can be bought in a lot of the larger agri outlets, she gets a lot of he stuff from whites agri, just off the old N1 near man'o'war.

cletus · 16-06-2021 10:33am

That ad is brilliant

Wishbone Ash · 16-06-2021 11:40am

Another example of our car centric culture. I was walking past a GP surgery near me and they have a sign up - "All patients must remain in their cars until called".

16-06-2021 11:58am

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Another example of our car centric culture. I was walking past a GP surgery near me and they have a sign up - "All patients must remain in their cars until called".

Reminds me of this one from a few weeks back in Wales.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/man-left-fuming-after-being-20270930

Wishbone Ash · 16-06-2021 12:08pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Reminds me of this one from a few weeks back in Wales.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/man-left-fuming-after-being-20270930

I went through the 'drive thru' in McDonald's in Santry on the way home from a Boards Evil ride a few years ago. I got some funny looks but they served me all the same.

LollipopJimmy · 16-06-2021 12:16pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I went through the 'drive thru' in McDonald's in Santry on the way home from a Boards Evil ride a few years ago. I got some funny looks but they served me all the same.

The one near me has sign saying no cyclists, however I can rock through on my motorbike. It does also have a sign saying no sulkies..

Seth Brundle · 16-06-2021 12:22pm

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

The one near me has sign saying no cyclists

Why? What do they think would happen? Or is it because their drinks container doesn't fit in the bottle cage?

magicbastarder · 16-06-2021 1:23pm

https://twitter.com/abbyisainmdom/status/1404810435870826499

ARX · 16-06-2021 1:50pm

Seth Brundle wrote: »

Why? What do they think would happen? Or is it because their drinks container doesn't fit in the bottle cage?

Elfin safety. The excuse of yesteryear, before GDPR.

Thargor · 16-06-2021 6:32pm

I need new bar tape on my commuter, any other colours that go well on a white bike besides black again?

Seth Brundle · 16-06-2021 6:33pm

Light blue to match the bits on the bike?

breezy1985 · 16-06-2021 6:44pm

Blue or white with a saddle to match

Thargor · 16-06-2021 7:04pm

Would fluorescent orange be hideous on it do you think?

EDIT: Might give this blue/black a try actually:

https://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-essential-bar-tape

cletus · 16-06-2021 7:28pm

Thargor wrote: »

Would fluorescent orange be hideous on it do you think?

EDIT: Might give this blue/black a try actually:

https://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-essential-bar-tape

I think that blue looks too dark.

If it was me, I'd go with the orange, but I love orange, so...

magicbastarder · 16-06-2021 8:53pm

orange bar tap FTW.

was talking to one of the stewards at the swords CC race earlier out at kilcoscan. mentioned i'd pass their TT going from fieldstown farm up to garristown last week. my best *down* that hill (it's about 1% drop over 9km) is about 36km/h. last week the lad who won did it uphill at about 42km/h.

crosstownk · 16-06-2021 9:51pm

https://bartape.ie/collections/dark-blue/products/white-handlebar-tape-with-blue-drops

+1 on the white saddle - otherwise I'd leave the tape black - just my 2c. Ultimately just get whatever you like the look of.

breezy1985 · 16-06-2021 10:05pm

crosstownk wrote: »

https://bartape.ie/collections/dark-blue/products/white-handlebar-tape-with-blue-drops

+1 on the white saddle - otherwise I'd leave the tape black - just my 2c. Ultimately just get whatever you like the look of.

Perfect

magicbastarder · 16-06-2021 10:16pm

how long do people find the pads in their bike helmets last? i bought a new helmet in july last year and the pad started to come apart about two months ago.

Wishbone Ash · 16-06-2021 10:37pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

how long do people find the pads in their bike helmets last? i bought a new helmet in july last year and the pad started to come apart about two months ago.

They tend to deteriorate when washed often in my experience. The ones in my commuter helmet didn't last very long so I 'replaced' them by wearing a cap.

magicbastarder · 16-06-2021 10:48pm

i never 'wash' them as such, just rinse them with clean water.

crosstownk · 16-06-2021 11:09pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

how long do people find the pads in their bike helmets last? i bought a new helmet in july last year and the pad started to come apart about two months ago.

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

.... I 'replaced' them by wearing a cap.

Same here. I wear a cap/casquette under my helmet in all weathers. It keeps sweat from dripping, fends off rain and helps in strong sunlight.

In summer I just wash them with the rest of my kit after each ride. In winter I wash them every two or three rides as I don't sweat as much.

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