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eeeee · 03-05-2018 10:44am

Fcuking hell :eek:

cdaly_ · 03-05-2018 11:06am

magicbastarder wrote: »

rather than me spamming the 24 hour time trial thread with stupid questions, just a pedantic question - if a time trial is 'what time you can ride course of distance X in', what do you call a race which is 'what distance can you ride in time Y'?

I seem to recall it being called a 'reliability trial'. No idea why...

Weepsie · 03-05-2018 1:48pm

tomasrojo wrote: »

Autonomous vehicles are really not close to being ready for road scenarios beyond very predictable ones. Road testing being suspended or scaled back by a few companies now.

http://www.eschatonblog.com/2018/05/im-prophet.html

There was a bit on Morning Ireland about driverless cars earlier. When asked where insurance companies ready for this, the response came across as basically "they're going to make it up" - which is what they seem to do anyway.

magicbastarder · 03-05-2018 5:20pm

was passed by a chap on an electric bike earlier - no shame in that, of course.
what made it interesting was it was a bit of a chunky thing, with a child seat on the back; and on that segment in strava, i averaged over 36km/h, and i couldn't keep up with him. i have a sneaking suspicion it may have been chipped.

Vizzy · 03-05-2018 5:31pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

was passed by a chap on an electric bike earlier - no shame in that, of course.
what made it interesting was it was a bit of a chunky thing, with a child seat on the back; and on that segment in strava, i averaged over 36km/h, and i couldn't keep up with him. i have a sneaking suspicion it may have been chipped.

Maybe your Garmin is faulty.

Time for a new bike.

buffalo · 04-05-2018 12:20am

"They should have to have licenses Joe... no Joe, taxi drivers! We're a bleedin' disgrace!"

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/more-than-third-of-taxi-drivers-prosecuted-in-2017-had-no-licence-1.3483485?mode=amp

Alek · 04-05-2018 7:18am

From Facebook ads

I wish I don't die laughing when I see one live

Rogue-Trooper · 04-05-2018 9:05am

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Hurrache · 04-05-2018 9:24am

buffalo wrote: »

"They should have to have licenses Joe... no Joe, taxi drivers! We're a bleedin' disgrace!"

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/more-than-third-of-taxi-drivers-prosecuted-in-2017-had-no-licence-1.3483485?mode=amp

I know a thread with a certain someone that will really love to see that news.

Alek · 04-05-2018 11:00am

Is riding the WW200 without registration, without availing of any food / water etc, a bad form?

ford2600 · 04-05-2018 11:28am

Alek wrote: »

Is riding the WW200 without registration, without availing of any food / water etc, a bad form?

I wouldn't do it. Food/water is only part of what is supplied with the entry.

A carefully planned route, risk assessment, signage, logistics of managing volunteers directing traffic etc.

The reason you want to ride it that day is because of the other 100's of people, who have paid, you can ride it with.

RobFowl · 04-05-2018 11:30am

Alek wrote: »

Is riding the WW200 without registration, without availing of any food / water etc, a bad form?

Yes, very bad form on every level.....

Chips Lovell · 04-05-2018 11:53am

From the New Yorker this week.

rollingscone · 04-05-2018 12:36pm

Alek wrote: »

Is riding the WW200 without registration, without availing of any food / water etc, a bad form?

Yes. Last year they lost track of how many riders were still out because the Marshals were inadvertently counting the freeloaders on the route.

Not cool.

Alek · 04-05-2018 1:20pm

How about doing the route in reverse? Lots of waving I guess

RobertFoster · 04-05-2018 4:07pm

Alek wrote: »

How about doing the route in reverse? Lots of waving I guess

Wear your boards jersey and you may end up with more sightings than Wishbone Ash.

Alek · 04-05-2018 4:16pm

In a single day!

Nah, I would never do this. Was only asking for a friend.

Rogue-Trooper · 04-05-2018 4:34pm

Alek wrote: »

Was only asking for a friend.

Wow, is Jonasz taking on the WW200 already after just cracking his first 20km ride?!!

Alek · 04-05-2018 4:46pm

Well, he's a bit underaged to register, you know...

rollingscone · 04-05-2018 7:16pm

Alek wrote: »

How about doing the route in reverse? Lots of waving I guess

Be ready to encounter large numbers of people on the wrong side of the road.

Wishbone Ash · 04-05-2018 10:30pm

Alek wrote: »

Is riding the WW200 without registration, without availing of any food / water etc, a bad form?

According to the whinging here a couple of years ago, half of those who had registered couldn't avail of food or water!

magicbastarder · 04-05-2018 11:11pm

this ad is currently displaying for me on boards.
if you want me to buy that rear derailleur for €500, please don't show me photos of it. i'd prefer look at my own appendix being removed.

can a rear derailleur really be worth the same as an entire ultegra groupset (looks aside)?

Raam · 04-05-2018 11:38pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

this ad is currently displaying for me on boards.
if you want me to buy that rear derailleur for €500, please don't show me photos of it. i'd prefer look at my own appendix being removed.

can a rear derailleur really be worth the same as an entire ultegra groupset (looks aside)?

I hate cables. I'd gladly pay double that to get rid of the things... if only it wasn't SRAM.

Weepsie · 05-05-2018 12:25am

Raam wrote: »

I hate cables. I'd gladly pay double that to get rid of the things... if only it wasn't SRAM.

If it were SRaam would it help?

LollipopJimmy · 05-05-2018 2:02pm

I like the look of the Sram stuff.

Raam · 05-05-2018 4:14pm

Weepsie wrote: »

If it were SRaam would it help?

Raampagnolo for me ;-)

Lumen · 05-05-2018 4:33pm

RobFowl wrote: »

Yes, very bad form on every level.....

I live in Wicklow. I'm not staying off the public roads because a bunch of Dubs want to pay money to tool around and queue for crap sandwiches.

05-05-2018 10:19pm

Lovely evening here so headed out for a walk with partner and wee one , after a while my partner says to me "you always do that" after I heard the familiar sound of pedals turning behind us I turned my head to check what bike the person was on (it was a lad on a carrera mtb) but she's right though I do it every time I see or hear a bike

Am I the only one who does this ?

RobertFoster · 05-05-2018 10:46pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Am I the only one who does this ?

I look at the jersey first.

eeeee · 05-05-2018 11:54pm

I always check out the bike. Barely notice the person!

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