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La Flamme Rouge **off topic discussion**

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    #3932
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,446 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Kurtosis wrote: »
    Would anyone know of somewhere in the Grafton St area that might sell a puncture repair kit? Sad to see all the nearby bike shops have closed or moved.

    Camden St. would be the closest I imagine.


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    #3933
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,667 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Is there a Tiger shop near ? They do them.


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    #3934
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,318 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i think there may be a tiger shop across the road from the church on aungier street. but camden street is just a little bit farther to walk, and you'll be in a dedicated bike shop.


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    #3935
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,835 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    There's a tiger in Stephen's green and a bike shop on Pearse street across from the library. TK Maxx sometimes have stuff too.


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    #3936
    Kurtosis
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 2,881 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kurtosis


    Brilliant, thanks all! Didn't realise Tiger did them. Also, despite cycling past Penny Farthing cycles on Camden Street every day, I forgot they existed. Will give them a go if no joy in Tiger.


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    #3937
    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,373 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Dealz too, but none on the southside.


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    #3938
    buffalo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,050 ✭✭✭buffalo


    http://www.dublincity.ie/share-care
    Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr. Tom Brabazon recently launched the new “Share with Care” (“Roinn le Curaim”) signage in Fairview Park. This initiative will promote responsible behaviour and respect between pedestrians and cyclists and if successful will be extended to other parks in the city.

    It would be easy to make a whataboutery comment about motorists and cyclists sharing with care, but I won't.


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    #3939
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,446 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Office mate in an unpleasant way after a car ran onto the main road, looking at phone and she had to emergency break, bike went from under her. Fairly bruised and battered, car drove off, never stopped and possibly didn't even notice. Thankfully the car and cyclist behind stopped to make sure she was OK. Driver of the car barely made the turn as they were trying to type and spin the wheel with at the same time. Thankfully only road rash and bruised ribs and hips.


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    #3940
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,835 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    Happened near work? There are plenty of cameras around there no?


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    #3941
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,318 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    no dashcam footage from the car behind, i guess?


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    #3942
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,446 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Weepsie wrote: »
    Happened near work? There are plenty of cameras around there no?
    Happened on the road between the Dropping Well pub and the old train station just around the corner, after climbing the hill.
    magicbastarder wrote: »
    no dashcam footage from the car behind, i guess?
    There is possibly one from the creche across the road.

    She talked me through it and I think she made the right call in regards what was happening, it was hit the deck or possibly hit the car at a funny angle. Funny she partly blames herself for a car pulling out in front of her and not paying attention.


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    #3943
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,318 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    so... when are we going to start seeing disc brakes on fixies/single speeds?


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    #3944
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    tomasrojo wrote: »
    They seem to have used the capitalised ninth letter of the alphabet for the fourth character instead of a lower-case twelfth. @dublinbus was taken in 2009, maybe by Dublin Bus to stop anyone else using it?

    Could you not just have said a big I instead of an l rather than making me do my abcs?!?!?!


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    #3945
    De Bhál
    Registered Users Posts: 2,842 ✭✭✭De Bhál


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    Could you not just have said a big I instead of an l rather than making me do my abcs?!?!?!

    reminds me of this old joke

    Teacher: Can anyone give me a sentence beginning with ‘‘I’’?

    Student: I is…

    Teacher: Never put ‘‘is’’ after an ‘‘I’’. Always put ‘‘am’’ after an ‘‘I’’.

    Student: I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.


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    #3946
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,742 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    Could you not just have said a big I instead of an l rather than making me do my abcs?!?!?!

    On my browser, the two letters of which you speak look exactly the same,so I tried another tack. Admittedly, I achieved precision without achieving intelligibility.


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    #3947
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    tomasrojo wrote: »
    On my browser, the two letters of which you speak look exactly the same,so I tried another tack. Admittedly, I achieved precision without achieving intelligibility.

    So you think that we can't read a sentence good like you does?


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    #3948
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,318 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    tomasrojo wrote: »
    Admittedly, I achieved precision without achieving intelligibility.
    story of my life, bud.


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    #3949
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,820 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    so... when are we going to start seeing disc brakes on fixies/single speeds?

    Never! :D

    Ah no disc's on single speeds fine.

    But why the flip would you want to have them on a fixie? You have double the amount of brakes on a fixie than a normal bike!


    It nearly killed me to put a back brake on my old track bike when I was converting her into my commuter. I have yet to use use it (back brake).

    I have disc's on a road bike and mtb, and they are truly excellent.

    I don't miss them on the fixie though. 4 brakes!


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    #3950
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,318 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    random thought - i've occasionally seen someone mess up mounting their rear light on the bike, and it ends up being a happy accident in that the light ends up shining back onto an item of clothing, illuminating it.
    i'd be curious as to how visible or eye catching a point source of light is, compared to the same light being bounced off a light item of clothing.
    there might be merit in mounting a rear light, facing forward onto your back, if you've a carrier or similar to mount it to?


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    #3951
    Mefistofelino
    Registered Users Posts: 1,751 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino


    Found this while tidying today.

    Nissan Classic,1992. Climb of Mushera, heading South. Some rider in possibly his first race in Europe after turning pro following the Barcelona Olympics.
    Chunky guy - whatever happened to him?


    491654.jpg


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    #3952
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 38,855 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    :rolleyes:

    https://twitter.com/BarmanNYC/status/1177011835565985792


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    #3953
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,446 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Mefistofelino wrote: »
    Found this while tidying today.

    Nissan Classic,1992. Climb of Mushera, heading South. Some rider in possibly his first race in Europe after turning pro following the Barcelona Olympics.
    Chunky guy - whatever happened to him?


    491654.jpg

    I hate to say it, but is it this guy :pac:
    2014-07-06_new_1759233_I3.JPG


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    #3954
    Rechuchote
    Registered Users Posts: 1,171 ✭✭✭Rechuchote


    How do you get rid of those ads on the right-hand column on Boards? As my sight deteriorates (on a 3- to 4-year (supposedly) waiting list for a cataract op, I have to size the pages up, and the effing thing takes up a third of the page and makes videos unwatchable.


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    #3955
    deandean
    Registered Users Posts: 2,218 ✭✭✭deandean


    Just have the operation ASAP ðŸ˜


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    #3956
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,446 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Rechuchote wrote: »
    How do you get rid of those ads on the right-hand column on Boards? As my sight deteriorates (on a 3- to 4-year (supposedly) waiting list for a cataract op, I have to size the pages up, and the effing thing takes up a third of the page and makes videos unwatchable.

    Use the old version of the site, ads are on top, not in a column.


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    #3957
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users Posts: 28,372 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    Rechuchote wrote: »
    How do you get rid of those ads on the right-hand column on Boards? As my sight deteriorates (on a 3- to 4-year (supposedly) waiting list for a cataract op, I have to size the pages up, and the effing thing takes up a third of the page and makes videos unwatchable.
    What device are you using? What browser?


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    #3958
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    What ads??? :confused:

    I jest, I know well they are there I just block them. If they weren't such a pain I'd allow them through like I do on other sites but if your ads get in the way I block them.

    Blocking them on cyclingnews.com really breaks it :D


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    #3959
    CormacH94
    Registered Users Posts: 173 ✭✭CormacH94


    Anyone been into the Chain Reaction outlet in Belfast?
    Whats the selection/range of clothing like in the place?


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    #3960
    Rechuchote
    Registered Users Posts: 1,171 ✭✭✭Rechuchote


    Any word of the little girl knocked off her bike by a bus on Kimmage Road West near the KCR the other day?


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    #3961
    Rechuchote
    Registered Users Posts: 1,171 ✭✭✭Rechuchote


    deandean wrote: »
    Just have the operation ASAP ðŸ˜

    Not up to me. They've got a little list.
    AndrewJRenko wrote: »
    What device are you using? What browser?


    Mac, Chrome, latest versions. Ads seem to be gone today.

    By the same token, spent some time yesterday on or near the cycle path from Rathfarnham to Nutgrove. Has to be one of the worst in Ireland. Non-dished on and off in places, manholes that sink under you, deadly little pavement edges that you (I) can't see.


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