La Flamme Rouge off topic discussion

Idleater · 01-01-2019 5:29pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

driving home on the m50 just now, a cyclist was pushing their bike over the west link. madser.

Ah, trade you that for the car driving on the cycle path footpad behind a hedge on the outer ring road earlier. I've to check the dashcam later.

tomasrojo · 02-01-2019 12:19am

Not the brightest bike thief:
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1080236668244901889

02-01-2019 12:35am

Should have just ran those cops were never catching him on foot or even on the the bike had they chased him on it :pac:

EDIT: Wait cops there have guns and tasers don't they. He did the smart thing sitting put.

magicbastarder · 02-01-2019 2:56pm

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

A small bar of hotel soap in your pocket, just drop a bit of water on it. Really does the job

i found (on a set of tyres that are not particularly difficult to fit) that an easy way to stop them flat-spotting is to inflate them to maybe 20psi, and where the bead hasn't popped properly into place, push the tyre away from the rim. there was still enough pressure in the tube to push the tyre outwards and let the bead seat properly.

CramCycle · 02-01-2019 10:03pm

Ha, I am on the front of the Irish Times. Thankfully it's like a game of Where's Wally but it's certainly an inspiration for me to get into better shape.

magicbastarder · 02-01-2019 10:05pm

first baby of the year?

CramCycle · 02-01-2019 10:19pm

I could be the AG and just trolling this place :pac:

Wishbone Ash · 02-01-2019 11:57pm

CramCycle wrote: »

Ha, I am on the front of the Irish Times. Thankfully it's like a game of Where's Wally but it's certainly an inspiration for me to get into better shape.

I was on the front page of the 'Indo' in 2003. Just me - not a crowd shot! Got a bit of a shock when I saw it by accident in my local shop when getting milk!

secman · 03-01-2019 12:45am

CramCycle wrote: »

Ha, I am on the front of the Irish Times. Thankfully it's like a game of Where's Wally but it's certainly an inspiration for me to get into better shape.

Jaysus, fair play, lost some weight, do you still have the black suit and the short tie ?

magicbastarder · 03-01-2019 9:06am

not about cycling, but an interesting read:

The long read: Why exercise alone won’t save us
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/jan/03/why-exercise-alone-wont-save-us

loyatemu · 03-01-2019 10:12am

CramCycle wrote: »

Ha, I am on the front of the Irish Times. Thankfully it's like a game of Where's Wally but it's certainly an inspiration for me to get into better shape.

if that's you in the Orsmond Clinic ad you've already made a good start!

Lumen · 03-01-2019 10:16am

magicbastarder wrote: »

not about cycling, but an interesting read:

The long read: Why exercise alone won’t save us
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/jan/03/why-exercise-alone-wont-save-us

tdlr: get a job as a dog walker or a security guard.

seamus · 03-01-2019 10:23am

It seems kind of obvious when you think about it. Like any other animal, we evolved a lifestyle that involved moving around during the day, little spurts of exercise mixed in with sitting and eating. If you watch a dog, they'll lay around for a while and then go for a wander, chase something around the garden for half an hour and sit back down.

Doing no exercise all day and then cramming in an hour of intense exercise probably works on the whole for the purposes of maintaining weight and fitness, but it's not what our bodies evolved to do. An hour or two of intense cardio is something we evolved to be capable of - it's arguably what gave us the leg up over every other animal on the planet - but we didn't evolve to do it on a daily basis.

On top of that, it's something that you have to remember to do. You can drop it from your day with no impact. This makes it really difficult to maintain long-term.

I gave a presentation in work last year which covered this exact topic. If exercise is not part of your routine, sooner or later you will stop doing it when circumstances change. If you have kids, the first thing that will go is your trip to the gym after work and your Sunday morning cycle.

But if you cycle to work, then chances are you can and will continue to do that no matter what your circumstances bring.

silverharp · 03-01-2019 2:49pm

seamus wrote: »

But if you cycle to work, then chances are you can and will continue to do that no matter what your circumstances bring.

Job change , in effect you would need to turn down a job that was near where you lived :pac: , the opposite happened to me last year, company moved away from where I lived, so could get the bike out again. It does give a great base of fitness to build on, in my case 125km per week.

04-01-2019 12:52am

Saw a man today in Drogheda on what looked like a Rapparee, only got a glance at it and the logo but obviously the shape of the frame caught my eye as it's not a modern one. Not a make I know much about and before my time but do know there is an Irish link there somewhere??????

Frame had some purple and silver I think. Lovely bike form the brief look I had of it.

secman · 04-01-2019 1:03am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Saw a man today in Drogheda on what looked like a Rapparee. Not a make I know much about and before my time but do know there is an Irish link there somewhere??????

Frame had some purple and silver I think.

Raparee were hand built steel frames which you could get customised colours . They were made by the Maye family in a workshop next to their family home in Clonard, just past Enfield in co. Meath .
I had one made in April 1992 and put the then new dura ace group set on it. Still have it and rode it last about 18 months ago. Will be 27 years old thus April, with a 61 year old engine

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04-01-2019 1:09am

Oh wow I was 12 then lol , fella I saw on it would have been of that vintage I think and intent on putting the km's in on it from the look of him. Love to see bikes of that age used as intended as opposed to sat in a shed and admired.

CramCycle · 04-01-2019 10:57am

I got a free "fancy"coffee in work this morning. Finally a positive news story for 2019.

daragh_ · 04-01-2019 11:12am

CramCycle wrote: »

I got a free "fancy"coffee in work this morning. Finally a positive news story for 2019.

The Tigger is back

CramCycle · 04-01-2019 11:13am

daragh_ wrote: »

The Tiger is back

I like the new nickname for me :pac:

LollipopJimmy · 04-01-2019 2:08pm

Just in the red line there and 3 Guards got on at the Museum (beside CCJ) so obviously in court, one had a clear evidence bag with a bolt cutters and bike lock in it. It gave me a smile anyway

magicbastarder · 04-01-2019 7:07pm

just renewed my car insurance. for the price i could probably get a reasonably decent secondhand bike.

MediaMan · 05-01-2019 1:28am

magicbastarder wrote: »

not about cycling, but an interesting read:

The long read: Why exercise alone won’t save us
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/jan/03/why-exercise-alone-wont-save-us

Very interesting. As well as people working activity into their day, there's this aspect.

Urban planning that better addresses the outdoor experience and encourages movement would be a key part of this change.

dastardly00 · 05-01-2019 2:18pm

I've lost the rubber strap/band (size - large) that holds a Garmin cadence senor to the crank arm.

Does anyone have a spare large band that they would be willing to pop in the post to me?

(they normally come in a set of 3 - small, medium and large, but only the large fits my crank arm).

LollipopJimmy · 05-01-2019 2:43pm

dastardly00 wrote: »

I've lost the rubber strap/band (size - large) that holds a Garmin cadence senor to the crank arm.

Does anyone have a spare large band that they would be willing to pop in the post to me?

(they normally come in a set of 3 - small, medium and large, but only the large fits my crank arm).

360cycles had them in stock before Christmas

Wishbone Ash · 05-01-2019 10:27pm

dastardly00 wrote: »

I've lost the rubber strap/band (size - large) that holds a Garmin cadence senor to the crank arm.

Does anyone have a spare large band that they would be willing to pop in the post to me?

(they normally come in a set of 3 - small, medium and large, but only the large fits my crank arm).

Thin cable ties??

CramCycle · 05-01-2019 10:33pm

dastardly00 wrote: »

I've lost the rubber strap/band (size - large) that holds a Garmin cadence senor to the crank arm.

Does anyone have a spare large band that they would be willing to pop in the post to me?

(they normally come in a set of 3 - small, medium and large, but only the large fits my crank arm).

I may have some of the edge holder ones which should also work, will look tomorrow. PM me tomorrow if you want them.

dastardly00 · 07-01-2019 12:10am

A mate of my mine was able to give me a spare band so I'm sorted now.

Thanks for the suggestions and help lads

07-01-2019 10:52am

Thinly veiled troll account here https://twitter.com/BehaviorCycling

magicbastarder · 07-01-2019 10:58am

saw that yesterday. i'd be more impressed if there was even a hint of wit to it, but it's all very low-brow.

Miklos · 07-01-2019 11:52am

Can't spell behaviour, posting evidence of themselves using their phone while driving... I'd reckon the account will appeal to a lot of people!

LollipopJimmy · 07-01-2019 11:58am

Odd commute this morning. I was stopped by a Motorcycle Guard on the canal to ask why a taxi driver was shouting at me as he passed me at the lights, Guard seemed to want to go after him. It was my neighbour asking if I needed my dog walked :pac: The Guard had thought he’d stumbled across an altercation so fair play I guess.

Then at Harold’s Cross, I was in the cycle lane (solid line) when a car came into it on top of me, I had to place a few side fists onto the car to let him know I was there, not enough to do any damage at all and the driver lost the plot screaming criminal damage and went to get out to ‘sort me out’, he didn’t in the end and just drove off but not before a chap who seen the whole lot had taken pics of his reg. On reflection I’ve taken two things from this, the first being cycling the canal 200odd times a year on a commute leads to far too many close calls, my old commute where I could avoid the canal led to very few of these instances, the canal between Blackhorse and Ranelagh seems to bring out the worst in drivers and cyclists alike. The next being I am either going to have to find a new route or reconsider cycling to work and instead move to Luas full time. I just can’t afford a stupid injury that will keep me out of training. There’s not a lot I could have done differently this morning, bright clothing, front and rear lights blazing away and in the correct road position.

daragh_ · 07-01-2019 12:32pm

Miklos wrote: »

Can't spell behaviour, posting evidence of themselves using their phone while driving... I'd reckon the account will appeal to a lot of people!

You can see their Tax is out of date as well. :rolleyes:

CramCycle · 07-01-2019 12:48pm

daragh_ wrote: »

You can see their Tax is out of date as well. :rolleyes:

My neighbours all round me are lovely, figured out that the fact that two have not paid VRT (still on english plates after a year) and the rest have out of date tax discs might be be of the reasons they are so nice, so no one is spiteful and calls revenue/gardai on them

Macy0161 · 07-01-2019 1:37pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Thinly veiled troll account here https://twitter.com/BehaviorCycling

I've only seen the sticky bottle article, which was of messy groups riding two abreast not the 3 or more as claimed.

jimm · 07-01-2019 2:30pm

A long read and a very disturbing story from Aussie Land

https://cyclingtips.com/2018/08/finding-mr-x/?utm_source=cyclingtips+List&utm_campaign=4d6be79e43-CT_weekly_newsletter02_02_2018_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_767cc070c8-4d6be79e43-311906649&mc_cid=4d6be79e43&mc_eid=24b2e222cd

Thud · 07-01-2019 4:06pm

jimm wrote: »

A long read and a very disturbing story from Aussie Land

https://cyclingtips.com/2018/08/finding-mr-x/?utm_source=cyclingtips+List&utm_campaign=4d6be79e43-CT_weekly_newsletter02_02_2018_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_767cc070c8-4d6be79e43-311906649&mc_cid=4d6be79e43&mc_eid=24b2e222cd

Surprise surprise "some of our admins are based in Ireland" (his name is given too)

BrianHenryIE · 07-01-2019 7:45pm

ignore... hadn't finished the article. It's a long article!

Benny Biscotti · 07-01-2019 11:51pm

Hi everyone,
Anyone know where I could source a universal silicon holder for my front light. It straps around crossbar and i can click the light on and off of it. Its a FORCE CASS Micro USB 300 Lumen Front Light.

I can't show a picture as I'm new. It fell off my bike on my way to work and I couldn't locate it.

Ryath · 08-01-2019 12:19am

tomasrojo off to a gig!

manafana · 08-01-2019 8:41am

If anyone missed it billy connolly had a 2 part biopic on the bbc over christmas, in the second of which he briefly discusses his love of cycling, breaking out his old road bike.

Think he summed up the beauty of cycling pretty well.

magicbastarder · 08-01-2019 9:02am

Benny Biscotti wrote: »

Its a FORCE CASS Micro USB 300 Lumen Front Light.

one of these jobbies?
https://www.littlewoodsireland.ie/force-cass-micro-usb-300-lumen-front-light/1600297158.prd

it may be a proprietary mount.

magicbastarder · 08-01-2019 9:05am

do you think that if i emailed strava and said 'i was charging up that hill but some dope was parked across the cycle lane and yellow box, and cost me at least six seconds, resulting in me missing out on my PR by five seconds', they'd tweak the entry in the database and give me the PR?

Benny Biscotti · 08-01-2019 10:45am

magicbastarder wrote: »

one of these jobbies?

it may be a proprietary mount.

That's the one.

Gloomtastic! · 08-01-2019 4:30pm

This looks like a winner......

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-46790235/crash-testing-the-air-bag-for-cyclists

ED E · 08-01-2019 5:07pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

do you think that if i emailed strava and said 'i was charging up that hill but some dope was parked across the cycle lane and yellow box, and cost me at least six seconds, resulting in me missing out on my PR by five seconds', they'd tweak the entry in the database and give me the PR?

Download the GPX, edit, re-upload :pac:

CramCycle · 08-01-2019 5:10pm

ED E wrote: »

Download the GPX, edit, re-upload :pac:

Worse than Lance Armstrong

magicbastarder · 09-01-2019 12:37am

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

This looks like a winner......

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-46790235/crash-testing-the-air-bag-for-cyclists

demonstrator falls onto his side to demonstrate an airbag which does not protect your sides, has to roll on to his back to pretend it's actually done anything.

eeeee · 09-01-2019 12:43am

It's been around the horse world for a long time, they were evenly expensive but highly effective.

I wonder what the mechanism for inflation is on the bike version? The horse one connects to a d ring on the saddle so if it's put under pressure it inflates. I think it's similar for motorcycle ones. How does the bike one know when to inflate?

magicbastarder · 09-01-2019 12:48am

you're much more likely to be thrown backwards off a horse than off a bike (look at me talking as if i know what i'm talking about!) though, aren't you?

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