The A/R Off Topic Thread

Daithi BC · 31-05-2010 10:26am

OI wrote: »

I'm pretty sure sj got the same as the one I got last year which was a giant tcx 2, some nice like

http://www.pedalon.co.uk/acatalog/giant_tcx_2xl.jpg

Mmmm, bike porn....

Krusty_Clown · 31-05-2010 10:29am

How about a new sub-forum, called 'Running politics'. We could include all posts related to the AAI, URI, Junior athletics, race fee costs, charity percentages, race transfers, medical advice and men versus women.

Then we could focus on the important things in running, like GPS watches, pimping porridge, running shoe collections and kicking dogs.

robinph · 31-05-2010 12:01pm

I have recently inherited the use of one of these:
http://www.specialized.com/gb/en/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?spid=45853&eid=4951&menuItemId=9336

A foreign based brother has got into doing long bike races and is doing a few in the UK in the next couple of weeks, so just for those couple of races he has bought another bike to be based that part of the world. I've been given the task of getting some miles done on it before he lands and then does something like 100-150mile race the next day on it. I'll then just have to keep it nice and in good working order for when he returns the following year and does some more riding on it for a week or two.

kennyb3 · 31-05-2010 12:06pm

@ robinph, im jealous, 105 and all - nice. i ve got crappy Sora

robinph · 31-05-2010 12:14pm

Wish I knew what you just said there.

By 105 you mean the gears yeah? They took a bit of getting used to last week when I was riding round on it for the first time, but starting to get the hang of them now.

I have found myself keeping on looking for wing mirrors to see what is behind me and fiddling for the brake levers and indicators so far.

donothoponpop · 31-05-2010 1:13pm

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

How about a new sub-forum, called 'Running politics'. We could include all posts related to the AAI, URI, Junior athletics, race fee costs, charity percentages, race transfers, medical advice and men versus women.

Then we could focus on the important things in running, like GPS watches, pimping porridge, running shoe collections and kicking dogs.

Better still, why not discuss all running topics in this off-topic thread?:pac:

ManFromAtlantis · 31-05-2010 1:15pm

how did yer man and wan do that with the dresses/suits on the late late?

gerard65 · 31-05-2010 1:20pm

ManFromAtlantis wrote: »

how did yer man and wan do that with the dresses/suits on the late late?

Tut, everyone knows it's magic!!!!

Munster_Gal · 31-05-2010 1:27pm

working sucks

had a fab weekend in Glasgow and now I'm up the walls and wrecked

On the plus side..looks like Aer Arann are going to take over from ryanair on the Birmingham and Glasgow routes

that makes me very very very happy!

robinph · 31-05-2010 1:34pm

That will probably be one of these Aer Arran planes:

Munster_Gal · 31-05-2010 1:40pm

robinph wrote: »

That will probably be one of these Aer Arran planes:

if it means not having to go to Dublin airport again then that's ok with me

Daithi BC · 31-05-2010 1:59pm

robinph wrote: »

That will probably be one of these Aer Arran planes:

I hate those planes. They're so loud that you can't hear yourself think for the whole flight, and they're so unstable that they have to load the front of the plane first before letting anyone else on. And it's always blowing a gale when I'm on one.

MarieC · 31-05-2010 6:05pm

Q-How to make the world a happier place?
A-flashmob dancing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsuPqiCjyag

JKF · 31-05-2010 7:29pm

T-5 days til holidays!!!

Went shopping for holiday worthy clothes today so I'm sitting here like an excited child.
Resisting the urge to calculate the exact hours and minutes left...

robinph · 31-05-2010 8:20pm

JKF wrote: »

Resisting the urge to calculate the exact hours and minutes left...

There are quite a few webpages dedicated just to showing how long it is until my holiday starts:

One
Two
Three
...

Blueskye · 31-05-2010 10:15pm

Ugh a whole 18 days for me before I can get on that plane....it can't come soon enough.

MarieC · 01-06-2010 10:36am

I have no holidays to count down to.............:(

aero2k · 01-06-2010 10:51am

robinph wrote: »

I have found myself keeping on looking for wing mirrors to see what is behind me and fiddling for the brake levers and indicators so far.

Hi Robin,

When I lived in the US I got a little mirror that stuck onto the side of my helmet. Looked as stupid as it sounds, but everyone else had them so I decided to give it a try. Once I got the knack I could keep an eye on the road ahead and see what was behind at the same time. I think you can also get ones that clip onto the side of glasses / sunglasses.
Can't help with brakes or indicators I'm afraid!

Munster_Gal · 01-06-2010 1:03pm

I have no hols to look forward to either

But I'm in a job that I really like for once so I'm not looking to take hols any time soon

:D:D

--amadeus-- · 01-06-2010 1:12pm

One of the good things that came out of last week is that my Father In Law looked after the kids for a week and everyone had a great time so we are re-thinking our summer holiday plans. I think it would be nice to do a week or so in the sun with the kids and then whisk MrsA away for a 4 or 5 day stress buster.

We've done Oslo, Prague, Paris, London. Any suggestions for somewhere nice but ideally a bit not-obvious?

Krusty_Clown · 01-06-2010 1:18pm

Berlin in September?

--amadeus-- · 01-06-2010 1:28pm

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Berlin in September?

You are an evil, evil man

I was asked on the phone by someone if I would be in Cork this weekend. MrsA shot me one of these looks

for even suggesting taking her near any runners or running events in anything like the near future... More luxury hotel, less sweaty A in shorts is her style, methinks

(not that she dislikes you all. Or at least that she'd admit in public!)

kennyb3 · 01-06-2010 1:31pm

--amadeus-- wrote: »

We've done Oslo, Prague, Paris, London. Any suggestions for somewhere nice but ideally a bit not-obvious?

Lake Bled, nicest place i ve ever been.

Woddle · 01-06-2010 5:00pm

Baby won't stop rolling on to her tummy, making it very hard to get anything done today.

--amadeus-- · 01-06-2010 5:10pm

kennyb3 wrote: »

Lake Bled, nicest place i ve ever been.

Slovenia? How hard / easy to get to? If I have the right website it looks stunning

donothoponpop · 01-06-2010 5:13pm

Woddle wrote: »

Baby won't stop rolling on to her tummy, making it very hard to get anything done today.

Sellotape.

RacoonQueen · 01-06-2010 5:21pm

I REALLY need a holiday

MarieC · 01-06-2010 5:27pm

kennyb3 wrote: »

Lake Bled, nicest place i ve ever been.

without doubt the most beautiful place I have been. If ye decide to go there, you have to pay a visit to the Hotel Golf (If you stay in the nearby pension mayer you can use it). There pool facilities are class! You have pools of varying depths and temperatures, a class dive to go down, a pool that splits from one floor, to crash down on to the pool at the level below, so its like being under a waterfall. My favourite pool was the small outdoors one that was heated, and gave you a view straight down onto the lake, and the alps in front of you. Heaven.

Yes, its fair to say that I liked lake bled :rolleyes:

MarieC · 01-06-2010 5:29pm

--amadeus-- wrote: »

Slovenia? How hard / easy to get to? If I have the right website it looks stunning

get to stansted, then easyjet to ljubljana, the capital (i didnt get in to the capital but cousins said it was beautiful).

pricey country to get to, but soooo worth the effort, and its cheap once you get there!

you could price flying to vienna/budapest, get train then to ljubljana. Proper adventure and may be cheaper!

--amadeus-- · 01-06-2010 5:34pm

Actually I have vague memories of being on a lads weekend in Bratislava a couple of years ago so we would have flown into the same sort of area...

A cunning plan is beginning to form

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