The Broomwagon (off topic chat)

petethedrummer

EDIT: Actually, I don't want to get into a debate about comedy.

tomasrojo

petethedrummer wrote: »

EDIT: Actually, I don't want to get into a debate about comedy.

Fair enough. Incidentally, just to conclude on a comedy-related and conciliatory note, I've been listening to the WTF with Marc Maron podcasts for the last few months, which are very good, I think, and there's one with Stewart Lee, which is insightful and enjoyable.

Diarmuid

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

Top gear ain't serious. I'm sure that the beeb don't share the "serious" opinion of top gear as shown in the recent episodes with Albania (mob) and Italy (police).

Read an article in last weekends Sunday papers about rich arabs bringing their supercars to drive around London. On guy admitted to buying a Zonda (or something like that) because it did the fastest lap on Top Gear.

Lusk Doyle

Diarmuid wrote: »

Read an article in last weekends Sunday papers about rich arabs bringing their supercars to drive around London. On guy admitted to buying a Zonda (or something like that) because it did the fastest lap on Top Gear.

Oh how the other half live!!! Ba$tard$!!!

thebouldwhacker

We're not all flash like that you know.

Captain Havoc

Khannie

LOL. Post count slut.

Jawgap

Cyclingnews - A Web 1.0 Success Story

manafana

cycling news is serious website to be fair, miles ahead of anything else for cycling

RobFowl

Khannie wrote: »

LOL. Post count slut.

18,270


:eek:

thebouldwhacker

This is hard to describe but interesting none the less, handy if you want to cycle as Gaeilge and know EU stats and policies.... link

The guide was created to help people cycling in Europe to communicate in bike shops, train stations and hotels, as well as to raise awareness of cycling in general. It’s not totally comprehensive but it could be handy for any bike tourist on an international trip and if you’re taking a smartphone or Kindle along for the ride anyway, it’s easy to carry.

Khannie

RobFowl wrote: »

18,270


:eek:

I know. It's slightly embarrassing really. I'm an old timer 'round here though. More than 7 years now (jaysus!). They just rack up over time.

CramCycle

Khannie wrote: »

I know. It's slightly embarrassing really. I'm an old timer 'round here though. More than 7 years now (jaysus!). They just rack up over time.

Could be worse, you could just be some newbie making pointess posts that don't really say anything but waffle on enough to convince people you actually have all with the purpose of building up your post count :pac::pac::pac:

Dord

Spotted this joke on another forum.

A guy was walking down the street one day, when his friend rode up on an incredible shiny new bike. "WOW!" he said, "Where did you get such a nice bike?"
The cyclist replied, "Well, yesterday I was walking home, minding my own business, when a beautiful woman rode up to me on this bike. She threw the bike to the ground, took off all her clothes and said, 'Take whatever you want!'"
The first guy nodded approvingly, "Good choice. The clothes probably wouldn't have fit."

RobFowl

http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2011/08/greg-lemond-will-be-on-this-weeks-phineas-ferb/

Lemag

A friend of mine, whilst looking for a set of wheels, came across these
Mavic Aksium Black Clincher Road Bike Wheelset - OE. Can anyone here shed some light on what 'OE' might stand for in this context? Thanks.

'Old Edition' I'm guessing?

TheTubes

Lemag wrote: »

A friend of mine, whilst looking for a set of wheels, came across these
Mavic Aksium Black Clincher Road Bike Wheelset - OE. Can anyone here shed some light on what 'OE' might stand for in this context? Thanks.

'Old Edition' I'm guessing?

Either that or:

OE (Original Equipment) products have been bought from excess stock destined for bike manufacturers and as such they may not come in the original packaging or with instructions. This means we can pass the savings on to you. They are of the same high quality as retail product and still have the usual Wiggle warranty applied to them.

Click on the Q & A tab.

thebouldwhacker

No world record but I just did 20km in 30 min. I'm happy with that.

Coronal

thebouldwhacker wrote: »

No world record but I just did 20km in 30 min. I'm happy with that.

Wow, Daft Punk give quite the performance boost!

Khannie

So...are bib shorts really that much better? I have non bib shorts and find them grand.

Creamy Goodness

screw everyone and their isotonic drinks/water/water+salt solution this is what i brought on my cycle tonight.

manafana

Khannie wrote: »

So...are bib shorts really that much better? I have non bib shorts and find them grand.

i find bib shorts great from practical point of view, they keep ur back warm which is importnat if wind gets under the shirt and they dont cum down on you, and pad stays up where it should be.

Raam

Khannie wrote: »

So...are bib shorts really that much better? I have non bib shorts and find them grand.

Yes. Try 'em and see.

ThisRegard

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

screw everyone and their isotonic drinks/water/water+salt solution this is what i brought on my cycle tonight.

I tried that stuff before, interesting to begin with but it just becomes too bleh to finish.

Lemag

Khannie wrote: »

So...are bib shorts really that much better? I have non bib shorts and find them grand.

You wear them for the sake of others

Coronal

ThisRegard wrote: »

I tried that stuff before, interesting to begin with but it just becomes too bleh to finish.

Blasphemy! That stuff is great. Topped only by the PorterHouse's own chocolate stout. Haven't seen any of it around in a while, though. Om nom nom.

manafana

http://yfrog.com/h3jt2prsj

a tt bike for the kids

CramCycle

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

screw everyone and their isotonic drinks/water/water+salt solution this is what i brought on my cycle tonight.

Where did you get it?

Diarmuid

Khannie wrote: »

I'm an old timer 'round here though. More than 7 years now (jaysus!).

pfffft newbie

Sr. Assumpta

A recent symposium at the American College of Sports Medicine 58th Annual Meeting June 2, 2011 and other recent studies show that chocolate improves endurance training in mice and humans. Taking small amounts of a chocolate extract, called epicatechin, twice a day for two weeks shortened recovery from intense exercise and increased endurance in mice (Journal of Physiology, July 25, 2011). Drinking chocolate milk after all- out exercising helped athletes recover faster and cycle faster afterwards (Journal of Strength Conditioning Research, May 2011).

These studies do not encourage you to take chocolate just before competitions. They show that chocolate helps you to recover faster from hard exercise, and that you may benefit from taking small amounts of chocolate daily during hard training . All athletic training is done by taking a harder workout on one day, feeling sore on the next and taking easier workouts for as many days as it takes for the soreness to go away. If you can recover faster, you can do more intense training and be a better athlete.

Your body requires oxygen to convert food to energy to power your muscles during exercise. The limiting factor to how fast you can run or cycle, and how much force your muscles can generate, is the time it takes to move oxygen from your lungs into your muscles. The aim of all athletic training is to increase your body's ability to convert food to energy with the least amount of oxygen. Anything that increases oxygen supply or decreases oxygen needs will make you faster and stronger.

Your muscles convert food to energy primarily in your mitochondria, small chambers numbering from a few to thousands inside your muscles. Anything that grows new mitochondria or enlarges existing ones will make you faster and stronger. The cocoa bean contains chemicals called epicatechins that stimulate your muscles to grow and produce mitochondria. It takes only small amounts, taken regularly, to do this.

http://www.drmirkin.com/public/ezine080711.html

Coronal

Sr. Assumpta wrote: »

Drinking chocolate milk...

I knew I was doing something right!

Sr. Assumpta wrote: »

benefit from taking small amounts of chocolate daily during hard training

I may also be doing something wrong....

Creamy Goodness

CramCycle wrote: »

Where did you get it?

Off license in bray called Hollands. They do all kinds of great ales/stouts/beers.

Lumen

Sr. Assumpta wrote: »

drmirkin.com

Snigger.

Sr. Assumpta

Lumen wrote: »

Snigger.

*too busy enjoying third 'Flake' to stress over sources*

Lumen

The Phoenix Park smelt amazing this morning.

It's sexy time for plants.

tomasrojo

Sr. Assumpta wrote: »

Your muscles convert food to energy primarily in your mitochondria, small chambers numbering from a few to thousands inside your muscles.

This really doesn't do justice to those incredible little organelles, the mitochondria.

They're present in every living cell in your body, have their own DNA, and probably were initially bacteria that were ingested by a larger unicellular organism back in the mists of time and stayed on in a symbiotic relationship.

They also number in the millions inside your muscles, since each living cell has at least one mitochondrion, and as far as I know muscle cells have many mitochondria each.

Jawgap

London's worst looter......



.....and this girl might have some explaining to do to her bosses (she was arrested looting the shop where she works)

tomasrojo

Lumen wrote: »

The Phoenix Park smelt amazing this morning.

It's sexy time for plants.

This really doesn't do justice to those incredible ... ah, never mind.

Captain Havoc

Jawgap wrote: »

London's worst looter......

Ahem, not a patch on this one:

Khannie

Diarmuid wrote: »

pfffft newbie

Pfft. Go away 2000. Come back when you're 10K.

AstraMonti

Yesterday night at midnight the temperature was 31C. The temperature now is 39C under shade. I used to work at these temperatures.. now I can barely drink beer by the seaside.. :pac:

Captain Havoc

AstraMonti wrote: »

Yesterday night at midnight the temperature was 31C. The temperature now is 39C under shade. I used to work at these temperatures.. now I can barely drink beer by the seaside.. :pac:

You have our sympathies :rolleyes:

tomasrojo

Edwardian stunt riding. Including knitting on the bike.

http://vl203.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/fancy-cycling/

The stunts described

may be accomplished by any rider posessed of an ordinary amount of nerve, the virtue of determination, and a few spare moments secure from the rude intrusion of unsympathising spectators.

Lumen

Expensive bike is expensive.

1985 REDLINE RL 20 II RL OSBORNS ACTUAL RAD MOVIE BMX

oflahero

Lumen wrote: »

Expensive bike is expensive.

1985 REDLINE RL 20 II RL OSBORNS ACTUAL RAD MOVIE BMX

"Q: will you ship to nigeria???
A: Not at this time. Thank you"

Jawgap

Meanwhile in London.......

Vélo

I can't understand why Cameron has cancelled all leave for Police Officers in London, why doesn't he just give Johnny Hoogerland a call.

He'd sort out that mess in no time at all.

Which do you think would be better 16,000 English Gardai or 1 Johnny Hoogerland?

petethedrummer

Vélo wrote: »

I can't understand why Cameron has cancelled all leave for Police Officers in London, why doesn't he just give Johnny Hoogerland a call.

He'd sort out that mess in no time at all.

Which do you think would be better 16,000 English Gardai or 1 Johnny Hoogerland?

No no no, Bernard Hinault is the demonstrator sorter outer.

Hail 2 Da Thief

Jawgap wrote: »

Meanwhile in London.......

http://london.craigslist.co.uk/mob/2536072357.html

Lusk Doyle

petethedrummer wrote: »

No no no, Bernard Hinault is the demonstrator sorter outer.

Both wrong. Chuck Norris is the answer.