The Broomwagon (off topic chat)

Jawgap

Wronger than a bag of wrong things......

What London needs is Blue Thunder.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd3lDhyM21M

CramCycle

Jawgap wrote: »

Wronger than a bag of wrong things......

What London needs is Blue Thunder.......

Nothing ever goes according to plan.....

.....Murphy's Law :rolleyes:

Hermy

You're wrong too. Trent is the man to sort this out.

nitrogen

I'm feeling very guilty I didn't take advantage of a lovely morning in London. Instead rode straight to work, instead of leaving earlier... Argh!

Moflojo

Whenever anything significant happens, such as the London riots, the news media quotes numerous eye-witnesses as saying: "It was so weird man, it was like a film or sum'ink [sic]!"

Why are we so disbelieving when real life throws up something interesting?

P.s. The Revolution WILL be televised, endlessly...

buffalo

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/big-increase-in-uk-cyclist-casualties-31271

Bad news in general, but noticed this:

Recent evidence indicates that cyclists who wear helmets are 14 percent more likely to have a collision per mile cycled than those without, and are more likely to suffer neck injuries.

Anyone know what study he's quoting?

RobFowl

buffalo wrote: »

Anyone know what study he's quoting?

It's only Wed tell you Fri

In the meantime this will take your mind off it

Captain Havoc

buffalo wrote: »

Anyone know what study he's quoting?

oflahero

RobFowl wrote: »

In the meantime this will take your mind off it

Hummina hummina. Care to expand on the background to this? Or more pictures will just do.

RobFowl

oflahero wrote: »

Hummina hummina. Care to expand on the background to this? Or more pictures will just do.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.254618091224237.70560.221229391229774&type=1

With gratuitous pic added

oflahero

The 'Surprise!' one is classic. That's one lucky old dude.

buffalo

I know it's only Wednesday. I want to have the study to hand for when I start a whole new thread on Friday!

sled driver

Quote of the day to some Waterstones employee in the UK who, when asked about the riots, apparently came out with the following gem.....

"We're staying open, and if they steal our books, they might learn something"

BTH

Looking at those pics thinking she's got some proper cyclist tan lines!!! Google her name, realise she's actually a cyclist, it all begins to make sense...

kennyb3

Hermy wrote: »

You're wrong too. Trent is the man to sort this out.

Only caught this now, my god cant stop laughing had to close the door of my office as i was giggling so much

tomasrojo

The study with the 14% figure is
Erke A, Elvik R. Making Vision Zero real: Preventing pedestrian accidents and making them less severe. TOI, Norwegian Centre for Transport Research, Report 889/2007.

(It includes cyclists as well as pedestrians)

Holyboy

Hermy wrote: »

You're wrong too. Trent is the man to sort this out.

That is awesom,how long does it go on for? I had to stop reading, people on the street think im mental because im laughing so much!

AssaultedPeanut

Trent is the man, well Padraiggg is I guess. Like Clark Kent and Superman...kinda

Anyway, is this week bike salmon* week or what??? I've seen them before but never had a personal encounter with one before until this week, twice!!! Extremely close call today.


*cyclist going against the flow of traffic, this phrase was used on here before but can't remember who by, all credit goes to them whoever they are

Dermot Illogical

Hermy wrote: »

You're wrong too. Trent is the man to sort this out.

The first couple of pages confused me, but I was pissing myself laughing by page 3. Then I had sex with the cocktail waitress.

Holyboy

TRENT for president, that's what I say, screw Gaybo!!

Lemag

Trent is a character of fiction. Face Kicker on the other hand..

Hermy

Lemag wrote: »

Trent is a character of fiction.

What are you talking about?:eek:

Lemag

Garmin Edge 500 only £99.97 here. Am I missing something?

damo80

Lemag wrote: »

Garmin Edge 500 only £99.97 here. Am I missing something?

No HR strap or speed/cadence included. It's just the computer

Coronal

damo80 wrote: »

No HR strap or speed/cadence included. It's just the computer

That's still a pretty decent price, about 50 lower than Hnadtec (who usually have good GPS prices). The HR strap and cadence unit go for between 30-35 pounds each, so you can pick those up easily enough.

damo80

Coronal wrote: »

damo80 wrote: »

No HR strap or speed/cadence included. It's just the computer

That's still a pretty decent price, about 50 lower than Hnadtec (who usually have good GPS prices). The HR strap and cadence unit go for between 30-35 pounds each, so you can pick those up easily enough.

Good price alright. Shame not in black though, blue is so last year

Lemag

damo80 wrote: »

No HR strap or speed/cadence included. It's just the computer

I was a little clumsy with my wording. I knew that it wasn't coming with a HR strap and cadance sensor but I wasn't able to find it anywhere else for even close to this price. It was late so I was just checking with you guys to make sure that I wasn't having a blond moment.

CramCycle

Lemag wrote: »

Garmin Edge 500 only £99.97 here. Am I missing something?

out of stock

RobFowl

The toolbar at the top of my boards screen has disappeared
Is it just me !!

TheTubes

RobFowl wrote: »

The toolbar at the top of my boards screen has disappeared
Is it just me !!

Me too, it must be Friday, yay.

kennyb3

Me three. hard to navigate without it

TheTubes

kennyb3 wrote: »

Me three. hard to navigate without it

It's not too hard once you understand the URL structure, just increment/decrement the number at the end of the URL until you find the forum you are looking for:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=410

RobFowl

TheTubes wrote: »

It's not too hard once you understand the URL structure

Is that phrase not an oxymoron ?



An oxymoron (plural oxymorons or oxymora) (from Greek ὀξύμωρον, "sharp dull") is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms

TheTubes

RobFowl wrote: »

Is the phrase not an oxymoron ?



An oxymoron (plural oxymorons or oxymora) (from Greek ὀξύμωρον, "sharp dull") is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms

Yes, the phrase is not an oxymoron.


:pac:

ThisRegard

TheTubes wrote: »

It's not too hard once you understand the URL structure, just increment/decrement the number at the end of the URL until you find the forum you are looking for:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=410

Or you can just go and change your skin to one that works, there's a thread in feedback/helpdesk about it. In your user settings change your skin to Boards Beta, you get a fancy new tool bar along the top and the handy drop down menus are back.

Lemag

Lemag wrote: »

Garmin Edge 500 only £99.97 here. Am I missing something?

It's back! 'Reserve and collect' only. Surely Lumen has got some relations over there who owe him a favour

Chips Lovell

Ullrich is back, doing sportives.

CramCycle

Lemag wrote: »

It's back! 'Reserve and collect' only. Surely Lumen has got some relations over there who owe him a favour

Damn it, I'll be over next week but there isn't one I can get too in the tie allowed.

Lemag

CramCycle wrote: »

Damn it, I'll be over next week but there isn't one I can get too in the tie allowed.

If you manage to work something out please keep me in the loop. Price is so good it must be loot, right

Lumen

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

Ullrich is back, doing sportives.

>> Ullrich lined up at the Giro delle Dolomiti in Bolzano under a pseudonym, "Max Kraft" (literally "Max Power")<<

I never realised that Kraft cheese slices are actually Power Cheese. I must buy some.

ednwireland

Lumen wrote: »

>> Ullrich lined up at the Giro delle Dolomiti in Bolzano under a pseudonym, "Max Kraft" (literally "Max Power")<<

I never realised that Kraft cheese slices are actually Power Cheese. I must buy some.

i prefer max krug

http://www.max-krug.com/

Morrisseeee

Is this the World's longest ascent (or descent) for a cyclist:

Le Mauna Kea :eek:

68.6km @ 6.1% :cool:

seamus

Some descent alright. Definitely a place to hold an hour challenge - can you make it from top to bottom in an hour (and one piece).

Steepest section is 146% gradient. Fncking lol.

Morrisseeee

seamus wrote: »

Some descent alright. Definitely a place to hold an hour challenge - can you make it from top to bottom in an hour (and one piece).

Steepest section is 146% gradient. Fncking lol.

I think it takes a car 1hr 20min to descend, so on a bike (& on some dirt roads) it would be an impossible task !! Go on, I dare you :pac:

146%, yep, that's steeeep alright

..........and after 68km of climbing, you face the final section, arghhhhh :eek:

RobFowl

Lumen wrote: »

>> Ullrich lined up at the Giro delle Dolomiti in Bolzano under a pseudonym, "Max Kraft" (literally "Max Power")<<

I never realised that Kraft cheese slices are actually Power Cheese. I must buy some.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w3zdkmw2E4

Vélo

I want but I just can't.:(

Maybe I'll get pissed tonight and go on the internet and see what happens.:)



I just saw they're cheaper on Chainreaction Cycles

CramCycle

Vélo wrote: »

I want but I just can't.:(

Maybe I'll get pissed tonight and go on the internet and see what happens.:)

Be careful who you are buying them from on the internet, those pictures only show half the minimum number of spokes a wheel is meant to have :pac:

kennyb3

Vélo wrote: »

I want but I just can't.:(

Maybe I'll get pissed tonight and go on the internet and see what happens.:)



I just saw they're cheaper on Chainreaction Cycles

i think its the 7850's cheaper there. Is there much difference? Who knows - not me anyway

petethedrummer

Vélo wrote: »

I want but I just can't.:(

Yeah, I'm thinking of going for those for my new build. I love my ultegra hubs, so want to stick with shimano. They are indeed cheaper on CRC. by about 25 quid.

Lemag

kennyb3 wrote: »

i think its the 7850's cheaper there. Is there much difference? Who knows - not me anyway

The 7900s are cheaper by 99 cents linky. I'd sooner give my money to Planet X though.