The Broomwagon (off topic chat)

Super Freak

Was in the Gym tonight, had 30 min cardio work done when a spinning class was about to start. I asked if I could join, no problem says the instructor.

So here I am, having completed a 100km sportive on Sunday.....in the rain......hard as nails I am......I'll show these guys how it's done.

Sweet baby Jebus I left that room a broken man :eek: Big beetroot head and one large puddle of sweat later I collapsed off the bike.:D

BTW Cycling shoes really work. My feet were killing me after wearing my trainers with flat pedals with straps for just 40 min. It's a good workout, the motivation really helped to push me on. Anyone else any experiences with spinning classes?

Jawgap

His lordship is not happy about the Daily Heil's portrayal of him

From his twitter account.......

"Look at this crap from Daily liar.First pic is me starting putting on shoes. So called security guard is my son in law http://t.co/q4YLIIR"

Rovi

Super Freak wrote: »

Was in the Gym tonight, had 30 min cardio work done when a spinning class was about to start. I asked if I could join, no problem says the instructor.

So here I am, having completed a 100km sportive on Sunday.....in the rain......hard as nails I am......I'll show these guys how it's done.

Sweet baby Jebus I left that room a broken man :eek: Big beetroot head and one large puddle of sweat later I collapsed off the bike.:D

BTW Cycling shoes really work. My feet were killing me after wearing my trainers with flat pedals with straps for just 40 min. It's a good workout, the motivation really helped to push me on. Anyone else any experiences with spinning classes?

Nope, but I'm led to believe they're all like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx9SIyFMfcY

ThisRegard

Do I need the little rubber grommit thingy to cover the top of the allen bolt on my headset ? Mine is gone now and bugging the crap out of me. Although if I never had one I wouldn't miss it.

Hermy

I think that's just to prevent it getting full of crud.

ThisRegard

That's what I was thinking, it's not really a big problem is it, rain and crap getting into the headset ? One bike I have came with the cap, the other didn't, but I'm a completist and hate having little things like that missing.

Hermy

If it's just the little rubber gromit that fits in the hole in the allen bolt head then there's nothing to worry about. Your local bike shop might have one to spare.

ThisRegard

Yeah, mine ! Don't have time to get back until next week when I'm sure it will be long gone by then, I doubt they would have found it if I noticed it missing when collecting it.

CramCycle

Rovi wrote: »

Nope, but I'm led to believe they're all like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx9SIyFMfcY

Reminds me of the boards spins on I used to see on a saturday morning :eek:

insinkerator

Borrowed racing through the dark by David Millar from a friend last night. Has anyone read it?

Sr. Assumpta

insinkerator wrote: »

Borrowed racing through the dark by David Millar from a friend last night. Has anyone read it?

Look here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=73677506

Lemag

It looks like I've probably got bed bugs - FML!

Hail 2 Da Thief

Lemag wrote: »

It looks like I've probably got bed bugs - FML!

You langers are right filthy bunch!

I have a friend who was eaten alive by bedbugs when we once stayed in a hostel. Not very pleasant at all!

Lemag

Hail 2 Da Thief wrote: »

You langers are right filthy bunch!

I have a friend who was eaten alive by bedbugs when we once stayed in a hostel. Not very pleasant at all!

This infestation is a little more subtle. At first I was wondering if I was imagining it. Every time I felt something and looked I couldn't see anything. I found the corpse of one of the little feckers when I took off the bed clothes though.

Holyboy

Lemag wrote: »

This infestation is a little more subtle. At first I was wondering if I was imagining it. Every time I felt something and looked I couldn't see anything. I found the corpse of one of the little feckers when I took off the bed clothes though.

Oh dear! Bloody nightmare to get rid of,theyre not just in your bed,theyll be in the carpet,cloths,cracks in walls,EVERYWHERE! Youll never be safe again!

Captain Havoc

I've experience in this department, two hotels I worked in had the problem. Fumigation is the only way, in hotels they spread very quickly and can knock out many rooms in days, act swiftly or they'll be all over your house.

Lemag

Holyboy wrote: »

Oh dear! Bloody nightmare to get rid of,theyre not just in your bed,theyll be in the carpet,cloths,cracks in walls,EVERYWHERE! Youll never be safe again!

Throwing about €400 at it will hopefully do the trick. There go my Chinese carbon clinchers..

Lemag

Captain Havoc wrote: »

I've experience in this department, two hotels I worked in had the problem. Fumigation is the only way, in hotels they spread very quickly and can knock out many rooms in days, act swiftly or they'll be all over your house.

I've to wait until the flatmate gets home from her hols. Don't have access to her room. Should be a nice surprise for her

insinkerator

€400? ouch. I'd nearly live with them. <.<

Khannie

Lemag wrote: »

It looks like I've probably got bed bugs - FML!

It's serious business that. They're becoming a real problem in Ireland again and nobody's talking about it. Good friend of mine has had serious trouble with them over the last while.

Hail 2 Da Thief

Khannie wrote: »

They're becoming a real problem in Ireland again.

I heard it's due to recently banned chemicals being removed from cleaning products.

petethedrummer

Introduce some natural predators

Natural enemies of bed bugs include the masked hunter (also known as "masked bed bug hunter"),[54] cockroaches,[55] ants, spiders (particularly Thanatus flavidus), mites and centipedes. The Pharaoh ant's (Monomorium pharaonis) venom is lethal to bed bugs. Biological pest control is not very practical for eliminating bed bugs from human dwellings.[11]

Fool proof.

Chips Lovell

Bed bugs?

Vélo

I must say my road bike is looking particularily well. I just got the Brooks saddle and bar tape put on it today.

All I need now is the leather saddle bag and I'm all sorted.

TheTubes

Vélo wrote: »

I must say my road bike is looking particularily well. I just got the Brooks saddle and bar tape put on it today.

All I need now is the leather saddle bag and I'm all sorted.

pics?

Vélo

TheTubes wrote: »

pics?

I'll try sort them out later.

CramCycle

Vélo wrote: »

I must say my road bike is looking particularily well. I just got the Brooks saddle and bar tape put on it today.

All I need now is the leather saddle bag and I'm all sorted.

No no, Carradice is the only way to go for the saddle bag, size dependent on distance planned.

Khannie

Vélo wrote: »

I'll try sort them out later.

/rubs thighs in anticipation of bike porn

Vélo

CramCycle wrote: »

No no, Carradice is the only way to go for the saddle bag, size dependent on distance planned.

The saddle bag I'm looking at is something like this

I use the tourer for the bigger stuff.

Hermy

Just found out I'm going to the rugby match courtesy of O2.

Vélo

Vélo wrote: »

I'll try sort them out later.

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Khannie

Anyone have a bike carrier for a saloon car / ancient audi A4 (like this one) that I could borrow for a week? We're heading down to Wicklow for a week and I'd like to do a few family cycles / fuel my addiction.

furiousox

Was up in Belfast with work and managed to take a detour to Slane Cycles.
Man that place is tiny!
(Bit of an Aladdins Cave though)

Khannie

Khannie wrote: »

Anyone have a bike carrier for a saloon car / ancient audi A4 (like this one) that I could borrow for a week? We're heading down to Wicklow for a week and I'd like to do a few family cycles / fuel my addiction.

Where are you based and when do you need it? I've this if you want to borrow it, assuming it's soon and not anytime in September!

Am based normally around Terenure/Rathfarnham.

Khannie

That looks perfect. I'd be looking for it this weekend if that suits? I'm based in skerries but the lad who sits beside me in work is out your way. I could probably arrange something with him. On the phone now but I'll drop you a PM in the morning. Thanks a lot!

Yeah this weekend is fine, no problem at all. It's unopened since I got it, so I don't know if there's much involved in putting it together, but I'm sure you'll be able to tell me that when you're finished with it!

insinkerator

Lemag, did I see somewhere that you have a Canyon? For as long as I have been looking, I have yet to see another one in Cork.

Which one do you have?

TheTubes

insinkerator wrote: »

Lemag, did I see somewhere that you have a Canyon? For as long as I have been looking, I have yet to see another one in Cork.

Which one do you have?

I'm living in Carrigaline as well and haven't seen yours yet
Will be keeping an extra eye out, which one do you have?

insinkerator

^Yours wasn't in Rothar recently getting an ultegra FD (i think) fitted?

Wasn't there myself, but a buddy of mine said he saw it. If it was yours, he was saying that you were getting a 105, but Canyon sent you the Ultegra or somthing and now my buddy is getting the 105 instead. Or something like that.

I always keep an eye out for one, as they are recommended an awful lot on here, but I have yet to see one out and about. I have the Roadlite 7.0

Do you go out with the Carrigdhoun Club at all?

TheTubes

^ I don't have a Canyon, sorry for the confusion!

insinkerator

Haha.. Well im usually sporting an FDJ jersey when I'm out. If that helps you spot me :P

Lemag

insinkerator wrote: »

Lemag, did I see somewhere that you have a Canyon? For as long as I have been looking, I have yet to see another one in Cork.

Which one do you have?

I've seen a couple of Canyons in Cork. Mine is a built up Ultimate CF Evo 2010 Black frameset (with orange inside the fork and chainstays) with SRAM/FSA components and black Ksyrium SL wheels. I'll be out on it later today if I aint fighting bugs (see earlier post). The new baby (Cannondale CAAD 9) is on it's way so I'll be dividing up my road time between the two after it has arrived.

ednwireland

4 day sportif, run off before the pro race you have to finish in front of a broom wagon to get a time (otherwise get overtaken by a pro race)
heres this years
http://www.tourdelain.com/le-tour-de-lain-cyclosportif/parcours/160

insinkerator

Lemag wrote: »

I've seen a couple of Canyons in Cork. Mine is a built up Ultimate CF Evo 2010 Black frameset (with orange inside the fork and chainstays) with SRAM/FSA components and black Ksyrium SL wheels. I'll be out on it later today if I aint fighting bugs (see earlier post). The new baby (Cannondale CAAD 9) is on it's way so I'll be dividing up my road time between the two after it has arrived.

/jealous

ednwireland

Captain Havoc

Monitor + TV hooked to PC = awesomeness

Crow92

Is there any websites with a hierarchy list of FSA cranks?

And any websites with hierarchy of wheels too?

Or am I just going to look and read reviews and make up my own mind on things?

manwithaplan

I was looking at the thread about the guy who got hit by a milk float in London. It got me thinking about the time I fell off the back of a milk lorry (a lorry - not a float!) when scutting as a young lad. We lived near the Grand Canal at Harolds Cross Bridge and used to hop on the back of trucks all the time for a laugh (very bad idea, don't try this at home etc.).

It just occurred to me that you never see anyone scutting these days. Why not? Trucks no longer on the streets? Road safety message getting through? Better enforcement? Kids just have better things to do?

Hermy

Some kids attempted to scut on the back of my taxi during the snow.

petethedrummer

manwithaplan wrote: »

It just occurred to me that you never see anyone scutting these days. Why not? Trucks no longer on the streets? Road safety message getting through? Better enforcement? Kids just have better things to do?

It's political correctness gone mad.