Dr Ferrari's Camper Van (off-topic discussion)

AstraMonti

Enough with the snow already!!!!

seamus

Ha, yeah 5:45 sounds about right, maybe +/- 5 minutes.

DirkVoodoo

penguin88 wrote: »

Was this at about 5.45pm? If so, I saw this too. That pedestrian crossing always seems to have people crossing without any regard for oncoming traffic, even encountered a woman with a buggy crossing one day with both cycle and car traffic heading her way!

I was turning left onto the canal from Harold's Cross Bridge one morning, light had gone green and it's a sharp drop and left hander, so i was holding the bars. Started to turn and this "woman" just started to cross with a pram pushed out in front by her, as I went past she pulled the pram back and shouted:

"Wha, no han' signal?"

I can't remember if there are pedestrian lights there or not, and the "look right" has been pasted over by a poor patch job, but she should probably look before using her pram as a means to test if it's safe to cross.

Zyzz

Don't mind cycling in the wind but this blizzard is really taking the p*ss..

happytramp

**** it, i'm doing it. Stocking lane here I come.

happytramp

happytramp wrote: »

**** it, i'm doing it. Stocking lane here I come.

Well that was grim.

furiousox

AstraMonti wrote: »

Enough with the snow already!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9WbOn6wl-A

AstraMonti

furiousox

Damn that Sagan, he's a constant reminder of my own lack of finesse! :mad:

Gavin

There was a good ad on telly there from the rsa about how to drive around cyclists. It was very fair, haven't seen it before, mostly about giving cyclists space on the road.

http://www.rsa.ie/RSA/Road-Safety/Campaigns/Current-road-safety-campaigns/Cyclists/

el tel

Is this Landsdowne Road?

Slo_Rida

el tel wrote: »

Is this Landsdowne Road?

Who cares...thanks!!

buffalo

The Rose of Tralee has changed since I watched it last...

Icyseanfitz

AstraMonti wrote: »

sure all us mtbers could do that

Icyseanfitz

buffalo wrote: »

The Rose of Tralee has changed since I watched it last...

for the better

Snow!

BofaDeezNuhtz

Dónal wrote: »

Snow!

Been snowing lightly and melting ages but its just started sticking now :eek:

Glad I didnt head out for a spin about an hour ago I'd of been caught in
that doh!

petethedrummer

Rofo

http://www.bike24.com/1.php?content=8;navigation=1;product=41247;page=4;menu=1000,18,154;mid=0;pgc=0

€400 for one black and one white shoe

seamus

Rofo wrote: »

http://www.bike24.com/1.php?content=8;navigation=1;product=41247;page=4;menu=1000,18,154;mid=0;pgc=0

€400 for one black and one white shoe

"Bad news, boss! There's been an error with the machines, we've accidentally created 5,000 black left shoes and 5,000 white right shoes. Will we create 10,000 new matching shoes in the right colours?"

"Nah, fnck it. Just throw them in boxes and call them special editions"

Zyzz

Weather looks relatively ridable today, hopefully I'm not caught in any blizzard!

petethedrummer

Peter Sagan the early years.... http://inrng.com/2013/03/peter-sagan-the-early-years/

petethedrummer

Is it time for a Peter Sagan sub-forum?

Darkglasses

Super Freak wrote: »

^whacha get^ ?

Collected her today! Sashay over to Images of beauty to see it!

Chips Lovell

petethedrummer wrote: »

Is it time for a Peter Sagan sub-forum?

Yes! We need more Sagan pics.



He'd get you pregnant just by looking at you. Even if you're a man.

buffalo

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

Yes! We need more Sagan pics.

Take it to the thread Vlad!

Brad768

3 days of the panne spoiler

Wow what a finish! Didn't think Cav was going to have it in him to be honest

ROK ON

Changing brake cables, replacing bar tape and indexing front derailleur is not such a great idea after three pints.

Who knew!

Icyseanfitz

ROK ON wrote: »

Changing brake cables, replacing bar tape and indexing front derailleur is not such a great idea after three pints.

Who knew!

that sounds like a great idea, make a new racing league where you get sloshed the night before and have to fully assemble your bike while intoxicated, and then race on that bike exactly as you left it the night before, its bloody genius

CramCycle

ROK ON wrote: »

Changing brake cables, replacing bar tape and indexing front derailleur is not such a great idea after three pints.

Who knew!

I set fire to a hub once after a few beers, trying to attach the front wheel and lights to the bike.

Drinking + DIY = FUN, if shortlived, times

colm_gti

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

that sounds like a great idea, make a new racing league where you get sloshed the night before and have to fully assemble your bike while intoxicated, and then race on that bike exactly as you left it the night before, its bloody genius

Looking at some people's bikes, you'd think this was already going on...

Zyzz

colm_gti wrote: »

Looking at some people's bikes, you'd think this was already going on...

ROK ON

CramCycle wrote: »

I set fire to a hub once after a few beers, trying to attach the front wheel and lights to the bike.

Drinking + DIY = FUN, if shortlived, times

Fire.
WTF were you doing with a flame near a wheel?

chakattack

el tel wrote: »

Is this Landsdowne Road?

Gaybo Howard is enjoying himself

Zyzz

Does Mark Cavendish always have his head wedged up his own arse? Seems so I'll mannered any time I see him on tv

Craig06

Think he's just sick of being asked stupid questions sometimes, plus the guy had just gone flat out for the last couple of km. maybe tired?

buffalo

Zyzz wrote: »

Does Mark Cavendish always have his head wedged up his own arse? Seems so I'll mannered any time I see him on tv

If you ever see an interview with him outside the race 'bubble', he's entirely different. Very fidgety, quiet-spoken, almost shy.

ednwireland

more mamil abuse in the indo
http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/health/middleaged-man-in-lycra-cycling-turns-sane-men-vain-29158860.html

wonder when they will put that behind a paywall

Dermot Illogical

ednwireland wrote: »

more mamil abuse in the indo
http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/health/middleaged-man-in-lycra-cycling-turns-sane-men-vain-29158860.html

wonder when they will put that behind a paywall

Another cycling-related article in the daily rag.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/drink-drivers-face-alcolocks-in-cars-cyclists-get-onthespot-fines-29160946.html

OTS fines for RLJs, and not before time.
:pac:

Zyzz

Craig06 wrote: »

Think he's just sick of being asked stupid questions sometimes, plus the guy had just gone flat out for the last couple of km. maybe tired?

I was thinking that..but then again he's like that even before the race has begun :pac: Could be as buffalo said being in his bubble

Morrisseeee

New bike computer from Pioneer, I see Laurens ten Dam is using/trying it.

Edit: my 1st thought was, does it have built-in speakers :pac:

Icyseanfitz

Morrisseeee wrote: »

New bike computer from Pioneer, I see Laurens ten Dam is using/trying it.

Edit: my 1st thought was, does it have built-in speakers :pac:

"but it’ll likely be between $2,000 and $2,500 at retail" well fcuk that, they could have put that at the start of the fecking article before i started getting excited hi

Morrisseeee

^^ oooops sorry bout that

Folks, don't blink during this video, you'll miss the action !!

Beasty

Morrisseeee wrote: »

Folks, don't blink during this video, you'll miss the action !!

Old news

CramCycle

ROK ON wrote: »

Fire.
WTF were you doing with a flame near a wheel?

Drinking, I don't think I explained this right

Piercemeear

Yesterday I was coming up the contraflow lane on Andrew's street in Dublin and I had to swing around a taxi parked in the lane. The taxi driver had just jumped out, walking in front of me looking the other way. I stopped to let him cross. He apologised reflexively and then muttered after me "You're going to wrong way". I then apologised reflexively myself.

Sorry, I just had to write that down somewhere as I keep getting Post Injustice Stress flashes.

CramCycle

Just watching the first 10 minutes of Flight again.

Its exactly the right music just as your coming off a hairy descent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9McfFFWP4A

RobertFoster

Found a key (a house key, I think) on the cycle track heading out Merrion Rd. today. It had something like "Blackrock Shoe Repairs" engraved on it, but no other identifying marks. There could've been more keys with it, as it was attached to a squashed chain. If it sounds familiar, I dropped it into Blackrock Garda station.

Dermot Illogical

Like eating pasta.
http://thescore.thejournal.ie/doping-pasta-stefan-schumacher-850112-Mar2013/

Cookie_Monster

Poster from a Hotel we stopped into yesterday