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

buffalo

I keep reading the back page of the Sunday Times thinking I'm getting Winner's Dinners, but as soon as I hit the first nonsensical outrageous statement, I realise it's Jeremy Clarkson.

What I can't understand is why I then keep reading. 'I have a bicycle that I use for short distances of up to 100 metres... when I ride it I have a sign on the back of my jacket that says, "Motorists. Thank you for letting me use your roads."'

So I thought I'd share it, so I'm not the only one spending my Sunday morning rolling my eyes. :rolleyes:

rollingscone

buffalo wrote: »

I keep reading the back page of the Sunday Times thinking I'm getting Winner's Dinners, but as soon as I hit the first nonsensical outrageous statement, I realise it's Jeremy Clarkson.

What I can't understand is why I then keep reading. 'I have a bicycle that I use for short distances of up to 100 metres... when I ride it I have a sign on the back of my jacket that says, "Motorists. Thank you for letting me use your roads."'

So I thought I'd share it, so I'm not the only one spending my Sunday morning rolling my eyes. :rolleyes:

That's preposterous. There's no way Jeremy Clarkson could manage a 100 metre cycle.

manafana

Tonyandthewhale wrote: »

Am I the only one around here who isn't a coffee obsessive?

As far as I'm concerned there are two reasons to drink coffee.

A) It's 6am and you're 400km into an audax/idiotspin and you need to stay awake until 8am.

There's an attractive waitress and you can't think of any other excuse for being in the cafe.

tea only for me

AstraMonti

Yesterday morning I saw a big bunch of riders with an orange club kit leave from the top of Slade valley, near the golf entrance. Does anyone know which club is that?

Ole Rodrigo

manafana wrote: »

tea only for me

Must say I'm coming around to the whole tea thing.

smacl

ror_74 wrote: »

Must say I'm coming around to the whole tea thing.

While I drink a fair bit of tea, I haven't ever lusted after, or even had a strong desire for, a nice cup of tea. It doesn't really fall into the same category of beverage as a good coffee, a cold beer on a hot day, or a single malt whiskey on a cold one.

Raam

AstraMonti wrote: »

Yesterday morning I saw a big bunch of riders with an orange club kit leave from the top of Slade valley, near the golf entrance. Does anyone know which club is that?

Euskaltel-Euskadi.

Darkglasses

Had my last ever day in my current job today, emotional commute home.

Next 3 months off, then back to the grindstone. Bring on the tanlines.

Mycroft H

Tonyandthewhale wrote: »

Am I the only one around here who isn't a coffee obsessive?

As far as I'm concerned there are two reasons to drink coffee.

A) It's 6am and you're 400km into an audax/idiotspin and you need to stay awake until 8am.

There's an attractive waitress and you can't think of any other excuse for being in the cafe.

Nothing nicer than looking forward to a good cup of loose leaf tea while on a long spin. With a slice of cake.

Not sold of the coffee thing, but sure, whatever suits yourself.

Ole Rodrigo

smacl wrote: »

While I drink a fair bit of tea, I haven't ever lusted after, or even had a strong desire for, a nice cup of tea. It doesn't really fall into the same category of beverage as a good coffee, a cold beer on a hot day, or a single malt whiskey on a cold one.

I'm finding I look forward to tea and sambos after a long cycle. Although I'd never have the same longing for either as I would for a fresh espresso and croissant, or pain au chocolate - just in different context I suppose.

A cold beer on a warm day effectively means abstinence :pac: ( unless you're on holiday )

Tea though, has much more variety than I thought, what with breakfast teas and all that sort of thing. Earl grey is pretty tasty. Coffee is increasingly the fuel for completing meaningless tasks in offices all over the world. With tea, you might actually do something useful. Or at least not be deluded you're doing something useful.

Mycroft H

ror_74 wrote: »

I'm finding I look forward to tea and sambos after a long cycle. Although I'd never have the same longing for either as I would for a fresh espresso and croissant, or pain au chocolate - just in different context I suppose.

A cold beer on a warm day effectively means abstinence :pac: ( unless you're on holiday )

Tea though, has much more variety than I thought, what with breakfast teas and all that sort of thing. Earl grey is pretty tasty. Coffee is increasingly the fuel for completing meaningless tasks in offices all over the world. With tea, you might actually do something useful. Or at least not be deluded you're doing something useful.

And they're is hundreds of different blends of tea to choose from! I doubt there is one hundred different types of coffee :pac:

smacl

BX 19 wrote: »

And they're is hundreds of different blends of tea to choose from! I doubt there is one hundred different types of coffee :pac:

And a thousand shades of brown, but just one black.

AstraMonti

Raam wrote: »

Euskaltel-Euskadi.

Awesome.. goodbye Orwell!

AstraMonti

On the next TT I am going to be all Sir..

lennymc

I ended up getting a lavazza machine. Really good coffee from it.

Planet X

AstraMonti wrote: »

On the next TT I am going to be all Sir..

You could even go out on your date with that rig?
:]

manafana

ebay job?

rollingscone

lennymc wrote: »

I ended up getting a lavazza machine. Really good coffee from it.

Not jealous. At......all.

Dermot Illogical

AstraMonti wrote: »

Yesterday morning I saw a big bunch of riders with an orange club kit leave from the top of Slade valley, near the golf entrance. Does anyone know which club is that?

I think the Cycle Against Suicide people have been keeping up their training spins. Did the kit look anything like this?

Edit: BTW, I'm drinking a Caffe Latte at the moment. Am I breaking a rule or something? I feel like a renegade.

AstraMonti

Thanks Dermot, I can't recall much of the jersey design, but it might have been this. Do you know if that's the place they meet?

Dermot Illogical

AstraMonti wrote: »

Thanks Dermot, I can't recall much of the jersey design, but it might have been this. Do you know if that's the place they meet?

I'm not sure where they meet but I've been encountering large groups of them on my weekend commutes since their event finished. I think they used to meet up in Phoenix Park and at Montrose, but that may have changed.

Lumen

Dermot Illogical wrote: »

BTW, I'm drinking a Caffe Latte at the moment. Am I breaking a rule or something? I feel like a renegade.

At 1.35pm? What the hell is wrong with you?

Dermot Illogical

Lumen wrote: »

At 1.35pm? What the hell is wrong with you?

I knew deep down it couldn't be right. I'm having my second one in a mug so nobody knows what I'm doing.

AstraMonti

@Lumen get one for your kids, will ya? http://www.carbonfibergear.com/carbon-fiber-kids-bike-for-precious-cargo/

Tonyandthewhale

BX 19 wrote: »

Nothing nicer than looking forward to a good cup of loose leaf tea while on a long spin. With a slice of cake.

Not sold of the coffee thing, but sure, whatever suits yourself.

Never really got into tea either, cake is something I can get behind though.

Lumen

AstraMonti wrote: »

@Lumen get one for your kids, will ya? http://www.carbonfibergear.com/carbon-fiber-kids-bike-for-precious-cargo/

1500 quid for a balance bike! I don't love them that much.

el tel

Had a bit of a spill at the weekend, somehow managed to dent both 'Name Plates' on the tops of the changers (don't know the LHS got bashed as I fell onto my right side ).



£25 EACH

Now that's a great big WTF?

Squidgy Black

Anyone have any idea how long it usually takes for an order to arrive from Evans? Ordered it earlier, won't be put through until tomorrow I'd say.

Hmmzis

Just brilliant!

valleyoftheunos

Don't know if he was a Boardsie but mega thanks to the chap who lent my mate a tube on the seafront in Clontarf late last night. My good pal had punctured his spare tube and mine and was faced with a long enough walk home until his knight in shining armour arrived and offered assistant.

Many thanks who ever you were, we owe you one!

Seaneh

valleyoftheunos wrote: »

Don't know if he was a Boardsie but mega thanks to the chap who lent my mate a tube on the seafront in Clontarf late last night. My good pal had punctured his spare tube and mine and was faced with a long enough walk home until his knight in shining armour arrived and offered assistant.

Many thanks who ever you were, we owe you one!

Moral of the story:
Bring a small repair kit.

valleyoftheunos

Seaneh wrote: »

Moral of the story:
Bring a small repair kit.

Good call, of course had he done the job properly the first time he would have been fine. Lesson learned.

AstraMonti

Do something useful when you are turboing

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

rollingscone

I don't suppose people could tell a noob what his gearing ratio is from these photos?





And if they might have something to do with why I have such a hard time getting up the climb to Cruagh Wood?

DirkVoodoo

rollingscone wrote: »

I don't suppose people could tell a noob what his gearing ratio is from these photos?





And if they might have something to do with why I have such a hard time getting up the climb to Cruagh Wood?

Count the number of teeth...

Looks like a 39-23, but that's a shot in the dark.

You should really clean your bike too.

DirkVoodoo

One for Astramonti. 64.8g, Dura Ace compatible:

AstraMonti

that's a beauty. Probably costs as much as a brand new DA grouppo lol.

rollingscone

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Count the number of teeth...

Looks like a 39-23, but that's a shot in the dark.

You should really clean your bike too.

Funny you should say that, it was when finally taking the bike out to clean it that I thought to take the photos.

Zyzz

rollingscone wrote: »

Funny you should say that, it was when finally taking the bike out to clean it that I thought to take the photos.

One should never let their bike get that dirty in the first place

rollingscone

Zyzz wrote: »

One should never let their bike get that dirty in the first place

It came with that dirt on it.

Ironically I take much better care of my commuter because unlike the road bike I'm not afraid to touch it!

AstraMonti

manafana here is something for you:

manwithaplan

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Looks like a 39-23, but that's a shot in the dark.

Looks like a 25 on the back (6 teeth seem to cover slightly less that 90 degrees) but, OP, as Dirk says just count them.

39-25 is still a tough enough granny gear if you're not reasonably strong but it costs less to HTFU than to attack your drivetrain.

Seaneh

manwithaplan wrote: »

Looks like a 25 on the back (6 teeth seem to cover slightly less that 90 degrees) but, OP, as Dirk says just count them.

39-25 is still a tough enough granny gear if you're not reasonably strong but it costs less to HTFU than to attack your drivetrain.

Sir, Brad of Wigginton got dropped in the Giro with a 39-25 lowest gear.

rollingscone

manwithaplan wrote: »

Looks like a 25 on the back (6 teeth seem to cover slightly less that 90 degrees) but, OP, as Dirk says just count them.

39-25 is still a tough enough granny gear if you're not reasonably strong but it costs less to HTFU than to attack your drivetrain.

Yarb.

It's a 25. At least I can tell myself that's why other people seem to be able to just glide up that hill while I'm out of the saddle pumping away (the occasional excuse is good for morale!).

Also, the bike is soooo Red now that it's clean. Next up is replacing the cables, which I've done on the commuter (with drops) but am still scared to do on the roadbike.

Mycroft H

Ahh so it's considered tough with a with a granny of 42-28 then. I'm not that bad at all.

Dermot Illogical

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1J43_TXly0

Tricks

Hmmzis

Pebble dash walls are nasty.

rollingscone

Dermot Illogical wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1J43_TXly0

Tricks

That guy needs to work on his fitness

Dermot Illogical

Hmmzis wrote: »

Pebble dash walls are nasty.

How did you find that out?

Hmmzis

Dermot Illogical wrote: »

How did you find that out?

Cycled (more like flew at that point) into one, now wating for the doc to check my wrist. Bloody and sore, shifting gears in the car was almost impossible.