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Dermot Illogical

Junior wrote: »

One for RobFowl - seems as if God rides a Terry Dolan Frame

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BNMXbqLCQAEWZEZ.jpg:large

Could be. It's the right colour.

RobFowl

Junior wrote: »

One for RobFowl - seems as if God rides a Terry Dolan Frame

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BNMXbqLCQAEWZEZ.jpg:large

It's to do with this ride in memory of Bill Shankly I suspect
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/robbie-fowler-join-charity-bike-4031091

AIR-AUSSIE

I found this article on stickybottle from Pat Mcquaid's brother a bit odd...

Some quotes:

I have kept abreast of the ongoing situation, mostly through Stickybottle and Cyclingnews.

I don’t, and won’t, do either Facebook or Twitter. My opinion on those whose lives are run through these social media forums is best kept to myself.

These days, it annoys me that where once we were known as a country that could produce successful cyclists, now we are known as a country that can produce successful journalists who make a nice living from bringing our sport down.

He[Pat] was always going to be in a no-win situation, mostly because of the changed face of modern life and the influence of the internet. He has not done a perfect job, and has his faults. Don’t we all.

Do any of the G8 leaders who were in Enniskillen this week do a perfect job?

But it is so easy to sit at a keyboard and criticise, especially when you can do so under a pseudonym.

RobFowl

AIR-AUSSIE wrote: »

I found this article on stickybottle from Pat Mcquaid's brother a bit odd...

Some quotes:

But it is so easy to sit at a keyboard and criticise, especially when you can do so under a pseudonym.

@ConorTMcGrane
@moran_anto

Both fairly crap pseudonyms!

Zyzz

Did anyone see Orica Green Edge that they hired an olympic bob sleigher to push Meyer when he switched bikes on the Suisse TT..

Amazing.

seamus

Zyzz wrote: »

Did anyone see Orica Green Edge that they hired an olympic bob sleigher to push Meyer when he switched bikes on the Suisse TT..

Amazing.

I love how the lads are just in complete awe after he does it

AstraMonti

hahaha kudos to the guy who thought of hiring an olympic bob sleigher for this thing!!!

Jawgap

Just under 12 months to go until I get my next bike under the Cycle to Work Scheme......


......time to start perusing........

Captain Havoc

Jawgap wrote: »

When planning to land a major army group in France, it's important not to forget the bikes.......

British commandos were given bicycles for D-Day, I don't think they were overly popular as they're not very practical for advancing in war safely. The guy at the front in this photo is Ronald "Dixie" Dean, who landed on Sword beach and was shot dead entering the village of Amfreville. The bicycle allowed the commandos to get to the advanced parties that had dropped into France the night before quicker and not leave them isolated.

TinyExplosions

And not a helmet in sight -that's not promoting safe bicycling at all!

Captain Havoc

TinyExplosions wrote: »

And not a helmet in sight -that's not promoting safe bicycling at all!

They're wearing berets as they're going to drop into France disguised as Onion Johnnys. They were queuing up to get their onions in this photo.

may not be remotely accurate.

cdaly_

Jawgap wrote: »

Just under 12 months to go until I get my next bike under the Cycle to Work Scheme........

Should be just enough time to get the minister to sign the revocation order...

Zyzz

Captain Havoc wrote: »

They're wearing berets as they're going to drop into France disguised as Onion Johnnys. They were queuing up to get their onions in this photo.

may not be remotely accurate.

I can confirm. I was an onion.

Jawgap

TinyExplosions wrote: »

And not a helmet in sight -that's not promoting safe bicycling at all!

Is this more to your liking:)

The commando has the BSA folding bike which the airborne forces also used.....



During "De Emergency" the Irish Army had 19 Bicycle Squadrons listed in its order of battle - personally I think 19 squadrons of Spitfires or 19 squadrons of tanks would have been a bit more useful

dogsears

I love the one leg, no hands, backwards wheelie - about 3:30 - but compared to the rest of it, it seems ... easy?

Ole Rodrigo

That chap with the commuter cam in todays IT.

http://bcove.me/bjgshxr7

Lumen

ror_74 wrote: »

That chap with the commuter cam in todays IT.

http://bcove.me/bjgshxr7

I wouldn't normally be a fan of that sort of thing, but this one example of his is mental. I'm surprised he was so calm.

Zyzz

Lumen wrote: »

I wouldn't normally be a fan of that sort of thing, but this[RL] one example of his is mental. I'm surprised he was so calm.

Seen that a few times..crazy :eek:

Definitely would have given the wing mirror a knock..and then sadly lose the footage..

Captain Havoc

Jawgap wrote: »

Is this more to your liking:)

The commando has the BSA folding bike which the airborne forces also used.....


During "De Emergency" the Irish Army had 19 Bicycle Squadrons listed in its order of battle - personally I think 19 squadrons of Spitfires or 19 squadrons of tanks would have been a bit more useful

Bikes and hurleys served us well against the British and probably would have been just as effective against the nazis.

Jawgap

ror_74 wrote: »

That chap with the commuter cam in todays IT.

http://bcove.me/bjgshxr7

Knew I recognised that voice and those videos - cyclingvillage used to be deadlyspot......

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056658432

doozerie

I'm currently sitting in work and about to have a snack. I'll be doing the ICL hill climb TT tonight and my plan is to have some food now, including a banana, and bring a banana along with me to the TT ('cos nothing livens up a hill climb more than leaving a trail of undigested banana in your wake). Anyway, I find myself struggling to determine which is the bigger of the two bananas, I want to keep the smaller one for this evening's regurgitation. It's proving very tricky.

…is this what my shocked family meant when they said "No good will come of this!" as they reeled from their first sight of me in lycra cycling kit all those years ago?

CramCycle

doozerie wrote: »

Anyway, I find myself struggling to determine which is the bigger of the two bananas, I want to keep the smaller one for this evening's regurgitation. It's proving very tricky.

…is this what my shocked family meant when they said "No good will come of this!" as they reeled from their first sight of me in lycra cycling kit all those years ago?

I'll call the men in white coats, should they pick you up at sign on or would it be easier to meet you half way up the hill :pac:

doozerie

CramCycle wrote:

I'll call the men in white coats, should they pick you up at sign on or would it be easier to meet you half way up the hill :pac:

Ooh, medical professionals, have them meet me at sign-on where they can inject me with the banana intravenously.

Darkglasses

Just home from my first ever TT, with Wexford Tri club. Absolutely brilliant fun, looking forward to doing it all over again. Finished very respectably, despite (here come the excuses) getting LOST and losing somewhere around 3 or 4 minutes.

My time over the flattish 20km was 41.05, probably would've gotten in at around 37.30 if I'd known where the finish was. Still had a great time, would strongly recommend it to anyone who wants to improve their training or dip their toe into racing for the first time.

Diarmuid

Darkglasses wrote: »

Just home from my first ever TT, with Wexford Tri club. Absolutely brilliant fun, l

You're doing it wrong

Darkglasses

Diarmuid wrote: »

You're doing it wrong

I had a feeling someone would say that...No! I cycle to enjoy myself! Finished around the middle, all I wanted was to not finish last.

rob w

I heard an ad on Newstalk today on my home....around 7.30 or so. It was for bike rack for a car, 29.99 delivered from micksgarage.ie!! Checked the website but cant find anything like that....did anyone else hear the ad or am I just imagining it!!!

Darkglasses

Lumen wrote: »

I wouldn't normally be a fan of that sort of thing, but this one example of his is mental. I'm surprised he was so calm.

I've said it all along where possible, I've known him for a while and he's seriously a remarkably calm and nice guy. That video that went viral just happened to be that one video where he lost his cool, Murphy's law.

And yeah, he used to be called Deadlyspot.

cdaly_

Darkglasses wrote: »

Finished around the middle, all I wanted was to not finish last.

Heh. With my first TT, all I wanted was to finish...

Hmmzis

Did my first proper TT yesterday. Was a nice evening for it, no wind and no rain (almost). While I did beat my target time of 25min for the 16k (23:57 official time, strava says 23:34 ICL TT segment), after the finish I felt a bit dissatisfied with how I performed. I think I was holding back too much at the end of the outbound leg and definitely not going close enough to my limits on the return. I might have stumbled into the opposite pacing ditch from what I had when I started cycling. Instead of going hard from the start and killing myslef at the finish now I'm holding back a bit at the beginning but am failing to increase the pace later on. I had still plenty in the tank left after the finish, very peed off now with myself.

t'bear

Enjoyed this ad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNdObl46C1M

seamus

Same here Hmmzis, in my head from the start I was thinking, "You have 16km, hold back a bit, you'll need it in the tank". Then, "You still have 8km to go, don't go mad". Then 5, 4, 3 and by the time to get to 2km left "Oh I still have stuff in the tank", but at that stage by hammering it you're not going to be able shave much more than a few seconds off your final time. I also came upon a traffic jam which interrupted my rhythm a bit, but only lost a couple of seconds.

For the shorter 5km at the start of the season, I gave it a test run the week before, so I knew what I had to do and I murdered myself on it. Last night I hadn't done TT at that distance before, so had to guess at pacing and couldn't feel it in my legs this morning; a sure sign that I didn't go hard enough. Lesson learned; before the 25 mile TT I need to find a good 25 mile segment in Wicklow somewhere and hit it hard to see what I can do.

I managed to push myself much harder over nearly the same distance chasing you in Corkagh last week. I'd love to do that TT again next week. buffalo, can we get a do-over?

Ole Rodrigo

The first Tour de Congo has started:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22965840

AstraMonti

Hmmzis wrote: »

Did my first proper TT yesterday. Was a nice evening for it, no wind and no rain (almost). While I did beat my target time of 25min for the 16k (23:57 official time, strava says 23:34 ICL TT segment), after the finish I felt a bit dissatisfied with how I performed. I think I was holding back too much at the end of the outbound leg and definitely not going close enough to my limits on the return. I might have stumbled into the opposite pacing ditch from what I had when I started cycling. Instead of going hard from the start and killing myslef at the finish now I'm holding back a bit at the beginning but am failing to increase the pace later on. I had still plenty in the tank left after the finish, very peed off now with myself.

seamus wrote: »

Same here Hmmzis, in my head from the start I was thinking, "You have 16km, hold back a bit, you'll need it in the tank". Then, "You still have 8km to go, don't go mad". Then 5, 4, 3 and by the time to get to 2km left "Oh I still have stuff in the tank", but at that stage by hammering it you're not going to be able shave much more than a few seconds off your final time. I also came upon a traffic jam which interrupted my rhythm a bit, but only lost a couple of seconds.

For the shorter 5km at the start of the season, I gave it a test run the week before, so I knew what I had to do and I murdered myself on it. Last night I hadn't done TT at that distance before, so had to guess at pacing and couldn't feel it in my legs this morning; a sure sign that I didn't go hard enough. Lesson learned; before the 25 mile TT I need to find a good 25 mile segment in Wicklow somewhere and hit it hard to see what I can do.

I managed to push myself much harder over nearly the same distance chasing you in Corkagh last week. I'd love to do that TT again next week. buffalo, can we get a do-over?

Well done guys, TTs are always a good fun. I managed to break my PR by a minute and a half but still way down on the general timing. Would be interested to see what I can do if I ever decide to do a structured training (or just training lol). What was surprising and weird is that I had the same avg speed as I had on the 25m TT last year.

valleyoftheunos

I posted somewhere on this Forum recently about Cyclists on Paths and how I don't see much of it and that detractors of cycling must all be exagerating. I must now retract that statement. Since that post not a journey has gone by without witnessing cyclists merrily flying along narrow paths often for no apparent reason other than being an ársehole and occasionally because the perpetrator is clearly uncomfortable cycling on the road with traffic. I don't see either as being a valid excuse.

Inquitus

At the Club League on Weds the topic of conversation was GP4000 Tyres. The fact that they had an arrow indicating the required orientation was mentioned, sure enough on checking both of mine were the wrong way round.

How much faster will I be when I rectify this? and should my club mates be worried about the performance boost when i visit Corkagh Park next weds?

DirkVoodoo

This one is for the women of the forum. Looks like Henry Cavill was doing a bit of cycling during his man of steel background. You can see the bike, there in the background. Really, still can't see it? It's right there? Looks like he is running SRAM. On his bike, that one, right there!

Beasty

Inquitus wrote: »

and should my club mates be worried about the performance boost when i visit Corkagh Park next weds?

Not really - the dope testers will be on hand ...

buffalo

seamus wrote: »

I managed to push myself much harder over nearly the same distance chasing you in Corkagh last week. I'd love to do that TT again next week. buffalo, can we get a do-over?

My strategy is to pick someone I know is about my ability, and what time they do, and work out the average speed, and then try hit that. If it's a headwind on one section, go slightly below, and with a tailwind, slightly above.

So last night I was ambitiously aiming for Eric Downey's top time of 22.52 (42..2kmph), and I managed 22.58. Looking at last year's 10m TT I did 25.06 (on a different course) to come home 5th Orwell, so to knock two and bit minutes off, and move up one spot, I'm happy.

As for the do-over, talk to Vlad!

buffalo

Inquitus wrote: »

At the Club League on Weds the topic of conversation was GP4000 Tyres. The fact that they had an arrow indicating the required orientation was mentioned, sure enough on checking both of mine were the wrong way round.

They do!?

doozerie

Inquitus wrote: »

How much faster will I be when I rectify this?

You'll be faster going forwards but slower going backwards. Swings and roundabouts. :pac:

ROK ON

Judging by comments above re the TT and comments earlier this year it would seem that the appetite would exist for a midweek TT league, or at the very least more TTs in the club leagues that already exist. There was a reasonably large turnout last night it seemed.

I think future tts should have a mix of short and long flat TTs, hill climbs (long & shallow plus short &steep) as well as a technical downhill TT.

Enjoyed the TT but was in a lot of pain before during and after. Hamstring has been sore all week and is in utter agony now. That said did 15s better than last time despite not being able to get the cadence I wanted.
HR relatively low as I couldn't go flat out.
Out leg faster than last time but back leg slower. Overall 2% faster. Wanted to do 3.5% faster as a target.

AstraMonti

Who was the lady who was taking the pics yesterday? Are they anywhere online?

seamus

AstraMonti wrote: »

Who was the lady who was taking the pics yesterday? Are they anywhere online?

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.471238456299381.1073741845.415488098541084&type=1

TinyExplosions

AstraMonti wrote: »

Who was the lady who was taking the pics yesterday? Are they anywhere online?

Ladies are readily available online, but you shouldn't search for them in work given your previous comments...

Zyzz

funkyjebus

AstraMonti

hahaha that's a pisstake, it can't be real.

DirkVoodoo

funkyjebus wrote: »

Shop looks interesting: http://a-hcykler.dk/

cdaly_

41kph* drafting a truck up Griffith Ave this morning. :cool:


Also, spotted father and daughter cycling along Griffith Ave yesterday with little brother relaxing in the child seat on dad's bike reading the paper**.









* It wouldn't go any faster...
** May have been a comic book.