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

AstraMonti

Found my next frame. http://www.bikerumor.com/2013/06/28/scott-introduces-lightest-addict-sl-yet/

Now if only I could find the cash for it too. 2015 sounds like a good goal to get one

Zyzz

Ay I have encountered the dreaded creaking crank..and I dont have a torque wrench..life is over

Squidgy Black

AstraMonti wrote: »

Found my next frame. http://www.bikerumor.com/2013/06/28/scott-introduces-lightest-addict-sl-yet/

Now if only I could find the cash for it too. 2015 sounds like a good goal to get one

The figure of 39% 'more comfort' is very precise, wonder how they calculated that or did they just pull it out of their arses :pac:

AIR-AUSSIE

Dan Martin's Tshirt for charity:

thebouldwhacker

I say we need an event like this in Ireland...

Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Anyone know if the TDF is covered much on US television. Heading there tomorrow for 2 weeks. Thanks.

TinyExplosions wrote: »

NBC and Versus should show some coverage -not sure how much though, and it could be at odd hours with the time difference!

Have full coverage on NBCSN with several overly dramatic US presenters and Phil Ligget and Paul Sherwen. (7.30am each morning and highlights at 10pm).

jinkypolly

thebouldwhacker wrote: »

I say we need an event like this in Ireland...

I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to find drunken white trash and a garden hose.

Zyzz

What is that place that you can do repairs on your bike for a 5'er an hour? Or was I dreaming when I saw that have some creaking in my bike and could do with some derailleur adjusting...with some help lol

Darkglasses

Zyzz wrote: »

What is that place that you can do repairs on your bike for a 5'er an hour? Or was I dreaming when I saw that have some creaking in my bike and could do with some derailleur adjusting...with some help lol

Rothar probably?

lennymc

a3 is hard. lol

bcmf

lennymc wrote: »

a3 is hard. lol

Too many months swanning round the A4 gruppetto.

bcmf

Got my face on d'telly. May have been only for .15 of a second but its my .15 seconds of fame

Zyzz

bcmf wrote: »

Got my face on d'telly. May have been only for .15 of a second but its my .15 seconds of fame

"Girls in your area are looking to chat.."



rough times ey? :pac:

quozl

Darkglasses wrote: »

Rothar probably?

Yep, it's rothar

bcmf

Zyzz wrote: »

"Girls in your area are looking to chat.."



rough times ey? :pac:

Thats at least 2 posts form you that doesnt contain a gif. Runningout of gif's?

Zyzz

bcmf wrote: »

Thats at least 2 posts form you that doesnt contain a gif. Runningout of gif's?

manafana

whats does everyone do with their old tubes anywhere to recycle them ?

Mycroft H

manafana wrote: »

whats does everyone do with their old tubes anywhere to recycle them ?

Snoopy loops!

Zyzz

Sitting here watching Sram Red and Di2 installation videos..



Think my life has hit a new low.

Brad768

Zyzz wrote: »

Sitting here watching Sram Red and Di2 installation videos..



Think my life has hit a new low.

I've done the same thing...no idea why

Wishbone Ash

Dermot Illogical wrote: »

Corsair?

Seems too bulky up front to be a Corsair. It reminds me of a Wolseley (but I can't recall the different models).

buffalo

lennymc wrote: »

a3 is hard. lol

Wait 'til A2, or *gulp* A1. :eek:

lennymc

bcmf wrote:

Too many months swanning round the A4 gruppetto.

yup

buffalo wrote: »

Wait 'til A2, or *gulp* A1. :eek:

oh don't worry, I will be waiting
Actually, i heard that a lot of the A3 races towards the end of the year are a3/2/1 races. :eek:

even tho it was hard, I really enjoyed it.

buffalo

lennymc wrote: »

Actually, i heard that a lot of the A3 races towards the end of the year are a3/2/1 races. :eek:

I don't recall that being the case - couple of A3/2 races like the SERC GP and Christy McManus spring to mind. Maybe I just didn't race them last year.

rollingscone

Bullet bit.

Ordered a Tiagra compact and new 12-28 rear cassette from Wiggle today.

Decided it wasn't worth paying an extra e60 to get the LBS to do the downgrade for me.

Have tools, will fumble.

ford2600

rollingscone wrote: »

Bullet bit.

Ordered a Tiagra compact and new 12-28 rear cassette from Wiggle today.

Decided it wasn't worth paying an extra e60 to get the LBS to do the downgrade for me.

Have tools, will fumble.

It's not difficult. Make sure lockring is secure before applying force to open it.
Use skewer to secure if your lockring tool allows

doozerie

My car insurance is up for renewal and I'm gathering quotes for it. The cost has dropped over the years but I still flinch when I look at it and think about what cycling stuff I could buy for the money. And this reminds me that my motor tax is due for renewal before long too and that is even more expensive.

Which all puts me in mind of those idiots you occasionally encounter who inform you that as a cyclist you are not entitled to use the roads because we don't pay "road tax". To such dimwits, go ahead and tell me how your right to the roads is somehow greater than mine because in the imaginary world you've concocted inside your tiny little mind you are apparently the only one that ever has to dip your hand in your pocket. Go on. JUST. SAY. IT.

AstraMonti

manafana

doozerie wrote: »

My car insurance is up for renewal and I'm gathering quotes for it. The cost has dropped over the years but I still flinch when I look at it and think about what cycling stuff I could buy for the money. And this reminds me that my motor tax is due for renewal before long too and that is even more expensive.

Which all puts me in mind of those idiots you occasionally encounter who inform you that as a cyclist you are not entitled to use the roads because we don't pay "road tax". To such dimwits, go ahead and tell me how your right to the roads is somehow greater than mine because in the imaginary world you've concocted inside your tiny little mind you are apparently the only one that ever has to dip your hand in your pocket. Go on. JUST. SAY. IT.

had guy beep me going through churchtown the other day. If anyone knows it it looks like boom site right now nevermind that the cycle paths were poor anyway and i wouldnt use them.

He stopped further up, so i decided i might politely convert someone. Asked him why he had beeped me when i was just using road and going about my business without being dangerous.

Replied that "i should be using the bike lane and i don't need to be on the road" i then replied calmly "the bike lane is out of use not that i would use it as road is safer, you shouldnt beep a cyclist just for using road we all have right to use the roads. And beeping someone as you pass them on tight road could easily panic them and you hit them" to be fair he took it on board and might actually be more careful the next time

Zyzz

manafana wrote: »

had guy beep me going through churchtown the other day. If anyone knows it it looks like boom site right now nevermind that the cycle paths were poor anyway and i wouldnt use them.

He stopped further up, so i decided i might politely convert someone. Asked him why he had beeped me when i was just using road and going about my business without being dangerous.

Replied that "i should be using the bike lane and i don't need to be on the road" i then replied calmly "the bike lane is out of use not that i would use it as road is safer, you shouldnt beep a cyclist just for using road we all have right to use the roads. And beeping someone as you pass them on tight road could easily panic them and you hit them" to be fair he took it on board and might actually be more careful the next time

I had a guy beep me going down Howth hill while both of us @ 60km/h..

valleyoftheunos

Zyzz wrote: »

I had a guy beep me going down Howth hill while both of us @ 60km/h..

Same thing happened to me there only last week.

youcancallmeal

Why is the Sally Gap called the Sally Gap?

wanderer 22

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Why is the Sally Gap called the Sally Gap?

http://www.logainm.ie/Article.aspx?ArticleID=1454

lennymc

Zyzz wrote: »

I had a guy beep me going down Howth hill while both of us @ 60km/h..

why didnt you overtake him?

Zyzz

lennymc wrote: »

why didnt you overtake him?

I was in the middle of the road..he beeped and overtook me..

I had planned to catch up and smudge my package all over his window but I'd eaten a chinese an hour beforehand and got a horrible chicken ball and egg fried rice cramp

doozerie

Interesting account here of this year's Rás as experienced by one of the IG Sigma riders who crashed heavily and had to abandon. He mentions:

After being unconscious I came round in the arms of the Race Doctor only for another rider to crash straight into him.

I presume that was RobFowl that bore the brunt of that subsequent collision? As if the job of treating others was not difficult enough the risk of being hurt yourself is obviously significant. In casually wondering how tough a job that really is the danger aspect of it never really occurred to me. Respect to RobFowl!

lennymc

just got my new a3 number - 3939 - are there really that many A3s? At least its an easy one to remember.

buffalo

lennymc wrote: »

just got my new a3 number - 3939 - are there really that many A3s? At least its an easy one to remember.

Are you sure it's not A3 - 939 ?

But yes, there are nearly a thousand A3s on the island.

lennymc

buffalo wrote: »

Are you sure it's not A3 - 939 ?

But yes, there are nearly a thousand A3s on the island.

what has two thumbs and should read his emails more closely

indeed it is a3939. thanks Buffalo.

manafana

lennymc wrote: »

what has two thumbs and should read his emails more closely

indeed it is a3939. thanks Buffalo.

speaking of a man who would overtake cars at 60kmph

Plastik

How long is it acceptable to procrastinate for?

Why do Storck not make frames in 56?

colm_gti

Plastik wrote: »

How long is it acceptable to procrastinate for?

Why do Storck not make frames in 56?

Depends if its me, or anyone else on the site....I've become the master of procrastination, in almost all aspects of my life!

RobFowl

doozerie wrote: »

Interesting account here of this year's Rás as experienced by one of the IG Sigma riders who crashed heavily and had to abandon. He mentions:



I presume that was RobFowl that bore the brunt of that subsequent collision? As if the job of treating others was not difficult enough the risk of being hurt yourself is obviously significant. In casually wondering how tough a job that really is the danger aspect of it never really occurred to me. Respect to RobFowl!

Yep that was me, He wrote of a deep section carbon fibre front wheel hitting me......

manwithaplan

Plastik wrote: »

How long is it acceptable to procrastinate for?

At least one more day.

Raam

manwithaplan wrote: »

At least one more day.

Mmm, I dunno, I might procrastinate now or I might leave it till tomorrow.

Harrybelafonte

Zyzz wrote: »

I had a guy beep me going down Howth hill while both of us @ 60km/h..

I had two men in a white can thank me for remaining vigilant during a descent there. They were pretty nice about. It pays to keep an eye over your shoulder.

fat bloke

Plastik wrote: »

How long is it acceptable to procrastinate for?

Why do Storck not make frames in 56?

What do they do, 55 and 57 is it? My Storck must have been 55... can't actually remember though

smacl

Courier arrives with a small parcel for me this afternoon, which was greeted by rolling eyes from the wife, a few tsks from eldest daughter, and an exasperated "not more bike parts?" from the youngest. But no! It was a pedicure product I'd spotted during a Eurosport add break, as herself was complaining about sore heels. Many abashed looks from my women folk, as I put on the smuggest smile I've worn for some time. Now, what do I need next for the bike....

Wishbone Ash

smacl wrote: »

Courier arrives with a small parcel for me this afternoon, which was greeted by rolling eyes from the wife, a few tsks from eldest daughter, and an exasperated "not more bike parts?" from the youngest

:eek:

Bike related stuff should always be delivered to a work address!

Plastik

I think I'll make a decision tomorrow. Or the day after.

Storck do their sizings in 55 & 57. The geo is fairly similar to the 56 Planet X in terms of effective top tube etc on some models but theres fairly wild differences in the head tube, 139 for the 55, 162 for the 57 (165 for the Planet X). 57's sold out in a lot of places but a lot of 55's around, but I think they're too small. Even with a long stem the front would be too low and I'd have to go with a positive stem angle ... :eek: ... or a lot of spacers to get the position right.