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

AstraMonti

I started a thread in the feedback forum about doping speculation. You can find it here.

Captain Havoc

Just got the long awaited email to say I've been made redundant. Looks like my mileage will be going up.

AstraMonti

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Just got the long awaited email to say I've been made redundant. Looks like my mileage will be going up.

Sorry to hear it dude. Hope you find something else in the very near future.

Captain Havoc

AstraMonti wrote: »

Sorry to hear it dude. Hope you find something else in the very near future.

Not before Sunday though, I'm looking forward to watching the business end of the TdF, I was supposed to be off last week and this. I also had holidays in May that were cancelled so I'm looking forward to a couple of weeks off. I only barely missed a couple of weeks extra redundancy by a couple of weeks.

TinyExplosions

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Just got the long awaited email to say I've been made redundant. Looks like my mileage will be going up.

Shit buzz, hope you get something else soon

Squidgy Black

Put up a wanted ad in the classifieds section looking for a second hand Boards jersey.

Somehow managed to end up creating a new order. Sh1t.

hardCopy

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

http://app.strava.com/activities/67057155

Ten Dam gets a KOM on Mount Ventoux and over 1600 Kudos for today's stage! (or that should be yesterday's)

And he's using a Forerunner 210, how odd

Wishbone Ash

hardCopy wrote: »

And he's using a Forerunner 210, how odd

Yes, I thought that myself.

Lyaiera

My front brakes are squeeling and I'm not carrying a pig under there. It happens when I brake moderately to heavily. What's that likely to be caused by and is the fix a simple enough adjustment?

Cork Cycling Festival is holding a basic bike workshop thing in a few weeks so I hope to pick up a bit of info there to be able to figure this stuff out myself.

Chips Lovell

hardCopy wrote: »

And he's using a Forerunner 210, how odd

Belkin are sponsored by Pioneer. I don't think their head unit is compatible with Strava, hence the Garmin watch.

ROK ON

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Just got the long awaited email to say I've been made redundant. Looks like my mileage will be going up.

John

Sorry to hear that. Ive been there and I think you have been there in the past also unfortunately. Not a nice place. Chin up and stay active. I really do think that the economy is bottoming, and while that may sound like pollyanna type nonsense, I hope it will mean that you will find a job easier than you would have if made redundant say three years ago.

Very best of luck.
If you are in Dublin or down in the Kingdom at any stage give me a bell and we will have a jar.

RobertFoster

Lyaiera wrote: »

My front brakes are squeeling and I'm not carrying a pig under there. It happens when I brake moderately to heavily. What's that likely to be caused by and is the fix a simple enough adjustment?

Cork Cycling Festival is holding a basic bike workshop thing in a few weeks so I hope to pick up a bit of info there to be able to figure this stuff out myself.

I had some brake squeal a few weeks ago. Frightened the bejaysus out of me when it happened the first time approaching a right turn in traffic.

Check the rims to make sure there's nothing on them, give them a clean (window cleaner works well apparently). If it persists, get a bit of sandpaper and give your brake pads (not the rim!) a roughing up.

Thargor

Nice:

cdaly_

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Just got the long awaited email to say I've been made redundant. Looks like my mileage will be going up.

Bummer that Havoc. Hope something turns up soon.

OTOH, http://www.audaxireland.org...

RobertFoster

Thargor wrote: »

Nice:

http://i.imgur.com/o9vPFpq.jpg?1

Something similar posted about a few months ago (see the video in the second post). They look like they shouldn't be able to stay attached, but they do.

Zyzz

Starting to fit back into clothing that I got too fat for thanks to cycling..no greater feeling

Wishbone Ash

Lyaiera wrote: »

My front brakes are squeeling and I'm not carrying a pig under there. It happens when I brake moderately to heavily. What's that likely to be caused by and is the fix a simple enough adjustment?

Cork Cycling Festival is holding a basic bike workshop thing in a few weeks so I hope to pick up a bit of info there to be able to figure this stuff out myself.

Brakes tend to squeal when the rear of the pad makes contact with the rim before the front. Sand the rear of the pads so that they "toe in" .

Darkglasses

Zyzz wrote: »

Starting to fit back into clothing that I got too fat for thanks to cycling..no greater feeling

Good job buddy! Keep track of as much of your progress as you possibly can, you'll get more chances to see how much you're really achieving.

buffalo

Zyzz wrote: »

Starting to fit back into clothing that I got too fat for thanks to cycling..no greater feeling

I interpreted that sentence as saying you "got too fat... thanks to cycling". My massive thighs mean I feel your pain!

dinneenp

Gotta love this- Yoga classes in Cork with discount for cyclists- link

Rogue-Trooper

Zyzz wrote: »

Starting to fit back into clothing that I got too fat for thanks to cycling..no greater feeling

I threw out all my 'skinny' clothes ages ago thinking I'd never be able to go near them again. Now that I'm approaching 'normality' again through cycling I find myself in need of a new wardrobe!

I like to think of this as my Buddy Love phase:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al-tdoT3gL8

Darkglasses wrote: »

Good job buddy! Keep track of as much of your progress as you possibly can, you'll get more chances to see how much you're really achieving.

One thing I regret was not taking some good 'before' photos so I could compare. I go to an annual black tie award dinner thing with work - it really struck home how different I look when I saw the photos from this year, I look like a different person compared to just 12 months ago (I started cycling a year ago this week). This time last year I rented a size 46 tux for the night - this year I rented a size 40.

I my bike! :P

DirkVoodoo

Good luck with the job hunt Mon Capitaine!

You'll get something else, enjoy the time off while you have it!

I'll join you and ROK ON for that drink, we can get totally rat arsed and talk to some lovely recruiters in Coppers

TinyExplosions

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

I'll join you and ROK ON for that drink, we can get totally rat arsed and talk to some lovely recruiters in Coppers

Moving into the public sector Dirk?

DirkVoodoo

I thought you said pubic sector for a second...

Lumen

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

I thought you said pubic sector for a second...

Your pubic sector must have become fully redundant by now eh Dirk?

TinyExplosions

Lumen wrote: »

Your pubic sector must have become fully redundant by now eh Dirk?

He's decentralised it iirc

DirkVoodoo

Lumen wrote: »

Your pubic sector must have become fully redundant by now eh Dirk?

It's those damn unions, they make it so hard to open negotiations after it all starts to break down.

After polling the members, I'll be slipping my lengthy ballot into the box on friday, we should see both sides come to an agreement by then.

RobFowl

NSFW

(only kidding)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zClNsxF2x_g

The tax man

Zyzz wrote: »

Starting to fit back into clothing that I got too fat for thanks to cycling..no greater feeling

It's a pain in the ass when it's the other way around. All the club gear I bought earlier in the year is now too big for me.

AstraMonti

I bought some normal glasses, spent around an hour in Specsavers looking around and ended buying the ones with carbon arms. I need professional help

Squidgy Black

So originally I dropped my track bike in on Monday to the LBS to have the steerer tube cut and the star nut installed, and asked them to have a look at the bottom bracket, it was the one from my previous bike and wasn't in the best of condition.

So he says he'll ring me the next day, and after no call I rang him near closing time and he tells me he hasn't even touched the bike. So anyways, this morning I get a call saying the bike's ready but he had to install a new bottom bracket, and of course the price is the usual LBS stuff. So I go around, and it turns out he's misread the old BB length of 103mm and put in a 113mm one, so the chainline is out a whopping 10mm and the chain is visibly stretched. He insists that 'it's grand, sure look it's running!', but I refused to take it and tell him it'll have to be at most a 110mm spindle or else I'll end up dead.

Ensue the moans and groans of "I'll have to do it all over again now jaysus." Despite the fact it was his mistake.

So I'm still waiting on the bike. Je ne suis pas content.

Raam

AstraMonti wrote: »

I bought some normal glasses, spent around an hour in Specsavers looking around and ended buying the ones with carbon arms. I need professional help

Pics or GTFO.

Zyzz

Need a new gear cable and brake pads, thoughts on both?

Raam

Zyzz wrote: »

Need a new gear cable and brake pads, thoughts on both?

I think you should get them.

Lumen

Zyzz wrote: »

Need a new gear cable and brake pads, thoughts on both?

Shimano, Koolstop.

Squidgy Black

Swissstop for brake pads, shimano for gear cable.

TinyExplosions

Lumen wrote: »

Shimano, Koolstop.

Alligator I-Links, Koolstop

CramCycle

Jagwire for cables, Koolstop for pads

Zyzz

Koolstop it is so. The cable doesn't have to be the best..just that it works

CramCycle

Zyzz wrote: »

Koolstop it is so. The cable doesn't have to be the best..just that it works

But Jagwire has different colour housing to match to your bike or your kit. 30euro from CSS AFAIK

el tel

Loads of Giro Ditalia officials measuring Belfast city center streets today.

furiousox

el tel wrote: »

Loads of Giro Ditalia officials measuring Belfast city center streets today.

Wonder will they go and see the traditional "street theatre" performances later tonight?

el tel

furiousox wrote: »

Wonder will they go and see the traditional "street theatre" performances later tonight?

I'm sure they think the place is rare! Street Gauntlet or safari more like

Zyzz

Think Im in love..

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=108127

manafana

Zyzz wrote: »

Think Im in love..

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=108127

love SRAM shifters

Zyzz

God damn gear cable snapped, no cycling till I can get another, just as the sun comes out

Doctor Bob

Zyzz wrote: »

God damn gear cable snapped, no cycling till I can get another, just as the sun comes out

marketty

Zyzz wrote: »

Think Im in love..

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=108127

Dem hoods....

Wishbone Ash

Zyzz wrote: »

God damn gear cable snapped, no cycling till I can get another, just as the sun comes out

Pretend you have a single speed and churn that huge gear like Hinault.

(PS - happened me on a spin last year. Rode the last 40kms home in 10th and 20th gear).

AstraMonti

Raam wrote: »

Pics or GTFO.

That's the best I can do with the phone..