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

doozerie

Wishbone Ash wrote:

According to Miriam O'Callaghan's show on Radio One now, Michael's Collin's custom made bike featured in iconic pics, has been discovered in regular use (unbeknownst to the current owner).

If he'd been riding his bike on that fateful day then he could have cycled around the roadblock and avoided being shot. There is a moral in there somewhere …I'm not quite sure what it is exactly but how about "See, motoring kills!"...

doozerie

This may be interesting for anyone that has 10speed Shimano-compatible wheels and looking to migrate to Shimano 11speed:

However, there is a fix for those with wheels that are not convertible to Shimano 11-speed freehubs but that offer Campagnolo freehubs (as you might imagine, Shimano is not one of those). You can install a Campagnolo freehub body on your wheel and get a Campagnolo 11-speed cogset. It will shift fine with a Shimano or SRAM 11-speed system.

Jawgap

doozerie wrote: »

If he'd been riding his bike on that fateful day then he could have cycled around the roadblock and avoided being shot. There is a moral in there somewhere …I'm not quite sure what it is exactly but how about "See, motoring kills!"...

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/michael-collinss-famous-high-nelly-bicycle-found-29573174.html

No, he would have still been deader than a dead thing - he never wore a helmet, that's much more dangerous than an ambush, the RSA have said so......


EDIT:- the exhibition sounds interesting!

Doctor Bob

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

I feel like Milhouse meeting his shelbyville counterpart!

So that makes me, um, Morganville Milhouse?

*adjusts onion belt*

ford2600

Just saw this in Dungarvan museum.
£12 12s in 1924.
Father told me he paid £18 in 1948, thought he had made a mistake, looks about right though.

No 2 is an information poster about cycling club in Dungarvan in 19th century

Alek

"All bright parts heavily plated on copper"

Must have looked lovely, but cleaning / polishing was a chore I guess ;-)

Twelve years warranty - nice!

DirkVoodoo

I don't f**king believe it! Same stretch of road as yesterday, people sitting in the bus lane to turn left down Wellington Place towards Clyde Road. This guy nearly clipped me off.

I'd seen him up in Ranelagh, making a meal of squeezing past a car and mounting the footpath in the process.

Needless to say, street justice was dispensed, but that stretch of road is a joke, no one seems to know how to use it!

Argh! Rant rant!

hueylewis

Got caught in the rain at Cruagh and on my way back by Rockbrook I nearly skidded the bike out from under me on a sharp uturn. My mistake of approaching too fast and inexplicably pulling the rear brake not once, but three times as I started the turn before copping on. Luckily no one around to see me forced to straighten the bike up and cycle towards a wall to regain my balance.

Squidgy Black

I'm dreading the rain now.

The rain trousers, overshoes, rain jackets, mudguards, tires with more grip.

They all make my bike look yucky.

Squidgy Black

Anyone know of any OSX programs that are similar enough to Textpad on windows?

Trying to compile and run java applications, and we usually use Textpad in the labs.

jinkypolly

_Tyrrell_ wrote: »

Anyone know of any OSX programs that are similar enough to Textpad on windows?

Trying to compile and run java applications, and we usually use Textpad in the labs.

Lot of alternatives discussed here; http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=86436
(I know zilch about any of this)

rollingscone

hueylewis wrote: »

Got caught in the rain at Cruagh and on my way back by Rockbrook I nearly skidded the bike out from under me on a sharp uturn. My mistake of approaching too fast and inexplicably pulling the rear brake not once, but three times as I started the turn before copping on. Luckily no one around to see me forced to straighten the bike up and cycle towards a wall to regain my balance.

Been there done that.

Finally crushed my descending demons today with a non panicked/non crawled descent back down Howth head in the wet.

Like Doozerie suggested I busied myself with rational lists of things to do from that how to descend like a pro article he linked, I still braked a little bit too much but not so much that anyone would laugh at me.

Also, a true test of the new brake pads and the GP4seasons which were both excellent.

Edit: I even did the tongue between the teeth thing a good few times as a first step to relaxing the body at the start of a drop off.

furiousox

"ALWAYS.....no that's not it......NEVER put your tongue between your teeth!"

furiousox

Sean Yates book is out and he's been drumming up some publicity for it by defending Armstrong and criticising Sky

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/yates-defends-armstrong-but-is-critical-of-team-sky

Idleater

_Tyrrell_ wrote: »

Trying to compile and run java applications, and we usually use Textpad in the labs.

FWIW, textpad (or any text editor) won't compile or run java (or any other programming language), so you will have to go to terminal to javac your java file anyway - presumably you do this. For true text-editing goodness you could use VI(m) or for greatness use emacs.


With that said, you could try using an IDE, which _will_ compile and run your code as well as provide context sensitive help to you as you write. Eclipse is well known and free, though I have started to use IDEA which I prefer. If you happen to be writing Android apps, the android environment now bundles with IDEA instead of eclipse.

bcmf

_Tyrrell_ wrote: »

tires with more grip.

Vittoria tyres make my bike look sexy

Did they have more grip then your death wish tyres?

hueylewis

I use Sublime Text 2 for all my work. I don't have any experience with java, but it might be worth a look.

rollingscone

bcmf wrote: »

Did they have more grip then your death wish tyres?

I found Rubinos pretty grippy.

Squidgy Black

bcmf wrote: »

Did they have more grip then your death wish tyres?

So far so good, no slipping today.

When I took the Luganos off, I realised I'd pretty much worn all of the thread and squared it off from my mad fixie skillz.

Squidgy Black

Idleater wrote: »

FWIW, textpad (or any text editor) won't compile or run java (or any other programming language), so you will have to go to terminal to javac your java file anyway - presumably you do this. For true text-editing goodness you could use VI(m) or for greatness use emacs.


With that said, you could try using an IDE, which _will_ compile and run your code as well as provide context sensitive help to you as you write. Eclipse is well known and free, though I have started to use IDEA which I prefer. If you happen to be writing Android apps, the android environment now bundles with IDEA instead of eclipse.

Yeah it's just for compiling the code to check for errors, save anything heavier for the labs.

Downloaded Eclipse and I'm struggling to work my way around it.

bcmf

Rubino, Rubino Pro and Diamante Pro are great grippy tyres in the dry and the wet.
Although I had to cut short my spin the other day as I destroyed my rear Diamante when I clipped a stone flying over soome North County Pave on the 'sweet spot' of the tyre and just ripped the sidewall .
Just deciding what I will get as my winter tyre.
If I can find a Diamante going cheap then will run that but may just go with a set of Rubino Pro's

DirkVoodoo

I think Eclipse is pretty standard for Java, I'm sure there are plenty of youtube videos...it's pretty straightforward to setup once you see it done once.

rollingscone

_Tyrrell_ wrote: »

So far so good, no slipping today.

When I took the Luganos off, I realised I'd pretty much worn all of the thread and squared it off from my mad fixie skillz.

I was wondering why Luganos rang a bell.

Then I remembered there was one on my friend's Boardman Team Carbon, the rubber was paring away as I ran the plastic tyre lever around the rim. A bike maintenance Naif I might be, but I'm pretty sure that's not a sign of quality.

bcmf

^^^^
Funny you should say that.
Had a set of Schawlbe Ultremo's that the outer rubber came away form the carcass. Saw it happening to RobFowls set as well

Captain Havoc

I got Shamrock Rovers to the 1/4 finals of the Champions League in Football Manager 13, do you think I should apply for the job of gaffer?

Darkglasses

Captain Havoc wrote: »

I got Shamrock Rovers to the 1/4 finals of the Champions League in Football Manager 13, do you think I should apply for the job of gaffer?

Nah, just go straight to applying for the Ireland job.

Squidgy Black

Captain Havoc wrote: »

I got Shamrock Rovers to the 1/4 finals of the Champions League in Football Manager 13, do you think I should apply for the job of gaffer?

Rovers? Really?

You could probably manage an u10s team, they'll probably have more talent

Here's a song I was taught at the ripe old age of 6 years old.

When I was just a little boy I asked my mother what will I be?
Will I be Rovers? or will I be Bohs? Here's what she said to me:
'Wash your mouth my son, And get your father's gun, And shoot the Rovers scum,
We hate Rovers, We hate Rovers, We hate Rovers.

Skrynesaver

_Tyrrell_ wrote: »

Yeah it's just for compiling the code to check for errors, save anything heavier for the labs.

Downloaded Eclipse and I'm struggling to work my way around it.

For quick edit, compile and test install vim.

Eclipse is definitely worth putting a bit of time into, once you get the hang of it it does a lot of the boilerplate coding, catches typos, auto-fills available methods (or inserts stubs if you require them), has inline javadoc and generally is the canine genitalia where Java IDEs are concerned.

That said, you probably need to spend a bit of time footling about with a plain text editor and writing your own ant build specs for the sake of understanding before handing over all responsibility to an IDE

Hmmzis

Skrynesaver wrote: »

That said, you probably need to spend a bit of time footling about with a plain text editor and writing your own ant build specs for the sake of understanding before handing over all responsibility to an IDE

An IDE will not save you from having to write build scipts. No matter what you use for writing code the build server still needs a script to package it all up. It's an important bit for release management and continuous integration. Plus a good build tool will handle the pesky task of dependency management for you. An IDE just makes your life easier writing the actual code.

Paul Kiernan

I want to develop an app to make me go faster. Should I use Eclipse or a text editor?

rollingscone

Paul Kiernan wrote: »

I want to develop an app to make me go faster. Should I use Eclipse or a text editor?

What you need is a dura ace chain and carbon bidons/holders.

Dermot Illogical

Paul Kiernan wrote: »

I want to develop an app to make me go faster. Should I use Eclipse or a text editor?

Whichever is more agile.

Jawgap

This chap is a bit of a cycling bore........

quozl

Cyclo-necro-beastiality?

Impressive!

smacl

Hmmzis wrote: »

An IDE will not save you from having to write build scipts. No matter what you use for writing code the build server still needs a script to package it all up. It's an important bit for release management and continuous integration. Plus a good build tool will handle the pesky task of dependency management for you. An IDE just makes your life easier writing the actual code.

Not sure I'd agree there. Built a new PC to speed up C++ builds about a month ago, and the VS2010 multi-core compilation and linking absolutely rocks on it. I use either InnoIDE or InstallShield express for packaging / distribution, neither of which require much scripting. I have scheduled tasks running on my test automation and build PCs that take snapshots of the latest source and fire off the necessary apps for build and test. A couple of batch files, but nothing fancy. A full test suite takes about four hours to run, and build and test typically happens twice a day.

CramCycle

rollingscone wrote: »

What you need is a dura ace chain and carbon bidons/holders.

He will go fast but he won't last very long, he needs a SRAM chain

Skrynesaver

Hmmzis wrote: »

An IDE will not save you from having to write build scipts. No matter what you use for writing code the build server still needs a script to package it all up. It's an important bit for release management and continuous integration. Plus a good build tool will handle the pesky task of dependency management for you. An IDE just makes your life easier writing the actual code.

Wrong thread/forum, but straightforward build.xml files for ant can be created inside Eclipse with point and drool interface.

And now for something completely different...

JazzyJ

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Nice cycle this evening, only spoiled by getting beeped out of it by a taxi on the way home. I managed to catch up with him and asked him what the problem was, he said I was riding in the bus lane and that I was going to get myself knocked down (a threat perhaps). I pointed out it's a shared bus/cycle lane, he called me a loser and told me to get out of the lycra...spanner:

What can you do when confronted with such stupidity??? Not sure where else I was supposed to cycle.

As far as I can tell from the famous/infamous 2012 traffic act, all bus lanes and bus only streets are open to cyclists:

(2) A person shall not enter a bus lane with a vehicle other than a large public service vehicle or a pedal cycle during the period of operation of the bus lane indicated on an information plate.

(3) A person shall not enter a contra-flow bus lane with a vehicle other than a large public service vehicle or a pedal cycle.

(4) A person shall not enter a bus-only street with a vehicle other than a large public service vehicle or a pedal cycle except for the purpose of access.

EXPLANATORY NOTE
... consolidation of regulation provisions of 1997-2011 for use of bus lanes (including change in law to permit pedal cyclists to use contra-flow bus lanes and bus-only streets) ...

Zyzz

Finally got below 9 minutes on the sutton side of Howth! Albeit I clocked an 8.59 today, its been a goal for quite some time..considering I posted a time of over 13 minutes at the beginning of this year! :pac:

http://www.strava.com/segments/1019696

..and you'll never guess who has the same time as me..Ryan Sherlock :pac:




***Ryan if you are reading this please do not feel the need to go back and re-do the segment as its my only cycling claim to fame***

CramCycle

Zyzz wrote: »

***Ryan if you are reading this please do not feel the need to go back and re-do the segment as its my only cycling claim to fame***

I had a KOM that had Ryan in second place, I was so happy, then I looked at it and realised the only reason I had it was because I rode the segment at night where all the lights remained green and there was no traffic. It subsequently got reported, I flew to close to the sun...

colm_gti

A question to those of you educated in all things groupsets....is there a notable difference between SRAM rival and force?

And if you were building up your 'good bike' with a 10 speed groupset, what would you have, ultegra or rival/force?

Jawgap

colm_gti wrote: »

A question to those of you educated in all things groupsets....is there a notable difference between SRAM rival and force?

And if you were building up your 'good bike' with a 10 speed groupset, what would you have, ultegra or rival/force?

I've Rival on one bike and Force on another, and I prefer Force - the shifting is noticeable quicker and crisper, and more precise. I tried Red once and thought the difference between it and Force was much less than the difference between Force and Rival, so I'd go for Force.

......and if I was doing that today, I think I'd be going for Force 22

I know feck all about Ultegra so I can't offer any opinion on how it compares to SRAM.

colm_gti

Jawgap wrote: »

I've Rival on one bike and Force on another, and I prefer Force - the shifting is noticeable quicker and crisper, and more precise. I tried Red once and thought the difference between it and Force was much less than the difference between Force and Rival, so I'd go for Force.

......and if I was doing that today, I think I'd be going for Force 22

I know feck all about Ultegra so I can't offer any opinion on how it compares to SRAM.

Cool, that's what I was looking for, someone with first hand experience of the two

Won't be going 11 speed, have 10 speed shimano on the training bike and want to keep some level of interchangeability between the two

Jawgap

Lots of groups of runners out this morning - many of them running three, I said THREE abreast. Who do I complain to about this?

They don't even pay road tax, you know!

Idleater

colm_gti wrote: »

Cool, that's what I was looking for, someone with first hand experience of the two

I also have rival on one bike and force on another and agree with the above. Force is "basically" the same as red while rival is "basically" the same as apex.

manafana

colm_gti wrote: »

Cool, that's what I was looking for, someone with first hand experience of the two

Won't be going 11 speed, have 10 speed shimano on the training bike and want to keep some level of interchangeability between the two

#ultegera is lovely but given choice id go SRAM force now.

bcmf

On the club spin this morning and at the back of the airport a car suddenly out of nowhere passes us at speed with hand firmly placed on the car horn.
We were 2 abreast and tipping along at about 35kph.
Then suddenly outta nowhere an unmarked Garda car with sirens all ablaze passes us and catches up with the car that overtakes us and pulls them in.
2 Gardai get out of the squad and make their way to the motorist not looking happy.
As we pass we issue a 'Thanks Gard' and one of them gives a thumbs up.
Felt smug after it.

Squidgy Black

Jawgap wrote: »

Lots of groups of runners out this morning - many of them running three, I said THREE abreast. Who do I complain to about this?

They don't even pay road tax, you know!

I believe the correct method is to post it over on the running forum. You must include a sweeping generalisation of everyone who runs, and also include something that makes your road use superior to theirs.

You then finish off by stating how your road tax gives you the right to be a díckhead and how they should all stick to the paths.

The tax man

Got stopped by a fellow cyclist heading in the opposite direction this morning to warn me of glass all over the road heading towards Ballycullen.

He'd suffered two punctures as a result of going through it.

Nice to get a heads up like that.

Diarmuid

colm_gti wrote: »

A question to those of you educated in all things groupsets....is there a notable difference between SRAM rival and force?

And if you were building up your 'good bike' with a 10 speed groupset, what would you have, ultegra or rival/force?

I've had Rival, 105, Ultegra and Dura Ace. DA on my new fancy bike. Then Ultegra originally on the second bike, switched to Rival then to 105.

I'd never buy Rival again. I had the RHS shifter break 3 times. Well not exactly break but one or two teeth on the ratchet mechanism wore out, resulting in slipping when shifting. The first two were under warranty. After the third time I switched back to 105.

Up to the point the shifters broke, I was happy with Rival.

Now I'm sticking with Shimano.