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

CramCycle

_Tyrrell_ wrote: »

Actually yeah scratch that, could've sworn the luas went close to the stadium, apparently not :rolleyes:

If you'd been focused on your posting rather than playing GTA5 it never would have happened.

Squidgy Black

CramCycle wrote: »

If you'd been focused on your posting rather than playing GTA5 it never would have happened.

NEVER.

I still have to pay the rest of that jersey order off, should really get around to that.....

furiousox

Rogue-Trooper

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Anyone else here going to Roger Waters tomorrow night?

Yep! Bringing my 15 year old son too - it's part of his 'education' don't you know..........

Rua_ri

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Anyone else here going to Roger Waters tomorrow night? Can't wait myself. I was at the DSOTM gig at The Point a few years ago and it was fantastic. I'm sure there are a few other Floyd heads around here.

I am going and can't wait. Hopefully the weather will be kind to us. I was at earls court for the division bell tour , amazing stuff. This looks like it could top it.

Harrybelafonte

Don't suppose anyone here owns a silver Audi Q8? Was slowing down for the lights on the Ashbourne Rd and just as I was unclipping someone beeped at me, going the opposite direction, and when I looked over he started sticking his fingers up at me. WTF?

CramCycle

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Don't suppose anyone here owns a silver Audi Q8? Was slowing down for the lights on the Ashbourne Rd and just as I was unclipping someone beeped at me, going the opposite direction, and when I looked over he started sticking his fingers up at me. WTF?

Guy paid 10s of 1000s to look cool, you achieved it for a fraction of the cost. Jealousy can be a dangerous thing.

Harrybelafonte

CramCycle wrote: »

Guy paid 10s of 1000s to look cool, you achieved it for a fraction of the cost. Jealousy can be a dangerous thing.

I realise I'm naive, but I really think people would get off on that. I really hope it was someone I know TBH, bit disheartening, but it was a good spin so it hasn't really tarnished it.

Then again, I was in Sundrive gear. Maybe it's a rivalry thing.

Lumen

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

...just as I was unclipping someone beeped at me, going the opposite direction, and when I looked over he started sticking his fingers up at me. WTF?

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Then again, I was in Sundrive gear. Maybe it's a rivalry thing.

He was probably mocking that fact that a trackie couldn't track stand. :pac:

Harrybelafonte

Lumen wrote: »

He was probably mocking that fact that a trackie couldn't track stand. :pac:

GOD, leave me alone, I'll sort it out this winter. Sheesh, what are you, my Dad!

Lumen

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

GOD, leave me alone, I'll sort it out this winter. Sheesh, what are you, my Dad!

It's possible. PM me a picture of your ma. :pac:

Harrybelafonte

Lumen wrote: »

It's possible. PM me a picture of your ma. :pac:

Can't find one right now, I'll send you one of me, that should make it clear enough. If you were living free and easy during the summer of 1976 you could have the answer I've waited 36 years for.

Lumen

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Can't find one right now, I'll send you one of me, that should make it clear enough. If you were living free and easy during the summer of 1976 you could have the answer I've waited 36 years for.

Ah, that would have made me the most reproductively advanced 2 year old on my street. Hot summer though, I spent most of it naked.

Lepidoptera

I know it's a very newbie question, but if you want to buy spare tubes for a road bike, how do you know if you need the 40, 42mm or the 51mm presta valve, or does it make that big of a difference?

Harrybelafonte

Lumen wrote: »

Ah, that would have made me the most reproductively advanced 2 year old on my street. Hot summer though, I spent most of it naked.

The photo I sent you has kept with that theme.

Harrybelafonte

Lepidoptera wrote: »

I know it's a very newbie question, but if you want to buy spare tubes for a road bike, how do you know if you need the 40, 42mm or the 51mm presta valve, or does it make that big of a difference?

It depends on the wheel. Too short and you can't access the valve (deeper dish wheels), too long and it looks crazy. Can you measure the ones you have?

Harrybelafonte

What racing in A4 feels like:



What racing on the track feels like:

Lepidoptera

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

It depends on the wheel. Too short and you can't access the valve (deeper dish wheels), too long and it looks crazy. Can you measure the ones you have?

Probably an even more daft question, but what bit do I measure - just the presta valve that is sticking out, or do you mean that I should measure the tube itself?

Harrybelafonte

Lepidoptera wrote: »

Probably an even more daft question, but what bit do I measure - just the presta valve that is sticking out, or do you mean that I should measure the tube itself?

Just the valve, the tube will probably have it's own size written on it.

http://www.innertubeshop.com/pages/which-valve-type-size-do-i-need

daragh_

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

What racing in A4 feels like:

Too soon man, too soon.

CramCycle

Got my refurbished EDGE 500 in the post today after I cracked the screen awhile ago. Fair enough my fault. I have now realised based on my newly received one that I should have returned it before I thought it was broke. The buttons were always slow to respond, I just thought it was the covering but now I have a perfectly working one and had to pay to replace the one that I did not know was broken until I broke it some more. Screen also looks clearer on the refurbished one, the old one was slightly unclear but I had put it down to the LCD screen not being overly fancy.

On the plus side the new one is black and red, which matches my black and red bike, which matches my red gear cabling which matches the red trim on my black bib shorts.

The effect is somewhat ruined by the fact that the only thing my orange shoes match is the orange in my boards jersey.

Inspector Coptoor

got a puncture on the way into work this morning.
Was 1.5km away from work.
Never changed a tube or worked on a bike before.

walked to work, brought the bike into my work space, fired up the projector, watched a youtube video on how to do it and changed the tube with no problems.

It did take me the guts of 30 minutes (it was the back tire).
Hopefully I will get quicker at doing it from this point on.

Found a nice shard of metal in the tire.

Captain Havoc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVeNZ3uE9fQ

I can see how it's easy to mistake a ream of paper for an ipad.

cdaly_

Rua_ri wrote: »

I am going and can't wait. Hopefully the weather will be kind to us. I was at earls court for the division bell tour , amazing stuff. This looks like it could top it.

Woo Hoo! That was brill!

Hope Wishbone made it to his last bus. 1000 people crammed onto one dart wasn't pretty...

Wishbone Ash

cdaly_ wrote: »

Woo Hoo! That was brill!

Hope Wishbone made it to his last bus. 1000 people crammed onto one dart wasn't pretty...

Fantastic wasn't it. He certainly knows how to put on a show. And there no sign of him becoming less political as he ages although I did think dedicating the show to de Menezes was a bit OTT. Managed to get the last train from Pearse to Rush/Lusk and walked the remainder of the way home.

cdaly_

Nothing like walking home in the countryside when you can't hear a thing from the ringing in your ears...

Rua_ri

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Fantastic wasn't it. He certainly knows how to put on a show. And there no sign of him becoming less political as he ages although I did think dedicating the show to de Menezes was a bit OTT. Managed to get the last train from Pearse to Rush/Lusk and walked the remainder of the way home.

It was truly spectactular !
I had high expectations and it surpassed them all.
I was worried that the sound being outdoor might be off, but even that was amazing. Having an Intermission was something i didnt expect or need. Crowd definitely spanned the age groups, i saw an elderly guy near me with a walking stick and a group of teanagers in front of me.
Some smell of weed throughout the whole gig, one dreadlocked guy even asked me if i had any acid. funny on all levels.

I was on the pitch and walked back into the quays afterwards in about 40 mins, which was nice to stretch the legs after standing.
Noticed 20 or so bikes/beaters locked to trees as i was leaving the stadium. Nice that people could cycle to the gig and the bike be still there when they got out.
Did any of you cycle to it?

Wishbone Ash

I couldn't get over how small the Aviva Stadium is. I've never been there before nor to the old stadium either (not being a fan of association or egg football). Croke Park is huge in comparison.
Did anyone else find the excessive traffic to and from the bars annoying? I can't understand paying €90 for a ticket to a visual show and then spend half of the time ferrying beer around.

Rogue-Trooper

cdaly_ wrote: »

Woo Hoo! That was brill!

I have run out of adjectives to describe how awesome it was. There were 3 of us from my office there last night and we have all been boring the pants off everyone else about it all morning!

The production was mind-blowing, the music fantastic and the sound was the closest thing you'll get to hi-fi outside of a recording studio.

Didn't mind the intermission as I was absolutely dying for a whizz but didn't want to miss a second of the show!

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I couldn't get over how small the Aviva Stadium is. I've never been there before nor to the old stadium either (not being a fan of association or egg football). Croke Park is huge in comparison.

The Aviva is smaller than Croker but looked even smaller last night due to the stage position and the fact that the 'wall' spanned the full width of the stadium.

buffalo

Has he got his helmet on backwards, or just really bad straps?

Beasty

buffalo wrote: »

Has he got his helmet on backwards, or just really bad straps?

Must be the latter, as the woman beside him has the same helmet clearly pointing the same way

Zyzz

Cavendish is so awkward during interviews

Chips Lovell

I've discovered one of the reasons behind Chris Horner's late career improvement.



He's a little more aero these days.

derealbadger

CramCycle wrote: »

Got my refurbished EDGE 500 in the post today after I cracked the screen awhile ago. Fair enough my fault. I have now realised based on my newly received one that I should have returned it before I thought it was broke. The buttons were always slow to respond, I just thought it was the covering but now I have a perfectly working one and had to pay to replace the one that I did not know was broken until I broke it some more. Screen also looks clearer on the refurbished one, the old one was slightly unclear but I had put it down to the LCD screen not being overly fancy.

On the plus side the new one is black and red, which matches my black and red bike, which matches my red gear cabling which matches the red trim on my black bib shorts.

The effect is somewhat ruined by the fact that the only thing my orange shoes match is the orange in my boards jersey.

PlanetX Fizik R3's you have no excuse

bcmf

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

I've discovered one of the reasons behind Chris Horner's late career improvement.



He's a little more aero these days.

any wonder his nickname is 'Hillbilly'

furiousox

Personalised Team Sky jersey anyone?
Yours for E130

http://www.rapha.cc/personalised-team-sky-long-sleeve-jersey

hueylewis

Here's a bit of common sense I could have used today: if you get a puncture and intend to swap the tube, make sure you've sorted the actual cause of the puncture before putting another tube in :rolleyes:

Also, anyone cycling either Kilmashogue lane, Cruagh road, Kilakee road, Mt Venus road, or Stocking lane: watch out for the crap left behind by the hedge cutters who've been around the last couple of weeks.

doozerie

buffalo wrote: »

Has he got his helmet on backwards, or just really bad straps?

Wonder what the third garda from the left is saying to the boyo beside him?

"The sergeant said we'd have support from the mounted division. Mounted division me arse! And here was me having brought a spade to gather up some manure for the garden, makes the spuds grow like made things you know. Still, I suppose it could come in handy later, there's a fella over there giving my stink eye for the last hour, a slap of the spade will change his tune for him".

Zyzz

I really have too much time on my hands..

niceonetom

Morrisseeee

Horner caught practicing on a hill climb !

CramCycle

Damnit, ordered through Parcel Motel as shipping to Ireland was expensive. Parcel went missing for a few days, finally found today. Turns out the delivery company who dropped it to PM has a huge contract with my company, I could have rang them and got it delivered to work for free but Evans wouldn't give me the tracking number till today?!?! Also the box size was different than Evans told me so it is now the same price as direct shipping, D'oh the stupidity of it all.

Life lesson, don't try to be to much of a cheap skate.

Captain Havoc

I was thinking of putting this groupset on the winter bike, is there any reason I shouldn't? It seems like good value.

Keep_Her_Lit

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=86631988

Why yes, of course it is.

(Somebody needs to give marketty a friendly nudge and tell him he's stumbled into the wrong forum )

at1withmyself

Captain Havoc wrote: »

I was thinking of putting this groupset on the winter bike, is there any reason I shouldn't? It seems like good value.

Terrific value IMO, I picked up the previous model last year to rebuild a bike. When installing the components I was very happy with the Quality and took it for a short spin and gears/brakes worked lovely. Still considering keeping it as a Winter bike.

DrChristianTroy

Captain Havoc wrote: »

I was thinking of putting this groupset on the winter bike, is there any reason I shouldn't? It seems like good value.

Think it may work out a tenner cheaper with Merlin cycles (€340 as opposed to €350 with bike 24) by the time shipping etc is added on to bike24 price. Have been looking at this or 105 with Merlin myself.

http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/road-parts/transmission/groupsets-road-bike/shimano-tiagra-4600-groupset.html

seamus

Yeah, for a full groupset that's pretty good. You could easily spend that much on the crankset and shifters alone.

Tar.Aldarion

we need these here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcZSU40RBrg

hueylewis

Stepaside Lane wtf.

CramCycle

hueylewis wrote: »

Stepaside Lane wtf.

First time then :P No one ever does a well as they expect their first time, most only go for half the time/distance they expect before blowing up