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

Captain Havoc

I was trying to find an interview there with Eddy Merckx that he did straight after a mountain finish and he looked like he was about to collapse. Has anyone got a link to this?

Beasty

Disaster ...

... wife's car is out of action until the middle of next week by the looks of it ...

... she's going to have to use mine, which means ...

... I'm going to have to cycle everywhere ...:)

Captain Havoc

One less car

Darkglasses

Did 40k this afternoon, happy enough. Little disappointed I didn't manage to do Harold's X to the top of Howth (and back) yet, but getting closer! Was absolutely freezing to death on the way back.

Captain Havoc

I was driving up my road today when I saw a guy pulled up on the side of the road looking confused at his bike. I decided to stop to see if there was something I could do to help. The dirty look I got, why the hell do people automatically assume the worst when you offer to help them?

Dubba

Did you still look like this, probably scared the crap out of him?

Kintarō Hattori

Beasty wrote: »

... I'm going to have to cycle everywhere ...:)

Now hang on for just a second but................ I thought you did anyway :eek:

RobFowl

I started cycling properly in about 1982 with 2 friends. Short spins to Howth or the Airport usually. Me on a Raleigh Grifter, S on a Triumph 20 and B on a Puch 5 speed racer.
Over the years B was the first to get a decent bike (Columbus Aelle) and cycling shoes/shorts/jerseys etc. My first shoes were his second hand Diadora Francesco Mosers.
Haven't seen him for about 8-9 years but found out last night he's near the end in hospital with that horrible curse cancer.

This is for him

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

monkeyslayer

Why don't roadies say hello to MTBers on the road? Not that I care tbh, but just something i noticed yesterday when i took the horse out for a cheeky road spin

seamus

I often do, but I find that MTBers rarely, if ever, respond to a greeting.

Lumen

monkeyslayer wrote: »

Why don't roadies say hello to MTBers on the road?

Because they are filthy dirty creatures.

Bunnyhopper

Lumen wrote: »

Because they are filthy dirty creatures.

Maybe so, but they could still say hello to MTBers.

rich.d.berry

Lumen wrote: »

monkeyslayer wrote: »

Why don't roadies say hello to MTBers on the road?

Because they are filthy dirty creatures.

I have also noticed an occasional tendency to snobbishness from some cyclists. I don't know if it's my hybrid bicycle or my kit (mostly Lidl's finest with a few Altura pieces) which puts me down the pecking order. It is only occasional though. Mostly my wave or nod is acknowledged.

Far less likely to respond are the more casual cyclists who pootle along. I often pass them with a friendly greeting which is mostly not returned. I cannot remember the casual cyclist ever responding to a greeting when we pass in the opposite direction.

It's not a big deal for me either. I tend to greet everyone, even pedestrians and joggers and car drivers stopped at the lights. I tend to get more good feedback than negative.

Lumen

rich.d.berry wrote: »

I have also noticed an occasional tendency to snobbishness from some cyclists. I don't know if it's my hybrid bicycle or my kit (mostly Lidl's finest with a few Altura pieces) which puts me down the pecking order. It is only occasional though. Mostly my wave or nod is acknowledged.

Do you wave at people when walking or driving? Do you greet other passengers when you board a bus or train? Were you born in Kerry?

ednwireland

Lumen wrote: »

Do you wave at people when walking or driving? Do you greet other passengers when you board a bus or train?

err yes (ive lived in donegal too long )

rich.d.berry

Lumen wrote: »

Do you wave at people when walking or driving? Do you greet other passengers when you board a bus or train? Were you born in Kerry?

Actually, I do to some extent, and no, not Kerry, but I am a bogger.

I think that smaller town folk are more inclined to converse with random strangers than big city folk. We don't experience the personal interaction overload that cause the barriers to go up when you live in a city.

I'm not sure if your reply is jocular or disdainful. To allow for the latter, and to risk stating the obvious, there is a tendency for people who engage in similar persuits to acknowledge others engaging in them. Joggers will acknowledge joggers. Plane spotters will acknowledge plane spotters etc. It's the way we roll. :rolleyes:

Jawgap

Lumen wrote: »

Do you wave at people when walking or driving? Do you greet other passengers when you board a bus or train? Were you born in Kerry?

I always say thanks to the bus driver - I think that's a bit of a Dublin thing that's been seriously undermined by all these foreign types coming to live here.

I wave at people when I go to the in-laws because they live in the arse end of Leitrim and I want to look like a local - I find it stops the banjo music playing in my head:D

Beasty

Jawgap wrote: »

I think that's a bit of a Dublin thing that's been seriously undermined by all these foreign types coming to live here.

Don't blame me - I don't get on busses nowadays.

Anyway, Leeds is the best place for this sort of thing - the bus drivers call you "Luv" whoever you may be (and in Nottingham, everyone is a similarly disconcerting "Duck")

Idleater

Beasty wrote: »

Jawgap wrote: »

I think that's a bit of a Dublin thing that's been seriously undermined by all these foreign types coming to live here.

Don't blame me - I don't get on busses nowadays.

Anyway, Leeds is the best place for this sort of thing - the bus drivers call you "Luv" whoever you may be (and in Nottingham, everyone is a similarly disconcerting "Duck")

I think I posted this before, but I remember being on a bus in Holland that stopped at the Central station for a driver change. The driver got out saying bye to everyone on the bus, and 5 minutes later the next driver greeted the passengers while taking his seat.
Not only that, but the passengers said bye to the first driver and good day to the new one

tomasrojo

Jawgap wrote: »

I always say thanks to the bus driver

So do I. My Spanish friends find it quite weird (I don't do it outside DublinIreland).

Beasty

Idleater wrote: »

I think I posted this before, but I remember being on a bus in Holland that stopped at the Central station for a driver change. The driver got out saying bye to everyone on the bus, and 5 minutes later the next driver greeted the passengers while taking his seat.
Not only that, but the passengers said bye to the first driver and good day to the new one

... and they probably all did it in English, just to impress you further:D

tomasrojo

rich.d.berry wrote: »

I'm not sure if your reply is jocular or disdainful. To allow for the latter, and to risk stating the obvious, there is a tendency for people who engage in similar persuits to acknowledge others engaging in them. Joggers will acknowledge joggers. Plane spotters will acknowledge plane spotters etc. It's the way we roll. :rolleyes:

And Larry David (or at least his fictional manifestation) waves to other Prius drivers.

Lumen

tomasrojo wrote: »

So do I. My Spanish friends find it quite weird (I don't do it outside DublinIreland).

Spanish people also don't apologise when someone is standing in their way. What the hell is wrong with them? :pac:

tomasrojo

Or refuse an offer of a refreshing beverage three times before accepting.

Beasty

... or blame the chef for contaminating their meat ...

ednwireland

Beasty wrote: »

... or blame the chef farmer for contaminating their meat ...

fyp

ThisRegard

Jawgap wrote: »

I wave at people when I go to the in-laws because they live in the arse end of Leitrim and I want to look like a local - I find it stops the banjo music playing in my head:D

Lol, same here, you don't want to be sticking out as one of those stranger types around here do you. In preparation I practice my finger flick from the steering wheel in the days leading up to a visit.

Mycroft H

ednwireland

england jersey, paddy's day, pub , england ireland rugby, prob a bad mix ?

ROK ON

ednwireland wrote: »

england jersey, paddy's day, pub , england ireland rugby, prob a bad mix ?

I would say it depends where.

I have been in rugby pubs in Dublin, Limerick & Cork and you'd get a bit of banter and a slagging. There are some pubs that I wouldn't go into with a tank battalion let alone an England jersey.

Donegal, England jersey. Do you think your neighbours are tolerant folk?

Chips Lovell

I think the rugby crowd would be the least likely to go in for the old sectarianism, but you never know where you'll find the odd nutter.

ednwireland

ROK ON wrote: »

Donegal, England jersey. Do you think your neighbours are tolerant folk?

a little from column a a little from column b

anyway its in the wash

seamus

Weather for the weekend is supposed to be ****, I don't forsee myself in any fit state for a club spin on Sunday. Anyone planning a spin for Monday morning?

ednwireland

seamus wrote: »

Weather for the weekend is supposed to be ****, I don't forsee myself in any fit state for a club spin on Sunday. Anyone planning a spin for Monday morning?

what makes you say that (seeen a lot worse forecasts) from met.ie

St. Patrick's Day will start dry and sunny in many places after the clearance of any early fog. However, showers in the west and south will become more widespread

The weather will become mainly fair for Sunday, Mother's Day. There will be fewer showers generally, parts of the northwest will still see some scattered there through the day though. Otherwise there'll be a lot of dry weather and some spells of sunshine. Temperatures will reach 9 or 10 degrees with light northwest or westerly winds.


After that there'll be another spell of dry, settled weather and it will become milder by day again. Monday will be a mostly dry day with some bright or sunny spells

Chips Lovell

The tax man

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

I think the rugby crowd would be the least likely to go in for the old sectarianism, but you never know where you'll find the odd nutter.

Chips Lovell

seamus wrote: »

Weather for the weekend is supposed to be ****, I don't forsee myself in any fit state for a club spin on Sunday. Anyone planning a spin for Monday morning?

I'll see how the racing goes this weekend but I might be on for a sociable recovery spin on Monday morning.

cdaly_

seamus wrote: »

Weather for the weekend is supposed to be ****, I don't forsee myself in any fit state for a club spin on Sunday. Anyone planning a spin for Monday morning?

Maybe maybe. Any direction in mind?

Lusk Doyle

cdaly_ wrote: »

seamus wrote: »

Weather for the weekend is supposed to be ****, I don't forsee myself in any fit state for a club spin on Sunday. Anyone planning a spin for Monday morning?

Maybe maybe. Any direction in mind?

Forward.

buffalo

Bloody NTL. Rang them yesterday to get Eurosport, told me it'd take an hour. This morning I have RTE1 and Euronews, and NOTHING ELSE. No Milan-San Remo, no rugby, no Saturday morning cartoons. :mad:

Idleater

buffalo wrote: »

This morning I have RTE1 and Euronews, and NOTHING ELSE. No Milan-San Remo, no rugby, no Saturday morning cartoons. :mad:

Have you tried turning it off and on again? Pull the plug and leave it off for a minute, an actual minute.
Worked for me last time the box went haywire :rolleyes:

buffalo

Idleater wrote: »

Have you tried turning it off and on again? Pull the plug and leave it off for a minute, an actual minute.
Worked for me last time the box went haywire :rolleyes:

I work in IT, so naturally I giggled at that post. Tried that last night, and once this morning for good measure. I'll be ringing them at 9am on the button before rolling out to Dunboyne.

Beasty

buffalo wrote: »

No Milan-San Remo, no rugby, no Saturday morning cartoons. :mad:

No overrunning tennis...

...no overrunning skiing...

...no overrunning tennis...

...no extra-time in the Under 8 Girls Fifa World Cup live from Uzbekistan...

...no overrunning snooker...

oh, and did I say no overrunning tennis


... you really don't apprecate how fortunate you are;)

Jawgap

Having to do a bit of work today and just read this from a report I'm looking at:-

"Increased levels of lung function in adolescents and adults was found associated with vitamin C intake."

Who needs Spanish steak when a few guava or kiwis will do the business:)

buffalo

Telly works! \o/

Idleater

buffalo wrote: »

Telly works! \o/

Did the nice lady in Waterford get you to restart the box? Unplug it for 60 seconds?

buffalo

Idleater wrote: »

Did the nice lady in Waterford get you to restart the box? Unplug it for 60 seconds?

She did, but it made no difference. But they did something while I was out racing, was working when I got home. Have the rugby on now, maybe it would've been better to just be staring at a blank screen.

furiousox

Quick question, will a 12-27 sprocket work ok with a 50/34 crank?
(Using a short cage RD)
Thanks!

bcmf

furiousox wrote: »

Quick question, will a 12-27 sprocket work ok with a 50/34 crank?
(Using a short cage RD)
Thanks!

Quick answer.
Yes.

34-27? What do you plan on climbing.

furiousox

I'm changing the crank from standard to compact, was hoping I would get away without changing the cog too.
Might need to lose a link or two from the chain?
What am I climbing?
Hey, there's a hill on my training ride that has a 14% gradient.







.....for about 20 metres!