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

awec

Has anyone ever used one of the Topeak quick release pannier type racks?

Any use?

RacoonQueen

Forgot to put my rear mudguard back on after Saturdays race, realised about 5 minutes after leaving the house. The most valuable lesson I've learnt since starting to commute by bike is to ALWAYS have a spare pair of knickers in your locker. Phew. :pac:

Gavin

awec wrote: »

Has anyone ever used one of the Topeak quick release pannier type racks?

Any use?

Sorry, forgot to reply to your pm ! They are decent. You can fit a fair bit onto them, they'll take up to 10kg. I didn't like it though because when you start pedaling hard, the whole back of the bike starts to sway. I haven't used rigid panniers before, so this might just be the default behavior, not limited to the QR one.

For just bringing stuff into and out of work though, if you don't like a backpack, it's very handy.

ednwireland

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Forgot to put my rear mudguard back on after Saturdays race, realised about 5 minutes after leaving the house. The most valuable lesson I've learnt since starting to commute by bike is to ALWAYS have a spare pair of knickers in your locker. Phew. :pac:

go commando into work ,solves all those problems:)

Captain Havoc

25th anniversary Stephen Roche jersey, €85.

RobFowl

Bit pricey but I like it

lennymc

RobFowl wrote: »

Bit pricey but I like it

Look at all those bands. Couldn't you only wear this if you were world champion and won the giro and the tdf tho?

Is a nice top tho.

hardCopy

Spotted this "guerilla marketing" campaign on Parnell Street. I wonder if they'd lend you a pump?

C-Shore

Ha I saw this yesterday as well, got a good laugh at the phonetic spelling!

Darkglasses

Had my first 'crash' today, naturally into a parked car while going roughly 18kmh. Definition of stupid I think! Lost one bar-end and my front brake is rubbing...Perfect way to try out the new Lidl bike stand I suppose

hardCopy

Darkglasses wrote: »

Had my first 'crash' today, naturally into a parked car while going roughly 18kmh. Definition of stupid I think! Lost one bar-end and my front brake is rubbing...Perfect way to try out the new Lidl bike stand I suppose

Didn't think the Lidl stand would hold a car!

Darkglasses

hardCopy wrote: »

Didn't think the Lidl stand would hold a car!

Car was fine! I think my left knee took the place of the crumple zone.

Crow92

Anyone else got caught in that torrential rain in Dublin?:eek:
Up there with the heaviest downpour I've cycled in.

Hanley

Crow92 wrote: »

Anyone know who/what race/leisure event went through dublin city today? Load of road bikes and lycra with a gardai van taking the front.

ANyone?

Raam

Hanley wrote: »

ANyone?

It's my commute complete with lead car and fans.

meercat

doozerie wrote: »

Was in my back garden a few minutes ago and was attacked by a gang of midges. They looked a lot like the gang of midges that attacked me while cycling along Cruagh Road on Thursday night. Clearly the survivors followed me home. Beware, the dumbest insects in creation (why do you crawl into my eyes, you know you'll die in there right, having achieved no greater a feat in life than seriously f'ckin annoying me?) are getting organised. Be afraid, be very afraid.

reminded me of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIHLTKGyJ58

Diarmuid

buffalo wrote: »

ffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucccccccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkk you Garmin!

Four stages raced. How many actually recorded properly? A single ****ing stage.

Found my Garmin500 in the spare shoes that I was going to bring to the race. doh!

manwithaplan

Crow92 wrote: »

Anyone else got caught in that torrential rain in Dublin?:eek:
Up there with the heaviest downpour I've cycled in.

Yep - at the start of my ride out to a race up near Drogheda. Luckily it wasn't cold so I was fine.

Crow92

Reading the bicycle and city traffic 1992 atm, just got it out of the library in college. I'll probably spout off any interesting facts I read in it over the next few days.

Fact 1:
Bicycles consume less energy per passenger mile(ppm) than any other mode of transport. (Lowe 1990)
Cycling:35 calories ppm.
Walking:100 Calories ppm.
Driving (1 occupant): 1,860 Calories ppm.

AstraMonti

Well.. I haven't seen this before on a tube LOL



Got a slow puncture, so took the tube out to see what's going on, I pump it up and started getting this.. funny

Edit.. and it gets better..

Mycroft H

AstraMonti wrote: »

Well.. I haven't seen this before on a tube LOL



Got a slow puncture, so took the tube out to see what's going on, I pump it up and started getting this.. funny

Edit.. and it gets better..

what sort of fancy tubes are blue?

Chips Lovell

They're latex

The tax man

Astramonti will soon be available for kids parties. Ballon animals are his speciality. : )

manafana

lightweight tubes yeah?

AstraMonti

Not super light, they are around 80gr.

Mycroft H

AstraMonti wrote: »

Not super light, they are around 80gr.

Can you patch them like butyl tubes?

kumate_champ07

BX 19 wrote: »

Can you patch them like butyl tubes?

no, I read somewhere you can use old latex tubes, cut a piece off as a patch and use carpet adhesive as a vulcaniser.

youre not supposed to pump those tubes past 15psi outside a tyre, its normal for them to make funny shapes like that but I think it might weaken the tube and be a potential problem in future use

kumate_champ07

I might fit michelin latex tubes this week, I remember noticing lower rolling resistance and less road vibration last time I had them but I had upgrade tyres at the same time too

niceonetom

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

no, I read somewhere you can use old latex tubes, cut a piece off as a patch and use carpet adhesive as a vulcaniser.

I've patched several latex tubes exactly as I would butyl. Works just fine.

Chips Lovell

It's finding the hole that's the problem. Any time I flat with latex its always these microscopic cuts that self seal below certain pressures.

furiousox

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

It's finding the hole that's the problem..

Must......resist.......

Unregistered.

awec

The leopardskin is probably a bigger deterrent than the lock anyway.

ednwireland

rofl

Doctor Bob

Unregistered. wrote: »

How not to lock your bike...

Leaving the keys in the wheel lock is a nice touch.

Unregistered.

Doctor Bob wrote: »

Leaving the keys in the wheel lock is a nice touch.

Was waiting for someone to spot it! I was ooooh so tempted to lock it and take the key :pac:

Doctor Bob

Having done it myself once or twice it's something I tend to notice. Now I Check The Tweck!* every time I lock my bike.

*The Tweck being that little inset pocket on the front right of most jeans/trousers, where I keep my wheel lock key. I'm pretty sure the name 'Tweck' comes from The Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams.

EDIT: Was the picture taken in Dublin? I pass a lady some days near Baggot Street riding a bike very like this one, matching panniers and all.

AstraMonti

LOL

hardCopy

Doctor Bob wrote: »

Having done it myself once or twice it's something I tend to notice. Now I Check The Tweck!* every time I lock my bike.

*The Tweck being that little inset pocket on the front right of most jeans/trousers, where I keep my wheel lock key. I'm pretty sure the name 'Tweck' comes from The Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams.

EDIT: Was the picture taken in Dublin? I pass a lady some days near Baggot Street riding a bike very like this one, matching panniers and all.

I've seen them for sale in Angel Cruisers on the North Quays, could be a few of them around.

Unregistered.

Doctor Bob wrote: »

Was the picture taken in Dublin?

Planning to pay it a visit with a cable cutters?? :pac:

Lusk Doyle

AstraMonti wrote: »

LOL

Get out.

Doctor Bob

Unregistered. wrote: »

Planning to pay it a visit with a cable cutters?? :pac:

Heh, no. One Dutch tank is plenty for any stable, and anyway, leopard print isn't really my style.

(If the bike had Leopard Trek print I might be tempted... )

RobertFoster

I was followed by a car for a couple of minutes today on the Estury Road. I was starting to get paranoid as there were a number of opportunities where other cars would have passed in the past. It was only after I turned on to Spittal Hill when they finally overtook and I had an "Ah ha!" moment... It was a French registered car

Super Freak

Starts tonight on sky. Looks good.

Jawgap

AstraMonti

Reminds me of this...

ednwireland

Super Freak wrote: »

Starts tonight on sky. Looks good.

nice to see chiappucci still has it

shame i aint got sky

actually i point blank refuse to buy sky would be a better description

Unregistered.

ednwireland wrote: »

nice to see chiappucci still has it

shame i aint got sky

actually i point blank refuse to buy sky would be a better description

Elaborate?

furiousox

Unregistered. wrote: »

Elaborate?

I disagree.
I thought he was succinct.

ednwireland

Unregistered. wrote: »

Elaborate?

out of all the sky channels all i really want is eurosport as far as i can see that will cost me €59 a month (ok there may be other odd programs but you know what its not worth that)

so eurosportplayer, new laptop has a hdmi out, i have a sky box which get s itv4 for there cycling, so sky= ripoff imo