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

Beasty

iregk wrote: »

The football one is a bizarre trend that only appears to be infecting Liverpool fans where the belief is held that wearing a full kit is fine for any occasion

Yep - it started with shellsuits, then this:



(in case you ever wondered what RobFowl looked like;))

Junior

One for Tyler Farrar or a Triathlete that you know (I jest)

https://icedot.org/crash

Jawgap

AstraMonti

Boobs and bikes... NSFW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6R-cZB3qwg

Junior

I remember some time ago a few people defending Joe Papp on here..

Have a read of this http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=18585

RR in the first post is the short hand for the Username TheRaceRadio.

doozerie

I'm lost for words. One of the few remaining reliable bastions of conflict, WD40, have gone and changed the rules. They've introduced a new "specialist" range which includes specific lubricants. The absolute hoors!

No longer can a simple statement of "I use nothing but WD40 to lube my chain and it's great!" be automatically countered by the stock response of "Here now, that's not a lube, ya tube!". With no casual outlet for all that pent-up anti-WD40 anger any longer, I fear that some people might just explode. It's outrageous, which is just a little ironic.

Whatever next? Will mountain bikers start wearing lycra now? Will road riders start growing facial hair? Where will it all end? I must go and lie down...

petethedrummer

Junior wrote: »

I remember some time ago a few people defending Joe Papp on here..

Have a read of this http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=18585

RR in the first post is the short hand for the Username TheRaceRadio.

I liked his frankness but I had read some stuff that wasn't nice about him. This stinks though.

Darkglasses

Found an old energy gel...How much out of date is too much?

le petit braquet

From the Rapha website:

Scientific research shows the Chartreuse colourway offers exceptional visibility in low light. Though not technically fluorescent, studies have found that the rods in the retina – the part of the eye that work best in low light – are particularly receptive to the yellow/green colour. As a result, chartreuse is increasingly used around the world for emergency vehicles.

Mycroft H

Darkglasses wrote: »

Found an old energy gel...How much out of date is too much?

I found a Kendal Mint Cake expired from 2007 last week in a Caving emergency food supply. It was still good.

doozerie

le petit braquet wrote: »

From the Rapha website:

Scientific research shows the Chartreuse colourway offers exceptional visibility in low light. Though not technically fluorescent, studies have found that the rods in the retina – the part of the eye that work best in low light – are particularly receptive to the yellow/green colour. As a result, chartreuse is increasingly used around the world for emergency vehicles.

Here is their chartreuse pro team jacket, in the "flesh". Don't look directly at it though, it'll melt your eyes

tomasrojo

doozerie wrote: »

Here is their chartreuse pro team jacket, in the "flesh". Don't look directly at it though, it'll melt your eyes

Well, I'm afraid that that jacket is not "reflective" and therefore will not be endorsed by the RSA.

Also, why the black armband? Is the user in mourning for the loss of his retinas?

doozerie

Darkglasses wrote: »

Found an old energy gel...How much out of date is too much?

1. Open it and look at the contents.
2. If it's not mouldy or generally manky looking, then sniff it.
3. If it smells okay, grit your teeth.
4. Eat it.
5. If nausea overtakes you, go back two steps and reconsider going to step 4 (maybe it'll be okay second time round...).
6. If digestive "issues" overtake you later, go back three steps and reconsider going to step 4.

doozerie

tomasrojo wrote: »

Well, I'm afraid that that jacket is not "reflective" and therefore will not be endorsed by the RSA.

Also, why the black armband? Is the user in mourning for the loss of his retinas?

The trims and armband are reflective, apparently. Possibly the armband really isn't reflective, as such, it just actively attracts the eye as a relief to the pain induced by looking at the rest of it.

tomasrojo

There's a woman round my area who has a sort-of hi-viz jacket that looks like a Mondriaan painting. I quite liked it. Better than the binman look anyway.

RobFowl

Darkglasses wrote: »

Found an old energy gel...How much out of date is too much?

Knock it back, if you vomit immediately it's well out of date.
If it take 4-6 hours to vomit and gives you diarrhoea then probably less so.

Darkglasses

Impeccable advice gents. I'll probably have it next Sunday. If it makes me chunder, then at least we can say for sure that 1 year out is too old for a gel. :pac:

EDIT: Or, possibly just that gels make you vomit regardless of their age.

Lumen

tomasrojo wrote: »

There's a woman round my area who has a sort-of hi-viz jacket that looks like a Mondriaan painting. I quite liked it. Better than the binman look anyway.

This morning I saw a hi-viz clad gentleman riding along wearing these "safety goggles":



You can never be too safe! :pac:

Jawgap

doozerie wrote: »

The trims and armband are reflective, apparently. Possibly the armband really isn't reflective, as such, it just actively attracts the eye as a relief to the pain induced by looking at the rest of it.

The armband is a Rapha feature - it tells the world that you have more money than sense

CramCycle

Lumen wrote: »

This morning I saw a hi-viz clad gentleman riding along wearing these "safety goggles":



You can never be too safe! :pac:

I used to wear my lab glasses when I was an undergrad, effective, never got fogged up and IMO it took a certain amount of style to pull it off (admittedly I was lacking this style but I tried).

doozerie

Since the thread has already veered into the realm of mad scientists (who can wear any goggles they like on the bike, incidentally - as long as you have the wild hair and intensely staring/demented eyes unique to your profession, no-one will dare to question what you are wearing), I'll take the opportunity to ask if any of ye can tell me where I could buy a pipette in Dublin? I need to measure out small amounts of non-toxic liquids so either a 5ml or 10ml capacity would do, and a plastic one would be fine. I'd need it to be reasonably accurate so I guess I'd probably need a pipette pump too, or whatever that yoke is called to measure stuff. I'd be grateful for any pointers to possible sources, and if you had even a rough idea of what this might cost I'd be very interested in that too. Thanks.

I put this question to Google already and it laughed at me and pointed me at Irish sites selling pipettes by the box load. Then it stole my lunch money from my online bank account and posted embarassing pictures of me online too

I plan to use the pipette for dosing my tropical aquarium, incidentally. I thought I should clarify that before Pat McQuaid comes knocking on my door to criticise/applaud me. And no, my fish are not a testing ground for a future doping programme for me either - I couldn't manage to fit their tiny HRM straps, the slippery buggers, so the whole monitoring/testing plan fell through. Quite literally.

Ryath

doozerie wrote: »

Since the thread has already veered into the realm of mad scientists (who can wear any goggles they like on the bike, incidentally - as long as you have the wild hair and intensely staring/demented eyes unique to your profession, no-one will dare to question what you are wearing), I'll take the opportunity to ask if any of ye can tell me where I could buy a pipette in Dublin? I need to measure out small amounts of non-toxic liquids so either a 5ml or 10ml capacity would do, and a plastic one would be fine. I'd need it to be reasonably accurate so I guess I'd probably need a pipette pump too, or whatever that yoke is called to measure stuff. I'd be grateful for any pointers to possible sources, and if you had even a rough idea of what this might cost I'd be very interested in that too. Thanks.

I put this question to Google already and it laughed at me and pointed me at Irish sites selling pipettes by the box load. Then it stole my lunch money from my online bank account and posted embarassing pictures of me online too

I plan to use the pipette for dosing my tropical aquarium, incidentally. I thought I should clarify that before Pat McQuaid comes knocking on my door to criticise/applaud me. And no, my fish are not a testing ground for a future doping programme for me either - I couldn't manage to fit their tiny HRM straps, the slippery buggers, so the whole monitoring/testing plan fell through. Quite literally.

You started that blog yet that Lumen suggested

Chemist was given one with antibiotics for my daughter a few weeks ago or a syringe? Or do you actually want a laboratory one that's accurate to 0.5%?

CramCycle

doozerie wrote: »

I'd need it to be reasonably accurate so I guess I'd probably need a pipette pump too, or whatever that yoke is called to measure stuff. I'd be grateful for any pointers to possible sources, and if you had even a rough idea of what this might cost I'd be very interested in that too. Thanks.
y.

You want a pipette gun, which are great but vary on price, expect to be paying from 125 to 250euro

Pipette fillers are cheaper but more of a pain to use and in no way as cool, only cost about 20euro.

You'll also have to get pipettes then but they are quite cheap, I'll spare you a few if you want.

You can also mouth pipette but unless your a hard ass scientist I would not recommend this, only Chemists with a death wish do this.

CramCycle

Just thought you'd get a plastic syringe for dosing cattle for little or nothing at a vets or a supply store. Costs a few euro and would be reusable.

doozerie

@Ryath, I'm using a plastic syringe at the moment, which came with some medicine for my daughter at one stage - even pesky bugs can yield useful gadgets It has worked well except when the bottle I'm taking the dose from is nearing the end and it becomes an awkward 2-handed job to tilt the bottle, reach the syringe in, etc. So in reality my desire for a pipette is more for its convenience than its accuracy. Mind you, I'm dealing regularly with a 2ml quantity, and it would be reassuring to know that the measure is reasonably accurate since at that level a small mistake in measuring could make for a relatively large problem so a pipette should give some peace of mind too.

@CramCycle, Thanks for the info. My inner cool fella says pipette gun, my wallet says pipette filler. If the fillers are only slightly awkward then that'd be fine as I dose the tank only once a day. I'd consider a mouth pipette only if I could get one of my fish to volunteer to do the mouthing - they are tough to negotiate with though, we trash things out for hours, and 30 seconds later they've completely forgotten everything we agreed to Thanks for the offer of the pipettes, and do you know any good sources of the fillers in Dublin? If I can buy pipettes from the same supplier then you needn't go to the bother of giving me any yourself.

CramCycle

doozerie wrote: »

Thanks for the offer of the pipettes, and do you know any good sources of the fillers in Dublin? If I can buy pipettes from the same supplier then you needn't go to the bother of giving me any yourself.

College shops, the one in UCD science shop used to sell them but that was years ago, I'll see can I lay my hands on one and PM you later, its the first week back, some 1st year is going to leave one behind guaranteed.

ROK ON

doozerie wrote: »

Here is their chartreuse pro team jacket, in the "flesh". Don't look directly at it though, it'll melt your eyes

I bought the chartreuse oversocks.
They are da bomb.

Lusk Doyle

I use a spoon for measuring the treatment for my aquarium. What's wrong with that?

doozerie

@Lusk Doyle, Pfft, spoons are so uncool. Except when you are playing them, that is:

doozerie

Just to swing the topic vaguely back to cycling for a while, I got a fright on the way home yesterday. A guy in a large Merc skimmed past my elbow as I was cycling in the cycle lane. Apparently the lane was so appealing that he felt the need to drive in it too. I'd been delayed in work which rarely makes me happy, I was tired and hungry, and I was anxious to get home to see my daughter before her bedtime. A slightly volatile mix but still stable. However, as tests have now shown, adding obnoxious driving into the mix releases the red mist. In a big way.

The jaw bone may well be connected to some head bone or other, but when the red mist takes over the jaw bone reattaches itself to the rage bone. I yelled. Loudly. No reaction from the driver, but a few turned heads from pedestrians. So, I chased after him. Driving in the cycle lane was obviously working well for him 'cos while all the other cars remained in their lane, he happily motored along mostly in the cycle lane. I almost caught him at a set of red traffic lights, but he took a left, which by coincidence was also my route home. My legs were burning, my lungs were burning, my indignation was screaming. I was closing on him as he tried to bully a car ahead of him out of his way. I was suffering though. Then the car in front turned off and the gap started to open up.

I yelled again, spraying spittle across half of south Dublin as I did so. No reaction. Some diplomacy-challenged area of my brain rushed to my aid with the suggestion that I give him "the finger". There was a brief internal debate over the merits of trying to speed up with only one hand on the bars, the pointlessness of gestures generally, the prospect of looking like a mental case to all and sundry (that battle was already lost though), etc. Anger doesn't do indecisiveness though, so I found myself belting along the road with one arm extended, one finger raised, and my best approximation of an "I'll bleedin' bust ya!" scowl on my face. I must have looked like a demented, confused and/or ill-equipped, jouster. Even after the car disappeared into the distance the scowl persisted for the rest of my ride, well and truly exercising some evil-villian face muscles that regular daily life never feels the need to call upon.

I'm calmer today, so I'd approach things more rationally. If that driver were standing in front of me now, I'd calmly and politely ask him why he so casually nearly ran me over and why he thought it okay not to acknowledge his mistake (it was a mistake, right? - my anger bone would like to know) in any way whatsoever. I'd try to explain how scarey it can be to have a ton of metal whistle by your elbow at speed, and how I'm not even slightly reassured by the stock response of "sure I'm a feckin' great driver, me, I skim past things all the time without hitting them". I'd give him the opportunity to explain the incident from his perspective. Then I'd promptly drop his car keys down the nearest sewer, administer a swift wedgie to him, and cycle away contented.

jinkypolly

Do wine makers/home brewers not use pipettes? That begs the question though, where do you get wine makers/home brewers kit these days?

buffalo

You and your sense of entitlement doozerie. :rolleyes:



<-- makes it all okay, right?

irishbuzz

doozerie

buffalo wrote: »

<-- makes it all okay, right?

Yeaahhh, sure it does. *twitch*

Lusk Doyle

doozerie wrote: »

@Lusk Doyle, Pfft, spoons are so uncool.

Sorry, I forgot that the Celtic tiger was alive, well and still roaring about great ways to waste money when a perfectly good solution already exists! :P

doozerie

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

Sorry, I forgot that the Celtic tiger was alive, well and still roaring about great ways to waste money when a perfectly good solution already exists! :P

The Celtic tiger died when someone gave him too much of a particularly nasty medicine - ironically, they'd measured the dose incorrectly with a spoon. :eek:

Lusk Doyle

doozerie wrote: »

The Celtic tiger died when someone gave him too much of a particularly nasty medicine - ironicallyunfortunately, they'd measured the dose incorrectly with a spoon. :eek:

Fixed that for you! Nothing ironic about that! Could have happened with one of yer amazing pipettes too!

Roger Hassenforder

poss NSFW?

doozerie

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

Fixed that for you! Nothing ironic about that! Could have happened with one of yer amazing pipettes too!

Your mocking of the amazing pipette suggests an alarming lack of concern for the welfare of my poor aquarium. Will no-one think of the fry?

Palytoxin

Hey everybody, I've a quick question about a new cassette and chain, my old cassette was an 11-21 and the new one is an 11-25, and I've replaced the chain as well but it has a fair few more links than the old one, how would you know how many to take out to shorten it? Or is there any adjustments I'll have to make to the derailleur? Thanks.

Lusk Doyle

doozerie wrote: »

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

Fixed that for you! Nothing ironic about that! Could have happened with one of yer amazing pipettes too!

Your mocking of the amazing pipette suggests an alarming lack of concern for the welfare of my poor aquarium. Will no-one think of the fry?

I feel bad. How about I make it up to you by agreeing to sell you my aquarium so that yours can have the company you know it craves?

Pembily

Doozerie please start a blog, I love your cycling rant posts!

NamelessPhil

If he had a blog, nobody would read it. This way he gets maximum exposure and maximum annoyance of other readers. As you can see twitter would not be an appropriate substitute.

P.S. He knows I'm writing this

Captain Havoc

Palytoxin wrote: »

Hey everybody, I've a quick question about a new cassette and chain, my old cassette was an 11-21 and the new one is an 11-25, and I've replaced the chain as well but it has a fair few more links than the old one, how would you know how many to take out to shorten it? Or is there any adjustments I'll have to make to the derailleur? Thanks.

Without putting it through the rear derailleur, run the chain around the largest sprockets, add a link to that length and you have the length of your chain.

seamus

Was behind a guy who got sideswiped by a car today. I stopped for pedestrian lights, he continued on through and a car pulling out from a sideroad on the left, sideswiped him. I was looking at the lights when it happened, but heard him shouting.

Notwithstanding the that car was definitely in the wrong, when I came up to make sure he was OK, without a hint of irony he asks me; "That light was yellow, wasn't it?". Yes, that's why I stopped.

Aside from that, the lack of awareness on the part of the driver was worrying. While he was in a tangled heap on the ground, she joined the slow-moving line of traffic and kept going. It's was only when he stood up, shouted and started waving his arms that you could see her realise what she had done, brake, then pull over to the side of the road. She uttered SIDSY verbatim to him, but at least she looked very apologetic.

ednwireland

seamus wrote: »

Was behind a guy who got sideswiped by a car today. I stopped for pedestrian lights, he continued on through and a car pulling out from a sideroad on the left, sideswiped him. I was looking at the lights when it happened, but heard him shouting.

Notwithstanding the that car was definitely in the wrong, when I came up to make sure he was OK, without a hint of irony he asks me; "That light was yellow, wasn't it?". Yes, that's why I stopped.

Aside from that, the lack of awareness on the part of the driver was worrying. While he was in a tangled heap on the ground, she joined the slow-moving line of traffic and kept going. It's was only when he stood up, shouted and started waving his arms that you could see her realise what she had done, brake, then pull over to the side of the road. She uttered SIDSY verbatim to him, but at least she looked very apologetic.

as i've always said (from my Communting days in traffic) car drivers still digesting their cornflakes are at there most dangerous

tawfeeredux

Is this an annual task for anyone else?


Out of 13 spare tubes in unknown condition, 3 had to be binned, 5 were ok & 5 were patchable. Strangely satisfying.

Hermy

ednwireland wrote: »

as i've always said (from my Communting days in traffic) car drivers still digesting their cornflakes are at there most dangerous

You could say as much about some cyclists.

Harrybelafonte

ednwireland wrote: »

as i always said car drivers still digesting their cornflakes are at there most dangerous

Any driver in a rush. Twenty to three yesterday on the way back from school, my 8 year old was crossing on his bike at a pedestrian crossing on Ballymun Rd when someone broke the red light at full pelt, despite another car and a bus being stopped, missed him by half a foot so she could make a U-turn before the opposing traffic got heavy. I let a roar, she was completely oblivious. He got the fright of his life, as did I. We'll be changing the route. In three years cycling to school, that's the third close call we've had at pedestrian crossings. He won't even start crossing now until he's sure all the cars have stopped. Doesn't leave him much time to get across though.

As usual didn't get licence, but I know where she came out of, so I'll be hunting for the car for a long time.

Qualitymark

There's a psychology among car drivers that they're in a big rush. Paris slashed its car accident fatalities a few years ago with a citywide campaign with billboards saying "What will you do when you get there", to remind drivers that they're sitting in a comfy armchair steering a machine, and not really in any urgent rush. Drivers, hey, enjoy the moment, man.