They don't even pay road tax Joe. **Off topic thread**

Wishbone Ash

Looks like Bahamontes?

Wishbone Ash

Fcuking hell! 753kms in 22h 25m (Elapsed time 23h 40m) averaging 33km/h. That's a long fast day in the saddle!

http://app.strava.com/activities/214491486


EDIT: ...and only 3 segments!

zl1whqvjs75cdy

You absolute lunatic.

Harrybelafonte

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Looks like Bahamontes?

It's Coppi

Unknown Soldier

Zyzz wrote: »

Why??

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I was just about to ask the same!

Note to self: Hoover up crisps bits from rucksack, later.

Zyzz

That still doesn't answer why you're getting rid! :pac:

nomdeboardie

Apparantly, among the suggestions from the New York Times for things to do in Dublin:

“Biking along the Liffey” :eek:


http://www.independent.ie/life/travel/ireland/dublin-is-finding-a-new-way-to-exist-new-york-times-30740747.html

Wishbone Ash

nomdeboardie wrote: »

Apparantly, among the suggestions from the New York Times for things to do in Dublin:

“Biking along the Liffey” :eek:


http://www.independent.ie/life/travel/ireland/dublin-is-finding-a-new-way-to-exist-new-york-times-30740747.html

At 10.30am on a Saturday!

nomdeboardie

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

At 10.30am on a Saturday!

1.30pm
Not sure what the traffic would be like then (it's been a while since I've been there at that that time of a Sat)

Darkglasses

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

At 10.30am on a Saturday!

Even worse, 1.30pm to 3! How they survived 1.5 hours without dying from buses or boredom is a mystery. Also, for a 36 hour holiday, they must have spent a fecking bomb.

Wishbone Ash

nomdeboardie wrote: »

1.30pm..)

Darkglasses wrote: »

Even worse, 1.30pm to 3!..

Apologies - I misread it!

nomdeboardie

Just having a look at the original article now:

6. Bikes by the Bridges | 1:30 p.m.
Dublin got a bike share program in 2009, and its enormous popularity (it’s now one of the most successful such programs in Europe) has led to the creation of a number of city center bike lanes and a cycling-friendly culture. Grab a bike from one of the many stations (locations at dublinbikes.ie; 5 euros for a three-day ticket after which every ride of 30 minutes or less is free) and cycle down the banks of the Liffey River, which slices through the city. Stop at one of Dublin’s famed bridges, each of which tells a story: the Ha’penny (the city’s first pedestrian bridge; payment to cross was once a halfpenny), the O’Connell (a part of Dublin life since 1794, said to be unique in Europe for being wider than it is long), and the newest, the Rosie Hackett (named for a trade union activist involved in the 1913 Lockout and the 1916 Easter Rising, and the first to be named after a woman since 1792).

Chortle
I think most of what might pass as "a cycling-friendly culture" is confined to those who actually cycle, and politically/enviromentally-correct statements in official policies :pac:

Having said that, it's a start...

Fian

The Sunday times review section ran a piece on George W. Bush this weekend, seems from the photo he is a cyclist.

I am now resigned to being stereotyped as someone who, in addition to running through red lights and ploughing through pedestrians on the footpath, also invades countries based on spurious justifications.

>.<

Since all us cyclists are one amorphous indistinguishable collective you know and each responsible for anything done by another cyclist.

Jawgap

Fian wrote: »

The Sunday times review section ran a piece on George W. Bush this weekend, seems from the photo he is a cyclist.

I am now resigned to being stereotyped as someone who, in addition to running through red lights and ploughing through pedestrians on the footpath, also invades countries based on spurious justifications.

>.<

Since all us cyclists are one amorphous indistinguishable collective you know and each responsible for anything done by another cyclist.

Just to add to your woes.....Bono has been out cycling (and falling)

Here's the man himself......



Can cycling recover from both these revelations???? This is the real crisis in cycling that people are afraid to talk about!

loinnsigh

Apparently he was cycling too close to the Edge...

tomasrojo

GWB has been cycling to keep in shape for about ten years, I think. Switched over from jogging to save his knees.

Jawgap

loinnsigh wrote: »

Apparently he was cycling too close to the Edge...

......where the streets have no name?

Kav0777

Jawgap wrote: »

......where the streets have no name?

Did it happen on a Sunday,bloody Sunday?

lennymc

Kav0777 wrote: »

Did it happen on a Sunday,bloody Sunday?

oh boy.

Hunterbiker

He's been trying out different bits of kit but he still hasn't foind what he's looking for...

daragh_

Searching for the best Bono/Bike pun? Still haven't found what you are looking for? Try this handy reference.

magicbastarder

we have a separate thread for these puns!

Jawgap

magicbastarder wrote: »

we have a separate thread for these puns!

I agree - some of them are pretty......

Bad

although ONE or two are......

Even better than the real thing....even Magnificent!

magicbastarder

interesting demonstration about how much space is taken up by a given number of road users, based on method of transport, next time a car drive complains about having space taken from them:

lennymc

One report suggested there was a fierce rattle and hum coming from the bike then something went pop before he crashed. Next thing Bono knew was he was staring at the sun - it was a beautiful day. His pride must have taken a hit.

Fian

O.o

Shortest cycle lane in Dublin, near clarehall - taken from broadsheet.


Hmm:

http://cf.broadsheet.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/B2lfzFcIMAI0kmW.jpg

arybvtcw0eolkf

Fian wrote: »

I went on my snot right on that last week :mad:

Fian

Aiden Defeated Revolver wrote: »

I went on my snot right on that last week :mad:

There was one down the road from me (Taney road Dundrum) - it is a steep downhill towards the Luas bridge so bikes are travelling at a fair clip. The cycle path runs alongside the footpath then mounted the footpath at an oblique angle. Problem is there was a 2 inch straight kerb. You can imagine what happened whenever a cyclist who does not know the road follows the road markings and tries to come onto a 2 inch straight kerb, sideways on, at 35- 45 kph. More than once I brought people covered in blood in to mine to have a cup of tea and wait for someone to collect them.

I got on the council and it was eventually remedied.

Daroxtar

Jawgap wrote: »

Pie plate still on, baggy shorts on a road bike and the man who spent the last 30 years wearing wrap around shades decides that he should wear aviators while cycling. G'lad Bono

arybvtcw0eolkf

Fian wrote: »

There was one down the road from me (Taney road Dundrum) - it is a steep downhill towards the Luas bridge so bikes are travelling at a fair clip. The cycle path runs alongside the footpath then mounted the footpath at an oblique angle. Problem is there was a 2 inch straight kerb. You can imagine what happened whenever a cyclist who does not know the road follows the road markings and tries to come onto a 2 inch straight kerb, sideways on, at 35- 45 kph. More than once I brought people covered in blood in to mine to have a cup of tea and wait for someone to collect them.

I got on the council and it was eventually remedied.

Cool, thats exactly how it happened to me. I came down heavy on my left, narrowly missing the small wall/railing ~ 15 minutes later I got my fifth puncture in two weeks so I guess it wasn't my day!.. But now that you mention it, and I look there is a small lip.

Plastik

More bike thefts from the bin shed in our apartment complex over the weekend. Sign posted inside the front door, a plea for help. No pictures of the two bikes taken but a description.

Getting off the Dart this evening as the crowd is filing out there's a guy standing at the door waiting to come through, with one of the bikes! I gave him two options, he refuses to give me the bike and we call the police, or I'm taking the bike. He wasn't long exiting stage left.

So one bike reunited with a very happy owner, my good deed for the day done

Zyzz

Daroxtar wrote: »

Pie plate still on, baggy shorts on a road bike and the man who spent the last 30 years wearing wrap around shades decides that he should wear aviators while cycling. G'lad Bono

He has glaucoma..

(which is also a tax exempt)

Lusk_Doyle

Got an Uh-oh alert this evening from Strava. A KOM that I had from when I was bridging over to a break at the Mullingar GP in 2012. Taken off me by one second. I suppose that I will have to race it again next year now to get it back!

ednwireland

was down in dublin the weekend of the south africa game and walking from bus aras to kildare street some guy on a dublin cycles up behind me on the pavement and rings his bell, i'm like WTF you can wait so he starts giving out i'm there with a couple of bags and theres a barrier at he edge of the pavement.

are you all like that down there - think i'll stay up here you've no flipping patience down there.

oh and the ireland SA game was fantastic.

CramCycle

ednwireland wrote: »

was down in dublin the weekend of the south africa game and walking from bus aras to kildare street some guy on a dublin cycles up behind me on the pavement and rings his bell, i'm like WTF you can wait so he starts giving out i'm there with a couple of bags and theres a barrier at he edge of the pavement.

are you all like that down there - think i'll stay up here you've no flipping patience down there.

oh and the ireland SA game was fantastic.

Just DB users, seems to attract a large levels of ignorance and a vacuum of manners. They are not all like that but appearances would indicate that the ratio of asses to vehicles is alot closer to 2:1 than any other mode of transport. I think with non-DB bicycles and motor vehicles, the ratio would appear to be between 1.05:1 and 1.1:1, DB seems to be close to 1.5:1

Eamonnator

Daroxtar wrote: »

Pie plate still on, baggy shorts on a road bike and the man who spent the last 30 years wearing wrap around shades decides that he should wear aviators while cycling. G'lad Bono

There's a lot wrong with that photo. You mentioned a few of them, but there's one good thing, that more than makes up for all the errors.... A guy, out on his bike, enjoying himself.

rollingscone

Ordered a pair of dHb Vaeon Pro Roubaix Bibs and a Vaeon jersey the other week. Pretty happy with the fit (despite it showing my need to crank up the miles!) compared to previous dHb disasters.

My only issue, the pockets on the Jersey are hideous!

eeeee

Err ok…



(on the way into the Sports Surgery Clinic in Santry)

Raam

^^^^^
YOU WILL CYCLE THERE AND LIKE IT!

CramCycle

gadetra wrote: »

(on the way into the Sports Surgery Clinic in Santry)

Great way to drum up business from passing cyclists.

eeeee

CramCycle wrote: »

Great way to drum up business from passing cyclists.

It's a trap!

rollingscone

Idleater

14.2 Withings scale kg ~= 14.6 Ryanair scale kg.

bcmf

Got the 'Uh Oh ' email this morning for a KoM that I didn't have. I was 2nd at 4secs to certain Massage and Physical therapist in the Northern end of D.15.
Strange happening's!!!!

Alek

Weird, I got the same this morning - KOM lost to the same guy in Leixlip.

But I thought he took it a few months ago? Perhaps somebody has flagged his rides, which has taken him off the leadersboards automatically, then he "defended" himself and got his places back?

The guy is insane KOM hunter, btw.

bcmf

Alek wrote: »

Weird, I got the same this morning - KOM lost to the same guy in Leixlip.

But I thought he took it a few months ago? Perhaps somebody has flagged his rides, which has taken him off the leadersboards automatically, then he "defended" himself and got his places back?

The guy is insane KOM hunter, btw.

That must be it.
Reckon he lives for KOM s and obviously uses it for free publicity

Iwannahurl

Back on your bike Bono, the injury risks are well worth it

First the tail of his private jet comes off as it lands in Berlin and then days later he comes a cropper while cycling through New York's Central Park.

If he believes that bad-things-happen-in-threes thing then he’s sure to be looking over his shoulder today.

But he should be able to take some comfort from the fact that he's not alone. The last decade has seen the rise of the Mamil (Middle-aged Men in Lycra) and cycling has now taken over from golf as the most common pursuit among middle-aged men in many countries, including Ireland.

While it [cycling] is undoubtedly a far better activity, the risk of injury is ever present. Many parts of the developed world have reported a spike in the Mamils showing up in with injuries sustained in bike falls in recent years.

One survey published in Australia earlier this year found that the number of serious injury claims being made by 40 and 50-something men had jumped by 300% in just 10 years, with that cohort now needing more treatment for bike falls down any other group.

Conor Pope, Irish Times, 18th November

couerdelion

bcmf wrote: »

That must be it.
Reckon he lives for KOM s and obviously uses it for free publicity

Yeah, I think he does. Same emails this morning.

To be fair JC is a savage sprinter and track cyclist so not surprising he's mopping up most of the ones out his way.

Beasty

Iwannahurl wrote: »

Conor Pope, Irish Times, 18th November

One survey published in Australia earlier this year found that the number of serious injury claims being made by 40 and 50-something men had jumped by 300% in just 10 years, with that cohort now needing more treatment for bike falls down any other group.

As someone who only started cycling at a serious level in his late 40s and added at least 2 "incidents" that would be considered serious (certainly in terms of the injuries received) I am not in the least surprised. Let's face it, there has been a massive take up in this age group - indeed I think CI's stats are now showing the average age of membership is around 40 which is much higher than it used to be

bcmf

couerdelion wrote: »

Yeah, I think he does. Same emails this morning.

To be fair JC is a savage sprinter and track cyclist so not surprising he's mopping up most of the ones out his way.

well he only has 4 secs on that that and I wasnt fully fit so its well within my grasp but a tough segment.