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

CramCycle

bazermc wrote: »

The who?

The lads who hand out free hi vis on the N11.

Lusk_Doyle

bazermc wrote: »

The who?

An Gardai Siochana. The clue is in the name!

Unknown Soldier

Kinet1c wrote: »

I thought it was supposed to be Dad's forcing their own dreams upon their kids... not stealing their kid's dreams

Turns out he bought it as a present for me.

It's a complicated yoke.

Lumen

gadetra wrote: »

Ooh, new sexy steel:
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/new-steel-stronger-lighter-titanium-157700

High aluminium steel or high steel aluminium?

lennymc

CramCycle wrote: »

The lads who hand out free hi vis on the N11.

The who are handing out hi viz vests? I fell for that before, but i wont be fooled again.

mugsymugsy

Ok I didn't want to start a new thread and done a quick check of the search and couldn't see anything so here goes.

cycle lanes / paths - is there anyone directly you can contact regarding the amount of debris in them and ask for them to be cleaned or is it just a general council request to have a rant at them. I cycle along the canal on the R111 (Dolphin Road / Parnell Road)

My road-bike is getting battered on a daily basis on the commute (touch wood no punctures yet) and having to clean at least once a week (yes I should probably be doing this anyway).

Or am I just better of cycling out in the road but that's another debate.

Thanks!!!

BrianHenryIE

From:http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2620868&postcount=13 (2005)

daymobrew wrote: »

I have found Dublin City Council to be quite responsive to cleaning up glass - just ring them (672-2222) and ask for the 'Cleansing' department.
I have also gotten them to fix potholes, just by asking nicely.
Fingal County Council aren't so good.

Qualitymark

I've been trying for months to get the council to resurface Leinster Road, which is dangerous to cycle on, as the seams at the edges of several of the random patches along its surface have worn away, making a nice slit that your bike wheel can go into; there are also potholes that jar your spine when you land unwarily in them of a dark night.
I've found them rich in promises but poor in performance.

Doctor Bob

I'm pretty sure that DCC number above is out of date.

Try this instead: https://dcciservices.dublincity.ie/

Wishbone Ash

lennymc wrote: »

The who are handing out hi viz vests? I fell for that before, but i wont be fooled again.

He's just a Substitute for another guy.. ... but it certainly won't appeal to My Generation.

Kav0777

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

He's just a Substitute for another guy.. ... but it certainly won't appeal to My Generation.

Was he called Tommy?

Wishbone Ash

Kav0777 wrote: »

Was he called Tommy?

Yes.. .....and he was a Pin Ball Wizard I believe.

Johnny Jukebox

mugsymugsy wrote: »

Ok I didn't want to start a new thread and done a quick check of the search and couldn't see anything so here goes.

cycle lanes / paths - is there anyone directly you can contact regarding the amount of debris in them and ask for them to be cleaned or is it just a general council request to have a rant at them. I cycle along the canal on the R111 (Dolphin Road / Parnell Road)

My road-bike is getting battered on a daily basis on the commute (touch wood no punctures yet) and having to clean at least once a week (yes I should probably be doing this anyway).

Or am I just better of cycling out in the road but that's another debate.

Thanks!!!

Just accept the inevitable and go MTB. You will ride those lanes with impunity and joy thereafter.

Beasty

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Yes.. .....and he was a Pin Ball Wizard I believe.

It's not true

Anyway (Anyhow, Anywhere), Who Are You? Boris the Spider?

Who's Next?

OldBean

Beasty wrote: »

It's not true

Anyway (Anyhow, Anywhere), Who Are You? Boris the Spider?

Who's Next?

I've had enough of all these bloody Who puns.

Beasty

OldBean wrote: »

I've had enough of all these bloody Who puns.

Are you related?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWuotfT_j6s

Jawgap

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Yes.. .....and he was a Pin Ball Wizard I believe.

I heard it was Baba O'Riley......

giving hi-viz......

"Out here in the fields........"
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They're all wasted!

Kav0777

Jawgap wrote: »

I heard it was Baba O'Riley......

giving hi-viz......

"Out here in the fields........"
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They're all wasted!

I don't think it was him, probably just a "trick of the light"

lennymc

I wonder what time it was? I guess maybe in rush hour, at around 5.15

The tax man

RIP Claude Criquielion.
Sadly passed away today aged 58 after suffering a stroke on Monday.

lennymc

Just finished giving my bike a once over for Sunday. Just need to find my runners now, and I'm ready to go for the first race of the year.

CramCycle

lennymc wrote: »

Just finished giving my bike a once over for Sunday. Just need to find my runners now, and I'm ready to go for the first race of the year.

Which race are you running too and home from, I presume its the Traders cup which is still an impressive run for anyone before a race.

lennymc

The traders cup is up in Dundalk - the running before and after is away from the locals.

Beasty

lennymc wrote: »

The traders cup is up in Dundalk - the running before and after is away from the locals.

You've not paid up yet then lenny?

Qualitymark

Interesting that in this typically Glamour Desk report from the Evening Herald on the dangers of cycling

http://www.herald.ie/going-out/best-of-dublin/roz-a-bundle-of-nerves-when-cycling-in-the-city-31003766.html

the Road Safety Authority is described as advising both cyclists and drivers to be careful (for fear a car might knock over and kill another cyclist at a junction), whereas in the Newstalk report

http://www.newstalk.com/Ten-year-high-of-630-cyclists-injured-on-Irish-roads-in-2012

Moyagh Murdock, chief executive of the RSA, commenting on the report said that "city cyclists, especially in Dublin, need to be extra vigilant. There also needs to be greater implementation of lower speed limits, by Local Authorities, particularly in these urban areas that are rich in vulnerable road users.”

OldBean

For some stupid reason I read through the comments on The Journal's reporting of this earlier. I'd advise noone else do it.

CramCycle

OldBean wrote: »

For some stupid reason I read through the comments on The Journal's reporting of this earlier. I'd advise noone else do it.

Reading the journal in of itself is a pain at the best of times (the fact that they pretend to be a news site when many of their stories are either ficticious, littered with falsehoods or based on tweets rather than anything resembling journalism), the comments section makes me weep.

OldBean

Oh I completely agree. Awful.

Dipsomaniac

I've been very impressed by chain reaction delivery times of late.

Ordered 10:45am yesterday and items delivered today at 10am.

Not bad for free delivery.

laraghrider

CramCycle wrote: »

Reading the journal in of itself is a pain at the best of times (the fact that they pretend to be a news site when many of their stories are either ficticious, littered with falsehoods or based on tweets rather than anything resembling journalism), the comments section makes me weep.

I especially love the blatant copy and pasting from tweets and a page full of filler to drag a story out of it.

ThisRegard

OldBean wrote: »

For some stupid reason I read through the comments on The Journal's reporting of this earlier. I'd advise noone else do it.

You're a glutton, I thought it was known the world over how much of a cesspit it was.

wanderer 22

OldBean wrote: »

For some stupid reason I read through the comments on The Journal's reporting of this earlier. I'd advise noone else do it.

I agree...although they are a class above YouTube comments. That's where the dregs of humanity comment.

Chips Lovell

Skrynesaver

very pretty, but a bugger to clean...

Chips Lovell

Lusk_Doyle

^ what is the point of this pic???

Lusk_Doyle

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

^ what is the point of this pic???

Ah, now I see it!

Zyzz

Other than the woman having better legs than me I don't see it..

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Zyzz wrote: »

Other than the woman having better legs than me I don't see it..

Overshoes…(I think!)

Zyzz

gadetra wrote: »

Overshoes…(I think!)

Aero overshoes..what a let down..




Although I did go looking for a bulge.. :pac:

Lumen

gadetra wrote: »

Overshoes…(I think!)

Do they have fake laces printed on?

Lusk_Doyle

gadetra wrote: »

Overshoes…(I think!)

MIchael Jordan number, bulls coloured kit and air jordan shoe covers.

Beasty

but, but, but ...... overshoes are now banned

Weepsie

Race across america is on Eurosport tonight at 9 or 10. I assume it's last year's.

Unknown Soldier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBG0STcpwBE

Weepsie

Weepsie wrote: »

Race across america is on Eurosport tonight at 9 or 10. I assume it's last year's.

After posting this, then seeing Raam thanked it, I just realised Raam is also acronym for said race? I often wonder where people get their handles/avatars etc from and can't believe I may have completely missed this unless it is just a coincidence then it's a good one.

Zyzz

Weepsie wrote: »

After posting this, then seeing Raam thanked it, I just realised Raam is also acronym for said race? I often wonder where people get their handles/avatars etc from and can't believe I may have completely missed this unless it is just a coincidence then it's a good one.

Sorry to break it to you but he's actually just a male sheep..

Lusk_Doyle

Zyzz wrote: »

Sorry to break it to you but he's actually just a male sheep..

Sorry to break it to you but it's actually his attraction to male sheep that inspired the name.

Raam

Actually...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSMD51bAXMs

And that's the truth.

Lusk_Doyle

Raam wrote: »

Actually...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSMD51bAXMs

And that's the truth.

I heard that you were a bit overly amorous this morning and broke a gate trying to get away from the poor raam that had had enough!