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

Sarz91

seany15 wrote: »

I use zeros. Absolutely love them. Made a massive difference to my pedal stroke and i even felt i was climbing better than when i go back to the shimanos on the hacker. No knee issues at all. And i have the float nearly at 0 cause i hate my knees moving. Expensive but well worth it.

Not worried about cost as long as they don't irritate my knees the way the Shimanos seem to.

Lumen

Sarz91 wrote: »

Went physio today and have been told I may have Chondromalacia Patellae.

I was told it's more than likely cleat positioning. Which is rather annoying seen as I've been unable to race for the last 3 years due to injuries caused by cleat positioning. I've had numerous fits but to no avail obviously.

I'd get an opinion from a different physio. Fussing over cleats sounds like there is some more fundamental issue that needs addressing.

CramCycle

Lumen wrote: »

I'd get an opinion from a different physio. Fussing over cleats sounds like there is some more fundamental issue that needs addressing.

I have been to 3 different physios (for a different problem) and all gave different reasoning, only one of them seemed to alleviate the problem with the exercise program.

Harrybelafonte

Speaking of physios, I've spent the last week since hitting 37 trying to work out what career I could leap into to get off unemployment, etc. and low and behold an advert for the Institute of Physical Therapy & Applied Science comes on the radio this orning. Now I'm convinced it'd be a great move... No idea why, considering my original degree is in English and Irish... but there you go, the power of advertising.

bcmf

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Speaking of physios, I've spent the last week since hitting 37 trying to work out what career I could leap into to get off unemployment, etc. and low and behold an advert for the Institute of Physical Therapy & Applied Science comes on the radio this orning. Now I'm convinced it'd be a great move... No idea why, considering my original degree is in English and Irish... but there you go, the power of advertising.

Was. That the ad that said 'weekends over 3 years'
They made it sound appealing alright.

Qualitymark

There's a magical (so say my creaky arthritic friends) physio out on the far edge of Connemara; daughter and granddaughter of bonesetters, was in America and saw an ad for professional physio training and took the course, came home and lives out there on the edge of the Atlantic and reputedly is good for what ails you.

Raam

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Speaking of physios, I've spent the last week since hitting 37 trying to work out what career I could leap into to get off unemployment, etc. and low and behold an advert for the Institute of Physical Therapy & Applied Science comes on the radio this orning. Now I'm convinced it'd be a great move... No idea why, considering my original degree is in English and Irish... but there you go, the power of advertising.

Could be fun. You get to hurt people and then they give you money.

Harrybelafonte

bcmf wrote: »

Was. That the ad that said 'weekends over 3 years'
They made it sound appealing alright.

Well, yeah... I started to convince myself it'd just be for an hour or two, y'know, like at lunchtime.

I know someone who did a business degree part-time for nearly four years and his wife nearly left him, so, yeah, it's a no goer from the start.

So far the only suggestions from FÁS have been... taxi driver... van courier... hard to combine the concept of those jobs with previous experiences of cycling... maybe I'll return to my childhood dream of continental truck driver.

AstraMonti

I have to come back and admit that you were all right. We should have left the baby sleep while we could. Now she is waking up screaming every 1.5h to eat . How fast things change lol

Raam

AstraMonti wrote: »

Now she is waking up screaming every 1.5h to eat .

Sure I do that every day.

Lusk_Doyle

AstraMonti wrote: »

I have to come back and admit that you were all right. We should have left the baby sleep while we could. Now she is waking up screaming every 1.5h to eat . How fast things change lol

It must be those lightweight bottles you are using. Not enough in them!

lennymc

AstraMonti wrote: »

I have to come back and admit that you were all right. We should have left the baby sleep while we could. Now she is waking up screaming every 1.5h to eat . How fast things change lol

posts like this worry me given that my own bundle of puking, eating, crying sh1tting joy is expected in October.

Found any good lightweight buggies?

Qualitymark

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Well, yeah... I started to convince myself it'd just be for an hour or two, y'know, like at lunchtime.

I know someone who did a business degree part-time for nearly four years and his wife nearly left him, so, yeah, it's a no goer from the start.

So far the only suggestions from FÁS have been... taxi driver... van courier... hard to combine the concept of those jobs with previous experiences of cycling... maybe I'll return to my childhood dream of continental truck driver.

Or maybe some work as a cycle courier while you do something like this:

http://www.ntc.ie/massage-courses?gclid=COi6x-zV3b8CFWOL2wodiBwAJA

(or others may suggest better).

I hitched around Europe with long-distance truckers years ago, and found them to be really sad guys, full of false joy and constantly exhausted, stressed from the necessity of faking their tacheometers (sp?) so they could catch two or more ferries. They told me that the thing to watch out for was when you're so exhausted that you're driving at night and the centre line turns into a snaking double line and you don't know which side of it you're driving. One said he was stopped by a cop in then Iron Curtain eastern Europe; the cop looked at him, shook his head, advised "Café solo" and let him go.

Raam

lennymc wrote: »

posts like this worry me given that my own bundle of puking, eating, crying sh1tting joy is expected in October.

Found any good lightweight buggies?

Nothing to worry about it. Here are my top tips for parenthood...

* Nappy smells or full of wee? Change nappy.
* Baby crying? Feed it or burp it.
* Enjoy looking at it.
* Put it to bed.

Harrybelafonte

AstraMonti wrote: »

I have to come back and admit that you were all right. We should have left the baby sleep while we could. Now she is waking up screaming every 1.5h to eat . How fast things change lol

You can reverse it, but it'll take patience and a good while of holding back. Parenting is all about mistakes and learning from them, no matter how f'kin expert other parents around you seem.

AstraMonti

Ah for sure, I am actually really enjoying this getting to know each other part and trying to figure wtf you have to do

lennymc

Raam wrote: »

Nothing to worry about it. Here are my top tips for parenthood...

* Nappy smells or full of wee? Change nappy.
* Baby crying? Feed it or burp it.
* Enjoy looking at it.
* Put it to bed.

Any previous experience I have had with babies has kind of gone like this:
* Nappy smells or full of wee? Hand it back to it's mother.
* Baby crying? Hand it back to it's mother
* Enjoy looking at it, but always when the mother is present in case it does something that would require it to be handed back

I guess the important stuff is:
When can I get them a bike?
Who does baby sized cycling clothing?
What gearing can they use?

sherlok

Sarz91 wrote: »

Had a chat with the sports therapist who specialises in cycling injuries and she suggested Speedplay Zero's and to max out the float.

Anyone use Zero's? How do you find them?

I moved to zeros about a year ago. One of my feet naturally sticks out a bit, and the adjustability in the zero cleats let me set everything up comfortably - which i wasn't able to do with various earlier pedals. I think this is why they seem to be loved by bike fitters. The float is a bonus too.

The only downsides are they a slippery death traps if you try and walk in them without cleat covers.

Harrybelafonte

AstraMonti wrote: »

Ah for sure, I am actually really enjoying this getting to know each other part and trying to figure wtf you have to do

The best bit is when you figure most of it out and they change everything up a notch again so you have to readjust. It's definitely not boring.

CramCycle

Qualitymark wrote: »

faking their tacheometers (sp?)

IF you knew your stuff you just pulled the fuse for the tacho so it didn't register anything. Cops in the UK didn't know how to read them years ago which also helped. They then adde in the engine immoboliser if it wasn't functioning but I remember my dad just wiring around it so he could flick it on and off at will

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

You can reverse it, but it'll take patience and a good while of holding back. Parenting is all about mistakes and learning from them, no matter how f'kin expert other parents around you seem.

AstraMonti wrote: »

Ah for sure, I am actually really enjoying this getting to know each other part and trying to figure wtf you have to do

My best advice, if someone tells you that you shouldn't do something or they suggest you are spoiling your child, or comment that you'll regret doing that, in that "I know better than you" voice tell them to F Off. My mother told us we were spoiling the little one and would regret it, to which I replied your one to talk considering the abuse she got for spoiling me as a baby.

Listen to all advice given, try and take in what makes sense but if it disagrees with your gut feeling then don't do it, your gut feeling is far better.

Also breast feeding, for men this is the greatest gift your childs mum can impart on you.

Hmmzis

Just wait a couple years Astra, babies and todlers are very quick learners. If you keep a decent routine you might have a decent domestique at the age of 2.

Mine has been handing me biddons every morning for the past few months when we push the bike through the kitchen in the morning, while also giving clear instructions on what flavour of high5 tablet to use. At this rate I'm expecting him to be a fully qualified director sportive by the age of 5.

Lusk_Doyle

Raam wrote: »

Nothing to worry about it. Here are my top tips for parenthood...

* Nappy smells or full of wee? Change nappy.
* Baby crying? Feed it or burp it.
* Enjoy looking at it.
* Put it to bed.

You forgot:

* Baby wakes up during the night? Pretend to be asleep and let her deal with it.

Qualitymark

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

You forgot:

* Baby wakes up during the night? Pretend to be asleep and let him deal with it.

Fixed that for you.

And don't forget to look forward to 13 years from now, and the Joycean howlwail-slam of "Nobody underSTANDS me!", if female, mutter-slam of "and the horse you came in on" if male. Ah, joyous days. Enjoy them while you can!

cdaly_

AstraMonti wrote: »

I have to come back and admit that you were all right. We should have left the baby sleep while we could. Now she is waking up screaming every 1.5h to eat . How fast things change lol

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

You can reverse it, but it'll take patience and a good while of holding back. Parenting is all about mistakes and learning from them, no matter how f'kin expert other parents around you seem.

One thing we were told to try when the baby would drink only a small amount every hour or so was to feed water only to fill the belly. Do that for a couple of reps and then, when you feed milk a couple of hours later, (s)he will guzzle the lot and go off to sleep for days...

Lusk_Doyle

cdaly_ wrote: »

One thing we were told to try when the baby would drink only a small amount every hour or so was to feed water only to fill the belly. Do that for a couple of reps and then, when you feed milk a couple of hours later, (s)he will guzzle the lot and go off to sleep for days...

I think that you are confusing children with snakes.

Kav0777

Qualitymark wrote: »

Fixed that for you.

And don't forget to look forward to 13 years from now, and the Joycean howlwail-slam of "Nobody underSTANDS me!", if female, mutter-slam of "and the horse you came in on" if male. Ah, joyous days. Enjoy them while you can!

Christ, I'm getting that from a six year old !! oh , and "You hurt my feelings.."


I can't wait for puberty...:eek:

Kav0777

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

I think that you are confusing children with snakes.

Easily done :P

CramCycle

Qualitymark wrote: »

Fixed that for you.

And don't forget to look forward to 13 years from now, and the Joycean howlwail-slam of "Nobody underSTANDS me!", if female, mutter-slam of "and the horse you came in on" if male. Ah, joyous days. Enjoy them while you can!

Its now changed to a mutter of "what?" usually you have to give upto a minute after you initially tried to interact, so they can look up from the iphone/smartphone. Its funny to see flocks of them around stillorgan shopping centre instant messaging each other despite being about a foot away from each other.

There is also the hilarity of when you try to impart advice, admitting you made those mistakes, you know how it feels to make those mistakes and they can avoid it by not doing the same as you. To which they reply "it's not like that nowadays", they then go and make the mistake you made and then you have to bite your tongue and remember not to do what your parents done and rub it in with a "I told you so" statement.

Lusk_Doyle

Kav0777 wrote: »

Christ, I'm getting that from a six year old !! oh , and "You hurt my feelings.."


I can't wait for puberty...:eek:

And you have kids already? Score one for religious miracles over science!

Kav0777

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

And you have kids already? Score one for religious miracles over science!

Alas, It's just my sense of humour that is juvenile, everything else is depressingly middle aged.

lennymc

CramCycle wrote: »

you have to bite your tongue and remember not to do what your parents done and rub it in with a "I told you so" statement.

surely being able to say that is one of the main reason for having kids!

Harrybelafonte

lennymc wrote: »

surely being able to say that is one of the main reason for having kids!

The more they refuse to listen to your advice the more tempted you are to rub it in their faces, but in all honesty, it's counterproductive.

Jawgap

Chris Hoy was asked to produce his id.........to get entry to the Chris Hoy Velodrome!

Harrybelafonte

Surely one's id, ego and superego are difficult to make tangible and if you really managed to do so would security at a sporting even really be qualified to analyse it?

Doctor Bob

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Surely one's id, ego and superego are difficult to make tangible and if you really managed to do so would security at a sporting even really be qualified to analyse it?

Depends on who's doing security duty...

“Freud as the doorman of today, the holder of the keys, of those that open as well as those that close the door, that is, the huis: onto the today or onto madness. He, Freud, is the double figure of the door or the doorkeeper. He stands guard and ushers in."

http://markalanforshee.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/derrida-listening-to-freudtrauma/

Qualitymark

lennymc wrote: »

surely being able to say that is one of the main reason for having kids!

Ohh no. It's when you have grandchildren this truly comes into force, as you turn to your children and just… smile… as they try to tell the grandchildren that they made the same mistake in their day…

NeedMoreGears

The worst thing with older kids is when you catch yourself uttering a phrase your parents used on you - that OMG moment when you realise you have a lot more in common with them than you realised.

My personal favourite from the vast compendium of "other parents advice/boasting" is the "we did X and now little johnny sleeps through the night/never pukes/speaks cantonese" ; often a little probling revealed a very flexible understanding of what sleeping through the night actually means - more than fours hours during the hours of darkness seemed to be about where they were at.

cdaly_

NeedMoreGears wrote: »

"we did X and now little johnny sleeps through the night/never pukes/speaks cantonese"

That was the hardest bit. It took forever to get them to stop with the bloody cantonese...

Lusk_Doyle

cdaly_ wrote: »

That was the hardest bit. It took forever to get them to stop with the bloody cantonese...

Yea you need mandarin to get into the good skulz these days...

CramCycle

NeedMoreGears wrote: »

now little johnny sleeps through the night/never pukes/speaks cantonese

Oddly though, when ever you meet up, Johnny is having a bad day, "never normally like this", only every single time you meet them :pac:

Daroxtar

Wiggo being interviewed on bbc1 now, pretty much saying he's finished with road racing and wants to return to track racing

cdaly_

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

cdaly_ wrote: »

go off to sleep for days...

I think that you are confusing children with snakes.

Well, if you accept Randal Monroe's mouseover hypothesis that a 'snake' is simply a human digestive tract that has escaped from its host, the confusion abates somewhat...

lennymc

Doctor Bob wrote: »

Depends on who's doing security duty...



http://markalanforshee.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/derrida-listening-to-freudtrauma/

I read the last word in that URL as freudturama and thought it was some weird parody show where Freud was cryogencally frozen, only to wake up 1000 years later and go to work with a Robot and a Cyclops.

Rua_ri

I am off to Paris this weekend and plan on catching the last stage of the TDF. Anyone who has done this i would apreciate some advice.
I dug up this earlier thread from 2009 with some good advice.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=61158782

Would love to hear from someone who has done this?

Thanks

Rua

scott.s

I was there for last year's finish. Bit different as it finished in the evening though.

Get to the Champs Elysee early enough. The crowds will be big but because there's so much road up and down then it should only be a few people deep at the barriers, right up until near the end.

They put big screens up so it's nice if you can get a decent vantage point for one of the screens, otherwise you'll see the riders for about 10 seconds every lap.

Always good to note: mind your belongings when you're standing around and don't get pickpocketed.

07Lapierre

Rua_ri wrote: »

I am off to Paris this weekend and plan on catching the last stage of the TDF. Anyone who has done this i would apreciate some advice.
I dug up this earlier thread from 2009 with some good advice.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=61158782

Would love to hear from someone who has done this?

Thanks

Rua

I've been in Paris a few times for the tour. Bring something to sit on as its a looong day standing at the barrier. Pick your spot at the barrier and be prepared to be there 6-8 hours before the riders are due to arrive. IMO The Place de la Condorde offers a better vantage point. Try and get a spot near the Big TV screen or you won't see much

In fact, I'd suggest you watch it on TV as you really won't see much standing at the barriers. Last year we sat in a Pizza restaurant on the champs Elysees and watched it on TV. Every time the race passed by we just stood up on the seats and watched them go by.

Rua_ri

07Lapierre wrote: »

I've been in Paris a few times for the tour. Bring something to sit on as its a looong day standing at the barrier. Pick your spot at the barrier and be prepared to be there 6-8 hours before the riders are due to arrive. IMO The Place de la Condorde offers a better vantage point. Try and get a spot near the Big TV screen or you won't see much

In fact, I'd suggest you watch it on TV as you really won't see much standing at the barriers. Last year we sat in a Pizza restaurant on the champs Elysees and watched it on TV. Every time the race passed by we just stood up on the seats and watched them go by.

Thanks for that.

Is it worth hanging around to see the presentation?

07Lapierre

Rua_ri wrote: »

Thanks for that.

Is it worth hanging around to see the presentation?

Most of the Champs Elysee in and around the Start/Finish area is VIP only. find a location near a big screen. Or stand at the Place De la Concorde end and bring Binoculars!

The Teams used to do a lap of honour after the presentation, but last year it was an evening stage and they didn't do anything. I expect this year will be the same, so no, not worth hanging around.

buffalo

All the talk of babies in this thread makes me think this should go here:

Raam

^^^^^^
First nappy change this morning lasted all of two minutes.