Jan and Klodi's Party Bus - part II **off topic discussion**

Harrybelafonte

Weepsie wrote: »

I've just had this new awful boards hoisted upon me. It's brutal

Are you a flagpole? Or does your phone have dodgy spellcheck?

Wishbone Ash

gadetra wrote: »

...Why are bikes right hand drive in the first place as a matter of interest?

tomasrojo wrote: »

...old screw-on freewheel would come off if on left...

Yes, reverse threading wasn't invented until after the bicycle was invented/developed but by then it had become the traditional side for manufacturers.

Doctor Bob

Beasty wrote: »

That will completely turn around the "Images of Beauty" thread;)

Wonder if others will follow suit post Rio. Justifies me holding off an upgrade anyway

It's a female-specific bike.

What sort of 'upgrade' are you considering?

Eamonnator

I've seen BMXs with the chainring on the left.
Not sure why.

Weepsie

@Beasty, I've done nothing but your words have returned it to normal.

@Harry, nope I'm just tired due to being on a ludicrously early flight for a seminar in Manchester. While here I've also drooled at some bikes in Evans

I was thinking about left hand drives the other day on bikes and why it was always on the right and got the answers mentioned above.

Beasty

Doctor Bob wrote: »

It's a female-specific bike.

What sort of 'upgrade' are you considering?

That one may be women specific, but if successful the concept of LHD for track bike may catch on. No point in upgrading now if the technology post-Rio changes the way pursuit-specific bikes are designed going forwards

Beasty

Eamonnator wrote: »

I've seen BMXs with the chainring on the left.
Not sure why.

Were you viewing them in a mirror?

Eamonnator

Beasty wrote: »

Were you viewing them in a mirror?

No.
Apparently, it's for "grinding", whatever that is.

http://bmxtech.wikia.com/wiki/RHD_%26_LHD

ThisRegard

So it seems you can reinvent the wheel!

Softwheel Fluent suspends (and damps) your bike by the wheels

http://www.bikerumor.com/2016/05/20/softwheel-fluent-suspends-bike-wheels

smacl

ThisRegard wrote: »

So it seems you can reinvent the wheel!

Looks like a sneaky way for the pros to get a piston engine in there now that the rim one's been sussed :pac:

Lusk_Doyle

Doctor Bob wrote: »

It's a female-specific bike.

What sort of 'upgrade' are you considering?

What makes it female specific?

CramCycle

Eamonnator wrote: »

No.
Apparently, it's for "grinding", whatever that is.

http://bmxtech.wikia.com/wiki/RHD_%26_LHD

Jebus, all my teenage years I knew I didn't do it exactly right in the Discos. Why did no one tell me I needed a chainring.

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

What makes it female specific?

Is it just for the womens team and not female specific.=, ir did they say female specific?

Lusk_Doyle

CramCycle wrote: »

Is it just for the womens team and not female specific.=, ir did they say female specific?

Don't know. Just reaponding to Doctor Bob, who said it was female specific. I struggle to see what it has that makes it so.

Raam

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

Don't know. Just reaponding to Doctor Bob, who said it was female specific. I struggle to see what it has that makes it so.

I guess cos the article says this...

The finished product is radical for yet another reason. It’s a sport-altering design that was built 100 percent from the ground up for female racers — with the women’s team getting unprecedented financial and technical support. If male pursuit riders ever end up on bikes like this, they’ll be following the women’s lead.

I reckon that just means it was made for a team which happens to be female rather than a bike which is specifically for a female.

Harrybelafonte

Saw Jayco bus and team car at Port today. Pretty cool.

tomasrojo

It's not urgent, with all the hours of daylight we have now, but by autumn I want to put my standard bike lights onto the family bakfiets. The lights that come with the bakfiets are ok-ish, but I might as well put on my Cateye HL EL520 and Smart Lunar R2. I've figured out how to do the latter, but the handlebars are obscured by the rain hood and there are no convenient mount points at the front that are also protected by the mudguards.

I was thinking of screwing a mount point into the wood of the box.

Something like Lumen had on the stem here:


But with a flat screw plate rather than a ring at the end.

Anyone know anything?

tomasrojo

This might do the trick, actually:


http://hostelshoppe.com/HOPPER-DEVELOPMENT-Ucam-Universal-Computer-%26-Accessory-Mount-39503/

rollingscone

We had our balcony sliding door bashed in last night and our management company's preferred repair service are Monday to Saturday

Anyone recommend an emergency glass repair service in Dublin CC/8?

OldBean

tomasrojo wrote: »

But with a flat screw plate rather than a ring at the end.

Anyone know anything?

Depending on the stem and your rain hood, this could be an option:

http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/accessories/leather-goods-handlebar-grips/accessory-mount-for-threadless-stems.html

Or if there's a front rack mount, or you already have a front rack installed, something like this:

http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/accessories/lighting/vo-rack-to-light-bracket.html

Apologies for the US links, but should be something similar on Amazon/eBay/In the UK.

tomasrojo

Thanks, OldBean. (I feel I should have an RAF moustache saying that.)

I think I'll have to mount the light on the wooden box. The rain hood goes way up, and the heads of the kids would obscure the light anyway. I might find something in a hardware store. Just need a bar or cylinder to strap the standard Cateye HL mount onto.

There's no front rack, but that would be a really neat, cheap way to mount a light on a front rack.

Jawgap

Record number of cyclists commute into Dublin

The number of commuters cycling into Dublin city during the morning peak has reached its highest level since records began nearly 20 years ago.
Almost 11,000 people cycle into the city each day.

Dublin City Council and the National Transport Authority’s (NTA) annual traffic count, which measures the modes of transport used by people entering the city between 7am and 10am, shows a huge increase in the popularity of cycling since the council starting keeping records in 1997.

Pretty good numbers considering the count takes place in November.

AstraMonti

So what's the status with disc brake bikes? Are you allowed to race them in Ireland?

RobFowl

AstraMonti wrote: »

So what's the status with disc brake bikes? Are you allowed to race them in Ireland?

Not in RR or TT's but yes in cross and MTB.

tomasrojo

Jawgap wrote: »

Record number of cyclists commute into Dublin

I'm eagerly anticipating the drive-time radio shows' hot take on this.

ThisRegard

tomasrojo wrote: »

I'm eagerly anticipating the drive-time radio shows' hot take on this.

Monday - Friday, George Hook. Although he surprised me one evening when he read out a text from someone he says is a regular contributor on this. They were complaining about having just saw a lady cycling while wearing high heels, the texter was dumbfounded at her stupidity. George brought them down to earth by saying he doesn't see that as a problem while cycling a bike.

But he returned to his old trollng ways the next day .

AstraMonti

RobFowl wrote: »

Not in RR or TT's but yes in cross and MTB.

Do you know if the rules originate from UCI or is it more of a local thing?

RobFowl

AstraMonti wrote: »

Do you know if the rules originate from UCI or is it more of a local thing?

They are local rules but based on UCI ones. The trial of disc brakes was only in pro races which excluded 1.2 and 2.2 level ones afaik.

The tax man

IAM cycling team to cease at the end of the season.
https://twitter.com/IAM_Cycling/status/734689013492240384?s=09

magicbastarder

i suspect i won't be the first to have posted this link:

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2016/may/paul-smiths-collection-of-old-cycling-jerseys/

Eamonnator

ThisRegard wrote: »

Monday - Friday, George Hook. Although he surprised me one evening when he read out a text from someone he says is a regular contributor on this. They were complaining about having just saw a lady cycling while wearing high heels, the texter was dumbfounded at her stupidity. George brought them down to earth by saying he doesn't see that as a problem while cycling a bike.

But he returned to his old trollng ways the next day .

Maybe it was these shoes:

https://totalwomenscycling.com/commuting/high-heeled-cycling-shoes-bringing-sexy-back-recipe-disaster-32335/#VroQqZzrEjb3Rm7U.97