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

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    #3662
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,769 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    Chuchote wrote: »
    Probably the fellow-cyclist that carved me up on a cycle path, screeching "F… off you old b…" when I caught him up?

    No, I don't have a car.


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    #3663
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,442 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    Chuchote wrote: »
    Probably the fellow-cyclist that carved me up on a cycle path, screeching "F… off you old b…" when I caught him up?

    It wasn't me but I do have an irrational hatred of old people so it could be me next time :pac:


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    #3664
    Chuchote
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭Chuchote


    LollipopJimmy wrote: »
    It wasn't me but I do have an irrational hatred of old people so it could be me next time :pac:

    I have an irrational hatred of young people - I'll wave my umbrella at you and yell creakily, making you wobble and fall off. Fair warning.


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    #3665
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,951 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    I have a rational hatred of the young and old alike.


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    #3666
    rollingscone
    Registered Users Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    Anyone ever get caught staring at one of their bikes lovingly (I did! )?

    What's the popular defence /excuse when your OH comments on it?

    Apparently "I could be looking at far worse things" isn't it.


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    #3667
    cunavalos
    Registered Users Posts: 1,387 ✭✭✭cunavalos


    Podium girls trolling the pro-cyclists at the Tour of Austria
    hGzIl0A.jpg


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    #3668
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    ^ objectifying wurst is no laughing matter.


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    #3669
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,192 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    ^ objectifying wurst is no laughing matter.
    You're right, it's the wurst.


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    #3670
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    Caption this

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    #3671
    Hunterbiker
    Registered Users Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭Hunterbiker


    AstraMonti wrote: »
    All these ads in eurosport every 5mins are very irritating.
    God yes and they are really bad. Especially that Alpecin shampoo one....


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    #3672
    wanderer 22
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 2,151 ✭✭✭wanderer 22


    Alek wrote: »
    Caption this

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    "That's the last time I use a Halfords mechanic"


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    #3673
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,951 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Alek wrote: »
    Caption this

    390892.jpg

    "Do it yourself they said on boards, don't waste money on a Bike shop, there are videos on you tube, the tools are a once off purchase."


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    #3674
    Chuchote
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭Chuchote


    The inventor of 'bike doping', Istvan Varjas, suggests that personal bests be used as an indicator for testing:

    http:// road. cc/ content/news/196103-mechanical-doping-–-hidden-motor-inventor-reveals-how-he-thinks-cheats-can-be


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    #3675
    Chuchote
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭Chuchote


    Indo has a piece about a young cyclist "in fight for life" after coming off her bike on the way down the Sally Gap.


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    #3676
    daragh_
    Registered Users Posts: 3,123 ✭✭✭daragh_


    That's awful. Hope she is ok.


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    #3677
    Chuchote
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭Chuchote


    What's the road like there? Gravelly?


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    #3678
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,951 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Chuchote wrote: »
    What's the road like there? Gravelly?

    Not really but you can pick up speed very easily and almost without realising it.


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    #3679
    Crocked
    Registered Users Posts: 543 ✭✭✭Crocked


    Reading the article it sounds like it was the Wicklow Gap, says she came down near the carpark at the lead mines in the Laragh direction.

    Road surface is good but it's a very fast descent.

    Hope she makes speedy and full recovery


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    #3680
    laraghrider
    Closed Accounts Posts: 663 ✭✭✭laraghrider


    Crocked wrote: »
    Reading the article it sounds like it was the Wicklow Gap, says she came down near the carpark at the lead mines in the Laragh direction.

    Road surface is good but it's a very fast descent.

    Hope she makes speedy and full recovery

    Just posted in this thread:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=100266965#post100266965

    It was indeed the Wicklow Gap.


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    #3681
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,667 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Hope she makes a full recovery
    There but for the grace of God

    Only quibble is the comment about cycling being dangerous, it isn't any more than driving/walking/swimming etc !


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    #3682
    Chuchote
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭Chuchote


    I was wondering if he was correctly quoted, of if it was something like the reporter saying "Would you say cycling is dangerous?" and yer man saying "Ah, it can be, of course"…


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    #3683
    BremoreDave
    Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭BremoreDave


    RobFowl wrote: »
    Only quibble is the comment about cycling being dangerous,
    I have to agree with this after reading the article.I hope that he was misquoted.


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    #3684
    dinneenp
    Registered Users Posts: 8,138 ✭✭✭dinneenp


    Film The Bicycle on this Sat as part of the Galway Fringe Festival
    Here's the trailer

    cheers,
    pa.


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    #3685
    Fian
    Registered Users Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭Fian


    BremoreDave wrote: »
    I have to agree with this after reading the article.I hope that he was misquoted.

    Bear in mind if not, that presumably he was caught on the hop and was probably shocked to hear about the accident. He may have been just anxious not to be construed as casting any blame on the cyclist who was involved in the accident.

    I would be slow to criticise someone for a press quote potentially taken out of context (not saying that you are doing so btw!)


    In other news:

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2016/jul/05/is-it-an-e-bike-is-it-an-e-car-no-its-a-bio-hybrid


    Seems pointless to me, a normal e-bike is so much more practical. Hope i don't start seeing a proliferation of these in cycle lanes, but tbh i don't expect i will.


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    #3686
    koutoubia
    Registered Users Posts: 2,275 ✭✭✭koutoubia


    Nothing dodgy going on here. One team takes top 7 places in USA Nationals plus one wins the TT.
    Nothing dodgy going on at all.


    http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/usa-cycling-u23-road-national-championships-2016/mens-road-race/results/


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    #3687
    Fian
    Registered Users Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭Fian


    koutoubia wrote: »
    Nothing dodgy going on here. One team takes top 7 places in USA Nationals plus one wins the TT.
    Nothing dodgy going on at all.


    http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/usa-cycling-u23-road-national-championships-2016/mens-road-race/results/

    They had broken away as a team from the peleton, it is not as if all seven beat the rest of the field in a sprint. Is that not plausible? Being honest i don't know enough about cycle racing to be sure but it doesn't sound impossible to me. Surprised no-one else managed to join them as they broke away i guess. Or is this all a TT where they are each cycling separately?


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    #3688
    koutoubia
    Registered Users Posts: 2,275 ✭✭✭koutoubia


    Fian wrote: »
    Is that not plausible?
    Everything is plausible ;)


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    #3689
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,537 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    What are you implying. Go on just say it. They had 10 riders in a field where few others didn't seem to have more than half that. They've done the tour of California this year or last with some success.

    There may be marks against them considering there owner was a pro cyclist during a seriously dirty period


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    #3690
    koutoubia
    Registered Users Posts: 2,275 ✭✭✭koutoubia


    Weepsie wrote: »
    What are you implying. Go on just say it.

    I said it. Nothing dodgy going on. Thats what I said and thats what I am implying.
    Whether my tongue is in my cheek or not is another thing entirely!


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    #3691
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,951 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    MOD VOICE: Cut it out now, if I have to explain what I am on about it can be done via PM. If you wish to start a TOC thread about how a team had 10 riders in 75 finishers and therefore enough there to control a race easily, fire away. All questions via PM.


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