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

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Silly 'What type of cyclist are you?' Quiz. I'm a mile muncher apparently. Hmmmm not convinced!…

"You don't stop when everyone else does, but keep riding until you can't pedal any more… and you love every minute of it"

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/cycling-quiz-which-type-of-cyclist-are-you-find-out-here-192946?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social

RobFowl

gadetra wrote: »

Silly 'What type of cyclist are you?' Quiz. I'm a mile muncher apparently. Hmmmm not convinced!…


http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/cycling-quiz-which-type-of-cyclist-are-you-find-out-here-192946?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social

Result: The cafe hunter

Riding a bike's great, but it's even better when it leads to a coffee and a slice of cake

OldBean

Also a cafe hunter. Had higher hopes.

Qualitymark

OldBean wrote: »

Also a cafe hunter. Had higher hopes.

Ditto. Natch.

Qualitymark

As I lie in my bed recovering from two days' travel and concentration, I drool at an Icelandic cycling holiday -

https://www.extremeiceland.is/en/activity-tours-iceland/biking-tours/bc10-landmannalaugar-bike

- until I see that hair-raising ride along the side of a steepsteep mountain.

Unknown Soldier

If I ever win the Euromillions I'm getting a Rolo bike.

Just "because"

Qualitymark

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

If I ever win the Euromillions I'm getting a Rolo bike.

Just "because"

Apparently

Result:
The composite optimization process successfully reduced the weight of the frame from 829g to 792g. Additional material tweaks by Rolo’s manufacturing team reduced the weight even further resulting in a final weight of just 710g.

Shame to put those heavy oul' wheels on a frame that light. Can you get carbon wheels, carbon spokes, carbon tyres, a carbon saddle and carbon handlebars? Oh, and gears and chain?

Edit: Oooh, purdy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWJkULoP5ds

Lumen

Qualitymark wrote: »

Can you get carbon wheels, carbon spokes, carbon tyres, a carbon saddle and carbon handlebars? Oh, and gears and chain?

Yes, yes, sort of, yes, yes, yes, sort of.

Qualitymark

Lumen wrote: »

Yes, yes, sort of, yes, yes, yes, sort of.

Really? Good heavens! You'll have to have lead weights in your skirt like a 1950s model to keep down on the ground!

OldBean

Qualitymark wrote: »

Really? Good heavens! You'll have to have lead weights in your skirt like a 1950s model to keep down on the ground!

Or ride like its the 1960's.

Ahem.

rollingscone

Wheatus are on Irish TV playing that one song from 15 years ago! whuuuuuh?

RobFowl

rollingscone wrote: »

Wheatus are on Irish TV playing that one song from 15 years ago! whuuuuuh?

Don't be such a dirtbag ...

Harrybelafonte

gadetra wrote: »

Silly 'What type of cyclist are you?' Quiz. I'm a mile muncher apparently. Hmmmm not convinced!…

"You don't stop when everyone else does, but keep riding until you can't pedal any more… and you love every minute of it"

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/cycling-quiz-which-type-of-cyclist-are-you-find-out-here-192946?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social

Apparently I'm a commuter, even though I don't leave my house to work.

Subcomandante Marcos

Peter Sagan getting all wild and lose on a mountain bike.

He's so dreamy.

mugsymugsy

I regularly read the forum but don't post much and don't want to sound like a cycling snob and I'm not...but here goes

So i use my road bike for commuting 100km a week and it takes a battering so i put my bike in for a service and I need new wheel and tyre and some other stuff pricey but all fine...

I go and collect bike and the new wheel is silver and the old wheel is black - they didn't tell me this would be the case and I assumed it would be.

First world problems but what should I do...is it a design feature or will I be shunned by fellow cyclists.

Lusk_Doyle

mugsymugsy wrote: »

I regularly read the forum but don't post much and don't want to sound like a cycling snob and I'm not...but here goes

So i use my road bike for commuting 100km a week and it takes a battering so i put my bike in for a service and I need new wheel and tyre and some other stuff pricey but all fine...

I go and collect bike and the new wheel is silver and the old wheel is black - they didn't tell me this would be the case and I assumed it would be.

First world problems but what should I do...is it a design feature or will I be shunned by fellow cyclists.

Tell them that you want a black wheel. Or another silver one to match.

Subcomandante Marcos

I got a new spoke a while back, was horrified to find a silver one amongst all my black spokes. Was too polite to complain, so I've just bitched about it and wished them ill fortune ever since.
:pac:

mugsymugsy

This is it. I'm too polite but will just bitch and moan to anyone who listens and the wider internet.

I should grow some and go marching back...actually what will happen is I will sheepishly go back in and ask ever so politely.

It looks ridiculous even though I don't have an amazing bike.

Darkglasses

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

I got a new spoke a while back, was horrified to find a silver one amongst all my black spokes. Was too polite to complain, so I've just bitched about it and wished them ill fortune ever since.
:pac:

A bit of ink could fix that possibly?

OldBean

Or a silver spoke on the other wheel too? Beside the valve, so you'll know where to go next time you pump your tyres/puncture?

Silver linings, eh?

Subcomandante Marcos

OldBean wrote: »

Or a silver spoke on the other wheel too? Beside the valve, so you'll know where to go next time you pump your tyres/puncture?

Silver linings, eh?

Nope, the spoke is half way around from the valve and only on the one wheel.

But I think I may get the permanent marker at it!

mugsymugsy

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Nope, the spoke is half way around from the valve and only on the one wheel.

But I think I may get the permanent marker at it!

Can I borrow that permanent marker after!

rollingscone

I once bought a pair of b'twin bib shorts that were too loose around the thighs.

Now they're loose everywhere but the thighs...can't win.

Doc07

I was re watching a bit of the Paul Kimmage documentary 'Rough Rider'. In the famous clip where he and Lance argue at the Tour of California press conference I noticed the main sponsor was the pharmaceutical giant Amgen.
Did anyone else find it hilarious/tragic/ridiculous that a major cycling event was being sponsored by the Worlds largest EPO and synthetic EPO producer?
It was almost like something you would see on a comedy sketch show like the drug Olympics on SNL.

ednwireland

Doc07 wrote: »

I was re watching a bit of the Paul Kimmage documentary 'Rough Rider'. In the famous clip where he and Lance argue at the Tour of California press conference I noticed the main sponsor was the pharmaceutical giant Amgen.
Did anyone else find it hilarious/tragic/ridiculous that a major cycling event was being sponsored by the Worlds largest EPO and synthetic EPO producer?
It was almost like something you would see on a comedy sketch show like the drug Olympics on SNL.

I always thought that the Amgen tour of California was a weird bit of sponsorship.

RobFowl

ednwireland wrote: »

I always thought that the Amgen tour of California was a weird bit of sponsorship.

There have been weirder !

This team was sponsored by a brothel (or a "sauna" as Beasty tells me is was)

OldBean

Not a small team either!

manafana

Doc07 wrote: »

I was re watching a bit of the Paul Kimmage documentary 'Rough Rider'. In the famous clip where he and Lance argue at the Tour of California press conference I noticed the main sponsor was the pharmaceutical giant Amgen.
Did anyone else find it hilarious/tragic/ridiculous that a major cycling event was being sponsored by the Worlds largest EPO and synthetic EPO producer?
It was almost like something you would see on a comedy sketch show like the drug Olympics on SNL.

Amgen sponsored cycling for long time, in way its right hand couldnt see what the left was doing, didn't they get huge fines for finding it had disposed of stock on black market (epo likely part of that)

tomasrojo

RobFowl wrote: »

There have been weirder !

This team was sponsored by a brothel (or a "sauna" as Beasty tells me is was)

Time to write a screenplay. Best Little Whorehouse meets Breaking Away

daragh_

tomasrojo wrote: »

Time to write a screenplay. Best Little Whorehouse meets Breaking Away

Will it have a Happy Ending?