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

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    #1862
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    It's a gadget, they're aimed a suckers like me. And what sort of fashionista wants to wear a helmet mirror apart from recumbent riders?


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    #1863
    OleRodrigo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭OleRodrigo


    That's it. I think we have reached ' peak bike '. It's all downhill ( with disc brakes ) from here on in..


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    #1864
    rollingscone
    Registered Users Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    Did today's conditions qualify as Belgian? Or was it still too warm?

    Poor old Road Royce (as I call my Croix de Fer when it's got roadwheels...in lieu of having friends) had to pass through quite a few floods but other than the fronts of my thighs being bright pink it was a pretty cosy spin.

    Wiped the bike down thoroughly before bringing it back into the house but I do wonder about my BB/hubs...



    ps: Still haven't wrestled my conscience into submission re blowing €300 on a Garmin...it's going to be an end of sale nail-biter if it happens.


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    #1865
    Qualitymark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,824 ✭✭✭Qualitymark


    OleRodrigo wrote: »
    That's it. I think we have reached ' peak bike '. It's all downhill ( with disc brakes ) from here on in..

    I like downhill.


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    #1866
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,848 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Well after over a year and a half on good old cheap tyres (2 years? can't remember!) (Continental Ultra Sports) I got a puncture. I thought my lovely cheap commuting tyres had died, until I found a half centimeter lump of glass in it :eek: Fixing it in the dark, in the pissing rain was not fun. Thank fcuk for bus stops. On the plus side, my new mini pump works great. Minus points for rain down the back of my neck, despite high collar and buff though :mad: Also glad my tube held up, it had 2 patches on it! Was in there for over a year and a half or whatever happy days!

    Heading back out again now, seriously hoping it doesn't go again through the lump left in it by the glass...


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    #1867
    lennymc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    After missing lots of racing over the past 18 months, I renewed my ci licence and (for various reasons that im not going into) downgraded to a4, albeit with 8 points. Looking forward to getting back into it (I think).


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    #1868
    daragh_
    Registered Users Posts: 3,123 ✭✭✭daragh_


    'downgraded to a4'

    Ah here...


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    #1869
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,442 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    On a 'rest day' today, sometimes you need to listen to your body. Aching muscles everywhere, so my gym tonight will be me sitting the steam room and jacuzzi for an hour
    :)


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    #1870
    Planet X
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,976 Mod ✭✭✭✭Planet X


    Le Tour? :)


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    #1871
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,667 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    lennymc wrote: »
    After missing lots of racing over the past 18 months, I renewed my ci licence and (for various reasons that im not going into) downgraded to a4, albeit with 8 points. Looking forward to getting back into it (I think).

    You are dead to me ;)


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    #1872
    bp_me
    Registered Users Posts: 1,648 ✭✭✭bp_me


    RobFowl wrote: »
    You are dead to me ;)

    But only for one race? :D


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    #1873
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,940 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    daragh_ wrote: »
    'downgraded to a4'

    Ah here...

    I was automatically put into A4 this year, so I got downgraded regardless.

    Suppose if I actually go to any races this year it will be a huge step up from last year though.


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    #1874
    Harrybelafonte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    Missed 8 months or so of racing last year... have downgraded to no licence


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    #1875
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,940 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Harrybelafonte wrote: »
    Missed 8 months or so of racing last year... have downgraded to no licence

    Do you think you will make it out this year?


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    #1876
    Harrybelafonte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    I honestly don't know. Work and family made a balls of last year after it had started quite well, and nothing much has changed. Bar being almost 10kg heavier. Don't think my heart is in it this year tbh. I'll be deciding before the end of the month, but with no training done so far, i may only be hitting track and Mondello.


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    #1877
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,940 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Harrybelafonte wrote: »
    I honestly don't know. Work and family made a balls of last year after it had started quite well, and nothing much has changed. Bar being almost 10kg heavier. Don't think my heart is in it this year tbh. I'll be deciding before the end of the month, but with no training done so far, i may only be hitting track and Mondello.

    I know the feeling, my only outing on the bike (bar commuting) was one training session in Sundrive, between injury, kids, work and everything else, that was it.


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    #1878
    brownian
    Registered Users Posts: 1,741 ✭✭✭brownian


    Darkglasses wrote: »

    Caption competition.

    Water? What water?


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    #1879
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,769 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    Mods, thinking of locking that thread?
    Health threads on Internet discussion forum websites are more likely than not (by a factor of 4:1) to contain information of high or reasonably high quality. Extremely poor information is rare
    Health Advice from Internet Discussion Forums: How Bad Is Dangerous?
    http://www.jmir.org/2016/1/e4/


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    #1880
    Darkglasses
    Registered Users Posts: 14,526 ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    tomasrojo wrote: »
    Mods, thinking of locking that thread?


    Health Advice from Internet Discussion Forums: How Bad Is Dangerous?
    http://www.jmir.org/2016/1/e4/

    PM or report if you have a question or think something needs attention, we're not having a discussion on it in this thread. In this case, he's just looking for a bike fitter, not medical advice, and I'm comfortable with that.


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    #1881
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,769 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    Darkglasses wrote: »
    PM or report if you have a question or think something needs attention, we're not having a discussion on it in this thread. In this case, he's just looking for a bike fitter, not medical advice, and I'm comfortable with that.

    Oh, I wasn't referring to a thread in particular. Just making a weak joke ("Thinking of locking that thread?" in a radio advert voice), while highlighting a recent paper about the surprisingly ok quality of medical advice offered on internet discussion forums.


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    #1882
    Darkglasses
    Registered Users Posts: 14,526 ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    tomasrojo wrote: »
    Oh, I wasn't referring to a thread in particular. Just making a weak joke ("Thinking of locking that thread?" in a radio advert voice), while highlighting a recent paper about the surprisingly ok quality of medical advice offered on internet discussion forums.

    Oh right, sorry :o


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    #1883
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,769 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    Commuting cyclists much fitter than other transport users in London
    http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/london-cyclists-six-times-fitter-10689853

    (I read somewhere recently than 300 minutes of activity per week was probably optimal, rather than 150. But many commuting cyclists near that too, I imagine.)


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    #1884
    Qualitymark
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    The bicycle was invented in France! I didn't know that!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bike_boom


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    #1885
    rollingscone
    Registered Users Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    Qualitymark wrote: »
    The bicycle was invented in France! I didn't know that!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bike_boom

    All the years you've wasted incorrectly crediting & researching Sir Wilfred Bicycle!


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    #1886
    OleRodrigo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭OleRodrigo


    Looks like snow might be on the way. I'll be trying out a new tire system..

    snowtires_660.jpg


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    #1887
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,512 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    OleRodrigo wrote: »
    Looks like snow might be on the way. I'll be trying out a new tire system..

    I was thinking great, but then realised I have Rim breaks. Worth a shot with disc breaks.


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    #1888
    OleRodrigo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭OleRodrigo


    Weepsie wrote: »
    I was thinking great, but then realised I have Rim breaks. Worth a shot with disc breaks.

    Yep, will only work with disc brake or fixed gear


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    #1889
    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    I'll be trying out a new tire system..

    I bet it will last until your first braking on tarmac :P Unless we are getting some real continental snow! :D


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    #1890
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,940 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Alek wrote: »
    I bet it will last until your first braking on tarmac :P Unless we are getting some real continental snow! :D

    I used it years ago when we had the really bad snow (2010 maybe?) and it worked really well.


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    #1891
    buffalo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,081 ✭✭✭buffalo


    Want to go on a bike ride with Bono?



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