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

Doctor Bob

OleRodrigo wrote: »

Yep, will only work with disc brake or fixed gear

Or coaster or drum/roller brakes.

lennymc

Doctor Bob wrote: »

Or coaster or drum/roller brakes.

OR no brakes

manafana

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.

On that tv show on rte based on c4 verison, "you should see a doctor" or something along those lines, many patients have self diagnosed using internet and more often than not they are found to be correct so it goes to show. However if nothing is actually wrong it may scare you.

tomasrojo

Or you could convince yourself you're fine, with disastrous consequences.

seamus

buffalo wrote: »

Want to go on a bike ride with Bono?

His history doesn't fill me with confidence.

On the snow topic, I think I'll go get the MTB out of storage this weekend. And maybe research some...ahem...cross-country routes to work. It's not breaking the law to cycle in parks if you can't see anything because of the snow right?

Alek

It's not breaking the law to cycle in parks

If it was, most cyclocrossers would have been arrested by now :P

Qualitymark

Spoke cards. Never knew they were a thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoke_card

wanderer 22

Interview with the chef from Tinkoff - probably more about food than cycling but a good read anyhoo
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/100-tours-100-tales/2016/jan/07/hannah-grant-interview-noma-fat-duck-cooking-cycling

Darkglasses

Nico's been hospitalized for another spider bite

http://www.thebikecomesfirst.com/nicolas-roche-hospitalised-following-another-spider-bite/

ThisRegard

That's some bite.

RobFowl

Just bought a new helmet from mcconveys, 4-5 clicks and that was it!
Far too easy and dangerous for the likes of me.....

Kurtosis

Darkglasses wrote: »

Nico's been hospitalized for another spider bite

http://www.thebikecomesfirst.com/nicolas-roche-hospitalised-following-another-spider-bite/

If he doesn't get superpowers this time I'll be really disappointed,

buffalo

seamus wrote: »

His history doesn't fill me with confidence.

manafana

colm18 wrote: »

Interview with the chef from Tinkoff - probably more about food than cycling but a good read anyhoo
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/100-tours-100-tales/2016/jan/07/hannah-grant-interview-noma-fat-duck-cooking-cycling

good read, crazy the professional kitchen was busy and the pro cycling team kitchen just as much.

buffalo

Is it sad that I got excited about this:

The award for Best Individual went to transition year student Shane Curran, 16, from Terenure College, Dublin for his project 'Velodrome: The Automated Logistics Fulfiment Platform'.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0108/758785-bt-young-scientist-award/

But it turns out it's a courier application suite. In fairness, it's pretty impressive, though we won't be running track races on it anytime soon.

rollingscone

No bicycling today. My lungs are still inflamed from servicing our "new" Dyson yesterday.

This what happens when your lungs get repeatedly ravaged by bronchitis & mild to severe (that's a real range ) pneumonia.

Worth noting by anyone planning on awesoming through the tail end of their Bronchitis.

Alek

Advice appreciated, as after 3 weeks and a course of anibiotics I'm still coughing up some alien lifeforms... :-/ Kippure can wait another week or so.

LollipopJimmy

Got a flat in Howth, swapped out for the spare tube... or so I thought. Gobshi*e here put the burst tube back in and almost put the new one in the bin. Sigh

wanderer 22

Alek wrote: »

Advice appreciated, as after 3 weeks and a course of anibiotics I'm still coughing up some alien lifeforms... :-/ Kippure can wait another week or so.

Probably for the best; attempted it today but chickened out 1/3 way up to due to ice patches. That descent is dodgy enough already

Eamonnator

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Got a flat in Howth, swapped out for the spare tube... or so I thought. Gobshi*e here put the burst tube back in and almost put the new one in the bin. Sigh

When I read this first, I thought you'd moved to Howth to a new flat.

eeeee

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Got a flat in Howth, swapped out for the spare tube... or so I thought. Gobshi*e here put the burst tube back in and almost put the new one in the bin. Sigh

Yup been there done that…salvaged by having a 'to patch' pile rather than fcuking it into the bin!

eeeee

This is class:
https://www.facebook.com/stuffdutchpeoplelike/videos/1040813712637225/

RobFowl

Mental not, stop fiddling with bikes the day before an event.
Riding the cross nationals tomorrow with a cable tie holding my brakes together....

LollipopJimmy

RobFowl wrote: »

Mental not, stop fiddling with bikes the day before an event.
Riding the cross nationals tomorrow with a cable tie holding my brakes together....

Well they are lighter than screws

Beasty

RobFowl wrote: »

Mental not, stop fiddling with bikes the day before an event.
Riding the cross nationals tomorrow with a cable tie holding my brakes together....

It's CX - after a couple of laps your brakes will be pretty ineffective anyway. Still have every confidence in you Rob - that national jersey is pretty much in the bag - we'll Seymour of that tomorrow evening anyway ....

Wishbone Ash

Good tip here lads for adding a start-up message to your Garmin (e.g. name/contact number) in case it gets lost/mislaid. Just did it and it works perfectly.

(I'm surprised Garmin don't make users more aware of this facility).

http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/08/display-number-garmin.html

RobFowl

rollingscone wrote: »

still inflamed from servicing our "new" Dyson yesterday.

Mmmmmm

Carry on style cackle

OleRodrigo

OleRodrigo

Weepsie

I got properly upset at the Bowie news as I was making breakfast.

I'll leave this little (hour long) tribute by soulwax here for anyone feeling like they want a lot of Bowie. Unfortunaely Can't embed Vimeo

https://vimeo.com/53207758

plus my personal favourite

RIP to the great man