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

Fian

http://www.thejournal.ie/places-to-see-by-bike-in-ireland-2705285-Apr2016/


"Seven places in Ireland to see by bike".

No Lough Tay though, so they clearly don't know what they are talking about.

AstraMonti

Weepsie

Garmin out front mount, with hidden bell. Neat idea

CramCycle

tomasrojo wrote: »

"We've all watched too many episodes": This is why the discipline of Statistics exists.

This caught my eye as well, i have watched loads of this show, not usually my cuppa tea but my daughter watches it and I just fell into watching it.

I must have seen at least one full season, the only bike related accident was a kid on a BMX who wiped out messing about with friends.

He wasn't seriously injured, they held him in as a precaution overnight, he was fine but the precaution was a wise move, he had a swollen eye. At the end of the episode, they showed him out on his bike again. How she equated that show to not cycling is beyond me.

ThisRegard

Edit, don't know if it's boards playing up or me but here's the link, pedestrians falling over themselves to take cyclists out
http://imgur.com/gallery/7Jw8Rae

AstraMonti

Weepsie wrote: »

Garmin out front mount, with hidden bell. Neat idea

I am not sold, it might be too awkward to use it at that place. If you have to take your hand off the bar to hit the bell then probably is not going to work very well.

Plastik

Run in with a car this evening. No damage to man and luckily the only damage to machine is a few small scratches on the brake track of the front wheel where it rubbed off a kerb. Anyone want to suggest a grade of sandpaper to start with to give them a rub to wear them down?

Idleater

AstraMonti wrote: »

I am not sold, it might be too awkward to use it at that place.

Makes the bike legal in the Netherlands though. No exemption for race bikes there.

Volgens artikel 5.9.71 van de regeling voertuigen moeten fietsen voorzien zijn van een goed werkende fietsbel. Als hier niet aan wordt voldaan, bedraagt de boete €35,-.

Another not overly practical solution, a bell bottle: http://bi-bell.nl

AstraMonti

Idleater wrote: »

Makes the bike legal in the Netherlands though. No exemption for race bikes there.

Oh didn't know it was a requirement for all bikes. Well in that case it makes sense to have something like that, it's not for use, it's for display purposes

Idleater

AstraMonti wrote: »

Oh didn't know it was a requirement for all bikes. Well in that case it makes sense to have something like that, it's not for use, it's for display purposes

I'll check for conformance at the start of the Giro next month :-)

Calahonda52

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/new-zealand-hotel-bans-lycra-shorts-because-of-unsightly-bulges-1.2611803
" ....“I fully support Mike’s ban on Lycra. Because when the cyclists come in they do stink, they are sweaty and it is unhygienic sitting on the furniture and everyone, including little children, partaking in their post exercise demeanor.....":D

AstraMonti

The kiwis must have solved all of their other problems if they take an issue on lycra :rolleyes:

Fian

Calahonda52 wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/new-zealand-hotel-bans-lycra-shorts-because-of-unsightly-bulges-1.2611803
" ....“I fully support Mike’s ban on Lycra. Because when the cyclists come in they do stink, they are sweaty and it is unhygienic sitting on the furniture and everyone, including little children, partaking in their post exercise demeanor.....":D

Or if you dare to venture into the comment debate, the original articloe is in teh grauniad:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/15/lycra-ban-new-zealand-hotel-bumps-and-bulges-breakfast

Mr. Grieves

Fian wrote: »

Or if you dare to venture into the comment debate, the original articloe is in teh grauniad:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/15/lycra-ban-new-zealand-hotel-bumps-and-bulges-breakfast

Has anyone pointed out that it's a cafe, not a hotel?

RobertFoster

Calahonda52 wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/new-zealand-hotel-bans-lycra-shorts-because-of-unsightly-bulges-1.2611803
" ....“I fully support Mike’s ban on Lycra. Because when the cyclists come in they do stink, they are sweaty and it is unhygienic sitting on the furniture and everyone, including little children, partaking in their post exercise demeanor.....":D

buffalo

Calahonda52 wrote: »

" ....“I fully support Mike’s ban on Lycra. Because when the cyclists come in they do stink, they are sweaty and it is unhygienic sitting on the furniture and everyone, including little children, partaking in their post exercise demeanor.....":D

If I'm reading that correctly, sweaty cyclists are sitting on little children? Well, I'm all in favour of banning that.

smacl

buffalo wrote: »

If I'm reading that correctly, sweaty cyclists are sitting on little children? Well, I'm all in favour of banning that.

Ah here, as a parent I always found sitting on little children an essential part of toddler crowd control. Works even better in sweaty lycra. Also works on teenage girls too. You don't even have to sit on them, just walking into the room seems to do the trick nicely. For those of you having any difficulty in this regard, you may also want to consider working on your beer gut which is really necessary to get the most out of your lycra.

furiousox

Speaking of sweaty lycra....
One time I came in from a long spin and deposited all my gear in the laundry "basket".
Shortly afterwards, I heard a high pitched howl of confusion and disgust.
It transpired that mrs ox was putting on a wash and had put her hand into the aforementioned laundry "basket", unfortunately the first thing her hand made contact with was the upturned sweaty chamois of my bib-shorts.
I couldn't understand her reaction...they are Santini after all.

tomasrojo

I tend to dismiss anything relating to cycling in Aus/NZ as just part of some wider anti-cycling pathology that affects the Antipodes.

Unknown Soldier

I have to get this off my chest...

Canyon really have lost the plot at a senior level.

First their IT peeps made a complete mess of their move to a new factory, causing chaos.

Now their senior marketing/Sales people have decided that during their PCF "sale" that they will discount the sales bikes even more?

For example, the Inflite AL 9 was 1,799 and with 10% off, reduced by 180.
Now it has 270 off. If I bought one last week I'd be highly p1ssed off (I didn't)

Who is running the place!

Darkglasses

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

I have to get this off my chest...

Canyon really have lost the plot at a senior level.

First their IT peeps made a complete mess of their move to a new factory, causing chaos.

Now their senior marketing/Sales people have decided that during their PCF "sale" that they will discount the sales bikes even more?

For example, the Inflite AL 9 was 1,799 and with 10% off, reduced by 180.
Now it has 270 off. If I bought one last week I'd be highly p1ssed off (I didn't)

Who is running the place!

What happened with the move to a new factory? Any links to the story?

Unknown Soldier

Darkglasses wrote: »

What happened with the move to a new factory? Any links to the story?

More of an unfolding saga, than a story, though I am sure it was probably refered to on some of the Cycling sites.

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/an-update-from-roman-arnold-to-all-canyon-customers-2016.html

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/product-news/canyon-ceo-we-failed-to-deliver-the-level-of-service-that-our-company-stands-for-213171

I think he had to make couple of apologies too.

And things still are not that great tbh. FBI book is where I have been reading about it, mostly from p1ssed off punters.

Inquitus

http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/video-pro-catches-own-arm-in-front-wheel-crashes-face-first-onto-road-at-amstel-gold/

Epic fail at the start of the Amstel Gold Race

koutoubia

Inquitus wrote: »

http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/video-pro-catches-own-arm-in-front-wheel-crashes-face-first-onto-road-at-amstel-gold/

Epic fail at the start of the Amstel Gold Race

OUCH!!

eeeee

Not generally a fan of listy things but this is pretty good, especially 1-4 and 6 and 7:

https://totalwomenscycling.com/lifestyle/12-annoying-things-men-say-club-rides-72173/

Wishbone Ash

Inquitus wrote: »

http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/video-pro-catches-own-arm-in-front-wheel-crashes-face-first-onto-road-at-amstel-gold/

Epic fail at the start of the Amstel Gold Race

:eek::eek::eek:

That had to hurt - No mention of hand/finger injuries!

dunworth1

Am I crazy?

The longest I've gone is 50k so far

I'm thinking of doing a 100k ride next week

My plan is to cycle the 100k (roughly 300m up and 300m down) stay overnight for one or two nights and then cycle the 100k back home.

I wouldn't be in any hurry to get there plan to leave early in the morning and take a break somewhere in between.

Is this too big a jump?

rollingscone

Call me Benjamin Buttoncyclemaintainer.

Having never irreperably fceked up fitting a chain over the last dozen or so prior to this fortnight. I've now overly shortened two on two bikes in a row...

So much sadness.

Luxman

dunworth1 wrote: »

Am I crazy?

The longest I've gone is 50k so far

I'm thinking of doing a 100k ride next week

My plan is to cycle the 100k (roughly 300m up and 300m down) stay overnight for one or two nights and then cycle the 100k back home.

I wouldn't be in any hurry to get there plan to leave early in the morning and take a break somewhere in between.

Is this too big a jump?

How were you after the 50k? If you pace it and rest and drink and fuel properly it should be doable

NeedMoreGears

My rear mech has been acting up and completely gave up the ghost on Saturday - the chain tension spring failed. I recalled seeing a GCN video where they shortened the chain and basically turned the bike into a single speed.

So I gave it a go as my chain is due replacement anyway. I couldn't get a decent fit as the chain was always one link to long and this allowed the chain to drop down to the smaller gears - 50/11 with the chain dragging on the ground wasn't really what I had been aiming for.

I know what to do!. I channeled my inner bodgerman and made up a custom cassette from some old parts which went 28-25-23-21 -28-23-25-21-12-11. Genius! There was no way the chain could now get to the lower gears and I'd be happy with 50/21 for a few days.

I hadn't counted on the chain going up to the 23 when I hit a bump. The whole lot nearly seized due to the tension in the chain. I had to take off the wheel to release the chain and I limped back home.

I probably should have left the mech on the bike and selected the 23 with it.

Anyway the MTB to work was probably a better workout - ' hope chainreaction delivery is fast.