La Flamme Rouge **off topic discussion**

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[Deleted User] wrote: »

I didn't chance the bike this morning, even now the place hasn't fully thawed.

Charlie Kelly, Gary Fisher, Joe Breeze & Tom Ritchey came up with a solution for that nearly 50 years ago

EDIT: To be fair the Marin county lads were a bit late to the party despite their legacy

https://www.rsf.org.uk/about-us/history-and-beginnings.html

Wishbone Ash

dahat wrote: »

Nationwide frost & ice warning for tomorrow, 9pm to 11am.

Not good news at all as I just can't face hours on turbo at weekends.

Does your day end at 11am?

LollipopJimmy

I was out last night so left the bike in work. I wonder if its thinking about me too

magicbastarder

i was up the wicklow mountains today (not on the bike) and there was a good amount of ice. -2 driving through roundwood just after 9.

marvin80

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Does your day end at 11am?

Probably won't get a chance to thaw out properly between 11 and 4 so I don't think it's worth the risk.

Where's the sense taking the risk, having a tumble and been injured for a few weeks?

dahat

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Does your day end at 11am?

Nope! Hard to know how road conditions will be like so yes I'm holding back till 10am. Once I'm back for 4pm I'm good.

dahat

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

I was out last night so left the bike in work. I wonder if its thinking about me too

Would you be the jealous type it let someone else ride it?

dahat

dahat wrote: »

Nope! Hard to know how road conditions will be like so yes I'm holding back till 10am. Once I'm back for 4pm I'm good.

Valid point, refers back to wrecked shoulder in 2017.

LollipopJimmy

dahat wrote: »

Would you be the jealous type it let someone else ride it?

I dont mind sharing

Weepsie

marvin80 wrote: »

Probably won't get a chance to thaw out properly between 11 and 4 so I don't think it's worth the risk.

Where's the sense taking the risk, having a tumble and been injured for a few weeks?

I'm digging these out tonight https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mobile/ie/en/schwalbe-winter-spike-road-tyre-k-guard/rp-prod118113

Weepsie

Weepsie wrote: »

I'm digging these out tonight https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mobile/ie/en/schwalbe-winter-spike-road-tyre-k-guard/rp-prod118113

Tube burst when putting on(they're a pita to do so) . The world's way of telling me to have a break

magicbastarder

it's a bit frigid out there. frost on the roads in a lot of places, but can't tell if there's black ice.

Seth Brundle

https://twitter.com/BrentToderian/status/1200949443379384320?s=19

LollipopJimmy

Its freezing, I was up all night watching UFC and had to put the heat on all through the night. Going to bed at 7 and theres my neighbour going for a cycle when its slippy as feck outside. I cant get him out in the good weather

Acquiescence

I've gotten into a really bad habit of just doing a vague approximation of exercise while reading on the spin bike instead of getting out on the road when I have the chance.

Day off today. Got up early, pot of coffee, nice breakfast, adjusted front brake, lubed chain, spent 20 minutes looking for wahoo, gear on, out the door.

Di2 dead as a stone.

Lost will to live.

Currently sitting on spin bike.

Might cry.

cdaly_

Cables FTW...

magicbastarder

https://twitter.com/DublinCommuters/status/1220269411971584001

Eamonnator

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

followed closely by an apology by Dublin Commuter Coalition to VMN

magicbastarder

yep, just spotted that. posted after i'd put the tweet here.

for the record:

https://twitter.com/DublinCommuters/status/1220273923260080128

Peterx

Saw a post there, a nice person trying to re-unite a bike light with it's owner.

I am not as nice, I would consider a bike light as booty and not even begin to consider trying to give it back*. Same for hats, €10 notes, tubes and so on.


On the other hand, I have gone to fairly extensive lengths to get wallets back to their owners. With the money intact

Where's the line for you?

* I would give the light back if it fell off the bike in front of me..

CramCycle

Peterx wrote: »

Saw a post there, a nice person trying to re-unite a bike light with it's owner.

I am not as nice, I would consider a bike light as booty and not even begin to consider trying to give it back*. Same for hats, €10 notes, tubes and so on.


On the other hand, I have gone to fairly extensive lengths to get wallets back to their owners. With the money intact

Where's the line for you?

* I would give the light back if it fell off the bike in front of me..

Depends on the situation, if it was a free RSA one, I'd just hand it to the next person I seen without lights, if it was a decent one, I'd probably post here, maybe twitter. Wallets are handy, normally a way of getting in contact in the wallet, if not, to the garda station on the way home.

magicbastarder

Peterx wrote: »

I am not as nice, I would consider a bike light as booty and not even begin to consider trying to give it back*.

and then the light ends up in the bottom of the spare parts pile because you can't jerry rig a mount that works with it.

seamus

CramCycle wrote: »

Depends on the situation, if it was a free RSA one, I'd just hand it to the next person I seen without lights, if it was a decent one, I'd probably post here, maybe twitter. Wallets are handy, normally a way of getting in contact in the wallet, if not, to the garda station on the way home.

This. If it was something decent, then I've been there and know the pain of having to fork out another forty quid (and the rest!), so I'd make some attempt to return it.

daragh_

There's a nice Lezyne rear light out there somewhere between Gunny Hill and Lamb Doyles if anyone wants it

LollipopJimmy

CramCycle wrote: »

Depends on the situation, if it was a free RSA one, I'd just hand it to the next person I seen without lights, if it was a decent one, I'd probably post here, maybe twitter. Wallets are handy, normally a way of getting in contact in the wallet, if not, to the garda station on the way home.

I left my wallet in that wee coffee shop on Leeson St Bridge, it was never handed in and none of the cards were ever tapped anywhere - I cancelled the PTSB one but there was a Revolut and N26 card in it and you have the ability to switch off contactless via their apps so I did that to see if anybody would use them, I'd get a notification if somebody tried to use them. But no, the wallet had my business and student cards also so I could have easily been located.

I don't know why somebody wouldn't make an effort to return a wallet

Seth Brundle

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

I left my wallet in that wee coffee shop on Leeson St Bridge, it was never handed in and none of the cards were ever tapped anywhere - I cancelled the PTSB one but there was a Revolut and N26 card in it and you have the ability to switch off contactless via their apps so I did that to see if anybody would use them, I'd get a notification if somebody tried to use them. But no, the wallet had my business and student cards also so I could have easily been located.

I don't know why somebody wouldn't make an effort to return a wallet

By the sounds of it, it probably ended up accidentally being thrown in the bin

Seth Brundle

Just saw this on YOLO thread...

RobertFoster wrote: »

Without Wile E. Coyote

LollipopJimmy

Currently doing a massive refresh on my bike, new headset bearings, new chain, new cassette and everything scrubbed etc.

Chainring is off, would I be as well replacing this? I dont want to spend more if I dont have to

Weepsie

Road works bottom of howth descent into village word of warning.

Weepsie

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Currently doing a massive refresh on my bike, new headset bearings, new chain, new cassette and everything scrubbed etc.

Chainring is off, would I be as well replacing this? I dont want to spend more if I dont have to

Now I'm often a terrible judge of wear, but that chainring looks like it has tonnes of life left in