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La Flamme Rouge **off topic discussion**

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    #4832
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,948 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    I thought being racist on the bike was noteworthy enough, that and having form for punching another rider.


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    #4833
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Eamonnator wrote: »
    Has he apologised for throwing the bike?

    Not that I saw and he's taken his social media accounts down.


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    #4834
    manafana
    Registered Users Posts: 3,484 ✭✭✭manafana


    CramCycle wrote: »
    I thought being racist on the bike was noteworthy enough, that and having form for punching another rider.

    my point was he has an issue in the sport, but your MMA guy has been accused of all sorts outside of the ring, as well as proven of all sorts outside the ring, i would not compare the two


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    #4835
    Large bottle small glass
    Registered Users Posts: 1,814 ✭✭✭Large bottle small glass


    manafana wrote: »
    my point was he has an issue in the sport, but your MMA guy has been accused of all sorts outside of the ring, as well as proven of all sorts outside the ring, i would not compare the two

    Not as bad a cnut as McGregor is not exactly a ringing endorsement


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    #4836
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,948 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    I don't know much about Conor McG other than punched a guy and the rumour mill (which may have since been shown to be true, I really don't follow) had some pretty nasty accusations, so can't really comment, but as Large bottle small glass says, the little i have heard that has been verified is enough to say it is hardly a line you have to reach to be considered a horrible human being.


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    #4837
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    Another similarity between McGregor and Moscon is that they both have bikes.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XugSX9WBO8


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    #4838
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,618 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i was hoping to head out on the bike this afternoon, a quick spin up howth. just went out into the back garden though, and found the two chickens have been taken, a hole was dug under the coop.
    will have to clean this mess up instead before my wife gets home.


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    #4839
    cdaly_
    Registered Users Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭cdaly_


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    i was hoping to head out on the bike this afternoon, a quick spin up howth. just went out into the back garden though, and found the two chickens have been taken, a hole was dug under the coop.
    will have to clean this mess up instead before my wife gets home.

    Coronavirus stockpiling?...


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    #4840
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,442 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    Kinda curious, did they burrow out? Was it locals? Foxes? What was it?? Seriously lacking detail here MB


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    #4841
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,667 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    LollipopJimmy wrote: »
    Kinda curious, did they burrow out? Was it locals? Foxes? What was it?? Seriously lacking detail here MB

    Obviously it was Will and Kate, feckin Brits...


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    #4842
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,523 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    i was hoping to head out on the bike this afternoon, a quick spin up howth. just went out into the back garden though, and found the two chickens have been taken, a hole was dug under the coop.
    will have to clean this mess up instead before my wife gets home.

    There were at least 2 foxes in the area the other night. Could hear them on Sunday night around 12


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    #4843
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,192 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    RobFowl wrote: »
    Obviously it was Will and Kate, feckin Brits...
    Trying to shift the blame elsewhere, eh, RobFowl?


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    #4844
    silverharp
    Registered Users Posts: 18,423 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    local office park is installing some key pad bike storage , for the "nominal fee" of 1 euro you can leave your bike there for 12 hours. that would cost me over 200 euro per year so hardly nominal???. all the companies pay for parking spaces , service charges etc. maybe im a tight git but how is it fair to supply free parking with mobile security but one has to pay to park a bike safely?

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    #4845
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,853 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    I'd never heard of this before. Not sure what to say...

    https://twitter.com/SafeCyclingEire/status/1234974672669659137


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    #4846
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,995 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    I was along Stocking Lane/Kilakee/Military Road today and passed about a dozen cars in various beauty spots which had smashed windows and some with open doors. I'd occasionally see an odd one but never as many as today. Bloody scumbags! (At the gates to Kippure, 2 US tourists were parking up, presumably to go walking. I told them about the break-ins that I had passed and not to leave anything valuable in sight but I got the impression that they were suspicious of me).


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    #4847
    manafana
    Registered Users Posts: 3,484 ✭✭✭manafana


    Seems to be an increase in that sort of low value crime of late, gardai don't allocate limited resources to it.


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    #4848
    Hurrache
    Registered Users Posts: 10,233 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    They'll occasionally have targetted operations with mobile checkpoints in and around those carparks. At this time of year I doubt they happen, and probably only are high visible for a short period as a deterrent anyway.


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    #4849
    Large bottle small glass
    Registered Users Posts: 1,814 ✭✭✭Large bottle small glass


    Hurrache wrote: »
    They'll occasionally have targetted operations with mobile checkpoints in and around those carparks. At this time of year I doubt they happen, and probably only are high visible for a short period as a deterrent anyway.

    I witnessed 3 scumbags breaking into cars on a motorway exit where people car pool last month.

    Doubled back and they ran to waiting car. Got reg, photo, made a statement. Not sure if anything will come of it.

    Feral looking toerags


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    #4850
    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,382 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    https://twitter.com/cyclegaz/status/1232328628131725314


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    #4851
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,853 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Tut tut tut :D

    https://twitter.com/conoraon/status/1236614456009994240?s=19


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    #4852
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,853 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    https://twitter.com/JimsWheels/status/1237638785007063043


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    #4853
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,848 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    54kph headwind for the commute in tomorrow. Argh! Fcuk off already wind :mad:


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    #4854
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    eeeee wrote: »
    54kph headwind for the commute in tomorrow. Argh! Fcuk off already wind :mad:

    I'd be happy with just the wind in my face tomorrow and not the wind and hailstones we had today. Those hurt for the 20 seconds or so before I hopped off and took cover.


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    #4855
    daragh_
    Registered Users Posts: 3,123 ✭✭✭daragh_


    eeeee wrote: »
    54kph headwind for the commute in tomorrow. Argh! Fcuk off already wind :mad:

    It was zero craic.


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    #4856
    Plastik
    Registered Users Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭Plastik


    daragh_ wrote: »
    It was zero craic.

    It must take some resolve to get up every morning and head west. It's painful enough as a crosswind.


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    #4857
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,848 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Plastik wrote: »
    It must take some resolve to get up every morning and head west. It's painful enough as a crosswind.

    It really does.
    Increasingly so. It's ruining cycling for me :mad:


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    #4858
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,948 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    I never realised how lucky I am that all I really ever get is crosswind with the occasional headwind


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    #4859
    daragh_
    Registered Users Posts: 3,123 ✭✭✭daragh_


    eeeee wrote: »
    It really does.
    Increasingly so. It's ruining cycling for me :mad:

    Snap. It's really hard to find the motivation to do any actual training after 5 days into a headwind.


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    #4860
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,848 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    daragh_ wrote: »
    Snap. It's really hard to find the motivation to do any actual training after 5 days into a headwind.

    Yeah. I have to grit my teeth to get on my bike at the weekend. I don't know how to get around it. Cycle to work is 1 hour, public transport is 2.5 hours :eek:

    This wind has to stop soon! I fear the rain-y wind is imminent :(


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    #4861
    daragh_
    Registered Users Posts: 3,123 ✭✭✭daragh_


    eeeee wrote: »
    Yeah. I have to grit my teeth to get on my bike at the weekend. I don't know how to get around it. Cycle to work is 1 hour, public transport is 2.5 hours :eek:

    This wind has to stop soon! I fear the rain-y wind is imminent :(

    Sure we will all be on Turbos for the next month anyway :D


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