La Flamme Rouge **off topic discussion**

magicbastarder

magicbastarder wrote: »

posting this as it's a 'friend of a friend' scenario. GoFundMe for the poor chap badly injured on his bike in clondalkin the other day.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/tony-mckeown

(background: https://www.thejournal.ie/cyclist-injured-lorry-collision-dublin-clondalkin-5188543-Aug2020/ )

already exceeded the target i see, which is a small consolation.

Harrybelafonte

eeeee wrote: »

National Track Championships are on tomorrow and Sunday, and almost the entire High Performance and Olympic teams are gonna be racing. The whole thing is gonna be live streamed: http://www.trackcycling.ie/?p=7819

Racing starts at 10 past 10 with the flying 200m (sprint qualification).
Schedule here:
http://www.trackcycling.ie/?p=7786

The sprints and the scratch are going to be great. The fastest women in the country will be riding, Kelly Murphy, Mia Griffin, Lara Gillespie - it's gonna be great!
And the sprints with Eimer McMullan, Orla Walsh, Deirbhle Ivory and Nikki Taggert, it's going to be super exciting!

I also predict Kelly Murphy will break the national outdoor record in the Individual Pursuit tomorrow.
Whoop whoop!

Streaming live on FB: https://www.facebook.com/cyclingireland/videos/1217590318599887

Eamonnator

I see that Ronan McLaughlin( Everlasting record holder) and a few other went for a spin in Donegal yesterday. He did 555kms in 17 hours and 17 minutes.
He only did 6,000 metres elevation.

manafana

Weepsie wrote: »

Wasn't there a case of a new super in Galway about 8-9 years ago, or maybe a local Judge who told all pubs and clubs that kick out time was 2am. They cracked down it for a while but realised the sh!tshow of having everyone piling out at the same time

Either way it was someone new trying to make a reputation for themselves and it kind of backfired

yeah about that, he had it out for late bars for whatever reason,

Seth Brundle

Eamonnator wrote: »

I see that Ronan McLaughlin( Everlasting record holder) and a few other went for a spin in Donegal yesterday. He did 555kms in 17 hours and 17 minutes.
He only did 6,000 metres elevation.

He must spend a fortune each month on chains!

magicbastarder

https://twitter.com/phlaimeaux/status/1299738992066334724

De Bhál

magicbastarder wrote: »

still seems unnecessarily narrow (for a two way cycle lane) given the space available. more permanent looking than the rest of the cycle lane works DCC have been undertaking recently. the kerb is a little 'organic' looking, seems to have been shaped by hand rather than by a mould.

Is it to be a two way lane?
Pretty nice off road cycle track on the other side of that stretch of road

magicbastarder

It had been my understanding that it would be. Perhaps in that stretch it's not because of the cycle path on the other side.

Thargor

Anyone know where Id get a jersey like this one in the grey and black?

https://www.alecycling.com/en/summit-maglia-manica-lunga-uomo

Theres a lot of S for sale around the place but L or XL is basically discontinued, not bothered about brand just love the look.

Idleater

Thargor wrote: »

Anyone know where Id get a jersey like this one in the grey and black?

https://www.alecycling.com/en/summit-maglia-manica-lunga-uomo

Theres a lot of S for sale around the place but L or XL is basically discontinued, not bothered about brand just love the look.

https://www.all4cycling.com/en/ale-solid-summit-jacket-black-grey-196305.html

Thargor

Thanks but only M in stock, looking for L/XL.

eeeee

eeeee wrote: »

National Track Championships are on tomorrow and Sunday, and almost the entire High Performance and Olympic teams are gonna be racing. The whole thing is gonna be live streamed: http://www.trackcycling.ie/?p=7819

Racing starts at 10 past 10 with the flying 200m (sprint qualification).
Schedule here:
http://www.trackcycling.ie/?p=7786

The sprints and the scratch are going to be great. The fastest women in the country will be riding, Kelly Murphy, Mia Griffin, Lara Gillespie - it's gonna be great!
And the sprints with Eimer McMullan, Orla Walsh, Deirbhle Ivory and Nikki Taggert, it's going to be super exciting!

I also predict Kelly Murphy will break the national outdoor record in the Individual Pursuit tomorrow.
Whoop whoop!

Did you see the news on RTE this evening? The girls got featured after the TdF stuff!!!!

eeeee

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Did you see the news on RTE this evening? The girls got featured after the TdF stuff!!!!

They did! I laughed when they used sprint footage to announce Kelly's record :pac:

You can watch back the live feed on the Facebook links. Some great action today, the pursuit ride offs and the sprints, great racing and some very close matches.
I'm looking forward to the scratch tomorrow- because I'm not riding it :pac:

eeeee

eeeee wrote: »

They did! I laughed when they used sprint footage to announce Kelly's record :pac:

You can watch back the live feed on the Facebook links. Some great action today, the pursuit ride offs and the sprints, great racing and some very close matches.
I'm looking forward to the scratch tomorrow- because I'm not riding it :pac:

It's weird seeing track outside and not on wood to me as a spectator, and our eldest thought the same lol when we were watching earlier.

Chips Lovell

Daroxtar

I just realised I should have been getting ready to cycle up the Angliru to watch the Vuelta today. Oh well

eeeee

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It's weird seeing track outside and not on wood to me as a spectator, and our eldest thought the same lol when we were watching earlier.

You'll have to bring her and yourself down for an accreditation next year and try it out
I can personally be there to welcome ye

Harrybelafonte

Deleted User wrote: »

It's weird seeing track outside and not on wood to me as a spectator, and our eldest thought the same lol when we were watching earlier.

Thing is, most of the veoldromes in the world are outdoor as can be seen in this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cycling_tracks_and_velodromes

My favourite which no longer exists is Meadowbank in Scotland which was outdoor and timber: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadowbank_Stadium

Hoy and McClean raced there, in fact Hoy's Stadium, was part of why it stopped being used, which is ironic, but understandable.

eeeee

eeeee wrote: »

National Track Championships are on tomorrow and Sunday, and almost the entire High Performance and Olympic teams are gonna be racing. The whole thing is gonna be live streamed: http://www.trackcycling.ie/?p=7819

Racing starts at 10 past 10 with the flying 200m (sprint qualification).
Schedule here:
http://www.trackcycling.ie/?p=7786

The sprints and the scratch are going to be great. The fastest women in the country will be riding, Kelly Murphy, Mia Griffin, Lara Gillespie - it's gonna be great!
And the sprints with Eimer McMullan, Orla Walsh, Deirbhle Ivory and Nikki Taggert, it's going to be super exciting!

I also predict Kelly Murphy will break the national outdoor record in the Individual Pursuit tomorrow.
Whoop whoop!

Scratch races live on these links in 45 mins!

Seth Brundle

:rolleyes:
https://twitter.com/colvilleandersn/status/1299956963762208771?s=19

at1withmyself

Small bit of useless Trivia but by some weird coincidence I am in the exact same position on the distance & elevation cycle challenges this month when filtering by country on Strava!

I normally don't check the leaderboards but as I did a lot this month I was curious, had to triple check to confirm. Now hopefully no one else uploads for the rest of the month!!!!

dinneenp

Seth Brundle wrote: »

:rolleyes:
https://twitter.com/colvilleandersn/status/1299956963762208771?s=19

ALL car ads are ridiculous. Cruising in an empty city.....

CramCycle

I like this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr5ORr7AYCg

magicbastarder

i see david o'doherty has done well on the bike collection front:

https://twitter.com/phlaimeaux/status/1300423461123354624

secman

magicbastarder wrote: »

posting this as it's a 'friend of a friend' scenario. GoFundMe for the poor chap badly injured on his bike in clondalkin the other day.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/tony-mckeown

(background: https://www.thejournal.ie/cyclist-injured-lorry-collision-dublin-clondalkin-5188543-Aug2020/ )

Had only heard about that chap in work yesterday, thanks for the link, made a donation last night.

magicbastarder

dinneenp wrote: »

ALL car ads are ridiculous. Cruising in an empty city.....

https://twitter.com/michael_hendrix/status/1296183604851212288

dinneenp

Global Cycling Network video on 'how to ride 100 miles: made easy'. Was nicely surprised to hear the route is in Ireland (near Carrisk-on-Suir- Clonmel- The Vee- Dungarven and back to start)

Seth Brundle

Cough *Rule 24* Cough

Harrybelafonte

Seth Brundle wrote: »

Cough *Rule 24* Cough

The English regard using miles as a sovereign right. Only Euro scum would use kilometres, y'know.

lennymc

Seth Brundle wrote: »

Cough *Rule 24* Cough

That's you off in isolation for 14 days....