La Flamme Rouge **off topic discussion**

lennymc

i enjoyed Kirby's book on audio also. I don't think he is as bad as people make out - i like him and his random waffling.

Captain Havoc

dinneenp wrote: »

Thanks. Any other good cycling audio books to recommend?
I listened to Faster
These could be good-
Obsessive-Compulsive-Cycling-Disorder

Pro cycling on $10 a day

Gerraint Thomas has two easy books called The World of Cycling according to G and The Tour de France According to G, which I enjoyed. I just finished The Mountains According to G, which I didn't think was great. I've gone through others, which I largely don't remember, the only one that stands out is The Secret Race by Tyler Hamilton. There's one on my wish list that has potential called 3 weeks, 6 seconds, or something like that which is about the '89 TdF. I've read Fignon's autobiography, which I loved, so I'm looking forward to listening to that book.

loyatemu

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Gerraint Thomas has two easy books called The World of Cycling according to G and The Tour de France According to G, which I enjoyed. I just finished The Mountains According to G, which I didn't think was great. I've gone through others, which I largely don't remember, the only one that stands out is The Secret Race by Tyler Hamilton. There's one on my wish list that has potential called 3 weeks, 6 seconds, or something like that which is about the '89 TdF. I've read Fignon's autobiography, which I loved, so I'm looking forward to listening to that book.

reading Hamiltons book at the moment, it's a real page-turner, but pretty depressing at the same time.

magicbastarder

https://twitter.com/EamonRyan/status/1376486799577653249

Seth Brundle

magicbastarder wrote: »

https://twitter.com/EamonRyan/status/1376486799577653249

I'm guessing that there are no specific criteria or standards on how that money can be spent and a lot of it will go towards road resurfacing and the like.

tomasrojo

Seth Brundle wrote: »

I'm guessing that there are no specific criteria or standards on how that money can be spent and a lot of it will go towards road resurfacing and the like.

Yeah, this has happened already, hasn't it? I'm living in hope though, perhaps naively.

68 lost souls

magicbastarder wrote: »

don't know if it was mentioned elsewhere here, but ronan mclaughlin lost his crown a few days ago:

https://www.bicycling.com/news/a34274226/sean-gardner-sets-sub-seven-hour-everesting-record/

And he has taken it back again! 6:40

68 lost souls

68 lost souls wrote: »

And he has taken it back again! 6:40

https://cyclingtips.com/2021/03/ronan-mc-laughlin-has-smashed-the-everesting-record-in-6-hours-40-minutes/

Had a tyre blow on him so could have been even faster!!!!

“It happened on the descent as I was accelerating away from the top turnaround, while I was super-tucking,” he said. “For a second I thought I was a goner but I somehow held it up. The bike was like a bucking bull as I was fighting to get it slowed down. At one point I considered crashing myself into the ditch rather than risking hitting the tar. But ultimately I limped it down the remainder of the descent to the bottom turn where I had a spare bike sitting.”

magicbastarder

umm..
"We sent a video crew along for the attempt, keep an eye out for the film this week. "
is this something that can be authorised?

dahat

Good news this week, my wife & I will both be vaccinated within a week of each other. Honestly I’m surprised we got called so early.

magicbastarder

magicbastarder wrote: »

umm..
"We sent a video crew along for the attempt, keep an eye out for the film this week. "
is this something that can be authorised?

Looking at the pictures you'd wonder if Donegal CC surfaced that road for the attempt too. Last time I was in Wicklow Donegal the roads weren't that smooth looking.

wheelo01

dahat wrote: »

Good news this week, my wife & I will both be vaccinated within a week of each other. Honestly I’m surprised we got called so early.

Teachers in Wicklow, by chance? Lol

I'm glad for others that are getting it, but I am in grouping 10 of 14, so wont be getting it until 2043 or so. The wife works in James hospital, got it already,.

Wishbone Ash

Deleted User wrote: »

Looking at the pictures you'd wonder if Donegal CC surfaced that road for the attempt too. Last time I was in Wicklow Donegal the roads weren't that smooth looking.

It looks like there's a beautiful layer of tarmac on it. That's the southern side of the Gap of Mamore and normally has a chipped surface. I suspect he took the opportunity after seeing it resurfaced rather than Donegal CC doing it for him. (That road is way steeper than it looks on camera).

ednwireland

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

It looks like there's a beautiful layer of tarmac on it. That's the southern side of the Gap of Mamore and normally has a chipped surface. I suspect he took the opportunity after seeing it resurfaced rather than Donegal CC doing it for him. (That road is way steeper than it looks on camera).

was up there a couple of years ago and it was pretty good then , now to get Donegal cc to fix the other roads (my lanes destroyed after last winter) not sure about group riding with the state of the roads up here :rolleyes:

Does this class as an elite level event then ?

dahat

wheelo01 wrote: »

Teachers in Wicklow, by chance? Lol

I'm glad for others that are getting it, but I am in grouping 10 of 14, so wont be getting it until 2043 or so. The wife works in James hospital, got it already,.

I was in 7 originally but reassigned to 4 due to being medically at risk due to a few meds i'm on. As for my wife i'm not sure why, only that it is to protect me maybe?

eeeee

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magicbastarder

Seth Brundle wrote: »

I'm guessing that there are no specific criteria or standards on how that money can be spent and a lot of it will go towards road resurfacing and the like.

https://twitter.com/LimerickCycling/status/1376841579663593474

wheelo01

dahat wrote: »

I was in 7 originally but reassigned to 4 due to being medically at risk due to a few meds i'm on. As for my wife i'm not sure why, only that it is to protect me maybe?

With the introduction of the age only qualifier introduced today - I end up in group 10 of 14 - feckin swizz. Apparently it now doesn't matter what you do for work, it only matters what age you are.

Neighbours got done today, delighted for them. Set of them coming up the road with ice cream cones on the way home

cletus

How do you know what the groups are, or which one you're in?

Seth Brundle

https://www2.hse.ie/screening-and-vaccinations/covid-19-vaccine/rollout/rollout.html

LollipopJimmy

wheelo01 wrote: »

With the introduction of the age only qualifier introduced today - I end up in group 10 of 14 - feckin swizz. Apparently it now doesn't matter what you do for work, it only matters what age you are.

The decision taken to move to age is probably the correct one. PITA for some industries who are genuinely at risk but Trade Unions for pretty much everybody was calling to be done first. If volumes come as they say they are going to then there won't be a major problem anyway

loyatemu

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

The decision taken to move to age is probably the correct one. PITA for some industries who are genuinely at risk but Trade Unions for pretty much everybody was calling to be done first. If volumes come as they say they are going to then there won't be a major problem anyway

it was going to get horrendously complicated figuring out the different bands and would have slowed down the rollout just as vaccine deliveries were ramping up.

However I have sympathy for the teachers unions' complaints - they're clearly at a higher risk given the number of kids they're going to be in contact with every day, in often badly-ventilated buildings; and are an easily identifiable and reachable large group of workers.

LollipopJimmy

loyatemu wrote: »

it was going to get horrendously complicated figuring out the different bands and would have slowed down the rollout just as vaccine deliveries were ramping up.

However I have sympathy for the teachers unions' complaints - they're clearly at a higher risk given the number of kids they're going to be in contact with every day, in often badly-ventilated buildings; and are an easily identifiable and reachable large group of workers.

I get it I really do, but the other side of it is this group is unlikely to be vaccinated before they are due to go on their summer break (2nd dose + 2 weeks for effectiveness)

Fighting Tao

The change of groups will might make that stupidly inaccurate online vaccine calculator more accurate

eeeee

Aw man I hope not - my vaccination date is in 2023 on that online calculator thingy!

Seth Brundle

Tried that calculator there and I think I'm up anytime from April 21st :cool:

LollipopJimmy

eeeee wrote: »

Aw man I hope not - my vaccination date is in 2023 on that online calculator thingy!

I havent done it, please tell me you're 12 or something

wheelo01

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

The decision taken to move to age is probably the correct one. PITA for some industries who are genuinely at risk but Trade Unions for pretty much everybody was calling to be done first. If volumes come as they say they are going to then there won't be a major problem anyway

Bus drivers were in group 10 of 14 anyway, but I think the chances are, the 9 above me would have been smaller groups.

I have no faith in the huge rollout of vaccines promised, I'm just glad I have city boundaries from Monday week, it might just keep me sane.

Eamonnator

I think, I'll be due my vaccine, when I hit 70, towards the end of May.
A year ago I didn't think I'd be looking forward so much to the day.