La Flamme Rouge off topic discussion

P_1 · 14-07-2018 10:11am

So this happened a year ago today

koutoubia · 14-07-2018 10:30am

Weepsie wrote:

When are you thinking? I can recommend Cascais in Portugal. Beach in the center of the town pretty much and another a short bus trip away. The cycle up to Sintra however is otherworldly. Could be 30 degrees and sunny and a fog descends.

Am currently on holiday here in Cascais with no bike. A full holiday of R and R was needed.
Deffo plan on coming back with the bike in late Feb or March for a winter training week.
A long coastal stretch or what looks lovely like some lovely roads up into Sierra de Sintra.
Avg winter temperatures for Feb/March daytime don't seem to dip below 10.

ford2600 · 14-07-2018 10:45am

koutoubia wrote: »

Am currently on holiday here in Cascais with no bike. A full holiday of R and R was needed.
Deffo plan on coming back with the bike in late Feb or March for a winter training week.
A long coastal stretch or what looks lovely like some lovely roads up into Sierra de Sintra.
Avg winter temperatures for Feb/March daytime don't seem to dip below 10.

Gelateria Italiana FABIO LUPI

Av. Valbom 10A, 2750-508 Cascais, Portugal
+351 21 483 9775 https://g.co/kgs/sAZUT9

Enjoy sorry about the extra kg or two

RobFowl · 14-07-2018 12:28pm

koutoubia wrote: »

Am currently on holiday here in Cascais with no bike.

A holiday with no bike is just a trip

Weepsie · 14-07-2018 1:38pm

Don't bother with Conceito Food Store. A load of arae. Tasty food, but not worth the hassle and you leave hungrier than you arrived

LollipopJimmy · 14-07-2018 4:11pm

I just want to say thanks for all the words this week to you guys n gals. I've taken a few giant leaps the last few days including taking some a couple of days out of work. The biggest issue is bottling things up and I'm working on that...

Just having a post spin pint, admiring my bike across the bar... might go and chat her up!

Luxman · 14-07-2018 8:02pm

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

I just want to say thanks for all the words this week to you guys n gals. I've taken a few giant leaps the last few days including taking some a couple of days out of work. The biggest issue is bottling things up and I'm working on that...

Just having a post spin pint, admiring my bike across the bar... might go and chat her up!

Her name is Scott (if I remember). #cryinggame

magicbastarder · 14-07-2018 8:25pm

he said giant leaps, he's obviously already abandoned the scott.

Weepsie · 15-07-2018 3:42pm

Anyone ever had wheels through DPD or parcel motel have an idea of cost? Comes well under their limit weight wise, but wheel box will be well above their dimensions I imagine

CramCycle · 15-07-2018 4:21pm

Weepsie wrote: »

Anyone ever had wheels through DPD or parcel motel have an idea of cost? Comes well under their limit weight wise, but wheel box will be well above their dimensions I imagine

You'll either have to collect from the depot or pay for delivery put. Parcel motel is buy dimensional weight, so it doesn't matter how light it is, you pay by size, so depends on the box size.

Weepsie · 15-07-2018 5:45pm

CramCycle wrote: »

You'll either have to collect from the depot or pay for delivery put. Parcel motel is buy dimensional weight, so it doesn't matter how light it is, you pay by size, so depends on the box size.

I realised that after I posted. There's a charge over 10kg too though.

Box would be about 30x30x12 I guess in inches so apparently 15 euro. I'm near their depot too

manafana · 15-07-2018 6:41pm

Weepsie wrote: »

I realised that after I posted. There's a charge over 10kg too though.

Box would be about 30x30x12 I guess in inches so apparently 15 euro. I'm near their depot too

post office have their own form of this too, and you collect from your selected post office

Fighting Tao · 15-07-2018 6:59pm

manafana wrote: »

post office have their own form of this too, and you collect from your selected post office

Or a depot if it’s oversize which I divorce wheels would be. Picking it up from the depot costs €25.

eeeee · 15-07-2018 7:02pm

The roads are greasy and horrible out, but the smell of the trees is amazing. There's a eucalyptus tree out near me and it smells amazing right now.

koutoubia · 15-07-2018 7:12pm

Weepsie wrote: »

Anyone ever had wheels through DPD or parcel motel have an idea of cost? Comes well under their limit weight wise, but wheel box will be well above their dimensions I imagine

I got a set of wheels not so long ago from the UK through Parcel Motel.
Picked them up in their Finglas depot and I believe the charge was a tenner or so.

ford2600 · 15-07-2018 8:26pm

nee wrote: »

The roads are greasy and horrible out, but the smell of the trees is amazing. There's a eucalyptus tree out near me and it smells amazing right now.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-makes-rain-smell-so-good-13806085/

magicbastarder · 15-07-2018 8:36pm

we have one of these. it (quite literally) does what it says on the tin.

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/123174861178?clk_rvr_id=1598844481752&vectorid=229543&lgeo=1&item=123174861178&rmvSB=true

Lusk_Doyle · 15-07-2018 8:48pm

nee wrote: »

The roads are greasy and horrible out, but the smell of the trees is amazing. There's a eucalyptus tree out near me and it smells amazing right now.

What does it smell like? Strawberries?

eeeee · 15-07-2018 8:53pm

ford2600 wrote: »

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-makes-rain-smell-so-good-13806085/

magicbastarder wrote: »

we have one of these. it (quite literally) does what it says on the tin.

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/123174861178?clk_rvr_id=1598844481752&vectorid=229543&lgeo=1&item=123174861178&rmvSB=true

Oh now that's really interesting. It's an actual thing!

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

What does it smell like? Strawberries?

Mi...Lemon sherbet. Weirdest thing :P

magicbastarder · 15-07-2018 9:36pm

nee wrote: »

Oh now that's really interesting. It's an actual thing!

random shoehorning of a friend's music into the thread:

https://colinjmorris.bandcamp.com/album/petrichor

16-07-2018 3:31pm

Can anyone recommend a bike shop in South Dublin with a good selection of road cycling shoes?

ED E · 16-07-2018 6:05pm

ronoc wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a bike shop in South Dublin with a good selection of road cycling shoes?

Cycle Superstore? (South/West Dublin).

tomasrojo · 17-07-2018 5:16pm

"Don't get into shouting matches with motorists"
http://www.rsa.ie/RSA/Pedestrians-and-Cyclists/Cycling-safety/

Versus:
"Drivers, keep your eyes on the road and your mouth shut"
https://www.outsideonline.com/2326781/keep-your-eyes-road-and-your-mouth-shut

tomasrojo · 17-07-2018 5:23pm

(I got the criticism-inside-a-compliment "thank you for stopping" from a pedestrian just last week.)

Idleater · 17-07-2018 7:55pm

tomasrojo wrote: »

(I got the criticism-inside-a-compliment "thank you for stopping" from a pedestrian just last week.)

Is that the same as the car driver motioning you to cross when you have a green light and they're parked across the crossing?

tomasrojo · 17-07-2018 8:04pm

Idleater wrote: »

Is that the same as the car driver motioning you to cross when you have a green light and they're parked across the crossing?

In my case, I stopped for a red traffic light/green man. A pedestrian paused after crossing to say to me "wow, you stopped". I was a bit confused, so she elaborated: "Very few cyclists stop." I just said: "I always stop, don't worry about it", and hadn't thought about it again until I read that Eben Weiss article.

CramCycle · 17-07-2018 9:59pm

Its funny how comments are passed when a cyclist stops but every evening I see pedestrians waiting on a green man as the last few cars roll through. Rare it even gets a reaction.