La Flamme Rouge **off topic discussion**

Weepsie

No worries, I'm forever misplacing them and finding them

Harrybelafonte

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Folks - is it just me or is BMX for grown men and women ridiculous?

Very much just you.

CramCycle

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Folks - is it just me or is BMX for grown men and women ridiculous?

I marvel at how their knees take it, I love the fact that they are doing what I want to be doing.

magicbastarder wrote: »

cheers - will have a poke around to see if i can find mine, may prevail on your charity if not.

I found one as well if you need it drop me a pm.

dahat

Can anyone confirm if Fizik use an M5 threaded bolt for their stems?
I'm looking at Garmin faceplate mounts from JRC Components, will be very neat & tidy if they do.

buffalo

Bumper to bumper in Dublin this morning on the NCR from Jones' Road through Five Lamps into the IFSC.

I presume it's days like this that lead to people calling cyclists 'smug gits', because I passed over 200 cars on the way in that were not moving any time soon, and I felt pretty self-satisfied that my commute took the same time as usual.

LollipopJimmy

buffalo wrote: »

Bumper to bumper in Dublin this morning on the NCR from Jones' Road through Five Lamps into the IFSC.

I presume it's days like this that lead to people calling cyclists 'smug gits', because I passed over 200 cars on the way in that were not moving any time soon, and I felt pretty self-satisfied that my commute took the same time as usual.

Roads are closed around Amiens St due to a serious assault

Rechuchote

buffalo wrote: »

Bumper to bumper in Dublin this morning on the NCR from Jones' Road through Five Lamps into the IFSC.

I presume it's days like this that lead to people calling cyclists 'smug gits', because I passed over 200 cars on the way in that were not moving any time soon, and I felt pretty self-satisfied that my commute took the same time as usual.

Perhaps get your properhiviz printed with "You'd be there already if you were riding a bike"?

magicbastarder

you could have at least offered one trapped motorist a backer.

Weepsie

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Roads are closed around Amiens St due to a serious assault

I was wondering. I'm normally on a late shift Mondays, today I was in early for the first time in ages and I thought it wasn't normal

buffalo

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Roads are closed around Amiens St due to a serious assault

Aye, heard it on the news before I left the house, knew it'd be bonkers.

'Motorists are advised to use alternative routes', not 'Motorists are advised to not drive into the city'.

buffalo

Observed behaviour:
* cars stuck arseways at each junction, blocking the cycle track. Special mention to the Eir van driver on the NCR which left very little room between it and the illegally-parked keg delivery truck alongside it, so nobody could use the cycle track. He also left no room in front to return to the cycle track after going around the outside of the van.
* beeping from the second driver in a queue at Summerhill when the first driver in the queue waited for the glut of cyclists to clear before moving off... to the back of the queue of traffic on the other side of the junction
* truck driver doing a quick lane change on Portland Row with at least three cyclists in his blind spot
* driver doing illegal right-turn at five lamps
* the oncoming driver in the IFSC who refused to leave any room for filtering cyclists

Also, the fumes in the air on the NCR, ugh.

doozerie

buffalo wrote: »

Aye, heard it on the news before I left the house, knew it'd be bonkers.

'Motorists are advised to use alternative routes', not 'Motorists are advised to not drive into the city'.

"Motorists are advised to look deep into their souls, ask what am I doing with my life?, then go for a bike ride and smile!"

buffalo

Anyone know if you can change the pedals easily on a Dublin Bike?

LollipopJimmy

Why? You mean you're gonna throw on a set of spd's on?

Thud

buffalo wrote: »

Anyone know if you can change the pedals easily on a Dublin Bike?

looks like a standard crank:
https://www.just-eat.ie/blog/getting-taste-dublin-just-eat-dublinbikes/

magicbastarder

richard oakley did the WW200 on one, didn't he? i wonder if he used the standard pedals.

Doc07

buffalo wrote: »

Anyone know if you can change the pedals easily on a Dublin Bike?

You’re doing the Hillclimb on a DB!

De Bhál

https://twitter.com/nialring/status/1029106308497264642

cdaly_

De Bh107783872 wrote:

https://twitter.com/nialring/status/1029106308497264642

"No point in arguing when you're wrong"...

LollipopJimmy

I needed to make some big changes and one of those was changing employer. I handed in my notice today, moving to a competitor... I now have a month to enjoy on the bike ðŸ˜

rollingscone

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

I needed to make some big changes and one of those was changing employer. I handed in my notice today, moving to a competitor... I now have a month to enjoy on the bike ðŸ˜

Congrats. Have a second round interview myself tomorrow

magicbastarder

why did argon 18 name their company after an unusually heavy gas?
and why did they name one of their first bikes the gallium, a metal which melts below human body temperature?

Beasty

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

I needed to make some big changes and one of those was changing employer. I handed in my notice today, moving to a competitor... I now have a month to enjoy on the bike ðŸ˜

I've got to give 6 months notice:(

They've got to give me 12 mind (or pay me in lieu):D

LollipopJimmy

Beasty wrote: »

I've got to give 6 months notice:(

They've got to give me 12 mind (or pay me in lieu):D

I've got to go in tomorrow to write a handover doc and then I'm on garden leave for a month, I start the new job and 2 weeks in I'm off again for 2 weeks holiday (Well Lejog) so between now and October 11th I'm only in work for 2 weeks

Actually on the hunt for work myself having been a stay at home Dad for the last number of years and I reckon if I was a woman in the same position I'd have no issues but I'm not exactly feeling the love from recruiters I've dealt with. I get the distinct impression they see me as a hard sell. :mad:

LollipopJimmy

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Actually on the hunt for work myself having been a stay at home Dad for the last number of years and I reckon if I was a woman in the same position I'd have no issues but I'm not exactly feeling the love from recruiters I've dealt with. I get the distinct impression they see me as a hard sell. :mad:

Recruiters are scum :pac:

I'm a recruiter, happy to point you in the direction of decent peers that could help

tomasrojo

magicbastarder wrote: »

why did argon 18 name their company after an unusually heavy gas?
and why did they name one of their first bikes the gallium, a metal which melts below human body temperature?

Argon also means "the lazy one", due to its remarkable unwillingness to react with other chemicals. But it sounds kind of cool, and it glows a nice colour.

magicbastarder

i wonder why they didn't name the company uranium 238.

Thud

buffalo wrote: »

Anyone know if you can change the pedals easily on a Dublin Bike?

Had a look yesterday evening, looks like a standard 15mm pedal wrench will work

Rechuchote

Interesting piece about antique Irish bicycles, including a section on the Pierce lockout when underpaid workers joined the Transport Union

https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/irish-made-bicycles.125030/