Jaysus cycling! (7 Viewers)

[chris d]

fairly apeshit out there alright. bachelors walk is normally busy, but today it was just a traffic jam. until i got past a bus that was trying to merge right and i had the entire lane to myself. those johnny car drivers were merk'd!

 

[Space]

Serious bargains to be got, finishes at 12.00.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Offers.aspx?Offer=2&SortBy=salesrank

 

[chris d]

some interesting ladies lycra bargains there.

 

[magicbastarder]

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[7 - No tomorrow]

It's the fat slapper in the pant suit that should be biking to work.

 

[oh shit]

the way he just gets up and says 'both of you in the wrong' is fucking amazing. i would have been going absolutely apoplectic

 

[ann post]

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...galway-cycle-path-16210923.html#ixzz27EEBdBP3

cool.

 

[magicbastarder]

i just caught the last 20 minutes of the documentary on the ras on TG4. i'd never heard of the batshit nationalist history of it. the olympics protest was like a bad monty python sketch.

 

[rettucs]

i just caught the last 20 minutes of the documentary on the ras on TG4. i'd never heard of the batshit nationalist history of it. the olympics protest was like a bad monty python sketch.

It was a great program. I knew about the split and the 2 different organisations and that they hated each other. I read that book on Shay Elliot book which detailed some of it - not the IRA shit, or that Olympics shit. I was amazed that Elliot's name wasn't even mentioned in the program, he being a defector from the Ras crowd to the non-Ras crowd.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...galway-cycle-path-16210923.html#ixzz27EEBdBP3

cool.

Yes, cool.

If it ever happens.

 

[Ferox13]

Going to buy and a new bike and jump back in the saddle after over15 years..

Problem is I don't have a clue about buying a bike.
I can't even make my mind up between Hybrid or Mountain. I like the look of MBs but are they alot heavier - the bike will be mostly just city cycling so is a mountain bike a silly idea.
I was going to spend about €350 - can I get a bike thats not complete shit for this. I don't want to go higher as I'm afraid I'm cycle for 2 weeks realise I can't handle the traffic/effort etc
and never use it again.

I was going to pop down to EuroCycles on Long Mile Road tomorrow and see whats available.

Any opinions/tips etc would be great - Thanks guys.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Get along to a local bike shop and pick up something second hand,you should get something relatively cheap and in decent condition.
I suspect anything you get from eurocycles will be cheap and cheerful with loads of unnecessary bells and whistles and will fall apart in no time.

 

[Jill Hives]

I've been thinking about getting a bike again too, now that I live somewhere where I can bring it inside. Every bike I have ever owned has been stolen so I don't want to spend a fortune on something. I walk everywhere but on the weekends it would be nice to have a bike to go for an extended journey to get out of my 2 mile radius that I normally inhabit.

 

[rettucs]

Going to buy and a new bike and jump back in the saddle after over15 years..

Problem is I don't have a clue about buying a bike.
I can't even make my mind up between Hybrid or Mountain. I like the look of MBs but are they alot heavier - the bike will be mostly just city cycling so is a mountain bike a silly idea.
I was going to spend about €350 - can I get a bike thats not complete shit for this. I don't want to go higher as I'm afraid I'm cycle for 2 weeks realise I can't handle the traffic/effort etc
and never use it again.

I was going to pop down to EuroCycles on Long Mile Road tomorrow and see whats available.

Any opinions/tips etc would be great - Thanks guys.

Eurocycles will be grand

I'd say go for a hybrid. Mountain bikes are too much of a slog.

and get a couple of good locks.

 

[Ferox13]

Eurocycles will be grand

I'd say go for a hybrid. Mountain bikes are too much of a slog.

and get a couple of good locks.

Thanks - i will try pop in tomorrow see what they have..

 

[RayRay]

I think i have to get away from the fixie. My knees are massive and lately, for some unknown reason, drivers, pedestrians and other cyclists have been lunatics and i fear for my safety. I've been slowing up to try anticipate what these fuckers are gonna do!!!

 

[rettucs]

I think i have to get away from the fixie. My knees are massive and lately, for some unknown reason, drivers, pedestrians and other cyclists have been lunatics and i fear for my safety. I've been slowing up to try anticipate what these fuckers are gonna do!!!

is it not a flip-flop hub? Can you not just swap over to the freehub?

also, get brakes if you don't have any.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

http://news.yahoo.com/cardboard-bicycle-change-world-says-israeli-inventor-090732689.html

 

[Ferox13]

Got a raleigh airlite Hybrid from Eurocycles. It seemed the best in my price range (it was €279 which also claimed to be 50%off but who knows). Didn't get much use out of it yet as I am away for a week.

Still need to pick up a helmet - Eurocycles didn't have one in black that would fit my noggin. Is there anywhere around town that you could recommend. I want one of those 'bmx' styled ones (i think thats what they are called - just not the aerodynamic type). Is €45 about the right price for one?

 

[rettucs]

Got a raleigh airlite Hybrid from Eurocycles. It seemed the best in my price range (it was €279 which also claimed to be 50%off but who knows). Didn't get much use out of it yet as I am away for a week.

Still need to pick up a helmet - Eurocycles didn't have one in black that would fit my noggin. Is there anywhere around town that you could recommend. I want one of those 'bmx' styled ones (i think thats what they are called - just not the aerodynamic type). Is €45 about the right price for one?

get one here

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Categories.aspx?CategoryID=1953

they're great to deal with and you'll have it in 2/3 days max.