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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,511
    Evening Lumberjackers, bunny hoppers, prospective emigrants and naked crusaders.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    Hey up Pinno.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,511
    Making up for lost time tonight Bally?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    Have had withdrawal symtoms
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,511
    We all have that problem. Especially Catholics.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,511
    Allo, allo, allo! Wos going on ere then?

    Is this officially the beginning of the silly season?

    Bally in Menorca - must be loaded the sly old fox, that's the 2nd holiday abroad this year he's had.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,820
    End of this week wil, definitely be silly. I'm going on a pre BREXIT boat cruise tomorrow, should be fun.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    Pinno wrote:
    Allo, allo, allo! Wos going on ere then?

    Is this officially the beginning of the silly season?

    Bally in Menorca - must be loaded the sly old fox, that's the 2nd holiday abroad this year he's had.

    Third. 8)
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    Back now from my sabbatical. Have I missed anything???
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,511
    Only that we're out of Europe twice over. In case you missed it.

    Good hols?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    Very good. Lovely island is Menorca.
    Hope all you boys have been playing nicely.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,511
    I have always fancied Menorca. Good for families apparently. Would yo go cycling there?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    Yes. Lovely weather, lovely scenery, not too packed and light traffic.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,511
    Evening manure sniffers
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,820
    G'night :)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,511
    edited July 2016
    Do you do your Ovaltine in the microwave or on the cooker Stevo?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,201
    Pinno wrote:
    Do you do you Ovaltine in the microwave or on the cooker Stevo?

    Close - rum in the kitchen
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,820
    Gin and tonic in the fridge for me.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,201
    Wine was divine tonight
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,511
    edited July 2016
    Will you be saying that in the morning?

    Hope the weather improves.

    Can I recommend 'Elbow Grease' Citrus cleaner from Semi-Chem at a £1 a blast for degreasing bike transmissions? It's bloody brilliant and bloody cheap.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,511
    All the local mechanics are using it so i've got to get on quick on delivery day which is a Thursday.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,201
    Pinno wrote:
    Will you be saying that in the morning?

    yep :)
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    tumbleweed.gif
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,511
    Wotcha !

    Was out on bike till 9.45 blitzing myself. Then had to wrap up bike bits for ebay sale.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    Fancy Italian sh1t?
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,511
    Yup. Made a small profit.

    Just 'cos I don't ride on old dustbin lids strapped to a bit of scaffolding...
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    I may get a bike myself one day.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,511
    Ballysmate wrote:
    I may get a bike myself one day.

    Don't - it's a painful, time consuming, expensive business.

    So many headaches:

    Team kit yes or no.
    Helmet yes or no.
    Tubulars/clinchers
    Compacts, semi's and standards
    Mountain bike, mountain bike with slicks, hybrid, drop handlebar, carbon, titanium. aluminium. steel...
    Rapha or Lidl...
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    What causes you proper cyclists get a 'semi'?
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,511
    Compacts are a bit specialised in that the ratio is a leeetle too small and we don't have any really big hills in the UK. It would be difficult to race on a compact in the upper tiers - Elite, 1st and 2nd Cat. You're legs would probably come unbolted at 250 rpm. 53/39 is a little on the large side. So the semi is a compromise.
    The fact that it has been marketed at all is a sign of too much money. A compact 110 bcd can accommodate a whole plethora of chain ring options, so you can choose what C'ring you like. A standard 135 bcd has fewer c'ring options but you can go 38/51 I believe. If you have 27 at the back and you still cant pedal 38 x 27 up a hill, you're either fat or feeble or both*. If you want to go up 1 in 4's regularly for some inexplicable reason, of which there are 1 or 2, then get lift in a van. Hang on...

    Or over the age of 90.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!

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