Sport… if winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
This is a great cycle lane from the UK. Courtesy of velorution:
I can understand Andrea’s point about the fraud and missing money, but nevermind that stuff. Just think Andrea, this is the kind of bullsh!t that cyclists in Ireland are required by law to use! What a f’cking joke!
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Light and Motion Arc NiMH
Overall Rating: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Brightness: 10/10
Battery life: 7/10
Cost: 308 euros - $404 USD
I wanted a decent bike light for a while now, for winter commutes, evening trail riding, and for a couple of long distance day-trips so I can start early and continue late.
After a lot of review reading on [...]
Showing the weakness of the IRB ranking algorithm:
(1) NEW ZEALAND 94.59
(2) FRANCE 85.94
(4) Ranking Climber AUSTRALIA 85.55
(5) Ranking Climber SOUTH AFRICA 84.71
(3) Ranking Faller IRELAND 84.68
South Africa and Australia have climbed above Ireland owing to to the Ireland vs Pacific Islands game not being counted as a ranking Test International:
Australia’s thumping 44-15 victory over Scotland at Murrayfield secured only the second victory of the autumn [...]
I’ve been quiet this week on cycling, haven’t been out all that much. I did some minor work on the Cross Check… I installed the (wired) VDO C4 computer, we’ll see how that goes. I must admit I got lazy with measurement - I reckon my Randonneur 700×28s are close enough to 2138mm that I [...]
Ireland 61-17 Pacific Islands
A nice 8 try to 3 victory for Ireland’s last International in the old Lansdowne Road stadium in front of 43,000. The game was messy at times, with the Islanders showing some of their individual class, but they found it hard to deal with such a confident Irish side. Particularly impressive were [...]
I left work late, around 7.30pm and decided that I wanted to test both my fitness (my back seems greatly improved now) and my new toy - L&M ARC NiMH HID light :) Here are some observations related to my cycle trip home this evening.
Dublin is windy. Dublin, along the coast, in late November, at [...]