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Rendel Harris wrote:
I wrote back to the council asking if I would face no sanction if I knocked somebody down when riding with malfunctioning brakes provided I could prove that I knew they were malfunctioning and intended to get them fixed, for some reason they never replied.78yr old hit and seriously injured by driver travelling at almost 60mph in a 40mph zone, with known faulty brakes (ABS light on), driver denies offence but found guilty. Jailed for only 2yrs 4mths, needs tougher sentences
@markandcharlie@MikeyCyclinghttps://t.co/Xt4FtFFiKL— Big Dave Cyclist™ 🚴♂️🇺🇦 (@bigdavecyclist) April 9, 2024
It doesnt really matter what your house is worth unless you are planning on selling it or getting some sort of secured loan, IMO. YMMV.I am planning on selling it within the next few years. I’m fortunate/unfortunate to live in a city with relatively low housing prices and have paid off my house. Mine has appreciated some in the ~20 years I’ve owned it, but if I move to nearly any other city it would buy maybe half of a smaller house.
…and causing a SLUMP IN HOUSE PRICES!Any time I read “slump in house prices” I try to mentally replace it with “improved housing affordability.”
Unless it’s my house, of course.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/driver-ignores-bridge-closure-signs-9196105A car crashed on the M48 Severn Bridge this afternoon after a driver foolishly ignored signs indicating that the bridge was closed. High wind speeds forced officials to close the bridge between Bristol and Wales this afternoon, Thursday, March 28, but that one driver decided that the closure did not apply to them and attempted to make the crossing anyway.
Meanwhile, in Baltimore…
Baltimore officials are in a frenzy as the Francis Scott Key Bridge has collapsed after being hit by a cargo ship. Search and rescue efforts are underway to locate people who might have fallen into the water during the collapse, and a key thoroughfare to the second busiest port on the eastern seaboard has been severed. But none of this has stopped people in cars who just need to get where they’re trying to go, no matter what.
“‘It’s lucky no one was killed’ says Malvern home owner after car ploughs into house” . Did the car plough into the house on its own?Yes, right after “it lost control.”
The DUK-W – Historic vehicle – no road tax, no MoT.What about a Waterways licence?
What is this slowing down of which you speak?Maidstone driver ‘frustrated’ after A249 pothole near Stockbury Roundabout causes £700 damage to her Nissan Qashqai
We were only travelling 50mph, as that was the speed limit through the roadworks
Looks like that car can be had with 16″, 17″, or 18″ wheels. Any bets on what she has? If she’d chosen the 215/65R16 size, she’d have spent less money, got a smoother ride, better fuel economy, and probably wouldn’t have a damaged wheel. But then it wouldn’t look as silly.
Apparently, a book recently
Apparently, a book recently came out on this topic: Breath, by James Nestor.
Grant Petersen, of Rivendell Bikes, mentions it in a few of his Blaughs from last year.
I’ve been experimenting, and yes–it’s only one person, it’s not a rigorous study, but guess what?—I don’t have a lab and this is just a blahg.. Aside from what ever longterm health advantages there are, I wonder and am still wondering about riding whilst sucking in and blowing out air thru the nostrils.
And, one of the fun deals about not racing or caring about that stuff, is that I can experiment without risking not getting my contract renewed next racing season.
I may not “care” about speed, but I ride the same rides all the time, and based on my effort level, I can tell how long it a variety of one-to-five minute climbs is going to take. On a one-minute climb, I can tell within 2 seconds. On a five-minute climb, within ten seconds, usually six. Nose breathing is new to my internal Olympic games, so after 20 years of mouth-breathing these same climbs, I started nose-breathing them just for fun.
Today, Groundhog Day, a sprint up a gradual hill that usually takes me 37 seconds, and my fastest is 35, took only 34, nose-breathing on my Atlantis with wing-widened pedals, and fully racked and bagged. I’m nose-breathing all the time now, except when I lapse. Try that book.
Central Peoria medical
Central Peoria medical building struck by a car; no one injured
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Peoria police and fire are at the scene of an incident in Central Peoria where a car apparently struck a medical building.
The collision occurred Tuesday afternoon in the 5000 block of Glen Park Place which is a dead-end street with several medical buildings including an OSF PromptCare. The building that was struck housed a rehabilitation practice.
Semone Roth of the Peoria Police Department said an older woman stepped on the gas pedal instead of her car’s brake pedal, sending the vehicle into the building. She was not injured, Roth said.
The building, Roth said, suffered minor damage. No one was injured.
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Approximate location. Not sure what business it was, but it’s mostly parking lots in this utterly car-dependent cul-de-sac of mostly medical facilities. I’ve probably been on this road three times in 25 years.
It’s about 1.3 miles from my house, but the shortest possible bike ride, drive, or even walk is 2.7 miles.
Car crashes into walls of Windsor CastleFortunately, those walls were specifically designed to shrug off people crashing cars into them.
Are they here, where the
Are they here, where the arrow is pointing? If so, I would use any of the mudguard sets that levestane lists, just rotate the P clips to fit under there. Then do some careful bending of the stays to clear the dropout.
I can’t see the US giving up their reliance on cars. It’s too ingrained in the psyche and in its physical development. Other than in a few places and for a few purposes, EVs are probably the best we can hope for in the foreseeable future.Unfortunately, true. It would take a while to either thicken up or abandon the suburban sprawl, but at the moment the average person travels nearly 40 miles a day, which is more than double what I cycle. I wouldn’t even want to do that much while still working. Transit is a non-starter. Even if the money were there, the development pattern makes it nearly impossible to provide it at a useable frequency.
I’ve heard that a lot of mechanics are not fans of Hunt wheels due to poor manufacturing quality. There are good Chinese brand options out there but it is a minefield if you don’t want to do the market research.The Parcours or even the Scribes in 38mm as mentioned are a good bet. Their logos aren’t in your face either.
I bought the Hunt Adventure Disc wheelset for a build in early 2020. I’m at just shy of 15000 miles, over 24000 km, with lots of chunky gravel rides, and haven’t even had to true them.
Drivers and their problemsMaybe whoever wrote the graffiti is calling for road tax to be reinstated so the pot holes can be repaired.
I propose that any brand new
I propose that any brand new pickup truck being registered as a work vehicle must not be permitted to leave the dealership without five minutes of scuffing up the bed with 80 grit paper on a random orbit sander.