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November 26, 2025 at 8:06 pm in reply to: The Reform Party and the UK’s lurch towards fascism #1183155
andystow
“are we the baddies?”
“are we the baddies?”

andystow
I don’t have a power meter on
I don’t have a power meter on any of my bikes, and Strava’s estimates don’t correlate at all with my heart rate or perceived effort.
andystow
Looks like I’m right around
Looks like I’m right around the top of the bell curve, meaning average, for men 50-60 years old, or even 40-50, based on the numbers from Trainer Road.
That curve will skew high, because it will be a self-selected group of cyclists “serious” enough to use Trainer Road.
andystow
I wouldn’t mind doing it once
I wouldn’t mind doing it once a year, as long as I can go home and shower afterwards.
andystow
(photo)
(photo)

andystow
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andystow
Bad crash near me, five
Bad crash near me, five hospitalised after three vehicle crash.
That looks like a lot of damage for a posted 30 MPH road! The grey bricks on the right side of the photo are a bike lane which is in no way protected from this crap. I use it occasionally, and have a couple of friends who use it nearly every day.
It sunk relative to the roadway after construction, so there’s a lip on the side now which had made me crash once. A friend crashed on it and had a massive lump around his eye despite wearing a helmet.
Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/3eUZcwN1fdBYBjYv5

andystow
Oh, what a surprise! Speeding
Oh, what a surprise! Speeding and ran a red light.
andystow
The alt-text:
The alt-text:
‘They really shouldn’t let those small cars drive in traffic. I worry I’m going to kill someone if I hit one! They should have to drive on the sidewalk, safely out of the way.’
andystow
November 11, 2025 at 6:29 pm in reply to: The Reform Party and the UK’s lurch towards fascism #1182851
andystow
chrisonabike wrote:
chrisonabike wrote:It was probably the ambiguous title which made them think it might have something to do with CdA, headset design or socks…The Rouleur Party and the UK’s lurch towards fixed gear.
andystow
I get it, but this would also
I get it, but this would also hold true for something that was a public good, like fire brigades.
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 pm in reply to: The Reform Party and the UK’s lurch towards fascism #1182717
andystow
chrisonabike wrote:
chrisonabike wrote:…in the UK no sane individual would try to drive a Canta-sized vehicle about on the roads…So all the motorcyclists are crazy?
October 21, 2025 at 11:53 pm in reply to: Three-wheeled electric bikes which ones are decent? #1157155
andystow
This is the one he got.
This is the one he got.
andystow
Gold isn’t nearly strong
Gold isn’t nearly strong enough to make a 5 kg frame. It’s about 2.5 times denser than steel.
Take a relatively light steel frameset… 1.8 kg.
Double all the wall thicknesses to account for gold having roughly half the Young’s modulus and yield strength.
Multiply by the density ratio.1.8 kg x 2 x 2.5 = 9 kg.
At $135/g, $1.2 million.
At £100/g, £900k.
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