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Everyone still watching this?
Everyone still watching this? 😉 😉felixcat wrote:notfastenough
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Frank Bruno’s punches were measured and found to be comparable to being hit by an elephant at 30mph. How many orders of magnitude do you want?I find this very difficult to believe. People hit by cars are sometimes thrown many metres. Boxers hit by another are not even knocked across the ring. If Bruno’s punch had as much kinetic energy as a car doing 30 mph he could stop it dead with his fist.
He is right enough about Bruno’s punch strength though
An oft-cited 1985 study of Frank Bruno, who’d go on to be WBC heavyweight champ, showed he could punch with a force of 920 pounds in the lab. Researchers extrapolated that to a real-life blow of 1,420 pounds, enough to accelerate his opponent’s head at a rate of 53 g — that is, 53 times the force of gravity.
The UK is behind with this
The UK is behind with this kind of thing and cycling caps. I’ve been looking into it lately with a new business idea.At £25 there or there abouts shipped from Australia, its good value 😉
No they are not watertight,
No they are not watertight, the only have water resistant exteriorIt was just an example of how
It was just an example of how a helmet does not protect your whole body.Its a nasty injury aswell. So I thought people might like seeing it, seems to be strangely popular on the tube 😉
Raleigh’s turn again today.
Raleigh’s turn again today. I’m hoping that one of us lot wins, I would really love to get a new camera :BRon Swan does great one’s,
Ron Swan does great one’s, but they come from Australiahttp://www.rondswan.com/products.php?p=30&desc=Ron-D-Swan-Musette-Lightweight-Canvas-Cycling-Bag
Or as above, the il soigneur’s. Here’s it in bright yellow
http://www.alwaysriding.co.uk/il-soigneur-coated-cotton-cycling-musette-1360.html
Saved by a helmet twice
Gkam 84,Please take the test yourself and don’t wear a helmet and get rear ended (like me) by a sedan going at 50 mph.
I think your opinion days will be over.
Please don’t expect society to take care of you either.I bet you smoke cigarettes too.
SO you say you believe in free choice, but when we explain our choice, you slam it and say things like this.
Maybe your helmet has caused unknown damages.
As I stated before, I do some cigarettes. I have also been rear ended at high speed, as I documented on here. I was no wearing a helmet either.
I don’t know how it works in the US, but here in the UK, we do take care of society, if something happened because of an accident, people are taken care of, whether that be by the NHS, friends and family, care workers…..etc
We look after our own no matter what happens to them, their own doing or not. SO please take your narrow minded views somewhere else.
As bikeboy said, its not just
As bikeboy said, its not just covering potholes. Its the full road surface thats being replaced here.I would have no problem if it was just a temporary fix for potholes until such times as the full surface got replaced, but its now the case.
The only road that we have which is tar, is a tiny section where the council tarred because the Queen was visiting to open a plaque.
I have a helmet, there are
I have a helmet, there are only two reason’s I wear it, if I got to an event where you HAVE to wear it or if i’m off the roads and doing the local paths on my cross bike. Because they are shared use paths, I am never at high speeds and I can see the dangers of tree stumps and things if I was to come off.On the road, I simply don’t see ANY benefit to wearing one. Apart from the steepest of hills, I am never travelling in the 12-15mph range that helmets are designed for.
If I am hit by a car AGAIN, then a helmet is not going to do anything apart from save me going bald with scars.
If you think being knocked down by a car from your bike is going to cause any less damage to your brain by wearing a helmet, then good on you. But the fact is, there is no proof to this, just anecdotal evidence.
I feel that if I am stuck again, some foam around my skull is going to do nothing, I might aswell wear some bubble wrap, it works protecting things in the post…..
The last couple of years
The last couple of years Scotland’s had great snow comparable to major ski resorts on the continent.Aviemore is alright, but I stick to the Lecht and Glenshee because its only a few miles either way 😉
stumps wrote:Dont know if
Dont know if anyone else thought this but he always seemed either pissed or drugged when interviewed :/I’m glad I wasn’t the only one, whenever I saw him, I couldn’t help but think of Bez from the Happy Mondays 👿
I’m sure that one of the
I’m sure that one of the reviewers would be more than happy to read and review your book. It does look interesting.Drop the owners a line at info@road.cc and i’m sure they will help you out 😉
Start with a story that will
Start with a story that will cause mixed opinions and open up discussions, then try to spark more debate by carrying on and making points about seatbelts…..Then as the comments stop coming in, reveal that you have written a book all about your cycling travels and not just 1 but 5.
I like it, very clever and I am not trying to take anything away from the helmet debate either. I think its a very valid debate that needs scientists behind it.
You could have just sent one of the reviewers for the site a copy of your book and good a nice review out of it 😉
But I doubt you need reviews having won a 2012 IPPY (Independent Publishers) Gold Medal Award :B
He doesn’t need another
He doesn’t need another job…..http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/20113671
Sky said Yates’s decision was not related to doping, despite the team’s zero-tolerance approach to drugs.Yates added: “I realise the timing of my retirement will lead to speculation but I can walk away with my head high knowing I have done nothing wrong.”
BULLS**T…..He’s a former doper, his decision to retire most likely gives him full entitlement to a company pension and benefits….If he had stayed out and was outed, he’d lose everything.
