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The U.S. seems to be
The U.S. seems to be completely dependent on motor vehicles and it seems that they’re willing to sacrifice people (19?!) to their new god.
Maybe they’ll blame the collision on the 18 year old playing GTA at some point – seems to be their modus operandi.
(Didn’t watch the dashcam due to the warning)
I think it is no coincidence that in the Shimano site, you cannot download the windows 10 3.4.4 version at the moment, the site errors. Hopefully they are going to release a new version. hawkinspeter, what verison of the E-Tube app are you using please?It’s currently 3.4.4 so I guess the reason it’s working for me is that I had a previous version working.
I’ll take the acedotal evidence every time because strangely enough we don’t here from the people hitting their heads sans helmet and then saying ‘I was fine.’ Please come forward if this is you.Please don’t conflate being pro-helmet to being pro-complusion, I still ride to the shop was just a cap.
I’ve come off only a handful of times and as I remember I was wearing a helmet for most of those, but I’ve never hit my head coming off a bike. Most of my offs were due to extra slippery conditions (the old CheeseGrater bridge, black ice etc) though I did a nice one whilst borrowing my wife’s (then girlfriend) bike and had the chain jump off as I was doing some serious acceleration away from lights – managed to tear a little chunk from a finger. I’ve done a couple of sideways slides into vehicles with no damage sustained and twice had a vehicle clip my rear wheel though neither time did I come off.
As a slight aside, I’ve come off hundreds of times whilst riding a unicycle (never wore any protection whilst riding one) and only once had any injury – I was experimenting with toe-clips and as I ducked underneath an overhanging willow tree, I hit the lamppost that was hiding there. I didn’t get my feet free to do a controlled “step-off”, so I ended up taking the fall onto my outstretched hand which did something nasty to my wrist – couldn’t take any weight on it for a couple of months.
On the flip side, I’ve hit overhanging branches with my helmet a couple of times and was glad of the protection, though that would have just been an ‘ow’ rather than a concussion etc.
So in conclusion, I don’t see much benefit in a helmet though I always wear one now (the wife gets anxious if I don’t). Gloves, on the other hand, have definitely saved me some skin.
That does sound like your
That does sound like your helmet did its job correctly. I’m always more suspicious when the helmet cracks in two as that makes me think that it didn’t absorb much impact energy whereas others will claim it shows how effective the helmet was.
It’s easy to upload a picture if you comment on this thread – you should see the “browse” and “upload” buttons underneath your comment. It’s trickier to upload a picture when you start a forum thread – it is possible, but can’t remember the details.
I just checked mine again.
I just checked mine again. Ran Windows Update to ensure I was on the latest version (there wasn’t anything to install) and then started up E-Tube. It found a newer version, so I got that installed and it was fine starting up. I didn’t bother connecting the Shimano charger to it – I just tested whether the app started or not.
Not had a problem with it
Not had a problem with it myself on Windows 10.
Try completely uninstalling it and re-installing it again. (If you’ve already tried that, you could go on a hunt through the registry for items to delete, but it’s quite easy to hose your OS doing that.)
The deepest flood I’ve
The deepest flood I’ve attempted was just over my bottom bracket, so no chance of keeping my feet dry. I thought I could build up some speed and just sail through it with my feet off the pedals, but it’s surprising just how much deep water slows you down.
My tip is to aim for the middle of the road (assuming no other traffic can navigate the deep water) and thus avoid any drains or potholes. It’s usually less deep in the middle of the road.
Listen, don’t mention the
Listen, don’t mention the helmets.
I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it all right.
Luca Patrono wrote:
A good old fashioned helmet argument you say? Well, I was definitely glad for mine two days ago when my left foot came unclipped on a hill start, shot into the front wheel and trashed a good few spokes before one wedged itself between sole and cleat, pushing my foot into the fork and making me do a rather embarrassing flip onto my head and shoulders in the middle of Ilkley. That’s all I’ll say :^)Look, until you’ve got a graph of foot/spoke collisions and correlations with SPD vs SPD-SL cleats, we’re not interested.
Check the chainring bolts.
Check the chainring bolts.
First, here’s a non-amp version of that link: https://road.cc/content/news/255946-professor-likens-anti-helmet-advocates-climate-change-deniersNow, in terms of conspiracy theories, I can see the connections between someone not going along with the mainstream climate change theory and someone not agreeing with the mainstream helmets save lives theory. However, I think there’s a substantial difference between the two.
As a very broad simplification, climate change theory is largely backed by statistical evidence and a typical denier would use anecdotes such as “it was raining on Wednesday, so it’s not getting warmer”. Helmet sceptics however want to see good quality statistical evidence on the effect that helmets have and helmet advocates typically rely on anecdotes e.g. “that helmet definitely saved their life”.
Personally, I like to think of myself as very open minded and my current position is that climate change is happening and is mainly caused by human activity and helmets provide very limited protection and should not be used as any part of a cycle safety scheme due to the risk compensation effects etc.
Now, let’s get down to a good old fashioned helmet argument.
you’re out of touch with the zeitgeist and will probably be lynched by straw-sucking peasants who’ve had enough of experts telling them things they don’t want to hear.
I know, right?
I also detest reality TV (it’s just an easy, cheap and lazy way of producing content) and really hate the ‘cult of personality’ that seems to be popular (I suspect that it’s always been popular).
Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn’t there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who’s to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you’re looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn’t be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense.
First, here’s a non-amp
First, here’s a non-amp version of that link: https://road.cc/content/news/255946-professor-likens-anti-helmet-advocates-climate-change-deniers
Now, in terms of conspiracy theories, I can see the connections between someone not going along with the mainstream climate change theory and someone not agreeing with the mainstream helmets save lives theory. However, I think there’s a substantial difference between the two.
As a very broad simplification, climate change theory is largely backed by statistical evidence and a typical denier would use anecdotes such as “it was raining on Wednesday, so it’s not getting warmer”. Helmet sceptics however want to see good quality statistical evidence on the effect that helmets have and helmet advocates typically rely on anecdotes e.g. “that helmet definitely saved their life”.
Personally, I like to think of myself as very open minded and my current position is that climate change is happening and is mainly caused by human activity and helmets provide very limited protection and should not be used as any part of a cycle safety scheme due to the risk compensation effects etc.
Now, let’s get down to a good old fashioned helmet argument.
Replace the inner gear cable
Replace the inner gear cable first as they can get worn quite quickly – I had one snap inside the brifter.
Meanwhile, plans to make Southampton city centre car-free one day per month have been shelved as “too radical” – https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/17815754.car-free-day-plans-city-centre-hold/Sometimes I despair of the car-worship here in the UK. Actually, it’s probably all of the time.
@srchar – I think it’ll take
@srchar – I think it’ll take both government/legislation and society to put an effort into it. Legislation is easy – just make it illegal to be holding and/or operating digital devices whilst controlling a motorised vehicle (i.e. if the engine is on and /or the vehicle is in traffic).
Next, there has to be a reasonable expectation that a motorist will at some point be caught if they habitually use a phone whilst driving – that requires a combination of suitable traffic cameras and some plain-clothes coppers (possibly on bikes) performing random checks.
As far as changing the public attitude, I think a few shock campaigns and public information ads might help, but I think there’s also a general issue with drivers feeling entitled to drive whereas they are merely licensed to use the road – it’s not a right. Harsher penalties and stricter enforcement of traffic laws would help – maybe that government review into road safety is due.