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Compounding that problem are smartphones. Both walkers and drivers use cell data 4,000 percent more than they did in 2008, which means they aren’t watching the roads.
Surely there is no such thing as 4,000 %. You can only go to 100% after which you should talk in terms of multiples, thus ‘4,000% more’ should really be expressed as ’40 times more’.
Absolutely. I like the Floridian idea of ticketing any kind of distracted driver and it’d be nice to get that over here, but pointless without more traffic police or some kind of dystopian CCTV policing system.
A foil measurement will be in
A foil measurement will be in the right ballpark (sniggers), so you should now know whether your current saddle is too narrow or too wide. Just use a ruler to see what your sit-bone width looks like across the saddle.
A bike-fit is definitely a good idea – it might pick up on something cheap and easy to fix whereas getting the right new saddle can be a literal pain in the arse (and expensive if you don’t get the right one).
Edit: I found the Selle Italia sizes confusing until I found some more info:
S1 – “Narrow” intertrochanteric distance and low pelvic rotation
S2 – “Narrow” intertrochanteric distance and average pelvic rotation (Flow saddles)
S3 – “Narrow” intertrochanteric distance and high pelvic rotation (Flow and SuperFlow saddles)L1 – “Wide” intertrochanteric distance and low pelvic rotation
L2 – “Wide” intertrochanteric distance and average pelvic rotation (Flow saddles)
L3 – “Wide” intertrochanteric distance and high pelvic rotation (Flow and SuperFlow saddles)The numerical part relates to the central hole, so L3 has a wider hole than the L2 as far as I know.
There’s a reasonable amount
There’s a reasonable amount of give and take with sit-bones/saddle measurements so adding 15-30mm to your measurement should be fine.
Have you measured yourself yet? It’ll only take a couple of minutes to get a rough idea of whether you need a wider saddle or not (and costs nothing).
(I’m currently using a Selle Italia SLR Superflow L3 that’s wide and has a large cutout).
I had the cheaper bike fit at
I had the cheaper bike fit (as opposed to the full-on video analysis) at a Specialized store a few years ago which lasted a couple of hours or so and definitely recommend it. I discovered that my sit bones are quite wide, so ended up being sold a wider saddle which was indeed more comfortable. The width of your sit-bones isn’t particularly related to the size of your arse, so it’s not immediately obvious what kind of saddle is a good fit.
The measured my sit bones with a pressure pad – you sit on it for a bit and it changes colour according to the heat/pressure of your bum. You can do the measurement yourself with something like a pristine piece of cardboard or tin-foil.
How about M. Goventosa de
How about M. Goventosa de Udine monowheel? He patented it in 1931, so it should be public domain now, comrade.
That’s a colourful looking
That’s a colourful looking chap right there.
Back onto the subject of frame designs, I’ve modded my bike to allow a trusted friend to enjoy my ride with me:
I’ve found a really handy
I’ve found a really handy wheel design that no-one seems to be using. The idea is that by adding some extra weight (bad!) that is movable, you can set up the spokes to allow gravity to give you free speed (good!). There’s always more weight on one side than the other and thus the wheel moves itself!
I’ve come up with a reddish
I’ve come up with a reddish-green base colour with yellowish-blue highlights, but it just seems impossible to get the colours to display on a computer.
@JEMVisser – send me your address and I’ll send you my sketch.
Sounds like a worn cassette
Sounds like a worn cassette to me. Skipping on just the most used sprockets is definitely a symptom of new chain and old cassette.
Get the cassette changed and keep the old one in case there’s no difference (i.e. the old cassette wasn’t too worn). Another possibility is if the cassette hasn’t been tightened sufficiently, though that would most likely cause issues with changing gears as well.
Seems like it costs more to execute a prisoner than it does to keep them in prison, so it’s not even cost effective.
That is an issue that is almost soleley attributable to the american system. Most other death penalty systems are much faster, cheaper, and (ironically) more humane.
I think the error rate of the justice system is an issue, but the greater issue is that the justice system is so systematically flawed with institutionalised racism etc (for some crimes that could lead to the death penalty you are 5-6 times more likely to be convicted as a black person than as a white person) that the death penalty is ethically wrong.
Yep, I expect that more totalitarian states can just give out a sentence without worrying too much with whether justice was served or not. The U.S. spends so much money to give the criminal lots of appeals in an attempt to not execute innocent people which just seems nonsensical to me.
Think the death penalty is a great option, kill two birds with one stone.
remove threat for now and foreverNo additional costs to keep killer in prison, no extra prisons to be built either.
win, win for society, play dumb cunt games, win dumb cunt prizes, should be extended to child rapists, murderers, armed robbers, etc all the really heinous stuff were they are caught bang to rights.
*facepalm*
What’s your problem exactly? If you don’t agree at least have a stab at saying why, given your recent rantings I’m surprised you left it at that.
Maybe he’s all ranted out?
Anyway, the main problem with the death penalty is the error rate that the criminal justice system has.
It’s also ethically problematic and most of the world thinks of capital punishment as being barbaric and not compatible with human rights.
Edit: Came across this little debunking site: https://deathpenalty.org/facts/5-myths-death-penalty/
Seems like it costs more to execute a prisoner than it does to keep them in prison, so it’s not even cost effective.
HawkinsPeter, from your question to our newer member, do you consider the disk brake issue to be slightly less contentious than the plastic hat debate?Yeah, I thought I’d ease him into the discussions.
Nasty article but its a fair point about towpaths. They are narrow and not designed for high speed cycling. The speed limit for a barge in the canal is 4 mph and imo that woud be a good speed limit for a cyclist on the towpath unless there are no pedestrians in sight.That’s a confused comparison.
Firstly, I try not to cycle in a canal, but if I were to try that, I most likely wouldn’t be going as fast as 4mph.
Secondly, whenever I’ve seen a barge on a towpath, it’s been travelling at exactly 0mph, so maybe barges should be treated differently to cycles.
Thirdly, barges are big and heavy and take a while to stop, so 4mph seems reasonable. My bike is small and light and can stop really quickly, so I’d suggest up to 10mph around pedestrians is more appropriate.
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What do you mean? It’s my first day on site.
Apologies – I thought you were a spambot.
So, what’s your opinion on road disk brakes?
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