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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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statement 1 from driversIf a law is broken by a majority of people the law should be changed to reflect reality
statement 2 from drivers
all cyclists go through red lights
therefore red lights should no longer apply to cyclists, simple.
I should make it clear that I asagree with none of the above statements, but anyone who agrees with the first two, should logically come to the conclusion the 3rd is also correct.
I happen to agree with statement 1, but not statement 2, yet I’d happily agree with the 3rd (though maybe treat red lights as give-way signs for cyclists).
Certainly, I think we should have a turn-left-on-red law for cyclists (and if that works, maybe allow motorists to do the same) similar to the U.S. system. I remember reading something about them trialling it in France as well.
I’d be a fan of relaxing one-way restrictions for cyclists too.
Archimedes and levers anyone?.
I fail to see which part of my argument is classified as “rubbish” – could you provide more details please so that I can further improve my understanding?In case it is your understanding that is lacking, here’s a helpful little breakdown: https://prevelobikes.com/blogs/news/bicycle-gear-ratio-gear-inches-and-gain-ratio
To fit in with that terminology, you are talking exclusively about “gear ratios” and I am talking about “gain ratios” (which I prefer to call “effective gear ratio”).
I will quote directly from the article you reference: “Gear ratio is simply the ratio of the chain ring size to the rear sprocket size.”
Since you have pointed us to that article I assume that you have read it.
With refence to other arguments about “effective” gearing being affected by crank length, if increasing crank length increases your “effective” gearing then riding longer cranks would make climbing hills harder wouldn’t it, try riding up a hill in a higher gear, it is harder than riding up the same hill in a lower gear isn’t it. A lot of you are confusing leverage or torque with gear ratio, it is not my understanding that is lacking.
No, longer cranks would make it easier to go up a hill as your foot travels a longer distance and thus can apply less force to produce the same force at the rear wheel.
Similarly, swapping in a smaller rear wheel/tyre would also make it easier to go uphill.
Maybe this could be a
Maybe this could be a solution for painful swellings?
The problem is, vaginas are already so associated with pain – there’s periods, penetrative sex when you aren’t ready, penetrative sex when you are ready and the mother of them all: labour. Having a vagina means having pain so maybe being a cyclist with a vagina means pain with a bit more pain added on top. I would accept this if, in comparison to every other aspect of the bike, the male-anatomy-specific-saddle hadn’t received such a lack of research and design development as to be laughable. And, of course, men get horrendous saddle sores too. But when bike helmets are marketed by the Germany transport ministry using a model in her underwear with the slogan “Looks like shit. But saves my life,” instead of maybe using one of the country’s host of Olympic champion bike sprinters; or the fact that women are still excluded from the Tour de France, there is a feeling that female bike racing is not taken as seriously. This has a huge impact on health and research.