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Fair enough, there’s no danger there then, as you were.
I’m not sure that there’s no danger; high levels are associated with “sick building syndrome” and “building related illness”.
.https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/volatile-organic-compounds-impact-indoor-air-quality
Thanks for the link, but I’m aware of that, which is why I work in an area that goes someway forward in offering a solution and improving IAQ while reducing energy consumption.
The point being that we’re happy to pick on the headline bad boys, often from a perceived position of superiority (“I don’t own a dirty diesel”) while all along we are all guilty of killing the planet to some degree or other. Some just don’t make the headlines, or are fashionable enough, or indeed, distanced from me enough.
I get your point and I do agree that as a society we do cherry pick which things are the current badboy of the month.
With VOCs, they seem to be extremely variable/localised e.g. freshly painted houses will be incredibly high for a period of time. Presumably, this makes it more difficult to get a sensible figure for our typical exposure to them. With general air pollution, we can easily set up static monitoring, but that’s not going to be relevant with VOCs as most of them will be inside buildings.
I’d imagine that reducing exposure to VOCs could be achieved by leaving buildings to “breathe” after being painted etc. whereas there doesn’t seem to be an easy way to limit exposure to traffic fumes apart from moving away from population centres.
I couldn’t agree more with those who have written in supporting the use of helmets. I watched the video, which tries to give a balanced view. I feel some things are so self-evident that they do not require evidence! In any type of impact to the head, the better protected the head the less severe or absent the head injury. Accidents do not occur only in road traffic situations. A fall can occur while swerving, sneezing or failing to see an obstruction. In such a situation I know I’d rather be with than without a helmet!Many years ago I watched on a children’s programme a watermerlon being dropped on the floor from a height and spattering all over the place. Another melon was dropped from the same height inside a cycle helmet. It came out intact!
Do you wear one whilst walking?
Fair enough, there’s no danger there then, as you were.I’m not sure that there’s no danger; high levels are associated with “sick building syndrome” and “building related illness”.
.https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/volatile-organic-compounds-impact-indoor-air-quality
Anyone done a report on VOCs and the cost to health?I can’t find anything. As far as I know, we don’t routinely measure VOCs so there’s no historical data.
To go along with a bit of
To go along with a bit of pollution hate, here’s an article from the Grauniad about dirty diesels: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/06/impossible-to-cheat-emissions-tests-show-almost-all-new-diesels-still-dirty
@iandusd – full points for
@iandusd – full points for ingenuity, but I prefer carrying one of these: https://www.topeak.com/global/en/products/torq-tools/840-nano-torqbit-5nm
I know it’s a Garmin, but a Garmin Edge Touring or Touring plus doesn’t need a phone. All depends if you want loads of data or a record of where you’ve been, route guidnace, maps and basic data, or the full monty of power and all that. Mine’s done me well for years, but has the occasional melt down, which it gets over in due courseNo, not this, I woun’t wish a Touring plus on anyone. Best cycling based decision I ever made was to trade the piece of crashing worthless trash in for a Wahoo. I would suggest a Wahoo but setting it up with a smartphone is a doddle, but I have no experience of trying to set it up without a smartphone.
I think a smartphone is essential for setting up a Wahoo. I’d recommend getting a Wahoo and find a friend with a smartphone to set it up and download maps etc.
Going off on a slight tangent, is it carbon fibre that makes a torque wrench so important?I’ve never owned a CF bike or a TW – but my allened-and-spannered bits haven’t been obviously too tight nor fallen off in 25 years of riding.
Carbon fibre makes a torque wrench pretty much essential unless you’re a gentle fettler. Torque wrenches should be used with metal bikes as well, but the tolerances tend to be a lot higher, so you’re far less likely to damage a metal bike and if you over-tighten a seat bolt, it probably won’t trash the frame.
It’s far too easy to over-tighten bolts on carbon fibre bikes and thus crack/damage the frame, so always use a torque wrench unless you want an excuse to buy a new bike. (Alternatively, tighten until you hear a crack and then stop just before then).
I’m split between
I’m split between appreciating your apology or hoping that you feature on a “close pass of the day” video (just for the laughs, not out of any particular malice).
Everybody makes mistakes, but the important part is whether you choose to learn from them or not.
Something like a Wahoo Elemnt
Something like a Wahoo Elemnt needs a smartphone to set it up and alter settings, but doesn’t need a phone once it’s setup.
So all of those close passes I suffer makes me the arsehole?Yes, yes it does.
what’s this?)Some would say that it is the exhiliration of cycling put into words.
Some would say that it is the rantings of a mad man.
I say it’s both.
So much wrongness in just one
So much wrongness in just one bloke’s message.
There’s a dedicated cycle lane on that road but the pricks still want to ride on the road. With at least 1000 trucks up and down that road day and night, it’s a dangerous situation for sure.If there’s a dedicated cycle lane and cyclists aren’t using it, I can think of two scenarios. Either the cyclists are all stupid or the cycle lane is not suitable for its stated purpose (e.g. covered in glass fragments).
They sit in front of your truck at the lights so you can’t see them. Then the lights go green and you nearly hit them.Sounds like a bad design of the truck cab if they can’t see something/someone that’s right in front of them. Presumably they also run over lots of slow pedestrians who can’t cross in time or is just that cyclists turn invisible?
On rural roads, they’re even worse, usually riding two or three abreast and leaving no room for trucks to overtake meaning we have to slow a 44,000kg-55,000kg truck from 90km/h to 20km/h in time. When they’re around a blind corner it’s near impossible to stop in time.I thought that vehicle speed was supposed to be related to how far you can see the road ahead to be clear. I reckon they’re going too fast for the blind corners and their ineffective brakes. I’m guessing they also plough into the back of parked vehicles on rural roads as well.
Red light running is a big one, they think the road rules don’t apply to them.Must be terrifying for him in his fragile metal box.
How are people getting so angry over a wheel size
If you don’t want it, don’t buy/ride it.
If you want it, great! buy it and ride it.
More options can only be a good thing surely? I only own 700c bikes…
I’m waiting for road bikes to shift to a smaller wheel size for the improved aerodynamics. That’ll get them moaning for sure.
And man never stepped foot on the moon, there was a second sniper when JFK got shot .. you carry on believing your conspiracies, whatever floats your boat.To be absolutely fair, it’s well known that NASA got Stanley Kubrick to fake the moon landing (watch Room 237 for more info), but as Stanley Kubrick was such a stickler for details, he insisted on shooting on location.
