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Your point being?
I’ve already stated I’m not bothered about lightening whilst cycling because it’s such a minor issue, cycling with rubber on your wheels is pretty essential to modern day cycling but is no help in terms of dissapating lightning away from you whilst cycling and I was agreeing with a poster above regarding such.
So what bit of what i said don’t you agree with or are you trying to be a clever dick without actually saying anything useful?
I thought this thread needed some lightening up. (I don’t want to rain on your parade or steal your thunder.)
I’ve threaded a chain like
I’ve threaded a chain like that, but not ridden on it. As soon as I’d joined the chain and spun it round, I thought “that doesn’t sound right”. I’d bet 50p that’s the problem.
About three people a year are killed by being struck by lightening in the UK, frankly I’ve far more dangerous things to worry about and I live in the East of England which is stated as being the area with most lightening strikes in the UK.And as above, the tyres on your bike won’t do anything, the atmosphere itself is a bigger resistor to lightening than the rubber in your tyres car or bike.
The facts are undeniable:
- I always cycle with a a healthy bit of rubber between the road and me/me bike
- I’ve never been struck by lightning whilst cycling
In fact, my tyres are almost as effective as my anti-leopard rock that I keep in my garden.
I think you’d be safer on a bike than walking. You’ve got a nice layer of rubber insulating you from the road surface, so almost anything else would be struck by lightning before you would be.A typical lightning strike in the UK carries about 20000 Amps and has no problem travelling through several hundred feet of air – a few mm of rubber is no way near enough resistance to prevent a lightning strike.
When you’re walking/standing in a thunderstorm, the rubber soles of your shoes wouldn’t prevent a lightning strike, tryes won’t either.
Admittedly, I haven’t tested it, but I would have thought that the insulation would ensure that the easiest route to earth wouldn’t be through you. I’ve never been struck by lightning whilst wearing rubber soled shoes either.
I think you’d be safer on a
I think you’d be safer on a bike than walking. You’ve got a nice layer of rubber insulating you from the road surface, so almost anything else would be struck by lightning before you would be.
They look like cheapo Chinese
They look like cheapo Chinese carbon to me. I bought a set from AliExpress for around £35 and they were just rubbish. The hole for the steering stem was a bit lumpy and not very round and then cracked when tightened up to 4nm. I didn’t use them and just got my money back.
The problem with the Chinese carbon handlebars is quality control and handlebars aren’t known to be a forgiving component when they fail.
You’d be better off making your own (apologies for stealing someone else’s picture)
When you know all the fancy
When you know all the fancy-shmancy names for bike parts, like those rubbery bits that go on your wheels.
barbarus wrote:
It’s interesting to hear that some posters here who I have a lot of time for voted for all parties or even don’t care. I suppose it just shows that cycling > politics.Politicians come and go, but cycling is forever.
its definitely the Bluetooth I want as I need to do everything from iOS – I don’t own a PC of any kind, nor a copy of Windows to virtualise.Fair enough. I originally thought that you could only do the firmware update with bluetooth, but was happy to discover that you could do it from a usb connection. Luckily, I’ve got a dual-boot Windows/Android tablet that did the job (I’m usually a Linux guy though I do have a work iPhone and iPad).
As long as you’ve got the new
As long as you’ve got the new battery, you don’t need to add bluetooth to upgrade the firmware. Just download the E-Tube software (from Shimano’s website) onto a laptop and then plug the Shimano charger (BCR2) into the junction box and connect it to the laptop’s USB port.
If you add bluetooth, then you’d be able to do a wireless firmware upgrade from a phone/tablet but for the limited times you’ll be upgrading the firmware, it’s easier to just grab a laptop instead.
Just realised that you want the monitoring ability – you’d need the bluetooth for that. (Personally, I just have a look at where the chain is).
I’ve got Cycliq Fly12 and a
I’ve got Cycliq Fly12 and a Fly6 (front and rear) and have only had to use the footage a couple of times.
I mainly use them to avoid feeling the need to respond to aggression on the road. If I get harrassed, then I can just continue and feel smug that I’ve got them captured on video to report to police if necessary. Most of the time, I’ve calmed down and not bothered to submit the evidence unless it’s particularly egregious.
I am a free man
I am a free man
East Bristol is typically
East Bristol is typically Labour, so I’ll be voting Green just to show a bit of support for actually addressing air pollution. I think the priority has to be the planet – it’s where I keep all my stuff.
I’d always go for the left
I’d always go for the left and watch out for occupied vehicles (they’re the ones that door you).
I had a driver shout at me once for going the wrong way up a one-way road – “Oi this is one-way” – to which I replied “I’m only going one way”.
Voyeurism?An accepted definition of voyeurism is:
“… the practice of obtaining sexual gratification by looking at sexual objects or acts, especially secretively.”
I don’t know about you, but it takes more than a Vauxhall Corsa to get me going!
I think the AA are admitting that they film lots of dogging.