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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.
Last time that I checked, the
Last time that I checked, the public roads are public and there’s no expectation of privacy when in public.
I’d prefer it if the insurance companies fitted dashcams to insured vehicles and then used the footage to decide liability for traffic incidents. That way, people wouldn’t feel the need to fit their own dashcam and the insurance companies have no reason to share the footage on social media.
hawkinspeter – you had a lucky escape. That’s why I always research. Even then you can get burnt. It’s the first time I’ve moved away from big brand names , except for small independent bike builders in the UK.Yes they are assholes, but perhaps I’m the bigger one for believing their marketing.
You win some, loose some. Live and learn ………. blah blah blah
They were only about £30 so I didn’t bother with the research. When they arrived, I was suspicious as the wall thickness varied and didn’t look very well made at all. I thought I might as well see what they look like and try them out as I’d probably get some creaking/cracking to warn me if they were about to fail, but they were too rubbish for that. Since then, I haven’t bothered going for factory direct carbon – it’s just too varied.
Django – sounds like they’ve
Django – sounds like they’ve been a right bunch of assholes. If they don’t respond in a timely fashion, then you shouldn’t have much trouble getting your money back (though I’m not a lawyer).
I’m glad you found out how bad the wheels were before getting injured. In a similar fashion, I bought some really cheap integrated carbon fibre handlebars with stem from AliExpress. However, I didn’t do any research and when they arrived, I spotted that the stem hole wasn’t perfectly round which didn’t fill me with confidence. I then tried to fit them and when I started to tighten up the bolts, a crack appeared after only 4nm of tension. At that point, I gave up and chased for my money back.