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ChuckSneed wrote:
What do you mean by trollish? And what is your problem? I didn’t realise the number of posts people made mattered nor did I realise you were the one policing it.I think Secret_squirrel was referring to a problem we have with some topics being pounced on by new accounts (hence the low number of posts reference) just to present an anti-cycling viewpoint (i.e. trolling as they wait to pounce on unsuspecting posters who dare to strike up a discussion with them).
For what it’s worth, I disagree with Secret_squirrel and just think you’re opinionated which is a good thing for prompting discussion. (As opposed to the trolls that just take contrary and unjustifiable positions on road safety etc).
I was on Eurosport Player for years – always disappointed by how thin their coverage was. “Highlights” that were just the last 5km, etc.Signed up to GCN+ this year, very happy although a bit annoyed that I didn’t think to look around for discount codes.
If anyone knows how I can get GCN+ through my TV though (Virgin box, Amazon stick, non-smart TV), that’d be appreciated.
My Virgin box has a YouTube app under “Apps & Games” (from the “Home” screen) which is presumably installed by default as I’ve never used it.
But at least he’s backed up his opinion with data and research…Ironically, the question of tyre pressures and speeds is remarkably easy to investigate – just find yourself a suitable decline on a non-windy day and time yourself free-wheeling down it with tyres at various pressures. Repeat until you get bored of cycling back up the hill or there’s a good selection of data.
While I agree with that for tyre widths, is it really true for disk vs rim brakes. I would have thought there were a lot of reasons why rim brakes were better for pro racing (weight and easy of changing wheels in particular) yet all the teams have switched to disk brakes. Maybe there’s something I’m missing, but it really doesn’t seem to make sense to me (and I say that as someone with a disk brake bike who wouldn’t want to go back to rim brakes).One factor is that disk brake rims can be more optimised for strength/weight/aerodynamics as they don’t need to include the brake track.
You’re easily brainwashed by marketing. Thinner tyres at higher pressures are always faster. That’s a FACT.They’re quicker on perfectly flat ground, but that’s mainly relevant for velodromes.
When the road surface gets bumpier, thin, hard tyres aren’t able to flex enough to absorb the ups and downs and thus the bike and rider get bumped up and down a tiny amount which results in a loss of energy. Having the tyres at a lower pressure can help absorb those bumps and not waste as much energy.
ShutTheFrontDawes wrote:
What if the OP is secretly Charlie Alliston, and he’s trying to bring himself back into the mainstream? What is ‘Chuck’ short for? Checkmate and Bullseye.If it is Charlie, then he’d be better off emailing road.cc or newspapers to see if they want to interview him. I’d guess it’d be easy enough for a
hackjournalist to put together a story.Whilst checking that Chuck is short for Charles/Charlie, I spotted that Charles comes from the Germanic word cheorl, meaning “free man”. Seems appropriate.
I for one am not interested
I for one am not interested in what he has to say and I guess he’d want to be left alone to put the whole thing behind him.
Is it just me or are taxi
Is it just me or are taxi drivers getting younger and younger?
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/police-stop-boy-14-driving-8106787
It’s about two-feet tall,
It’s about two-feet tall, long slender neck, kinda orange and black bill…
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/police-arrest-swan-after-car-8102714
JustTryingToGetFromAtoB wrote
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/31/cant-make-this-stuff-up-california-sinkhole-devours-cars-despite-warning-signs The epitome of idiocy and entitlementNom nom
“She has written to Hampshire County Council that the road is “dangerous” but says she was told that unless these is a fatality nothing would be done.“I don’t wish to absolve the drivers, but I’m still astounded that the official policy is “do nothing until someone dies”.
What’s the point of worshipping the all-devouring motor car unless you sacrifice some blood to it too?
Another untamed car:Car flips over and crashes into parked vehicles in quiet Bedminster street
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/car-flips-over-crashes-parked-8091936
“A cordon was put in place and crews worked towards making the vehicles safe using ratchet straps and a winch.”
That’s right, tie the buggers down so they can’t just go flipping around.
Rich_cb wrote:
Commissioned by the guardian. EU applicants have to compete with global applicants post brexit. The decrease in EU recruitment merely reflects this added competition.So you think that Nuffield Trust have misrepresented the numbers and/or are lying? Just because an organisation asks a question, it doesn’t mean that the answer is necessarily compromised.
It seems fairly obvious to me that introducing extra paperwork and hurdles for EU staff is going to reduce that number. Whether or not those numbers can equally well be replaced from elsewhere is another question and it certainly appears that the NHS is facing staff shortages despite what you claim.
Rich_cb wrote:
Don’t believe the guardian report. They commissioned a report to find the results they wanted.The report is from Nuffield Trust: https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/has-brexit-affected-the-uk-s-medical-workforce
Rich_cb wrote:
I’d argue that the inflexible, one size fits all, NHS staffing contracts are to blame for the agency staff issue. Staff who want to work flexibly cannot do so easily within an NHS contract. If you want flexibility or to.fit work around childcare an agency is your best bet. It’s also worth noting that agency staff aren’t entitled to an NHS pension so the NHS saves the 20% employer contribution which goes some way to mitigating the additional costs of the agency staff. As a final note, in my experience, very few NHS staff are from the EU (excluding Ireland), most staff who trained abroad are from India, Pakistan and the Philippines. Given the huge number of steps required to recruit somebody who qualified abroad whether EU or non-EU (I was recently told it costs £15000 per nurse) I doubt Brexit will have any significant impact on recruitment.There’s a nice graph available here: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/27/brexit-worsened-shortage-nhs-doctors-eu
Also a study reported on here: https://www.nursinginpractice.com/community-nursing/nhs-staff-crisis-most-pressing-concern-post-brexit-report-finds/