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I’ve bought from them, but
I’ve bought from them, but never experienced their customer service which in itself is a good sign.
You gotta love a bit of
You gotta love a bit of democracy
There’s not usually any gap
There’s not usually any gap adjustment on disc brakes per se. One thing I’ve tried when fitting a new disc, is to undo the top bleed screw at the lever and then push the caliper pistons back in with the pads still in place. When the gap is suitable, replace the top bleed screw again – the theory is that there’s space for a bit of fluid to escape if there’s too much in the system.
Otherwise, you can try truing your discs so that they’re within 0.5mm of true.
1) Let’s see – after 1 minute
1) Let’s see – after 1 minute, #9 has cycled 1/3 mile and #10 has cycled 0 miles. But by the time #10 has cycled 1/3 mile, #9 has also cycled a bit further. So no matter how many times #10 cycles the same distance, #9 is always a bit further ahead. Therefore it is impossible for #10 to ever catch #9.
2) With a bit of finite element analysis, we can determine that the rider and bike are being supported merely by the pressure in the tyres and the rigidity of the Gatorskins. As the casing is assumed to be perfectly rigid, this means that the air pressure is not supporting any weight at all. Thus, we can prove that the tyres are merely subject to social pressure to perform well as tyres.
3) By examining the contact point between the road and the tyre, it’s clear that the tyre is static at that point (unless you’re performing some wicked skids) and so obviously, the entire wheel must be static too as it is a rigid structure.
4) I’ll take option b) please. Imagine if you will, the trajectory of a raindrop falling vertically onto my head. If I then move forwards, the raindrop will surely fall behind me as long as I am moving quickly enough for the time taken for the raindrop to fall is longer than the depth of my head. This means that I can remain completely dry unless the clouds are low – this also explains why misty rain is a lot wetter than ordinary rain as the clouds are lower.
*Supplementary question: what’s the smallest pet in the world?I keep a small proton as a pet – it helps me stay positive.
For bonus points – see if you can connect the dots in this picture:
never pick up a used leaf in the woods, unless you are sure what it has been used forReminds me of the story of a man who presented himself at A&E complaining of severe abdominal pain. They examined him and found a lettuce leaf sticking out of his anus.
“This will only take a second to remove” says the nurse.
“That’s just the tip of the iceberg” explains the man
There was a fun one on an episode of Police Speed Traffic Interceptor Cops – a bloke was pulled over for doing somewhere over 100mph on a motorway. With his eleven year old son on the back seat. When questioned by the officer, turns out they were in a rush because the son was late for his (IIRC) violin lesson…I hope they prosecuted him for domestic violins
Autonomous lorry crashes
Autonomous lorry crashes through M4 central reservation barrier: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/m4-traffic-live-lorry-crashes-6296986
I’d pay it. You’ve opened the letter, so that kind of negates it not being addressed to you (it’s illegal to open mail addressed to someone else!).Just ignore them. Throw the letter in the bin, so there’ll be no proof that you opened it (apart from this forum post, maybe delete this too for extra paranoia points). If it’s the incorrect name, then I can’t see how they can penalise you. If they send further letters, send them back unopened with a “not known at this address” written on the outside.
Edit: Just read a couple of similar questions and answers about speeding fines and misspelt names. It seems that courts will more or less ignore minor mistakes in the name as long as it appears to address the correct individual and as you opened the letter, you recognised that it was addressing you.
You could delay them a bit, but it’s probably best to just pay the fine and move on unless you fancy fighting bureaucracy.
I think filtering is similar
I think filtering is similar to overtaking – you should only do it when safe to do so and cede priority to other traffic. Practically, this means that I’m always watching out for indicating cars that want to turn or switch lanes and I usually either stop or switch to their other side so they can do so.
I consider riding in a cycle lane to be different to filtering as you should have priority (despite what some drivers may think). However, the Highway Code does specify “… watch out for traffic coming up on your left before you make the turn, especially if driving a large vehicle” which implies that a left-turning driver should be mindful of filtering cyclists. The next section states “give way to any vehicles using a bus lane, cycle lane or tramway from either direction” which implies to me that filtering cyclists should give way (which makes sense as I don’t want to be undertaking a left-signalling vehicle).
The tricky bit is what happens as a typical junction where a cycle lane leads up to the junction, disappears for the junction itself and then continues later on. If there’s no cycle lane, then the cyclist has transitioned from having priority in their own lane, to filtering and undertaking other traffic.
More evidence will emerge about what really happened, if there is a god.Wouldn’t god prefer people to rely on faith and belief rather than evidence?
It’ll be a combination of
It’ll be a combination of poor visibility (e.g. high hedges) and most likely excessive speed. A lot of drivers will assume that they can happily go along rural roads at 30mph, but sharp corners and poor sight-lines would make 30mph too fast to be able to suddenly stop before hitting someone.
Who wants a flying dog?
Who wants a flying dog?
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/my-dog-flew-across-room-6282310
Looks to be another driverless car
Emergency services attended Ron Stone Road, Speedwell yesterday evening (Monday 29 November) at about 10.20pm following a report that a car had collided into a residential property, causing significant damage.Thankfully, the occupants of the property were unharmed.
The occupants of the vehicle, two males in their late teens, were taken to hospital with what are believed to be minor injuries.
They are due to attend a police interview at a later date.
Enquiries are ongoing. Anyone who witnessed the incident and has not yet spoken to police is asked to call 101 quoting reference 5221281029.
Points deducted for empathy
Points deducted for empathy with the people trapped inside metal boxes.
I suggest you never read Private Eye. Or even look at the news…Inside every cynical person there is a disappointed idealist
Black Friday deals have gone I’m afraid.Good – I tried to ignore Black Friday, but got suckered into buying a thru-axle from Wiggle (I’d managed to round the hex socket a bit on my previous one, replaced it with a 271mm one as I thought that was closer enough to the 270mm required, but then found that I couldn’t access my lowest gear).