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  • in reply to: Red light means stop #963377
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    mdavidford

    Quote:

    “They’re not only putting themselves and others at risk but also getting a fine and points on their licences.”

    …which, of course, is far more important. 

    in reply to: New Dutch style roundabout in Cambridge #963325
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    mdavidford

    The new design already turns

    The new design already turns out to be dangerous…

    …for those hard-to-spot belisha beacons.

    in reply to: New Dutch style roundabout in Cambridge #963323
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    The cost though is ridiculous. Ballooning from £800k to over £2 million! 2 years of disruption as well. Unfortunately that sort of project management error / incompetence / price gouging by contractors or whatever caused the cost overun could make it difficult to justify this style of roundabout in other places.

    Quite possibly true, but not necessarily fair. Cost overruns like this are, unfortunately, common on infrastructure projects of all kinds, and, in the absence of further evidence, there’s no particular reason to assume that the cycling- and walking-friendly design is behind the slippage in this case.

    in reply to: Mandatory hi viz for cyclists #963289
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    mdavidford

    Cyclists are so awesome, the

    Cyclists are so awesome, the sun shines out of…

    in reply to: Do you wave/nod/say hi to other cyclists? #962315
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    mdavidford
    Pilot Pete wrote:
    FFS get over it.

    I think you may be taking a bit of idle chatter a little too seriously.

    in reply to: Re-charging wahoo whilst riding #963171
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    mdavidford

    I’ve never run is completely

    I’ve never run it completely flat, but for the first three quarters at least I’d say the reported charge pretty much goes down in line with usage – I have mine configured to show percentage charge when in use, and it seems to go down pretty steadily.

    If yours appears to be draining faster it might be worth trying running it completely flat and then doing a full charge – often ‘battery problems’ with today’s devices seem to be more to do with the reporting function than with the battery charge itself, and forcing it to reset its measurements can resolve them.

    Edit: if you configure yours to show the battery charge, you could also check that after you’ve done a full charge it is showing 100% when you turn it on – if it’s not, that would confirm that you have an issue with either the battery or the charge reporting.

    in reply to: Re-charging wahoo whilst riding #963163
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    mdavidford

    Yeah – I’ve done 7h20 plus 20

    Yeah – I’ve done 7h20 plus 20 mins paused time and the bolt battery was still only 2/3 used. How long are your long rides?

    mdavidford
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    Duncann wrote:
    alex.glenorchy wrote:
    I recently did a 37 mile ride, 2100ft elevation change, 18mph average.

    Switching to metric distances and speeds is one of the best free upgrades you can have as a cyclist.

    Though keep the climbing measurements in feet.

    I thought climbing measurements were given in Everests these days?

    in reply to: Tour De Pologne #963137
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    mdavidford

    Emma Stone.

    Emma Stone.

    in reply to: Overseas holidays – will you be taking one? #961337
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    OnYerBike wrote:
    I think we have to have some trust in the government, and the citizen must simply follow the rules.

    If the government had made the effort to communicate the reasons and evidence behind their decisions, instead of trying to communicate everything through slogans, people might be more inclined to trust them and follow what they’re being asked to do. When they treat the public like children and tell them they should simply follow the rules ‘because we said so’ it’s no surprise when significant numbers of people don’t see the point and ignore them, particularly if they already have a less than charitable view of politicians in general, or of the governing party.

    in reply to: Overseas holidays – will you be taking one? #961329
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    mdavidford

    Well that’s different – I

    Well that’s different – I thought it was the one getting barbecued.

    [There’s a hotdog joke in there somewhere…]

    mdavidford

    You can’t just leave it there

    You can’t just leave it there. You have to tell us which one you think is not equivalent.

    mdavidford

    Strangely, they don’t appear

    Strangely, they don’t appear to be proposing to amend Rule 53, which gives the identical advice to horse riders.

    in reply to: Overseas holidays – will you be taking one? #961325
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    mdavidford
    nniff wrote:
    Dog not to keen on the heat – seeks out quarry-tiled floors.  Worst case we reckoned barbecuing every day for two weeks

    How would that help it?

    mdavidford

    Well a pavement is any hard

    Well a pavement is any hard surfacing, so technically I think that means cars are banned from most roads.

    Although, unfortunately, so are cycles.

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