The Cycling Chat Thread
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beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
km are for the pros and those who want to try and claim they've done a "century" with less effort.
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I wasn’t really suggesting people change, just all my stuff I post in meters, which look smaller.
I have very little intuitive sense of height in feet anymore tbh (except obviously wrt humans). It’s a dimension I actually use, and feet are pretty much redundant in industry.
I have very little intuitive sense of height in feet anymore tbh (except obviously wrt humans). It’s a dimension I actually use, and feet are pretty much redundant in industry.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
do furlongs
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weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
I think in miles, feet and inches for bigger distances but mm for small technical things. I would also measure weight imperially (for people, bikes and cooking purposes) and use pints and gallons for fluid over a certain amount and ml for smaller amounts. I'm nearly 44 and got taught imperial at home and metric at school 
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
My Kamoot thing does miles and feet, yours does kilometres and metres, so whilst your height doesn’t look as good your distance looks better…not sure how you could have a mixture on one of these systems though but have no issue at all at knowing the difference. Fwiw my bike records everything in metric.
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Yes I wasn’t being entirely serious. Still, we’ve spiralled off now.
I think I’ve been primarily metric in weights and volume for a while now. Difficult to know really. I did only move from stones to kg quite recently. But obviously converting between ounces and grams is something I learned pretty early on. For reasons.
About 6 years younger than weeps. I wonder what the youth of today think in. Guess it varies.
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To continue my controversy spree... GCN show yesterday was talking about a group of Dutch doctors recommending helmets for cycling. Now this is GCN, so all they were really doing was reading a road.cc article, which in turn is based on some slightly old news by the looks of it. I did find it kind of shocking how many cyclist die on NL roads though (229 in 2020) with at least 14,000 serious injuries. That last article also talks about substantial underestimates, but I think here we turn into the world of politicking... No idea what any of the agendas behind these estimates are (the 229 and 14,000 figures are both official government stats though).
Obviously, and I think all those sources acknowledge this, the major factor is actually the cars doing the killing... cycling also remains safe per journey mile. But I've never really got the objection to helmets; the objection to blanket helmet regs, absolutely, but to actually wearing helmets voluntarily? I do remember there were a couple of studies ages ago in... Australia? suggesting they increased risk or something. But iirc I was skeptical at the time (poorly controlled variables I think), and there certainly seem to be a whole bunch of recent studies saying they are very good at reducing head injury. Anecdotally I've had a couple of accidents (one that recent off-road one I skinned my arm on, another on road in London many years ago) where I've hit hard enough to badly damage the helmet. And I think many will have similar stories.
I dunno, I think a bit of it is that western objection to perceived threats to personal liberty - see also mask wearing etc. While blithely ignoring/supporting the most egregious actual threats to personal liberty of course (rise in right-wing politics, attachment to free market economics, conspirawoo etc).
Obviously, and I think all those sources acknowledge this, the major factor is actually the cars doing the killing... cycling also remains safe per journey mile. But I've never really got the objection to helmets; the objection to blanket helmet regs, absolutely, but to actually wearing helmets voluntarily? I do remember there were a couple of studies ages ago in... Australia? suggesting they increased risk or something. But iirc I was skeptical at the time (poorly controlled variables I think), and there certainly seem to be a whole bunch of recent studies saying they are very good at reducing head injury. Anecdotally I've had a couple of accidents (one that recent off-road one I skinned my arm on, another on road in London many years ago) where I've hit hard enough to badly damage the helmet. And I think many will have similar stories.
I dunno, I think a bit of it is that western objection to perceived threats to personal liberty - see also mask wearing etc. While blithely ignoring/supporting the most egregious actual threats to personal liberty of course (rise in right-wing politics, attachment to free market economics, conspirawoo etc).
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I headbutted the kerb when I came off the other day. My helmet definitely saved me from a much bigger headache
maomao
普費斯
Have you got a new helmet? They're not considered safe after a serious knock.
Celsius - faranheit is divide by five, multiply by nine and add 32, not too hard.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
aye, chucked it. Had just bought a new one, which is a bit small but just fits
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
See the fuss when seatbelts were made compulsory in cars, there are still people who won't wear one even though they mandated in the UK nearly 40 years ago and it's easy for plod to see so leaves you wide open for a tug with all agg that can lead to...
klang
klang
TopCat
Putin fanboy
That’s lovely. I need mine to be a bit different. Rain resistance and cabs not exposed to punters. Built in pirate radio transmitter. Lithium batteries.
I am collecting stuff and by next Summer you will feel my bass sort of thing.
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
Was up on the N.York moors recently. I’d rate it as toughest area in Uk, beautiful hidden valleys and wide vistas but hard as nails.
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beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I did a short 20% gradient the other day, I'd forgotten how much they hurt 
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
30/34 on my gravel bike, I reckon I'd be... well, not fine as such, but I'd get upI think the steepest I've ridden is 24%. Is it actually possible to ride up 33%?
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
This tends to be why I don’t ride as much as I should do, I’d be much happier with a flatter and longer warm up before I hit the big hill into the forest. It’s still fun coming down though
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
Certainly is but probably no more than 15m, normally 1/3 is on switch backs so you can avoid by going wide. It’s the bit after that gets you and you feel like you might fall off…..I think the steepest I've ridden is 24%. Is it actually possible to ride up 33%?
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
I remember passing that sign (up near Grosmont somewhere) and going the other way. Steepest I’ve done is I think the first bit of Park Rash in N Yorks which is a 1:4, but my gears slipped so I ended up walking until it levelled off a bit. This was with a 40/23 ratio so wasn’t really equipped for it.
I’m only a couple of miles away from the UK’s steepest residential street which is 22 degrees, but never wanted to play on that, think I’d get vertigo. Probably one for the low-geared MTB.
I’m only a couple of miles away from the UK’s steepest residential street which is 22 degrees, but never wanted to play on that, think I’d get vertigo. Probably one for the low-geared MTB.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
They go up there on various GCN videos, it looks ridiculous 
David Clapson
Well-Known Member
My god. I feel queasy just looking at it on my screen.
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
Yow. I reckon I'd get up it on my MTB but maybe not the road bike. Even walking up that might be tricky in the winter!
braindancer
not for long
Did a hilly ride round Sussex today - 6800 feet in 68 miles - so bang on 100ft per mile - fortunately not much was super steep but a couple of brutes where my front wheel kept lifting....
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
So, attempting to change chain and chain ring on mini fire's BMX. Chain ring was easy obvs. Chain has been shortened with enough wiggle for the pull back, (fingers crossed).
But I can't work out how to join the connecter...
Before i start hitting it with hammers and hydraulic presses does anyone know what to do?
It looks like a quick release but all the videos I can find are for racing bike chains and it doesn't seem to want to do that. I'm erring on the side of caution as I don;t want to break it.
Thank you.
But I can't work out how to join the connecter...
Before i start hitting it with hammers and hydraulic presses does anyone know what to do?
It looks like a quick release but all the videos I can find are for racing bike chains and it doesn't seem to want to do that. I'm erring on the side of caution as I don;t want to break it.
Thank you.
