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Volume is simply 2 π r² d. So to double the volume, you need a new radius x with x² = 2r² which implies x = √(2) r

All-in-one pot wholewheat spag with cherry toms. Google for a recipe but I can fish one out if you're desperate.

Thanks all.

That lentle pasta might be a good idea.

Does anyone know what this Chinese figure might be, I think my cousin has been to a boot sale

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What's a sensible clearance to have between the back tyre of a road bike and the "arch" of the back brake caliper?

The official unit of measure in this case is the fag paper. 2 or 3 fp is usually sufficient.

That's the polite version! Butseriouslytho... bits of grit and stuff picked up off the road will obviously scratch up the brake and if I break a spoke it's more likely to rub than a caliper with more clearance, but other than that is there a safety issue? Locking up the back wheel if a really big stone got stuck in there would be bad, but not as bad as if it were the front wheel.

I've got 27x1 1/4 wheels in a frame intended for (I think) some sort of 700C. Clearance with a Michelin World Tour at 75psi is around 2mm at the caliper and grit very occasionally gets into the gap - exciting noises and some definite braking effects as it gets dragged through, but no locking up yet - I'm guessing the size of grit or road dressing that might lock the wheel is either too large to be carried in the tread or it gets knocked off by the caliper.

The 'inside' of my rear caliper looks a bit hard used, but in terms of safety it's probably less of a problem that the fag paper clearances found at some fork crowns? Possibly use mudguard clearances as a guide if it worries you?

Alternatively, try reading this by way of reassurance:
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/288796/

Does anyone know where I could get a small version of the Yuriy Gagarin statue in Moscow? @mdcc_tester - you’re into Russian stuff IIRC?

you’re into Russian stuff IIRC?

Ish, but not memorabilia and trinkets.

What’s the Russian word for tchotchkes?

What’s the Russian word for tchotchkes?

It's the other way around; tchotchke is the Yiddish word for цацки

Yeah I know, the yiddish derived from Slavic, my question still stands, as I can't read русский.

I can't read русский

цацки would transliterate as tsatski

Alright, thank you.

How should Knipex (as in the hand tools) be pronounced?

Knipex

Wiki says /kəˈnɪpɛks/, i.e. you pronounce the K. You will look like the kind of pretentious twat who says Deutschland instead of Germany in English conversation if you go around pronouncing it like that, English people generally leave the K silent.

So if speaking German I'd say Kay-nipecks? (I do not know how to interpret the phonetic alphabet).

I'd say Kay-nipecks?

No, K'nipeks; the vowel between K and N is a schwa

Grazie.

While we're on the subject, why do Brits pronounce Ksyrium "Kassyrium"?

So if speaking German I'd say Kay-nipecks?

No, if speaking German you'd say Zange.

kəˈnɪpɛks

How does this stuff work?

why do Brits pronounce Ksyrium "Kassyrium"?

Ks at the beginning of a word is not a natural English formation. It's not a natural French one either, so I don't know why Mavic decided to go all unpronounceable.