Any question answered...

Yeah they're nice but expensive. i was also wondering if anyone knew of a brake without levers or a very discreet brake lever.
Cheers.

Discreet enough?

Coaster hub

brake without levers or a very discreet brake lever.
Cheers.

?

You could try a coaster brake. No cables no lever. Just make sure it doesn't over heat!

coaster hub! be the the king of skids!

Coaster hub

Coaster on it's own is barely an improvement on brakeless. You still need a front brake.

Still a brake without levers (in the traditional sense and ignoring the arm that's braced to the chain stay) so it meets the criterion

Let's assume that the forum's name gives enough clues and the individual is after a front break to go along with their fixed?

Hub brake operated by a converted gripshift, with the cable running down the inside of the fork?

if I book a flight with my credit card do I utomatically get insurance?

In which case is it better to pay the extra tenner for paying by credit card over a debt card?

thanks,

Maybe a small adaptation of this?

if I book a flight with my credit card do I utomatically get insurance?

In which case is it better to pay the extra tenner for paying by credit card over a debt card?

thanks,
It depends on your credit card. You should ask your credit card company.

good point

EDIT: fyi if you're with nationwide visa, you are covered for the service provider's fuck-ups/ going under, but not yours.

Any suggestions for posh cocktails in/near Covent Garden?

Nope but saw this recently: http://www.diffordsguide.com/london-cocktail-week

^^ Freud/Frevd will give you cocktails plenty, not exactly posh, though.
maybe one of the fancy hotels, like Light Bar at St Martin's Lane?

I had cocktails at the Haymarket Hotel (Suffolk Place, near Traf Sq) recently - it's not all that far from Covent Garden and it was very nice. The chairs in the bar had a variety of applique dogs on the back, if that's of any interest at all (it was to the people I was with).

If Concorde travels at the speed of sound (or faster), how does it communicate via radio comms?

"Sound waves" and "radio waves" are fundamentally different - sound waves are mechanical waves that travel through a medium by causing adjacent particles to jostle one another, much like ripples in water. The speed of sound in air is approximately 340m/s but depending on the properties of the medium this could be faster or slower, and because there are no particles in a vacuum sound cannot travel in a vacuum. Radio waves are fundamentally different in that they are electromagnetic waves that travel at the speed of light in a vacuum. The speed of light is verging on 3million m/s so even if they travel slower through air (I don't know, do they?) then they should have no trouble in catching a Concorde up in an almost infinitesimally small time.

Am I crudely muddling my way towards a layman's answer? I'm hoping it'll earn a discount on my bike repair ;)

That's about the gist of it.

Any suggestions for posh cocktails in/near Covent Garden?

detroit's not bad

Thanks Hippy, Hoefla and Hats! I know the Haymarket - nice and funky but a bit too far away. Might have a look at Detroit, cheers. Any others?

If Concorde travels at the speed of sound (or faster), how does it communicate via radio comms?

Am I crudely muddling my way towards a layman's answer? I'm hoping it'll earn a discount on my bike repair ;)
You appear to have been confused by "science"*.

It's because radio waves are louder (that's why radios have a dial to turn the volume down).

You cannot just shout from a concorde, because the noise of the aircraft will drown out the sound of your voice.

• "Science" was invented in the 30's by the Axis powers as to subvert Attlee's attempts to prevent war.
  

Thanks Hippy, Hoefla and Hats! I know the Haymarket - nice and funky but a bit too far away. Might have a look at Detroit, cheers. Any others?

If you're not paying (£££);

Covent Garden Hotel, Monmouth Street.

The Hospital (may be private members) Club, Endell Street.

If you are (£);

La Perla, Maiden Lane. Not posh, all the better for it. Not crap either. Good drinks and great atmosphere.

Hospital is Members or events only IIRC.

Well I'm a close personal friend, confidant and general sycophant of owner Dave 'Eurythmics' 'Bad Hair' 'Bad Clothes' 'Unfortunately Born In Sunderland' Stewart, so don't share the problems of common plebs.

Only times I've been have been "networking events"...

If Concorde travels at the speed of sound (or faster), how does it communicate via radio comms?

"Sound waves" and "radio waves" are fundamentally different - sound waves are mechanical waves that travel through a medium by causing adjacent particles to jostle one another, much like ripples in water. The speed of sound in air is approximately 340m/s but depending on the properties of the medium this could be faster or slower, and because there are no particles in a vacuum sound cannot travel in a vacuum. Radio waves are fundamentally different in that they are electromagnetic waves that travel at the speed of light in a vacuum. The speed of light is verging on 3million m/s so even if they travel slower through air (I don't know, do they?) then they should have no trouble in catching a Concorde up in an almost infinitesimally small time.

Am I crudely muddling my way towards a layman's answer? I'm hoping it'll earn a discount on my bike repair ;)

If you want to add some more unnecessary info, the speed of sound is dependent on the temperature of air. As you fly higher, the speed of sound reduces as the temperature of air decreases. So although Concorde flies at the same ground speed in mph, it's Mach number (how many times the speed of sound it is flying at) increases as its altitude increases.

You appear to have been confused by "science"*.

It's because radio waves are louder (that's why radios have a dial to turn the volume down).

You cannot just shout from a concorde, because the noise of the aircraft will drown out the sound of your voice.

• "Science" was invented in the 30's by the Axis powers as to subvert Attlee's attempts to prevent war.
  
  

Repped.