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Wireless cycling computer that do cadence?

Cateye Wireless Strada seems to be the top choice, anyone got any nerg for it? Also, does anyone know how easy it would be to switch it between two bikes? I want to use it on my fixxie skiddah and my road bike...

Nerg:
You won't be able to switch the sensor quickly and easily as you'll need to zip-tie it to the chainstay. Also its tricky squeezing the speedo sensor between the chainstay and wheel without it hitting the spokes if you have beefy carbon stays. Buy another sensor and you can switch computer between bikes in a matter of seconds.

Also...my computer rattles in its mount, so have to use a bit of blu tack to hold it in place.

You don't need cadence on a fixed though if you have speed - simple maths innit

You don't need cadence on a fixed though if you have speed - simple maths innit

True, but surely there are at least some aspects of your speed that won't be translated in to crank turns (although I struggling to think what, at the moment?).

Also, I am absolutely TERRIBLE at maths, I need to sit down with a paper and pen to do almost anything.

whats the best way of flogging old vinyl?

have a crate of old sample records (beats, breaks, scratches kind thing and sound effect type stuff) that I don't need anymore that are taking up space.

The only time crank turns wouldn't equal speed would be when skidding or bunnyhooping.

True, but surely there are at least some aspects of your speed that won't be translated in to crank turns (although I struggling to think what, at the moment?).

If you're riding fixed the relationship between the two is fixed. I ride 48 x 19 most of the time and cadence is very nearly 5x speed: 19.8mph = 100RPM so that's pretty easy to work out.

Cat o' nine tails^^^.

it still is an art I hope! - What I meant to say was that I'm really interested in why some type is easier to read and the science behind that i.e WHY IS THIS HARDER to read than this?

There's actually very little proper scientific evidence, but the trained eye can tend to spot why something is more or less readable. Contrast is a big part of it. If you read up on Gestalt, there's a lot of stuff that's relevant, especially in terms of foreground/background fields 'interfering' with each other and creating visual clash or noise. I have a special hate for Helvetica Neue, as it's a perfect example of something being excessively rationalised, to the point of breaking. It's much too geometrically consistent to be a comfortable text typeface (one example is that 'rn' and 'm' are almost indistinguishable when it's tightly set).

In print, good serif fonts tend to be easier to read, partly because the serifs help the letters to 'stick together' horizontally and form word shapes. When we read, we tend to read word shapes, not individual letters (see that word game where it doesn't matter which order the letters are in a word as long as the first and last ones are correct). That's also why all-caps text is harder to read: because you don't have ascenders and descenders and all the letters are the same height, the words are harder to distinguish. (All-caps can work for signage, though, particularly for single words.) Nowadays, though, we're so used to reading poorly designed, poorly set, poorly spaced type at inappropriate sizes, in low resolution and high contrast, that there's an argument that it's less crucial than it used to be (outside of book typography).

However, if you're interested in the details, this is a great reference book:

[ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Elements-Typographic-Style-Robert-Bringhurst/dp/0881792063/"]The Elements of Typographic Style: Amazon.co.uk: Robert Bringhurst: Books[/ame]

If a bit po-faced. But po-faced is a typographer's default setting, so it comes with the territory.

I have a 3 million record MDE file, no MS Access and I would like to view the info and possibly manipulate it.

I had a plan to convert it to MDB, and then to CSV, and then split it into more manageable chunks. I've got MDB > CSV and the splitting covered, but not the MDE to MDB.

Much love.

Where can I get one of these?
http://youtu.be/HznL_QV09Mk?t=1m27s

http://www.friday-ad.co.uk/mitcham/for-sale/sports-equipment-bicycles/bicycles/adult-micro-bike-YI146JD02

whats the best way of flogging old vinyl?

have a crate of old sample records (beats, breaks, scratches kind thing and sound effect type stuff) that I don't need anymore that are taking up space.

If you can be arsed to catalogue/post stuff Discogs is probably where you'll make the most cash, if you cant be arsed then your best bet is to take it to Rat Records/Sister Ray/One of the Record Exchanges and see what they'll give you for it.

^^^ more pics of those micro bikes -> http://www.coolbuzz.org/entry/worlds-smallest-bike-micro-bike/

^^cheers

If you're riding fixed the relationship between the two is fixed. I ride 48 x 19 most of the time and cadence is very nearly 5x speed: 19.8mph = 100RPM so that's pretty easy to work out.

The only time crank turns wouldn't equal speed would be when skidding or bunnyhooping.

That's your problem then, I skid everywhere I go after one unbelievably powerful crank rotation.

^^^ more pics of those micro bikes -> http://www.coolbuzz.org/entry/worlds-smallest-bike-micro-bike/

nice lo-pro

anybody know much about croatia? am heading there on fri for a week with my gf. we're flying to zadar then the plan is to make our way to split and then onto some island for a bit. we're doing it one the cheap as i keep spending all our disposable cash on bikes. any comments / suggestions etc?

Don't stay too long in Split - it's nice enough, but nothing special. Diocletians palace is cool though. Where are you flying out of? That will determine what island you've got time to go to.

i think we're flying out from split - from the looks of my gf's notes we're spending 4 days on an island called vis -

That makes sense. One thing to do in split is hire bikes and ride around the headland. There are a couple of beach bars and you end up in a really nice nature reserve.
Also, eat here:
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g295370-d1009751-Reviews-Fife-Split_Split_Dalmatia_County_Dalmatia.html

It gets a few tourists, but just as many local fishermen as well. And the Croat beer is pretty good too - Karlovacko is the shit on a hot day.

I am tentatively looking for a wide 700c rim and tyres to go on it. Ideally it would be cheap and not too heavy, with 32h (the user would not be very heavy).

• Velocity Dyad - 24mm - 480g - price ? (c.£40-50)
  
• MAVIC A319 - 25mm - 600g - £23.50 (for a 36h) or c.£32 (32h)
  
• Rigida Sputnik - 25mm - 690g - £18
  
• Rigida Grizzly - 22.7mm - 610g - £18 (36h only?)
  
  

Does anyone know of anything else that would be suitable? The dream would be a sub 500g, 32h, 25mm wide around the £25 mark?

Also does anyone have any good suggestions for 32c tyres, that are fast comfortable and puncture resistant? Bonti racelites would be my first choice, nothing as tractor-like as marathons.

can you squeeze any more clearance?

35c nomad resist from http://www.customriders.com/prodshow.asp?prodid=14029&cat=0&parent=0&sid=3

I has them and I likes them.

could i use this with a road bike 50/39/30 crankset? 7 speed rear freewheel

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I'm doubting it...
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^^ thanks good to know.

TBH I have no idea. Its a bike I've got my eye on as a GF project. Although part of me thinks I might be getting ahead of myself. As I haven't firmly established that she is my girlfriend (she hasnt met my friends) and I don't know if she'll feel comfortable cycling in london.

Although I'm almost done converting my beater track bike to a friendly SS for her to practice on. Just waiting on break levers and the inclination to make a clamp for the rear brake.

But if I do get it, I'm pretty sure the wheels new to go or be rebuilt.