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To be fair, I am proud of my top speed. But I'm very aware of the fact that I could go faster if I wasn't scared. I'm far happier that I can climb Ditchling in the same gear.

37.6 mph fixed 48:18. Could probably go faster but don't have the necessary balls. Saddlescombe Boad out of Brighton.

I didnt watch the program.

However the maths sounds seriously Iffy,

I mean, what about the fact that you have to fuel the people with More Kj of energy than they would be able to produce from the cycling, and with all of the other losses ontop, this would be unbearably inefficient.

Energy don't come from nowhere.

In Fact, you could burn the food directly, to produce more energy than the bicycles. This way you cut out the middle man, literally.

That's why you stick the fatties on the bikes. Exercise and starve them 'til they're thin then let them back into society.

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This remind anyone else of the fast show sketch? Chris Waddle.

The storage thing is tricky- maybe some form of pumped storage?
Pumped storage would work. Especially if you used the bike to pump the water, then the water to drive a turbine. More efficient.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx

Gotcha! This?

There is a tool (can't remember the name) that uses a five sided drive, as opposed to six. They are used on some car parts to prevent the general public tinkering. You can get the bits....if you know the name!

Torx... is the name I was trying to remember.

Are you sure you mean pitlock?

Pitlocks don't look like allen bolts, more like oddly shaped nuts in a recess. If that makes sense.

Allen bolts

Pitlock

But yes, you should be able to get the code off the seller if they are pitlocks.

Ugly phone, great deal!

YouTube- Alabama 3 - Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness

The bendy buses are on their way to Swansea. Apparently they are changing the whole one way system to accommodate them.

I'm not English, but can someone explain what Viz is. I Googled it, and all I got was some Japanese comic book, which may or may not explain what is going on here. Regardless, very funny stuff.

http://www.viz.co.uk/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viz_%28comic%29

That Google can be notoriously tricky to use sometimes.

Spindrift - not to take away from your comments, but why do you suggest that these HGVs are (apparently) hitting more women than men?

That was the point of the BBC article.

The beeb article is victim-blaming crap.

There is no evidence that the cyclists killed in London were undertaking.

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Maybe a campaign telling HGV drivers not to drive illegal, uninsured vehicles, not to drive whilst drunk or drugged and not to drive whilst filling in their paperwork would be better.

I don't think it's victim blaming. It's always hard to report on statistics that seem to suggest an unpalatable conclusion and I think the article trod the fine line very well.

They are simply trying to find a theory to explain an observed pattern.

As a side note: stats on HGV accidents - it's all the foreigners' fault!

The quote from the woman who said she felt rude pushing to the front, and about trying not to get in the way could have come straight from my wife.

And it makes a good point about the false security of cycle lanes.

No one posted this yet?

Pretty interesting read.

I've got an Endura eVent jacket. Had it for three years and it works fine for all conditions from summer rain through to -4 degrees and snow. Just vary the base layers.

Also, it's managed to survive a couple of bad crashes. Worst damage it sustained was a small hole similar to a cigarette burn. My skin, on the other hand, looked like I'd been attacked with a cheese grater. Still not sure how that worked.

1090

Smokin Aces

No fatalities according to the evening standard

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23733703-details/Three+in+hospital+after+bicycle,+bus+and+motorbike+collision/article.do

Let's hope this is true. It looked horrific this morning.

n = 3

Crap fixed for station/pub
Nice fixed for long rides
Full Sus MTB

Need a geared road bike +1 .

There's a thread on it somewhere. I got pitlocks after realising that any parts that might be stolen wouldn't be covered unless the whole bike was taken.

...and make sure your insurance covers theft of parts.

Or, alternatively, use pitlocks or the like to ensure that your expensive bits don't go walkabout.

Personally, I've not had anything stolen in 3 years.

Anyone seen this on the BBC website?
**Cyclists warned of killer lorries **

A campaign launched by Transport for London (TfL) will warn cyclists about lorries - which caused more than half the city's bicycle deaths in 2008.
Nine of the 15 cyclists killed last year were hit by trucks.