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The "lane sharing" paragraph is going to cause some high blood pressure debate!
and constantly stirring up sh*t for the sake of it is not behaving badly ????
isn't there a term for it? something about a troll??
Windbreaker2009-09-28 13:14:15
This is a simple issue - to my view the cyclists are in the wrong - particularly those in the 2nd image. Their behaviour is likely to result in the driver overtaking over a solid white line on a blind rise. If there was a car flying down the other way' date=' the car would swerve left and bang - cyclists lying all over the road.
As a cyclist I try to be careful of other riders on the road when I am driving. If I see that cyclists are on the side of the road and another car is approaching, I will slow down until it is safe to pass. BUT even though I am a cyclist, if I see cyclists blatantly riding WAAAY out in the lane, when they COULD move over or ride single file, forcing me to slow down unnecessarily, I also feel annoyed. Make some effort at least to move out the way. So I can only imagine how Mr XYZ feels after a tough week and now some idiot in lycra starts giving him agro when it was the cyclist who was riding in a selfish manner. I TOTALLY understand people getting annoyed about that.
There is 1 word here - consideration! We can ALL use the road - cyclists need to TRY to keep left and listen for vehicles approaching so they can move over if needs be. And motorists need to be considerate of cyclists and when necessary, realise that you may have to slow RIGHT down to wait until it is safe to pass.
But us cyclists bring it on ourselves - I keep seeing behaviour that confirms that we are our own worst enemies - too much testosterone and a up yours attitude is not going to help us win this battle. And I see that same attitude on this thread.
[/quote']Right up to the last paragraph it made complete sense. Then you go on as if cyclists are doing something that all the other rod users aren't.
Inconsiderate motorist will make inconsiderate cyclist
Inconsiderate cyclist will make inconsiderate motorist
And for the sake of completeness ...
Inconsiderate Biggot will make inconsiderate Big ...
New release due imminently.
They have also added a developers guide for those coders willing to contribute.
an some poor sucker is about to get the shock of his life when he opens his package to find a sh*ttly little pump 
There is also the "Downloadhelper" add-in in Iceweasel aka Firefox that allows you to download Youtube & other media directly without all the fuss.
I had bad service from polar a while back. Was going to Jhb on business. Took my watch with me & dropped it off on the Monday.
I tell them that I am from CT and will be going back Thursday PM. They told me it would be ready by the Thursday.
I arrive at 9:05 to collect. Not ready. I explain that I am returning to CT that afternoon and get told - tough luck buddy - it's in the queue - no exceptions.
Thursday meant "17:00 Thursday" according to the receptionist. Maybe the lady was having an uncharacteristicly bad day but I was not happy with the attitude.
Anyway, finally got the watch then following Wednesday.
Also had all sorts of problem with a brand new power sensor and they simply were out of their depth. After telling me for ages that there was nothing wrong with it they finally replaced the sensor at the Argus expo. That was also only after I pointed them to about 50 million postings on the internet relating to the same issue. After the replacement it worked fine.
But that is not to say they are any worse/better than the rest.
Had a problem with a brand new Hyundai Tucson that would start and then stall immediately. I'd have to wait about 5 minutes before it would start again. This would only happen in "spurts" i.e. it would be fine for weeks and then for a few days every other time that I turned the ignition it would stall.
Took me forever to get them to believe me. In fact they never admitted that there was a problem but after a service one day it never happened again.
and the temperatures required are very different
as important, while under exertion, is to get the CO2 out. Breathing slowly doesn't assist in this aspect.
thru the nose gives more volume for each breath. thru the mouth is much shallower. You can train to get more thru your mouth' date=' but your naturally take in more thru the nose. bit of a mission getting it all out again when near HR max
[/quote']Dunno 'bout you but my mouth has a bigger diameter than 2x nostrils.
ja,it helps to breathe
well if you think about it you will see that there are other interpretations as well.and you are a wankerI stand corrected. Thank you.
.... relax it was a joke.
Thank you for your joke.Here is another one - why would you choose a user name for the Hub that implies flatulence?
Windbreaker aka anorak. Anorak being someone who doesn't have a life outside of a particular interest.
windbreaker who rides in lots of windy conditions (needs some extrapolation)
and then of course the one that people usually click to straight away. I used to use a certain brand of sports drink and ....
but well done you got one out of three
and you are a wankerI stand corrected. Thank you.
.... relax it was a joke.
colonel - it IS my problem. i commute (sometimes) and although i generally keep on dirt' date=' there are places where i have to share the road with cars. i need all the goodwill i can get. if the motorist is irritated because of behaviour of one or 2 cyclists, he might take it out on me.
some mountain bikers have ventured on tar, and some roadies have dabbled off road, so its not us against them, we're on the same side! (aren't we?)
[/quote']I used to buy into the goodwill thing but the real problem is all about general road behaviour in South Africa.
I ride in Holland nearly every year with group from all corners of the world. We definitely don't stay on the cycle lanes all the time for whatever reason. The ones that are always shouting "car back" are the South Africans & Americans. The others almost get annoyed with us. But the difference is that the motorists are not so wound up that they get into a hysterical fit within 2 seconds. They give us time to move over & pass WHEN IT IS SAFE without even a comment. On the other hand no-one would ride like this on a busy road - the cyclists use the lanes in those cases.
Hey colonel, I clearly recall riding 3&4 abreast with you (and have the pictures to prove it ). My point being that the real issue here is not about riding abreast because in some instances it is perfectly acceptable and it is not necessarily inconsiderate under many circumstances. Believe it MTB'ers - it's true.
If riding abreast is being inconsiderate or unsafe then it is wrong.
Nope, some of us just refuse to ride with the culprits. And let's be clear it definitely is not just CL. EVERY club has arsehole cyclists.Silly argument cause CL members will stick up for their club cause thats what they do
Maybe it was the prick with two MTB's on the back of his car that did a u-turn right in front of me on Simonstown main road this morning. What can I say - it's not only roadies.Did you have a bad day? seems like somebody pissed in your porage.who caresMakes me think twice about riding my roadbike..
I've said it many times on this forum, arsehole motorists make arsehole cyclists and vice versa. Ditto for MTB'ers except that they can chirp sh*t from a safe corner.
I am - all the roadies that think you guys get your rocks off taking cheap shots with your holier than thou crap.Well then don't ... but we really don't care!Makes me think twice about riding my roadbike.."we really don't care!" You seem to be speaking for allot of people...
Windbreaker2009-08-16 10:16:53
who caresMakes me think twice about riding my roadbike..
You are a wanker because you are generalising and you are just looking for attention. You know what the clubs policy is, you say as much, but the club can't enforce policies on individuals any more than your ranting on here will.wankerJust what I meant by you have to earn your respect
I won't ride with certain individuals in my club because of exactly this sort of behavior but I don't take the piss out of every other individual that is a club member because of it.
And I really don't need your respect.
The powertap uses a torque tube' date=' i.e. strain gauges measure the deflection of the tube. The gauges are arranged in a wheatstone bridge formation and hence the powertap is reasonably stable under temperature variation.I agree that the power measurement will only be 'really' accurate when both torque and velocity are sampled at a high enough frequency to get a true picture of the variation. 4 times rpm would be a reasonable starting point for velocity (given that there are 2 peaks per revolution, nyquist and all that good stuff).One of the things that i'd like to see is the phase difference between velocity and torque, and how it get's impacted by inertial damping. This could give insight as to why an indoor trainer and outdoors feels different, yet the power meter reads the same output. Given that all power meters sample velocity info once per revolution, this information is not available. In essence I'd like to test if the torque peak and velocity peak change in relation to each other, does this effect muscle fibre recruitment and hence alter the fatigue felt when riding indoors as opposed to outdoors.[/quote']I know that this went stale but bruce, have you uncovered any more relating to the indoor vs outdoor effects?
]there were a lot more than 2 upgrades on my phone. yes the antenna isThen you never did the firmware upgrades. I have been very happy with the GPS on the Nokia. Not saying that it is better than the 405 as I've never tried it but the majority of these consumer grade GPS's use the Serf chipset.If you want to nonitor fitness' date=' go Polar. If you are on Discovery, you can ger Vitality points when you upload your data.
If you need a GPS go Garmin[/quote']Or go Polar and Nokia.
Not Nokia... The phone is too big, and the battery does not last long enough. I've had a N95-1, which I've used with sportstracker, and the accuracy and ability to stayed lock-on is not up to the same level as the Forerunner 405
But I did. In the 26 months I had the N95 I did two firmware upgrades... It was still lacking for longer rides (3hrs+), especially if you have to take in consideration that you need to leave some juice in the battery in case of an emergency to make phone calls.
On the N95 the antenna was behind the keyboad, and you actually have to slide the phone open for the GPS to get a good signal... Only save place to keep the phone was in back pockets, slide closed. Plenty of rides on sportstracker.nokia.com with tracking being horrendous.
behind the slider but I found that it worked just fine in my back
pocket or on my bars closed. In my car I had to open it. also it fell
off my bars at 60km./hr and survived just fine - guess that impressed
me the most. Now have the N96 and the battery life is even better with
the gps. I like gadgets but really can't justify ever buying another
bespoke gps as long as you can get the gps in the nokia with free nokia
maps, sportstracker, gprs tracking capability etc. etc etcWindbreaker2009-08-13 14:01:54
Then you never did the firmware upgrades. I have been very happy with the GPS on the Nokia. Not saying that it is better than the 405 as I've never tried it but the majority of these consumer grade GPS's use the Serf chipset.If you want to nonitor fitness' date=' go Polar. If you are on Discovery, you can ger Vitality points when you upload your data.
If you need a GPS go Garmin[/quote']Or go Polar and Nokia.
Not Nokia... The phone is too big, and the battery does not last long enough. I've had a N95-1, which I've used with sportstracker, and the accuracy and ability to stayed lock-on is not up to the same level as the Forerunner 405
Cyclists behaving ...... badly!!!!!!
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