• Why don't they do this for bike races?

    From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 4 16:14:08 2023
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    https://youtu.be/x1YSz3NM3Y4?si=tUm0akYIuMi_xuXy

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  • From Fredxx@21:1/5 to Commander Kinsey on Mon Sep 4 17:58:19 2023
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    On 04/09/2023 16:14, Commander Kinsey wrote:
    https://youtu.be/x1YSz3NM3Y4?si=tUm0akYIuMi_xuXy

    It's a typical mistake from a schoolboy of limited intellect.

    It's fine is you intend to get off and push the bike on the flat and any incline.

    Next you'll be saying you only drive in 5th gear in your car without
    wondering why you don't make any progress.

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  • From alan_m@21:1/5 to Commander Kinsey on Mon Sep 4 17:51:02 2023
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    On 04/09/2023 16:14, Commander Kinsey wrote:
    https://youtu.be/x1YSz3NM3Y4?si=tUm0akYIuMi_xuXy

    possibly only ride-able on a flat surface.

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  • From Peeler@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 4 20:12:51 2023
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    On Mon, 4 Sep 2023 17:51:02 +0100, anal_m, the notorious troll-feeding
    senile retard, blathered again:


    possibly only ride-able on a flat surface.

    As a troll it works in ANY newsgroups with lots of senile troll-feeding assholes like you present, anal_m!

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  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to junk@admac.myzen.co.uk on Mon Sep 4 20:09:28 2023
    XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y

    On Mon, 04 Sep 2023 17:51:02 +0100, alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

    On 04/09/2023 16:14, Commander Kinsey wrote:
    https://youtu.be/x1YSz3NM3Y4?si=tUm0akYIuMi_xuXy

    possibly only ride-able on a flat surface.

    Nothing to stop some normal derailers going on the back.

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to Commander Kinsey on Mon Sep 4 23:54:02 2023
    XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y

    On Mon, 04 Sep 2023 20:09:28 +0100, Commander Kinsey wrote:

    On Mon, 04 Sep 2023 17:51:02 +0100, alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk>
    wrote:

    On 04/09/2023 16:14, Commander Kinsey wrote:
    https://youtu.be/x1YSz3NM3Y4?si=tUm0akYIuMi_xuXy

    possibly only ride-able on a flat surface.

    Nothing to stop some normal derailers going on the back.

    Other than they would have to be correspondingly large to get a usable reduction.

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  • From Bob F@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 4 22:39:52 2023
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    On 9/4/2023 9:51 AM, alan_m wrote:
    On 04/09/2023 16:14, Commander Kinsey wrote:
    https://youtu.be/x1YSz3NM3Y4?si=tUm0akYIuMi_xuXy

    possibly only ride-able on a flat surface.


    Downhill with a tail wind. On the flat you would have to be a muscle
    monster to get any speed.

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  • From Brian Gaff@21:1/5 to Commander Kinsey on Tue Sep 5 11:12:23 2023
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    What?
    Brian

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    Blind user, so no pictures please
    Note this Signature is meaningless.!
    "Commander Kinsey" <CK1@nospam.com> wrote in message news:op.2aq5xu0cmvhs6z@ryzen...
    https://youtu.be/x1YSz3NM3Y4?si=tUm0akYIuMi_xuXy

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  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to rbowman on Tue Sep 5 17:21:57 2023
    XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y

    On Tue, 05 Sep 2023 00:54:02 +0100, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

    On Mon, 04 Sep 2023 20:09:28 +0100, Commander Kinsey wrote:

    On Mon, 04 Sep 2023 17:51:02 +0100, alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk>
    wrote:

    On 04/09/2023 16:14, Commander Kinsey wrote:
    https://youtu.be/x1YSz3NM3Y4?si=tUm0akYIuMi_xuXy

    possibly only ride-able on a flat surface.

    Nothing to stop some normal derailers going on the back.

    Other than they would have to be correspondingly large to get a usable reduction.

    The one he had looked rather like the smallest on a normal bike.

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  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to Bob F on Tue Sep 5 17:22:51 2023
    XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y

    On Tue, 05 Sep 2023 06:39:52 +0100, Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 9/4/2023 9:51 AM, alan_m wrote:
    On 04/09/2023 16:14, Commander Kinsey wrote:
    https://youtu.be/x1YSz3NM3Y4?si=tUm0akYIuMi_xuXy

    possibly only ride-able on a flat surface.

    Downhill with a tail wind. On the flat you would have to be a muscle
    monster to get any speed.

    Might work better as a tandem then.

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  • From Paul@21:1/5 to Commander Kinsey on Tue Sep 5 15:04:36 2023
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    On 9/5/2023 12:22 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
    On Tue, 05 Sep 2023 06:39:52 +0100, Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 9/4/2023 9:51 AM, alan_m wrote:
    On 04/09/2023 16:14, Commander Kinsey wrote:
    https://youtu.be/x1YSz3NM3Y4?si=tUm0akYIuMi_xuXy

    possibly only ride-able on a flat surface.

    Downhill with a tail wind. On the flat you would have to be a muscle
    monster to get any speed.

    Might work better as a tandem then.

    Have you ever ridden a bicycle ?

    That video is an abomination.

    *******

    They do make one-speed bicycles. For adults, they usually come
    with a basket or cargo-carrier, as a "hint" as to their function.
    You *might* even select the gear ratio, based on the kind of city
    you live in. (In a city with 7% slopes, you're going to be buying
    a single speed MTB setup with a lower ratio. For the city with
    nothing but flats like here, the ones in the pictures on this web page,
    would work for you.)

    https://www.bikeradar.com/advice/buyers-guides/buyers-guide-to-fixies-and-singlespeed-bikes/

    *******

    For middle-aged people, the geometry and gearing must be
    adjusted so there is not knee-stress. That's one of the ways
    you can immediately tell a bicycle is mis-adjusted. Your knees
    will hate you. That giant gear ? FFS. Pain. Even with modern
    bicycles, they still have to be adjusted properly. Even the seat height,
    only works over a narrow range. Too high, atomic wedgie, too low, knee pain. That's about one inch of seat stem.

    *******

    For absolute top speed, it's wind-resistance versus input power.
    Once you hit 1kW, that's the end of the line. The only way to
    go faster when you're cranked to the max, is to be going downhill
    on a slope. I've done 70km/hr on a hill (I was on the way home, and
    this was not a race). Big deal. I was maxed out on cadence, and could
    not add any more input power (old 10 speed road bike, with
    replacement 6 speed cluster on the back). That's a couple decades ago.
    When I repaired that bicycle, at the beginning of this year, I could
    not believe how much lower the friction was on that thing. "Yards
    ahead" of a 2023 bicycle. Too bad the bicycle has suicide shifters.

    And that's one reason, when you look at eBike classifications,
    there is a "motor power rating" and a "speed limiter" rating,
    and those go hand in hand. Even though what they're doing, is
    not making those limits exactly the same. Without limiters,
    a 250W eBike cannot match the top speed of a 500W eBike.

    When an eBike has sufficient power, we call that a motorcycle
    (capable of hitting 100km/hr at least). Those require a license.
    There are a couple on the road here (the owners don't race them
    or do stunts, they don't have the power for it). There are custom
    battery powered motorcycles that can do burnouts, but nobody is
    rich enough to own that as a daily driver.

    In a car, it takes 20HP to maintain highway speeds against air resistance,
    as a rough ballpark number. It's less for a bicycle, but still
    a significant factor, whether gauging size of battery packs,
    or gauging what to do with gearing on your pedal bike.

    For bicycle riders, their output is roughly 100 watts (limiting
    their top speed on the flats), while an athlete trained for
    burst performance can do 1000 watts. It's the 1000 watt individual
    who will be doing the track sprint or using the aerodynamic vehicle
    for reaching top speeds.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_power

    *******

    Even for these guys, the gear on the front is not huge.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_cycling

    On bicycles like that, if they still had spokes, the spoke
    cross-section is oval. Whereas most people who get a bicycle
    locally, their spokes have a perfectly round cross section.
    The oval spoke "slices the air", saving a tiny tiny amount
    of friction at high speed. You can see in the Wiki article,
    they've tested those bikes in wind tunnels, as part of
    preparing the equipment for track events.

    Paul

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  • From Archimedes Plutonium@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 5 12:53:52 2023
    Beijing▂▄▅█████████▅▄▃▂Pyongyang mushroom cloud, Xi as Putin's stooge when Russia vaporizes Beijing with its RS-28 Sarmat "Satan II", all because Xi was too dumb to realize you can never trust an insane person

    On Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 9:03:40 AM UTC-5, Volney wrote:
    "Putin's Stooge"
    Angel, Kibo Parry Moron-ey-Volney thinks you can bolt down a city to protect it from Russian Sarmat
    On Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 11:56:20 PM UTC-5, Volney wrote:
    Botfly of Math and Blowfly of Physics "Putin's stooge"
    "wasn't bolted down too tight in the first place"

    reporting in China news the beast criminals of Russia should have been tried in International Court of Justice for war crimes before vaporizing Chinese cities as Putin pushes nuclear buttons.


    Pentcho Valev spamming as China under Russian Sarmats. Does it remind Pentcho of Nero fiddling while Rome burnt???


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    Shenzhen▂▄▅█████████▅▄▃▂ Xi as Putin's stooge when Russia vaporizes Shenzhen with its RS-28 Sarmat "Satan II", all because Xi was too dumb to realize you can never trust an insane person

    On Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 11:56:20 PM UTC-5, Volney wrote:
    Botfly of Math and Blowfly of Physics "Putin's stooge"
    "wasn't bolted down too tight in the first place"

    On Friday, September 9, 2022 at 1:16:55 AM UTC-5, Michael Moroney wrote:
    "Imp of Science"
    "not one single marble of commonsense in my entire brain"


    & wrote:
    _And as the Baby Xi grew up, surrounded by concubines, from the rice paddies and reeds of Outer
    Manchuria, stolen by the Naxi and Zani Dictator Putin in Moscow, Xi learned in school in chemical engineering that Taiwan was 1/28 the size of Outer Manchuria, Emperor Qing's homeland, now occupied by homeless Russians drinking vodka, as Putin bombs Ukraine. And the nascent Xi orders
    1,000 divisions to the Outer Manchuria border to regain back the stolen
    Why Putin is 2X smarter than Xi as dictators// SCIENCE COUNCIL RULES EARTH, not petty dictators
    2m views


    If Putin pushes nuclear buttons, he drags down China along with Russia into a nuclear ash waste pile, and this means Xi is a inferior junior partner to Putin. Putin will drag down Xi's China, never the reverse.

    So, one can look at the present situation on Earth and ask several logical questions about the 2 dictators of Putin's Russia and China's Xi.

    It is little wonder that both Russia and China dictators are combative towards the West. Because dictators never want to give up on power but stay in power all their life long. So they oppose the West because the West has grown up to democracy--
    let the people have power, not one single idiot having power all his life time.

    5 > Naturally, Putin will want to keep the Russian people suppressed and have Russia be a second rate government as a dictator. Same goes for China-- they never want to give up power so the people themselves choose their leader.

    But can we find differences in Putin and Xi themselves? Well in the West we call the Chinese inscrutable-- meaning -- little logical commonsense. And is this a valid description?? Yes of course, considering that Russia had stolen the lands of
    Outer Manchuria, some 28 times larger of a land mass than is Taiwan island. Yet there is Xi, spending so much time on wanting to invade Taiwan, when it is Outer Manchuria and Vladivostok (Haishenwai) that he should be focusing attention upon. And while
    Putin is distracted with Ukraine, is the time for Xi to recapture Outer Manchuria, the Qing dynasty empire, Qing's Manchurian homeland.

    What does Xi do instead??? He focuses on Taiwan and befriends Russia. Why, at this rate, if Russia takes Inner Manchuria, we can expect Xi and the Chinese Communist Party to become even more loving of Russia for stealing more land of China.

    And there is Xi, whose China has become rich with trading with the West, yet every day, Xi foaming at the mouth in hatred of the West.

    So yes, Putin is 2X smarter as a dictator than is Xi, as if Putin has Xi in his side pocket.

    Is there some scientific explanation as to why Xi is 2X dumber than Putin?? Perhaps, in that China is densely populated and the air pollution over all of China is worse than most countries. That Xi probably has 1/2 of his brain filled with CO and
    CO2 isomers and lead, and mercury and nitrous oxide and sulfur dioxide from just living in that air polluted hellhole of Beijing. Xi studied chemistry and should know this. Whereas Putin likely detox..s every evening with breathing in pure oxygen at his
    residence and takes oxygen breathing tanks to office and work. This easily can explain the light-headed reasoning that Xi and his foreign diplomats Wang Yi display, where Putin plays them like a chess game, --- checkmate in 7 moves.

    This explains why Xi hates the West for not stealing any Chinese lands and making China rich in trade, while loving Putin for stealing Outer Manchuria, and proposing having Russia push nuclear buttons, making both Russia and China a nuclear waste
    site after ICBMs wipe China off the map.

    Xi's brain is full of air pollution toxins from the nasty Chinese air. They still build a new coal fired plant in China every day. The air in China is the worst air in the entire world.

    6 > Why Putin is 2X smarter than Xi as dictators// SCIENCE COUNCIL RULES EARTH, not petty dictators.

    Pentcho is this what happens to China when they follow the insane Putin, tag-a-long, tag-a-long and then all of a sudden--- dragged into a mushroom cloud

    Xi Haishenwai red baseball cap offered to Putin

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    Steady aim. Firing the Satellite Rifle to take down GLONASS and BeiDou//Armondikov--Feb 6, 2013 - Via PsyGremlin via PZ Myers, this is Archimedes Plutonium, my new favourite crank hat. SATELLITE LASER RIFLE--bring down GLONASS

    Sergey Lavrov what would Russia do, once it sees their GLONASS satellites falling out of the sky? Would they exit Ukraine?

    Easiest way to disable and make ICBMs obsolete is to make their navigation system obsolete.

    Easiest way to make navigation systems obsolete is to down satellites.

    Easiest way to down satellites is a Laser beam zapping for 5 seconds on a "satellite panel". And so, down falls the satellite.

    Now are the satellites coordinated in GLONASS? For if coordinated and synchronized, there is the physical possibility of "if we down one of the satellites, all of GLONASS satellites are downed".




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    [ ] "All for one!" "One for all!" "Every man for himself!"
    [ ] The Prize-- a date with the cheese skirt queen
    The hours are approaching rapidly and we need GLONASS either in the dark or best of all-- misfiring their missiles from Russia and striking Russian and Chinese cities. We want Kim Jong-un to see a Russian missile intended for Ukraine to level
    Pyongyang, all by a hacking into the Intel chips of GLONASS.

    The mass exodus at Twitter is that they wanted GLONASS to hack, not BeiDou.
    Jam all 24 GLONASS satellites of their Intel chips and you wipe out the ability of Russia's fleet of 6,000 ICBM missiles.

    GNS satellites orbit at a high orbit, MUCH higher than
    LEO, just not as high as geosynchronous satellites. GPS orbit is 20,200
    km, GLONASS is 19,100 km. At such heights, debris will remain essentially forever, and the satellites won't crash for centuries, if ever.
    StupidPlutonium, "GPS" receiver chipsets have long been GNSS chipsets
    that deliver what they believe to be the best data from whatever satellites they happen to see.

    molesting a countries GNSS satellites would be viewed
    as an act of war no different from attackiing a navel fleet or bombing a
    city.

    elude to a Intel chip on GLONASS 24 satellites and all that is needed is to jamm those intel chips and we have 24 malfunctioning satellites, wiping out the navigation of all 6,000 Russian ICBM.

    Skoal!!!

    Did you get a Xi red baseball cap with Haishenwai on it?


    Moscow█۞█ blackout, knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ _drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity


    Ukraine cannot win a war if it has nada, no, zero offense, it needs to knock out Russian electric lines. And the Baltic states can help.
    Knock out electricity in
    Novosibirsk
    Yekaterinburg
    Novgorod
    Samara
    Omsk
    Kazan
    Rostov-na-Donu
    Chelyabinsk
    Ufa
    Perm


    _Every Russian missile fired into Ukraine met with a drone from Ukraine knocking out Moscow electric power lines

    _Give Ukraine drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    NO ONE CAN WIN A FIGHT UNLESS THEY HAVE AN OFFENSE!!!!!!

    NO ONE CAN WIN A FIGHT UNLESS THEY HAVE AN OFFENSE!!!!!!

    NO ONE CAN WIN A FIGHT UNLESS THEY HAVE AN OFFENSE!!!!!!

    _No one can win a fight or war without any offense, West, Biden give Ukraine drones that knock out electricity inside Russia

    _End the Ukraine war by March 2023 as the Russian people depose the dictator

    _rolling electric blackouts and give Iran to Iraq-- a blooming democracy, not a stupid dictator

    _And as the Baby Xi grew up from the rice paddies and reeds of Outer Manchuria, stolen by the Naxi and Zani Dictator Putin in Moscow, Xi learned in school in chemical engineering that Taiwan was 1/28 the size of Outer Manchuria, as Putin bombs
    Ukraine. And the nascent Xi orders 1,000 divisions to the Outer Manchuria border to regain back the stolen Old China.

    _Xi has 1,000 divisions on Vladivostok border ready to swoop in and reclaim the stolen land of Outer Manchuria. See reconnaissance photo above of 1,000 divisions.

    NATO and the West has just two good options here, for Putin should have been removed in 2006 with Litvinenko poisoning. Now the insane Putin can poison the entire world with a nuclear war. Putin needed to go in 2006, for insanity just gets worse and
    worse.

    Either
    (1) give Ukraine drones to knock out electric power in Moscow and beyond Or
    (2) give Ukraine NATO membership and tell Russia to clear out in a week or NATO forces go in and clear them out.

    Of course, every day Putin and Russia needs reminding that if he presses nuclear buttons or nuclear bomb on Ukraine that Russia will be a nuclear ash pile before the day is out.

    What should have been done in 2006, unfortunately that delay to 2022. Same can be said of Hitler-- he should have been removed in the early 1930s before his insanity got going.

    & wrote:
    _And as the Baby Xi grew up from the rice paddies and reeds of Outer Manchuria, stolen by the Naxi and Zani Dictator Putin in Moscow, Xi learned in school in chemical engineering that Taiwan was 1/28 the size of Outer Manchuria, Emperor Qing's homeland, now occupied by homeless Russians drinking vodka, as Putin bombs Ukraine. And the nascent Xi orders
    1,000 divisions to the Outer Manchuria border to regain back the stolen
    Why Putin is 2X smarter than Xi as dictators// SCIENCE COUNCIL RULES EARTH, not petty dictators
    2m views


    If Putin pushes nuclear buttons, he drags down China along with Russia into a nuclear ash waste pile, and this means Xi is a inferior junior partner to Putin. Putin will drag down Xi's China, never the reverse.

    2/1, AP tards:
    Give Ukraine drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/2, AP tards:
    Give Ukraine drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/3, AP tards:
    Every Russian missile fired into Ukraine met with a drone from Ukraine knocking out Moscow electric power lines

    Give Ukraine drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/4, AP tards:
    drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/9 (vacation?), AP tards:
    drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/9, AP tards (again):
    drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/10, AP tards:
    drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/11, AP tards:
    drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/12, AP tards:
    _drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/12, AP tards again:
    _drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/13, AP tards:
    _drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/14, AP tards:
    _drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/15, AP tards:
    _drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/16, AP tards:
    _drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/17, AP tards:
    _drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/18, AP tards:
    _drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/19, AP tards:
    _drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/20, AP tards:

    Electricity out Novosibirsk &Volgograd█۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█
    _drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/22, AP tards:
    Moscow electric blackout█۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█
    _drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/23, AP tards:
    Moscow electric blackout█۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█
    _drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/24, AP tards:
    Moscow electric blackout█۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█
    _drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/25, AP tards:
    Moscow electric blackout█۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█
    _drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity

    2/26, AP tards:
    Moscow electric blackout█۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█
    _drones █۞█knock out Moscow electric power lines█۞█ Moscow, St.Petersburg, Volgograd, Vladivostok no electricity


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  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to Paul on Tue Sep 5 21:30:19 2023
    XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y

    On Tue, 05 Sep 2023 20:04:36 +0100, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

    On 9/5/2023 12:22 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
    On Tue, 05 Sep 2023 06:39:52 +0100, Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 9/4/2023 9:51 AM, alan_m wrote:
    On 04/09/2023 16:14, Commander Kinsey wrote:
    https://youtu.be/x1YSz3NM3Y4?si=tUm0akYIuMi_xuXy

    possibly only ride-able on a flat surface.

    Downhill with a tail wind. On the flat you would have to be a muscle
    monster to get any speed.

    Might work better as a tandem then.

    Have you ever ridden a bicycle ?

    Yes.

    That video is an abomination.

    Why?

    *******

    They do make one-speed bicycles. For adults, they usually come
    with a basket or cargo-carrier, as a "hint" as to their function.
    You *might* even select the gear ratio, based on the kind of city
    you live in. (In a city with 7% slopes, you're going to be buying
    a single speed MTB setup with a lower ratio. For the city with
    nothing but flats like here, the ones in the pictures on this web page,
    would work for you.)

    https://www.bikeradar.com/advice/buyers-guides/buyers-guide-to-fixies-and-singlespeed-bikes/

    *******

    For middle-aged people, the geometry and gearing must be
    adjusted so there is not knee-stress. That's one of the ways
    you can immediately tell a bicycle is mis-adjusted. Your knees
    will hate you. That giant gear ? FFS. Pain. Even with modern
    bicycles, they still have to be adjusted properly. Even the seat height,
    only works over a narrow range. Too high, atomic wedgie, too low, knee pain. That's about one inch of seat stem.

    *******

    For absolute top speed, it's wind-resistance versus input power.
    Once you hit 1kW, that's the end of the line.

    They get 8kW out of the sturdy thighs and buttocks of Tour de France riders.

    The only way to
    go faster when you're cranked to the max, is to be going downhill
    on a slope. I've done 70km/hr

    [uses google translate]

    44mph. I did 39mph once. On a mountain bike going downhill on a road which had a corner where I didn't want there to be one. Somehow I stayed on.

    on a hill (I was on the way home, and
    this was not a race). Big deal. I was maxed out on cadence, and could
    not add any more input power

    I've always used mountain bikes and overrev about 27mph (that's on an 18 or 21 speed, I can't remember which it is, and it's in the shed in the dark).

    (old 10 speed road bike, with
    replacement 6 speed cluster on the back). That's a couple decades ago.
    When I repaired that bicycle, at the beginning of this year, I could
    not believe how much lower the friction was on that thing. "Yards
    ahead" of a 2023 bicycle. Too bad the bicycle has suicide shifters.

    And that's one reason, when you look at eBike classifications,
    there is a "motor power rating" and a "speed limiter" rating,
    and those go hand in hand. Even though what they're doing, is
    not making those limits exactly the same. Without limiters,
    a 250W eBike cannot match the top speed of a 500W eBike.

    Why the fuck would you put a limiter on it?

    When an eBike has sufficient power, we call that a motorcycle
    (capable of hitting 100km/hr at least). Those require a license.

    Don't tell me, you actually have pigs checking bicycle speeds? Whatever next? Checking the length of your tie?

    There are a couple on the road here (the owners don't race them
    or do stunts, they don't have the power for it). There are custom
    battery powered motorcycles that can do burnouts, but nobody is
    rich enough to own that as a daily driver.

    In a car, it takes 20HP to maintain highway speeds against air resistance,
    as a rough ballpark number. It's less for a bicycle, but still
    a significant factor, whether gauging size of battery packs,
    or gauging what to do with gearing on your pedal bike.

    For bicycle riders, their output is roughly 100 watts (limiting
    their top speed on the flats), while an athlete trained for
    burst performance can do 1000 watts. It's the 1000 watt individual
    who will be doing the track sprint or using the aerodynamic vehicle
    for reaching top speeds.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_power

    *******

    Even for these guys, the gear on the front is not huge.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_cycling

    On bicycles like that, if they still had spokes, the spoke
    cross-section is oval. Whereas most people who get a bicycle
    locally, their spokes have a perfectly round cross section.
    The oval spoke "slices the air", saving a tiny tiny amount
    of friction at high speed. You can see in the Wiki article,
    they've tested those bikes in wind tunnels, as part of
    preparing the equipment for track events.

    Sounds like a friend I had when I was 19. He obsessed over making his bicycle 5 grams lighter. But.... that's nothing compared to his own weight.... And anyway, what goes up must come down - it may be harder to get a heavy weight up the hill, but it's
    easier to get it down.

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  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to Brian Gaff on Tue Sep 5 21:31:49 2023
    XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y

    Bike with massive front cog. Goes really fast. Need strong buttocks. Discuss.


    On Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:12:23 +0100, Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:

    What?
    Brian

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to Paul on Tue Sep 5 22:19:16 2023
    XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y

    On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 15:04:36 -0400, Paul wrote:

    They do make one-speed bicycles. For adults, they usually come with a
    basket or cargo-carrier, as a "hint" as to their function.

    The fixies aren't meant for the handicapped. There is no freewheel so when
    the bike is moving your feet better be. Brakes are optional since you can
    stop by resisting the pedals.

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@21:1/5 to rbowman on Wed Sep 6 09:39:48 2023
    XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y

    On 05/09/2023 23:19, rbowman wrote:
    On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 15:04:36 -0400, Paul wrote:

    They do make one-speed bicycles. For adults, they usually come with a
    basket or cargo-carrier, as a "hint" as to their function.

    The fixies aren't meant for the handicapped. There is no freewheel so when the bike is moving your feet better be. Brakes are optional since you can stop by resisting the pedals.


    Not true back in the day. Many pone speed bikes with free wheel

    --
    When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over
    the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that
    authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.

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  • From Fredxx@21:1/5 to The Natural Philosopher on Wed Sep 6 11:11:07 2023
    XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y

    On 06/09/2023 09:39, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 05/09/2023 23:19, rbowman wrote:
    On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 15:04:36 -0400, Paul wrote:

    They do make one-speed bicycles. For adults, they usually come with a
    basket or cargo-carrier, as a "hint" as to their function.

    The fixies aren't meant for the handicapped. There is no freewheel so
    when
    the bike is moving your feet better be. Brakes are optional since you can
    stop by resisting the pedals.


    Not true back in the day. Many one speed bikes with free wheel
    ^^^
    Yes, I had one when I was young.

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  • From Paul@21:1/5 to The Natural Philosopher on Wed Sep 6 10:05:18 2023
    XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y

    On 9/6/2023 4:39 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 05/09/2023 23:19, rbowman wrote:
    On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 15:04:36 -0400, Paul wrote:

    They do make one-speed bicycles. For adults, they usually come with a
    basket or cargo-carrier, as a "hint" as to their function.

    The fixies aren't meant for the handicapped. There is no freewheel so when >> the bike is moving your feet better be. Brakes are optional since you can
    stop by resisting the pedals.


    Not true back in the day. Many one speed bikes with free wheel

    You pedaled backwards to activate (rear only) brake. That's what
    having the free wheel effect on those one-speeds, brought to the table.

    Pedal forward, idle, brake backwards, being the three functions.

    The only danger with those, was perhaps getting your pant cuffs
    caught up in the works, and not being able to turn the crank
    in either direction.

    *******

    They still sell those, for smaller bicycles the kids will grow out of.
    A benefit for the parent, is less maintenance. Some people apparently,
    cannot even manage to keep a bicycle pump at home :-) I had to explain
    to a parent once, that they should not leave the store with their
    new purchase, until the store staff pumped it up properly. They didn't
    seem to be aware about the need for air in the tyres. (The air pumps
    at petrol stations, are no longer suited to bicycle maintenance, so you
    cannot cheap out by just using those. Pressure is too low.) I even had
    to help the store staff, find the bicycle pumps they had for sale :-/

    This is the kind I have now. It has Presta and Schrader on the working end,
    and I can easily pump the 75psi pressure the current tyres take. There is
    a pressure gauge right on the pump. There are some tyres that take more pressure than that (they use less materials in the tyre, requiring more pressure to make it seem like you have a tyre).

    https://www.cyclescampus.com/product/topeak-joeblow-sport-ii-floor-pump-62932-1.htm

    I had a friend once, who was doing tricks in a mall parking lot (businesses closed, no cars, a very large car park). He accelerated and slammed on the brakes,
    to give us a scare. And he succeeded. By having both tyres blow out at the same time.
    What a sound! Impressive. That's why you don't want to do stupid stuff
    with two tissue-thin 90psi tyres on a bicycle. Lots of modern bicycles,
    have better tyres than that. But if you want to set up a bicycle for
    a spill, someone will sell you stuff like that. Those tyres are fine, if
    you just drive in a straight line and don't do stunts.

    So if someone asks you "can you blow out both tyres on a bicycle at the same time",
    the answer is "Yes".

    Paul

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  • From Frank <"frank@21:1/5 to Paul on Wed Sep 6 10:21:09 2023
    XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y

    On 9/6/2023 10:05 AM, Paul wrote:
    On 9/6/2023 4:39 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 05/09/2023 23:19, rbowman wrote:
    On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 15:04:36 -0400, Paul wrote:

    They do make one-speed bicycles. For adults, they usually come with a
    basket or cargo-carrier, as a "hint" as to their function.

    The fixies aren't meant for the handicapped. There is no freewheel so when >>> the bike is moving your feet better be. Brakes are optional since you can >>> stop by resisting the pedals.


    Not true back in the day. Many one speed bikes with free wheel

    You pedaled backwards to activate (rear only) brake. That's what
    having the free wheel effect on those one-speeds, brought to the table.

    Pedal forward, idle, brake backwards, being the three functions.

    The only danger with those, was perhaps getting your pant cuffs
    caught up in the works, and not being able to turn the crank
    in either direction.

    *******

    They still sell those, for smaller bicycles the kids will grow out of.
    A benefit for the parent, is less maintenance. Some people apparently,
    cannot even manage to keep a bicycle pump at home :-) I had to explain
    to a parent once, that they should not leave the store with their
    new purchase, until the store staff pumped it up properly. They didn't
    seem to be aware about the need for air in the tyres. (The air pumps
    at petrol stations, are no longer suited to bicycle maintenance, so you cannot cheap out by just using those. Pressure is too low.) I even had
    to help the store staff, find the bicycle pumps they had for sale :-/

    This is the kind I have now. It has Presta and Schrader on the working end, and I can easily pump the 75psi pressure the current tyres take. There is
    a pressure gauge right on the pump. There are some tyres that take more pressure than that (they use less materials in the tyre, requiring more pressure to make it seem like you have a tyre).

    https://www.cyclescampus.com/product/topeak-joeblow-sport-ii-floor-pump-62932-1.htm

    I had a friend once, who was doing tricks in a mall parking lot (businesses closed, no cars, a very large car park). He accelerated and slammed on the brakes,
    to give us a scare. And he succeeded. By having both tyres blow out at the same time.
    What a sound! Impressive. That's why you don't want to do stupid stuff
    with two tissue-thin 90psi tyres on a bicycle. Lots of modern bicycles,
    have better tyres than that. But if you want to set up a bicycle for
    a spill, someone will sell you stuff like that. Those tyres are fine, if
    you just drive in a straight line and don't do stunts.

    So if someone asks you "can you blow out both tyres on a bicycle at the same time",
    the answer is "Yes".

    Paul


    Good advice on the bicycle pump. A long time ago I pumped up a bicycle
    tire at a gas station and the pump works is spurts of high pressure and
    with the low volume on my road bike tire it blew it up.

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@21:1/5 to Paul on Wed Sep 6 16:23:01 2023
    XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y

    On 06/09/2023 15:05, Paul wrote:
    On 9/6/2023 4:39 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 05/09/2023 23:19, rbowman wrote:
    On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 15:04:36 -0400, Paul wrote:

    They do make one-speed bicycles. For adults, they usually come with a
    basket or cargo-carrier, as a "hint" as to their function.

    The fixies aren't meant for the handicapped. There is no freewheel so when >>> the bike is moving your feet better be. Brakes are optional since you can >>> stop by resisting the pedals.


    Not true back in the day. Many one speed bikes with free wheel

    You pedaled backwards to activate (rear only) brake. That's what
    having the free wheel effect on those one-speeds, brought to the table.

    Only in Holland. No biked like that were ever sold in the UK until IIRC
    the 90s

    Pedal forward, idle, brake backwards, being the three functions.
    No,

    See what is on sale today

    "What are Fixie Bikes?

    Fixed gear bikes have been around as long as cycling, but they've
    recently become more popular as they're so well suited to riding around
    town.

    A 'fixed gear' bike has just one gear and no freewheel. This means that
    when the back wheel turns, the pedals are always turning. However, most
    fixies have a 'flip-flop' hub, which lets you have a fixed gear on one
    side and a freewheel on the other. If you want to be able to stop
    pedalling while you roll along, you can swap between the two and still
    enjoy the benefits of single speed riding."

    In addition Halfords sell no gear freewheel bikes e.g.

    https://www.halfords.com/bikes/hybrid-bikes/huffy-deluxe-cruiser-womens-hybrid-bike---17.5%E2%80%9D-frame-626998.html



    --
    Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have
    guns, why should we let them have ideas?

    Josef Stalin

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  • From Max Demian@21:1/5 to Paul on Wed Sep 6 17:28:21 2023
    XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y

    On 06/09/2023 15:05, Paul wrote:
    On 9/6/2023 4:39 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 05/09/2023 23:19, rbowman wrote:
    On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 15:04:36 -0400, Paul wrote:

    They do make one-speed bicycles. For adults, they usually come with a
    basket or cargo-carrier, as a "hint" as to their function.

    The fixies aren't meant for the handicapped. There is no freewheel so when >>> the bike is moving your feet better be. Brakes are optional since you can >>> stop by resisting the pedals.


    Not true back in the day. Many one speed bikes with free wheel

    You pedaled backwards to activate (rear only) brake. That's what
    having the free wheel effect on those one-speeds, brought to the table.

    Pedal forward, idle, brake backwards, being the three functions.

    The only danger with those, was perhaps getting your pant cuffs
    caught up in the works, and not being able to turn the crank
    in either direction.

    Cyclops!

    --
    Max Demian

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  • From Volney@21:1/5 to Commander Kinsey on Wed Sep 6 14:15:43 2023
    XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y

    On 9/5/2023 4:31 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
    Bike with massive front cog.  Goes really fast.  Need strong buttocks. Discuss.

    Get a 18 speed bike and ride around in its highest speed only. You'll
    then have your answer. Even a slight hill will defeat you.

    There's a reason why they make zillion speed bikes in the first place.

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  • From Jim Pennino@21:1/5 to The Natural Philosopher on Wed Sep 6 12:01:36 2023
    XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y

    In sci.physics The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 06/09/2023 15:05, Paul wrote:
    On 9/6/2023 4:39 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 05/09/2023 23:19, rbowman wrote:
    On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 15:04:36 -0400, Paul wrote:

    They do make one-speed bicycles. For adults, they usually come with a >>>>> basket or cargo-carrier, as a "hint" as to their function.

    The fixies aren't meant for the handicapped. There is no freewheel so when >>>> the bike is moving your feet better be. Brakes are optional since you can >>>> stop by resisting the pedals.


    Not true back in the day. Many one speed bikes with free wheel

    You pedaled backwards to activate (rear only) brake. That's what
    having the free wheel effect on those one-speeds, brought to the table.

    Only in Holland. No biked like that were ever sold in the UK until IIRC
    the 90s

    Pedal forward, idle, brake backwards, being the three functions.
    No,

    Yes.

    They are called coaster brakes in the US and up until somewhere around
    the 60's were the predominant kid's bike as only well to do parents
    would buy a kid a bike with gears.

    That changed as cheap, imported bikes with derailleurs started to become available.

    Prior to about the end of the 20th Century there were very few adults
    riding bicycles in the US.

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  • From Bob F@21:1/5 to Fredxx on Wed Sep 6 12:58:14 2023
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    On 9/6/2023 3:11 AM, Fredxx wrote:
    On 06/09/2023 09:39, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 05/09/2023 23:19, rbowman wrote:
    On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 15:04:36 -0400, Paul wrote:

    They do make one-speed bicycles. For adults, they usually come with a
    basket or cargo-carrier, as a "hint" as to their function.

    The fixies aren't meant for the handicapped. There is no freewheel so
    when
    the bike is moving your feet better be. Brakes are optional since you
    can
    stop by resisting the pedals.

    On the OP bike, be prepared to be thrown off the bike or break your leg
    if you need to stop quick then.

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  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to Volney on Thu Sep 7 00:30:05 2023
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    On Wed, 06 Sep 2023 19:15:43 +0100, Volney <volney@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    On 9/5/2023 4:31 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
    Bike with massive front cog. Goes really fast. Need strong buttocks.
    Discuss.

    Get a 18 speed bike and ride around in its highest speed only. You'll
    then have your answer. Even a slight hill will defeat you.

    There's a reason why they make zillion speed bikes in the first place.

    But no reason the highest gear isn't high enough. They make the same mistake with cars.

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to Fredxx on Thu Sep 7 03:41:13 2023
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    On Wed, 6 Sep 2023 11:11:07 +0100, Fredxx wrote:

    On 06/09/2023 09:39, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 05/09/2023 23:19, rbowman wrote:
    On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 15:04:36 -0400, Paul wrote:

    They do make one-speed bicycles. For adults, they usually come with a
    basket or cargo-carrier, as a "hint" as to their function.

    The fixies aren't meant for the handicapped. There is no freewheel so
    when the bike is moving your feet better be. Brakes are optional since
    you can stop by resisting the pedals.


    Not true back in the day. Many one speed bikes with free wheel
    ^^^
    Yes, I had one when I was young.

    With balloon tires and a coaster brake... I thought I was moving up in
    the world when I got a 3-speed Sturmey-Archer 'English' bike.

    They did have fixed track bikes back then too but very few were crazy
    enough to ride them on the street like the current minor fad.

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to Paul on Thu Sep 7 03:44:56 2023
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    On Wed, 6 Sep 2023 10:05:18 -0400, Paul wrote:

    So if someone asks you "can you blow out both tyres on a bicycle at the
    same time",
    the answer is "Yes".

    It wasn't simultaneous but I managed to blow both on a very long winding downhill run. If I'd spit on the rims they would have sizzled. Disk brakes rule.

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  • From Pancho@21:1/5 to Commander Kinsey on Thu Sep 7 11:34:45 2023
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    On 04/09/2023 16:14, Commander Kinsey wrote:
    https://youtu.be/x1YSz3NM3Y4?si=tUm0akYIuMi_xuXy

    In the video he got up to 64 km/h.

    A typical cyclist can pedal at a cadence of 120 revolutions per minute
    Hence they can achieve 64km/h with normal 50/10 cogs.

    revs per second: ~120/60 = 2
    wheel circumference: 2m
    gearing x5

    Speed 2*2*5 = 20 m/s
    Speed 20*3600/1000 = 72 km/h

    Optimal cadence is 60-100 revs per minute.

    The limiting factor is cyclist power, not gearing.

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@21:1/5 to Jim Pennino on Thu Sep 7 11:17:31 2023
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    On 06/09/2023 20:01, Jim Pennino wrote:
    In sci.physics The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 06/09/2023 15:05, Paul wrote:
    On 9/6/2023 4:39 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 05/09/2023 23:19, rbowman wrote:
    On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 15:04:36 -0400, Paul wrote:

    They do make one-speed bicycles. For adults, they usually come with a >>>>>> basket or cargo-carrier, as a "hint" as to their function.

    The fixies aren't meant for the handicapped. There is no freewheel so when
    the bike is moving your feet better be. Brakes are optional since you can >>>>> stop by resisting the pedals.


    Not true back in the day. Many one speed bikes with free wheel

    You pedaled backwards to activate (rear only) brake. That's what
    having the free wheel effect on those one-speeds, brought to the table.

    Only in Holland. No biked like that were ever sold in the UK until IIRC
    the 90s

    Pedal forward, idle, brake backwards, being the three functions.
    No,

    Yes.

    They are called coaster brakes in the US and up until somewhere around
    the 60's were the predominant kid's bike as only well to do parents
    would buy a kid a bike with gears.

    That changed as cheap, imported bikes with derailleurs started to become available.

    Prior to about the end of the 20th Century there were very few adults
    riding bicycles in the US.


    Once again we have a leftpondian thinking his nation is the world.
    In Europe and in the UK the whole market is completely different

    There are at least 5 types of bikes available here, gear and brake wise
    Single speed locked pedals
    single speed reverse pedals to brake
    single speed freewheel.
    Multi speed hub gears (Sturmey Archer)
    Multi speed Derailleur gears.

    To claim that there is 'only one type' is as errroneous and parochial as
    to claim "Prior to about the end of the 20th Century there were very
    few adults riding bicycles in the US"

    Maybe, but in Europe we never stopped riding them, in quantity.

    --
    Climate Change: Socialism wearing a lab coat.

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  • From Paul@21:1/5 to The Natural Philosopher on Thu Sep 7 08:33:13 2023
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    On 9/7/2023 6:17 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 06/09/2023 20:01, Jim Pennino wrote:
    In sci.physics The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 06/09/2023 15:05, Paul wrote:
    On 9/6/2023 4:39 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 05/09/2023 23:19, rbowman wrote:
    On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 15:04:36 -0400, Paul wrote:

    They do make one-speed bicycles. For adults, they usually come with a >>>>>>> basket or cargo-carrier, as a "hint" as to their function.

    The fixies aren't meant for the handicapped. There is no freewheel so when
    the bike is moving your feet better be. Brakes are optional since you can
    stop by resisting the pedals.


    Not true back in the day. Many one speed bikes with free wheel

    You pedaled backwards to activate (rear only) brake. That's what
    having the free wheel effect on those one-speeds, brought to the table. >>>>
    Only in Holland. No biked like that were ever sold in the UK until IIRC
    the 90s

    Pedal forward, idle, brake backwards, being the three functions.
    No,

    Yes.

    They are called coaster brakes in the US and up until somewhere around
    the 60's were the predominant kid's bike as only well to do parents
    would buy a kid a bike with gears.

    That changed as cheap, imported bikes with derailleurs started to become
    available.

    Prior to about the end of the 20th Century there were very few adults
    riding bicycles in the US.


    Once again we have a leftpondian thinking his nation is the world.
    In Europe and in the UK the whole market is completely different

    There are at least 5 types of bikes available here, gear and brake wise Single speed locked pedals
    single speed reverse pedals to brake
    single speed freewheel.
    Multi speed hub gears (Sturmey Archer)
    Multi speed Derailleur gears.

    To claim that there is 'only one type' is as errroneous and parochial as to claim  "Prior to about the end of the 20th Century there were very few adults riding bicycles in the US"

    Maybe, but in Europe we never stopped riding them, in quantity.


    It has quite a history.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_bicycle

    And even that doesn't have every innovation. There
    were shaft-drive bicycles (no chain), and there is
    some sort of auto-shifting bicycle currently under
    development. There are also bicycles using belt drive
    instead of chain drive.

    Paul

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  • From Jim Pennino@21:1/5 to The Natural Philosopher on Thu Sep 7 07:08:09 2023
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    In sci.physics The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 06/09/2023 20:01, Jim Pennino wrote:
    In sci.physics The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 06/09/2023 15:05, Paul wrote:
    On 9/6/2023 4:39 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 05/09/2023 23:19, rbowman wrote:
    On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 15:04:36 -0400, Paul wrote:

    They do make one-speed bicycles. For adults, they usually come with a >>>>>>> basket or cargo-carrier, as a "hint" as to their function.

    The fixies aren't meant for the handicapped. There is no freewheel so when
    the bike is moving your feet better be. Brakes are optional since you can
    stop by resisting the pedals.


    Not true back in the day. Many one speed bikes with free wheel

    You pedaled backwards to activate (rear only) brake. That's what
    having the free wheel effect on those one-speeds, brought to the table. >>>>
    Only in Holland. No biked like that were ever sold in the UK until IIRC
    the 90s

    Pedal forward, idle, brake backwards, being the three functions.
    No,

    Yes.

    They are called coaster brakes in the US and up until somewhere around
    the 60's were the predominant kid's bike as only well to do parents
    would buy a kid a bike with gears.

    That changed as cheap, imported bikes with derailleurs started to become
    available.

    Prior to about the end of the 20th Century there were very few adults
    riding bicycles in the US.


    Once again we have a leftpondian thinking his nation is the world.
    In Europe and in the UK the whole market is completely different

    No shit?

    That was my main point.

    There are at least 5 types of bikes available here, gear and brake wise Single speed locked pedals
    single speed reverse pedals to brake
    single speed freewheel.
    Multi speed hub gears (Sturmey Archer)
    Multi speed Derailleur gears.

    To claim that there is 'only one type' is as errroneous and parochial as
    to claim "Prior to about the end of the 20th Century there were very
    few adults riding bicycles in the US"

    Who was claiming 'only one type' as it certainly wasn't me?


    Maybe, but in Europe we never stopped riding them, in quantity.


    Different cultures and different conditions.

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to Paul on Thu Sep 7 15:19:01 2023
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    On Thu, 7 Sep 2023 08:33:13 -0400, Paul wrote:

    And even that doesn't have every innovation. There were shaft-drive
    bicycles (no chain), and there is some sort of auto-shifting bicycle currently under development. There are also bicycles using belt drive
    instead of chain drive.

    I was surprised to see a bicycle with pneumatic tires on wooden rims in a museum but apparently you can still get them.

    https://roadbikeaction.com/rolling-on-wheels-of-wood/

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-black-buffalo-soldiers-who- biked-across-the-american-west-180980246/

    I had thought it was a museum related to the fort but the article mentions
    the upgrade to metal rims because wood didn't stand up well.

    https://www.montaguebikes.com/product/paratrooper/

    I have one of these since I wanted a full sized folding bike, not one of
    the ones with tiny clown wheels. The hype is it was developed for military
    use but I have no idea if it was ever used in that context. It does work
    well and I can carry in the car rather than on a rack exposed to weather
    and theft.

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  • From Commander Kinsey@21:1/5 to Pancho on Sun Sep 17 19:35:23 2023
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    On Thu, 07 Sep 2023 11:34:45 +0100, Pancho <Pancho.Jones@proton.me> wrote:

    On 04/09/2023 16:14, Commander Kinsey wrote:
    https://youtu.be/x1YSz3NM3Y4?si=tUm0akYIuMi_xuXy

    In the video he got up to 64 km/h.

    A typical cyclist can pedal at a cadence of 120 revolutions per minute
    Hence they can achieve 64km/h with normal 50/10 cogs.

    revs per second: ~120/60 = 2
    wheel circumference: 2m
    gearing x5

    Speed 2*2*5 = 20 m/s
    Speed 20*3600/1000 = 72 km/h

    Optimal cadence is 60-100 revs per minute.

    The limiting factor is cyclist power, not gearing.

    I would not like to pedal at 120 rev/min for long, it's called twiddling, you're past the top of the power curve of your buttocks and thighs.

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