Nuxx:KlZhl.11350$v6.4781@newsfe25.ams2

Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!cyclone03.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf01.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe25.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: _  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: spindthrift - magnatom antics Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:24:49 +0000 References:   	  	 	  	<68Yhl.6780$aJ3.722@newsfe23.ams2> <777496e0-8621-428f-b947-9fdc2bb54fe1@r10g2000prf.googlegroups.com> 	 <333176e5-16c3-474f-8545-9bcdd4257187@g39g2000pri.googlegroups.com> 	  	 <6050a5ce-756b-4370-83ac-3fde01618107@g39g2000pri.googlegroups.com> Lines: 97 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <6050a5ce-756b-4370-83ac-3fde01618107@g39g2000pri.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.21.204.127 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: newsfe25.ams2 1233674704 82.21.204.127 (Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:25:04 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:25:04 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Bytes: 7832 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:684890

Squashme wrote: > On 3 Feb, 14:43, _  wrote: >> Squashmewrote: >>> On 3 Feb, 14:25, _  wrote: >>>> Squashmewrote: >>>>> On 3 Feb, 14:19, _  wrote: >>>>>> Squashmewrote: >>>>>>> On 3 Feb, 14:02, _ <w...@prettyboy.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> Squashmewrote: >>>>>>>>> On 3 Feb, 13:15, _ <w...@prettyboy.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Squashmewrote: >>>>>>>>>>> On 3 Feb, 11:26, JNugent <J...@noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> JNugent wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> AndyC wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> "relevant" <m...@privacy.net> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here is a letter I have sent - perhaps a few more on similar lines >>>>>>>>>>>>>> [big snip] >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I notice on this one: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7drPCPfWCIQ >>>>>>>>>>>>>> He admits to his mistake of not using the whole lane to overtake, but >>>>>>>>>>>>>> he misses the fact that he overtook a car that was indicating to >>>>>>>>>>>>>> change lane. While that is commonly done by aggressive drivers, if you >>>>>>>>>>>>>> do that on two wheels it is suicidal. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you are going to overtake a car that is already indicating, whether >>>>>>>>>>>>>> stationary or not, you do so at your own peril. Rights of way are >>>>>>>>>>>>>> meaningless when you are dead. >>>>>>>>>>>>> In his video "Undertaking On A Roundabout", the same poster castigates a >>>>>>>>>>>>> car-driver who passes him on the nearside on a large roundabout. The >>>>>>>>>>>>> roundabout seems to be the one seen in the video referenced in the OP >>>>>>>>>>>>> and the cyclist is way over to the offside, hard up against the island >>>>>>>>>>>>> (incidentally passing over a distinctive hatched-off area). >>>>>>>>>>>>> Perhaps he thinks that it is unlawful to pass on the nearside on a >>>>>>>>>>>>> roundabout (it isn't). And if one really objects to being "undertaken", >>>>>>>>>>>>> perhaps it'd be btter not to hog the offside edge of the one-way stretch >>>>>>>>>>>>> of road which is the carriageway of a large roundabout. >>>>>>>>>>>> Another of his videos ("White van-driver teaches me a lesson") appears to be >>>>>>>>>>>> functionally identical to the one involving the private hire car - recorded >>>>>>>>>>>> over the same route, in the same sort of conditions and almost at the same spot. >>>>>>>>>>>> Different motor vehicle, different driver, same cyclist. >>>>>>>>>>>> Anyone spot a pattern here? >>>>>>>>>>> Yes, but let's not be too harsh. Not all motorists are like that. Many >>>>>>>>>>> are not aggressive and do respect other road-users. >>>>>>>>>> LOL. Get some help with your issues, before you end up under my wheels. >>>>>>>>> Do you bring your anger problem up at your regular reviews? >>>>>>>>> And thanks for the warning, I shall avoid cycling in Lincolnshire. >>>>>>>> Hey, why not complain? You're good at that! LOL >>>>>>>> But no, I dont, because you dont make me angry. You make me laugh. You >>>>>>>> seem to have real problems with blinkers, old son. And unless you can >>>>>>>> get that sack of spuds off your shoulder, you WILL have a serious >>>>>>>> incident. And since you're on 2 wheels and your inevitable opponent will >>>>>>>> have four, there's a good chance it'll cost you more than cash. Here's >>>>>>>> hoping, eh? >>>>>>> "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." >>>>>> Would you like the address? >>>>> No thanks it's not Relevant. >>>> As you wish. Now, wanna acknowledge the lawbreaking of Magna/you in the >>>> video, while you're feeling so magnanimous? >>> To quote me earlier:- >>> "Obviously the vast majority of us do not wish to ride >>> around with a head-mounted camera, whose last ever shot is likely to >>> be blue sky and the fading sound of "sorry mate I didn't s..." >> Yeah, I read it the first time. I still cant see where you said that the >> cyclist had broken the law though. Why wont you admit it - its utterly >> clear that his verbal assault amounted to a S5 public order offence. Why >> will you ONLY spot offences by car drivers (and thats on the extremely >> debatable idea that there WAS any). >> >> This Sunday I'll be doing a charity race in our gravity racer and I've >> got some questions about bearings and wheels on it. I daren't ask them >> here, because I dont want to be associated with a group which seems to >> REVEL in a reputation of being bitter, twisted, jealous 'cage haters'. >> Sad, that, innit? > > Very sad. You are too full of anger, hate and bile (or as you prefer > to call it, laughter) to post sensible questions to the group, with > which some here could perhaps help. You may not wish to be associated > with URC, but, guess what, here you are. Go on, dare to be a Daniel!

Our racer's been laid up outside - its too big to get in the shed - since it was last used at Belchford downhill where we found ourselves to be very competitive with vastly better resourced vehicles. Putting it on axle stands and spinning the wheels, the two rear ones span, on a full arms shove - subjective but good enough for our purposes -, for between 70 and 90 seconds each. Stripping the hubs down and pulling out the bearings, we cleaned them and their recess and put them back dry, then added a couple of drops of 3in1 to each set. The wheels then span for more than eight minutes, but the racket off them is awe-inspiring. Longevity isn't an issue as the course is under a mile and we're happy to change bearings even between runs if we have to, but it'd be nice to be a bit quieter, if only because other teams will wonder whether we simply didn't bother putting the bearings back. We've already got tyres that were recommended in this group last summer, and we run them at about twice the PSI on the sidewall (about 100 or so PSI) so they're solid as a rock. Without resorting to rebodying the kart for aerodynamics, what else can we do to improve optimum speed?

Bait ignored.