@andy256 @jimirings I don't think it's really an appropriate topic for the stack exchange format. I think the intention is good, but the way it's presented is wrong. Rewording it to something along the lines of "what are some common types of crashes and what can be done to avoid them" could work, but I still fear it's too broad and likely to just become an endless list of anecdotes of "well this one time I crashed when..."
One could be provocative and say crashes fall into two categories: ones I caused, and ones caused by someone else. Half the time ones caused by someone else could be avoided if I did something else. So I caused it. And on. And on ... good thing I'm not provocative :-)
Anyhow ... can it be rescued? I don't really see a way.
BTW @nhinkle on your lights database I don't see reviews of BBB lights. Just curious why or if, since I use one on the front. I'm sure you can't review everything!
@andy256 (cc: @jimirings @nhinkle) I think that question could be the start of a good blog post, but not really salvageable. Too much of a poll, discussion and personal story question.
A question like "what are the top causes of crashes" or "top cyclist-caused crash reasons" or "top fatal crash reasons" could work. Those can be answered with research into data on crashes, research, etc…
Every now and again some good "poll" questions come up. I can understand why they get closed because of the constraints of the SE format. But maybe this is where the "community" aspect of Bicycles SE is coming in - people want to interact with each other in way which are beyond the existing framework.
There are various polls which could be useful in terms of pointing people in purchasing directions. For example, what tyres people use, what lube people use, etc. etc. All entirely subjective.....but there again it's from people whose opinion you respect.
Morning @Rilakkuma, where in the world are you today? Still in Holland?
Very busy, got hardly alive to the room at nights on working days, on the other hand every free moment was really enjoyable. Amsterdam is fabulous city and sort of reminds me Tokyo with its diversity and contrasts.
will have to start packing soon :) (did not do it yet...)
We stopped at the place called Haarlemmermeer which is on the opposite side of the airport if you look from Amsterdam so it takes about 10 minutes to get to the airport
For what its worth, I lived in NYC for some number of years. It is tough to raise a family there (the money required alone is absurd now), but it helps if you live in the right neighborhood. I probably wouldn't go back to living there (commuting from the burbs or jersey city or something is a lot better for most people).
@Batman I was in NYC for a little under a year I suppose, but for all that time I lived in a "paid for by the company" apartment in Battery Park City. Worked on Water Street, so only 10 minute walk. But when I had discussions with the company about being over there 100%, it became clear that with the package they were offering, I'd only be looking at living in a shared house, and not in Manhattan. That was the reason I headed back to the UK.
@andy256 we have a 25% nearby, but it is only literally a couple of hundred metres in distance. So its mostly just a test - first of brute strength, second in terms of "can I unclip sufficiently quickly that I don't come off?" I think I only did it once out of maybe four attempts.
But we have several hills around here which are maybe 10% over 1km or so (so therefore climbing maybe 100m). I prefer these.
I got the shock of my life when I went cycling in Mallorca last year - the climbs there were also maybe 10%, but they'd be 6 or 7 km
It's funny, when I first started cycling my biggest buzz was simply "going fast", but over time that has been dwarfed by the sheer exhilaration of cresting a decent climb. My mate did Ventoux earlier in the year, I want to try this at some point. Also places like Huez etc. Takes a bit of organising but definitely possible.
@Batman Well, it's only about 40m. We went up it 4 ways, 3 of them are 4 to 8%. My buddy and I are planning a ride in a week or two that climbs about 400m at 5 to 7% (I think). The whole ride is 70-ish km. Thinking of trying my hand at a blog post.
That's another problem swapping phones - at the last count I had 70-something apps installed. I could reinstall those apps easily enough, but all those settings...
@Batman lunchtime here, my afternoon will be spent painting (wood-preserving) a log store. Hopefully a ride later. But we just had a downpour so task #1 is on hold. Good luck with those meetings
@Batman and @andy256 you both need to sort your avatars out!
(or does that just mean I have too much time on my hands?)
but gotta go now in any case (normally I just either walk away or close the tab). Lunchtime, then painting. Maybe with a bit of browsing for phones if I'm lucky!
@PeteH when you get back, tell me what you decided to do with the suggested edit to this answer - if it was you that dealt with it. I saw it in the review Q and wasn't sure what to do. Looks like it was rejected. By you?
@andy256 I think it will be, yes, so if by some freak chance the nationalists are successful, that's it - union broken. Great Britain finished. Just like that.
@andy256 Yep - I do still need to do a little COBOL coding, now and then - but only because I am old and no-one else wants to train to do it, despite it being very well paid.
Had a funny experience in my previous f/t position. They wanted someone to help them bring their software processes out of the last millennium. Didn't work out. It would have required all the youngsters to change.
@andy256 I'm only 46 and I get that. This is one of the reasons I went on my bike mechanics course, to see whether a career break could become a career change. Unfortunately that came with its own obstacles - in that game the 20-year-olds really did run rings around me.
Way underestimated the amount of wood preserver I'd need. Have to go to shops now for more. So that was Log Store = 110GBP, Wood Preserver for Log Store = 60GBP, new cordless drill/screwdriver to put Log Store together = 90GBP
All together = expensive Log Store!! In fairness, I did need a new drill, the old one is fifteen years old and was only around 20GBP even then.
@andy256 you icon has disappeared completely btw. Officially you no longer exist
There is a new handicap world hour record - they're broken 50km at last! The open record is 90km, but at least the funny bike people are making progress.
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I watched a cool bicycles post delivery movie some time ago. i can't remember the film name though.
just did my new daily commute... ride 20km to the office, discover they're still painting it (fumes give me a migraine), ride 20km home. Somehow riding in the morning is nicer than in the afternoon.
Being able to work from home is very nice. But first, a shower.
@nhinkle yeah, with me it's one of those sneaky things. I sit there thinking it's not that bad until I realise that that's all I'm thinking, I haven't actually done anything useful for the last hour. And now I have a headache.
