Your rants here.

EKE_38BPM

notsoblue wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

note for self:

Hot fluids expand.

This is why I now have a sweet and sour microwave.

omg n00b, no they don't!

:P

I always thought they did. Explain/clarify.

PBo

EKE_38BPM wrote:

notsoblue wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

note for self:

Hot fluids expand.

This is why I now have a sweet and sour microwave.

omg n00b, no they don't!

:P

I always thought they did. Explain/clarify.

well that's thermometers f*cked!

(unless there is a distinction between a fluid and a liquid....)

jonginge

Depends innit. Fluids (gases or liquids) will expand when heated*. Fluids at a constant temperature (albeit hot) not so much**

Thanks chaps, insomnia cured. zzzzzz

* assuming constant pressure
** I mean at all. Assuming good thermal contact with the heat source and ignoring non-local effects caused by poor thermal conductivity of the fluid

nich

WAaa!!

Cycled to shops.
Parked up outside the bike stands.
Rummaged through rucksack for lock.
Only find half of the lock. WAHHH.
Cycle back home.
Dummy dummy dummy.

Flasheart

nich wrote:

WAaa!!

Cycled to shops.
Parked up outside the bike stands.
Rummaged through rucksack for lock.
Only find half of the lock. WAHHH.
Cycle back home.
Dummy dummy dummy.

the lo or the ck?

Kieran_Burns

JonGinge wrote:

Depends innit. Fluids (gases or liquids) will expand when heated*. Fluids at a constant temperature (albeit hot) not so much**

Thanks chaps, insomnia cured. zzzzzz

* assuming constant pressure
** I mean at all. Assuming good thermal contact with the heat source and ignoring non-local effects caused by poor thermal conductivity of the fluid

my point exactly. If someone wants to argue semantics when I have a sweet and sour kitchen; I would love to.

Yeesh.

notsoblue

Kieran_Burns wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

Depends innit. Fluids (gases or liquids) will expand when heated*. Fluids at a constant temperature (albeit hot) not so much**

Thanks chaps, insomnia cured. zzzzzz

* assuming constant pressure
** I mean at all. Assuming good thermal contact with the heat source and ignoring non-local effects caused by poor thermal conductivity of the fluid

my point exactly. If someone wants to argue semantics when I have a sweet and sour kitchen; I would love to.

Yeesh.

Mmmm, Sweet and Sour.... It exploded due to the steam generated from the heating process though rather than from the sauce expanding, innit.

Kieran_Burns

notsoblue wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

Depends innit. Fluids (gases or liquids) will expand when heated*. Fluids at a constant temperature (albeit hot) not so much**

Thanks chaps, insomnia cured. zzzzzz

* assuming constant pressure
** I mean at all. Assuming good thermal contact with the heat source and ignoring non-local effects caused by poor thermal conductivity of the fluid

my point exactly. If someone wants to argue semantics when I have a sweet and sour kitchen; I would love to.

Yeesh.

Mmmm, Sweet and Sour.... It exploded due to the steam generated from the heating process though rather than from the sauce expanding, innit.

and steam being a fluid....

desweller

Flasheart wrote:

nich wrote:

WAaa!!

Cycled to shops.
Parked up outside the bike stands.
Rummaged through rucksack for lock.
Only find half of the lock. WAHHH.
Cycle back home.
Dummy dummy dummy.

the lo or the ck?

Cycled to the supermarket a couple of miles away. Locked the bike to my usual lamp post. Filled up the panniers with the week's groceries. Went to unlock the bike.

I'd only forgotten the bloody key, hadn't I.

+1 Dummy dummy dummy...

redvee

DesWeller wrote:

Cycled to the supermarket a couple of miles away. Locked the bike to my usual lamp post. Filled up the panniers with the week's groceries. Went to unlock the bike.

I'd only forgotten the bloody key, hadn't I.

+1 Dummy dummy dummy...

Another one guilty of the above but luckily for me it was outside the local newsagent so I could walk home in 2 mins and get the right key, the key for the lock I had was on a different key ring. It isn't anymore.

northstar

EA05 BXG. Silver Ford van likes to give close passes to cyclists on clear roads.

Kieran_Burns

-2.5C this morning. Glorious, GLORIOUS morning, bright blue skies, hoar frost on everything, low lying mist on the fields, NO wind plus crisp and clear

What a perfect day for cycling.

A pity I got my FIRST EVER P*NCTURE IN OVER 3 YEARS COMMUTING so had to drve in :evil: :evil: :evil:


(happened on my road, going down the hill. I was running late but didn't care when I set off, but sorting p*ncture out would've made me seriously late )

Lancslad

Dear Mr Ninja

Not only did you have no lights and wore dark clothing on chorley new road this morning but it was VERY foggy, ergo I didnt see you till the last minute where your poor bike handling skills saved you in that I spotted you wobbling. I'm pretty sure your Chi isnt strong enough to prevent injury to yourself after being hit by a car.

get some effing lights


Mr runner I dont care how many lights you strap to your self there are signs indicating that pedestrians are forbidden from using the road you were plodding along on.

SimonAH

Re the locks / keys issues above.

I only ever lock the bike up for a couple of minutes out of my sight (like nipping to the bar for a pint) so haven't been too worried about using a cheapie cable lock.

Locked up the bike on Saturday to find I hadn't got the key with me.

Broke the lock open WITH MY BARE HANDS, NO TOOLS REQUIRED

.............now cycling around with about 15lb of ABUS Granit lock and chain draped over my shoulder............good grief.

Do not be tempted to use those cheapie cycle locks my friends. Probably more secure to gaffer tape your steed to a lamp post.

Mr Plum

SimonAH wrote:

Re the locks / keys issues above.

I only ever lock the bike up for a couple of minutes out of my sight (like nipping to the bar for a pint) so haven't been too worried about using a cheapie cable lock.

Locked up the bike on Saturday to find I hadn't got the key with me.

Broke the lock open WITH MY BARE HANDS, NO TOOLS REQUIRED

.............now cycling around with about 15lb of ABUS Granit lock and chain draped over my shoulder............good grief.

Do not be tempted to use those cheapie cycle locks my friends. Probably more secure to gaffer tape your steed to a lamp post.

I've seen really cheap locks be cut with standard garden snips, and other cheapish locks done with small bolt croppers - there are guys going around here with bolt croppers down their trouser legs; takes them about 10 seconds to get it out*, break the lock, and cycle away...

** the croppers, if you were in any doubt.

chunkytfg

Aparently shouting 'get out the fucking road' is not good enough for school kids!!

redvee

To the girl on the FE'd city bike. It was 16:20 and the traffic around you had their sidelights/headlights on, isn't that a big enough clue for you? All you had to do was flick the dynamo onto the wheel. Coming from the left in front of the van isn't a wise move either, the floweres you bought might be for you if you aren't too careful.

Blacktemplar

To the black-clad muppet running the WRONG WAY up the cycle lane on Ayr road last night....... the clue's in the name half-wit!

Fortunately I saw you well before 13 stone of bike & rider plowed into you at about 30mph.

Next time (a) wear some hi-viz when running at night and (b) run on the pavement, moron.

Grrrrrr :evil:

redvee

To the old codger in the silver Skoda Fabia, don't worry about the bus on the opposite side of the road, look out for the cyclist on your sode of the road with his Fenix flashing. Did you wonder why it ended up pointing straight at your rear view mirror?
Saw the above on the way home tonight. She was in a world of her own.

jzed

Dear fellow cyclists who decide to move right in the road without looking......tread very carefully....I am so fed up of you putting my life at risk when I have to take evasive action out into the line of the traffic that I am contemplating resorting to kicking you of your bike.....look over you shoulder before you pass.....I could be a lorry and then you are truly f00ked.

Sc00bs

Dear silly-blonde-bint on the OKR last night at about 5.30. If I see you ride straight through a red light on a pedestrian crossing again (with kids loose and cheerily hurrying across) I'll not be responsible for my actions.

I chased you down to give you a bollocking but this was in vain - mainly 'cos you were also wearing an ipod.

You are a clown who gives all cyclists a bad name and such stupid, selfish actions probably go some way to inflaming drivers with already short tempers.

Sort yourself out you kin idiot.

Fat-Boy-Roubaix

Cars approaching a T-Junction indicating to turn right, looking left while slowing down WTF, me braking braking watching are at last eye contact about ten foot away and me down to 5 mph. I mean seriouly at least three a day, cannot imagine why they do this!!

jds_1981

I'm sure I've ranted about this before, but had a bit of a rash of them recently - pedestrians who wait for you to stop totally before they cross a zebra crossing - despite the fact they could be most of the way across the road before I even reach the crossing if they started crossing after checking the road.
I've resorted to telling them to "either cross the road or don't". Not sure I'll make much of a dent in London though.

hatbeard

to the seemingly infinite amount of cyclists who decided the best point to speed past me today was immediately at the various pinch points around the many obstacles created by the inclement weather overnight and not a mere 5 yards before or after it. it's not just a w@nky thing that drivers do, it's a w@nky thing that w@nkers do. I hope your chains rust and you forget to unclip should you ever deem it necessary to actually stop at some traffic lights.

I hate cycling in after 8am, far too many people 'in a rush'.

oh and the car driver in the right hand lane here that decided one car length from the lights you actually wanted to turn left and then pulled directly across me in the middle lane as I was speeding up to get across the junction. you might not have been able to filter across earlier as it is tricky to get over for cars when there's a lot of bikes in the bus lane there but ffs indicating early to show your intentions would be a big help not when you get to the actual junction ffs.

aaaaand i'm spent.

Sailorchick

Rant at myself for my total lack of bike maintenance skills.

Had to use the car today as my bike is in dire need of some TLC. Back brake is rubbing majorly, neither brake are in particularly good nick, no top gear and to top it off the chain fell off last night. grrrrrr

Not sure when going to get time to get husband to help me fix it all and can't be asked with the early mornings required driving - traffic/parking issues mean I leave home substantially earlier in the car than bike.

crankycrank

My neighbor who gets all her little, metallic, glittery dots in the clothes wash machine which then finds it's way into my bib chamois. Not only do I feel as though I've sat on a hornet's nest after each ride, I have a highly reflective a*se suitable for nude night riding as well. :x

bluecow

Thw muppet in the Landrover who overtook me on wednesday at a whiskers distance, stopped at traffic lights and brought a wry smile to my face with the sticker on his rear windscreen... "Think Bike, Think Biker!"
He obviously thinks very highly of us...

el_presidente

I saw a female scooter pillion passenger riding SIDESADDLE through central London last night, is this even legal?? let alone stupid.

Heckler1974

To the white van driver who tooted because I swerved around an opening car door, then got so miffed by the fact I caught you up at the traffic lights and filtered past you at the ASL that you decided to deliberately kerb me (yes swerving into the kerb is very obvious) as you screeched past, I hope you heard me suggest that your old chap was so small that your missus was shagging all your mates for a good time.

wvanry

to the lass this morning, sticking your paw out and moving over without looking is not clever and then calling me a wanker for pointing it out is most unbecoming... tsk tsk