sunday sipping bubbly in the ergosphere of cygnus x1

sungod
sungod Posts: 17,414
edited January 2018 in The bottom bracket
'ning

not so nippy this morning, no sign of rain, great days

ride, coffee, keep the economy going

curry later
my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
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  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Just heading out now - misty moisty out there so will the Madone as it's rubbish.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • lincolndave
    lincolndave Posts: 9,441
    Morning, back home after 5 days in Norwich, dry mild but windy, early bike ride this morning, Roast beef and all the trimmings later
    Have a good day
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,184
    Bit windy out, but going to bike up to Rodney's piller and then run up there and then ride back

    Then it's empty one wood store and move it close to the house, then fill it with newer wood

    Later will be roast beef and the pub
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,712
    My amazing wifey (I was under no duress to write that :oops: ) is about to make egg and ham muffins for brekkie. Tennis final, out for pizza this afternoon followed by the usual homework and preparing kids for school.
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,720
    Took the hound for a walk - easier than I'd thought given the one arm situation. Now enjoying coffee and a bit of peace. May trot down to the shops later for a bit of fresh air later on.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,449
    seanoconn wrote:
    My amazing wifey (I was under no duress to write that :oops: ) is about to make egg and ham muffins for brekkie. Tennis final, out for pizza this afternoon followed by the usual homework and preparing kids for school.

    Being Polish, does she chuck bacon into pancakes or shredded pork into scones?!

    Me harrassed me. Might pedal if the rain eases. Need to drop Mrs P and toots off to soft play area for some peace.

    Laters.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,449
    oxoman wrote:
    Morning. Coffee consumed and feeling slightly better, hopefully on the mend.

    Oxo - 5w LED testing without power supply. Is it possible to test polarity with a multimeter? I thought as it is a diode at the end of the day.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,853
    Morning folks, traditional slow start has been had. Just pottering about before going to the ‘rents for a late lunch. Might go for a stroll whilst we’re over there.
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,414
    Pinno wrote:
    Oxo - 5w LED testing without power supply. Is it possible to test polarity with a multimeter? I thought as it is a diode at the end of the day.

    yes, assuming it's not one designed for ac power

    bear in mind a '5w' led could be a multichip assembly and/or have some driver circuitry
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Meh ride in the fog and rain on pos Madone that is now getting sold/given to Bambina.

    About to price up a groupset for a friend to offset cost of new S5.

    Coffee will be had.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,712
    Pinno wrote:
    seanoconn wrote:
    My amazing wifey (I was under no duress to write that :oops: ) is about to make egg and ham muffins for brekkie. Tennis final, out for pizza this afternoon followed by the usual homework and preparing kids for school.

    Being Polish, does she chuck bacon into pancakes or shredded pork into scones?!

    Me harrassed me. Might pedal if the rain eases. Need to drop Mrs P and toots off to soft play area for some peace.

    Laters.
    She's a vegetarian so the meat intake is medium to low but my butter and salt intake has risen dramatically in the last 4years.
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,720
    seanoconn wrote:
    meat intake is medium to low
    Fnarr fnarr
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Dura Ace for S5 or Force?
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • step83
    step83 Posts: 4,170
    Afternoon, damp roads an windy out over Cranfield etc so thankful I didnt try fancy new wheels.

    Coffee an cake scoffed walk the doge then come back an clean the filthy bike, should really start using the "winter" one but its sans brake levers at the moment so meh.

    Alcohol later to prepare me for work tomorrow.
    Titanium Px Spitfire
    Easty commuter
    Tripster AT
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,720
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Dura Ace for S5 or Force?
    Force. Cheaper and I prefer the double tap action.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,853
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Dura Ace for S5 or Force?
    Force. Cheaper and I prefer the double tap action.
    You know he means for curly handlebars?
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,720
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Dura Ace for S5 or Force?
    Force. Cheaper and I prefer the double tap action.
    You know he means for curly handlebars?
    Yep, but its the same principle.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • step83
    step83 Posts: 4,170
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Dura Ace for S5 or Force?
    Force. Cheaper and I prefer the double tap action.

    Have to agree, far more satisfying to use as well.
    Titanium Px Spitfire
    Easty commuter
    Tripster AT
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,449
    @SG and Oxo. I tested the LED's using the diode function on the multimeter. Nothing, diddley squat, dunno why - maybe the battery is low. Then used the Ohms function: 0 in one direction and resistance in the other. Mission accomplished. Polarity figured out.

    No circuitry in the plain 501 LED's:

    501_Cree_LEDS__76815.1417553813.288.274.jpg?c=2

    ...but there is in the T10's:

    t10-501-w5w-25-led-bulbs-pair-162-250x250.JPG
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Step83 wrote:
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Dura Ace for S5 or Force?
    Force. Cheaper and I prefer the double tap action.

    Have to agree, far more satisfying to use as well.

    Fine. Force it is. Best order my frame then.

    Did I mention my Madone was a piece of junk?
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,449
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Step83 wrote:
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Dura Ace for S5 or Force?
    Force. Cheaper and I prefer the double tap action.

    Have to agree, far more satisfying to use as well.

    Fine. Force it is. Best order my frame then.

    Did I mention my Madone was a piece of junk?

    Lance Dopestrong rode Treks. Only accountants and lawyers ride Treks in civvy street.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    edited January 2018
    It's shittt. I can't understand why anybody would ride one.

    Bland plastic junk.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,712
    I leave you lot alone for 5mins and you're talking Ohms and double taps

    animated-sleep-smiley-image-0059.gif
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    seanoconn wrote:
    I leave you lot alone for 5mins and you're talking Ohms and double taps

    animated-sleep-smiley-image-0059.gif

    Double tap rocks.

    Nothing else I have ridden (all Shimano mechanical, di2) comes close to the enjoyment of a perfectly set up Red.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,712
    I ride sram but still

    animated-sleep-smiley-image-0059.gif
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Bust 900 notes out of black ops fund for balance of S5?

    Waddya say? Only live once and all that.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,414
    Pinno wrote:
    @SG and Oxo. I tested the LED's using the diode function on the multimeter. Nothing, diddley squat, dunno why - maybe the battery is low. Then used the Ohms function: 0 in one direction and resistance in the other. Mission accomplished. Polarity figured out.

    the diode function may be based on typical si diode forward voltage, led forward voltage will be much higher, in which case it won't look like a diode to the meter, whereas resistance will show even a smidge of leakage
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,449
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Bust 900 notes out of black ops fund for balance of S5?

    Waddya say? Only live once and all that.

    Noooo, get a 2nd hand Spesh on fleabay. Keep the change to buy Edwyn's deluxe long lasting incinerator torch for maintenance of neighbour submission.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,449
    sungod wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    @SG and Oxo. I tested the LED's using the diode function on the multimeter. Nothing, diddley squat, dunno why - maybe the battery is low. Then used the Ohms function: 0 in one direction and resistance in the other. Mission accomplished. Polarity figured out.

    the diode function may be based on typical si diode forward voltage, led forward voltage will be much higher, in which case it won't look like a diode to the meter, whereas resistance will show even a smidge of leakage

    Noted. All I wanted to do was to ascertain polarity.

    Methinks this looks like the dog's danglies:

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Farnell-L12- ... SwyP5aJEER
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    I always thought loving SRAM was something you did in secret, that it was all about chrome plated Italian gruppos from the 80's. Well, I love double tap too.

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