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Why so many bikes designed to go off-road and through mud don't have provision for mudguards.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
First.Aspect said:
They will grow into them? Because we all know that an 8 year old will still like the bananas in pajamas themed helmet they chose when they were 5.briantrumpet said:TheBigBean said:
I think I read something about them being more effective for kids.vincesummerskRoxcBTr said:It has always intrigued me why parents cycling with children will make the kids wear a helmet but not wear one themselves, still see this quite often.
I assume it's because children's skulls still aren't as hard as adults'. Though when I see children's helmets (or anyone's, come to that) resting jauntily somewhere on the back of the head, I'm not entirely convinced of their efficacy.
Same with the bike itself. Completely okay for it to be so vastly over sized the rider can barely see over the bars.
Reminds me of a Topsham 'character', who at 90-something could just about see over the steering wheel of her Fiesta, and she drove it at about mobility scooter speed. As far as I know she didn't kill anyone.0 -
Not with adequate clearance. I've seen cyclocross racers. Eugh! Muddy @rse is not for me, not to mention face & mouth. Either guards, or no off-road. It's a personal intrigue. 😉webboo said:
Wouldn’t they just get clogged up. You’ve only got to watch a cyclocross race to see how they might not work.pblakeney said:Why so many bikes designed to go off-road and through mud don't have provision for mudguards.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
This global warming $h1t is looking a bit manky for holidays abroad. In the winter there will be no snow and in the summer everything is singed.0
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Skeggy it is then!focuszing723 said:This global warming $h1t is looking a bit manky for holidays abroad. In the winter there will be no snow and in the summer everything is singed.
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Must have improved since I had to spend two weeks working there 10 years ago then.0
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focuszing723 said:
This global warming $h1t is looking a bit manky for holidays abroad. In the winter there will be no snow and in the summer everything is singed.
Canada is having its worst wildfire season on record, with more than 1,000 active fires burning across the country from British Colombia in the west to Quebec in the east.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-66542676
Emergency services are at what is called National Preparedness Level 5 – the highest possible - meaning all firefighters in the country are being tasked with tackling the blazes.
Canada is used to dealing with wildfires at this time of year but a warmer, drier spring than usual has seen more of them burning out of control.
Scientists say climate change increases the risk of the hot, dry weather that is likely to fuel the fires.
As well as the huge evacuation effort in the city of Yellowknife, a state of emergency has been declared in the city of Kelowna in the province of British Colombia.
Residents in 1,000 properties in West Kelowna have been told to evacuate and thousands more are on evacuation alert.0 -
Why do Southern run commuter trains with so many first class seats? Looking on the trainline, I don't think I can even buy a first class ticket from my station as it is the slow train from Horsham but they had 2 1st class carriages on my train this morning.
First class tickets are available on the fast train but at almost exactly double the price of standard for nothing more than a touch more legroom for 50 minutes, surely nobody is buying them (and certainly not enough to justify 2 first class carriages).1 -
Data published by Boston Consulting Group shows just how concentrated in one place the production of semiconductor slices - so-called wafers - for the most advanced types of computing and processing chips is. Taiwan is home to 92 percent of the production of logic semiconductors whose components are smaller than 10 nanometers (fitting more processing capacity onto a smaller area while also being faster and more energy-efficient).https://www.statista.com/chart/30041/global-semiconductor-wafer-fabrication-capacity-by-type-and-location/
Semiconductor processes smaller than 10 nanometers were pioneered in Taiwan and South Korea. Other production centers failed to follow suit in producing this type of advanced wafer for logic chips, as the graphic with data from 2019 shows. While the type made up only 2 percent of global semiconductor production capacity that year, its share is expected to grow as part of the ongoing innovation in the sector and it is already instrumental in cutting-edge technology, for example in smartphones.0 -
I suspect you answered your own question - guarantees you a seatmonkimark said:Why do Southern run commuter trains with so many first class seats? Looking on the trainline, I don't think I can even buy a first class ticket from my station as it is the slow train from Horsham but they had 2 1st class carriages on my train this morning.
First class tickets are available on the fast train but at almost exactly double the price of standard for nothing more than a touch more legroom for 50 minutes, surely nobody is buying them (and certainly not enough to justify 2 first class carriages).0 -
Why are they giving medals out at the finish line at the World Athletics Champs? It feels like the sort of races I do, surprised no-ones passing them a finisher’s t shirt, bottle of water and a banana too.0
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Pross said:
Why are they giving medals out at the finish line at the World Athletics Champs? It feels like the sort of races I do, surprised no-ones passing them a finisher’s t shirt, bottle of water and a banana too.
Cos everyone's a winner? 🤔0 -
Apparently, they take them off of them again after photos, interviews, victory laps etc., whereupon they are engraved and then presented in a podium presentation the following dayPross said:Why are they giving medals out at the finish line at the World Athletics Champs? It feels like the sort of races I do, surprised no-ones passing them a finisher’s t shirt, bottle of water and a banana too.
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That is so obvious that you'd almost think it had been thought of before.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNZlQXBvQCk
Shot of the mast/sail. A good idea and if they get a 30% reduction on emissions and a saving of fuel/costs.0 -
I wonder if you could make them out of some form of fabric to cut down on weight and make them easier to pack down.0
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First.Aspect said:
I wonder if you could make them out of some form of fabric to cut down on weight and make them easier to pack down.
Yeah. It would be interesting how it works in different conditions. The Black Pearl yacht does this.0 -
On the ship the "wing" BAR technologies seem to refer to it as looks pretty damn heavy, it also looks remote/autonomous.0
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Are they next going to invent some kind of circular device to contact the ground to make land travel possible?0
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Yes I think that's the idea. Looks over engineered to me and I don't see why a more conventional sail couldn't be automated, and provide a greater surface area. Probably there's a reason why these are better.0
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I read something, no idea if it's true, that a modern panamax fully loaded carries more on one ship than the entirety of goods ever shipped during the whole of ancient Greece.
And yes, the journalist could have just used the word "sails" in the headline.0 -
That's one for Tim Harford et al.rick_chasey said:I read something, no idea if it's true, that a modern panamax fully loaded carries more on one ship than the entirety of goods ever shipped during the whole of ancient Greece.
And yes, the journalist could have just used the word "sails" in the headline.0 -
In my advanced superior opinion we should have hyperloops to connect each Continent.
Annnnnnd, in the future all solar panels will be located on the planet in the best locations for sun exposure intensity/duration and then distributed via super conductors.0 -
Still amuses me the size of the big transcontinental boats are restricted by the width of the canals built a long time ago.First.Aspect said:
That's one for Tim Harford et al.rick_chasey said:I read something, no idea if it's true, that a modern panamax fully loaded carries more on one ship than the entirety of goods ever shipped during the whole of ancient Greece.
And yes, the journalist could have just used the word "sails" in the headline.0 -
I see you have attained the same level of scientific understanding as Elon Musk and Boris Johnson.focuszing723 said:In my advanced superior opinion we should have hyperloops to connect each Continent.
Annnnnnd, in the future all solar panels will be located on the planet in the best locations for sun exposure intensity/duration and then distributed via super conductors.0 -
Fifty percent positive then. I'll take that.First.Aspect said:
I see you have attained the same level of scientific understanding as Elon Musk and Boris Johnson.focuszing723 said:In my advanced superior opinion we should have hyperloops to connect each Continent.
Annnnnnd, in the future all solar panels will be located on the planet in the best locations for sun exposure intensity/duration and then distributed via super conductors.0
