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Stress Analysis in the Design of Bicycle Infrastructure
On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 09:30:49 -0700, Joerg
wrote: That I don't understand. What ballast were you walking on? The ballast that holds the ties in place. It's coarser than gravel, more uniform in size, and doesn't contain any fines. Around here, the ballast extends for a considerable distance to each side of the tracks. -- Joy Beeson joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ |
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Stress Analysis in the Design of Bicycle Infrastructure
On Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at 11:38:27 PM UTC-4, Joy Beeson wrote:
On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 09:30:49 -0700, Joerg wrote: That I don't understand. What ballast were you walking on? The ballast that holds the ties in place. It's coarser than gravel, more uniform in size, and doesn't contain any fines. Around here, the ballast extends for a considerable distance to each side of the tracks. In other words, it's the super-coarse gravel that holds up railroad tracks. In my area, the rocks are almost the size of baseballs. Amazingly, I once saw two guys riding it on road bikes or, more likely, "gravel bikes." They didn't look like they were having much fun, though. I've ridden a mountain bike on it, by dropping my air pressure to maybe 20 psi. Ugly stuff, unless you're riding inside the train. - Frank Krygowski |
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On 2017-08-15 16:49, John B. wrote:
On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 07:05:08 -0700, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-14 23:15, John B. wrote: [...] Given that the Virgin Group (net worth 5 - 5.5 billion Sterling, estimated in 2014) started with Richard Branson selling bootleg records out of the trunk of his car, it doesn't sound like a business is too difficult to get going in Europe. Look at where he does most of his business though. Today, yes. The point though was that Branson started a business selling bootleg records from the trunk of his car and built it into a billion dollar business. Although you argue that there is so much to impede a startup business in Europe. Selling bootleg records is illegal in Britain and almost anywhere else if that hasn't occurred to you yet. You can start a "business" that way in any country as long as they don't arrest you. I meant starting the honest way. I did, in Europe. And in the US. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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Stress Analysis in the Design of Bicycle Infrastructure
On 2017-08-15 16:55, John B. wrote:
On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 07:09:32 -0700, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-14 20:09, jbeattie wrote: [...] ... After Prop 13, there are few property tax dollars for transportation projects. Maybe SMS can weigh in on this. But I do know you pay practically nothing for property tax. I probably paid that much 20 years ago for a dinger house in a sketchy part of town. Why did you do that? Assuming that you are a normal, intelligent person the question might arise as to why you immigrated almost half way round the world to settle in a state with, perhaps the highest tax burden in the U.S., and now complain about it? Sometimes people have to do job-related moves. Then, like in my case, one can hardly predict when years later a IMO not very competent governor ruins the works. Oh well, some day we might move. Southern Utah looks good. So does Northern Arizona. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 06:52:32 -0700, Joerg
wrote: On 2017-08-15 16:49, John B. wrote: On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 07:05:08 -0700, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-14 23:15, John B. wrote: [...] Given that the Virgin Group (net worth 5 - 5.5 billion Sterling, estimated in 2014) started with Richard Branson selling bootleg records out of the trunk of his car, it doesn't sound like a business is too difficult to get going in Europe. Look at where he does most of his business though. Today, yes. The point though was that Branson started a business selling bootleg records from the trunk of his car and built it into a billion dollar business. Although you argue that there is so much to impede a startup business in Europe. Selling bootleg records is illegal in Britain and almost anywhere else if that hasn't occurred to you yet. You can start a "business" that way in any country as long as they don't arrest you. Certainly. As Branson described it they were records made in France and brought into England without paying import duty. I meant starting the honest way. I did, in Europe. And in the US. The point is that in spite of your claim of how difficult it is to start a business in Europe Branson started a multi-billion quid business in the simplest way possible, selling stuff out of the trunk of his car. Thus, it appears that starting a business is not that difficult. -- Cheers, John B. |
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On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 06:55:26 -0700, Joerg
wrote: On 2017-08-15 16:55, John B. wrote: On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 07:09:32 -0700, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-14 20:09, jbeattie wrote: [...] ... After Prop 13, there are few property tax dollars for transportation projects. Maybe SMS can weigh in on this. But I do know you pay practically nothing for property tax. I probably paid that much 20 years ago for a dinger house in a sketchy part of town. Why did you do that? Assuming that you are a normal, intelligent person the question might arise as to why you immigrated almost half way round the world to settle in a state with, perhaps the highest tax burden in the U.S., and now complain about it? Sometimes people have to do job-related moves. Ah, you mean that design of small electronic devise was no longer done in Europe so one had to immigrate the New World? Then, like in my case, one can hardly predict when years later a IMO not very competent governor ruins the works. Oh well, some day we might move. Southern Utah looks good. So does Northern Arizona. But Good Lord! How else can the government get the money to build the bicycle paths that you demand in the name of SAFETY unless they DO increase taxes? After all, any suggestion of asking the bicycling public to pay for their tiny little highways meets with a united front - "WE DON'T WANNA PAY!" So what else can the state do? Why, tax everyone. In this way the bicycling fanatics won't be singled out as if everyone is taxed then everyone is treated equally. Political correctness at its best! -- Cheers, John B. |
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On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 23:43:39 -0300, Joy Beeson
wrote: I could fit four gallons of milk into the panniers, and a gallon weighs sixteen pounds, so in theory the bike could weigh more than a hundred pounds. Oops! I *thought* something didn't feel right. A gallon weighs *eight* pounds, so I doubt that the bike has ever weighed more than seventy pounds. Seventy pounds is still a lot to lift over a railroad track. I usually lift one end at a time, if I need to cross tracks after shopping. -- Joy Beeson joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ |
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On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 22:59:30 -0300, Joy Beeson
wrote: On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 23:43:39 -0300, Joy Beeson wrote: I could fit four gallons of milk into the panniers, and a gallon weighs sixteen pounds, so in theory the bike could weigh more than a hundred pounds. Oops! I *thought* something didn't feel right. A gallon weighs *eight* pounds, so I doubt that the bike has ever weighed more than seventy pounds. Seventy pounds is still a lot to lift over a railroad track. I usually lift one end at a time, if I need to cross tracks after shopping. But milk is heavier then water :-) Whole milk weighs in the neighborhood of 8.6 lbs/gal. Depending, of course, on the solids content. -- Cheers, John B. |
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On 2017-08-16 17:41, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 06:55:26 -0700, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-15 16:55, John B. wrote: On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 07:09:32 -0700, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-14 20:09, jbeattie wrote: [...] ... After Prop 13, there are few property tax dollars for transportation projects. Maybe SMS can weigh in on this. But I do know you pay practically nothing for property tax. I probably paid that much 20 years ago for a dinger house in a sketchy part of town. Why did you do that? Assuming that you are a normal, intelligent person the question might arise as to why you immigrated almost half way round the world to settle in a state with, perhaps the highest tax burden in the U.S., and now complain about it? Sometimes people have to do job-related moves. Ah, you mean that design of small electronic devise was no longer done in Europe so one had to immigrate the New World? Cutting edge medical ultrasound technology had dried up rather fast over there. That was my field of work. Then, like in my case, one can hardly predict when years later a IMO not very competent governor ruins the works. Oh well, some day we might move. Southern Utah looks good. So does Northern Arizona. But Good Lord! How else can the government get the money to build the bicycle paths that you demand in the name of SAFETY unless they DO increase taxes? They increase taxes to give government workers a whopping 50% retirement raise. Now the local and state bureaucracies no longer know how they are ever going to pay for that. After all, any suggestion of asking the bicycling public to pay for their tiny little highways meets with a united front - "WE DON'T WANNA PAY!" So what else can the state do? Why, tax everyone. In this way the bicycling fanatics won't be singled out as if everyone is taxed then everyone is treated equally. Political correctness at its best! No. Privatize. Hire non-government contractors to build bike paths. That is cheaper and result in better quality. We've got some prime examples in my area how not to do it. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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