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State your opinion on COVID-19
On Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 3:37:54 AM UTC+2, wrote:
On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 7:53:38 AM UTC-5, sms wrote: On 5/14/2020 5:17 AM, wrote: On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 5:23:02 AM UTC+2, jbeattie wrote: On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 7:56:48 PM UTC-7, sms wrote: On 5/13/2020 8:45 AM, wrote: Can we talk about bicycles in rec.bicycles.tech? Choose from the following topics: a) Helmet conspiracy b) Dynamo lights versus battery powered lights c) Chain cleaning and lubrication Don't get me going on battery powered helmet lights. Gads, those are blinding on a MUP/cycletrack -- right at eye level. I'd like to whack those people with a waxy chain. And its always the guys with like six lights, and they're always in places where you could get by with no light at all. -- Jay Beattie. +1 what a f*cking idiots. Once one of those idiots stopped me and asked for directions. I told him he could get lost. I was lost myself for half a minute. I never understood the appeal of helmet mounted lights. Supposedly for mountain biking in the wilderness they have advantages, but for on the road they seem to be inconvenient and annoying. The appeal of helmet lights is they light up what you are looking at. Personally I see with my eyes. And they look straight ahead. My helmet light points straight ahead just like my eyes. So the helmet light shines where my eyes are looking. Personally I don't care if the stuff I am not looking at is lit up. Because I am not looking at it. So please don't look at other people. Hmm, how is that gonna work with a two way bike path? Lou |
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State your opinion on COVID-19
Ralph Barone wrote:
wrote: On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 7:53:38 AM UTC-5, sms wrote: On 5/14/2020 5:17 AM, wrote: On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 5:23:02 AM UTC+2, jbeattie wrote: On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 7:56:48 PM UTC-7, sms wrote: On 5/13/2020 8:45 AM, wrote: Can we talk about bicycles in rec.bicycles.tech? Choose from the following topics: a) Helmet conspiracy b) Dynamo lights versus battery powered lights c) Chain cleaning and lubrication Don't get me going on battery powered helmet lights. Gads, those are blinding on a MUP/cycletrack -- right at eye level. I'd like to whack those people with a waxy chain. And its always the guys with like six lights, and they're always in places where you could get by with no light at all. -- Jay Beattie. +1 what a f*cking idiots. Once one of those idiots stopped me and asked for directions. I told him he could get lost. I was lost myself for half a minute. I never understood the appeal of helmet mounted lights. Supposedly for mountain biking in the wilderness they have advantages, but for on the road they seem to be inconvenient and annoying. The appeal of helmet lights is they light up what you are looking at. Personally I see with my eyes. And they look straight ahead. My helmet light points straight ahead just like my eyes. So the helmet light shines where my eyes are looking. Personally I don't care if the stuff I am not looking at is lit up. Because I am not looking at it. The downside of helmet mounted lights is that either the light source so close angularly to the eyes, there are minimal shadows and things look “flat”. Potholes in the road don’t stand out as much. Also, while the helmet mounted light shines on what you’re looking at, a fork or handlebar mounted light shines on what you should be looking at. Crikey. I can’t write worth **** today. Let me try that first sentence again. The downside of helmet mounted lights is that since the light source is so close angularly to the eyes, there are minimal shadows and things look “flat”. |
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State your opinion on COVID-19
On 5/16/2020 11:39 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Saturday, 16 May 2020 21:53:01 UTC-4, Ralph Barone wrote: wrote: On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 7:53:38 AM UTC-5, sms wrote: On 5/14/2020 5:17 AM, wrote: On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 5:23:02 AM UTC+2, jbeattie wrote: On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 7:56:48 PM UTC-7, sms wrote: On 5/13/2020 8:45 AM, wrote: Can we talk about bicycles in rec.bicycles.tech? Choose from the following topics: a) Helmet conspiracy b) Dynamo lights versus battery powered lights c) Chain cleaning and lubrication Don't get me going on battery powered helmet lights. Gads, those are blinding on a MUP/cycletrack -- right at eye level. I'd like to whack those people with a waxy chain. And its always the guys with like six lights, and they're always in places where you could get by with no light at all. -- Jay Beattie. +1 what a f*cking idiots. Once one of those idiots stopped me and asked for directions. I told him he could get lost. I was lost myself for half a minute. I never understood the appeal of helmet mounted lights. Supposedly for mountain biking in the wilderness they have advantages, but for on the road they seem to be inconvenient and annoying. The appeal of helmet lights is they light up what you are looking at. Personally I see with my eyes. And they look straight ahead. My helmet light points straight ahead just like my eyes. So the helmet light shines where my eyes are looking. Personally I don't care if the stuff I am not looking at is lit up. Because I am not looking at it. The downside of helmet mounted lights is that either the light source so close angularly to the eyes, there are minimal shadows and things look “flat”. Potholes in the road don’t stand out as much. Also, while the helmet mounted light shines on what you’re looking at, a fork or handlebar mounted light shines on what you should be looking at. I've ridden trails at night in the dark with a handlebar mounted light and many times I did not have to turn the handlebar very far in order to make a turn. The result was the light shining off the trail and into stuff I was NOT interested in seeing ... I don't think anyone's discounting the usefulness of a helmet light when riding off-road single track. And in that situation, a helmet light is very unlikely to blind others. On streets or MUPs it's another matter. Unless a helmet light has a very narrow beam, it'll be blinding others. And I once tried one that did have a narrow beam, but it was very annoying because I had to hold my head in a very precise position to make use of the light. As I've said before, LED technology has given us far more lumens than we need in the forward direction. It's time for the headlamp designers to redirect some of those lumens to give much, much broader beams. It should now be possible to have nearly 180 degrees adequately lit, so even nighttime off-road single track bends are easily visible. BTW, I did a ride last night with my tiny B&M Eyc driven by an ancient bottle dynamo. Once again, I was extremely pleased by the setup, and had absolutely no problem seeing anything I needed to see. For me, it was a luxurious amount of light. I love riding at night. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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State your opinion on COVID-19
On Sunday, 17 May 2020 11:11:11 UTC-4, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 5/16/2020 11:39 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Saturday, 16 May 2020 21:53:01 UTC-4, Ralph Barone wrote: wrote: On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 7:53:38 AM UTC-5, sms wrote: On 5/14/2020 5:17 AM, wrote: On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 5:23:02 AM UTC+2, jbeattie wrote: On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 7:56:48 PM UTC-7, sms wrote: On 5/13/2020 8:45 AM, wrote: Can we talk about bicycles in rec.bicycles.tech? Choose from the following topics: a) Helmet conspiracy b) Dynamo lights versus battery powered lights c) Chain cleaning and lubrication Don't get me going on battery powered helmet lights. Gads, those are blinding on a MUP/cycletrack -- right at eye level. I'd like to whack those people with a waxy chain. And its always the guys with like six lights, and they're always in places where you could get by with no light at all. -- Jay Beattie. +1 what a f*cking idiots. Once one of those idiots stopped me and asked for directions. I told him he could get lost. I was lost myself for half a minute. I never understood the appeal of helmet mounted lights. Supposedly for mountain biking in the wilderness they have advantages, but for on the road they seem to be inconvenient and annoying. The appeal of helmet lights is they light up what you are looking at. Personally I see with my eyes. And they look straight ahead. My helmet light points straight ahead just like my eyes. So the helmet light shines where my eyes are looking. Personally I don't care if the stuff I am not looking at is lit up. Because I am not looking at it. The downside of helmet mounted lights is that either the light source so close angularly to the eyes, there are minimal shadows and things look “flat”. Potholes in the road don’t stand out as much. Also, while the helmet mounted light shines on what you’re looking at, a fork or handlebar mounted light shines on what you should be looking at. I've ridden trails at night in the dark with a handlebar mounted light and many times I did not have to turn the handlebar very far in order to make a turn. The result was the light shining off the trail and into stuff I was NOT interested in seeing ... I don't think anyone's discounting the usefulness of a helmet light when riding off-road single track. And in that situation, a helmet light is very unlikely to blind others. On streets or MUPs it's another matter. Unless a helmet light has a very narrow beam, it'll be blinding others. And I once tried one that did have a narrow beam, but it was very annoying because I had to hold my head in a very precise position to make use of the light. As I've said before, LED technology has given us far more lumens than we need in the forward direction. It's time for the headlamp designers to redirect some of those lumens to give much, much broader beams. It should now be possible to have nearly 180 degrees adequately lit, so even nighttime off-road single track bends are easily visible. BTW, I did a ride last night with my tiny B&M Eyc driven by an ancient bottle dynamo. Once again, I was extremely pleased by the setup, and had absolutely no problem seeing anything I needed to see. For me, it was a luxurious amount of light. I love riding at night. -- - Frank Krygowski My CygoLite Rover II external battery powered light with (tm) Crossfire technology, lights up the road with very close to a 180 degrees beam if not 180 degrees. Now if that light had ust a bit more range it would have been perfect. I like to see the skunks on the shoulders of the roads well before I get to those skunks. Startling skunks at night (or any other time for that matter) is not a great idea and can have rather stinky results as friend of mine found out late one night as he was riding home out in the country. Cheers |
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Gravel bikes
Frank Krygowski writes:
On 5/15/2020 8:09 AM, Axel Reichert wrote: Yes. For me, cycling is also meditation in motion. That's wonderful phrasing. I agree 100%. While meditating in motion yesterday, I was thinking about the phrasing again. I think it lacks a second, crucial aspect: The cries of joy when coming over the Furka pass from the east and for the first time watching Belvedere or the humble tears when viewing the grandeur of the upper Lac de Moiry or Colle del Nivolet. So I suggest a small addition: Cycling is meditation and emotion in motion. Best regards Axel -- -X- | in memoriam John Conway --X | 1937-2020 XXX | A glider from his "Game of Life" |
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State your opinion on COVID-19
On 5/17/2020 1:20 PM, wrote:
On Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 10:02:49 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote: On 5/17/2020 11:35 AM, wrote: The "excess mortality" for the US is about .3 per 100,000 or 960 people for this country. Accepting that there are fewer traffic deaths but vastly higher alcohol and suicides due to the lockdown any fool could see that the overwhelming majority of deaths were NATURALLY occurring from pre-existing health conditions. Saturday's paper suggests some 30,000 excess deaths, not 960. Did you mean 'county' rather than 'country' perhaps? And whichever it is (We may know more much later. Or not.) the problem of 'garbage in= garbage out' remains. It's at least very early for any after action report. What I have been saying from the start is that everything is being based upon CDC statistics which have now been shown to be garbage. This is why I want the CDC closed down and the statistics that they kept be subcontracted out to universities which are far less likely to be politicized ... Tom, you're not keeping up with the right wing political message! According to the right, universities are evil, liberal places infested with democrats. So it just won't do to entrust the data to universities. Heck, they're likely to look at (gasp!) facts! We know you don't like those trained and tested medical researchers, statisticians, mathematicians, etc. at the CDC. And God forbid we should let the WHO researchers have a say! There's only one solution: Once again, we should turn the problem over to an unemployed high school dropout with no experience at all in processing relevant data. We can find one in California. Hey, as we know, he needs the money. Grocery prices are up! -- - Frank Krygowski |
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State your opinion on COVID-19
On Sun, 17 May 2020 10:20:51 -0700, cyclintom wrote:
What I have been saying from the start is that everything is being based upon CDC statistics which have now been shown to be garbage. This is why I want the CDC closed down and the statistics that they kept be subcontracted out to universities which are far less likely to be politicized Wow, are you incredibly naieve. Universities are very polical and often paid to make statement, especially when they are seeking external funding. |
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State your opinion on COVID-19
On Sun, 17 May 2020 10:17:27 -0700, cyclintom wrote:
Ralph, the normal deaths in the population is 16.4 per 100,000 per week. The present death rate is 16.7. It is a complicated measurement since so many people are presently dying because of auto deaths, suicides, delayed surgeries If surgey ies delayed by hospital overcrowded by covid-19 cases, then if a death results, then it is also a covid-19 death. it is also and a sudden increase in deaths from alcoholism. Interestingly because of lock downs, normal road traffic deahs have dropped to be replaced by a significant nmber of head on deaths fron speeding drivers under the influence of alcohol, They are speeding because most traffic is off the roads and the normal road crawl no longer exists. Again another covid-19 deah, but these cases just emphasis the normal situation on death; it is rarely by one casue and often from a culmulative number of effects where the body no onger has the resiliance to keep going. |
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State your opinion on COVID-19
On Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 12:14:45 PM UTC-7, Ralph Barone wrote:
wrote: Ralph, the normal deaths in the population is 16.4 per 100,000 per week. The present death rate is 16.7. It is a complicated measurement since so many people are presently dying because of auto deaths, suicides, delayed surgeries and a sudden increase in deaths from alcoholism. Some units or additional context in your first posting would have been nice. The important thing is that I GAVE you the rates of deaths and during this so-called "Crisis" that additional deaths are only 1,500 or so and not 80,000+. This illness is hardly worse that a bad cold and while they are screaming "KEEP THE SHUTDOWN" infections and deaths are dropping. It is a false report that "infections are increasing" because all that means is that more testing is being accomplished and hence more positives are showing up. Now remember what I said about this being pure bull**** from the CDC and then look at this chart from John's Hopkins school of medicine https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases The other countries on this map have no political points to make and so this misreporting of new cases or deaths due to the Wuhan Virus isn't necessary. |
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