@mashing53

The less grumpy bit of @beztweets that's all about riding bikes. And other things. So not all about riding bikes. Can barely find time for it these days anyway.

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Joined May 2017
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We’re fundraising, walking 13 miles in filthy weather! Please visit justgiving.com/fundraising/s… to help our friend Ann convert her house so that Sebby can live more easily in it (or, less importantly, to vaguely reward my two reluctant offspring for getting cold and wet). Thanks 👍
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Well, this is awkward. @1ookmumnohands have sent stickers that match @TheRideJournal’s bike, not mine 😀
“This product is really good. I give it two stars.” Fuckwit.
I’ve always thought that “shitting through the eye of a needle” has connotations of accuracy and finesse that are somewhat at odds with reality. Why do we not use the phrase “firing a jug of Bisto through a basketball hoop”?
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If anyone was planning on pointing out that it’s because the two cultural reference points in that metaphor each belong either side of the Atlantic, piss off, I’m ahead of you.
150km in two weeks?
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Umbrellas can fuck off. ☂️🖕
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One of the less fraudulent but more dangerous aspects of the Superwheel is that when the system is compressed by the rider’s weight, the brake blocks no longer fully contact the rim and appear to stand a good chance of slipping right under it.
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Welcome to Physicswang! Round one, and Julie to start. —Mass That’s Physicswang! Simon? —Force reaction amplitude over time That’s Physicswang! Julie? —Hypercoidal particle volume derivative That’s Physicswang! Simon? —Infinite power assistance! I’m sorry Simon, that’s Fraudwang.
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I’ve already seen it in a 1996 documentary about Irish tourist attractions. xitter.cf/thesuperwheel/status/1…
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One nice things about singlespeeds with cable disc brakes is that if you’re indecisive about whether you want to use flat or drop bars, it’s a 15 minute job to swap them.
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DON’T DUMP THE MUSHY PEAS ON TOP OF THE CHIPS IT MAKES THEM GO SOGGY YOU DAFT BASTARDS
Silliness level: Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel.
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TIL this exists
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It’s like watching a perpetual fruitloop machine. My only complaint is that I’ve got a massive bag of popcorn to use up and he doesn’t post often enough.
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What you see in the bottom of a car tyre is deformation and relaxation of the carcass under cyclical load. This involves a process called hysteresis, which is… energy loss. (“Loss” meaning conversion to a form which is not used productively; in this case primarily heat.)
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Again, for those who are blocked:
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Crumbs. Where to begin? Let’s begin with the fact that the frictional force is what drives the bike forward. You don’t want a device that reduces that.
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In case you’re also blocked (and can’t be arsed to go browsing via another account), here comes the science:
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A machine that “converts weight to energy” whilst gaining altitude—bejesus begorrah, it’s a feckin’ miracle!
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