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[Jenkins]

Almost finished tonight’s beer

Not yet started tonight's beer.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Qualifying was a farce !

I thought it was quite good, it shows that the Mercs have gone for straight line speed again over downforce for cornering, if the weather changes again they'll be uncatchable, but if it's wet it's Max's to lose.

 

[Jenkins]

Who says men can't multitask? This afternoon I had the IMSA 12hr race from Sebring on the main TV via Chromecast, the WEC from Bahrain on the PC and the BTCC support races streaming on ITV on the Chromebook.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Not yet started tonight's beer.

I'm just in the middle of my first beer.

 

[classic33]

Almost finished tonight’s beer

And the night is young.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I thought it was quite good, it shows that the Mercs have gone for straight line speed again over downforce for cornering, if the weather changes again they'll be uncatchable, but if it's wet it's Max's to lose.

Lets hope the weather doesn't change and we get a mixed up race.

 

[Andy in Germany]

@Andy in Germany and Reynard - Please Could you answer a question for me?

In a roundabout way, Pinterest led me to this book

Amazon product ASIN 3772441769View: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/3772441769/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=


My German is not good enough to work out if the book includes the templates for the silhouettes. I have read the reviews and they seem mainly good reviews. My German would be good enough to work out how to do them, as there are plenty of pictures.

From the text it seems there are at least full sized templates to work from in the book.

 

[tyred]

My LED "bulbs" and rectifier/regulator turned up yesterday so fitted them to the Rudge this afternoon and went for a ride in celebration, finishing the final few miles in pitch darkness. They are definitely a huge improvement and the SA Dynohub lighting system is now actually usable in the modern world. The tail lamp is very bright by any standards, the headlamp acceptably so, probably a similar level of output to one of the older B&M Lumotec halogen lamps. Of course the headlamp is about 4 inches in diameter which should make it very visible due to it's size. I probably should polish the alloy reflector in the lamp. I actually think a slightly less bright rear bulb and a slightly brighter front bulb would have been a better use of the available power. There is a strobing effect at low speeds due to the low frequency nature of the Dynohub and obviously no standlights.

I just did this as an experiment, I don't intend putting it to winter use but it's nice to know there are now usable lights should I take it out for a ride, I don't need to rush home before dark. As there is no noticeable drag from the Sturmey dyno, and now no bulbs to blow I will run them even in daylight. No reason not to. The problem with rod brakes is that none of the modern battery lights can be easily fitted to the bars as the brake rods get in the way and a fork crown mounted lamp doesn't suit either as the brake stirrup gets in the way.

Riding a 28" wheeled roadster is such a relaxing experience and the perfect antidote to the modern world. I can see where I am going, now to work out how to make it stop in the rain!

I also removed the mudguards from the other 26" wheeled roadster I am working on and cleaned the surface rust from underneath the mudguards and gave them a coat of car underseal and hung them up to dry. I opened the modern AW3 hub that is fitted to this bike as it felt a bit gritty but I think all that was wrong was that the bearings had somehow tightened. Sturmey hubs work best with very slight play in my experience. All looked good inside and the grease was still soft and doing it's job so I built it back up again. No sign of any grindings in the grease so hub good for further service. The tyre was pretty much worn through so I replaced it with my spare Michelin World Tour. I have covered enough miles on this bike to have worn out two Michelin World Tour tyres. Hub still good, still the same chain and sprocket. How many chains and cassettes would I have used if I had been riding a deraileur system?

I had a nice plate of homemade soup with some crusty bread and am now relaxing listening to the radio and having a bottle of beer.

 

[PeteXXX]

No1 granddaughter came up with an interesting question yesterday.
How do we know what kind of noise dinosaurs made, and what if they sounded like a chihuahua?

 

[classic33]

No1 granddaughter came up with an interesting question yesterday.
How do we know what kind of noise dinosaurs made, and what if they sounded like a chihuahua?

Wouldn't have sounded like a chihuahua, and certainly nothing like "Jurassic Park".

Think alligator and crocodiles. Their modern ancestors.

 

[Reynard]

Seriously good Yellow Sticker hunting in Tesco tonight. Though I swear if Mr Moustache takes any more steaks, he'll end up mooing!

Anyways, I picked up a pork loin joint, beef mince, three aberdeen angus burgers, basa fillets, trout fillets and a job lot of salmon fillets off the counters, plus cooked chicken, smoked salmon, eight pints of full cream milk, two litres of goats' milk, carrots, chinese leaf, broccoli, mushrooms, peppers, apricots, grapes, cherries, two boxes of breakfast cereal, croissants, belgian buns, crumpets and a victoria sponge cake.

Happy Reynard and happy kitties.

 

[Reynard]

Wouldn't have sounded like a chihuahua, and certainly nothing like "Jurassic Park".

Think alligator and crocodiles. Their modern ancestors.

And birds...

 

[classic33]

And birds...

Are you saying dinosaurs tweeted!!

 

[Kempstonian]

No1 granddaughter came up with an interesting question yesterday.
How do we know what kind of noise dinosaurs made, and what if they sounded like a chihuahua?

IMO its quite possible that some of the small ones could have made noises similar to today's birds, if we are to believe that birds are their descendants. I can't imagine the really big ones making chicken noises though! Maybe they didn't make noise at all? Or perhaps a hissing noise like some large lizards (Komodo dragons or Monitor lizards)? I don't think they would have growled or roared like they do in the movies though.

 

[Reynard]

I thought it was quite good, it shows that the Mercs have gone for straight line speed again over downforce for cornering, if the weather changes again they'll be uncatchable, but if it's wet it's Max's to lose.

I dunno... My money's on Checo.