http://urbanvelo.org/boris-bike-spin-class-flashmob/

lol. a crowd hijacking a london bike rent station for a spinning lesson

Awesome, and hilarious!

http://www.bikehacks.com/bikehacks/2011/04/traffic-race-big-wheel-vs-mta-bus.html

*roflamao*

Fr Apr 01 2011 17:12:10 EDT von IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored Betreff: Re:

the nihola has a wooden bench to sit on. Its got safetybelts that
will fit for kids (probably two <12years), as Grownup you will
probably fit with your knees just in, so theres no where to go
anyways.

I love the advertising copy for the "big" model [http://www.nihola.com/products/big.html]

"nihola BIG can carry up to 6 children and a case of beer."

Hey, sounds like a great day out with the kids, right? :)

yea, I guess... this is probably rather used by kindergardens...

I think the fun part is, that you can talk to your kids face to face while driving...

using such a trailer, you have to turn, or take a mirror like you do in a car...

but the other is a bike, which makes you pedal and do some serious sports action, shouldn't that be more than just some wind passing by while driving faster?

hm,. motorcycling makes you drink more whater per day than horse riding, cycling or walking?

http://www.militarybikes.com/comparison.html

hm, attachment uploading doesn't work here.

animal, ain't your bike missing something?

oh, and the blue thing between the guy and me is sort of a tent you can put over your kids (or goods ;-) so they stay dry & warm in rain / wind

the nihola has a wooden bench to sit on. Its got safetybelts that will fit for kids (probably two <12years), as Grownup you will probably fit with your knees just in, so theres no where to go anyways.

the container in the front is closed, so you can put in your goods too (maybe even next to one kid) so you can also use it as boot.

Is the "Nihola" meant to carry another person, or cargo?

Me Cycling the Nihola

http://www.kati-und-holger.de/dokuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?cache=&w=479&h=700&media=holger:blog:rad:cyc8.jpg

http://www.bataanmarch.com

26.2 miles, 35 pounds, and two close friends from my unit.  What better way to spend a weekend?

a bike wheel, some pieces of paper, and the right speed, and you get some kind of animation.

18 kleine Bilder auf einem Laufrad ergeben - bei der richtiger Geschwindigkeit des Laufrades - eine Art Daumenkino. Tim Wheatley hat diese Idee aufgegriffen und die folgende Animation gebastelt.

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i'd rather do it vice versa?

the n00bs stay inside if its to cold.

had the chance to ride a pederson:

http://www.pedersenbicycle.dk/

(probably one of the "stolen design" ones...)

amazing ride. The saddle isn't directly  attached to the frame, so you can't steer the bike by whipping your hip. you don't have the tight feedback from the ground, like if you had a suspension; there is none. The handlebar is pretty close, first had problems to get it going straight, but it was an amazing ride.

Next cycle tested was a nihola.com carco bike; first started out as a passenger, pretty fancy. The passenger sits in front of the steering axis, so turns feel a little funny at first.

Then changed the role, now as driver.  My passenger was around 90kg, the guy who drove me around first... The 8 gears Shimano gearhub does a nice job in this. Even a ramp of 4 % climb is no problem. Most of the problem was, that the gripshift was operating the other way around, so I hit the wrong gear.  It also feels a little odd that you musn't bend over in turns, since they're 3 wheelers. Took another turn with Maja as passenger (~25 kg), that time its almost amazing that you can go off speeding with such a bike, and she soon finds the safety belt and attaches it. The ramp up is next to 'not there' this time, we climb it quickly.  As she wanted to get out, she first doesn't find the release button, and the guy who sells them is amazed, that she found the belt. Then I try to lift the cycle, and fail... I guess its > 40 kg and I just can lift two of the 3 wheels.

outperformed my MTB 48 km/h on my track to work downhill through forrest ways: 52 km/h with the X-Bow.

its just been 2m of way where I sort of had _any_ control over the bike. Thank good the mud track was guarded to the left and right, and no stone was in the way.

The seats are murder though....

snow bikes:  http://kstp.com/article/stories/S325450.shtml?cat=1&v=1

now this is freakin' awsome: http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/airbike-nylon-bicycle-first-look-29615

a bicycle made without any metal.

Well, HB Gary certainly can't, so maybe that's not a bad thing.  Heh

In a hurry?  *shakes head*

http://www.sfcriticalmass.org/2011/02/27/brazil-critical-mass/

A motorist ran its golf through a critical mass ride in brazil last friday. Shocking pictures.

whew. these guys are doing realy hard.

its gotta be more than 130 rpm in that training gymn...

Mon Feb 14 2011 11:12:50 PM EST from IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored Subject: Re:

Nice catch there.  I wonder what the military industrial complex is going to do now that we know?

I'm sure they are now scouring the internet for any remaining evidence.  These pics are protected by tinfoil, though, so we're all safe.

Mon Feb 21 2011 08:27:34 AM EST from dothebart @ Uncensored

so... found this place to upload the garmin stuff:

http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/tbplWCq0wgw

That's pretty cool.....permanent bookmark for me.  Now if only my phone had better battery life.....

so... found this place to upload the garmin stuff:

http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/tbplWCq0wgw

no, you definitely need legs for it, even if they're made of wood.

heres a video of modern bikes built that way: http://www.swingbiker.de/

the primary thing about it is, that you have to move all your body.

such a mechanism also exists as a stationary muscle machine, but i'd like a bike better ;-)

Maybe you have no legs?

You operate this bike by pulling and pushing the handlebar:

http://www.historische-fahrraeder.de/files/cavallo.jpg

Mon Feb 14 2011 16:42:49 EST from Harbard @ Uncensored

In the second picture there is a flying saucer watching the eagle too.  Look up near the top......and zoom in.

That looks more like lunch than a flying saucer.

Nice catch there.  I wonder what the military industrial complex is going to do now that we know?

In the second picture there is a flying saucer watching the eagle too.  Look up near the top......and zoom in.

hm, doesn't look as big as one would think? nice pics.

We seem to have gained an eagle during all this cold weather.  This guy was perched in the tree at the end of my driveway.

http://arcticglass.blogspot.com/

funky.they ride MTBs with tires bigger than the moon-buggie tiries... walk... skie... nice pics.

http://bikebloggerberlin.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/crumpled-city-zerkni

now if you hate falk-maps like me, this is real fucking cool. You can just crumble the material the plan is printed on, and put it into your pocket like a hanky:

Crumpled City – zerknitterte Stadt

Von bikebloggerberlin

… so nennt die italienische Firma Palomar ihre Stadtpläne.

Design: Emanuele Pizzolorusso

Wer keine Lust mehr auf falschpatentzugefaltete, kiloschwere Stadtpläne oder quadratmetergroße Papiertischtücher hat sollte sich die Crumpled Cities einmal genauer anschauen. Der Name sagt, worum es geht: Stadtpläne, die zusammengeknüllt in die Hosentasche wandern und blitzschnell wieder entfaltet werden können, wenn sie benötigt werden.

Um den Weg zu finden, um zu wissen, wo man gerade ist oder: um sich daraus ein Stirnband zu binden. Leicht, wasserfest, schnell entfaltet, enthalten sie

all the most important informations about the city as well as a list of ten „Soulsights“

Erhältlich sind zur Zeit Pläne von New York, London, Rom, Paris, Berlin und Hamburg, zu beziehen über den Webshop von Palomar oder einfach über Amazon.

Und wie bewähren sich die Pläne in der Praxis? Mir liegt der Plan von Berlin vor. Ganz klar: Man sollte da nicht zu viel erwarten.  Dargestellt wird die Innenstadt, in etwa die Fläche des S-Bahnringes. Im Norden bis zum Prenzlauer Berg, im Süden bis Kreuzberg. Keiner der Berliner Flughäfen (Tegel, Tempelhof, Gatow) ist enthalten. U- und S-Bahnhöfe werden angezeigt, das Bahnetz fehlt. Größere Straßen sind benannt, kleinere nur, wenn genug Platz war. Ein Verzeichnis wichtiger Orte, Plätze und Gebäude ist enthalten: eine bunte Mischung vom Admiralspalast über den Ernst-Thälmann-Park, der Siegessäule bis hin zum Schwulen Museum. 10 ausgewählte Sehenswürdigkeiten („Soulsights“) von Mainstream (Nofretete) bis Geheimtipp (Medizinhistorisches Museum) sind markiert und auf englisch beschrieben.
Als Material wird das unverwüstliche 2928610@Uncensored

whew, first ride with the chaingang. rode with the x-bow, not that bad. It realy can take it up with roadbikes.

*roflamo*

this one is for Animal:

http://www.bildschirmarbeiter.com/video/warum_bekomme_ich_einen_strafzettel/

I didn't get it totaly, why is he ticketing that guy? because of missing mudd-guards?

*roflamo*

"Think about it. Open topped fast cars have a purpose, road bikes don't.  "

http://bristolcars.blogspot.com/2010/08/men-bicycles-are-not-answer-to-your-mid.html

just found that:

http://www.sboard.cn/prod_detail.asp?id=991

somehow reminds me about that snowtrax stuff...

what did they do to the snow? or are you on vacations to down under?

overdid it with 'clothes to warm yesterday'

*chill*

finaly it feels good to ride the SUV again.

yes, i'm talking about that GHOST alloy fixed tail thing with the big bad magura breaks attached to it and the two nasty 26" schwalbe nobby tires.

no skidding, no danger of losing track even in some muddy snow.

the feeling to ride on glue compared to the roadbike is gone. Riding slower is acceptable, since most cars do also.

oh, and finaly riding with a loaded airZound again.

Geez..here the snow is almost gone.  It's supposed to RAIN on Monday.  The Farmers Almanac has some 'splaining to do.  They said this winter was supposed to be colder than normal.

I'm willing to beta test.

Thu Nov 25 2010 09:26:36 AM EST from IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored Subject: Re:

Unacceptable!  We need a way to convert body fat directly to electricity without using muscles/generators.  I want a USB connector on my belly that I can use to run a laptop or a phone, and if the stored supply of energy really does start to run low I want to be able to eat a Big Mac to charge it.

I like this plan, you're the geek, invent it please.

you all be assimilated.

Unacceptable!  We need a way to convert body fat directly to electricity without using muscles/generators.  I want a USB connector on my belly that I can use to run a laptop or a phone, and if the stored supply of energy really does start to run low I want to be able to eat a Big Mac to charge it.

now these do have snow:

http://arcticglass.blogspot.com/2010/11/embracing-cold.html

plus cycling with the MTB seems to be partialy possible.

like the muff he has at the handle bar.

so we should run our cars on body fat. That would be great.

oh wait, that's called a bicycle :)

Sa Nov 06 2010 12:38:35 EDT von IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored Betreff: Re:

Heh.  That's about the sum of it.  :)

Oddly enough, I was thinking about something like that a few days ago.  A real breakthrough would be to develop a way to directly convert the energy stored in one's body to electricity, for powering cell phones and computers and such.  Most of us are carrying around a bunch of extra stored energy that we don't really want.

(Yeah I know, hand cranked generators etc. etc.  I'm talking about a way to do it at the molecular level without all that.)

btw, from the Steven Chu article in politics & propaganda:

Chu's talk spans environmental history, deep-water drilling and energy efficiency. Explaining why electric car batteries are large and heavy, he uses a common measurement of energy and notes that a lithium ion battery stores 0.54 megajoules per kilogram. Body fat has 38 megajoules per kilogram, and kerosene has 43.

quiet a number, right?

you do differential GPS. One needs to know that GPS primarily is a time signal plus the position of the satelite. You get that from several satelites. By the time elapsed from the satelite sending it to you receiving it you  know the distance to that satelite. Then you do simple triangulation of those satelites positions and distances to find out your actual position. Because of thats a lot of arithmetics which has to be done in high precision, GPSes use quiet a lot of battery. My Garmin Edge 705 lasts about 10 hours with GPS enabled, and if you put it into a place where it doesn't get any satelite (like with the bike into the cellar) it lasts several days.

Differential GPS works like that:

you put up a GPS receiver station that "knows" its place, so you just need to calculate the difference to what the GPS signal tells it, and send that correction over to the mobile client.

In cars this is done via FM-Radio; you can do that via amateur radio if you want to roll your own.

that way you also get a higher resolution then GPS would offer in first place, plus 'selected availability' (as the military used to call the obfuscation) is next to useless.

maybe the accuracy of the satelite pictures are not as good in the forrests as in the city since less known points are there to adjust them to the grid?

The best resolution I get is about 6-7 feet with my Garmin Etrex.  That's assuming the military is not degrading the GPS signal.  Does any know if they are still doing that?  It's been quite awhile since I checked or cared realy.  12-15 feet is more than enough resolution for me.

Pretty darned close.  Not $400 close, but they are powerfully nice units (Garmin Rino 530HCx), and have built-in weather radios and transceivers for use as backup comms.

Unfortunately, the chargers they come with are very poorly designed and break very quickly, making it impossible to charge the battery packs (which do last a long time).  The AA adapter packs don't last nearly so long and are bulky.

Under the guise of training with our new $400 GPS receivers that we convinced the Army to purchase us, I have been out a few times with my family, a friend who's really into it, and by myself once or twice.

Mon Nov 08 2010 02:28:41 PM EST from the8088er @ Uncensored

Anyone ever been Geocaching?

they call it matrix.

Heh.  That's about the sum of it.  :)

Oddly enough, I was thinking about something like that a few days ago.  A real breakthrough would be to develop a way to directly convert the energy stored in one's body to electricity, for powering cell phones and computers and such.  Most of us are carrying around a bunch of extra stored energy that we don't really want.

(Yeah I know, hand cranked generators etc. etc.  I'm talking about a way to do it at the molecular level without all that.)

http://www.rad-spannerei.de/blog/wp-content/2010/08/save-fat.jpg

the NYC bike maps: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicyclists/bikemaps.shtml

...and how big is your turf?

http://www.streetfilms.org/revisiting-donald-appleyards-livable-streets/#more-48630

beltane found some nice videos from Copenhagen showing rush-hours from all year round:

http://beltane73.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/rush-hour/

while me does cycle all year round, that huge number of bikes even during snowy wheather in january, its amazing.

nice campaign from some german towns: Turn on your brain, turn the engine off:

http://www.copenhagenize.com/2009/11/brain-on-motor-off.html

sadly haven't been in any of these cities last year :-(

Mo Okt 25 2010 08:22:38 EDT von IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored

That's awesome. I'd love to be part of a big bicycle commuting community.

What's the average distance travelled by those folks?

They probably do ~1 - 6 km which would be around up to 4 miles?

my daily commute is 20 km (~12 miles?) each.

this guy is bike commuting new york:

http://www.peopleforbikes.org/blog/entry/new_from_new_york/

nice movie also, interesting to see the different ways of road layout etc.

Heavy bike traffic in uetrecht:

http://www.copenhagenize.com/2010/10/utrecht.html

(at tripple speed, but whew. what a busy intersection...)

another article about australia (they have the obligation to wear bike helmets) and their future planning:

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/sydney-can-be-saved-cycling-advocate-20101013-16itn.html

Mi Sep 29 2010 01:04:52 EDT von dothebart @ Uncensored Betreff: Re:

 

Di Sep 28 2010 20:31:48 EDT von IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored

I've seen several accidents where the head was broken, and the helmet
not touched.

Imagine how different those accidents would be if they were actually wearing the helmets :)

thats what I meant with less blood spilled all over the place ;-P

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2050/1986909659_ca7f0db4e4.jpg

found over here: http://changeyourliferideabike.blogspot.com/2010/10/market-street-bike-lanes-attractive.html

why in some cities girls ride bikes (germany) and in some they don't (gb)

http://www.bikebeauty.org

Di Sep 28 2010 20:31:48 EDT von IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored

I've seen several accidents where the head was broken, and the helmet
not touched.

Imagine how different those accidents would be if they were actually wearing the helmets :)

thats what I meant with less blood spilled all over the place ;-P

http://www.google.com/images?q=calimero+with+sombrero&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&client=iceweasel-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=de&tab=wi&biw=1276&bih=877

Calimero with Sombrero.

I've seen several accidents where the head was broken, and the helmet not touched.

its just of use if you jump directly upwards into the ceiling.

both of the guys I talked about had their heads saved by basic plastic bike helmets.

And they were both told that without helmets, they would have certainly had skull fractures and likely serious brain damage.

fear. yes. thats what its about.

http://www.copenhagenize.com/2010/09/vanity-myth-go-figure.html

bicycling isn't remotely as dangerous as bull riding. though animal names them in conjunction that he does both without helmet.

(well, maybe if you do downhill biking, yes, then its probably ok to wear body armor & a _real_ helmet)

The plastic one feels like Calimero with Sombrero anyways.

bs. i was sitting in the doc's office with a guy who'd pitched forward over a rock 3 days earlier swerving b/c some kid had stopped suddenly on an off-road ride. Helmet was smashed to bits (the helmet apparently looked ok, but the guy at the bike store pulled out the inner lining and it was clearly wrecked). Head inside was fine. Arm was broken, but hey, you can't win 'em all. If the helmet was wrecked, I'm guessing the head would have been wrecked some without it.

I know another guy who was hit by a car and went flying. The injuries to his face and some of his body were serious, but again, helmet was smashed, brain was not. 15 years later, the guy, who's near 80 by now, is still going strong.

bike helmets are next to useless anyways. they're just here for the person thats just overrunning you to not having your blood distributed all over his car and getting shocked.

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/eccentrics-saddle-up-for-the-knutsford-great-race-27887?CPN=RSS&SOURCE=BRGENHOME

some gentlemen on their bikes. qute pics. If you want to have a look at the ancestors of your bike, have a look at the pics..

nice little movie about an la couple visiting Copenhagen, talking about the bike culture there.

http://www.copenhagenize.com/2010/09/little-known-copenhagen.html

now thats uber-cool: A bridge playing xylophone while cycling over it:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/09/xylophone-bridge-seoul-music-making-bike-path.php

my tandem is used by more than one set of drivers, and depending on the persons shoes/preferences its switching to...

- plain old platform pedal

- plain old platform pedal with straps

- Schimano SPD

- eggbeater

and all that depending on who is sitting on which saddle...

So an easy & quick change of Captain and Stoker isn't possible without getting out the inbus key, the 14mm jaw wrench (depending on which pedals you've got) and screw them off and on again.

Most probably the primary target for that sort of thing are bikes that are ridden indoor for training of bike clubs, so everybody can bring their own pedal and exchange / adjust the bike quickly between several members of the club...

Di Sep 14 2010 17:35:31 EDT von IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored Betreff: Re:

But otherwise why would you want to quick disconnect your pedals?

yep, still using them.

everybody else has looks, schimano spd and so on...

but its more or less an accident that they show their quick lock stuff with eggbeaters...

hm, want one for my tandem:

http://bikereviews.com/2010/09/white-industries-quick-release-pedal-system/

(if thats realy that stable??)

if you get to fat, that bike won't let you in.

http://fstatic1.rennrad-news.de/img/photos/2/1/5/6/7/_/large/dsc00614.jpg

Fr Sep 03 2010 11:26:33 EDT von IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored

That hill doesn't actually look all that steep.

well, I think its around 15% climbing rate? Me will have a hard time getting up there, but i'll do.

my every day brings me up to 8%, and I sometimes choose ways that go up to 20%,

yes, with a current car it doesn't matter, you just press the accellerator a little harder

(btw, saw a black lamborgini mousilargo this weeken that did exactly that a little more with a track that had 20% climbing... it was loud, and to get a similar feeling you 'd probably elseways have to fly a jet)

If that way is on your daily commute, or your way home from the supermarket home and you don't want to do it with a car, and don't want to become a (road / Mountain) bike riding jock (like me..) or by an electricaly assisted bike (pedelec) this is a perfect solution

Guy gets into talk with other guy with vintage roadbikes.

ever seen the wooden rims they used to ride til the 80'ies?

cool pics:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?652826-%28photos%29-Visting-an-Amazing-private-french-bike-collection

Di Aug 31 2010 21:25:12 EDT von Ford II @ Uncensored Betreff: Re:

the foot ;-)

And the wheel. And there are two of them.
Tow trucks somehow manage to tow any make model and year of car. I can't imagine making a universal interface for abicycle wheel would be all that hard.

I guess they could have a problem with an old minicooper, or if i've got one of those vespa three weel pickups ;-)

meanwhile you can see more of trucks over here "that have one too" so they can put a car on top, and pull another, but I don't think they were used in germany at all 20 years ago...

and, the car is fixed with a belt to the pull device, which is not as 'touch and go'

Mo Aug 30 2010 09:05:49 EDT von Ford II @ Uncensored

bicycling for lazy people. why not just get a scooter?

The goofy thing is it doesn't attch to your bike, but it's something you step on, so you still have to put all the energy into pushing your bike with all the weight on one leg. Why not just something that pushes the bike?

I was also wondering a little... if you have some luggage attached to your bike, it might be hard that way.

skilifts also have a similar business model... and there are those where you just put an anchor under your bottom...

otoh, there are plenty sizes & kinds of bikes as there are riders... Theres just one common interface to all of them,

the foot ;-)

also that way it doesn't use much space, and doesn't look ugly in front of buildings etc.

the only problem is, that it doesn't mix well with parking lots and idiots just dropping their cars... but theres plenty of them (ever sat in a tram that coulnd't move on because some foolish idiot putting his car in the way?), and I think simply raising ticket fees would be a good thing here (like multiplying the fee by the number of people that couldn't make their way..)

Now thats a real cool thing.

Its located in Trontheim/Norway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j1PgmMbug8&feature=fvw

put your foot on it, and it will carry you and your bike up the hill.

Where are you doing these rides and when do they have them?  This sounds like something I might be interested in doing.

The cracks?

I still haven't been to the Washington Monument, even after they've finished renovating it a few years ago.

I'm envious.  I love Yellowstone, hate the crowds though.

There's not much of that in Gatorade or Powerade. Eat more potassium containing foods. Raisins, bananas, spinach...

:-)

I agree with LoanShark. The banana, the carbs in the bagel, and the salt are solving the problem. Gatorade doesn't taste like it used to, so I use water instead.

In summer you can also get O3-headaches...

You should carry a bottle with whater, maybe some few bits of apple juice added. Drink much (yea, I most of the time return home with the bottle allmost full :( )

If you're experiencing exhaustion on your way, some dried fruit or berries are perfect to give some power back. A banana also is a good thing for a break.

for muscles its good to drink some Magnesium-Citrat (get it in a drugstore), you can get that in drugstores; the usual MgO2 stuff is next to useless; I call it "no regret powder" ;-)

there also exist tiny salt sticks, but didn't try them yet.

Probably the Gatorade.  Mostly the water in the Gatorade.  You have a dehydration headache.  I get them sometimes after SCUBA diving too.  Dry air in the tank sucks the moisture out of your bady with every breathe.  They are horrible headaches too...they don't go away for two hours or so.

Most people do not need to eat anything while excecising for less than an hour.  You have plenty of fat reserves for energy.  No offense...just a general fact.  If it's really hot and you are sweating buckets the electrolytes would help.

BTW, I was told by an EMT that Wringer's Lactate is the same thing as Gatorade.  Wringer's is what they use to treat shock and heat exhaustion.

I completed the 5k this morning, In a perx=sonal best time of 29:40.

THanks so much to those UCGers who helped me reach my goal of 150GBP.

This evening I'll be picking up another 150 for my "Double the Money Bonus" promise from the Britannia Inn, there'll be some extra there too, from this afternoons fund-raising events.

Thanks again guys, you're all stars.

me just wears anti-boots when not wearing bike-shoes:

Vibram Five Fingers.

Has anyone here had experience with Danner and Matterhorn boots? I keep wearing out boots that were made in China. I hate to use my Lowa boots at work because they get wet. My Lowa shoes were made in Slovakia, and fit well. The old pair of Corcoran jump boots 9-10 years old are still going.

http://www.pedalconsumption.com/archives/2009/files/contrail2.jpg

http://www.pedalconsumption.com/archives/2009/files/contrail2.jpg

yep.  But just like cell phones, those gauges are not too accurate.  5 bar = 72 psi.  If you have oil pressure that high, get an umbrella.  Somethings gonna blow.

Druck = pressure

Press = gauge

On a Porsche, the gauge is calibrated in BAR not psi.

Do Jul 15 2010 10:08:51 EDT von Ford II @ Uncensored

Okay, so what does a gauge that reads "druck press." mean?

probably a printer press,

but actualy 'press' isn't a whole word, the noun is 'Presse', the verbs are 'pressen, gepresst'

btw, I forgot one meaning, where 'Presse' is an abstract word for the journalists of all kinds.

Do you have a pic of that? or maybe some more context?

http://www.cyclelicio.us/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/chainring-tattoo.jpg

hm, watching the size of the chainring which could make such a print, the Lady was a stoker on a roadbike tandem.

ah, and no, while 'druck' describes whats done with the press, (you also could use a press to combust paper or old cars) so 'druck presse' rather is an impact printing machine that prints whole pages at once by pressing something wet with ink to a paper.

no, the word 'druck' simply has several meanings, like put, set or fix each have several dozend replacements in german ;-)

- pressure (as air pressure in tires)

- psychological pressure, like being forced to do a decision

- print; there is 'druckschrift' in opposite to handrwiting, druck presse as of what prints a newspaper, a printer press?

Mo Jul 12 2010 20:41:47 EDT von fleeb @ Uncensored

Probably 'print'.  But I don't know German.

'under pressure' in that case.

Koalition is the group of parties forming the goverment.

Probably 'print'.  But I don't know German.

hm, somehow I miss the rapid cooldown after cycling...

not happening at 28 C at 21 o'clock

People on cycles:

http://images.derstandard.at/t/12/2010/05/26/1271493186899.jpg

(austrian border controll)

http://derstandard.at/1266541007980/Grosse-Koalition-wegen-Afghanistan-unter-Druck

Way too much time on his hands.....

I never thought to do something like this before:

http://rhettdashwood.com.au/16575/Google-Maps-Typography

This guy found various formations that look like letters in his area of the world.

more about sinkholes:

http://www.chinasmack.com/2010/pictures/sinkholes-appearing-around-china-chinese-netizen-reactions.html

Maybe the silver surfer finaly got us?

http://www.bybike.de/contray/html/2010/statistik.html

WAY WE GO!

Now THAT's a storm!  Oh My Gd!  It's Insane!  <evil grin>

Yeah, that guy's ongoing commentary (limited as it was) did not make the video.

wasn't there some comedian joking about 'stating the obvious' with the southern us and a citizens?

I remember something like 'heres your sign' in that context...

heh, didn't even have the sound turned on ;-)

maybe he's verbaly eneuretic? ;-)

Maybe this isn't precisely the best room for this, but did anyone catch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvfxUdV8sZw

It's the most amazing footage of a hailstorm I've ever seen.

congrats to your first 12; getting started is the hardest part!

Thu Mar 18 2010 05:07:30 PM EDT from dothebart @ Uncensored

ok, another 70 km after work.

First ride in t-shirt this year!

YAY!

Made me feel guilty.  I only did 12 km and I feel like I'm dying.  Of course it's only my second ride this year...give me some time.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Moth_Class

cute little boats. see the lower pic, there you see the wings they ride on.