SometimesSansEngine

According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPECS_(speed_camera) it's the front

My brother is very religious, active in his local church, street pastor etc etc. I'm the polar opposite. I used to be quite the Dawkins in my early 20s but over the years have mellowed and am now very much "believe whatever you like, it's only when you attempt to use your beliefs to dictate my life/the state" that I regress. I even don't say my kids are atheists, I say *I'm* an atheist but they're too young to know either way, they simply have no religion. They can work it out when they get older. If they make a conscious decision (not forced on them by school....) that they believe in whatever then I will honestly have no problem with it. In fact militant atheists annoy me as much as militant religious folk nowadays. My brain really doesn't get the idea of prayer to sort various problems out. Years ago I would have been quite outwardly cynical but nowadays again whatever floats your boat. I've sat through funerals of people that have died young or because of cancer and heard religious stuff that I really can't get my head around but again, if the person in the casket was religious and/or it's giving the immediate family some comfort then it's their event, not mine. A few years ago my wife and I suffered a very personal bereavement and my brother never told me but I found out that he'd requested his church hold prayers for us. As a very young man I would have been quite offended. But by that point of my life I actually thought it was nice that he had found some way to help him through the period. And it was quite humbling that he knew my beliefs well enough not to say "I'll pray for you" like others had. Even worse was the ones that said "I know you're not religious but..." [mention]Gerontious[/mention] is right. How these thread twist and turn Just felt the need to write something on my lunchbreak.

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If it helps, it comes off a long descent where you can easily hit 40mph even on a bicycle, so you have a fair bit of momentum. Which is also why the following comment is a bit nonsensical.... GPS shows I go across the roundabout at 14mph. On approach I was doing 23mph. The clicking of the gears was because I was slowing so matching my gear for my speed. Would you tell a car driver they should do less than 14mph over such a roundabout? Besides, I nearly took one for the car just behind me that she pulled out on too. Going too fast to go around the correct side of the roundabout which is where the car driver would have been looking.. and you did what all Cyclists tend to do which is try desperately not to slow down and instead chose to pass the car regardless.. Had you taken the roundabout correctly you would have slowed down enough to pull in behind the car. Thanks for your perspective (that's not sarcasm, which probably doesn't come across via a forum - I do value other people's perspectives even if I don't agree with them) but I don't agree in this case. The car doesn't commit to going until 17 seconds in. I'm passing them at this point. I'd been visible for 3 odd seconds until that point. I had a car right behind me. Sight lines at this roundabout are good coming from that direction. I think the line I took would have mattered not. If I was on a motorcycle I think the outcome would have been the same. She wasn't looking for two wheels. You're right that I tried desperately not to slow down. As I said higher up, swerving and avoiding was safer to me in that moment than not slowing down. There was a car directly behind me (which she also pulled out on). No oncoming traffic. I passed because she hit the brakes.... In many of the cases I've been alongside, the car has carried on their merry way and I've moved back across to the nearside. I'd actually prefer to have someone like that in front of me not behind me

If it helps, it comes off a long descent where you can easily hit 40mph even on a bicycle, so you have a fair bit of momentum. Which is also why the following comment is a bit nonsensical.... GPS shows I go across the roundabout at 14mph. On approach I was doing 23mph. The clicking of the gears was because I was slowing so matching my gear for my speed. Would you tell a car driver they should do less than 14mph over such a roundabout? Besides, I nearly took one for the car just behind me that she pulled out on too.

13 mins on that one was fine (yeah, I'm going to be fickle like that). We do now need you to record a vid of your recording setup. You'll be surprised how many views that is likely to get, as people will search for that camera to view what it looks like on a helmet. One final thing, if I was to be mega boring I'd feel the need to point you towards The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 which covers being able to view video on a motor vehicle (it's why dashcam screens generally turn off by default after a few seconds). Just something to consider if you keep the camera link on whilst moving. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/regulation/109/made

Alternatively I'm riding the world's quietest engined motorcycle, with clicky gears and a strobing front light.

Contrary to popular belief, I don't wear my motorcycle helmet on my bicycle. It's just too heavy.

Bicycle..............

Good article - thanks for linking it. I tried this and found it fascinating. Here's a great example, from my ride home this evening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNaU3531Qd8&feature=youtu.be Look but didn't see, that side glance (because she did look to the right) where you're probably caught in a saccade. She slowed when my second shout of look out in her window made her jump and look out the window and released for the first time that someone was there. Apologies for any Somerset language, I do go proper farmer when yelling ("geroff my land!") I'm actually glad I always straight line this roundabout in the wet, if you try and go around the painted area it's usually got diesel in it from buses, at least going over the painted area you can keep the bike more upright. If I had gone around it properly any braking or swerving could have been nasty. And just glad there was nothing oncoming as there usually was so I could swerve over. If anyone wonders why I didn't brake, I had several cars behind me and swerving to the right with no oncoming vehicles was the safer option. Was this lady out to kill me? No, she made a mistake when she saw a gap she thought she could roll into and I nearly paid for it.

Could probably start a whole other thread on this, but me and [mention]Magpie84[/mention] are both covered for any vehicle breakdown (including motorbike, she has used it twice) UK & Europe, worldwide family travel insurance, worldwide family mobile phone cover (and you don't need to register your device in advance), 3% interest on balances up to £2.5k, 5% regular saving ISA and commission-free cash withdrawals abroad (although I don't use that as my Halifax credit card gives better exchange rates). £13 a month and all the monthly fee and benefits are the same if it's a joint account.

But as a tip you can click the like icon and it'll turn into a thumbs down icon, so if you click it again it will feel like you are disliking it

I only know because I removed the fuel tank to change the air filter the other weekend. I remember the first time I saw them cleaning the bike and thought "wtf are those for?" so get why you'd be a bit confused by them

I can't help with the gears I'm afraid, don't panic about the tubes, they just connect to the fuel tank and they're meant to look like that.

I know exactly the one you mean, off the Globe pub roundabout. I think people look but don't see - they know they usually wait a while so pull up, glance and if they 'see' a gap they go. I've had people do it there so I'm generally covering my front brake. This sums it up neatly https://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/raf-pilot-teach-cyclists/ Do you not generally ride covering the front brake or is it just me? I have always done it around town after my first off 6 days after starting riding where u grabbed a handful of front brake when I didnt need to and locked the front. The reason I do it is I feel it either completely eradicates the reaction time or at least lessens it as your fingers are already on the brake lever so when you think I need to brake here your straight on the brakes without faffing about I cover it frequently but in response to a potential hazard. eg car at junction, fingers on brake lever with a slight pressure (not enough to light up brake light) I feel that this makes me less likely to panic grab. The conscious choice to move my fingers towards the lever is part of my internal strategy of planning to brake and to squeeze rather than grab if something develops. Some people argue it makes you more likely to grab but I really really can't see how. I've heard it can be frowned upon for the CBT and the DVSA tests for this reason. But I simply can't work that out.

I know exactly the one you mean, off the Globe pub roundabout. I think people look but don't see - they know they usually wait a while so pull up, glance and if they 'see' a gap they go. I've had people do it there so I'm generally covering my front brake. This sums it up neatly https://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/raf-pilot-teach-cyclists/

More than happy to arrange for them to send them to you instead

Here are some recent unsolicited cat photos sent to me via whatsapp by work colleagues, where I was expected to tell them how cute their cat was

My service manual just tells me to check operation every 7.5k miles, and visually inspect for an oil leak once a year (and if I find any, replace/repair) So based on that with my limited mechanical knowledge I'd just be waiting until there was a problem. Question though: how obvious is it when there is an oil leak? I've assumed to now I'd spot it pretty obviously when cleaning the bike.

If it helps [mention]MarkW[/mention], I think I get where you're coming from re cats. I have work colleagues who MUST show me the latest hilarious picture of their cat and it will just be them lying between cushions on the sofa. But it's CUTE (they always do the weird "aaw look at him" voice) and I'm expected to go "aaaaw" on a daily basis. I only assume they keep showing me them because maybe just maybe the latest picture of Tinkles lying outstretched with her belly in the air will be THE ONE that finally I find cute.

the germans would never allow that. they would be ashamed. when a road needs repairing they don't 'bodge' it.. they strip it out completely down to the under soil or rock. call in every utility and tell them to do whats needed while they have the chance (or woe betide) and then rebuild the road from scratch. But, they have the money to do it and take pride in doing it properly. I'm not an expert, but that was the point he was making. You don't surface dress a road when it needs repairing. You do it as routine maintenance, much like cleaning and relubing your chain. This increases the time before you need to do a full and proper resurface

Someone much more in the know than me told me that we should actually surface dress our roads more often. I know that has a bad rep amongst most of us, but the problem is we don't do it often enough and instead wait until the road is full of craters, and just throw some stone chips at the road. But of course, that requires capital expenditure versus a break fix budget... edit: oh, and he also told me that councils usually don't sweep the road often enough after they have done it, further adding to the bad rep

Maybe I did choose quite a blunt word. But a DVSA examiner will not expect to see you moving around nearside to offside in the manner you may be encouraged to do so when doing an advanced course. I'm not talking about naturally moving around your lane, but what may be referred to as "position 1" for a right hander and "position 5" for a left hander. On a test if you're near the centre line when a truck comes past it's entirely possible you'll get a fault for it. If in doubt though, ask your instructor. They'll know what the local examiner is looking for. ....There's a discussion here....we can visit that next week! Interestingly (as you make reference to it above), when I was instructing for ROSPA, what I used to advise was: Out of the 5 lane positions, 1 was prone to gravel, potholes, general road shite and animals running out. So don't use it. 2 was OK - kept clean by car tyres. 3 will be oily/greasy so treat with care. 4 again OK. 5 too near oncoming traffic and corner cutters so stay away unless you can see well ahead that the road is clear. "Offsiding" - ie. taking the "racing line", "straightening bends" etc. - is no longer endorsed. So for general use, it's 2 & 4. You are making use of the carriageway available to you without exposing yourself to undue risk. Following on from this, you are dead right about being near the centre line if a truck comes the other way. Expand that to include anything coming the other way and you won't go far wrong. Roadcraft tells us to use the available width of road - but not in a way that implies risk. This implies that we should be looking out for oncoming traffic and not being near it when it arrives. Totally agree with your point re. asking the instructor - they will know what's what. Yes probably written too bluntly by me like I said but this was the gist of what I was getting at. The thing is [mention]mikestrivens[/mention] I know you say none of it is contrary to what is in roadcraft but I'd say someone learning to ride a big bike ready for the test can perfectly adequately handle all the corners using the middle portion of the road, without zipping across to the offside whilst simultaneously wondering if it is safe to do so. Just my two cents.

If you really get bored, you can even read the guidance on marking the test https://www.gov.uk/guidance/guidance-for-driving-examiners-carrying-out-driving-tests-dt1/02-the-motorcycle-test (item 2.20 covers positioning) https://www.gov.uk/guidance/guidance-for-driving-examiners-carrying-out-driving-tests-dt1/annex-6-guide-to-assessment-and-marking (positioning is item 23, suggest you don't let your head go over the centre line when cornering....)