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- 3 Dec 2023, 9:19pm
- Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
- Topic: Compulsory hi-viz before work
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2734
- 2 Dec 2023, 10:53am
- Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
- Topic: Compulsory hi-viz before work
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2734
Compulsory hi-viz before work
Hi.
I’m not sure about this one, our workplace is proposing to require hi-viz as compulsory whilst cycling or walking around the outside of the factory to access the bike shed. It is shared with Lorries, cars, pedestrians forklifts and people waking from the car park to the factory. No mention of hi-viz for the motorists walking from the car park, just those that don’t use a car.
What’s anyone’s thoughts on this please?
I’m not sure about this one, our workplace is proposing to require hi-viz as compulsory whilst cycling or walking around the outside of the factory to access the bike shed. It is shared with Lorries, cars, pedestrians forklifts and people waking from the car park to the factory. No mention of hi-viz for the motorists walking from the car park, just those that don’t use a car.
What’s anyone’s thoughts on this please?
- 25 Jan 2016, 7:34pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Old AW hub on 126mm dropouts
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2898
Re: Old AW hub on 126mm dropouts
Brucey
are you saying that the axle in a braked hub and the axle in an unbraked hub are interchangeable? i always imagined that the gear parts of a braked hub were thinner to allow for the brake parts to fit in aswell. although, i'd assumed this and never measured it
if it is the case that the axle HSA808 that's listed on SJSC as for XL-RD3 will also fit into an S-RF3, then it seems there is a whole load more (un-coldsettable) frames opened themselves up to 3-speeding.
are you saying that the axle in a braked hub and the axle in an unbraked hub are interchangeable? i always imagined that the gear parts of a braked hub were thinner to allow for the brake parts to fit in aswell. although, i'd assumed this and never measured it
if it is the case that the axle HSA808 that's listed on SJSC as for XL-RD3 will also fit into an S-RF3, then it seems there is a whole load more (un-coldsettable) frames opened themselves up to 3-speeding.
- 23 Jan 2016, 2:26pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Old AW hub on 126mm dropouts
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2898
Re: Old AW hub on 126mm dropouts
Brucey wrote:if you use a later (non NIG) SA 3s hub then there are longer axles available for those (175 or 177 mm or something)
it shows on the SA website that they do exist. if you knew where one might be bought in the UK or EU i'd love to know
- 21 Jan 2016, 8:39pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Old AW hub on 126mm dropouts
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2898
Re: Old AW hub on 126mm dropouts
brucey - if the time comes where the OP wants to go to a 126mm hub, surely they can re-cold set it?
- 20 Jan 2016, 7:51pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Rim ERD, hub dimension, spoke length confusion
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3051
Re: Rim ERD, hub dimension, spoke length confusion
now, i don't know the measurements of your hub, nor which method of arriving at spoke length you might choose to use.
however, i've always used this .. http://www.bikeschool.com/tools/spoke-length-calculator. it's never let me down for many wheels. putting some typical hub values in and ERDs of 541,540 or 537 it shows spoke length variation of 2mm max, assuming a 3X build. (my guess is that other patterns aren't for first builders with sputniks). try it for your hub, for both 541 and 537 and see what difference it makes.
if it's as little as my test results, then go for the mean, or as near to it as the spokes stocked in your preferred spoke shop will allow. 36 hole sputniks in 26" size will be very forgiving - i doubt that there's a stronger rim commonly/affordably available and there's a decent size gap inside the rim's box section to allow for a mm of extra spoke if that's the way it turns out.
good luck in the build.
however, i've always used this .. http://www.bikeschool.com/tools/spoke-length-calculator. it's never let me down for many wheels. putting some typical hub values in and ERDs of 541,540 or 537 it shows spoke length variation of 2mm max, assuming a 3X build. (my guess is that other patterns aren't for first builders with sputniks). try it for your hub, for both 541 and 537 and see what difference it makes.
if it's as little as my test results, then go for the mean, or as near to it as the spokes stocked in your preferred spoke shop will allow. 36 hole sputniks in 26" size will be very forgiving - i doubt that there's a stronger rim commonly/affordably available and there's a decent size gap inside the rim's box section to allow for a mm of extra spoke if that's the way it turns out.
good luck in the build.
- 16 Jan 2016, 2:03pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Old AW hub on 126mm dropouts
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2898
Re: Old AW hub on 126mm dropouts
assuming it's steel, cold setting the frame is easy enough. read sheldon brown. it's also the method that involves buying nothing
- 11 Jan 2016, 8:13pm
- Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
- Topic: Problem with driverless car.
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3055
Re: Problem with driverless car.
the driverless car of the future will allow the commuter several advantages.
1. it will mean that one is not limited to the distance of his commute...one will be able to live in say york and work in london and sleep on the way.
2. when the car gets to london, instead of having to pay parking it can simply drive itself around for 8 hours
3. the car may even be big enough to have an exercise bike in it, or a treadmill, or both - like a mobile gym. allowing one to do some excercise whilst getting to work. ooh, the brilliance of technology.
4. the only problem i can see is when children leave school and cross the road in a not-really-paying-attention manner. currently human operated cars simply blast their horn, accelerate at the errant youth forcing him to jog thus maintaining traffic flow. one assumes that driverless cars will not be able to do this and thus traffic could come to a stop for an hour every morning and every evening whilst bored teeenagers test the stopping powers of the new tech.
1. it will mean that one is not limited to the distance of his commute...one will be able to live in say york and work in london and sleep on the way.
2. when the car gets to london, instead of having to pay parking it can simply drive itself around for 8 hours
3. the car may even be big enough to have an exercise bike in it, or a treadmill, or both - like a mobile gym. allowing one to do some excercise whilst getting to work. ooh, the brilliance of technology.
4. the only problem i can see is when children leave school and cross the road in a not-really-paying-attention manner. currently human operated cars simply blast their horn, accelerate at the errant youth forcing him to jog thus maintaining traffic flow. one assumes that driverless cars will not be able to do this and thus traffic could come to a stop for an hour every morning and every evening whilst bored teeenagers test the stopping powers of the new tech.
- 11 Jan 2016, 7:58pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Help needed in the East of England
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1482
Re: Help needed in the East of England
it'd be a little more helpful if Essex was in the title. i'd love to help, but it takes hours in a car to get to essex from here, and days by bike. good luck
- 3 Jan 2016, 2:39pm
- Forum: Using the Forum - request help : report difficulties
- Topic: A helmet advice post
- Replies: 3
- Views: 998
Re: A helmet advice post
nothing wrong with the responses, surely? look to me to be both polite and helpful.
- 3 Jan 2016, 2:34pm
- Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
- Topic: 1m cycle lanes?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2362
Re: 1m cycle lanes?
haha, i thought maybe you meant length. as we all know, 1m wide is just a waste of paint attempting to keep motors going fast
- 31 Dec 2015, 4:54pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: I paid 5p for a bag on my commute to work.
- Replies: 60
- Views: 4095
Re: I paid 5p for a bag on my commute to work.
toomsie wrote:It is competition that drives down costs and improves quality.
we can see that all around. just look at the railways /electricity companies
- 31 Dec 2015, 4:52pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Lincolnshire Wolds
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3152
Re: Lincolnshire Wolds
http://lincolnshirewoldsrailway.co.uk/ has a nice cafe if you visit when it's open.
- 28 Dec 2015, 1:45pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: I paid 5p for a bag on my commute to work.
- Replies: 60
- Views: 4095
Re: I paid 5p for a bag on my commute to work.
toomsie...is climate change a myth and nuclear power the answer?
- 17 Dec 2015, 6:30pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: cold setting
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1739
Re: cold setting
sheldon's method worked fine for me too. i went narrower