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08-10-21, 06:26 PM
Replies: 389
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Posted By david101

More abuse just after I'd tried to make nice....

More abuse just after I'd tried to make nice. I'll refrain from responding in kind.
08-10-21, 06:09 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

Thanks for writing something in a less...

Thanks for writing something in a less confrontational manner. So in the same vein....

Rightly or wrongly, I thought that the OP might be under the misapprehension that by exercising 'harder' to...
08-10-21, 05:27 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

[QUOTE=GhostRider62;22179269] /QUOTE] Funny,...

[QUOTE=GhostRider62;22179269] /QUOTE]

Funny, I thought you were an old man. Turns out that you're a teen from 4chan. Or could it be that you actually are an old man, just one who acts like a...
08-10-21, 05:04 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

That's really interesting, thanks. Those were the...

That's really interesting, thanks. Those were the kind of numbers that I was looking for.
08-10-21, 04:54 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

Just saying....

Just saying....
08-10-21, 04:31 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

Must we? I was really enjoying the discussion....

Must we? I was really enjoying the discussion. Please feel free to continue to bestow your wisdom upon me.
08-10-21, 04:29 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

If you don't like the phrase, 'taken out of...

If you don't like the phrase, 'taken out of context' don't continue to selectively edit what I wrote.
08-10-21, 02:09 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

Taken out of context, the first statement is...

Taken out of context, the first statement is indeed incorrect, although perhaps not absurd.

If you believe that the second statement



is 'absurd', then honestly I'm at a loss.
08-10-21, 01:51 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

I'm not sure to be honest. I only remember one...

I'm not sure to be honest. I only remember one version, but if you're kind enough to show me the others I will count them for you.
08-10-21, 01:41 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

I think that you'll find that you haven't...

I think that you'll find that you haven't answered (or even tried to answer) the question that I asked.
08-10-21, 01:34 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

A LOT? Thanks. That's a very helpful answer. I'd...

A LOT? Thanks. That's a very helpful answer. I'd though that it might be only a 'lot' or even a 'LITTLE'.
08-10-21, 12:11 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

Ultimately everything matters. It's a question of...

Ultimately everything matters. It's a question of which terms we choose to neglect in our first approximation.
08-10-21, 11:56 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

Okay, here's the OP that I replied to ...

Okay, here's the OP that I replied to


Given that this was a stop-start route, and the higher intensity run averaged 15 mph, what would you estimate to be the fractional increase in energy...
08-09-21, 07:08 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

I wrote That concept is exactly what I...

I wrote


That concept is exactly what I had in mind when I made my original post. Perhaps that original post could have been better expressed, but I'll be surprised if you disagree with the...
08-09-21, 06:53 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

Trust me, my feelings are far from hurt :) And...

Trust me, my feelings are far from hurt :) And I'll happily accept that my original post would have benefited from further qualifications. Qualifications that I'd have been happy to make had the...
08-09-21, 06:43 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

Once more time, my post begins

Once more time, my post begins
08-09-21, 06:28 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

My post begins You commented If...

My post begins


You commented


If you think that was a polite and fitting response, then I'll leave others to make their own judgement.
08-09-21, 06:16 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

Exactly. I'm glad that someone gets it.

Exactly. I'm glad that someone gets it.
08-09-21, 06:12 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

I had hoped that referring to wind direction...

I had hoped that referring to wind direction would be sufficient to convey that I was familiar with the concept of air resistance. Again, apparently not. So you think that on an Alpine ascent wind...
08-08-21, 09:25 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

I think we're now agreed that the spirit of my...

I think we're now agreed that the spirit of my original post was in fact not 'wrong' as you claimed.
08-08-21, 08:53 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

Well now you're qualifying your original...

Well now you're qualifying your original statement. But letting that pass, explain to me why ascending Alpe d'huez at 8 mph uses significantly more energy than ascending at 6 mph.
08-08-21, 08:43 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

Then you are wrong.

Then you are wrong.
08-08-21, 08:23 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

I wrote So are you saying that doing...

I wrote

So are you saying that doing something fast does necessarily burn more calories than doing the same thing slowly?
08-08-21, 07:51 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

Yes. Because of air resistance, and other more...

Yes. Because of air resistance, and other more minor factors, which I neglected in my 'gross simplification'. The spirit of my original post was merely to point out that doing something fast doesn't...
08-08-21, 07:02 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

You weren't very polite. And ignoring the caveats...

You weren't very polite. And ignoring the caveats in my original post, and stating that I'm wrong because of those same caveats isn't very helpful.
08-08-21, 05:13 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

If you're referring to the table in the cycling...

If you're referring to the table in the cycling news article that you quoted in your next post, that's a tabulation of calories burned per hour versus speed. The trick is that that if you're cycling...
08-08-21, 05:06 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

Did you actually read my post? Because it kind of...

Did you actually read my post? Because it kind of seems like you didn't.
07-22-21, 06:33 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 783
Posted By david101

Thanks for that; it's the first time I've seen...

Thanks for that; it's the first time I've seen bars matching mine. It would have been nice if Dayton bars meant a Dayton frame, but life is never simple and my searches have also failed to find any...
07-21-21, 10:17 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 783
Posted By david101

Thank you both for looking and for all the really...

Thank you both for looking and for all the really helpful and interesting information. I've looked at a lot of frames online without any luck, but having an approximate date might make things a...
07-20-21, 04:00 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 783
Posted By david101

A few pics of the frame. A family member acquired...

A few pics of the frame. A family member acquired the bike second hand in 1970, and all components except the seat, pedals and rear wheel are unchanged since then. The (probably) original rear wheel...
07-20-21, 07:09 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 783
Posted By david101

Dayton bars manufactured by GB?

Hi,
I'm trying to date and ideally identify a pre-1970 bike. The handlebars are branded 'Dayton'. However, elsewhere online I've found a picture of very similarly styled and labelled bars (albeit a...
07-20-21, 05:52 AM
Replies: 3,551
Views: 976,411
Posted By david101

Beautiful. Great job.

Beautiful. Great job.
07-20-21, 05:26 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 18,895
Posted By david101

It's not much help for your real world situation,...

It's not much help for your real world situation, but reducing things to the purest theoretical level, all you need to know to calculate calories burned is your mass and how far you've moved it....
07-20-21, 05:19 AM
Replies: 175
Views: 16,680
Posted By david101

If you live in a rural area with lots of space to...

If you live in a rural area with lots of space to store a bike and relatively traffic free roads, then cycling is definitely a better experience. If you're in an urban apartment taking your bike up...
07-20-21, 03:25 AM
Replies: 110
Views: 16,737
Posted By david101

Not aimed at Pogacar specifically, but apparently...

Not aimed at Pogacar specifically, but apparently there were some suspicions of mechanical doping at this year's TdF. Bikes making 'funny' noises.
07-18-21, 07:30 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 3,627
Posted By david101

For my money, your eyes are deceiving you.

For my money, your eyes are deceiving you.
07-18-21, 06:58 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 3,857
Posted By david101

That sounds very similar to most of the posts...

That sounds very similar to most of the posts about cyclists on motoring forums :)
07-18-21, 06:42 PM
Replies: 157
Views: 10,385
Posted By david101

Shouldn't the accent be on the a?

Shouldn't the accent be on the a?
07-17-21, 07:07 PM
Replies: 107
Views: 7,606
Posted By david101

Just sayin, if you're going to be riding that...

Just sayin, if you're going to be riding that way, maybe you need to develop a thicker skin.
07-17-21, 06:47 PM
Replies: 191
Views: 15,433
Posted By david101

If his salary is high, he totally should. I would.

If his salary is high, he totally should. I would.
07-17-21, 06:43 PM
Replies: 107
Views: 7,606
Posted By david101

Do you expect motorists to call the cops after...

Do you expect motorists to call the cops after you blow a stop sign?
07-17-21, 06:32 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,054
Posted By david101

It's almost like it's not a legitimate site.

It's almost like it's not a legitimate site.
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