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Forum: Road Cycling
07-14-05, 05:17 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 912
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Not quite 200lb more like 6' and 86Kg which is...

Not quite 200lb more like 6' and 86Kg which is close.

Have the Easton E90 bars, E70 stem and E90 post on a Giant TCR frame.

The E90 post is in two formats laid back or the mountings over the...
Forum: Road Cycling
07-12-05, 08:44 AM
Replies: 175
Views: 6,704
Posted By Bigmikepowell

185cm 85Kg. Was 75Kg when I lived in SF and a...

185cm 85Kg. Was 75Kg when I lived in SF and a lot faster up hills but I looked dreadful
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-13-05, 01:09 AM
Replies: 249
Views: 10,768
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Serge this is a hugh leap of logic. Cylce lanes...

Serge this is a hugh leap of logic. Cylce lanes are put in for all sorts of reasons, to advertise the presence of bikes on the road in general, provide a seperated less stressed place for less...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-13-05, 12:52 AM
Replies: 249
Views: 10,768
Posted By Bigmikepowell

What you are describing sounds like London about...

What you are describing sounds like London about 10-15years ago. I took a trip to Holland back then and couldn't beleive how good things could be if road planners really started trying to design...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-13-05, 12:25 AM
Replies: 249
Views: 10,768
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Bruce. I applaud your scepticism. However not all...

Bruce. I applaud your scepticism. However not all data and reports are on the Web. The one I was refering to was printed on good old fashioned paper. Also to be true papers don't have to be reviewed...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-13-05, 12:16 AM
Replies: 249
Views: 10,768
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Serge. From the following discussion I am not...

Serge. From the following discussion I am not sure if this is uniform law in the US or just in specific places.


If it is a uniform law it is bad and I can see why you would be down on bike...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-12-05, 07:36 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,134
Posted By Bigmikepowell

What is a cager?

What is a cager?
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-10-05, 11:20 PM
Replies: 249
Views: 10,768
Posted By Bigmikepowell

It's an interesting thought. However in the UK...

It's an interesting thought. However in the UK children make up a small portion of these cycle death numbers. The number declined from about the mid 80's. One thought is that children deaths on...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-10-05, 02:45 AM
Replies: 249
Views: 10,768
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Bruce interesting alternate way of looking at the...

Bruce interesting alternate way of looking at the stats. You can't get away from the conclusion though that if you want to move between two fixed points it is safer to use a car then either walking...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-10-05, 02:42 AM
Replies: 249
Views: 10,768
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Sounds like a badly constructed bike path but any...

Sounds like a badly constructed bike path but any chance of pictures? I would never recommend using a badly thought out or dangers bike path. However I have a bike path I use that I could describe...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-09-05, 02:09 PM
Replies: 249
Views: 10,768
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Bruce to make these numbers equivilant to mine...

Bruce to make these numbers equivilant to mine you can multiply by the average speeds, 4Km/hr for pedestrians, 10km/hr for bikes, 50Km/hour for cars and lorries.

This gives fatalities per billion...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-09-05, 01:02 AM
Replies: 249
Views: 10,768
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Finally after much digging. Cross modal...

Finally after much digging.

Cross modal comparison of fatality risk for passengers 2001
Fatalities per billion
passenger kilometres in the UK

Motor cycle/moped 112
Foot ...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-09-05, 12:18 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 8,993
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Serge tougue in cheek yes? Still waiting for that...

Serge tougue in cheek yes? Still waiting for that book to be delivered from Amazon, but till you mentioned it I had never heard of it. However yes, the more people read, see and absorbe that cycling...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-08-05, 12:44 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 8,993
Posted By Bigmikepowell

I think your asesment is a bit nilistic. I don't...

I think your asesment is a bit nilistic. I don't want to hold London up as the panacea, but cycling has increased many fold, accidents have dropped and quatively I find cycling here a much better...
Forum: Touring
04-07-05, 09:13 AM
Replies: 4,825
Views: 2,623,803
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Come on admit it you have a chevy small block in...

Come on admit it you have a chevy small block in there somewhere.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-07-05, 02:43 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 8,993
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Agree with your last statement in that you can...

Agree with your last statement in that you can use all sort of retorical tools to win a debating point but not arrive at the truth. But peer review and double checking are what weeds out the ideas...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-06-05, 12:53 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 8,993
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Ace numbers. I will try to dig up similar...

Ace numbers.

I will try to dig up similar stats for Europe.

I also think I've got what serge is saying on this, not that the cyclist is responsible per say but that by riding defensively a...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-06-05, 09:56 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 8,993
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Can you be for real on this one. I have...

Can you be for real on this one.

I have tried looking up stats for this and can't find any. I can find lats of unsupported statements in each direction. The statement that "cyclist could have...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-06-05, 09:40 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 8,993
Posted By Bigmikepowell

No way. I just plain wouldn't ride this road. I...

No way. I just plain wouldn't ride this road. I want to be seperated from cars and lorries driving along at 50 to 90mph. I have my space cars and Lorries don't come into it. If they don't see me who...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-04-05, 02:07 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,143
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Cool way of looking at this as it seems to match...

Cool way of looking at this as it seems to match mine. Some bike lanes good some bad, use them when they are convenient for me. A bunch of my friends have the same view and its interesting to see how...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-04-05, 01:59 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,143
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Got where you are comming from. Seems like the...

Got where you are comming from. Seems like the MUTCD has an inherent contradition in it. Surely the simple solution is to get the MUTCD to change the definition of the travelled way to include bike...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-03-05, 02:37 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,143
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Some of the language appears extreme and I can...

Some of the language appears extreme and I can understand why it would turn off some people, me included, but I think these guys have some good ideas. I don't buy the way they promote them as the...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-03-05, 02:29 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,143
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Bruce still don't get your point on this one. To...

Bruce still don't get your point on this one. To my mind the cycle lane is the same texture etc as the road way it's just narrower. Thw strips in the photo delinate and area no traffic is meant to...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-03-05, 02:25 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,143
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Get your local district to clean the bike lanes...

Get your local district to clean the bike lanes if they need it. I don't know where this idea that bike lanes are inherently filled with clutter comes from. I cycle literally 100's of miles a month...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-02-05, 02:01 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 8,993
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Thanks, much clearer.

Thanks, much clearer.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-02-05, 01:09 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,143
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Bruce. Which one where you refering to 1,2,3, or...

Bruce. Which one where you refering to 1,2,3, or 4 and what do you mean by a narrow travel lane.

Interestingly considering the other thread we where posting in it maybe that an experiment with a...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
04-01-05, 10:13 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 8,993
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Sorry about the "reading carefully" statement, it...

Sorry about the "reading carefully" statement, it is obvious you take this serriously and maybe I wasn't as clear as I could have been.

I don't think that their is anything contradictory between...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-31-05, 03:38 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 8,993
Posted By Bigmikepowell

You need to read a bit more carefully. I have...

You need to read a bit more carefully. I have been at pains during this thread and the other threads related to bike lanes and VC, to point out that I think that in the main it is OK to cycle either...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-31-05, 01:41 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,143
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Funny enough the first bike lane is the most...

Funny enough the first bike lane is the most valuable to me. Absolutely right. The bike lane cuts right, and approaches the slip road (on ramp in the US) at right angles. The cycle lane has a halt...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-31-05, 09:53 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,143
Posted By Bigmikepowell

The advantages of Bikes Lanes

Guy's pros and cons of cycling in these bike lanes.

First Picture A14 in the wet. Traffic moves at 50-80 mph on this stretch. I like being seperated here and wonder how I would merge at this...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-31-05, 02:05 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 8,993
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Cycling in a bike lane where it is provided. ...

Cycling in a bike lane where it is provided.

My point in this thread is that the initial post advocated cycling in the general stream of traffic moving at +55mph such that cars and lorries had to...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-30-05, 01:28 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 8,993
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Totally agree with this. But just because it is a...

Totally agree with this. But just because it is a summary of a study doesn't mean the study was wrong.

Now where are are studies and stats that show that, bike lanes are somehow bad for cycling...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
03-24-05, 06:57 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,550
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Guys. Quick update I tightend the head set,...

Guys. Quick update

I tightend the head set, it turned out to have a little bit of play in it. I also reduced the play in the front wheel bearings.

Add to this I swapped out the laid back easton...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-24-05, 12:53 AM
Replies: 249
Views: 10,768
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Serge. The whole point I have been making is that...

Serge. The whole point I have been making is that there has been no data presented to prove the above point, but I have presented some data that actually says the above conclusion is wrong.

There...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-24-05, 12:49 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 8,993
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Bruce. So right up until the single varriable...

Bruce. So right up until the single varriable part. There is a thing called multivarriant analysis. Which is what we have here.

Did something else change. Yes cycling increased by about 40% (Don't...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-23-05, 10:16 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 8,993
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Bruce you are priceless. The quotes on science...

Bruce you are priceless. The quotes on science are good. I am actually a scientist.This doesn't of itself make me right. However because of this I was quite careful to point out that the one data...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-23-05, 09:56 AM
Replies: 249
Views: 10,768
Posted By Bigmikepowell

You originally said in your very first post. "The...

You originally said in your very first post. "The intent of this post is to start a discussion on the topic of vehicular cycling (VC), what it is, how it relates to making cycling safer and traffic...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-22-05, 07:41 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,486
Posted By Bigmikepowell

I have some 540 as well and they lasted about 3...

I have some 540 as well and they lasted about 3 years. I am not quite sure what happens, for me it wasn't the bearings but the wheel shakes around a lot more than it used to and no ammount of truing...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-22-05, 06:14 AM
Replies: 249
Views: 10,768
Posted By Bigmikepowell

I'll come back to the books in a minute. ...

I'll come back to the books in a minute.


This is not about what I have and haven't read. At the beginning of this thread you wanted to get a debate going about VC cycling. That's a good thing...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-22-05, 05:10 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 8,993
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Maybe the UK is in the lead here then with the...

Maybe the UK is in the lead here then with the study that came out of the conjestion charge and the massive increase in bike lane installation.

If this is the case we have one data point that says...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-22-05, 05:04 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 8,993
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Yeh. I know what you mean. However I am...

Yeh. I know what you mean.

However I am persisting with this just to make sure I haven't missed something important.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-21-05, 01:51 PM
Replies: 249
Views: 10,768
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Not so Serge. I have looked into this carefully...

Not so Serge. I have looked into this carefully and they definitely give me wider berth. Maybe it's the way cycle lanes are designed over here.

Re reading books, I've read loads but maybe not the...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-21-05, 01:46 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 8,993
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Bruce You seem a walking encyclopedia on...

Bruce

You seem a walking encyclopedia on facts. Do you know of any studies that measured statistically the impact of bike lanes on cycle accidents?
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-21-05, 02:59 AM
Replies: 249
Views: 10,768
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Where on earth does he get this statistic from....

Where on earth does he get this statistic from. Maybe I am unique cyclist but for me this is just not true. In most bike lanes (by mileage) cars, buses and Lorries give me way more room when I am...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-21-05, 02:52 AM
Replies: 249
Views: 10,768
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Guys I think we are misusing a statistic...

Guys

I think we are misusing a statistic about junctions to try to prove a point one way or another. All vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to presestrian accidents are more prevelent at...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-21-05, 02:21 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 8,993
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Bruce. I appreciate the definition of a Bike...

Bruce.

I appreciate the definition of a Bike in the MUTCD. But repeating that definition doesn't really help the debate here.

The original assertion was that

Bikes are more manouverable...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-20-05, 04:50 PM
Replies: 249
Views: 10,768
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Segre. Hard stats for bike lanes reducing the...

Segre. Hard stats for bike lanes reducing the number of deaths and accidents to cyclist are hard to come by. I haven't seen any studies published with significant enough numbers.

The most...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-20-05, 04:33 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 8,993
Posted By Bigmikepowell

I have cycled a lot in the California and Europe....

I have cycled a lot in the California and Europe. Now in the UK. Most of these anti bike lane comments come from the US, i don't understand why.

However there are things to learn from all counties...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-20-05, 04:29 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 8,993
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Sorry bruce, I should have been more specific but...

Sorry bruce, I should have been more specific but to me a bike means a single person peddle powered vehicle and not a tandem so I beleive my comment is true.

Just a thought. It might be worth...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-19-05, 12:51 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 8,993
Posted By Bigmikepowell

Serge, Pat, Bruce or someone. How do you get the...

Serge, Pat, Bruce or someone. How do you get the references to other posts back into your posts? This thread is getting interesting and not being able to do the embedded post thing is frustrating.
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