Cattle grids.

Colin Blackburn said:

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:46:06 +0100, Mike K Smith <[email hidden]>
wrote:

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When did Yorkshire annexe Weardale?

I'm a Yorkshireman.

Did they know that when they let you move into the dale?

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:18:22 +0100, Mike K Smith <[email hidden]>

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Colin Blackburn said:

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:46:06 +0100, Mike K Smith <[email hidden]>
wrote:

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When did Yorkshire annexe Weardale?

I'm a Yorkshireman.

Did they know that when they let you move into the dale?

I live on a hill, they can't see me from the dale!

Colin

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Wales? New Zealand? Our Yorkshire sheep do this...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3938591.stm

Excellent:
"Several drivers have had to swerve to avoid hitting the animals and
damaged their cars or been given a terrible shock."

Heard some idiot wittering on about something similar on the radio a week
or two ago. He hadn't realised that sheep sleeping in the middle of the
road, leaping out from behind hedges and playing chicken with cars makes
the road much safer for villagers - traffic is slowed and the worst drivers
taken off the road. It also indirectly increases the intelligence of
sheep.

Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Gawnsoft
<[email hidden]> breathed:

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On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 15:41:28 +0100, Pyromancer
<[email hidden]> wrote (more or less):

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I tend to do this for any large bumps or areas of very rough surface,
partly for comfort but also to reduce load on the bike, I'm assuming
that bent legs on pedals and weight going through the BB is less of a
strain overall than full upper body weight on saddle and thus straight
through seat-stays.

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It allows the system to do a lot of fast weight transfer from wheel to
wheel, thus minimising transient shocks.

If you sit on the saddle, less weight transfer is possible, and it
takes longer.

Thanks for that - so as I thought it is better for both me and the bike.

In general, is it regarded as OK to stand on the pedals? Years ago, my
father ran the bicycle hire shop at a holiday camp, and as well as
normal bikes in all sizes, he also hired out "social cycles", which were
effectively two bikes welded together into a four wheeled vehicle, with
bench seats and a steering linkage between the forks. Sometimes people
would ride these onto the beach, where the wheels sank into the soft
sand. The (frequently overweight) hirers would then stand on the pedals
to get more traction and frequently the bottom brackets would fail as a
result. The "socials" were officially banned from the beach for this
reason but it still happened occasionally.

As a result I've always been unsure whether pedal-standing is a good
idea or not. I do it when freewheeling over rough ground but try and
avoid using it as a way of gaining extra power, preferring to change
down and spin more instead.

Were those old socials really made of cheese (this was 20 years ago!),
or is this a risk with good bikes too? I ride a cheapish steel MTB.

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Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Mike K
Smith <[email hidden]> breathed:

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Colin Blackburn wrote:

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Wales? New Zealand? Our Yorkshire sheep do this...

*Our Yorkshire sheep*?

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When did Yorkshire annexe Weardale?
To arms, citizens, and push the invaders back south of the A66!

'Fraid the greater powers have already spoken, but you do get a choice.
You can either be annexed by the People's Republic of Yorkshire and
Lancashire, or become the 51st state of the Democratic Kingdom Of
Scotland.

You'll have to decide quickly though, we need to have the internal
matters settled before building the new union border wall to keep the
New Northern Alliance safe from those bloody southerners...

:-)

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Pyromancer said:

Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Mike K
Smith <[email hidden]> breathed:

Quoted message said:

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When did Yorkshire annexe Weardale?
To arms, citizens, and push the invaders back south of the A66!

'Fraid the greater powers have already spoken, but you do get a choice.
You can either be annexed by the People's Republic of Yorkshire and
Lancashire, or become the 51st state of the Democratic Kingdom Of
Scotland.

You'll have to decide quickly though, we need to have the internal
matters settled before building the new union border wall to keep the
New Northern Alliance safe from those bloody southerners...

[blushes slightly]
Ummmm....
It's my wife's family who are from Weardale, I'm from North Wales
originally.
We live in the midst of the southerners these days, though.
I hope we'd still be allowed visiting rights when the revolution comes.

Pyromancer wrote:
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As a result I've always been unsure whether pedal-standing is a good
idea or not. I do it when freewheeling over rough ground but try and
avoid using it as a way of gaining extra power, preferring to change
down and spin more instead.

Were those old socials really made of cheese (this was 20 years ago!),
or is this a risk with good bikes too? I ride a cheapish steel MTB.

Unless your bike is already broken, pedalling whilst stood up will not do
it any harm. Bikes are designed for it. It's great for getting a quick
boost of acceleration, or for an alternative method of climbing or just
for relieving the backside for a bit.

~PB

in message <[email hidden]>, Mike K Smith

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Colin Blackburn said:

Wales? New Zealand? Our Yorkshire sheep do this...

*Our Yorkshire sheep*?

When did Yorkshire annexe Weardale?
To arms, citizens, and push the invaders back south of the A66!

Boot's on the other foot. Weardale's always been part of Northumberland.
North of what? North of the Humber. Half those mouthy Yorkshiremen are
actually northumbrians, just like you.

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cattle grids are the work of the devil - especially the ones on winnats pass.

Simon Brooke wrote:

[About Weardale]

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Boot's on the other foot. Weardale's always been part of Northumberland.
North of what? North of the Humber. Half those mouthy Yorkshiremen are
actually northumbrians, just like you.

I would disagree that Weardale has always been part of Northumberland. Most
of the territory between the Humber and the border did indeed fall within
the jurisdiction of the Earls of Northumberland.

However, following the death of Earl-Bishop Walcher at the hands of an
angry mob in Gateshead in 1081, Weardale became part of the Palatinate of
Durham, and was governed by the Prince-Bishop. The villages of Eastgate and
Westgate mark the gates to the Prince-Bishop's hunting grounds.

Anyway, it's my wife's family who live in Weardale. My own forebears were
more likely to have been oppressed by the Earls of Chester in the 11th
century.