What you mean are platform pedals, clipless are the exactly these you are afraid of. On the other hand, they actually are easier on your knees, if the cleats are aligned correctly. If you are afraid to use them, try Shimano Click'r. They are very easy to release, even if you are in panic or falling. Magnetic pedals are even better and don't need to be aligned, but decent ones are difficult to get, and bad ones (Mavic for example) are useless. And you really ought to fit your bike correctly, cycling is only painful when you do something wrong. It is not complicated, there are a lot of instructions how to do it on a lot of websites, you just have to take some time and do it properly.
Cycling should be actually pretty easy on your knees, but only as long as you do it right. Do you have optimised your sitting position? Are the crank arms of the right size for you? Do you use clipless pedals?
We had a very unusually hot and sunny July, that is probably the reason. Unfortunately, the price for it was an unusually cold and cloudy March and April.
Because coffee tastes and smells awful? I don't get how people even drink that stuff. But then again, I am puzzled the same way about all the sugar water people tend to drink.
"The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."
What part of "Tourism's an important part of the local economy" was so difficult to understand?
That being the case, people are already visiting the town. In fact, if you could have been bothered to just search some info about this particular town, you'd know that the tourists visited that area for a few centuries, actually before the town even existed, because of the beautiful nature. Besides, the town belongs to the Telemark community, and Telemark basically stands for winter sports.
Restoring the balance of power is ultimately a good thing, so yes, sweet. Besides, what is wrong of being a former career KGB officer? I mean, Shrub the Elder used to be the director of CIA, not just a career officer.
Except that you don't mine pure uranium, you mine uranium ore (pitchblende), and you need a lot of it to extract a bit of natural uranium. Even worse, pitchblende itself is not as easily mined as coal, because if you have got a coalbed, it consists of mostly, well, coal. If you mine pitchblende, then you go through a lot of rock you need to discard first.
Well, when the West German THTR-300 had an problem (a thorium reactor, by the way, since there are a lot of thorium reactor fans around here) and released a lot of radioactive dust into environment, the private operator denied everything and blamed the fallout from the Chernobyl accident a few weeks earlier for the readings. Only after a Protactinium isotope was found, the operator was forced to admit the release of radioactivity. So much for private industry. If they try to cover up minor incidents, I won't trust them with anything major.
Well, well, uranium just appears out of the thin air and does not have to be mined and refined. It is also not like uranium mining was considered prison labour because it was so dangerous.
Are you sure about that? The VW premium sedan is called Phaeton. Passat is a mid-range sedan, Jetta is just a sedan version of the compact car called Golf.
Not just wear, use them as well. I have seen too many stupid cyclists cycling without light at night because they were too lazy to switch the lights on. They just don't get that the light is not for them to see better, but for the others.
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What you mean are platform pedals, clipless are the exactly these you are afraid of.
On the other hand, they actually are easier on your knees, if the cleats are aligned correctly. If you are afraid to use them, try Shimano Click'r. They are very easy to release, even if you are in panic or falling. Magnetic pedals are even better and don't need to be aligned, but decent ones are difficult to get, and bad ones (Mavic for example) are useless. And you really ought to fit your bike correctly, cycling is only painful when you do something wrong. It is not complicated, there are a lot of instructions how to do it on a lot of websites, you just have to take some time and do it properly.
Cycling should be actually pretty easy on your knees, but only as long as you do it right. Do you have optimised your sitting position? Are the crank arms of the right size for you? Do you use clipless pedals?
We had a very unusually hot and sunny July, that is probably the reason. Unfortunately, the price for it was an unusually cold and cloudy March and April.
Because coffee tastes and smells awful?
I don't get how people even drink that stuff. But then again, I am puzzled the same way about all the sugar water people tend to drink.
You've got it the wrong way around. Cycling fast can heat you up quickly enough, even in winter.
"The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."
Now that was a good one.
Orthodox church is basically a huge part of the state.
Here is the last example of that theocratic craze.
Well, Bill Haywood is sort of an example.
Yes, I know, real programmers use butterflies.
Not in Pascal.
It works with a bicycle just fine because one tends to breathe through the mouth when going fast.
Because it is really not tasty. I tried bear meat, was a waste of money, the meat has got a very unpleasant aftertaste.
People who know stuff like that already design carbon bicycle parts. And given the experience with these parts, GP's questions are absolutely spot-on.
What part of "Tourism's an important part of the local economy" was so difficult to understand?
That being the case, people are already visiting the town. In fact, if you could have been bothered to just search some info about this particular town, you'd know that the tourists visited that area for a few centuries, actually before the town even existed, because of the beautiful nature. Besides, the town belongs to the Telemark community, and Telemark basically stands for winter sports.
Decision at Thunder Rift would probably make a decent movie with a potential for two sequels.
Restoring the balance of power is ultimately a good thing, so yes, sweet.
Besides, what is wrong of being a former career KGB officer? I mean, Shrub the Elder used to be the director of CIA, not just a career officer.
Except that you don't mine pure uranium, you mine uranium ore (pitchblende), and you need a lot of it to extract a bit of natural uranium. Even worse, pitchblende itself is not as easily mined as coal, because if you have got a coalbed, it consists of mostly, well, coal. If you mine pitchblende, then you go through a lot of rock you need to discard first.
Well, when the West German THTR-300 had an problem (a thorium reactor, by the way, since there are a lot of thorium reactor fans around here) and released a lot of radioactive dust into environment, the private operator denied everything and blamed the fallout from the Chernobyl accident a few weeks earlier for the readings. Only after a Protactinium isotope was found, the operator was forced to admit the release of radioactivity. So much for private industry. If they try to cover up minor incidents, I won't trust them with anything major.
Well, well, uranium just appears out of the thin air and does not have to be mined and refined. It is also not like uranium mining was considered prison labour because it was so dangerous.
It actually kinda is. Paypal Europe has got a banking license in Luxembourg.
Some people think that Heinlein writes crap - and justifiably so.
Are you sure about that? The VW premium sedan is called Phaeton. Passat is a mid-range sedan, Jetta is just a sedan version of the compact car called Golf.
I hope you have given that bastard the finger.
Or you can use a hub dynamo and a lamp with USB output, you know.
Not just wear, use them as well. I have seen too many stupid cyclists cycling without light at night because they were too lazy to switch the lights on. They just don't get that the light is not for them to see better, but for the others.