Little Things You Hate

[nathanm]

aaaaaaaaaaaand there's always the actual picture that shows 1 gear.

 

[FigBo0T]

Nope. They’d be wrong.
It’s a common enough misconception.

I used to work with a couple of track riders and that was what they used to tell me.

.... OK, you made me look it up ....

https://www.yellowjersey.co.uk/the-...ce-between-single-speed-and-fixed-gear-bikes/

 

[FigBo0T]

aaaaaaaaaaaand there's always the actual picture that shows 1 gear.

My single cogged road bike has 3 gears in the hub. Is it a fixie, or a single speed?

 

[nathanm]

i would suppose the correct terminology for my particular bike would be a fixie/singlespeed given that it, like most of the current crop have a single cog with a flip flop hub. it could however be converted to a geared bike I assume. I was just surprised by the buyer seemingly having no knowledge of "fixie" style bike prior to enquiring. It's like enquiring about a rally car and asking if it's an automatic.

 

[moorey]

Can’t a rally car be automatic? Asking for a friend.

 

[nathanm]

Can’t a rally car be automatic? Asking for a friend.

If its a WRC car, tho'se lazy bugger's dont even shift for themselves th'ese day's.

 

[FigBo0T]

Can’t a rally car be automatic? Asking for a friend.

 

[moorey]

If its a WRC car, tho'se lazy bugger's dont even shift for themselves th'ese day's.

Can they use a comma in the right place?

 

[born-again-biker]

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Soft!

 

[FigBo0T]

Soft!

It's spelled m-i-l-l-e-n-n-i-a-l

 

[beeb]

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Someone needs to learn to use the clutch when shifting!

 

[droenn]

Truck drivers will be redundant pretty soon anyway, let them have their creature comforts.

 

[FigBo0T]

Truck drivers will be redundant pretty soon anyway, let them have their creature comforts.

Not in Oz. Not ever. There are no alternatives to road trains and oversized heavy haulers. There's a lot more to it than steering and stopping, which is about the limit of self driving crap.

 

[droenn]

Not in Oz. Not ever. There are no alternatives to road trains and oversized heavy haulers. There's a lot more to it than steering and stopping, which is about the limit of self driving crap.

It will happen before autonomous passenger vehicles. A decade away at most.

 

[Flow-Rider]

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I got my HR licence with a crash box, never needed to use it though.

 

[moorey]

I got my HR licence with a crash box, never needed to use it though.

Heavy Rigid is a child’s truck anyway..

 

[Flow-Rider]

Heavy Rigid is a child’s truck anyway..

I've driven HC too, the company I worked for had Volvo's with syncro boxes.

 

[moorey]

I've driven HC too, the company I worked for had Volvo's with syncro boxes.

No road trains? Sheesh.

 

[FigBo0T]

It will happen before autonomous passenger vehicles. A decade away at most.

Some trucks on fixed routes, yes. In Australia, the application is extremely limited.

 

[Flow-Rider]

No road trains? Sheesh.

I'll leave that for the Pro's.