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Shortandcrisp
Veteran
But the extra power generated on the downstroke helps to pull you up on the upstroke.
Landsurfer
Veteran
The problem with steel toe caps.
If an impact or crush is greater than 50Nm the steel toe cap can rotate and guillotine the toes off .... not as rare as you may think ... and steel toecaps around 3rd Rail is never a good idea ...
Look for nylon toe caps they tend to crush , which is repairable, rather than guillotine.. Toetectors are usually nylon.
My winter boots of choice where Karrimor KSB 2 walking boots, ideal for snowy circumnavigations of Scotland in March. Mine fell apart and they had stopped making them ...
If an impact or crush is greater than 50Nm the steel toe cap can rotate and guillotine the toes off .... not as rare as you may think ... and steel toecaps around 3rd Rail is never a good idea ...
Look for nylon toe caps they tend to crush , which is repairable, rather than guillotine.. Toetectors are usually nylon.
My winter boots of choice where Karrimor KSB 2 walking boots, ideal for snowy circumnavigations of Scotland in March. Mine fell apart and they had stopped making them ...
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
The problem with steel toe caps.
If an impact or crush is greater than 50Nm the steel toe cap can rotate and guillotine the toes off .... not as rare as you may think ... and steel toecaps around 3rd Rail is never a good idea ...
Look for nylon toe caps they tend to crush , which is repairable, rather than guillotine.. Toetectors are usually nylon.
My winter boots of choice where Karrimor KSB 2 walking boots, ideal for snowy circumnavigations of Scotland in March. Mine fell apart and they had stopped making them ...
The only live third rail I can think of outside of the UK is in Hamburg but I'm sure there are others. Fortunately I'm not working with anything of 50Nm weight: the most dangerous thing I have to deal with is a few stacked palettes.
If anything the steel soles are more important so I don't get a hole in my foot from discarded staples.
Slick
Guru
50 nm isn't a weight, it's a force. Not like me to be so pedantic, sorry.
Landsurfer
Veteran
25Kg @ 2g .... a mass doesn't have to fall far to accelerate that much .... Pedantic people rule ....... 
( but of course we don't, not wishing to be pedantic ..) .... but i really shouldn't have used the word " fall" as the acceleration could be horizontal ..... ok ... forget it ... and mind your feet ...
( but of course we don't, not wishing to be pedantic ..) .... but i really shouldn't have used the word " fall" as the acceleration could be horizontal ..... ok ... forget it ... and mind your feet ...
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
50 nm isn't a weight, it's a force. Not like me to be so pedantic, sorry.
Now you see why I chose a career in social work and not engineering or maths.
Landsurfer
Veteran
It's the same subject ... not 2 subjects ....
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
I rest my case
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Steel toes used to be banned in some motor mechanics for that reason. 1500kg of car really need not fall far to exceed 50Nm. Nylon still allowed AFAIK.
Lovacott
Über Member
I don't ride in "disguise". I wear practical clothing, suited to the route I take.
Lovacott
Über Member
There is a railway between Lynton and Lynmouth which uses weight loss to get up the hill and weight gain to get down. While one carriage goes down the hill, the other carriage gets pulled up.
The same system could be used on a bike by filling the frame and tyres with water at the peak of each hill so that the extra weight adds momentum down hill.
At the trough of the down hill section, the water is released making the bike lighter and propelling it up to the next peak.
Banjo
Fuelled with Jelly Babies
- Location
- South Wales
I used to commute wearing work boots,there not that heavy these days keep you warm etc.I worked on a boat and after a long night shift I arrived home one morning then noticed I was still wearing a life jacket !
Better safe than sorry in case you fall into a river.
