Monday - threatening Haloumi with a vinaigrette

[sungod]

Spring means windy weather here too. Drat.

Usual assortment of endless jobs round here, plus plenty of bike fettling to try and find the most comfortable setup in the absence of a decent local bike fitter. Been doing a lot of tweak -> ride -> adjust tweak -> ride some more -> measure and take notes. Interesting exercise, and surprises me how much I am noticing even tiny changes in things.

i went through a couple of bike fits, but changing saddle/whatever tended to mess things up

in the end i did it myself using a few of the steve hogg articles, worked very well for me, especially the 'balance point' approach to set-back - mostly did it with the bike clamped in a trainer and level

https://www.stevehoggbikefitting.com/bikefit/2011/02/seat-height-how-hard-can-it-be/
https://www.stevehoggbikefitting.com/bikefit/2011/05/addendum-to-seat-height-how-hard-can-it-be-2/
https://www.stevehoggbikefitting.com/bikefit/2011/05/seat-set-back-for-road-bikes/

 

[briantrumpet]

I dissagree. My Porker will be MOT exempt in the not so distant future but not tax exempt.
So therefore, revenue is more important than safety?
I think all cars should need an MOT - they could test them on a simplistic non-emission basis and just do the mechanical/illumination/wipers, tyres and rubbers tests - especially brakes. Classic car headlights are terrible and often need upgrading and wiring differently such as what I did on mine.

Just because (generally) classic cars are well kept, it doesn't mean they are roadworthy. A lot of them are mothballed in the winter and only come out in good weather so things deteriorate. Drum brakes are generally shyte.
As time goes on, more performance cars of old - which are still quick by modern standards, will be in circulation without an MOT. A 944 turbo is a good example of that. For the average classic car owner, testing brakes properly on a machine is inaccessible. You do not know how efficient they are by simply driving down the road and putting your foot on the pedal.
So I would not mind going through the MOT every year but I resent paying road tax yet there's no MOT stipulation.

A friend of mine who loves old cars and hates regulation equally thinks it's mad that old cars, which are more likely to be mechanically dodgy, are exempt, both here and in France. (His pride & joy is a Hudson Terraplane from 1934).

 

[TLW1]

I disagree too (but not to the extent that I'd add an extra s).
I shudder to think that my old Scimitar which had chassis rot so bad that the fibreglass bodywork was the most structurally significant part of it could have been put in a garage and run around MoT free next year.

Graham walker would have sorted it