ColinJ
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As always well defined legs are order of the day.
I think they would just... glisten impressively!yep- I was impressed with those - but couldn't help wondering what might happen to them/the look in rain.
As always well defined legs are order of the day.
I think they would just... glisten impressively!yep- I was impressed with those - but couldn't help wondering what might happen to them/the look in rain.
And probably sag something shocking - !just... glisten impressively!
United Kingdom Gold Medal winning pursuit team in the 1908 Olympics.Googling, the picture is probably from the 1908 London Olympics at the White City stadium.
Track was 3 laps to the mile, so an enormous track, compared with some modern indoor velodromes.
I think the track at Herne Hill is of similar dimensions and still survives and I rode my one and only track event at the Bootle track on Merseyside which was also similar.
Although it's a drawing, I notice the drive side is on the left.
This may have come up in the past, but why is the drive train of all bikes on the right - ?I notice the drive side is on the left.
It has and there are various theories:This may have come up in the past, but why is the drive train of all bikes on the right - ?
Is there a techno reason for it, or is it simply someone's early idea that no-one ever questioned - ?
Nay ladIt has and there are various theories:
It was invented in Britain where we drive on the left. This puts the drivetrain away from the kerb which is good for some reason or other. The rest of the world was so in awe of Britain at the time they followed suit. I'm not sure I buy this one. I can't particularly see the advantage of having the drive train away from the kerb, and if there was such an advantage then continental Europe and the US would have put it on the left - industry wasn't so globalised back then.
Most right-handed people prefer to mount from the left, by raising the right leg over, and choose to wheel the bike by holding it with the right hand , and standing on the left of the bike. This puts the oily stuff on the opposite side to the rider. I guess that's possible.
It's due to the coriolis effect. But bikes in Australia are upside down so right is left and left is right.
I wonder if it's a carry-over from the olde dayes. Convention has it that you mount a horse from the left, since you would have your sword hanging from the left side of your body (being right-handed) hence it wouldn't get in the way during the mounting process. Time passes and getting on stuff from the left remains universal (see motorbikes, for example). So if you're getting on from the left then yes, why not put the oily stuff the other side. Horses, bicycles and motorcycles are right-hand drive. And helicopters (mostly).Most right-handed people prefer to mount from the left, by raising the right leg over, and choose to wheel the bike by holding it with the right hand, standing on the left of the bike. This puts the oily stuff on the opposite side to the rider. I guess that's possible.
No. I've no idea really what it is. It's something to do with the rotation of the earth and the effect it has on weather systems.Could you explain the coriolis effect, in language that a layman can follow?
(Most explanations are unfathomable!!!)
Happy to. When I get round to it ...Could you explain the coriolis effect, in language that a layman can follow?
(Most explanations are unfathomable!!!)
Question for horse experts like @KnittyNorahI wonder if it's a carry-over from the olde dayes. Convention has it that you mount a horse from the left, since you would have your sword hanging from the left side of your body (being right-handed) hence it wouldn't get in the way during the mounting process. Time passes and getting on stuff from the left remains universal (see motorbikes, for example). So if you're getting on from the left then yes, why not put the oily stuff the other side. Horses, bicycles and motorcycles are right-hand drive. And helicopters (mostly).
Ride side saddle and you'd be on the left.Question for horse experts like @KnittyNorah
Is horse riding equipment "handed"? For example are saddles specially shaped so it's easier to get on them from the left? That sort of thing. Do left-handers grumble when introduced to horse riding that it's the wrong way round? And would a horse be a bit disgruntled if you decided to mount from the "other" side, the one that it's not used to?