Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[Tashman]

In a sport that uses Frenchisms constantly, that "finale" seems to have been dropped for "final"

 

[DRM]

Idiots that when using a mini roundabout, indicate right to go straight on (2nd Exit) not right, or to go back the way they've just come from, feckin' imbeciles the lot of 'em

 

[mistyoptic]

Idiots that when using a mini roundabout, indicate right to go straight on (2nd Exit) not right, or to go back the way they've just come from, feckin' imbeciles the lot of 'em

Not as bad as idiots who DON’T indicate at all, then turn right across you

 

[Jenkins]

Idiots that when using a mini roundabout, indicate right to go straight on (2nd Exit) not right, or to go back the way they've just come from, feckin' imbeciles the lot of 'em

There's a traffic light controlled crossroads near here with a slight offset to the side roads. The number of drivers that indicate left on approach and then immediately right on entering the crossroads when going straight on...
(just like the Ford in an older Streetview image below)

 

[Alex321]

There's a traffic light controlled crossroads near here with a slight offset to the side roads. The number of drivers that indicate left on approach and then immediately right on entering the crossroads when going straight on...
(just like the Ford in an older Streetview image below)
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You mean who do exactly what they are supposed to do, since it isn't actually "straight on"?

Why do you find that annoying?

 

[DRM]

Not as bad as idiots who DON’T indicate at all, then turn right across you

Very true

 

[lazybloke]

Today, Google maps opened up to a wide span of Northern England including Northallerton, Spurn Head, Workshop and Blackpool.

A quick use of the measuring tool suggested I was looking at 9,800 square miles.
With the most useless piece of information ever: "Heavy traffic in this area .... delays of up to 31 mins".

Where? WTAF!

 

[Accy cyclist]

It says 'Tear here', but there's nothing to tear!🤷

 

[DaveReading]

It says 'Tear here', but there's nothing to tear!🤷

It's a hint that you might be disappointed with the contents.

 

[Electric_Andy]

Google Meet. Nearly every time I use it to instantly call someone, it never works. It always works when a meeting is in a diary and you click through, but never if you just "cold call" someone. In fact, today I called someone twice, and it only connected for a micro-second after I had pressed the "end call" button

 

[lenfield]

People who give rim sizes in inches rather than millimeters. There are so many 26 inch wheel sizes that the name is effectively meaningless. 28 and 29 inch wheels have the same diameter. A 27 inch wheel has a bigger diameter than a 28/29 inch. A 27.5 inch wheel has a smaller rim diameter than a 27 inch.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

People who give rim sizes in inches rather than millimeters. There are so many 26 inch wheel sizes that the name is effectively meaningless. 28 and 29 inch wheels have the same diameter. A 27 inch wheel has a bigger diameter than a 28/29 inch. A 27.5 inch wheel has a smaller rim diameter than a 27 inch.

The whole thing about wheel sizes confuses me

I just ask the LB to sort it out as he has more experience
I do know that he seems to have put tyres on my bike that appear to be different sizes to the ones he took off
but fit perfectly well

which is confusing

(700C by the way - whatever that means)

 

[Andy in Germany]

The whole thing about wheel sizes confuses me

I just ask the LB to sort it out as he has more experience
I do know that he seems to have put tyres on my bike that appear to be different sizes to the ones he took off
but fit perfectly well

which is confusing

(700C by the way - whatever that means)

Part of the problem with wheel sizes is that there are three different systems, and they don't always measure the same thing. In the case of the "700c" and "28" specifications, they also aren't very accurate. For example, "700c" is part of a French measurement system which measures the nominal diameter of the outside of the tire in millimetres, but adds the "A", "B" "C" and "D" which are "narrow", "medium", "wide" and "very wide" but notably they don't really define this. Of course his has two problems, firstly what are "narrow" and "wide" in real numbers? Also, a "wide" tyre will obviously have a bigger diameter than a "narrow" tyre for the same rim size. In theory the second number on the tyre, say "28c" gives the nominal width, but it still isn't very accurate.

With inch sizes it's even worse: the size a "28 inch" tyre is again the nominal outer dimension, So a tyre with "28 x 1.50" when mounted on a wheel, will give a nominal diameter of about 28 inches and a nominal width of 1.5 inches, which gives the same problem as before. On top of this, imperial tyres can look the same size, but not be; for some reason, a tyre with "28 x 1.5" on the outside my not fit the same rim as a "28 x 1/2" tyre.

To add to the confusion of course, a "29 inch" tyre, the new mountain bike standard, fits the same rim size as a 28" tyre, they're just fatter.

Because of this there is now a new and much more accurate system, the ETRTO (European Tyre and Rim Technical Organisation) specification, which is also ISO standard. This ignores the outer diameter and measures the bead size, the point where the tyre hooks onto the rim, so it is far more reliable.

A tyre with "622" as the ETRTO number will fit the same rim as a 28" tyre, and also a "700" tire in the French system. The other number in the ETRTO system is the nominal width, so a tyre with "37-622" is 37mm wide by 622mm bead diameter, "50-622" is the same diameter and 50mm wide etc.

Mercifully, all new tyres are required to have their sizes shown in all three systems, so you can either ignore the imperial and French system, and just use the ETRTO/ISO numbers. You can also look at the sizing on the old tyres and find a new tyre showing that size, then find the ETRTO number on that tyre, and bingo, you know what to look for.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Part of the problem with wheel sizes is that there are three different systems, and they don't always measure the same thing. In the case of the "700c" and "28" specifications, they also aren't very accurate. For example, "700c" is part of a French measurement system which measures the nominal diameter of the outside of the tire in millimetres, but adds the "A", "B" "C" and "D" which are "narrow", "medium", "wide" and "very wide" but notably they don't really define this. Of course his has two problems, firstly what are "narrow" and "wide" in real numbers? Also, a "wide" tyre will obviously have a bigger diameter than a "narrow" tyre for the same rim size. In theory the second number on the tyre, say "28c" gives the nominal width, but it still isn't very accurate.

With inch sizes it's even worse: the size a "28 inch" tyre is again the nominal outer dimension, So a tyre with "28 x 1.50" when mounted on a wheel, will give a nominal diameter of about 28 inches and a nominal width of 1.5 inches, which gives the same problem as before. On top of this, imperial tyres can look the same size, but not be; for some reason, a tyre with "28 x 1.5" on the outside my not fit the same rim as a "28 x 1/2" tyre.

To add to the confusion of course, a "29 inch" tyre, the new mountain bike standard, fits the same rim size as a 28" tyre, they're just fatter.

Because of this there is now a new and much more accurate system, the ETRTO (European Tyre and Rim Technical Organisation) specification, which is also ISO standard. This ignores the outer diameter and measures the bead size, the point where the tyre hooks onto the rim, so it is far more reliable.

A tyre with "622" as the ETRTO number will fit the same rim as a 28" tyre, and also a "700" tire in the French system. The other number in the ETRTO system is the nominal width, so a tyre with "37-622" is 37mm wide by 622mm bead diameter, "50-622" is the same diameter and 50mm wide etc.

Mercifully, all new tyres are required to have their sizes shown in all three systems, so you can either ignore the imperial and French system, and just use the ETRTO/ISO numbers. You can also look at the sizing on the old tyres and find a new tyre showing that size, then find the ETRTO number on that tyre, and bingo, you know what to look for.

Thanks

not that I am less confused
but at elast you have confirmed that it wasn;t me - the system does not make sense

also nice to know there is a new systems that does it better

which should be the accepted system by - some time in the distant future probably!

 

[Jameshow]

People who give rim sizes in inches rather than millimeters. There are so many 26 inch wheel sizes that the name is effectively meaningless. 28 and 29 inch wheels have the same diameter. A 27 inch wheel has a bigger diameter than a 28/29 inch. A 27.5 inch wheel has a smaller rim diameter than a 27 inch.

26" generally refers to 599 tyre size.

700c is actually 622 size.

Pretty simple really!