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    American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric

    Canada is in America, I dont see what the fuss is. Heres an explanation of how the UK simplifies these issues.
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    2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    Plenty to choose from A bridleway this steep with cobbles, slightly dodgy Still cant bring myself to wade, not trusting the bike yet. Incredible path through deep gulleys, loads of left over industry and water infrastructure from another time All abandoned to slow collapse We reached...
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    American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric

    The single reason we havent fully accepted metric is because the French invented it. And as proof of my assertion is this classic soft drink advert from the 90s
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    Just for fun...

    That tune would fit perfectly for when your chain keeps climbing up a cog and the dropping back down
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    Fun with AI

    We need more of an explanation as to how it could kill us, Im suspicious they are skirting this because they are also building its ability to do so.
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    2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    Its my birfday and the 25th anniversary. Born in 63 and now Im 63. Starting to fray at the edges.
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    Just for fun...

    Watched a vid from Laguna beach, its gone, nothing but rocks. Its been an extremely low hurricane year, something had to appear, in fact there have been zero hurricanes till these.
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    Bosch Hub Line

    Covering the board if you ask me.
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    Public comments while I ride.

    Walk your bike signs, anyone bothering to get off and walk in the UK would hear Nelsons..'ha..ha' if they did that.
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    American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric

    Threads are just hilarious. I expect a full summary first thing in the morning. The angle of the thread is 47.5°[4]: 2  and the depth of thread is 0.6 times the pitch with rounded tops and bottoms. Thus, the shortening at the crest and root is given by 0.26817p with a radius of 0.18083p at both...
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    Buying a House Advice Thread

    When I first started back in 82 my line manager earned 5K, that post now pulls in 75K.
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    Buying a House Advice Thread

    100%. Theyre on twhatter moaning that boomers bought houses for 70 grand and are now worth a million. 70 grand was a million back then.
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    Public comments while I ride.

    Well Im already holding a gopro, so its not hard
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    2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    The wifey is good, no pictures, shes gone all anti social media.
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    Public comments while I ride.

    You can get arrested in the UK for doing that to the Police, so be careful.
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    Just for fun...

    Hate the pointless things.
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    Public comments while I ride.

    99.9% of drivers leave huge gaps as they pass, give you loads of time and wave you out....so no worries
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    American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric

    American freedom units are just the British system renamed the Customary. Its also basically metric with official conversions, the dollar is metric. We had proper crackpot money before 1971, Im old enough to remember it. Pound (£): Equal to 20 shillings or 240 pence. Shilling (s): Equal to 12...
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    Public comments while I ride.

    I had three seperate aggressive reactions from drivers on my last ride. I was slowing their journey by fractions of a second turning off onto bridleways. I just point the camera at them...instant back down.
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    Just for fun...

    I wont.
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