"the hull is pressurised to the equivalent of 8000 feet altitude.
Do you deflate to ride up mt kozzy?
I just box my ride and leave it at that."
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safety collaboration: meeting the UN 2020 target for zero casualties
Started this discussion. Last reply by PeterT May 11. 2 Replies 0 Likes
33900 casualties collaboration This is intended to round up players seeking follow up on the committment made by Canberra to the World Health…Continue
Tags: AGF, canberra, federal, fatalities, casualites
landmark court decision on CTP paying for carers when a person has been injured
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landmark court decision on CTP paying for carersThis decision was late last…Continue
Tags: carer, ndis, accident, compensation, disability
Reporting an event for which you want NSW Police action
Started this discussion. Last reply by Martin Geliot on Thursday. 41 Replies 3 Likes
From the archive of JohnH's wisdom (which was regrettably deleted from SC): When reporting an incident, say you are prepared to make a statement, have the time, date & place of the incident…Continue
Tags: agf, vulnerable, warne, investigation, traffic
a new cycling facility for Melbourne?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Martin Geliot Apr 18. 11 Replies 0 Likes
The Westgate Bridge, which collapsed back in 1970, is in trouble again. "Experts were reported as saying the West Gate was initially designed to carry loads of 25 tonnes but now carried B-double…Continue
Tags: prohibited, cycling, westgate
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Martin Geliot replied to biker1's discussion Old Pacific Highway Accident - Saturday"No, that's not right. 4 helmeted died in 2008 and 4 helmetfree.
Fatality rate is pretty much 80:20, averaged over a statistically reasonable number of years. Spookily similar to the helmet wearing rate (ref. Brisbane study), ie. 80%…"
Martin Geliot replied to Mark Lambert's discussion Shaggy dog story"Although I agree this doesn't look like a race: the Polaris Challenge involves off-road and a touch on on-road, with MTBs and tent/food/sleep bag etc for two days of racing between checkpoints.
Pity none of them run in Oz for almost half a…"
Martin Geliot replied to biker1's discussion Old Pacific Highway Accident - Saturday"So where is the compliance work on this rule? Oh, I get it- we have a regulation that's absolutely unenforced and that makes it OK"
Martin Geliot replied to Keen Cyclist's discussion Ideas for a cycling safety presentation..........."agree, smidsy most important
additionally can you stop in the distance you can see is clear ahead? If a cyclist were in the lane would you avoid them?"
Martin Geliot replied to Martin Geliot's discussion Reporting an event for which you want NSW Police action"A little amplification Michelle's bolded point about about reporting: in the RTA's annual statistics they say every year:
"Pedal cycle crashes
It is recognised that a substantial proportion of non-fatal pedal cycle crashes are…"
Martin Geliot replied to biker1's discussion Old Pacific Highway Accident - Saturday"For sake of getting a better sample, I looked back at the earlier RTA annual reports
2009 10 helmeted riders killed, and 3 helmetfree killed
2008 4 helmeted killed, 4 helmetfree
2007 10 helmeted killed, 4 helmetfree
2006 5 helmeted killed, 2…"
Martin Geliot replied to biker1's discussion Old Pacific Highway Accident - Saturday"Agree, one year of data with a tiny sample isn't enough.
Additionally, as the original report explains, there is the issue of reporting. Clearly all fatalities are reported but not necessarily the injury or no-injury events. So the 6:1…"
Martin Geliot replied to biker1's discussion Old Pacific Highway Accident - Saturday"There's a case for full-face for cycling as well, as evidenced by the state of my own teeth.
It would be great to find a helmet which offered the protection moto riders enjoy yet ventilated or cooled for biomechanically powered cycling."
Martin Geliot replied to biker1's discussion Old Pacific Highway Accident - Saturday""More riders wear helmet whilst riding." - obviously true.
Now if we found out that 10 out of 11 rides were done wearing a helmet, would we be able to say that helmets don't save lives?
Clearly that's NOT saying that…"
Martin Geliot replied to Paul van Bellen's discussion 'Peak Oil' and the consequences for cycling"Interesting from the POV of cycling- the end of growth making cycling more mainstream, but more particularly a return to growth seems more likely to create that sudden upward price change necessary to dissuade the car habit."
Martin Geliot replied to biker1's discussion Old Pacific Highway Accident - Saturday"I should do a search of this site, or a google.
I'm relying on memory for the number, but don't remember the name of the paper.
RTA would be NSW numbers presumably, while Monash's either Vic or national"
Martin Geliot replied to biker1's discussion Old Pacific Highway Accident - Saturday"I think there may be value in that, where I am going is evidence/metric collection which we might use to get better policing and appropriate sentencing.
We already know from Monash University's research that 90% of bicycle accidents…"
Martin Geliot replied to Pooliothrvwganster1's discussion If you ride for 10 km do you burn the same amount of Kilojoules if you ride faster vs slower"Two considerations come to mind at once:
Air resistance
Energy wasted using brakes
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Martin Geliot replied to biker1's discussion Old Pacific Highway Accident - Saturday"Agree, really tough to extract the answers
Still, a couple of salient points
Of the 11 cyclists killed in 2010 10 of them were wearing helmets (i.e. just one was not)
Of the 57 motorcyclists killed, 20 were single vehicle accidents so…"
Martin Geliot replied to Helmet Free's discussion What is this Bicycle insurance that B NSW has?"Happily in the event of an accident we are only required to give name and contact info- a mobile phone number is sufficient. That's an indication of how seriously the law takes this.
If you have property/money then perhaps you are worth…"
Martin Geliot replied to Helmet Free's discussion What is this Bicycle insurance that B NSW has?"
Surely if this was a genuinely significant risk then CTP at least would be compulsory?
Same insurance need applies to pedestrians?
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Martin Geliot replied to Chris Moore's discussion Crazy drivers"Or, since we are so informed via this site, we might establish a routine/system for communication with Police here.
If it is to be a forum I'd prefer it to be a cyclist's exclusive forum, rather than risk letting blame shifters and…"
rococoabean replied to Martin Geliot's discussion Reporting an event for which you want NSW Police action"Thanks for this, Martin - re point 1 especially, a couple of conversations I've had in recent days have alerted me to how even conscientious police often get 'rolled' if the case makes it to court by magistrates who routinely let…"
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- What sort of riding do you do ?
- Commuting, Mountain Biking, Touring
- Where in Sydney do you live ?
- Drummy and Faulco
- Tell us about your bikes
- In-Bred 29er, with Rohloff speedhub and beefy forks (in France)
Trek FX (in Germany)
Giant Reign X1 (for all mountain and freeriding)
Cove Handjob (cough! but it is for Melbourne so it fits)
On-One Inbred (singlespeed Sydney commute steed)
- About Me:
- Commuter, tourer and remote MTBer. Occasional endurance event competitor.
No car, dislike driving but have commercial pilot license (aeroplanes) and a private/business license for helicopters.
Live a life with about 100 flights per year, so a bicycle or three makes much more sense than a momo
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- At 6:44am on April 13, 2010,
Robert Harris said… - Martin Geliot replied to Super Si's discussion 'Beware spammers and scammers writing comments on your profile' 2 hours ago.
Martin Geliot replied to westinghouse's discussion 'Penrith to Katoomba' 3 hours ago.
Martin Geliot replied to Jason's discussion 'sad sad day' 9 hours ago.
Martin Geliot replied to Jason's discussion 'sad sad day' 10 hours ago.
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Martin Geliot replied to Jason's discussion 'sad sad day' 13 hours ago.
Martin Geliot replied to yogi's discussion 'Psycho cycler's revenge' 15 hours ago.
Martin, don't you ever sleep?
- At 6:12am on August 23, 2010,
Littleteapot said… - Thanks Martin, there is the problem then. There was a time where I though WD40 was the cure for all things mechanical, I would spray it on locks, hinges, belts, chains whatever wasn't working I'd spray WD40 on it and it would fix the problem momentarily, and then things would start to clog up, and stop working. It definitely kept the water dispersed though.
I can put a computer together (it's like lego really), but I'm not really mechanically minded. I have started paying attention to the mechanics of the bicycle and one day would like to build by own, purchasing the parts separately. That would be the best way to learn I think and along the way learn how to maintain it.
As well as reading the forums, I think there invaluable, better than buying a book on how to do things for $50.
- At 3:27pm on September 18, 2010,
Russ W said… - Hi Martin,
Great to hear from you ...... well, probably every day with your great input into SC.
We received the PricewaterhouseCoopers /SKM study yesterday afternoon ...... it appears to be a huge disappointment. We'll need to get professionals to proivide input, but the study says the northern half might be undertaken by 2015, and the remainder possibly by 2026. I can't believe they'd be so stupid to have a gap of 11 years. With the RTA providing the major funding ($93,037) for the study, it's clear they are requiring PwC to fit in with the pathetic allocation of $158M over 10 years specified in the new NSW Bikeplan ..... what a disaster! By contrast, the RTA is about to spend $4M on the PacHwy/Mowbray Rd intersection, including an exclusive left turn lane from Mowb into PH (N-bound) with no bike storage facility ..... cyclists will be very exposed. By contrast, such treatments are largely standard in Melbourne. I've decided to try to get lawyers involved ..... perhaps we can take the RTA to court??? Are you still in Euro / Germany? If so, very lucky! Cheers, Russ .... webberrus@gmail.com
- At 10:05am on November 1, 2010,
Bill Parker (LateStarter) said… - Happy Birthday Martin
- At 2:55pm on February 3, 2011, rococoabean said…
Martin, I'm confused - I thought you lived in Heidelberg (and I don't mean the one in Melb) - at least that's what your profile says!!
I'm in Collingwood St, just opposite Raglan St. I ride from there to USyd a couple of times a week and barely ever do weekend rides because I'm busy Sunday morning (so can't do LBUG stuff) and do enough riding on my own - any group/other rides you know about that I'm free for I'm happy to tag along for!
Cheers,
Michelle
- At 11:43am on February 4, 2011, rococoabean said…
Hey Martin - I'm not terribly well-placed to spend whole days in the mountains but sthg local would be terrific - for instance, was just reading in CoS cycling newsletter about the Greenway; I'd love to give that a go sometime!
Cheers - apparently we get some cooler weather on Sun/Mon... can't wait!!
- At 7:19pm on February 4, 2011, rococoabean said…
I might have to pass this week, Martin, but - soon (I have house guests all week).
Happy weekend riding!
Michelle
- At 1:15pm on February 7, 2011, rococoabean said…
Hi Martin - sounds bloody brilliant! What days generally suit you best?
I can do Sundays, but not until the afternoon. Any Saturday, by prior arrangement. :-)
It'd be great to have an excuse to finally meet some of these SC people whose comments I keep reading...
- At 12:49pm on February 28, 2011, rococoabean said…
Hi Martin,
Are you around in Syd/going to the safe cycling rally on March 12?
I'm thinking of getting the ferry over from Drummoyne to the northside (call me lazy or unfit, but I don't want to be buggered before I even start!) for 8am.
Oh, and speaking of excuses to meet SC people - are you going to the 3000-SC-members party at the end of March?
Cheers,
Michelle
- At 5:19pm on February 28, 2011,
sit ubu sit said…
Hi Martin,
I thought this article might be of interest in relation to the Ch-Ch quake, in terms of the building standards discussion we were having the other day. I was thinking today that there are still many 100+ year old buildings still standing (either completely or sufficiently to be repared), and only a couple of new ones that came down after two significant shakes and 5000+ aftershocks over 6 months. I really hope we've seen the worst of them though!
SUS
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