BTW, I did get that video of a UFO that my brother took, but it's very disappointing - isn't it always the way, 
?!! - the transfer didn't go well, and the contrast apparently has to be just right to see anything - I couldn't, and I knew what it looked like, on his phone! The disappointment has stopped me trying to enhance it, or anything like that - but I will give it a go, at some stage ...
?!! - the transfer didn't go well, and the contrast apparently has to be just right to see anything - I couldn't, and I knew what it looked like, on his phone! The disappointment has stopped me trying to enhance it, or anything like that - but I will give it a go, at some stage ...
Recently I digressed into a 3~4 paragraph synopsis of my life history, well at least in terms of my electronics hobby, that probably took root when I was 3 and liked playing with a bag of cables and connectors that one of my mothers friends gave me to play with!
Gordon.
might be inherited, or a product of the envioment -
"I felt the blast and I looked down and my shirt was coming apart."
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Models Squad!
saving the world.
one mirror at a time ...
saving the world.
one mirror at a time ...
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Suspension absorbs energy, and makes the bike slower. Street bikes are optimized for speed. Trail/mountain bikes apparently have suspension because, from what I vaguely recall hearing, riders have a hard time tolerating long off-road rides without suspension.
I've ridden street and trail bikes, but both without suspension. I never did much trail riding, so I'm not familiar with the lack of suspension being a problem.
I've ridden street and trail bikes, but both without suspension. I never did much trail riding, so I'm not familiar with the lack of suspension being a problem.
Having full suspension can be quite nice for the downhill bits. The back wheel has much more grip, following the ground instead of skipping around as on a hardtail (no back suspension). Rear suspension forgives all sorts of sins when out riding - if you pick the wrong line, it might get a bit hairy, but you'll be able to power through much more easily than with a hardtail.
I'd say a full-suspension bike is faster down a hill than a bike with no suspension. The suspension absorbs the bumps, dissipating the energy internally rather than the whole bike losing kinetic energy.
Chris
I'd say a full-suspension bike is faster down a hill than a bike with no suspension. The suspension absorbs the bumps, dissipating the energy internally rather than the whole bike losing kinetic energy.
Chris