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  • Cannondale Scalpel 2020 SE 2 – First Ride Review
  • richmars
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    Given I know nothing about central heating, maybe it just means the new rad is more efficent at tranfering heat to the air than the old one. The water temp is the same, but it's losing more heat (which is good) so is colder.
    The above could also be bo***ks.

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    Not as clean as this now.

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    Sorry to hear that. What sort of Subaru? Mileage?

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    I didn't know that. Where's the central server?

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    It's the technical bit of how hard drives store the data (bit more than that but that's all you need to know). Fat32 is a fairly old way of doing it, when hard drives were much smaller. Nowadays most drives use NTFS. The problem with FAT32 is the maximum file size is 4GB (approx). I'm guessing the backup program is dumping all your stuff as one big file on your backup drice, but can't because of the size limit.

    Solution: reformat your backup as a NTFS drive. (NOTE: This will erase everything on it, use with care, etc etc).

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    You can also install Ubuntu from within windows and then choose which one to boot up when you turn on it on. I suggust trying a live CD first to see if you like it.

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    Hot tip:
    If you do need to clean the glass use oven hob cleaner. Much cheaper than the stuff from stove suppliers.

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    Free wood here, plus £30 for the sweep. We have it on in the evenings and it saves about a litre of oil a day, which is about 50p

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    TS,
    That's good info. We're in Cambridgeshire if that's important. I like the advise bit. I'm happy doing the work and we don't really have the cash to pay to get work done (even with a grant) but knowing what to do would be good.

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    Yes, Mrs and me own a huge 3 acres of wood. Not very big but part of a larger plantation. It hasn't been managed for about 30/40 years so needs quite a bit of work. Long term aim is to get rid of the conifers and re-plant with native trees, but it's a (very) long term project.
    From what I've seem about grants ours is too small for FC and to be honest it's not money we need, just more time.

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    48×16 on a 700c pomp, 12.5 miles (it is very flat here).

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    Unless it defines what whippy, feel and softer mean, no it won't help. I'm just a simple engineer trying to understand what I'm supposed to be feeling when I ride a bike. At the moment, it seems like the cycling version of hi-fi speaker cables.

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    Thanks for the link, but still lots of words like whippy and feel.

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    I'm still struggling to get what words like 'forgiving', 'lively' and 'softer' mean in measureable engineering terms like stiffness and tensile strength.
    You should be able to make a frame with the same 'feel' (whatever that is) in any material by adjusting the tube size but keeping the geometry the same. True or not?

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    But why can you tell a difference? If it just the stiffness difference between materials then you should be able to make them feel the same just but tweeking wall thickness/tube diameter.
    What else makes the difference?

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    What exactly is meant by 'softer'?

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    Which property of carbon fibre will make it sofer?

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    There's a 'power ok' line that comes out of the psu which the motherboard checks before starting up. The psu could be on the way out hence sometimes it isn't 'ok'. PSU's are the most unreliable bit of a pc in my experiance (had one fail over christmas), but cheap and quick to fix.

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    Frak on the BBC was pretty good.

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    Not really an app, but this looks fun[/url], controlled by iphone.

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    Robocopy is more powerful, also built in to Windows from Vista(?)

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    But the 'try before buy' could apply to anything; books, bike parts, lunch from Tesco, but it's only used to justify software/music piracy.

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    Marmite on the toast, beans, cheese.

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    That's way I'm against it, as someone who is paid to come up with ideas.

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    I don't like the way it's ok with some people to steal software. It's the same with music downloads. What makes that ok but stealing from your local bike shop not?

    richmars
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    Agree with Dales_rider, don't just have one back up. Keep everything of value in at least two places (I use a USB drive and the internet). I also image the hard drive just to make it quicker to restore it (but never needed to yet), but a fresh install will always be better.

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    Lots of bike engined kit cars don't have a reverse. I've driven mine for about 5 years without needing one. You just need to plan ahead.

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    Great, teach your kids to steal.

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    Seeing as a reverse gear isn't needed for an MOT I don't think you need reversing lights, unless the 'if fitted it must work' rule applies.

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    I use Macrium[/url]. You can back up anywhere, and create a CD to boot from when it all goes wrong, so you can restore from your back up to a new hard drive.
    Free for basic, paid does more.

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    No problems here but only about -3 deg C.

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    Mix up the session, eg 1,2,3,4,5 minutes hard with 1 minute light between then 5,4,3,2,1. You shouldn't be able to get bored if you do it correctly.
    Plus quality not quantity.

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    Who saw C4 news last night? Great helicopter shot of a MTBer tanking along, off road, in the snow.

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    stumpy01,
    Sorry I missed Thetford, I was on child care again. I'll try and get over at the weekend.

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    It's only the same temp. near the thermostat. It could be colder (because it's colder outside) in rooms further away from the thermostat.
    Plus it makes people 'feel' better. But I agree, you shouldn't need to turn it up.

    richmars
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    Many years ago I had a lancia Integrale. I quickly learnt that the 4WD was great for acceleration but brakes were no better. Still good fun.

    richmars
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    Pleased with my Subaru Forester. Good on snowy roads plus I've been off road on muddy, icy tracks. I've got 'standard' tyres, Goodyear Dualers.

    richmars
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    What's new? We've never had gas here.

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