More frivolous purchases, stuff you don't need..

[gregs656]

julian64 said:

I think I'll trust my years of medical training rather than click on a link from a website called revzilla , but by all means move on.

So you drive around with your windows down, yes?

[cbmotorsport]

julian64 said:

Lazermilk said:

julian64 said:

McGee_22 said:

All the same, as the most vulnerable road user (imho and experience as a cyclist and ex-Paramedic) I would strongly urge full use of all senses at all times on a bicycle.

Back on thread content, I recently bought a Worx Powershot battery-powered pressure washer just for blasting the grime from alloy wheels. It can be used from a bucket, waterbutt or hose but I've been very happy with using it on the hose,instead of tne ma.arkyof dragging out a big old Karcher.

Edited by McGee_22 on Monday 4th March 22:29

I think you are wasting your time. I tried to argue the safety aspect on the biker banter forum when they talked about the best earplugs to wear to exclude all noise.

I was roundly shouted down by most of the forum suggesting everyone would suffer deafness without earplugs after fifteen minutes driving or some such rubbish.

It seemed like madness to me because they then all started talking about the best sound quality earphones they could use to play music.

I took the opinion that only experience can teach wisdom, and only ones own experience at that.

Its actually not nonsense about earplugs when riding motorbikes imo, one of many examples out there of why:

https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/avoiding-hea...

But I don't want to derail this thread about cycling safety etc, lets just agree to have different opinions and move on...

I think I'll trust my years of medical training rather than click on a link from a website called revzilla , but by all means move on.

Earplugs are a necessity on a motorbike, I'm always amazed that some people don't use them.

[McGee_22]

Orange B&Q bucket empty in a fraction under 5 minutes.

[eybic]

They're 12L so it pumps around 3l per minute.

[Quags]

jimmyjimjim said:

We've had nixie tube clocks before in this thread, but this is probably the cheapest:



Nice little kit, from ebay.

I love this, I remember I used to be crap at soldering. How easy are they to make? Any UK kits?

[Lazermilk]

julian64 said:

Lazermilk said:

julian64 said:

McGee_22 said:

All the same, as the most vulnerable road user (imho and experience as a cyclist and ex-Paramedic) I would strongly urge full use of all senses at all times on a bicycle.

Back on thread content, I recently bought a Worx Powershot battery-powered pressure washer just for blasting the grime from alloy wheels. It can be used from a bucket, waterbutt or hose but I've been very happy with using it on the hose,instead of tne ma.arkyof dragging out a big old Karcher.

Edited by McGee_22 on Monday 4th March 22:29

I think you are wasting your time. I tried to argue the safety aspect on the biker banter forum when they talked about the best earplugs to wear to exclude all noise.

I was roundly shouted down by most of the forum suggesting everyone would suffer deafness without earplugs after fifteen minutes driving or some such rubbish.

It seemed like madness to me because they then all started talking about the best sound quality earphones they could use to play music.

I took the opinion that only experience can teach wisdom, and only ones own experience at that.

Its actually not nonsense about earplugs when riding motorbikes imo, one of many examples out there of why:

https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/avoiding-hea...

But I don't want to derail this thread about cycling safety etc, lets just agree to have different opinions and move on...

I think I'll trust my years of medical training rather than click on a link from a website called revzilla , but by all means move on.

I think I will trust the many reports about it online, not just from 'a website called revzilla', but thanks all the same for the input.

https://www.healthyhearing.com/report/52514-What-i...

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/cond...

[Lazermilk]

McGee_22 said:

Lazermilk said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

McGee_22 said:

Back on thread content, I recently bought a Worx Powershot battery-powered pressure washer just for blasting the grime from alloy wheels. It can be used from a bucket, waterbutt or hose but I've been very happy with using it on the hose, instead of the malarky of dragging out a big old Karcher.

Interesting concept. It's amazing what you can buy these days!

I looked at this on amazon not too long ago as I don't have access to a hose at home, thought it could be used for cleaning the car/motorbike.

Is it powerful enough? How long do the batteries last realistically?

Is it powerful enough? Not sure from a bucket but it's good for wheels and paint from a hose but still not enough for paving, etc.

Battery life? I did a quick spray over of one car and cleaned the wheels, then did the wheels of three other cars with the supplied 2Ah battery - you could buy the 4Ah battery if you wanted. You have to use it on high power mode, low power mode is for watering the plants I think.

I can be very critical sometimes bu I haven't though I've wasted my money on this and use it each car wash now.

That sounds pretty good then, I might try one out. Around 5 minutes per bucket of water is pretty good too I would say. Thanks

[shirt]

cbmotorsport said:

Earplugs are a necessity on a motorbike, I'm always amazed that some people don't use them.

I am not a biker but occasionally borrow a caterham without widescreens and would agree. You can get custom fitted plugs with filters to cut wind noise yet still hear the bike and other vehicles. Not too expensive either, I had ones made for work for €45 from a place in Poland

[gothatway]

Lazermilk said:

Good effort, I bet you will be popular with that massive speaker at your tent!

Not a problem if you're in the next tent ... as long as you have one of those battery-powered jet washers to dampen the sound.

[DoctorX]

Lazermilk said:

McGee_22 said:

Lazermilk said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

McGee_22 said:

Back on thread content, I recently bought a Worx Powershot battery-powered pressure washer just for blasting the grime from alloy wheels. It can be used from a bucket, waterbutt or hose but I've been very happy with using it on the hose, instead of the malarky of dragging out a big old Karcher.

Interesting concept. It's amazing what you can buy these days!

I looked at this on amazon not too long ago as I don't have access to a hose at home, thought it could be used for cleaning the car/motorbike.

Is it powerful enough? How long do the batteries last realistically?

Is it powerful enough? Not sure from a bucket but it's good for wheels and paint from a hose but still not enough for paving, etc.

Battery life? I did a quick spray over of one car and cleaned the wheels, then did the wheels of three other cars with the supplied 2Ah battery - you could buy the 4Ah battery if you wanted. You have to use it on high power mode, low power mode is for watering the plants I think.

I can be very critical sometimes bu I haven't though I've wasted my money on this and use it each car wash now.

That sounds pretty good then, I might try one out. Around 5 minutes per bucket of water is pretty good too I would say. Thanks

I don’t have access to a hose either so this sounds just the job.

[McGee_22]

Get one of those big tall Meguairs buckets and it'll probably be twice as much/long.

Edit to add; I subsequently bought the soap dispenser gadget for it - it makes fantastic snowfoam!

Edited by McGee_22 on Friday 8th March 02:02

[classicaholic]

It’s a speaker, I thought it was a portaloo which would be much more useful!

Edited by classicaholic on Tuesday 5th March 22:22

[cbmotorsport]

shirt said:

cbmotorsport said:

Earplugs are a necessity on a motorbike, I'm always amazed that some people don't use them.

I am not a biker but occasionally borrow a caterham without widescreens and would agree. You can get custom fitted plugs with filters to cut wind noise yet still hear the bike and other vehicles. Not too expensive either, I had ones made for work for €45 from a place in Poland

This is the thing, it's the wind noise that does you in.

I also find my concentration is better, if the noise level is lower.

You really don't need to hear other vehicles, you're actually pretty unlikely to anyway, with wind noise and the noise of your own bike. If you're a good biker with plenty of update checks of your surroundings you should be aware of other road users. Your hearing is pretty useless as a tool on a motorbike.

It is however, a very useful tool for every other aspect of life, and so I choose to protect it from prolonged exposure to high decibels when riding. :-)

[matthias73]

Fully agree. I wear noise deadening headphones on my motorbike. Sometimes I play music, sometimes not, but cutting out the wind noise is essential for a long run.

[Parsnip]

A pair of these. Frivolous as there is nothing wrong with my current velocipede shoes, but these ones have more carbon. Carbon of the strongest variety available to man!

Between cycling shoes and ski boots, I have significantly more capital invested in the shoe market than the wife...

[indigochim]

jimmyjimjim said:

That's the finished version. Some of my worst soldering ever, and it still works, so the design must be fairly resilient. Needs some jumper wire that wasn't included - I got fed up with re-using component legs and striped some solid CAT6 for a supply.

Don't make the same mistake I did and load up a lot of components at a time for soldering, it got unwieldy.

My resistance failed. I've ordered the 6 tube version which is probably foolish as I've never done proper electronics and my soldering experience is limited to making up serial cables when I was a computer trainee.

Can't wait to give it a go. Any more tips? I have a basic soldering iron and a gas one that I bought when Maplin closed down I guess the mains one would be a better bet for this project.

[FunkyNige]

Doesn't really count for this thread as I didn't actually buy it, bit this advert appeared on my Instagram feed -
I have no idea what it is our what it does, but it looks cool and I want one! Luckily, clicking on the ad just took me to the app so I couldn't but it via the advert.

[gr1340]

FunkyNige said:

Doesn't really count for this thread as I didn't actually buy it, bit this advert appeared on my Instagram feed -
I have no idea what it is our what it does, but it looks cool and I want one! Luckily, clicking on the ad just took me to the app so I couldn't but it via the advert.

I have something similar to this, I use it to test the charging rate on phones/tablets to see if the charger or cable is any good and working as expected.

[jimmyjimjim]

indigochim said:

jimmyjimjim said:

That's the finished version. Some of my worst soldering ever, and it still works, so the design must be fairly resilient. Needs some jumper wire that wasn't included - I got fed up with re-using component legs and striped some solid CAT6 for a supply.

Don't make the same mistake I did and load up a lot of components at a time for soldering, it got unwieldy.

My resistance failed. I've ordered the 6 tube version which is probably foolish as I've never done proper electronics and my soldering experience is limited to making up serial cables when I was a computer trainee.

Can't wait to give it a go. Any more tips? I have a basic soldering iron and a gas one that I bought when Maplin closed down I guess the mains one would be a better bet for this project.

I've been tempted by that one, too. Do the jumper wires first (I stripped some solid cat5 to get some decent copper wire), one by one, so you don't forget them, and make sure to do components one by one too. The board gets very cluttered otherwise.

I also taped the legs of the 90V lamps inside the tubes to insulate them as I was afraid of shorts.

Also, I put the pins on the tubes and then put the tubes on the board, so as to get everything aligned properly. You could solder them individually, but it's easier to tweak everything so that it fits then solder, instead of soldering then tweaking.

[Du1point8]

gr1340 said:

FunkyNige said:

Doesn't really count for this thread as I didn't actually buy it, bit this advert appeared on my Instagram feed -
I have no idea what it is our what it does, but it looks cool and I want one! Luckily, clicking on the ad just took me to the app so I couldn't but it via the advert.

I have something similar to this, I use it to test the charging rate on phones/tablets to see if the charger or cable is any good and working as expected.

Could also use it to test the battery and see if there is an issue on handheld nintendo switches with regards to battery/power circuit.