Making the news today....

[Stubby]

3 hours ago, Paul Cleaver said:

advanced shock absorbers needed for all cars ?

Genuine question ...Why ?  

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

A fairly chunky commentary on tax, society, economics and inequality from the Guardian:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2019/jun/06/socialism-for-the-rich-the-evils-of-bad-economics?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Facebook&fbclid=IwAR18TDnxKlbTBtJlo_Q0nFxrpeweFx3Ps08NgjsjwpOcJhyBAX6Ilc_lAD8

 

It's a fair long piece rather than a quick glimpse...

Edited June 7, 2019 by kevinjohnsonmbe

[tree-fancier123]

55 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

inequality from the Guardian

if you take the first letter from each paragraph and rearrange it spells kill bezos

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

1 hour ago, EdwardC said:

You heard it here first.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48554853

 

Interesting that their Justices haven't given their reasons. These are to be provided at a later date. Potential banana skin for Boris nearer the sharp end of the leadership attempt.

Just heard on the news. No surprise really. 

 

Feel a bit sorry for the muppets that put up the £300k crowdfund to bring the suit. A fool and his money are easily parted....

[Paul Cleaver]

6 hours ago, Stubby said:

Genuine question ...Why ?  

it was just a thought Stubby -There is  a lot more  shock absorption in a regular tyre compared to a solid one. perhaps science has brought us along way since yesteryear

[Mark Bolam]

....and now we are going backwards.

[Stubby]

23 minutes ago, Paul Cleaver said:

it was just a thought Stubby -There is  a lot more  shock absorption in a regular tyre compared to a solid one. perhaps science has brought us along way since yesteryear

Yea but the one in the picture is not " solid " It just has no compressed air in it .  In fact it looks to absorb quite a lot .

[openspaceman]

7 hours ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

A fairly chunky commentary on tax, society, economics and inequality from the Guardian:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2019/jun/06/socialism-for-the-rich-the-evils-of-bad-economics?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Facebook&fbclid=IwAR18TDnxKlbTBtJlo_Q0nFxrpeweFx3Ps08NgjsjwpOcJhyBAX6Ilc_lAD8

 

It's a fair long piece rather than a quick glimpse...

I'm interested as to why YOU would post it, I'm well to the left of you  but not particularly socialist although I have observed the post war swing away from the ideals that produced the welfare state and am not that sanguine about it.

 

However in the apparent awareness that current exploitation of resources is probably not sustainable I do identify with this grauniad piece, and have alluded to it before. Having super rich people who can afford to ignore calls to better conserve resources does the globe no good. I also fail to see the benefits to the super rich as persons.

[openspaceman]

6 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Yea but the one in the picture is not " solid " It just has no compressed air in it .  In fact it looks to absorb quite a lot .

Stubby I think you are right, the air in a conventional tyre takes the shock as it compresses but it is the tyre that absorbs the energy, as heat and dissipates it as well as the springs of the suspension, with the dampers then absorbing their energy. This means the whole mass of the tyre is unsprung weight. If you can have a flexible link between the tread and the wheel centre that can keep the tread on the road without altering the point of rotation above the ground then the tread is the only bit of unsprung weight.

[Stubby]

23 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

Stubby I think you are right, the air in a conventional tyre takes the shock as it compresses but it is the tyre that absorbs the energy, as heat and dissipates it as well as the springs of the suspension, with the dampers then absorbing their energy. This means the whole mass of the tyre is unsprung weight. If you can have a flexible link between the tread and the wheel centre that can keep the tread on the road without altering the point of rotation above the ground then the tread is the only bit of unsprung weight.

True . And having done a bit on bikes reducing unsprung weight is key to handling .  Hence Dymag and all the others ....