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Old March 28th 19, 07:31 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Simon Jester
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Default Pavement cyclist causes crasj and scarpers.

On Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 5:30:36 PM UTC, Rob Morley wrote:
On Wed, 27 Mar 2019 13:46:33 -0700 (PDT)
Simon Jester wrote:

Out dated cars have this ridiculous thing called a clutch. In the
dark ages drivers would have to start their cars with a crank handle,
manually advance the ignition timing and (if you can believe it)
manually change gears, I know it sounds crazy in this day and age but
it's true.

I've only ever driven manual cars with the exception of one automatic
that also had hand controls - I found the hand controls easier to use
than the pedals because my left foot kept trying to use the brake as a
clutch. I expect I could unlearn this behaviour given time, if I had
to, but in the meantime it's actually easier for me to handle the gears
and clutch myself.


The opposite can happen. Recently I had to drive my parents manual car. I tried to start the engine with it in gear, fortunately it wouldn't let me until it was in neutral with the clutch down.
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Old March 29th 19, 12:51 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
TMS320
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Default Pavement cyclist causes crasj and scarpers.

On 28/03/2019 17:30, Rob Morley wrote:
Simon Jester wrote:

Out dated cars have this ridiculous thing called a clutch. In the
dark ages drivers would have to start their cars with a crank handle,
manually advance the ignition timing and (if you can believe it)
manually change gears, I know it sounds crazy in this day and age but
it's true.

I've only ever driven manual cars with the exception of one automatic
that also had hand controls - I found the hand controls easier to use
than the pedals because my left foot kept trying to use the brake as a
clutch. I expect I could unlearn this behaviour given time, if I had
to, but in the meantime it's actually easier for me to handle the gears
and clutch myself.


I switch between both. And I have a bicycle with sequential shift so why
do cars still have antique technology? My car has a toppy vvt petrol
engine, so is inherently rather gutless, hence my reason for going auto
was less for ease in traffic than to get kickdown on the move. I wanted
to approximate the response of a turbo engine by reducing the time from
the initial thought of picking up speed to actually picking up speed
(amazing how long it takes to downshift a manual). The lack of clutch
also allows my wife to put the seat a couple of inches further back.

Like ABS (used under stress once in 20 years), it reduces workload -
command the car, not control it. I don't understand the notion some
people have that automatic takes something away.
 




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