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AG: Freezing Bottles
If you frequently freeze water in a plastic container that wasn't designed for it, the expansion of the ice will sooner or later crack the container at the mold mark. You can get around this by filling a bottle a little at a time, tipping the bottle to maximize the surface area of the water when you put it into the freezer. Tipping also keeps the ice from getting a square push. Freezing bottles became much easier after I found a valve-cap that fits the bottles that "spring water" comes in. Disposable bottles also allow me to build up a stock of frozen beverage without buying a lot of California Springs bottles. If a bottle which had been entirely frozen now has a few drops of water in it, pour them out on the ground. They will contain every molecule of salt that was in the water. -- joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGESEW/ The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
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AG: Freezing Bottles
On 5/23/2015 9:59 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:
If you frequently freeze water in a plastic container that wasn't designed for it, the expansion of the ice will sooner or later crack the container at the mold mark. You can get around this by filling a bottle a little at a time, tipping the bottle to maximize the surface area of the water when you put it into the freezer. Tipping also keeps the ice from getting a square push. Freezing bottles became much easier after I found a valve-cap that fits the bottles that "spring water" comes in. Disposable bottles also allow me to build up a stock of frozen beverage without buying a lot of California Springs bottles. If a bottle which had been entirely frozen now has a few drops of water in it, pour them out on the ground. They will contain every molecule of salt that was in the water. Nice tip, except I'm the guy who purposely _adds_ a little salt to his water! I think it helps prevent leg cramps. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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AG: Four feet
I'm always seeing reminders that cars should give bicycles four feet of clearance when overtaking, but I seldom see a reminder that bicycles should give cars four feet of clearance. Ample clearance is particularly important when the car is parked. A moving car seldom throws open a door, nicks the end of your handlebar, and steers the bike out from under you, whereupon you fall under the wheels of a bus. Example: There is, not too far from my house, a street with two lanes exactly wide enough for cars, and two bike lanes that look to be about a yard wide. (I haven't actually measured the bike lanes in this stretch. About half a mile further out, I measured the other bike lane at sixty-nine inches including two four-inch white stripes in one place, and fifty-four (again including stripes) in another.) Three observations: An overtaking car cannot pass a bicycle in the bike lane without taking part of the oncoming lane. Traffic in the oncoming lane is nearly continuous. Good pavement extends well beyond the edge of the "bike lane". When eastbound on this stretch of road, I ride just outside the bike lane. -- joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
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AG: Roadside Repairs
When you take the cap off a valve, put it into your pocket. If you forget to put it back on, at least you'll have it with you. -- joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
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AG: Getting chain grease off the calf
This post is late because I was too tired to write when I came home yesterday -- so tired that I woke up with a gray spot on my calf this morning. Well, I forgot the chain grease when I was showering partly because that was only the second time I didn't wear long pants this spring, and partly because it rained heavily during the last half mile of the ride and I was in a big hurry to get my clothes off. But that gives me a topic: when you lather up the black spot and rinse it off, it turns gray -- then you have to scrub really hard to get the rest of it off and your calf is red instead of black. Well, it's that way for me. Younger folks with greasier skin might shed the dirt more easily. Go to a beauty-supply store and buy one of the hard plastic sponges that they sell as cheap substitutes for pumice stones. Mine is labeled "pumice contour" and has a logo of a weightlifter named "Mr. Pumice." After washing your leg, rub soap on the gray spot and rub soap on the wet "pumice". One or two light strokes and poof! the grease is gone, with no skin irritation. -- joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
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AG: Getting chain grease off the calf
On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 20:13:02 -0300, Joy Beeson
wrote: This post is late because I was too tired to write when I came home yesterday -- so tired that I woke up with a gray spot on my calf this morning. Well, I forgot the chain grease when I was showering partly because that was only the second time I didn't wear long pants this spring, and partly because it rained heavily during the last half mile of the ride and I was in a big hurry to get my clothes off. But that gives me a topic: when you lather up the black spot and rinse it off, it turns gray -- then you have to scrub really hard to get the rest of it off and your calf is red instead of black. Well, it's that way for me. Younger folks with greasier skin might shed the dirt more easily. Go to a beauty-supply store and buy one of the hard plastic sponges that they sell as cheap substitutes for pumice stones. Mine is labeled "pumice contour" and has a logo of a weightlifter named "Mr. Pumice." After washing your leg, rub soap on the gray spot and rub soap on the wet "pumice". One or two light strokes and poof! the grease is gone, with no skin irritation. Those "grease spots" are a combination of oil, or grease, and dirt. Gasoline removes them quite easily :-) -- cheers, John B. |
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AG: Getting chain grease off the calf
In article , John B.
wrote: On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 20:13:02 -0300, Joy Beeson wrote: This post is late because I was too tired to write when I came home yesterday -- so tired that I woke up with a gray spot on my calf this morning. Well, I forgot the chain grease when I was showering partly because that was only the second time I didn't wear long pants this spring, and partly because it rained heavily during the last half mile of the ride and I was in a big hurry to get my clothes off. I use the spray on sun-screen to remove chain grease. Works well (for some reason) -- Jim |
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AG: Getting chain grease off the calf
On 6/15/2015 7:53 AM, Jim wrote:
In article , John B. wrote: On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 20:13:02 -0300, Joy Beeson wrote: This post is late because I was too tired to write when I came home yesterday -- so tired that I woke up with a gray spot on my calf this morning. Well, I forgot the chain grease when I was showering partly because that was only the second time I didn't wear long pants this spring, and partly because it rained heavily during the last half mile of the ride and I was in a big hurry to get my clothes off. I use the spray on sun-screen to remove chain grease. Works well (for some reason) On a recent club ride, someone demonstrated that standard cream-in-a-tube sunscreen also works well. I wax my chains, so I don't have much need for these tricks. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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AG: Water
Never pass a water fountain without topping off your bottles, even if you've taken only a few sips since the last fountain. Always taste water before mixing it with good water. Tasting first doesn't always help. When touring Saratoga, I stopped at a mineral spring, noted that the water tasted better than what I'd brought from the hotel, emptied my bottles and refilled them. Then half an hour later, when the water had warmed to the ambient temperature . . . -- joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
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AG: Water
On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 00:18:12 -0300, Joy Beeson
wrote: Never pass a water fountain without topping off your bottles, even if you've taken only a few sips since the last fountain. Always taste water before mixing it with good water. Tasting first doesn't always help. When touring Saratoga, I stopped at a mineral spring, noted that the water tasted better than what I'd brought from the hotel, emptied my bottles and refilled them. Then half an hour later, when the water had warmed to the ambient temperature . . . When out and about I always drink bottled water as sometimes "local water", even though it may be sanitary, can contain chemicals that upset one's stomach. -- cheers, John B. |
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