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On Mar 16, 8:26 am, Zebee Johnstone wrote:
My guess is that most of them class it as "used on the road therefore related to car crash stats but they don't have VIN markings, and you can't panelbeat them but must always replace, not worth it." Replacing the frame, wheels, whatever is just spare parts. Just like repairing your great grandmother's axe. |
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On Mar 16, 2:52�pm, wrote:
On Mar 16, 1:58 pm, Zebee Johnstone wrote: In aus.bicycle on 15 Mar 2007 18:36:28 -0700 wrote: So if I'm understanding this correctly, the only way to get the equivalent of third party property insurance for bicycling is to join Bicycle NSW? *I've often wondered what would happen if I was in an at fault accident with a car while on a bicycle. *Assuming I'm not turned into road pizza, I've always supposed I'd have to cough up for repairs to the car. Not sure if it is the only one, but it is the one I know about. Check with your home insurance though - mine doesn't cover me for anything to do with riding the bike as far as I know, but some might. The BNSw stuff is athttp://www.bicyclensw.org.au/Membership.asp which links tohttp://www.cyclecover.com.au/webcontent19.htm Zebee Excellent, thanks. *I'll check it out even though it's not much of an issue at the moment with my stuffed knee, but I'm assuming it'll get better it will if you let little marty w suck it - he like doing that just ask he dog. |
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Pedal Power ACT also provide third party coverage as part of their
membership benefits. $60 per year provides newsletter, insurance etc. http://www.pedalpower.org.au/ In fact they provide this insurance through Cyclecover http://www.cyclecover.com.au/ I have my home and contents with Cyclecover. YMMV but they where cheaper (and with better coverage) than my previous insurer. I have just renewed and the annual cost went DOWN despite them automatically indexing the house and contents coverage UP. Can't beat that! |
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In aus.bicycle on 15 Mar 2007 20:14:34 -0700
Aeek wrote: On Mar 16, 8:26 am, Zebee Johnstone wrote: My guess is that most of them class it as "used on the road therefore related to car crash stats but they don't have VIN markings, and you can't panelbeat them but must always replace, not worth it." Replacing the frame, wheels, whatever is just spare parts. Just like repairing your great grandmother's axe. YOu know that, I know that, to an insurance company (like to the government) everything's a car. Zebee |
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Zebee Johnstone wrote:
YOu know that, I know that, to an insurance company (like to the government) everything's a car. Some insurance companies treat bodybuilders and sportsmen and women in the same category as obese people, due to the BMI. "Statistically, someone with your BMI is greatly at risk for a myriad of health problems, such as type 2 diabetes, IHD [...] you are a bad risk". Russ. |
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In aus.bicycle on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:17:45 +1100
Russ wrote: Zebee Johnstone wrote: YOu know that, I know that, to an insurance company (like to the government) everything's a car. Some insurance companies treat bodybuilders and sportsmen and women in the same category as obese people, due to the BMI. "Statistically, someone with your BMI is greatly at risk for a myriad of health problems, such as type 2 diabetes, IHD [...] you are a bad risk". So does the Navy. I recall a newspaper article about some sailors who were prevented from ship duty for "obesity" because they were bodybuilders and their BMI was high. THey were stunned, their doctors were stunned, the Navy had "no comment". Sorta like "give someone a hammer and everything looks like a nail", but in this case, "give someone a simple number to demonise others with and they'll use it instead of their bloody eyeballs." http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/ has some interesting information about the obesity scare and the bad stats involved. Zebee - who has changed shape but not weight and therefore has the same BMI (And the same good marks in the blood test) as she's had for years. |
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Zebee Johnstone wrote:
In aus.bicycle on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:17:45 +1100 Russ wrote: Zebee Johnstone wrote: Some insurance companies treat bodybuilders and sportsmen and women in the same category as obese people, due to the BMI. So does the Navy. I recall a newspaper article about some sailors who were prevented from ship duty for "obesity" because they were bodybuilders and their BMI was high. THey were stunned, their doctors were stunned, the Navy had "no comment". Sorta like "give someone a hammer and everything looks like a nail", but in this case, "give someone a simple number to demonise others with and they'll use it instead of their bloody eyeballs." Yup, and common sense. http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/ has some interesting information about the obesity scare and the bad stats involved. Interesting site, and I liked some of the information they had on the history of diet marketing. But unfortunately the site as a whole supports my belief that skeptics are just another kind of zealot. They talk about the need to reexamine beliefs, provide evidence, and read the fine print. They also have the casual arrogance of a "myth-buster" in their demonising of others' "junk" science. However from reading their articles, they seem to throw around enough "junk" science articles of their own: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl..._6482599/print The article recommends people eat hydrogenated soybean, corn & cottonseed oil, as well as margarine. It also recommends avoiding animal fat, palm, and coconut oil. Lastly it says to decrease total fat. (I'm not going to go into the science of hydrogenated fats, as admittedly I don't know enough!) There are too many things wrong with those recommendations. In other words, it's a 'How To' guide for developing heart disease. Apologies for the length, it is hard to be brief when going against popular belief Saturated fat: 1) The mistaken belief that /fat/, especially saturated fat is bad for you only leads to insane calls for low fat diets for children and babies, despite the evidence that low fat intake is well associated with failure to thrive in babies. Saturated fat is our primary fat type, needed for our bodies to function correctly - being the preferred fuel source of the heart among other things. Cholesterol: 2) Cholesterol makes the bile that digests saturated fat, is needed for production of necessary hormones, and strengthens arterial walls to prevent haemorrhage. An increase of cholesterol above normal is a mechanism to protect weakened arteries - and the most likely (in terms of evidence) reason for this may explained by the vitamin C hypothesis (see Linus Pauling). Although LpA levels are far better than cholesterol, as they have the strongest positive correlation with heart attacks. Polyunsaturated fat: 3) The polyunsaturated fats are well known to increase your oxidative load, in part due to the damage caused in the refining process - and this free radical damage is strongly associated with a large number of diseases, including cardiovascular disease; 4) Polyunsaturated fat forms the highest proportion of "clogged arteries" (where one Lancet study show saturated fat to only make up about 25% when they physically examined arteries); 5) Polys lower both 'good' and 'bad' cholesterol (you need to ask the question of why cholesterol levels rises in the first place); 6) Polys increase your needs for omega 3s, through an imbalance of omega 6's - omega 6s produce substances that promote inflammation, which in itself is part of the process of developing cardiovascular disease. Saturated fat/cholesterol causing heart disease? 7) The link between saturated fat/cholesterol and heart disease is quite poor, and the research in that original study was high in selective bias. Basically, it included the data that fit, and ignored the data that didn't - hardly at all the scientific process! Therefore should be discounted. Cardiovascular disease is new - refined oils/carbs are new: 8) Given that saturated fat has been high in our diets for centuries, and cardiovascular a relatively new occurence - wouldn't it make sense to look at /what has changed/? The emergence of novel foods, the refined carbohydrates and refined vegetable oils has occurred alongside the rise in cardiovascular disease. Real world effect of low saturated fat, high polyunsatured diets: 9) There are many studies (surveys, clinical studies, etc) which tried to demonstrate that a supposedly heart healthy diet was actually healthy. They would compare those on a high polyunsaturated diet, with another group on the "bad" high saturated fat diet. Invariably (except in some cases where there was poor study design, and the conclusion pre-ordained no matter what the results) the poly group would fare worse in indicators such as body fat, cardiovascular disease, and overall morbidity and mortality. There were a number of studies that showed the saturated fat group had better cholesterol levels than the poly groups. And margarine? Margarine is associated with increases in mortality and morbidity, such has doubling the risk (compared to butter eaters) in developing heart disease, and in doubling the occurence of heart attacks. The funny thing is, coconut oil is particularly healthy. Lowers the bad cholesterol, raises the good. Kills intestinal parasites. Would appear to improve skin quality. It even purportedly helps people lose weight, based on the story of cattle producers trying to fatten up their livestock with coconut oil, only to find it lead to lean, healthy cattle. I've read a fair bit over the years, trying to understand the saturated fat/cholesterol thing as it didn't make sense to me - only to find that it was all completely made up, and in fact the opposite of the truth. Much of what I've said (and far more) is discussed below in these articles. They also contain references, which I have neglected to provide in my post The articles are by a Mary Enig, considered a leading lipid biochemist. I haven't examined every article, nor every claim on the site, but regardless the information on fats and oils is quite comprehensive and eye opening. http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/skinny.html [excellent rebuttal of the diet-heart hypothesis] http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/index.html [the index] Russ, who has been called both fat and skinny over his life. Zebee - who has changed shape but not weight and therefore has the same BMI (And the same good marks in the blood test) as she's had for years. |
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In aus.bicycle on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:03:51 +1100
Russ wrote: Interesting site, and I liked some of the information they had on the history of diet marketing. But unfortunately the site as a whole supports my belief that skeptics are just another kind of zealot. Yup. I think it's impossible to find anyone truly even handed because it's such an emotive issue. The junkfood site tends to say "there is no point, nothing you can do will make a difference" as a counter to "it's all your own fault" I think. Zebee |
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Zebee Johnstone wrote:
In aus.bicycle on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:03:51 +1100 Russ wrote: Interesting site, and I liked some of the information they had on the history of diet marketing. But unfortunately the site as a whole supports my belief that skeptics are just another kind of zealot. Yup. I think it's impossible to find anyone truly even handed because it's such an emotive issue. The junkfood site tends to say "there is no point, nothing you can do will make a difference" as a counter to "it's all your own fault" I think. Yep, and that would be one point I found I disagreed with. Also the implication that obesity was an intrinsic characteristic of people. There is always something that can be done, it is just a matter of finding it. Russ. |
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In aus.bicycle on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:23:49 +1100
Russ wrote: Zebee Johnstone wrote: The junkfood site tends to say "there is no point, nothing you can do will make a difference" as a counter to "it's all your own fault" I think. Yep, and that would be one point I found I disagreed with. Also the implication that obesity was an intrinsic characteristic of people. Which seems to me to be one of those things that so far is not proven, but neither is it disproven. So far in all the things I've seen, the long term prognosis is on the side of people having setpoints. There is always something that can be done, it is just a matter of finding it. And that's just faith. It may not be true. Like cold fusion it won't be found it people are not looking for it, but it also might never be found. Zebee |
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