roadrager/s goin down - Page 4

dtmeister wrote:
> flyingdutch <flyingdutch.27tx2o@no-mx.forums.cyclingforums.com> wrote:
>
>>Perhaps if you ever have the misfortune to find oneslef in a situation
>>like this at minimum park yerself under the nearest (relaible) security
>>camera
>
>
> I think there's money to be made in a small, light and waterproof helmet
> cam. I've seen various web sites with DIY cams, but it's be good to
> see some sort of ipod nano sized unit that is self contained and just
> works. You'd only need a 30 minute loop or so, which should help sort out
> evidence issues in most cases. Even better would be one that's built
> into the helmet - making it less obvious so they don't try and smash it
> up along with your head!
>

And you need to talk to Dawn Champion of the famous head on with honda
of freeway video.

I thought the individual pursuit was a track sport?

Travis

wholly crap bikeman! I'm getting you a cape and a mask!

"flyingdutch" <flyingdutch.27tt1p@no-mx.forums.cyclingforums.com> wrote in
message news:flyingdutch.27tt1p@no-mx.forums.cyclingforums.com...
>
> Almost forgot about my 'highlight's package of friday ride home.
[snip]

That's amazing Dutchy!! Glad to hear you got out of it ok. Can we see the
polar HRM graph please? Maybe they were really from the AIS and it's a truer
way of doing a stress test? Hang on wasn't there something dodgy in the
boot? The plot thickens....

Adam

.....that was as fast paced and descriptive as Kramer's "pinky toe" rescue story in that Seinfield episode. Like George said to Kramer then, Dutchy " ........you're batman!"

WOW! Now that is an eventful ride home!!! (!) Hopefully they had quite a lot of 'stuff' in the boot that might keep them off the streets for a while.

Ritch

WOW The adrenaline was pumping just reading that.
Hope ur allright.
Its an unreal feeling when someone arcs up like that and you feel that u have done nothin wrong but they definately look like they are gunna kill ya.

Systolic 215, Diastolic 98, Pulse 160 and one roll of toilet paper.

Cheers
Hugh

Dutchmiester,
That effort deserves to be published! Send it to Bicycling Australia, you may just win some cheap pedals or something of the like...

adam85 wrote:
> "flyingdutch" <flyingdutch.27tt1p@no-mx.forums.cyclingforums.com> wrote in
> message news:flyingdutch.27tt1p@no-mx.forums.cyclingforums.com...
> >
> > Almost forgot about my 'highlight's package of friday ride home.
> [snip]
>
> That's amazing Dutchy!! Glad to hear you got out of it ok. Can we see the
> polar HRM graph please? Maybe they were really from the AIS and it's a truer
> way of doing a stress test? Hang on wasn't there something dodgy in the
> boot? The plot thickens....

The blood thickens?

ppffftt! you kids today! all you want is bling, bling, bling.
Nice to see you 'doin it real' on bad-seatheight mtb on way to school
Tuck that shirt in laddy!!!

Oh, latest update. Dickwadd actually werks directly opposite KFC!!!

He works (no doubt soon to be revised after contents of boot are on record...)
at OzPost depot...

Ian got cleaned up today. At the corner of Burnley and Clarke (I
think... where the goat is anyway) st Richmond. He was heading south at
about 7pm on his way home. The other party heading north turned up clark
at the last possible second. Ian thinks he never touched the brake.
Call it a 35 kph bingle.

He is basically OK. Going to be really really sore in the morning. The
cenelli might be a write off. THe front rim is gone.. I dont think I
would trust the forks. The bars and the right shifter is mashed. We
will find out about the rest when we get it looked at I guess.

Other partys first words were "You should have had your lights on" Yeah
rigggghhhht. Luckily Ian has witnesses. The lights were still on
while it was lying on the road mind you.

When I turned up to rescue him Ian had a half dozen asian admirers all
happily taking his picture. I suspect he wont be going to work
tomorrow tho. Will let you know more as I find it out.

"persia" wrote:
> I think you are living in the past. The two sets of engineers & other
> council staff I am involved with have both demonstrated a genuine
> commitment to providing good quality on & off-road routes & an
> understanding of the need for quality, directness, safety & ongoing
> maintenance.

They obviously don't work for the City of Whitehorse. Hereabouts the traffic
engineers try to slow down motor vehicle traffic by *narrowing the bike
lanes*!! (Damn bike lanes are not legal lanes anyhow - no 'bike lane'
signs).

--
Cheers
Peter

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TimC wrote:

> On 2006-05-15, dtmeister (aka Bruce)
> was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>> Donga <idomybestworkonabike@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Checkit
>>> http://www.torpedo7.com/page/bikes/C...ra-accessories
>>
>> Yeah, that's not bad. What I'm visualizing is something built into the
>> helmet. So you can either buy a helmet, or buy a helmet with inbuilt
>> camera. Charging via a USB port and appearing as a mass storage device
>> so that it's easy to suck the video out at the local cop shop...A rubber
>> on/off button somewhere.
>>
>> I suspect you could make something like that for another $150 on top
>> of the cost of the helmet, if you could sell enough of them. Problem
>> is that you probably wouldn't sell enough of them.
>
> I'd be tempted, even though I am broke.
>
> HOWEVER, 380 lines into 90 degrees gives about 0.25 degrees per pixel.
> That's not enough to resolve a numberplate at 5 metres (if the focus
> is perfect, and there is no blurring as you get on a real TV set), if
> I have done my trigonometry correctly.

What's that - about 2 cm per line at 5 metres? Yep, it doesn't sound good,
but the human tendency to average out moving pictures may help. You have
probably noticed how TV is bearable despite its low resolution. It is a bit
like collecting noisy data (say a D/A conversion, if you're that way
inclined) over a length of time, which allows you to increase the precision
through integration. In other words, for a slowly moving picture, the
pixel will not be purely on or off, but will average out to some
other 'blurred' value, and a relatively slow motion of the camera or object
can help to fill in the missing pixels. It doesn't work for fast action
though. :-(

But that's all old technology. Ordinary digital cameras can often do better
than low resolution video these days, so I wonder if anyone here has had
success with video from a camera secured to the handlebars?

Cheers,

Vince

flyingdutch wrote:

>
> dtmeister Wrote:
>>
>> Think you'll find out what they get charged with?
>>
>> --
>> ..dt
>
> i 'think' they mentioned terms like "road-rage"
> "assault" and preumably damage to other car
>
> PS the external cameras at thecopshop were VERY impressive. the detail
> picked up on em was very good

Fantastic outcome. Hopefully they won't have any licences after being
brought to justice, and so will have their behaviour curtailed a little.
Is it worth asking the police to stop these guys from being in the vicinity
of your normal bike route?

Cheers,

Vince

ray wrote:

> The State Bicycle Committee was told 20 years ago that if they wanted to
> make any impact on this type of arrogance, with anything less than a
> million dollars they'd be wasting their time, which is still true.

It wouldn't take much money, just the political will and a few 'minor'
changes to road rules, such as giving bicycles the right of way over
motorised vehicles on ordinary roads.

Did I really say that? It must be time for bed.

Cheers

Vince