Some of my favorite questions?

David D.

I come here from time to time just to look around & laugh. I will answer a question from time to time, but mostly I just look & laugh. I will pick a best answer based on originality & humor. Letâs see how wle-atlanta & Old Hippie do with these.

Some of my favorites:

1.How do you attack a water bottle cage? (attack?)
2.Where to find a good fixie that will climb hills? 200 to 400 bucks.
3.What gear is the fastest on flat land?
4.Iâm 18. Can I become an Olympic or professional biker? They never say cyclistsâ¦always âbikerâ.
5.Are Walmart bikes any good? Which one would you get?
6.How to fix the breaks on my bike? They always say breaks & not brakes.
7.Is this bike listed on craigslist any good? Then you see a link to a rusted old ten speed.
8.Do I need to wear helmet in (whatever city or state they live in)?
9.Bicyclists, why donât you get off the road & onto the sidewalk where you belong?
10.If the trip by car takes 15 minutes, how long by bicycle?

Did I forget any of the good ones? I imagine I did.
OMG! I did miss one. "What the best make of bike (top ten )?"
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aii.3vplv72Wg9Ds4exD1.H8DH1G;_ylv=3?qid=20120817064109AAxerCz

Answer
those are the major ones

plus

11. my tire poped, can i take the bike back, i ain;t have the recept
12. i went 9 miles in a hour, how fast is that?
13. i went 9 mph, is that good time?
14. recommend to me speed bike india, must have bneficial mileage
15. why my rim is flat
16. how can i make fix gear faster
17. making custom build bike, what color goes with this tire?
18. can i paint bike with roller and house paint, ?
19. what bike is miley cyrus riding?
20. how many spokes do you really need?
21. i rode pretty far yesterday, will that make my thighs closer together, it seemed like a lot of hills and stuff?
22. i watched the olympics, i don't want to go to college, where do you join the tour de france to get gold medal (i feel lot of determinaton)
23. please send links to get sponserd, i don;t want to get a job
24. i think my bike might be clicking or something, what is that?

?

wle

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How much does a decent motorcycle cost?? (also, is it easy to learn how to ride and are they safe?)?

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Alex

im a 20 yr old male and ive never driven a motorcycle before but i would like to learn and buy one soon. I dont want anything expensive or too fancy like a harley. just like one of those cool sporty bikes. around how much would one cost? (used and new) (i think my friend has one thats a yamaha).

i live in chicago and go to school there and right now i take public trans. my parents are suppose to buy me a used car (around $5000) once i graduate from college but i was thinking of just buying a bike instead if it would be cheaper. i know i would only use it during the summer, fall, and some of spring but i would just take public trans during the winter. i hate driving/having a car in the winter months here anyway and i dont mind public trans too much since i could get around just about anywhere in the city with it. also im hesitant on a car b/c im hopefully going to be going to med school after i graduate and of course theres no guarantee i will stay in or near chicago for that. and even if i do, public trans would probably still be a better option for me convenience and cost wise.
i also think it would be able to save money on gas and i wouldnt have to worry about parking so much.

My other questions are is it hard to learn? and is it safe? (i would use a helmet of course)

p.s. please excuse my grammar (im typing in a rush) and my lack of knowledge when it comes to motorcycles

Answer
A yzf-r15 is good, in India and Australia and Colombia -- a nice little 150cc. Not available within 5000 miles of Chicago. In the U.S. "beginner" motorcycles are not available, you get to start with middleweights, 250cc motorcycles such as the Ninja 250R or new Honda CBR250R or the Suzuki TU250 (which I would like but is not available in California.) If you want a more comfortable cruiser, Honda Rebel Yamaha V-Star and the Suzuki GZ250 are easy to ride 250cc motorcycles.

250cc class are capable of Freeway. If you are willing of giving up speed, a SYM Symba a 100cc Honda Super Cub clone -- very to ride, as easy as a pedal bicycle. New 250cc class would be around $5K on the road, Symba about $3K, you can get a good 250cc class motorcycle for $2K.

Is it possible to get cheap, safe and efficient private everyday travel?

Darkhoodne

I want to make spontaneous private journeys of varying long and short distances both safely and cheaply. Is this unrealistic? Must I bite the bullet and pay through the nose with a car or unaffordably-priced public transport, or put my life at risk when using a motorbike or a bicycle? Or is there another solution to this that I havenât considered?

---Long winded explanation---

This questionâs had me stumped for a couple of years. I'm unlucky enough to have friends and family that all live far away from me (but in the same country - I'm talking between 50 and 200 miles away), and also most nearby employment hubs are infuriatingly hard to get to when using public transport (not to mention the extortionate travel costs).

I live in the UK. Currently I go longer distances by train with a discount 16-25 railcard that will expire next year because I'll be too old to use it - Train prices are rising and are becoming unaffordable for frequent journeys (£30 return to go just 50 miles is stupid when I'm sure it cost £17 five years ago - I'd be paying that twice a month). Buses are slow and are also very expensive (hourly service, 2 and a half hours to go 16 miles and charging me £4 is unacceptable).

For shorter local distances I use my bicycle, but the UK's cyclist infrastructure is terrible (or non-existent) so I'm forced to use the roads, putting myself in danger from incompetent/disrespectful motorists (I've lost count of the near-misses - They're becoming more frequent with every passing year) despite following the rules of the road, learning extra tips on road safety and making myself visible from space. Putting my life at risk isn't something I'm willing to do any more.

I'd like to get a car but fuel prices are rising through the roof and are set to rise further. Electric cars don't have the range on them to do what I'd want them to do, plus the infrastructure for them isn't really in place yet. "Efficient" petrol, diesel and hybrid/electric models on the market now are extortionately priced or are still expensive to run and maintain anyway.

There are cars on the horizon that will be more affordable (or at least worth buying at high prices considering the lifetime fuel savings) and do what I'd want (like the Gordon Murray T.25), but they won't be available for a long while, and only IF they're successful.

Iâve considered buying a motorbike or a scooter, but theyâre not safe â Even with the ability to keep up with traffic Iâll still be subjected to idiots who canât drive, with only flimsy armour and a silly helmet to protect me. Transporting goods is also an issue â You can strap nearly anything to a bicycle if you know how, but you arenât allowed to do that with a motorbike.

Iâve even considered importing one of those auto rickshaw TukTuk things from India â At least Iâll be visible to other road users in one, but they seem to be a bit primitive. While safer than both a motorbike and a bicycle, they still have safety issues, and go about half the speed of a scooter for roughly the same fuel efficiency.

Are there any other options that I havenât considered? Many thanks if you read this far.

Answer
I am sure that you have heard the reference to looking at the world with the perspective of someone for whom a glass is always 1/2 empty. Life is full of compromises. You are asking for a mode of transportation that has no compromises.

We might refine that a bit by saying that you are looking for no compromises that you are unwilling to make... but if you are are willing to make compromises then perhaps they are not much of a stretch. You are willing to pay, but you want to pay yesterday's prices. There is something wrong with every form of transportation that you suggest. Very little is based upon statistics or facts but instead upon perception and supposition.

With these conditions it may be impossible to suggest an acceptable alternative. I might suggest instead that you examine instead the decision making process and do a bit more research in the outer world.

Best of luck to you, I hope you find what you need.

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How much does a decent motorcycle cost?? (also, is it easy to learn how to ride and are they safe?)?

bicycle helmets india image

Alex

im a 20 yr old male and ive never driven a motorcycle before but i would like to learn and buy one soon. I dont want anything expensive or too fancy like a harley. just like one of those cool sporty bikes. around how much would one cost? (used and new) (i think my friend has one thats a yamaha).

i live in chicago and go to school there and right now i take public trans. my parents are suppose to buy me a used car (around $5000) once i graduate from college but i was thinking of just buying a bike instead if it would be cheaper. i know i would only use it during the summer, fall, and some of spring but i would just take public trans during the winter. i hate driving/having a car in the winter months here anyway and i dont mind public trans too much since i could get around just about anywhere in the city with it. also im hesitant on a car b/c im hopefully going to be going to med school after i graduate and of course theres no guarantee i will stay in or near chicago for that. and even if i do, public trans would probably still be a better option for me convenience and cost wise.
i also think it would be able to save money on gas and i wouldnt have to worry about parking so much.

My other questions are is it hard to learn? and is it safe? (i would use a helmet of course)

p.s. please excuse my grammar (im typing in a rush) and my lack of knowledge when it comes to motorcycles

Answer
A yzf-r15 is good, in India and Australia and Colombia -- a nice little 150cc. Not available within 5000 miles of Chicago. In the U.S. "beginner" motorcycles are not available, you get to start with middleweights, 250cc motorcycles such as the Ninja 250R or new Honda CBR250R or the Suzuki TU250 (which I would like but is not available in California.) If you want a more comfortable cruiser, Honda Rebel Yamaha V-Star and the Suzuki GZ250 are easy to ride 250cc motorcycles.

250cc class are capable of Freeway. If you are willing of giving up speed, a SYM Symba a 100cc Honda Super Cub clone -- very to ride, as easy as a pedal bicycle. New 250cc class would be around $5K on the road, Symba about $3K, you can get a good 250cc class motorcycle for $2K.

Is it possible to get cheap, safe and efficient private everyday travel?

Darkhoodne

I want to make spontaneous private journeys of varying long and short distances both safely and cheaply. Is this unrealistic? Must I bite the bullet and pay through the nose with a car or unaffordably-priced public transport, or put my life at risk when using a motorbike or a bicycle? Or is there another solution to this that I havenât considered?

---Long winded explanation---

This questionâs had me stumped for a couple of years. I'm unlucky enough to have friends and family that all live far away from me (but in the same country - I'm talking between 50 and 200 miles away), and also most nearby employment hubs are infuriatingly hard to get to when using public transport (not to mention the extortionate travel costs).

I live in the UK. Currently I go longer distances by train with a discount 16-25 railcard that will expire next year because I'll be too old to use it - Train prices are rising and are becoming unaffordable for frequent journeys (£30 return to go just 50 miles is stupid when I'm sure it cost £17 five years ago - I'd be paying that twice a month). Buses are slow and are also very expensive (hourly service, 2 and a half hours to go 16 miles and charging me £4 is unacceptable).

For shorter local distances I use my bicycle, but the UK's cyclist infrastructure is terrible (or non-existent) so I'm forced to use the roads, putting myself in danger from incompetent/disrespectful motorists (I've lost count of the near-misses - They're becoming more frequent with every passing year) despite following the rules of the road, learning extra tips on road safety and making myself visible from space. Putting my life at risk isn't something I'm willing to do any more.

I'd like to get a car but fuel prices are rising through the roof and are set to rise further. Electric cars don't have the range on them to do what I'd want them to do, plus the infrastructure for them isn't really in place yet. "Efficient" petrol, diesel and hybrid/electric models on the market now are extortionately priced or are still expensive to run and maintain anyway.

There are cars on the horizon that will be more affordable (or at least worth buying at high prices considering the lifetime fuel savings) and do what I'd want (like the Gordon Murray T.25), but they won't be available for a long while, and only IF they're successful.

Iâve considered buying a motorbike or a scooter, but theyâre not safe â Even with the ability to keep up with traffic Iâll still be subjected to idiots who canât drive, with only flimsy armour and a silly helmet to protect me. Transporting goods is also an issue â You can strap nearly anything to a bicycle if you know how, but you arenât allowed to do that with a motorbike.

Iâve even considered importing one of those auto rickshaw TukTuk things from India â At least Iâll be visible to other road users in one, but they seem to be a bit primitive. While safer than both a motorbike and a bicycle, they still have safety issues, and go about half the speed of a scooter for roughly the same fuel efficiency.

Are there any other options that I havenât considered? Many thanks if you read this far.

Answer
I am sure that you have heard the reference to looking at the world with the perspective of someone for whom a glass is always 1/2 empty. Life is full of compromises. You are asking for a mode of transportation that has no compromises.

We might refine that a bit by saying that you are looking for no compromises that you are unwilling to make... but if you are are willing to make compromises then perhaps they are not much of a stretch. You are willing to pay, but you want to pay yesterday's prices. There is something wrong with every form of transportation that you suggest. Very little is based upon statistics or facts but instead upon perception and supposition.

With these conditions it may be impossible to suggest an acceptable alternative. I might suggest instead that you examine instead the decision making process and do a bit more research in the outer world.

Best of luck to you, I hope you find what you need.

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Some of my favorite questions?

bicycle helmets india image

David D.

I come here from time to time just to look around & laugh. I will answer a question from time to time, but mostly I just look & laugh. I will pick a best answer based on originality & humor. Letâs see how wle-atlanta & Old Hippie do with these.

Some of my favorites:

1.How do you attack a water bottle cage? (attack?)
2.Where to find a good fixie that will climb hills? 200 to 400 bucks.
3.What gear is the fastest on flat land?
4.Iâm 18. Can I become an Olympic or professional biker? They never say cyclistsâ¦always âbikerâ.
5.Are Walmart bikes any good? Which one would you get?
6.How to fix the breaks on my bike? They always say breaks & not brakes.
7.Is this bike listed on craigslist any good? Then you see a link to a rusted old ten speed.
8.Do I need to wear helmet in (whatever city or state they live in)?
9.Bicyclists, why donât you get off the road & onto the sidewalk where you belong?
10.If the trip by car takes 15 minutes, how long by bicycle?

Did I forget any of the good ones? I imagine I did.
OMG! I did miss one. "What the best make of bike (top ten )?"
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aii.3vplv72Wg9Ds4exD1.H8DH1G;_ylv=3?qid=20120817064109AAxerCz

Answer
those are the major ones

plus

11. my tire poped, can i take the bike back, i ain;t have the recept
12. i went 9 miles in a hour, how fast is that?
13. i went 9 mph, is that good time?
14. recommend to me speed bike india, must have bneficial mileage
15. why my rim is flat
16. how can i make fix gear faster
17. making custom build bike, what color goes with this tire?
18. can i paint bike with roller and house paint, ?
19. what bike is miley cyrus riding?
20. how many spokes do you really need?
21. i rode pretty far yesterday, will that make my thighs closer together, it seemed like a lot of hills and stuff?
22. i watched the olympics, i don't want to go to college, where do you join the tour de france to get gold medal (i feel lot of determinaton)
23. please send links to get sponserd, i don;t want to get a job
24. i think my bike might be clicking or something, what is that?

?

wle

what are 10 inventions made in 1660-1860? ?

lisawagner

Answer
1672: Steam car: Ferdinand Verbiest
1679: Pressure cooker: Denis Papin
1690: Polhem wheel: Christopher Polhem
1698: Steam engine: Thomas Savery
1700: Piano: Bartolomeo Cristofori
1701: Seed drill: Jethro Tull
1709: Iron smelting using coke: Abraham Darby I
1711: Tuning fork: John Shore
1712: Steam piston engine: Thomas Newcomen
1714: Mercury thermometer: Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
1731: Octant: John Hadley, Thomas Godfrey
1733: Flying shuttle: John Kay
1737: Marine chronometer (H1): John Harrison
1742: Franklin stove: Benjamin Franklin
1750: Flatboat: Jacob Yoder
1752: Lightning rod: Benjamin Franklin
1759: Shampoo: Sake Dean Mahomet of Bengal
1764: Spinning jenny: James Hargreaves/Thomas Highs
1767: Carbonated water: Joseph Priestley
1769: Water frame: Richard Arkwright/Thomas Highs
1769: Steam road vehicle: Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
1775: Submarine Turtle: David Bushnell
1776: Steamboat: Claude de Jouffroy
1776: Watt steam engine: James Watt
1777: Card teeth making machine: Oliver Evans
1777: Circular saw: Samuel Miller
1779: Spinning mule: Samuel Crompton
1780s: Iron-cased rocket: Tipu Sultan in India[226]
1780s: Metal-cylinder rocket artillery: Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan in India[227]
1780s: Iron rocket artillery: Tipu Sultan of India[226]
1783: Hot air balloon: Montgolfier brothers
1784: Bifocals: Benjamin Franklin
1784: Oil lamp: Aimé Argand[8]
1784: Shrapnel shell: Henry Shrapnel
1785: Power loom: Edmund Cartwright
1785: Automatic flour mill: Oliver Evans
1786: Threshing machine: Andrew Meikle
1791: Artificial teeth: Nicholas Dubois De Chemant
1798: Vaccination: Edward Jenner
1798: Lithography: Alois Senefelder
1801: Jacquard loom: Joseph Marie Jacquard
1802: Screw propeller steamboat Phoenix: John Stevens
1802: Gas stove: Zachäus Andreas Winzler
1804: Locomotive: Richard Trevithick
1805: Submarine Nautilus: Robert Fulton
1807: Steamboat Clermont: Robert Fulton
1808: Band saw: William Newberry
1809: Arc lamp: Humphry Davy
1814: Steam locomotive (Blücher):
1816: Miner's safety lamp: Humphry Davy
1816: Stirling engine: Robert Stirling
1816: Stethoscope: Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec
1817: Draisine or velocipede (two-wheeled): Karl Drais
1817: Kaleidoscope: David Brewster
1818: Bicycle: Karl Drais[8]
1821: Electric motor: Michael Faraday
1823: Electromagnet: William Sturgeon
1823: Lighter: Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner
1824: Portland cement: William Aspdin
1826: Photography: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
1826: Internal combustion engine: Samuel Morey
1827: Friction match: John Walker
1829: Steam locomotive: George Stephenson[8]
1830: Thermostat: Andrew Ure[8]
1830: Stenotype on punched paper strip: Karl Drais
1831: Multiple coil magnet: Joseph Henry
1831: Magnetic acoustic telegraph: Joseph Henry (patented 1837)
1831: Reaper: Cyrus McCormick
1831: Electrical generator: Michael Faraday, Ãnyos Jedlik
1834: The Hansom cab is patented
1834: Louis Braille perfects his Braille system
1834: Refrigerator: Jacob Perkins
1834: Combine harvester: Hiram Moore
1835: Revolver: Samuel Colt
1835: Electromechanical Relay: Joseph Henry
1835: Incandescent light bulb: James Bowman Lindsay
1836: Sewing machine: Josef Madersberger
1837: US electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport (February 25)
1837: Steel plow: John Deere
1837: Standard diving dress: Augustus Siebe
1837: Camera Zoom Lens: Jozef Maximilián Petzval
1837: Magnetic telegraph: Samuel Morse
1838: Electric telegraph: Charles Wheatstone (also Samuel Morse)
1838: closed diving suit with a helmet: Augustus Siebe
1839: Vulcanization of rubber: Charles Goodyear
1840: Artificial fertilizer: Justus von Liebig
1841 saxophone:Adolphe Sax
1842: Superphosphate fertilizer: John Bennett Lawes
1842: Steam hammer: James Nasmyth
1842: Anaesthesia: Crawford Long
1843: Typewriter: Charles Thurber
1843: Fax machine: Alexander Bain[citation needed]
1843: Ice cream maker: Nancy Johnson
1843: Pile driver: James Nasmyth
1844: The safety match: Gustaf Erik Pasch
1845: Pneumatic tyre: Robert Thomson (inventor)
1846: Sewing machine: Elias Howe
1846: Rotary printing press: Richard M. Hoe
1849: Safety pin: Walter Hunt
1849: Francis turbine: James B. Francis
1849: Telephone: Antonio Meucci[citation needed]
1852: Airship: Henri Giffard
1852: Passenger elevator: Elisha Otis
1852: Gyroscope: Léon Foucault
1855: Bunsen burner: Peter Desaga
1855: Bessemer process: Henry Bessemer
1856: Celluloid: Alexander Parkes
1858: Undersea telegraph cable: Charles Wheatstone
1858: Mason jar: John L. Mason
1859: Oil drill: Edwin L. Drake
1859: Lead acid battery: Gaston Plante

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