Fundraising Update

[keith_underdown]

!*!"£$ Livejournal! I had created a perfectly good post, previewed it, spell-checked it and then posted it and it came out !^%$£*** EMPTY! So now I have to start again (or for American readers-start over).

Most of the activity since my last post has been on the fund-raising front. The weather, my birthday and taking part in a concert rather ruled

Comments

[emperor]

Your post appears empty. I trust this doesn't mean you've yet to raise anything! :-)

<expletive deleted> Livejournal

[keith_underdown]

I lost 20 minutes work this morning. LiveJournal created an empty post from one I had carefully polished.

No procrastination here, honest

[emperor]

python -c 'print ((22/60.0)/62.0)*1760'
10.4086021505
python -c 'print ((22/60.0)/62.0)*1760*0.9144'
9.51762580645

So one rotation propels you 10.4 yards, or 9.5 metres.

Re: No procrastination here, honest

[keith_underdown]

This gives me a way of understanding my gears. If I measure my speed at a cadence of 62 in each gear it will give me the relative gearing

Re: No procrastination here, honest

[emperor]

You could achieve the same effect with less effort by counting the teeth on the chainrings :)

Re: No procrastination here, honest

[keith_underdown]

Well yes but I keep losing my thread, all the cogs look the same! I might try asking the guy in the shop to see if he knows the details.