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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on Nov 19, 2012 3:29:00 GMT
This was probably a PTD on the old boards, but strikes me as an interesting concept nonetheless.
The old adage: "It's Just Like Riding A Bicycle." I've seen this to actually has two uses/meanings that I can think of:
1) It infers that an activity or task is seemingly easy to learn.
2) It infers that something is so ingrained into you that you never forget how it's done.
Not sure which interpretation would be more interesting or practical to test, but figured I'd throw this one out there.
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Post by the light works on Nov 19, 2012 4:19:15 GMT
"...if you fall off, you look foolish"
it's interpretation #2 that is the one I hear.
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Post by silverdragon on Nov 19, 2012 11:03:36 GMT
To me, its always been "Something you never forget".
Not easy to learn, but when you do, like walking, you just dont forget without good reason?...
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Post by Cybermortis on Nov 19, 2012 14:12:04 GMT
Humm, interesting idea although I wonder how practical it would be for MB.
1; You could test this by having someone try to learn to ride a bike and some other skill and seeing which one they pick up faster.
2; Could be tested by finding some old and unused skill and seeing how long it takes to relearn.
The problem is that I think all the cast know how to ride a bike (Grant and Kari are the only two who I can't remember seeing riding a bike). And they may not have any old unused skills they could relearn - the only thing I can think of would be Grant and Jamie trying to control Battlebots, although arguably RC is hardly an unused skill on MB - although it would given them an excuse to pull out the old 'Bots and have them go head to head.
All the other ways I can think of would involve bringing in volunteers, but this would probably require turning too much of the show away from the cast.
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Post by KMCCLA on Nov 21, 2012 1:52:19 GMT
What about driving a stick shift/manual transmission? Okay, so it is not riding a bike, but most of them do know how to drive. If they do not now how, see how long it takes to teach them, and if they do know how, but have not done it for a long time, see how long it takes.
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Post by Cybermortis on Nov 21, 2012 3:45:37 GMT
Could be a viable alternative, and one that might give some...interesting moments when gears get crunched.
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Post by craighudson on Nov 21, 2012 10:16:48 GMT
Is gear crunching likely or even possible (unless you drive a non-synchromeshed vehicle)?
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Post by freegan on Nov 21, 2012 13:50:57 GMT
Is gear crunching likely or even possible (unless you drive a non-synchromeshed vehicle)? Now there's a skill I'll bet none of them have learned yet; double de-clutching. |
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Post by the light works on Nov 21, 2012 15:49:26 GMT
Is gear crunching likely or even possible (unless you drive a non-synchromeshed vehicle)? Now there's a skill I'll bet none of them have learned yet; double de-clutching. or clutchless shifting. |
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Post by Cybermortis on Nov 21, 2012 21:09:08 GMT
Is gear crunching likely or even possible (unless you drive a non-synchromeshed vehicle)? With manual transmissions yes. |
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Post by Cybermortis on Nov 21, 2012 23:50:38 GMT
The only gear which might grind depending on the gearbox design is the reverse gear where the teeth of two gears are kept seperate until you switch to "R" connecting them. A good clue is if the Reverse gear faces a forward gear (then it is likely to have dog ears like a regular gear) or not (seperate mechanism): You can sometimes end up grinding the gears on a manual transmission if you accidentally skip a gear when changing down - I've done this a few times by accidentally shifting down from fourth to first gear. (No excuses, I just messed up a couple of times when driving. It happens *shrugs*). I've also done this by either not fully releasing the clutch, or releasing it at the wrong moment. In any case my point was really that putting people who've never used a manual transmission before into such a car does have the potential for some humorous footage, without the risk of bodily harm falling off a bike would entail. |
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Post by Cybermortis on Nov 22, 2012 19:26:57 GMT
OK, time to put my Mod-Hat on and politely repeat what I said before; Discussing the ins and outs of 'crunching gears' has nothing to do with the idea. I simply used it to indicate that using cars to test the basic idea out might give a few moments of humour - rather than trying to use bikes which would risk someone being hurt if they fell off.
Lets get back on topic please.
*Edit*
Since you clearly decided to ignore my polite request thread has been pruned. Those posts with technical information in them have been moved to the Oracle, others to the graveyard. The only post to be deleted was one of my own.
I am willing to accept that discussions will drift off topic, not least because I do this myself on occasion. But do not ignore a 'request' from the Mods to get back on topic - I DID warn you that the board would be moderated, and Rule one is 'do not argue with the mods'.
CM
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