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The Heretic
Title: The Heretic
Author: CloneCommanderC
Timeframe: Nine years Post-AOTC or One Year Pre-ROTS
Genre: Action/Partially Angst
Characters: Obi-Wan, Anakin Skywalker, Mace Windu, Oppa,Yoda, Count Dooku, General Grievous, Palpatine(Emperor), amongst several others (Ki-Adi-Mundi, Aayla Secura, all those people)
Summary: When one of the Jedi betrays the Jedi and the Republic itself, true herecy breaks loose from all of the destruction caused by the traitorous Jedi-Sith. (Jedi-Sith refers former Jedi and now Sith.)
Keywords: Heretic, Herecy, Legacy, Flood, Jedi, Sith, Master
Rating: PG-10
The Jedi Temple
"Anakin!" Obi-Wan exclaimed. "Great job! You're becoming better and better. "Thank you my Master," Anakin replied softly. "With a Jedi like you, the Republic will maintain control of the galaxy," stated Obi-Wan. "Thanks. Well I have to go now Master," said Anakin. "Ok. I'll speak to you later," Obi-Wan said. "Ok. Bye!" Anakin left the training room and went towards the Jedi Council Chambers. "Always on the move," Obi-Wan said to himself. Anakin entered the Chambers and asked for Yoda's presence. "Hello there young Skywalker," said the Council guard. "What may I do for you?" she asked politely. "May you summon Yoda for me?" he asked. "Why yes. Wait one moment," said the guard. Anakin took a look around as he waited for Yoda. The Council Chamber guard entered the room.
"Master Yoda," she said. "Yes Padawan," Yoda replied. "Anakin Skywalker wishes to summon you." Yoda got up from his seat. "I will be with him shortly," he said. Yoda exited the Chambers and approached Anakin. "You wished my presence Skywalker," Yoda said. "Yes. I want to know something. When are we going to continue the search on Dooku and Grievous?" Anakin asked kindly. "Soon enough. We're going to begin the search later today," Yoda stated. "Ok. Thank for your time Master." Yoda looked at Anakin. "No. Thank you Anakin," Yoda said. Yoda entered the Chambers once again and Anakin left the entrance to the Chambers.
Anakin was then going to Jedi Temple's library to see if there was anything new going on. Anakin arrived and saw Obi-Wan and Commander Cody inside. He walked towards the both of them. "Master, Cody! Nice to see both of you!" Anakin exclaimed. "What are you doing here my padawan?" Obi-Wan asked. "No reason," he replied. "Well I gotta go now. See both of ya guys later," Cody said. "So. How have been since I last saw you Master?" Anakin asked. "Splendid!" Obi-Wan exclaimed. "Do you know where Jedi Knight Oppa is Master?" he asked. "Yes. He is right there," Obi-Wan said. Obi-Wan pointed out where Oppa was. He was arranging all of the books on the bookcases. "Ok. Thank you Master. I'll see you later!" Anakin exclaimed.
Anakin approached Oppa. "Hey Oppa. You missed a book," said Anakin in a friendly voice. "Back off. You know I don't like you," Oppa said angrily. "I'm just helping out." Oppa looked at Anakin in the eyes. "Just be quiet. I don't get treated like the other Jedi here. It's not fair. Just watch! Someday my name is going to be bigger than Yoda's," he yelled. Obi-Wan overheard the conversation and walked towards Oppa. "That's the reason you don't get treated like you want to," Anakin said. "He has a point," Obi-Wan said from behind. "Back off ya old fool," he said angrily. "Anakin. Let's go. I don't want to be seen with this "Herecy." Anakin and Obi-Wan left the library with a flaming glaze from Oppa looking at them.
"All Jedi. We are departing now. The search for Dooku and Grievous will begin in five minutes," said the Temple Announcer. "Finally," Anakin said joyfully. All of the Jedi and Clone Troopers went to their ships and took off for all the planets. "This is where the fun begins," Anakin said. "Well. Until I see you then...May the Force be with you," Obi-Wan said. "May the Force be with you too MAster," Anakin replied. "Anakin," MAce Windu yelled. "Yes Master Windu," he replied. "Take your Lightsaber," he said giving it to him. Anakin reached out for it and he then replied. "Thank you Master Windu," he said. Soon all you could hear were ships taking off. Only one person was left behind and that person was Oppa. "It's not fair, he yelled hearing the echo inside of the Temple. Then the fighting in space began to spread loose between the Seperatists and the Republic.
Space Coruscant
Now the Republic forces find themselves fighting above Coruscant's orbit.
Anakin, Obi-Wan, Mace Windu, and others find themselves in the Republic Command Cruiser. Anakin and Obi-Wan are the only two Jedi to board starfighters in the orbit, bu they were assisted by the Clone Troops. "Anakin! Focus on getting the shields down on the Seperatist Cruiser," Obi-Wan said over the com-communicator. "Ok Master," Anakin replied. "What is Master Windu doing Master?" he asked. "He's watching the ship inside for us," Obi-Wan replied. At that moment, the two Jedi assisted by the Clones take down the shields on the enemy Cruiser. "Ok. Anakin. Land in the hangar," Obi-Wan ordered. "Ok Master," he replied.
The two Jedi landed in the ship without any trouble and they soon jumped out of the cockpits. "Let the fun begin," Anakin whispered. Anakin was the first to jump out. "Master, there are droids!" "Well then focus on destroying the droids," Obi-Wan said. Anakin sped towards a group of Battle Droids deflecting all of their fire and destroying them in result. "Nice job Anakin," Obi-Wan said. "Thank you," he replied. Obi-Wan then sped towards a larger group of droids deflecting all of the Super Battle Droids' fire and again destroying them. Anakin strafed towards his Master's direction and saw two Droideka's going his direction.
"Master!" Anakin yelled. Unfortunately, Kenobi didn't hear Anakin yell so he decided to take matters in to his own hands. Anakin leaped in mid-air coming down in the result of then destroying the Droidekas. "What the...?" Obi-Wan turned around and saw that Anakin had destroyed the Droidekas. "Spectacular!" he exclaimed. "Well let's go to the Spire at the top of this ship," Anakin said. "I agree. We can find some more of the Seperatists forces there. The heroes took the elevator to the top of the Spire. "Well we're almost there," Anakin said.
The elevator then stopped at the Spire. The two wise Jedi took a look around and saw nobody, but then Anakin heard a slight sound. "Master. I heard something," he said shocked. "I did too," Obi-Wan said shocked as well. The two of them looked around the Spire and saw nothing. "There's nothing here Master," said Anakin. They went back to the elevator and heard someone jump behind them. "General Kenobi. Nice to see you again," said Grievous in his usual voice. "General Grievous. You again," Anakin said frustrated.
"You won't get away this time Grievous," Obi-Wan said. "I wouldn't think like that," said the General. Grievous drew his four arms and his four lightsabers. "Attack," he said. Anakin and Obi-Wan draw their lightsabers. "You won't get away with our lightsabers again," said Anakin angrily. Grievous was the first to attack and the result was being blocked always by one of the two heroes. One of Grievous' lightsabers was cut in half allowing him to have one open hand. "Do you still think you can beat us?" said Kenobi as a tease.
"Hmmm." The General raised his hand and punched Anakin to the ground. "Ahhhh!" he yelled. "Anakin! No!" he yelled. Obi-Wan looked at Grievous and attacked him. "Hmmm. You are weak," said General Grievous. He raised his lightsaber and brought it down with the result of hitting Obi-Wan in the arm. "Ahhh!" he yelled. "Master," Anakin said. He looked at Grievous while he was chuckling. "Hahahaha!" he chuckled. "You!" he yelled. Anakin jumped up in the air and got his lightsaber. "You won't get away with this," he said angrier than usual.
Grievous saw him and punched him in the face again leaving him on the ground. "You're pathetic," he said as he spit on him. Anakin rised as if he wasn't injured. He got his saber out once more and cut Grievous in the neck.(That's why he coughs alot.) "Ahhhhh!" yelled the General. "He raised his foot and kicked Anakin making him land on Obi-Wan. "I will see you two some other time," he said. The General coughing because of Anakin, he decided to flee before anything else happened to them. "Time to abandon ship," he said to himself. He escaped in a CIS Strike Bomber. With the two Jedi lay on the ground, the Republic's hand may be a fate.
Space Coruscant Sequel
With the heroes lay on the ground unconcious, the Republic's fate may be at cost...
The two, Anakin and Obi-Wan find themselves still lay on the ground. With all of the fire from the ships outside, they woke up from their long sleep. "Anakin," Obi-Wan tiredly. "Master," Anakin replied. "Grievous got away. It's all my fault," he said further. "Don't worry Anakin," Obi-Wan said to cheer up Anakin.. "Well...We can still do the job if we find Count Dooku," Anakin stated. "Now then. Let's get on the move," said Obi-Wan. The two heroes got on the elevator and went to all of the internal systems abord the ship. "We should thrash their ship," said Anakin. "I agree," said Obi-Wan with a slight laugh. "First stop. Life Support Systems!" Anakin exclaimed.
He stopped the elevator on the floor with the Life Support Systems. The elevator door opened only for the Jedi to see droids waiting for them. "Master. Droids!" he yelled. The two of them rammed into the room destroying all of the droids in their path. "Great job Anakin," Obi-Wan said. "Now we should advance to the systems ourselves and thank you Master," Anakin said. The two advanced to the systems and began to slash at them with all of their might. (Explosion of Life Support Systems) "They're destroyed. Now let's go to the Control Room," Obi-Wan said. The two Jedi headed back to the elevator and boarded it. They arrived at the Control Room seeing Count Dooku accompanied by Bodyguards.
"Dooku!" Anakin stated. "Skywalker, Kenobi. Nice to see the both of you," Dooku said. "Master. You get the droids. I'll get Dooku," he whispered to Obi-Wan. "If you're up for the challenge," he replied whispering. "Here it goes," Anakin yelled. He jumped into the air and landed in front of the Count. "This is where you fall," he stated with a quick following attack. Dooku drew his lightsaber and blocked Anakin's attack. "You fool!" he exclaimed. "Master. The droids." Obi-Wan looked at Anakin. "You got it," he replied. Obi-Wan jumped in the air and landed in front of one his guards and cut off its head. "Hmm. Droids..." he said.
With the fight between Dooku and Anakin still raging and Obi-Wan destroying the droids, it seemed like sure victory. "Anakin Skywalker...You've grown since our last encounter," he said. Dooku pushed Anakin to the ground and he rose again quickly. Dooku swung his lightsaber while he was rising and cut him right under his right eye. "Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" Anakin yelled. "Anakin!" Obi-Wan yelled. Obi-Wan took his focus off Anakin and attacked the droids again. "You should never have come here," Dooku stated. Dooku brought down his saber as if he was plunging it into Anakin. Anakin saw him doing so and swung his saber at Dooku's hand cutting it off and having him fall to the ground.
"Ahhhh!" Dooku yelled. "Anakin! Leave him there and assist me!" Obi-Wan commanded. Anakin assisted Obi-Wan destroying all of the droids. Droid after droid leaving scraps of metal behind, along with Dooku, the Jedi left the Control Room and headed towards the Hangar. "Let's go to the Hangar," Anakin suggested. "Ok. We shall," Obi-Wan replied. The two Jedi arrived at the hangar seeing a tremendous droid force. "What do we do now?" Obi-Wan asked. "Attack," Anakin said happily. Anakin ran towards the hangar attacking at all of the droids with Master Kenobi following. "We're almost there," Anakin said. He jumped into his open two-pilot starfighter along with Obi-Wan.
"Time to take off for Coruscant," Obi-Wan said. "Let me com the Republic Command Cruiser," Anakin said. "Master Windu," he said. "Head back for Coruscant." "Okay Skywalker. We are victorious thanks to you two. There are many battles to come ahead and we will be ready," Mace Windu said calmly. Overhearing the talk on the Cruiser Mace Windu's final words were: "We won here. Go back to..." (before the com finished)
Oppa's call to true "Herecy"
All of the Republic forces go back to the Jedi Temple and Mace Windu sees that Oppa was the only not to depart from the Temple. "Oppa. Why are you here?" Mace asked. "Because there weren't enough fighters," Oppa replied. Ki-Adi-Mundi, Anakin, and Obi-Wan saw Mace talking to Oppa and went to see what the problem was. "Well. Did you think of contacting one of us?" Mace asked. "No." The four Jedi arrived at the scene. "What is going on here?" Obi-Wan asked. "Nothing. Just back off old Jedi," Oppa said angrily. "You are disobeying Jedi Code 46," Anakin said. "Do I even care?" he replied. "Are you willing to be arrested?" Ki-Adi asked. "Shut up! Just leave me alone!" he demanded. " Oppa took a look at all of the Jedi and he then took off.
"What has gotten into him?" Obi-Wan said suprised. Anakin looked at Obi-Wan. "Noone may know Master," he said. "If he betrays the Jedi and joins the Sith, he may use all of anger on us," Ki-Adi said. "Thats a fact. Then again his walk towards Herecy would be complete," Mace Windu stated. He looked at Obi-Wan and Anakin. "What do you mean that his "Herecy" will be complete?" Anakin asked wondering. "He was once a Sith. We were able to turn him over and join us," Mace said. "So...He was the one," Obi-Wan said. "Yes. We'd suspected every Master in the council would be aware of the situation," Ki-Adi said. "We must find him. He was a good friend," Anakin said.
"Well. We shall begin our search at nightfall," Mace said. "Master Mace and I will see if any other MAsters would want to join our search," Ki-Adi said as if he didn't care. "Then it's settled," Obi-Wan said. "Can I help?" Anakin asked hoping to be able to. "Yes you may," Mace stated with a small grin. "Thank you. I won't fail you," he said meaning his statement. "May Anakin and I begin our search?" Obi-Wan asked. "Yes. Return by nightfall," Ki-Adi said. "Ok," Obi-Wan. Anakin and Obi-Wan then began to search for Oppa. First they looked around the Jedi Temple, but he was nowhere in sight of their own eyes.
They ran outside of the Jedi Temple and split up. "Master. I'm going to look over there," Anakin said exhausted. "I...I shall go over here," Obi-Wan said exhausted as well. So they did. The two of them split up. Looking around all of the cantinas surface, Anakin found nothing. He then looked up at Palpatine's office and saw Oppa was talking to the Chancellor. Anakin got his com-communicator and com'd Obi-Wan. "Master. He is in the Chancellor's office," Anakin said more exhausted than before. "I will be there as soon as I can Anakin," he said. Anakin then entered the building and began to ascent to Paplatine's office. (Now the scene will focus on Oppa and Palpatine.) "Oppa. I see you are being disrespected at the Temple," Palpatine said.
"Yes. I...I...I feel left out," Oppa replied. "Well then. I may help. Please don't tell anyone what I am about to tell you," the Chancellor said demanding. "I promise," Oppa said as he kneeled on the ground. "Good," Paplatine said as he rised from his seat. "I am a... I'm a..." the Chancellor said hesatating. "I am a Sith Lord. I'm the one the Jedi Councli has been searching for," he said. "So you're the one," Oppa said. "Yes," Palpatine replied. Oppa drew his lightsaber. "You're the one!" he said. Palpatine glanced at Oppa as he then drew his lightsaber. "You do not want to fight me in a duel," Palpatine said. "Why not?" Oppa said not caring about what he said.
Oppa attacked the Emperor first, but he then noticed he could not defeat him as Sidious pushed him to the wall injuring Oppa. "Ahhhh!" Oppa yelled. The Emperor approached Oppa. "Join me. Join me and I will make you more powerful than ever," said Palpatine in a promising voice. "Maybe. I will think, but know I have to go. I don't want the Jedi to spot me here with you or anywhere. They have betrayed me," Oppa said."I know. Make the smart choice," Palpatine said. "I will," Oppa said. Oppa jumped out of Palpatine's office window as he landed at the entrance of the building. (The scene now focuses on Anakin and Obi-Wan as Obi-Wan caught up with Anakin.)
Anakin and Obi-Wan arrived at his office and saw the Chancellor alone. "Where is he?" Anakin demanded as he slammed the Chancellor's desk. "Anakin! Can you not see he was never here?" Obi-Wan said angrily. "We are sorry for disturbing you Supreme Chancellor," Obi-Wan said calmly. Obi-Wan and Anakin then went back down to the entrance and headed back for the Jedi Temple and Obi-Wan went to Mace Windu as Anakin went to his apartment. "Master Windu. No sighting," Obi-Wan reported. "Ok. We will look for him at nightfall," Mace said patiently.
The Search At Nightfall
With the failure of Obi-Wan and Anakin not being able to find Oppa earlier, Mace Windu and Ki-Adi-Mundi begin their search along with Anakin and Obi-Wan helping too. Anakin on their way exiting the Jedi Temple with Obi-Wan along side of him, begins a small, brief discussion. "Master. What has gotten to him?" Anakin asked wondering. "We do not know Anakin. That is the reason why we are looking for him," Obi-Wan replied to Anakin's question. "I think we should look around the cantina," Ki-Adi said. "That would be a good place to look for the Jedi," Mace Windu said calmly. "Yes. I agree with the both of you," Obi-Wan said. "Same for me. That was where he usually hung around while he wasn't in the Temple.
"True. There are many reasons why he would go there. I'm afraid he might become a bandit. I've been getting that feeling ever since he's been going there. That cantina's for lowlives," Mace said calmly like he always does. Anakin looked at Ki-Adi-Mundi. "Master Ki-Adi-Mundi," Anakin stated. "Yes Jedi Knight Skywalker," he replied. "What are we going to do when we get him?" Anakin asked. "We are..." Mace Windu interrupted Ki-Adi before he finished. "We are going to arrest him," Mace replied. "Arrest? He is one of our kind though Master. We must find the problem causing this in him. We can't lose another Jedi to the Sith. They'll become more powerful than ever," Obi-Wan said talking common sense. Mace looked at Obi-Wan. "We know. We will try to turn him over, but if not we'll be forced to arrest," Mace Windu said.
"I wouldn't arrest him for any cause," Anakin said. "Why not," Mace said. "Well because he hasn't done anything wrong like breaking the laws. There are only so..." They arrived at the cantina. "Anakin! No more talking," Mace said. "Let's go. I can't wait any longer," Ki-Adi said. The four Jedi entered the cantina and were strafing around the area seeing if Oppa was in sight. "Let's split up," Mace said. "As you wish Master," Obi-Wan said as he took a bow. Anakin and Obi-Wan went to the bar as Mace and Ki-Adi looked around private rooms. "Noone. I guess I was wrong Master. I'm so sorry," Anakin said feeling like a complete failure. "I wouldn't push it that far," Obi-Wan said. "Look!"
Obi-Wan pointed at a person and that person was Oppa. "He's here!" Anakin said gracefully. Anakin and Obi-Wan walked towards Oppa, but hearing the patter of footsteps, Oppa turned around and saw the two there. "You two!" Oppa said angrily. "Yes. Us. Come with us," Anakin said kindly as he grabbed Oppa by the arm. Oppa drew his saber and pushed his hand off his arm. "Don't touch me again!" Oppa yelled. He walked towards Anakin with his lightsaber held up at his face. "Don't do it Oppa!" Obi-Wan yelled. "What're you going to do about it?" Oppa said. Mace and Ki-Adi heard the yelling and decided to see what it was and to their suprise...It was Oppa and Anakin and Obi-Wan.
Mace sneaked behind Oppa and drew his lightsaber right behind Oppa's head. "You have the right to remain in that position!" Mace ordered. "Kill me!" Oppa yelled. "Kill me!" Obi-Wan and Ki-Adi drew their lightsabers with Anakin just standing there. "We DO NOT want to arrest you," Obi-Wan said angrily. "The Jedi have had about enough with you Oppa," Anakin said. At that moment, the Jedi knew they were driving Oppa's patience. With Oppa breaking one sweat, he decided to engage at the Jedi. He raised his lightsaber and brought it down cutting one of the Jedi. "Arghhh!" Anakin yelled. Anakin touched the scar he recieved and he saw it was bleeding. "You..." Anakin said. Oppa pushed all of the Jedi around excluding Anakin to the wall.
Thump after thump with the Jedi hitting the wall, Oppa fled saying his last words to Anakin. "Sorry ol' buddy, but I've outgrown you," Oppa said. Anakin then looked at Oppa flee and wondered where he was going. He suddenly then fell to the ground leaving him and all of the Jedi unconscious. Now focusing on Oppa outside, he heard a sound like a growl. He then got frightened and approached the sound. He saw a red lightsaber being drew and the last thing he could remember was being hit also leaving him unconscious.
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referring to the Riemann-Siegel approximate functional equation for Riemann's Zeta
$ \zeta(s) = \sum_{n\leq x}\frac{1}{n^s} \ + \ \chi(s) \ \sum_{n\leq y}\frac{1}{n^{1-s}} \ + \ O(x^{-\sigma}+ \ |t|^{\frac{1}{2}-\sigma}y^{\sigma - 1}) $
would anybody know of a similar result applying to the Dirichlet Eta function ?
$ \eta(s) = \sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{n^s} = 1-\frac{1}{2^s}+\frac{1}{3^s}-\frac{1}{4^s}+-\ldots $
I am interested in expressing the Dirichlet Eta function in terms of its partial sums, as well as in terms of the partials sums of its critical line symmetrical "twin". So, I am looking for an expression of this kind
$ \eta(s) = !(s) \ \sum_{n\leq x}\frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{n^s} \ + \ ?(s) \ \sum_{n\leq y}\frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{n^{1-s}} \ + \ O( ........) $
where !(s) and ?(s) are functions yet unknown to me, and I am not even sure whether such an approximate functional equation might actually exist. I will greatly appreciate suggestions from anybody familiar with the subject. Many Thanks.
referring to the Riemann-Siegel approximate functional equation for Riemann's Zeta
First of all, if you want just a single sum up to T, then just like with the zeta function you have an approximation: $$\eta(s)\sim\sum_{n=1}^{T/2\pi}\frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{n^s}$$
It turns out additionally that the full approximate functional equation (aka Riemann-Siegel formula) holds for really anything where you have a functional equation. You can see, for example, "The approximate functional equation for a class of zeta-functions" by Chandrasekharan and Narasimhan.
In this case, you can write the functional equation as relating $1-2^{-s}+3^{-s}-\cdots$ and $0.5^{-s}-1.5^{-s}+2.5^{-s}-\cdots$ (this form does not have an annoying $1-2^s$ term in it) so this latter term is what you find in the final formula: $$\eta(s) \sim \sum_{n\le x}\frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{n^s} - \chi(s)\sum_{n\le y}\frac1{(n-1/2)^s}$$
Also, any of the methods for proving the formula for $\zeta$ carry over naturally to $\eta$ (sometimes more naturally), so let me know if you had a particular one in mind.
the related question being:
$ 2^{s} \chi(s) \ ( \ \frac{1}{2} \sum_{1}^{2N}\frac{1}{n^{1-s}} \ - \ \sum_{1}^{N}\frac{1}{n^{1-s}} \ ) \ - \ \frac{1}{\chi(s)} \sum_{N+1}^{2N}\frac{1}{n^s} \ \sim \ \eta(1-s) \; \; \; \; ? $


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Hatha Yoga Postures Illustrations E-Book
Welcome to the Free Online Hatha Yoga Poses Galleries. Hatha yoga poses are the basis of many types of yoga and this e-book is going to house an ongoing illustrated collection of these important yoga postures and exercises. This book will complement the Free Online Illustrated Kundalini Yoga Exercises E-book, which focuses on the Kundalini Yoga Poses available on the website.
These hatha yoga galleries are going to reflect those poses that are specific to hatha yoga, and from this page you will find links to all these online illustrations. Please note those postures that are a part of both kundalini yoga and hatha yoga are linked to from both books. As new poses are added to the website they are linked to from this page, so this is a good page to bookmark if you are interested in Hatha Yoga.
The hatha yoga poses from this book are used extensively in the Free Online Yoga & Meditation Classes that are offered on this website.
The layout of the book is as follows:
The book is divided into sections, each of which is a gallery of a particular category of hatha yoga poses. Such as seated poses, standing poses, inverted postures, etc. As new poses are added to the website, they are placed in the particular gallery they belong to and are then linked to from this page. So this page is an up to date portal into all the hatha yoga illustrations available to you.
For each illustrated hatha yoga pose the following is provided:
- Background and overview of that particular yoga exercise.
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- Pictures of the pose and pictures of the various modifications available for that pose.
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Beginner's Guide to Yoga Practice
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Best Yoga Posture for Meditation (Butterfly Pose)
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Tantra Yoga Practice of Vajroli for Sex Chakra Balancing
Nauk Yoga Asana to Get Firm Toned Abs
Lower Back Exercise – Yoga Spinal Twists
Tantric Position for Sexual Potency (Kundalini Lotus Pose)
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Post Natal Yoga Exercise for Weight Loss
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Basic Yoga Stretch for Flexibility | Cradle Rock
Yoga Cow Pose to Release Tension
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Archer Pose for Confidence (Akarna Dhanur Asana)
Mountain Yoga Position for Nerve Strength
Easy Yoga Pose for Stretching and Warming Up (Palm Tree Posture)
Triangle Yoga Pose for Flexibility and Strength
Office Yoga Exercise for Lower Back Pain
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Cobra Pose Illustration for Healthy Back (Bhujang Asana)
Hatha Yoga Plank Pose for Strong Arms
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Simple Yoga for Upper Body Strength
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Plough Pose for Opening Key Chakra Points (Hal Asana)
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Camel Pose Illustration for Digestive System (Ushtra Asana)
Advanced Yoga Technique for Total Workout (Wheel Pose)
Yoga Bow Pose for Eternal Youth (Dhanur Asana)
Hatha Yoga Modified Wheel Pose for Digestion & Flexibility
Classical Hatha Yoga Asana – Locust Pose
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Back Stretching Pose (Forward Bend) for Spontaneous Healing
Baby Pose to Clam and Relax the Mind
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I would like to find a reference for the following fact: every finite dimensional complex representation of a reductive Lie algebra is semisimple.
The statement is false. The standard definition of "reductive" for a finite dimensional Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ over an arbitrary field of characteristic 0 is given in a number of equivalent ways by Bourbaki in Chapter 1 (1960) of their treatise on Lie groups and Lie algebras: section 6, no. 4-5. By definition, $\mathfrak{g}$ is reductive provided its adjoint representation is semisimple (= completely reducible). Typical equivalent conditions: the derived algebra is semisimple; or $\mathfrak{g}$ is the direct sum of a semisimple and an abelian Lie algebra; or the solvable radical equals the center. As a consequence, a finite dimensional representation of a reductive Lie algebra is semisimple iff the center acts by semisimple endomorphisms. (An abelian Lie algebra need not be represented in that way.)
Some of this is set up as an exercise at the end of Section 6 in my Springer graduate text (1972); see also Proposition 19.1.
In many applications, a (real) reductive Lie algebra arises as the Lie algebra of a compact Lie group. In this case, and if the representation integrates to one of the group, then it is fully reducible by a version of Weyl's unitary trick. Basically every finite-dimensional module is unitarisable and every submodule has a complementary submodule: namely, its perpendicular complement.
To complement Jim's answer, there is a thorough discussion of complete reducibility for reductive Lie algebras (with proofs, but only in char=0) in Sections 1.6 and 1.7 of Dixmier's "Enveloping algebras", which I found much less intimidating then reading Bourbaki.
You can find the proof in Serre's "Lie Algebras and Lie Groups", in chapter "Semisimple Lie Algebras", section "Complete Reducibility"


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You'll Shoot Your Eye Out! Christmas Photo 2012
Merry Christmas everyone!!! I hope that your holiday is going fantastically!! I am just here for a minute to pop in and make your day. If you have been around for a while you may remember that every year we do a hilarious family photo. (Make sure you check out 2011 and 2010)
This year we went with a Christmas Story theme and it was AWESOME. Literally I have the best family in the entire world.
Please enjoy.
I hope you all have a fab rest of 2012 and I will see you in 2013!!
Love Your Guts, Mandi


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Is there a way of searching on more than one of the stackoverflow sites. I asked a question on SU and was pointed to an answer on SO. I had tried looking on Superuser first!
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- Any Stack Exchange user can ask a question
- The community provides support, votes on ideas, and reports bugs
- Your voice helps shape the way Stack Exchange operates
Technically, there shouldn't be a real need for this, due to the lines drawn between the sites. If you answer was found on SO, your question probably belonged on SO.
This link lets you search all of the StackOverflow sites:
Since good search is hard, it'd probably be better for you to consult the "experts" when searching. It's very easy to search StackOverflow or SuperUser specifically via Google using the following format in the search textbox:
The only bummer (I just found out) is that you can only search one site at a time. On the other hand, as Jon B said, each site really offers different types of questions, so you shouldn't get too many overlapping hits from one site to another (unless your search is too broad).
I know this is a dupe, but I can't find it.
You can just use Google Custom Search.
SOFU Google Search (just made, seems like it's available for everyone.)


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Simply knowing the number of teeth on a chainring can we determine an accurate diameter?
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A chainring is an n-sided regular polygon where n is the number of teeth. The side length s of the polygon is the distance from tip-to-tip of each chainring tooth.
The formula for radius of a regular polygon is:
Using zenbike's 12.75mm above for s, we get 107.61 for the radius, or 215.22mm for the diameter, which is very close to his approximation.
Comparing the two formulas shows that the length term, as expected, can be eliminated. This leaves us with:
1 / sin( pi / n ) vs. n / pi
For large n, those terms converge, introducing an error of just .12mm when n=53. It's a bit larger as n gets smaller, differing by .64mm for n=11.
For all practical purposes, I'd just use s * n / pi, even for the smallest cog you'll come across it'll be within a millimeter.
If you only know the pitch of the chain (standard for most bicycles) and number of teeth, then you can fully describe the circle (and n-gon) through the pin centers only. I will do my best to do the math formulas in a readable way with text, but I will fully describe each of the four circles/n-gons:
n = number of teeth
L = chain pitch (link length) (12.7mm for most bicycles)
See below for valley, roller top, and tooth top measurements. Note that tooth tops can vary between manufacturers and will vary throughout the life of the ring. The alternate method at the bottom is probably the easiest method to use for frame clearance.
Since you know the pitch of the chain (1/2" or 12.7mm is a 40 series chain typically used on a bicycle), the chain-pins will form a regular n-gon (a polygon with n-sides of equal length), with each side being equal to 12.7mm. The formula for the perimeter of this n-gon is rather simple (below) and would be fine for most approximations. Note that this is also equal to the chain length that would be wrapped around the ring (the chain would follow the n-gon, not the circle).
Perimeter of n-gon made by pin centers
Perimeter of n-gon = L * n = 12.7 * n mm
However, this is not entirely accurate to describe the circle through the pin centers. The more accurate formulas are below:
Circle through pin centers
circumference = pi * L / (sin (180 / n)) = 39.8982 / (sin (180 / n)) mm
radius = L / (2 sin (180 / n)) = 6.35 / sin (180 / n) mm = 'pcRad' (pin center radius)
diameter = L / sin (180 / n) = 12.7 / sin (180 / n) mm = 'pcD' (pin center diameter)
Now, we will need additional information to describe the two related circles / n-gons:
For the valley floors and roller tops, we need to know the radius or diameter of the chain roller around the pin. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_chain, a 40 series chain has a roller-diameter of 0.312" (7.92mm). Since the distance from pin-center to the bottom of the valley is the radius of the roller:
Circle / n-gon about valley floors
rRad = roller radius (3.96 mm for most bicycles)
Perimeter of n-gon of valley floors = 2 * n * (pcRad - rRad) * sin (180 / n)
= 2n * (pcRad - 3.96) * sin (180 / n) mm
floorRadius = pcRad - rRad = pcRad - 3.96 mm
floorDiameter = 2 * fRad = pcD - 2 * rRad = pcD - 7.92 mm
Circle / n-gon of the tops of the chain rollers
Perimeter of n-gon of roller tops = 2 * n * (pcRad + rRad) * sin (180 / n)
= 2n * (pcRad + 3.96) * sin (180 / n) mm
rollerTopRadius = pcRad + rRad = pcRad + 3.96 mm
rollerTopDiameter = 2 * rtRad = pcD + 2 * rRad = pcD + 7.92 mm
rollerTopCircumference = pi * rtD = pi * (pcD + 2 * rRad) = pi * (pcD + 7.92) mm
Now, for the final circle / n-gon to describe, we need the tooth height above the pin centers. I would expect this to be positive on a new chain ring and negative on a worn one:
Circle / n-gon of the tooth tips
t = tooth tip height above pin centers (negative if below)
Perimeter of n-gon of tooth tips = 2 * n * (pcRad + t) * sin (180 / n)
tipRadius = pcRad + t
tipDiameter = 2 * tRad = pcD + 2 * t
tipCircumference = pi * tD = pi * (pcD + 2 * t)
Alternatively, to make this computation a bit easier (yet slightly less accurate on a worn chain ring), you can measure your own individual tooth spacing. Ideally they would be slightly longer than the chain pitch, but that will change as the chain wears:
Circle / n-gon of the tooth tips - Alternate
tSpacing = average distance between tooth tips
Perimeter of n-gon of tooth tips = n * tSpacing
tipRadius = tSpacing / (2 sin (180 / n))
tipDiameter = 2 * tRad = tSpacing / sin (180 / n)
tipCircumference = pi * tD = pi * tSpacing / (sin (180 / n))
I posted this question on math.se, and got an interesting answer, which basically confirms Lantius' answer as the more accurate mathematical model, and mine as a practical approximation for the bicycle world.
With only the number of teeth, no.
But given the number of teeth, and the required spacing from tip to tip of each tooth to match the chain for the brand of chain ring used, you can easily determine the circumference.
With the circumference, it's simple math to determine the diameter.
Divide the diameter by Pi (3.14159 to the 5th decimal)
So if the number of teeth is 53, and the spacing is 12.75mm, we have a circumference of 675.75 millimeters.
675.75 millimeters divided by 3.14159 gives a diameter of 215.1 millimeters. Converted and rounded to 2 places, it's 8.46 inches.
I've measured the diameter of a 53 tooth Shimano chain ring, and it is 8.51 inches. So I believe my math should be as accurate as the tolerances in my measurements.


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Walter Baumhofer (1904-1987) remains best known for his vivd illustrations for the 'Doc' Savage pulp series. Young men with a budding interest in other men often found Baumhofer's sweating heroes with their clothes in tatters and wrestling large phallic serpents compelling. Small wonder.
Walter Baumhofer was a married man who also had a dab hand drawing tremendously sexy women. That's fine. But seeing those pulp magazines with muscular men in peril sitting right there on the newsstand was like an electric jolt for men who had very little available homoerotic visual stimulation.
Are they often racist, xenophobic, and misogynistic? Sure. But the guys are pretty hot.
More than 500 pulp covers fill his resume. Titles include Detective Tales, Fire Fighters, Wild West Weekly, Ace High, Gangland, Gangland Stories, Danger Trail, Western Story, The Spider, Spy Stories, Dime Mystery, Dime Detective, Adventure, and of course, 'Doc' Savage.
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20th Century Ghosts
20th Century Ghosts
William Morrow, Hardcover, 9780061147975, 336pp.
Publication Date: October 1, 2007
Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . .
Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . .
Francis is unhappy. Francis was human once, but that was then. Now he's an eight-foot-tall locust and everyone in Calliphora will tremble when they hear him sing. . . .
John Finney is locked in a basement that's stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children. In the cellar with him is an antique telephone, long since disconnected, but which rings at night with calls from the dead. . . .
Joe Hill is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Horns and Heart-Shaped Box and the prizewinning story collection 20th Century Ghosts. He is also the Eisner awardwinning writer of an ongoing comic book series, Locke & Key. His new novel, NOS4A2, will be published in May 2013. You can follow Joe on Twitter, where he goes by the inspired handle of @joe_hill.
"Alternately sad, scary, strange and at times even sweet, these tales will haunt you long after you've read them."
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quote: Since the gun bans in Australia there has been no mass gun massacres.
quote: The Australian people as a whole don't want guns in society and they still don't
quote: In the USA however it's Homicide rate is 5 per 100,000 people, with the majority being gun related.
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What Is Ringworm?
Ringworm is a common skin disorder otherwise known as tinea. While there are multiple forms of ringworm, the most common affect the skin on the body (tinea corporis), the scalp (tinea capitis), the feet (tinea pedis, or "athlete's foot"), or the groin (tinea cruris, or "jock itch").
Does Ringworm Mean I Have Worms?
Ringworm is not, as its name suggests, caused by a worm. Characterized by round lesions (rings) and early belief that the infection was caused by a parasite (worm), the term ringworm was born. Further confusion comes from the medical term for ringworm, tinea, which is Latin for "growing worm." While the condition is actually the result of a fungal infection, the name ringworm has stuck.
What Causes Ringworm?
Although the world is full of yeasts, molds, and fungi, only a few cause skin problems. Ringworm fungi are known as dermatophytes -- microscopic organisms that live off the dead tissues of your skin, hair, and nails, much like a mushroom can grow on the bark of a tree.
What Types of Ringworm Are There?
As mentioned previously, there are several types of ringworm (tinea) that can affect different parts of the body. On the next several slides, we'll take a look at the various forms from head to toe.
Ringworm of the Body (Tinea Corporis)
When fungus affects the skin of the body, it often produces the round spots of classic ringworm, which is characterized by a red ring of scaly skin that grows outward as the infection spreads. Though children are especially susceptible to catching ringworm, it can affect adults as well.
Ringworm of the Body (Tinea Corporis) Continued
Sometimes, these spots have an "active" outer border as they slowly grow and advance. It is important to distinguish this rash from other even more common rashes, such as eczema. This condition, and others, may appear similar to ringworm, but they are not caused by a fungus and require very different treatment.
Ringworm of the Scalp (Tinea Capitis)
Ringworm of the scalp commonly affects children, mostly in late childhood or adolescence. This condition may spread in schools. Tinea capitis appears as scalp scaling that is associated with bald spots (in contrast to seborrhea or dandruff, for instance, which do not cause hair loss).
Ringworm of the Foot (Tinea Pedis)
Tinea pedis is an extremely common skin disorder. It is the most common and perhaps the most persistent of the fungal (tinea) infections. Also known as athlete's foot, it may cause scaling and inflammation in the toe webs, especially the one between the fourth and fifth toes. Another common form of tinea pedis produces a thickening or scaling of the skin on the bottoms of the feet as well as blisters between the toes or on the sole.
Ringworm of the Groin (Tinea Cruris)
Tinea of the groin ("jock itch") tends to have a reddish-brown color and to extend from the folds of the groin down onto one or both thighs. Other conditions that can mimic tinea cruris include yeast infections, psoriasis, and intertrigo, a chafing rash which results from skin rubbing against skin.
Ringworm of the Beard (Tinea Barbae)
Ringworm of the bearded area of the face and neck, with swellings and marked crusting, often with itching, sometimes causes the hair to break off. In the days when men went to the barber daily for a shave, tinea barbae was called barber's itch.
Ringworm of the Face (Tinea Faciei)
Ringworm on the face outside of the beard area is called tinea faciei. On the face, ringworm is rarely ring-shaped. Characteristically, it causes red, scaly plaques with indistinct edges.
Ringworm of the Hand (Tinea Manuum)
Ringworm may involve the hands, particularly the palms and the spaces between the fingers. It typically causes thickening (hyperkeratosis) of these areas, often on only one hand. Tinea manus is a common companion of tinea pedis (ringworm of the feet). It is also called tinea manus.
Ringworm of the Nails (Tinea Unguium)
This is the most common fungal infection of the nails, also called onychomycosis. It can make fingernails look white, thick, opaque, and brittle, but more often toenails look yellow, thick, and brittle.
How Did I Get Ringworm?
Ringworm is contagious and can be spread multiple ways. You can get it from an infected person, animal, object, and even soil. Heat and moisture help fungi grow and thrive, which makes them more common in areas of frequent sweating as well as skin folds such as those in the groin or between the toes. This also accounts for their reputation as being caught from contaminated items such as toilet articles, clothing, pool surfaces, showers, and locker rooms.
Catching Ringworm From Pets
Ringworm is an example of a zoonotic disease (transmitted from animals to humans). Cats are among the most commonly affected animals and studies have shown that in 30%-70% of households in which a cat develops ringworm, at least one person will develop the condition. Dogs, cows, goats, pigs, and horses can spread ringworm to humans and other animals via direct contact or contact with objects the infected animal has touched (such as bedding, grooming articles, saddles, furniture, carpeting, etc.).
How Is Ringworm Diagnosed?
Sometimes, the diagnosis of ringworm is obvious from its location and appearance. Otherwise, skin scrapings for microscopic examination and a culture of the affected skin can establish the diagnosis of tinea or rule it out.
How Is Ringworm Treated?
Ringworm can be treated topically with antifungal creams containing clotrimazole (Cruex, Desenex, Lotrimin), miconazole (Monistat-Derm), ketoconazole (Nizoral) and terbinafine (Lamisil). In severe or resistant infections on the scalp or nails, oral medications such as terbinafine, itraconazole (Sporanox), and fluconazole (Diflucan) are necessary.
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So, I have an 80's raleigh bike, reassembled from spare parts. I'm wondering what the best way to get more speed out of the bike is. Wheels? Gears? Lighter gear? Different pedals? I'm rather fond of the frame, so I'd rather not replace that.
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Gabe, If you love the frame, and are willing to spend the money to keep it, start upgrading everything else. Start with:
Wheels/tires - rotating mass will slow you down the most - go to aluminum wheels and thin/light tires size 23 or 25.
Bottom Crank - Once again rotating mass, you can get some hollow core cranks, and adjust the chainring sizes to the biggest you can push. You can save a few grams by going to a compact crank versus a triple.
Shifters/derailleur(s) - get some aero shifters/brakes, and upgrade to a lighter front/rear derailleur.
Seat post, handlebars, stem - On an old raleigh, they are probably steel - you can get inexpensive aluminum replacements.
Seat - get rid of the OG heavy seat and get something more comfortable and lighter.
From expensive and most effective, to least expensive/effective, thats the list off the top of my head.
Good luck on your decision, and keep those old Raleighs going, they are great bikes :)
The only thing that will make the bike have a higher top speed (on the flats) is changing the gearing. Bigger rings up front and smaller cogs in the back.
Beyond that: start training. You're the engine, after all.
Honestly. Get a new bike. Technology has changed greatly since the 80's bikes are much lighter, comfortable and stiffer thanks to space age technologies like carbon fiber. Can't afford it, check craigslist.
That being said. If your are really attached to your bike. You will see the best performance improvement in new tires and wheels. When you accelerate your bike you have to put almost twice as much energy/gram into the wheels get them moving. This is due to the fact that you not only get them translating horizontally, but to also have to get them rotating.
The cheapest ways to go faster are to get high pressure tires -120 or even 140 psi (8 to 10 bar) - and keep them at high pressure. For the highest pressure tires, this means pumping them up every time you ride. For 50 bucks (US) or so, you can't go wrong with this upgrade, because you can transfer them to a new bike if you if want to upgrade everything else.
Keeping your chain well greased, and riding with the chain in the proper gears can also increase efficiency slightly, and at no cost. By 'proper gears', I mean that you lose some small amount of efficiency by, for example, having the chain in the large front chainring and the large back cog (you wouldn't normally ride like that, but this is for illustrative purposes), because the chain isn't 'straight'. I believe that improving 'Q-factor' is a similarly small increase in efficiency.
Edit: additionally, if you haven't checked this already, take the cranks off and try to spin the bottom bracket spindle by hand. You may need to repack the bottom bracket (or buy a sealed cartridge BB. Can go for as little as US $20). Stickiness and crunchiness can be hard to detect when spinning the spindle with the cranks on because the cranks add so much more leverage. You get a much better feel for the condition of your BB when spinning it by hand like this.
Make sure you have street tires. Knobbies will slow you down.
Make sure your wheels spin freely. If the hubs are jammed, or the brakes drag, that will slow you down.
After that, changes you make to the bike won't affect your speed very much, perhaps only enough to matter in racing. Changes to your fitness will matter more.
You can reduce rolling resistance (change tires, pump them up). You can reduce windage (mostly in your posture). You can reduce weight (in the wheels first). Where you ride will affect where the biggest wins are.
Personally, I would focus on reliability and fun over speed, but you gotta find what's right for you.
Go to your local bike shop and ask to test ride different bikes, and see what you think. It's hard to get objective comparisons of the speed of different bikes, but you may learn about what you like more.
It isn't the bike. It is the rider. Unless you are at 6% body fat and have done all you can to improve your output your best improvement in speed is yourself.
I ride several different types of bikes for recreation. among them are a trusty 700c raleigh tri lite, a Trustier pink Giant Acapulco with front and back big steel pannier baskets (heavy), a 16" dual suspension mongoose tiny mountain bike with 20 inch tires and 5 inch cranks (legendary leg workouts to be had here)
so those are my three bikes. The hills around here are tough but there are also a lot of flats in town. so heres what i will say! when it comes to hills the lighter you and your bike are the faster you will go. Ice cream is your Enemy, Steaks, Deviled eggs, Pie. After an hour or so of hard riding without any food i usually start to 'plane out' some. it is a tired leg burning feeling. but accompanying it is a lighter feeling and keeping momentum seems to get easier. this is probably the fat cells in my body resorting to the 'Beta phase' glycogen release mode. where bust strentch is exhausted and the flow begins to trickle out what glycogen is left...
snacking while riding is HARD! (well. maybe not so hard on flat ground) all these little energy shot edible goo packages i see littering the roadside are supposed to get you back into burst mode, give them a try if you want but please dont litter! Trail mix works great too. Working off all the excess poundage and then supplying yourself with a steady stream of lightweight nutritious food ONLY AS NEEDED will make you go faster. IT can be done a lot faster than you think! i think i remember losing 12 or 14 pounds of bodyweight in one day a couple of times. and will routinely drop 5 or 7 pounds if i go 25 or 35 miles on either of my slower wide tire bikes. just get out biking and tell yourself ! i am not going to stop riding till this feels easier! when it starts to feel easier your body has 'planed out' and you have begun the long long road to good health and vitality. ignore your rumbling stomach and ride on. you may not quite be 'In the zone' just yet but you are getting there. herein is the key to really getting faster! and it really is good for your body as well.
when it comes to the Wind and flats the heavier you are, the better. now this sounds conterintuitive but it is sort of true.... sort of. by sort of i mean that moving that heavy bike and your heavy self is obviously up to you!!! but if you are in good shape and can tackle hills on a steel bike, pie ice cream and all then wind is not going to stop you, and momentum does come into play against it. EG a leaf blows away in the wind but not a rock. flat ground is good ground on a bike. wind plus hills = tough
We are Living creatures, constantly growing and such, doing things the hard way sometimes is an effective shortcut to get to the point where you will eventually break down, have to learn new things, change, and re emerge hopefully better stronger faster harder. provided you did things 'right'. otherwise trying things the hard way will most likely result in giving up right off the batt or stubbornly injuring yourself faster than your body can cope with.
so back to bikes.
a quality steel bike is more stable in the wind, the more weight you have under you the lower your Center of mass will be. any road bike is trickier to handle than a mountain bike due to more precise tracking, tallness and smaller footprint. the lighter and taller your bike is the less stable it becomes. not to mention less crashworthy in both cases. the Tiny bike i ride is LOW, the pedals clear the ground by and inch or two. it is not geared for fastness but it is low and compact and aerodynamically 'not that bad' screaming down steep hills at 38 mph it feels actually really safe. the incredible lowness and strong bmx handlebars, the short top tube all lend themselves to being able to put your body over the back wheel and lock the brakes down without losing control.
i once T stopped this bike from about 28 mph to a stop after coming down a really steep road in the sprinkling rain. aside from eating through a good rear tire in 2 seconds, i learned that this tiny hard to pedal 7 speed really was my best bike. It is Safe and it is slow, and it is suprisingly comfortable. It has 4 bike pegs on it and it can be ridden like a jetski or a street luge.
anyway , thought id give you bikers another perspective on things.
Be the slow guy! he goes home tireder and wakes up stronger. LOL and if you really ride on flats mostly and want the answer to your question from left field HERE IT IS!
get out your electric drill, or borrow your friends if you dont have one. take that classic steel bike that feels so fat and unloved in this modern era. AND START DRILLING HOLES IN IT!
leave the rear triangle alone it is probably too skinny. drill holes through the sides of Everything else, even multiple rows if you want. id leave the tops and bottoms of the tubes alone and the corresponding front and back of the fork, because i think the bottom of each tube bears the most weight, then the top, then the sides, that is just a guess. Drill lots of holes everywhere so that they are horizontal to the ground and cross the bike right to left, same with your handlebars through the sides. Space em out at least a centimeter and make sure when youre done to Spray paint the whole thing real good (rustOleum) and check to make sure the frame is not overweakened on some grass. add drain holes if there are not any for water.
a friend of mine just took an old shwinn world sport 700c bike to the scrap metal dealer and now that i think about it i really should have done this to it! all those little steel circles would really add up. Line the frame with saran wrap if the holes causing drag seems an issue!
Really folks it is just that simple! i am so suprised that no one actually answered this guys question except with 'spend money on this' or 'spend money on that' when you can just drill holes in the bike and make it lighter.
I do NOT reccommend this for anywhere where there are hills, or for anyone who is of a heavy build! stay safe out there.
i hope i have covered the many facets that make up of bicycle speeed, offered multiple ways to creatively and inexpensively Speed up your bike and yourself (while ignoring the obvoius answer of out with the old in with the new), and also offered a counterpoint of the drawbacks of having an overfast bike and its effects on safety, workout quality, and durability.
The End sincerely -Carl Langner
I'm not sure if this is a "legal" answer since it involves upgrading you as well.
I highly recommend getting cycling shoes if you don't have it. It's almost a direct conversion of money to performance with minimal additional effort.
Besides cutting fat and growing your quads, if u wanna keep this frame going I would increase your gearing and then just get strong enough to crank on the higher ratios. But I feel that once you start shooting for speed you need to get a modern bike. Even the crappiest newer group components are worlds apart from the 80's parts. But a combo of good gearing for your fitness level, awesome wheel set(wheels are the most important part!) and focus your training on your pedal stroke technique should help you go faster. Also find a hill and point down.
The momentum in tire rotation is so minimal as to be negligible. To see this put your bike on a stand and turn the pedals with your hand - almost effortlessly you quickly get to 20-40 kph equivalent rate of rotation. It is not so easy to accelerate on the road because of your body weight mass, and because once over 20-25 kph air drag on your body and bike start to really kick in meaning that you are already using most of your available power just to keep the same speed.
Beware of lightweight wheels - a true and straight wheel is important for handling and safety. I have Shimano C24 wheels for some years, light with 16 bladed spokes on front and 24 on rear, but I was constantly truing them and they were constantly getting wobbly again. Last month I replaced them with locally handbuilt wheels Velocity A23, round steel spokes 32 front and rear - and the wheelbuilder offered a lifetime guarantee of free truing because he knows it is basically uneccesary. The result: improve braking, improved high speed handling, a more pleasant ride over rough roads. My uphill strava scores all improved dramatically, which I attribute to higher lateral stiffness in the wheels, meaning they don't deform when I apply power (e.g. >300 watts). Holding the wheels in the hand the new wheels are obviously heavier, but standing on the scale in full kit with bike in hand the difference is not even noticeable - meaning less than the weight of a pee (no not a pea, a liquid pee).
Going downhill and and on the flats a slightly heavier bike can be an advantage because of handling stability and because a little added momentum helps to even out the changes in wind speed - a rider gets more tired the more s/he must vary the output power to keep going. Notice how time trial bikes are heavy compared to general purpose racing bikes, and often have heavy high profile or even heavier disk wheels.
For steep (>7%) climbs your uphill speed for a given output power is mostly exactly proportional to combined rider/kit/bike weight (you can calculate at this URL: http://www.gribble.org/cycling/power_v_speed.html).
It seems illogocial to spend money on lightweight groupset etc. when you have a steel frame. If you want a lightweight bike suitable for touring / distance you might look for a used Cannondale Synapse w/carbon frame which tend to be cheap (except for the hi-mod carbon frame versions). The you get the groupset/etc with the bike.
Make everything else lighter if you really like the frame. The first thing I'd replace (if you have the money) are the wheels. If you want more top-end speed, get some aero wheels (Zip 404, Dura-Ace C50, etc) laced to some older hub (Dura-Aces are always nice of course) that would work with your bike. If you want faster acceleration and climbing, get some lightweight climbing wheels (Zip 101, Dura-Ace C24) laced to an older hub. You could then move on to the derailleurs, shifters, headset, handlebars, crankset, etc, but I think the biggest difference you can make are the wheels.
I've done exactly the same - mine's a 10 speed Morrison from the 80s, with suntour components.
I did an initial clean and service, and as part of that I rebuilt the rear wheel with ~6 new spokes. I also completely despoked it, washed and scrubbed all the old galv spokes, brushed off all the rim rust, treated the rust, repacked the bearings, and reassembled/trued the wheel. It works passably, but gosh does it look pretty now.
Lubing and cleaning everything that moves helped a lot too, along with swapping out the rusted pedals with used but good ones. A clean and lube of the chain helped too.
I swapped out the ripped and rotting seat with a modern spare I had, and fitted my long-long seatpole which saved weight. Also I removed the bottom bracket generator and all wiring and lights.... a single modern LED beats them everytime.
Finally, the odd ones. I rewrapped the bars with "cork tape" instead of the thin nylon strapping stuff, so there's a nice spongey layer under my hands.
I also replaced the brake pads because the old ones looked fine with minimal wear, but were baked rock-hard by 10 years of nonuse. One has a lot more confidence to go when you're happy that it will stop on demand.
Unrelated info - the longer head tube of an older road bike is an excellent place to mount a gopro.
I also had to buy a special freewheel tool, the old suntour 5 speed freewheel uses a two-pin format which wasn't in my generic kit. Was worth it because spoke replacement would have been impossible without the tool, and my homemmade effort was quite inadequate.
New aluminum road bikes will help to increase your speed a lot. is not just the rider but a combo of rider and bike that makes up your riding speed.


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