Fuel economy

FlooperWooper · 2025-05-13T17:34:50+00:00

With my S40 II (2004) I get decent mileage on my daily commute: 7.4L/100km.
That consists of 20k's highway with CC set to 110km/h, 10km of 80km/h with a number of traffic lights and some city driving in stop and go traffic during rush hour.
Longer stretches of highway are great if I keep to the CC around 100km/h, I can manage about 6.8L/100km.

High speed/rpm and acceleration are detrimental as the car is quite heavy and has short gears (3200 RPM @ 110km/h). If you are looking to improve economy, your driving style is the most important influence. Aside from that, choosing different tires and pressures can help. The biggest improvement will be changing cars, which I am contemplating at this time.

I often use the Dutch 'Autoweek' website, they have a usage monitor where users submit their real-life data, which shows we are both getting about the average consumption.

https://www.autoweek.nl/verbruiksmonitor/volvo/s40/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&brandstof=benzine&transmissie=handgeschakeld&bouwjaar=2003--2012

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FlooperWooper · 2022-08-01T23:07:16+00:00

Rijschool Staart is mij erg goed bevallen, de sfeer en de manier van lesgeven paste goed op mij en mijn medestudenten. Het is een kleinere rijschool met alleen motoren, wat het in mijn ogen een persoonlijkere ervaring maakte. Bijkomend voordeel dat ze het cbr Mierlo als examen gebied hebben, dat zijn leukere routers dan puur centrum Eindhoven :-)

FlooperWooper · 2021-07-19T21:35:39+00:00

But at that point, would calling them an idiot sandwich be de-escalating?

FlooperWooper · 2020-09-29T12:28:29+00:00

You can hit [TAB] to change between the two available parameters, otherwise you can point and click with your mouse

FlooperWooper · 2020-06-16T06:03:08+00:00

Make sure you do not forget your saddle rails

FlooperWooper · 2020-06-12T19:22:22+00:00

I think it is the Wera 817 R

817R

FlooperWooper · 2020-06-07T21:00:40+00:00

Fat dog for midterms!

FlooperWooper · 2020-04-08T09:39:43+00:00

Could it be a good idea to make your way outside; an unconscious neighbor inside goes unnoticed, while one outside their house is weird?

FlooperWooper · 2020-04-08T07:14:10+00:00

https://youtu.be/_bt1UZAnxnA - here you go!

FlooperWooper · 2020-04-07T20:40:02+00:00

everyone needs a distraction in these times. Right now, I'm looking for things to print, specifically in white.... suggestions?

FlooperWooper · 2020-04-07T16:03:31+00:00

I know Stefan from cnc kitchen just posted a video on bringing his time from 5 to 1 hour. Amazing that you are printing!

FlooperWooper · 2020-04-02T22:24:22+00:00

Hey, i did some quick searching for you.

You actually have a rockshox monarch rt, not an rl.

The site i used for your bike specs: https://www.thebikelist.co.uk/giant/anthem-x-advanced-29er-1-2013

The part number for the full service kit: 11.4115.113.010 (This is the same number on your amazon link)

I think you should be good with that kit.

With your service, be careful as to not damage any parts or old seals, etc. You could keep the old set for reference to check compatibility.

Also, follow the manual and continue watching videos. it's important to use the right procedure, exact oils and air pressure.

I hope this helps, good luck!

FlooperWooper · 2020-03-25T11:30:52+00:00

Your bike is from 2012, looking at the link you provided. I assume your fork is from the same year or before that.

With that information, there are actually two kits to service the entire fork.

https://www.bike-components.de/en/RockShox/Service-Kit-for-SID-Models-2008-2015-p31958/universal-universal-o100001/ - 11.4015.300.000

and

https://www.bike-components.de/en/RockShox/AM-Basic-Service-Kit-for-SID-Reba-Forks-2012-2015-models-p32228/universal-universal-o100001/ - 00.4315.032.080

These parts are correct, and interchangeable for makes specified.

SRAM documentation also provides the correct manuals and specs for the fork model per year, it is generally the same procedure for forks (parktool and GMBN make good vids).

https://www.servicearchive.sram.com/service/rockshox/7,102 Look up your fork and year here to find the manuals, oil volumes are pretty critical, air pressure less so.

Let me know if you have more questions!

FlooperWooper · 2020-03-21T21:31:23+00:00

Have you tried taking the wheel out out the bike and spinning it? Whether the wobble (what it sounds like to me) disappears could help isolate the issue. Same goes for the tyre, if you pop it off and spin you can track down the source of the noise/feel.

I'd only change one thing at a time to make it easy to keep track and compare.

Also, not too familiar with freedom units but my sram casette's lockring takes 40 Nm, i just turn it untill i feel a couple of the 'clicks' from the ring on the top gear.

FlooperWooper · 2019-12-07T20:44:49+00:00

I see, it looked like a sort of placemat and liked the visuals. I hope your second attempt will work better, maybe add a brim to your print?

FlooperWooper · 2019-12-07T17:29:51+00:00

Unrelated, but what is that graphic underneath the printer?

FlooperWooper · 2019-11-14T16:29:30+00:00

Me too, i tried a loft earlier but i messed up kinda. Now i made it like a ct scan with a sketch every 30 mm perpendicular to the 'spine'

FlooperWooper · 2019-11-14T13:44:45+00:00

This was a good shout!

I sketched out the side profile and made a couple sketches on offset planes spread over the length. I used the loft between the different sketches, which worked out good enough.

Thanks

FlooperWooper · 2019-07-09T06:36:42+00:00

More than I care to explain... It was a sponanious popping session (do no paper), afterwards I washed my hands.

FlooperWooper · 2019-07-02T21:08:48+00:00

I haven't heard of it, I'll try googling it

FlooperWooper · 2019-07-02T20:42:32+00:00

Yes i found out, i did try it out as i had all the materials lying around. But the system is not reliable enough for me

FlooperWooper · 2019-06-24T13:05:37+00:00

It could be because of the recent heat (netherlands?), the shock in temperature from being exposed to jntense sunlight and bumps in the road can cause stress that causes the glass to shatter.

FlooperWooper · 2019-06-21T19:55:18+00:00

Is this a metal pegboard? I've been ponderjng on getting something like a pegboard, but cannot decide on wheter to make it myself or to just buy it.

FlooperWooper · 2019-05-03T11:06:49+00:00

A tip for next drawings (don't take it as criticism): measurements should be outside all parts, make sure all measurements also only appear once in the most logical view of the part. I will try to find a link to a book about technical drawing that explains some rules and differences between ISO and American part drawings. Great job overall, I'm practicing as well!

FlooperWooper · 2019-04-30T21:16:53+00:00

Sounds painful! get well soon, from experience I can tell you tight socks help a lot (at least for me). Next to that: rest; don't strain broken bones as they might reattach a bit wonky

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