Sacred Cows to avoid?

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I avoid *all* cows, sacred and otherwise.

Jeff

Y'all one of them thar Vetrenairians Like Aah seed on the TeeVee? The ones that ain't meat eaters?

Mike

OK, yew got me. My idee of a gormay meel is McDonalds.

jeff the lit.. umm... lit... umm... readable

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Hey guys, I got to thinking. What have been the biggest arguments

around?

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Helmets? Aero wheels? Frame flex/comfort/materials? Campy vs. Shimano?

Can you think of any that I've missed?

Chain cleaning. Shimmy.

And guns. Helmet wars inevitably lead to raging flamefests about guns. This is one of the abiding
mysteries of the universe.

Eventually the thread will end with Nazis.

That's the nice thing about the Nazis. They tend to show up at the end of every argument.

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Helmets? Aero wheels? Frame flex/comfort/materials? Campy vs. Shimano?

Can you think of any that I've missed? >><BR><BR>

1 1/8 inch HS, threadless HS, compact geometry, carbon ass ends, boutique wheels..does a hub hang
from the spokes or is pushed up or centered(?)...

What are boutique wheels? Are they just expensive name-branded ones?

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In any case I can't understand why you USians get so excited about the right to bare arms. We have
t-shirts this side of the Atlantic too.

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Silly, its about the right to arm bears. Bears need home protection too ;-)

App

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Trail damage caused/or NOT caused by mountain biking.

Whip Snake...Fact or Fiction

Tied and Soldered spokes

Forgive me for being a newbie here, but: "TIED AND SOLDERED SPOKES"???

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They've got colored tires for motorycycles now too. Saw an ad in the back of the magazines my
little brother left with me after his summer vacation.

Have no idea whether they're actually good tires or not...

Also have seen car tires with colored stripes down the treads. Ummmm,

yeah.

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Mike

They're not. :-)

Cheers,

Scott..

Werehatrack said:

Fred Marx may have said:

Mary Ann no contest

Ginger as a weekend, Mary Ann for long term. One needs a baseline for true appreciation.

No arguments on that one.... anyone who thinks otherwise is simply wrong...

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Trail damage caused/or NOT caused by mountain biking.

Whip Snake...Fact or Fiction

Tied and Soldered spokes

Forgive me for being a newbie here, but: "TIED AND SOLDERED SPOKES"???

If you haven't heard about it count yourself lucky, You'll have to do your own research on that one
because I DO NOT want to be accused of starting it up again...

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"Mike S." <mikeshaw2@coxDOTnet> wrote in message news:EpJlb.72821$vj2.3883@fed1read06...

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They've got colored tires for motorycycles now too. Saw an ad in the back of the magazines my
little brother left with me after his summer vacation.

Have no idea whether they're actually good tires or not...

Also have seen car tires with colored stripes down the treads. Ummmm,

yeah.

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Mike

They're not. :-)

Cheers,

Scott..

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Duh! Of course your new bike will make you faster!!!!

MB

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Helmets? Aero wheels? Frame flex/comfort/materials? Campy vs. Shimano?

Can you think of any that I've missed? >><BR><BR>

1 1/8 inch HS, threadless HS, compact geometry, carbon ass ends,

boutique

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wheels..does a hub hang from the spokes or is pushed up or

centered(?)...

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What are boutique wheels? Are they just expensive name-branded ones?

We've gotten a few doozies of questions that I always thought were basic cycling knowledge!

Boutique wheels are those fancy-ass wheels that come pre-built from the factory, usually carrying a
hefty price tag.

Mike

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Mary Ann no contest

Ginger as a weekend, Mary Ann for long term. One needs a baseline for true appreciation.

No arguments on that one.... anyone who thinks otherwise is simply wrong...

I'd bet that Ginger could teach a few of y'all things... Whether that's good or bad is besides
the point.

Mike

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>Trail damage caused/or NOT caused by mountain biking.
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Whip Snake...Fact or Fiction

Tied and Soldered spokes

Forgive me for being a newbie here, but: "TIED AND SOLDERED SPOKES"???

If you haven't heard about it count yourself lucky, You'll have to do your own research on that
one because I DO NOT want to be accused of starting it up again...

Of course EVERYone knows that tied and soldered spokes make a wheel stiffer by shortening the length
of spoke that can bend...

To the OP of this question, do a google groups search, sit back and read the vitriol.

Mike

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Hey guys, I got to thinking. What have been the biggest arguments around?

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Can you think of any that I've missed?

Sheldon: hairy/shaved Fabrizio: bicycling god/poser wannabe

And at the risk of starting something... I used to lurk here (pre-split, actually, so it was just
r.b) more than 10 years ago, and I seem to recall a whole discussion that amounted to
pro-Jobst/anti-Jobst. I don't know if that has recurred, but I'm glad to see he didn't finally leave
in disgust.

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Durward "I'll go with hairy/god/pro" McDonell [email hidden]

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In any case I can't understand why you USians get so excited about the right to bare arms. We
have t-shirts this side of the Atlantic too.

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Silly, its about the right to arm bears. Bears need home protection too ;-)

You don't _need_ to arm bears. Who ever heard of a 'armless bear?

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do not sail on uphill water
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In any case I can't understand why you USians get so excited about the

Wow! I thought _I_ was the only one who thought there should be some other term than "Americans".

'merkins is traditional on some parts of Usenet.
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David Damerell <[email hidden]> Distortion Field!

Ginger must be in her mid 70's now. -tom

"Mike S." <mikeshaw2@coxDOTnet> wrote in message news:4iSlb.72867$vj2.36249@fed1read06...

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>Mary Ann no contest

Ginger as a weekend, Mary Ann for long term. One needs a baseline for true appreciation.

No arguments on that one.... anyone who thinks otherwise is simply wrong...

I'd bet that Ginger could teach a few of y'all things... Whether that's good or bad is besides
the point.

Mike

Durward McDonell may have said:

...at the risk of starting something... I used to lurk here (pre-split, actually, so it was just
r.b) more than 10 years ago, and I seem to recall a whole discussion that amounted to
pro-Jobst/anti-Jobst. I don't know if that has recurred, but I'm glad to see he didn't finally
leave in disgust.

Minor mentions get made infrequently when Jobst's normal behavior gets on somebody's nerves a little
too much, but he has too many of the right answers, so it seems that the majority opinion is that he
is someone up with which most would rather put.

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don't respond to something, it's also possible that I'm busy.

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Also have seen car tires with colored stripes down the treads. Ummmm, yeah.

These are good. Pirelli P Zeros. VERY high performance tires. The "Rossos" have a red stripe down
them, the "Neros" have a yellow. The red ones are better.

Mike Mechanical Engineering 2006, Carnegie Mellon University Remove nospam to reply.

Werehatrack <[email hidden]> wrote:
: Minor mentions get made infrequently when Jobst's normal behavior gets on somebody's nerves a
: little too much, but he has too many of the right answers, so it seems that the majority opinion
: is that he is someone up with which most would rather put.

[censored], man, that wasn't email. you posted that.

besides i'm fairly certain he started that aforementioned thread himself.
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