Differences in rim rigidity affecting handling

Er... does it actually matter?

I mean, if a thread gets duplicated, or something asked twice, why does it actually bother anyone? If the point is that you think it is lazy to not look for answers first, then don't respond.

There seems to be such a massive trend towards bollocking people for starting threads, yet starting threads is sort of the point of a forum, surely...

Well I don't know about you, but having a thread for each thought, seems to defeat the purpose of discussing one thing, or closely related things, in one thread. Technically, we could start a new thread for every reply.

I don't totally agree with merging, but it seems that its the only way to force some to take part in a discussion that they actually wanted to inform about, or to be informed about.

Better 20 people discuss something in one thread, than 20 people start 1 thread each about the same topic. You may disagree though. I prostrate myself before your seniority on this forum. ;)