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Question regarding hood position-

At the moment I've got Cinelli Vai bars and R200 brakes. I would like the tops of the hoods to be in line with the bars ala my geared bike but the minute I have this position set up it becomes hard to use the brakes when on the drops.

Is this normal, am I doing something completely wrong?

oh-o

My cleaner won't clean my Bentley :(

In her defence, Bentley is how you refer to your penis.

What nutrients are they lacking then? They certainly will me low in calories, hence the high volume required but not rich in nutrients compared to?

Grass doesn't lack the nutrients that grazers need, it's just not rich in them, so that a grazer needs to firstly eat a lot of grass, and also have a mechanism to digest grass, which is almost entirely indigestible due to the high cellulose content. Digestion takes a long time, so the digestive system needs to be large to allow a large quantity to be digested slowly, so the animals tend to be large, which in turn means they need a lot of nutrition, so they basically spend most of their waking time grazing.

And then they need to have teeth that keep growing because chewing silica-rich plants is not something that your dentist would recommend.

Wheel-based question:

Do Mavic Ellipse only come in black?

yup

gutted, i was hoping to get a set in gorgeous baby blue

it'll look ace mate.

I want to sell a Shimano E110 Coaster brake hub with 16t cog on Rigida Chrina rim wheel. Bit out Out of true nothing severe.

I know nothing.

How much do you guys think i should charge for it?

Thanks.

Question regarding hood position-

At the moment I've got Cinelli Vai bars and R200 brakes. I would like the tops of the hoods to be in line with the bars ala my geared bike but the minute I have this position set up it becomes hard to use the brakes when on the drops.

Is this normal, am I doing something completely wrong?

Its difficult to get non compact bars to have flat top transition to drop levers sometimes. I always found that I had to compromise in one area to gain comfort in another. This page is worth looking:

http://ruedatropical.com/2009/03/road-drop-bar-geometry/

the minute I have this position set up it becomes hard to use the brakes when on the drops.

Is this normal?

Yes; the "anatomic" bend starts running away from the levers at a sharp angle. If you put a smooth curve from the front-most part of the bar to the flat bottom of the drops, it would be forward of the straight diagonal bit of the "anatomic" bend and therefore closer to the lever.

What bars & levers do you have on your geared bike?

So, if I'm looking to book a last minute surprise holiday which leaves Late on a Friday evening and returns either Late Sunday or super-Early Monday for the weekend of the 30th of October, what websites/ destinations should I use/look for?

We used icelolly.com before.

Who is Hintata?

HAHAhahahah yes! I GOT that!!! lol

Per calorie it is rich in the needed nutrients, hence the high volume......oh wait I already mentioned that.

No disagreement there.

Something Vegans this negate when they suggest we mimic apes.

Mimicking apes is a strange concept. We are apes. And like many other primates, we are omnivores by evolution.

Great, here we go again.

Helmets? Do they save lives?

Jumping red lights? A menace or a life saver?

Hippy - fat or just morbidly obese?

With or without vegan brakless riding?

Not sure if I should be asking this here or in the mechanics thread but here it goes. I just bought this carbon wheel:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300605163052?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_500wt_1193

Arrived today, extremely excited with the apparent bargain I had scored. Upon close inpection, there is a kink on the edge of the rim on one side. It looks like it deviates out by about 2mm, like the rim has bent outwards. The kink from where it starts to where it ends is about 2 inches long. Its just on the one side so its nothing to do with truing.

What do you think it could be? No visible cracking or anything like that there, doesn't appear to be fragile. Could a tyre lever do this? Or a blow out? Should I be sending this back to the seller?

A deformed carbon rim? What could possibly go wrong?

Take it up with the seller. I'd send the wheel back with refund. The seller can then take it up with the courier company.

Yeah im messaging them now. It's definetly not damage due to transit. Im pretty pissed off to say the least, went out and bought all sorts of extra bits for it, carbon specfic pads, skewers, new tyre etc. So much for 100% feedback eh