Epic fail

Lancs police have not officially named the place she bought it, but oscars (the bar that the ambulance picked her up in) has stopped selling the cocktail.

Subtle.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/oct/08/george-osborne-shares-rights-scheme

Classy wedding reception!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/oct/08/george-osborne-shares-rights-scheme

Osbourne.

WAC...

Lauren Pope from TOWIE 'DJing'.

She's always been a DJ. Since before TOWIE.

His heart's in the right place.

it's also back to front

She's always been a DJ. Since before TOWIE.

Was that before or after she was a page 3 girl??

^^^ and ^ Why do either of you you know or care about the past of a TOWIE character? Are you both 16 year old girls?

I bet you vote regularly on X Factor too.

Man dies after cockroach-eating competition

http://news.uk.msn.com//blog/trending-blogpost.aspx?post=48c20b43-e878-4b4d-9c02-3aa74b64c8c0&_nwpt=1

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^^^ and ^ Why do either of you you know or care about the past of a TOWIE character? Are you both 16 year old girls?

If Pisti had a growth spurt, he might just pass for one...

http://spinwell.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/img_0712.jpg

what is going on here?

Looks like a disc brake calliper. Great way to keep the chainring clean, as you can see in the photo.

Jeez guys, that is older than jesus

I think the fail is thinking this is a fail? Disk brakes on chainrings work.

But far less well than on actual discs

do you think they work less well than Caliper brakes?

I would imagine they have been selected to fix a problem... As such if they are an acceptable solution it's not a fail let along epic fail.

You have the problem that the braking surface (chainring) is turning at a ratio to the wheel. The brake is going to be about half as effective as a proper disc brake.

A chainring is fragile enough as it is then you put something on there that wears it thinner and weaker. That is the only way of stopping so if anything it's more dangerous than brakeless.

It's a pointless mod that's been created to be 'different'.

If it's just created to be different then I'd agree it's a fail... But epic fail?

I don't agree with the wear thing either, I change chainrings through teeth wear far more often than I change discs and it's not cumulative?

And I wasn't thinking this was instead of brakless, I'd assume there is a second independent brake.

I was considering getting this done to my polo bike, because I flip the wheel over I can't have a disc in the right place and as polo gears are spinning the ratio between front and back would have less of an effect. Finally and most importantly I think it would be protected from damage there more than a disc which would I get bent.

All this aside though my main question is, is it an epic fail?

nah not epic.

different metals though in discs and chainrings, surely a chainring would wear faster?

And.... A chainring is supposed to lubed to some degree, a braking surface isn't. This seems like a solution in search of a problem.

It would be an epic fail if the chain broke though

Or came off.

This^^^ and this^^.
Chainrings are typically made of 7075 alu. Discs are typically made from stainless steel. You do get Ti or Alu discs but I'm not sure what the compounds are.