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Thats weird, as it surely looks like the Netherlands flag is for the yellow rider and thats the one who one won. And I´m pretty sure Bos is dutch...

you're right, the colour wasn't very good in the video and mistook the lime one as bright yellow.

from the legendary Michael Flanagan. some are clickable.

I love that mustard effort.

somehow the mustard olive bike shouldn't look right, but it does, even with the Ourly grip.

love it!

Ourly grip!

Are those the ones that chime every sixty minutes?

Are those the ones that chime every sixty minutes?

it's better than that.

somehow the mustard olive bike shouldn't look right, but it does, even with the Ourly grip.

love it!

he is the absolute king of combining the old and the new.

He's got classic city bikes that have disc brakes and belt drives with 8 speed rholllfferereressss... and you hardly even notice. Take for example that bottom bike. Disc brakes, right?

I love the colour-coordinated rims.

not sure if your stirring the pot, but look at this:

goes on to become somethign like this:

i just don't think it can be beat.

True. If you need to use a contraction for the country word, Nip is better as it respects their culture and language by using a closer approximation to the name they themselves use for their nation.

Also, using JAP in connection with motor paced events is confusing, because it wouldn't really be Keirin if you were behind one of these

i understand where you're coming from, but cultural sensitivity can sometimes end up so squeamish about offending a People that you end up treating them with kid gloves, which denies them the right to have the piss taken a bit. ps no offence mitre tester, i love your posts, they're blimmin informative! in my case, jap wasn't even meant as a cultural shortand, merely an abbreviation of japanese, the word.

i understand where you're coming from, but cultural sensitivity can sometimes end up so squeamish about offending a People that you end up treating them with kid gloves

You misunderstand, perhaps. Conventionally, calling a Japanese person a Nip is considered more offensive than calling them a Jap; by making a rational, culturally aware, case for Nip, I was attempting to point out the absurdity of political correctness police attempting to speak on behalf of those with alien ethnicities.

Gaijin like us should not presume to guess which term is likely to be found more offensive to the natives of Nippon-koku, we should attempt as a matter of politeness to find out, from them, how we should refer to them in conversation.

Very nice, but I would go for Torx head bolts.

not sure if your stirring the pot, but look at this:

ok, i'll ask my japanese flatmate what he thinks: he says 'fuck off, i sleep" . maybe he said "asleep" but it's hard to tell. but basically, i think it's ok to call japanese people by rude names; they seem to me to be human beings like you and me.

yeah!! i've just woken up my tame jap flatmate. he says you can call him and his countrymen and women japs and he won't be offended.

not sure if your stirring the pot, but look at this:

goes on to become somethign like this:

i just don't think it can be beat.

who made that? (I'm pretty sure I know)
I have those paragon sliders on my new GH...

A.N.T. Alternative Need Transportation.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/antbikemike

recognised the racks.
thought it was CETMA.

cheers ed.

ed's on it.

Shouldn't you be pissed Ed?

Are you pissed Ed?

i should be, but i've got 5 hours on you guys. i'm also too depressed to be drinking.

might just go do it anyway. i've already killed a few sitting my my ass reading.

Are you pissed Ed?

can't get pissed while doing the diss.

what a damn waste

You misunderstand, perhaps. Conventionally, calling a Japanese person a Nip is considered more offensive than calling them a Jap; by making a rational, culturally aware, case for Nip, I was attempting to point out the absurdity of political correctness police attempting to speak on behalf of those with alien ethnicities.

Gaijin like us should not presume to guess which term is likely to be found more offensive to the natives of Nippon-koku, we should attempt as a matter of politeness to find out, from them, how we should refer to them in conversation.

when talking about themselves.. Nihon-jin 日本人　is used "Nihon-jin desu".. "Im Japanese". So using the arguement of shortenings on their behalf is rather pointless, they dont do it. As neither Nip/Jap are used in Japan, I dont see how either can be found offensive.

Heck, we are called Gaijin, which means foreign person... which is hardly that nice

The Nip/Jap, and our collective guilt at using them, comes, i feel, at how they are used in war movies, and any negative racial use ended 60years ago.

Chink on the other hand, IS offensive