Any question answered...

Yes, but it promised that it'd be whiter in 30 days

Hard to say but staying on top of the chain wear is the best way to keep them going as long as possible.

Thanks all for your replies re helmet painting - much appreciated. Sharpie cocks are very tempting…

Sharpie cocks are very tempting…

This was decorated for me whilst I slept, but it's a good look.

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tasteful

It really suits me, it's a shame I haven't had a reason to wear it for a while.

Wedding season will come around sooner than you think

(Wrong thread)

10/10 would wear!

Why isn’t ballache pronounced the same as ganache?

Different etymological roots. (phone in-corrected to ethnological)

English has very few rules, just a lookup table that you have to learn. Of course if you are a left ponder you will get lieutenant wrong

I've never seen Chocolate ballache on a menu.

Rep @Velocio please!

Got you. I do change the chain fairly regularly for that reason. The cassette has definitely done close to 10,000km, if not more by now. On a road bike, all outside and in all weathers.

I get 6-8k out of a chain (outside, though I try not to ride when its pissing down, change when past .5 wear on a chain checker), and 17k out of the last cassette. With a reasonable cleaning schedule. Just changed chainrings at 25k (along with cassette/chain).

Never any problems with shifting. The new drivetrain is a little quieter since everything meshes a little tighter.

I just swap a cheapish chain early until it stops working or feels odd in the gears I use the most, although I have a dura-ace chain on now as it was silly cheap in a trade offer a couple of months back.

I usually go for a cheaper KMC chain and swap it every 6 months or so.

Do we think this is where the phrase marching powder comes from?

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=marching%20powder

I wondered if it was a football hooligan term.

I wondered if it was a football hooligan term.

I think the use of cocaine to keep soldiers marching forwards predates the modern concept of football hooliganism. McInerny got it from somewhere, I'd guess army slang from his father's generation.

Marching Powder is probably a reference to the cocaine and caffeine tablets sold under the name Forced March in the early 1900s.
https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(10)62153-8/fulltext

I need a new calendar for next year, any suggestions of what might look good hangin on my kitchen wall?

we’ve used this for the past few years:
https://kal-store.com/

I've got this bad boy lined up for 2024. I'll be sad to see the back of 2023s calendar of mushrooms that look a bit like arses but it's time for a change.

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I first read that name for coke in 1991, in American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis