Any question answered...

Just because you're a clever dick doesn't mean you can ignore the fact that to anyone but stats geeks, average means the mean.

Is this like being a clever dick and pointing out the maths based errors in someone's throwaway quote?

#wlshbrn

What's the best/easiest way to carry a spare wheel while cycling? Bungee cords? Hold it in my hand and risk it for a chocolate biscuit? Any suggestions gratefully etc.

strap it to your bag

plastic bags/spare pedal straps work well for either strapping it to your bag, or if you have a back rack I have seen eyebrows do a marvellous job with it tied to the rear seatstay....

Zut. No pedal straps or back rack on bike. Will employ spare electrical wires I have just found and tie it to the bag. Thank you both kindly.

wouldn't it be easier just to carry a spare inner tube and folding tyre like they used to do in early tour de frances and the like

comme ca

Strap it to your bag, any old string will do.

I rode home last night with a tyre twisted in half and worn over my shoulders like a bag. Worked surprisingly well.

Body piercing through your chest with the spokes.

Bullhorns. Angled downwards. Why?

I love my 'horns but I'm still experimenting to find the best angle for me. Seems to either be parallel to the ground or sloping VERY SLIGHTLY upwards. Anyone use theirs angled downwards? Why? Seems like you'd just slip off the front end...

because they only hold them next to the stem.

Mine are angled down, but the kick up at the end is angled slightly up from horizontal. I ride on the ends all the time, (because that's where the brake is), and I like the drop. For me It was a convenient way of lowering the front of the bike.

I was just typing the missing closed bracket but was afraid it would be considered an emoticon, so well edited.

can someone pm me photoben's number? (or text, if that's easier and you have my number)

They're tubulars ain't they?

wouldn't it be easier just to carry a spare inner tube and folding tyre like they used to do in early tour de frances and the like

comme ca

Bullhorns. Angled downwards. Why?

I love my 'horns but I'm still experimenting to find the best angle for me. Seems to either be parallel to the ground or sloping VERY SLIGHTLY upwards. Anyone use theirs angled downwards? Why? Seems like you'd just slip off the front end...

I never understood this till I fitted come bullhorns this week. I angle them down now too.

I never understood this till I fitted come bullhorns this week. I angle them down now too.

Interesting. And you hold them by the horns too? What benefit do you find it gives you? I might reangle mine this weekend, just to try it, but I reckon my stem is probably too long.

They're tubulars ain't they?

if you were to squint a bit they could be tyres / inner tubes

^^ I imagine it creates a 'hook' more like trad hoods on road levers, as opposed to holding the flat section in the same way you would hold the (horizontal) bottom section of track drops.

the chain on my lezyne chainwhip is just held on with allen bolts - it's a 3/32 chain whip for cassette hubs, but theres nothing stopping me just bolting an old 1/8th chain in it's place right?

only your lack of initiative

Can some please explain how columbus air seatpost camps work please? preferably with the aid of a diagram. Presumably the bolt doesn't just tighten plush the back of the seatpost against the tube wall?

the chain on my lezyne chainwhip is just held on with allen bolts - it's a 3/32 chain whip for cassette hubs, but theres nothing stopping me just bolting an old 1/8th chain in it's place right?

See here.

If i squint he could be a naked supermodel sprawled across the front of a Ferrari, but he isn't.

;-)

if you were to squint a bit they could be tyres / inner tubes

Can some please explain how columbus air seatpost camps work please? preferably with the aid of a diagram. Presumably the bolt doesn't just tighten plush the back of the seatpost against the tube wall?

if the bolt hole is at the back then yes the seat bolt end tries to bury itself into the seatpost. i've yet to see an arrangement that pressed a wedge/shim/widget against the post.

if it's a traditional clamp, the two narrow faces are drawn towards each other and try to pinch the rear trailing edge of the seatpost.

basically columbus air seat post clamping arrangements are poo-poo!

if the bolt hole is at the back then yes the seat bolt end tries to bury itself into the seatpost. i've yet to see an arrangement that pressed a wedge/shim/widget against the post.

its back bolt. I'm thinking of buying an air frame, but the bolt is missing and there is a groove cut in the seatpost, which i dont think should be there