Any question answered...

Why do I sneeze for several hours after swimming in a pool?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1172102/Mothers-allergy-water-means-drink-bathe-wipe-away-sons-tears.html

Could it be NTL that are banjaxing my attempts to login to Garmin Connect?

Mac might be different, but in Windows audio controls MIDI has its own volume/mute settings, so it might be worth a look to see if you have MIDI turned right down or muted if such a thing exists on a Mac.

system preffs. choose input and output and uncheck mute or turn up.
i'm always switching my usb powered speakers from ipod to headpone out to usb out.
volume keys just turn up the small computer speaker or nothing at all cos stuff gets changed around a lot.

I didn't need to know this.

+1

Particularly as I am, at the same time, browsing this page.

Don't worry - you don't. We run to a different regieme in this country as compared with the US. A FAC of x10 CAC here would be a major fick-up. The info about the smell is correct - if you can "smell chlorine" in the pool, it means there's not enough chlorine in there. Your pool may actually have very little in, and be chiefly cleaned by other methods - UV for example.

Chances are you've been unlucky a hit a pocket of piss in the pool not long out of someone else's tract and that's caused your dodgy nose.

How do I know all this shite? For reasons I won't bore anyone with, I have an STA qual in Swimming Pool and Spa Water Treatment. Don't ask....

Why do I sneeze for several hours after swimming in a pool?

spunk/piss/blood/shite molecules in the sinuses

Mac might be different, but in Windows audio controls MIDI has its own volume/mute settings, so it might be worth a look to see if you have MIDI turned right down or muted if such a thing exists on a Mac.

system preffs. choose input and output and uncheck mute or turn up.
i'm always switching my usb powered speakers from ipod to headpone out to usb out.
volume keys just turn up the small computer speaker or nothing at all cos stuff gets changed around a lot.

No such luck sadly, or I'm too incompetent to see otherwise.

Any more for any more?

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

Better than that...

thinking brake economics.

would using legs to brake non-skidding, coupled with using the front brake only for the times when i *would *need to skid, make for the longest life of all parts? as far as i can tell:

brakeless (yearly): ~6 tires (i ride brakeless from time to time, this is my figure) = £120
front brake + legs:~2 tires (again ^ but with a brake..) + 6xpads + 1rim + wheelbuild = £124

so about the same really. will a front rim under heavy braking (i'm a courier...) last more than a year? will there be any additional wear on the chain and chainrings from using my legs a lot? so many variables...

i gather mdcc_tester is good at these kind of questions? ;)

will a front rim under heavy braking (i'm a courier...) last more than a year?

Probably, although disc brakes are the way to go if you're wearing rims out quickly. If you stick with rim brakes, ceramic coated rims are probably worthwhile even if you do your own wheel building and cost it at zero, if you're paying somebody else to do it then definitely go ceramic, e.g. http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/rigida-grizzly-700c-(622)-touring-rim-with-css-side-wall-black-prod18886/

will there be any additional wear on the chain and chainrings from using my legs a lot? so many variables...

Not really - you spend so little time braking compared with pushing forwards, and the reversed load is wearing a different part of the chainring and sprocket teeth anyway.

thanks a lot dude !

will defo look up ceramic rims when my current one runs out thanks.

Great username BTW :)

what would be a good choice of (700c) rim width if I would want to run 30mm (these Grand Bois for instance) or 32mm tyres on my randonneur bike? I have 36 spoke hubs to lace them onto.

Will using a JIS taper bb (shimano) on an ISO crank (sugino 75) affect the crank spline?

Sheldon says not, though I have had contradictory advice from others on this matter. As far as I can tell it will just affect the chainline.

go with sheldon.
(done it before- was fine)

although with much cheaper cranks.

It's just I was sold and used a cheap shimano bb while waiting for the Phil wood to be repaired.

I was then told the shimano bb would have ruined the taper on the sugino cranks for when the Phil returned. I checked w Sheldon who says it should be fine.

test it and see.
i don';t think it will have changed anything.

I've heard it will ruin the crank taper. No point risking it with such nice cranks.

Anybody else fed up of chevrons everywhere?

They should >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Will using a JIS taper bb (shimano) on an ISO crank (sugino 75) affect the crank spline?

Sheldon says not, though I have had contradictory advice from others on this matter. As far as I can tell it will just affect the chainline.

Where the bb taper meets the crank it tends to slightly bite into the metal of the crank (not sure if this is plastic deformation or fretting). With an ISO crank on a JIS bb this can leave an un-eaten ridge on the furthest out edge of the crank's taper faces. Fit the same crank to an ISO bb and the ridge will meet the bb taper before the rest of the crank's faces. This will give a fit that works loose quickly and/or has extra high stress on that part of the cranks promoting fatigue cracks.

Filing off the ridge can work or can destroy the cranks. (I've gotten away with it on one pair of very cheap cranks, and years ago ruined another pair.)

First step is to look carefully at the cranks.

Or flog them with a suitable caveat in the add and buy a more modern pair of cranks that have moved on from square taper.

There's not exactly a lot of choice when it comes to track cranks without a square taper.

Just saying.

Seeing as the british track team use Sugino 75's, square taper can't be that bad.

what would be a good choice of (700c) rim width if I would want to run 30mm (these Grand Bois for instance) or 32mm tyres on my randonneur bike? I have 36 spoke hubs to lace them onto.

I used these:

http://www.starbike.com/php/catalogue.php?lang=en&manufacturer=Mavic#9b9ff1db9f07bc0735b707cf04afbeaa

There's not exactly a lot of choice when it comes to track cranks without a square taper.

Just saying.

DA 7710 or Omniums?