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Great, here we go again.

Same question, same answer. This is the great thing about facts not changing.

Helmets? Do they save lives?

They certainly deflect shrapnel, that's why NATO uses them.

Jumping red lights? A menace or a life saver?

The lights are standing still. It's your vision jumping, possibly due to alcohol.

Hippy - fat or just morbidly obese?

I'm more curious to know how he can ride all the time, buy 1,000,000 watches on eBay, and still manage to post here approximately 1,000 times per day.

With or without vegan brakless riding?

What vegans do is a mystery to non-vegans. Someone should write a book.

A deformed carbon rim? What could possibly go wrong?

Nothing. Carbon has magical powers, that's why it costs so much.

Is it really trolling if it's in the "any questions asked" thread?

Per calorie it is rich in the needed nutrients, hence the high volume......oh wait I already mentioned that.

No disagreement there.

Something Vegans this negate when they suggest we mimic apes.

Mimicking apes is a strange concept. We are apes. And like many other primates, we are omnivores by evolution.

What nutrients are they lacking then? They certainly will me low in calories, hence the high volume required but not rich in nutrients compared to?

Grass doesn't lack the nutrients that grazers need, it's just not rich in them, so that a grazer needs to firstly eat a lot of grass, and also have a mechanism to digest grass, which is almost entirely indigestible due to the high cellulose content. Digestion takes a long time, so the digestive system needs to be large to allow a large quantity to be digested slowly, so the animals tend to be large, which in turn means they need a lot of nutrition, so they basically spend most of their waking time grazing.

And then they need to have teeth that keep growing because chewing silica-rich plants is not something that your dentist would recommend.

if it is water resistant, just use a tooth brush and some soapy water

Do be aware that soapy water is better at defeating seals than just water. It's all to do with some science-y stuff about surface tension and shit. Alcohol cuts grease pretty well, and if you leave it on your toothbrush it evaporates, unlike the soapy water, which will make you gag in the morning.

youre doing well then!!!

Congradulations! Youll fit in well

Thank you for the encouragement, Mr Breaker. Having no actual knowledge, or skills, to speak of, I should probably go back to lurking :)

Good European town for Christmas markets? Currently thinking Germany - maybe Cologne.

Not that I'm decrying any of the other excellent suggestions, but I'll add one more.

Mainz has a fine xmas market in the main square beneath the Dom (the cathedral). Since it's cold as buggery outside at xmas in most of Germany, the museums are also useful for when you're not glugging gluhwein.

There's the Gutenberg museum for people who like books, and the Roman Ship museum for those who like ships. Also, it's only a short train ride from Frankfurt airport, so easy to get to from both the UK and Birmingham.

Yes, Melburn is a colloquial spelling of Melbourne, commonly used by cyclists for some reason. Never thought it would be a real place

They got it from graffiti writers ;)

That spelling has the positive benefit of making Brits pronounce it the way Aussies do, and not as

"Mel-BOOOORRRN"

Welcome to all, anyway. I've been here not much more than a week and I've already alienated nearly everyone, so things are going quite well!

In the interests of injecting some more variety, and in the spirit of the "rat bike, beater, frankenbike" thread, here are some of mine:

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The first (M-watch by Mondaine) is my all round quartz beater. Just keeps going through mud, water, oil, anything. I've had it 7 years and only replaced the bracelet once, the crystal twice, and the battery three times! It keeps time nearly as well as the Junghans below.

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The second is my old Seiko (my first quartz, from 1982) which is now something of a frankenwatch. The crystal and retainer are not original or correct (and they look ghastly). No longer in running order, alas.

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Third is my ceramic Junghans solar. It's nice to have a German watch to wear in Switzerland for the sake of variety :)

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Last is my everyday Hamilton Jazzmaster.

Oh, and I suck at watch photography, but you can see that.

Is this slight bend even a real problem? If the axle stays put once the nuts are done up, and there's no tangible wheel or frame misalignment, all you really need is a large, good quality washer under the left track nut.

I'd be more worried that any attempt to realign the lower edge of the dropout would result in a stress concentration at the forward end of the axle slot, which means a decent framebuilder would insist on you having a new dropout dropped in (as it were).

that timex reminds me of the B&R

By coincidence, I passed Airbijoux in Geneva this morning. They had the B&R (the one on the right) in the window, and my first thought on seeing it was "Hey, that Timex I saw on lfgss looks just like that!"

That Timex (which looks interesting to my eyes) is the same price as a nice Seiko auto, and

auto > quartz.

Wait, is one actually allowed to even mention the existence of non-Seiko watches in this thread...?

OK mighty lfgss hivemind i need your help please. I had a crash recently. bike fucked. been desperately trying to find a quick ride, a beater pub thing. no luck.

But i just found two bikes, two dudes are selling on here. trouble is i can't fucking decide. And you guys out there are more knowledgable so can make a more educated suggestion. Help me decide please.

See you already bought one of them. Now the obvious advice is to buy the other as well, ride them both, and if you don't like one then sell it on.

Let us know how the Sun works out.

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Buggeration. I was trolled into the watch thread.

There's nothing cheap about a decent Seiko auto young man.

hey, i have one. it was about 30 quid. that's a cheap auto.

Van means that's an inexpensive auto, but not a cheap one. The opposite is also widely available for purchase.

This however is a specialized tube that came with the bike. It has had 3 punctures and blew while I was re-aligning the real wheel in the frame.

Was it really impressively loud when it blew? Because in that case, tyre mounting tube pinch fail.

I did that a few days after 9/11. My neighbours thought it was an Al Quaeda mortar attack.

I'd bear John Lewis in mind. Pair of my Sennheiser's stopped playing out of one channel, took them back, they had a listen and gave me a straight swap there and then. Didn't even ask about me mistreating them, which I hadn't anyway. Can't quibble with that.

Also +100 on the Sennheisers. And it can be worth paying a little extra to get after sales service. Or, at the other extreme, one could try to source them direct and unbranded through eBay from the factory that makes them, à la carbon frames and wheels....

My HD414s are 2.5 decades (approx) old and still sound as good as new, only replaced the foams about every decade.

I confess I still want a Raleigh Chopper 3-speed in purple metalflake.

I've never seen Citizen Kane

Rosebud was his fixie. There, now I've saved you the trouble.

A Swiss entrepreneur with an Ugandan bank account?

"...an Ugandan...."

Did you go to Eton?

I've just seen that you are a Swiss Entrepreneur. That is why you understand irony

+1

not that i give a fuck about this sort of OG holier than-than-thou dickswinging,

...erm... yeaaah.

It may take me weeks to get the image of Father Ted using his dick as a censer out of my brain.

Hey come on Catfood. A new poster has pointed to an irony that exists in an old lags thread. A cyclist using the expression "going downhill" pejoratively has, you must accept, a certain irony to it. We should applaud and welcome new posters who are able to see the amusing side of things. At least he is not posting about riding his fixie or trying to sell stuff sight unseen.

Well, if your're going to be reasonable, how are we going to conduct any kind of dialogue?

Now, who wants to buy a genuine Hetchins TIG-welded titanium frame, only USD149.99 plus P&P. Send $148.99 deposit to my paypal account to receive further details....

Permanent downhill FTW!

Also, bump.

Sac is one of the most polluted cities in the USA, so take it very easy if you have any breathing issues (asthma etc).

That said, there are loads of clubs to ride with on and off road: UTFS for Sacramento Bicycle Clubs.

Bon voyage.

The pictures upthread of cut bike stands made me curious about cycle stands and other street furniture. It seems a key element of knowing how to lock a bike is choosing the best object to which to lock it.

So, are some stands better than others, and how does one recognise good ones?

Do forumengers have their own favourite kinds of pole to lock up on?

2) Thoughts on strapless toe cages/clips?
http://www.tokyofixedgear.com/products/60-Toe-Clips/1216-MKS---Half-Toe-Clip-Deep-Section/?bc=no
http://www.velosolo.co.uk/shoppedal.html (search MKS 'Half' Toe Clips)

These look nicer than the ones I fitted years back for my wife to get used to toe straps. Even for those of us used to straps, the feeling of being able to get out easily can be reassuring. By not closing the top of the clip onto the shoe, they also do slightly less damage to the uppers, which is useful if you need to ride in your good footwear.

Don't believe the hype about being able to pull up though. They only really provide security against slipping forward on the pedal when pushing hard.