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Forum: Techniques April 30th 09, 11:33 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 11
Views: 434
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
OT - Mental Illness

"jim beam" wrote:
[...]
[and is it wrong to mock the mentally ill?]

Not in much of USian society.

--
Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007
LOCAL CACTUS EATS CYCLIST - datakoll
Forum: Techniques April 30th 09, 09:21 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 14
Views: 673
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
Trash day bikes

Ryan Cousineau wrote:
In article
,
Chalo wrote:

Tom Sherman wrote:
Chalo Colina...
Forum: Techniques April 30th 09, 03:03 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 14
Views: 673
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
Trash day bikes

Still Just Me wrote:
On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:26:45 -0700 (PDT), Chalo
wrote:

A few months ago, one of my good friends who has connections at the
city landfill was...
Forum: Techniques April 30th 09, 01:33 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 14
Views: 673
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
Trash day bikes

Chalo Colina wrote:
Dan O wrote:
Still Just Me wrote:
It's also nice to bring something back to life that was destined for
the scrapper. It's the ultimate form of recycling.
...
Forum: Techniques April 29th 09, 03:52 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 5
Views: 601
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
When is enough cycle technology too much?

Johnny Twelve-Point presented by JFT wrote:
On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:11:45 -0700 (PDT), Andre Jute
wrote:

In another thread I wrote: "The general market moment
for...
Forum: Techniques April 29th 09, 01:55 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 70
Views: 1,776
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
Rohloff makes the case for Cyber Nexus

aka Jobst Brandt wrote:
Clive George wrote:

Of course it calculates effort, to compare it to the effort level
chosen as a target, but it measures...
Forum: Techniques April 29th 09, 01:28 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 74
Views: 2,003
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
Rear wheel spoke tension ratio

Andrew Muzi wrote:
jobst.brandt wrote:
Hey, but it's all CF and the S-shaped seat- and chainstays soften the
ride.

Stephen Bauman wrote:
If that's a reference to the Hetchins...
Forum: Recumbent Biking April 28th 09, 01:08 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech,alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent
Replies: 35
Views: 2,610
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
Bicycle Tires That Shouldn't Last But Do and Bicycle Tires ThatShould Last But Don't

Chalo Colina wrote:
[...]
Folks who only ride on pleasant Sunday mornings when the temperature
is between 60 and 85 degrees may fail to appreciate the prevailing
conditions of a place where...
Forum: Techniques April 28th 09, 04:50 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 12
Views: 1,287
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
Elmer's Rubber Cement is not the vulcanizing kind!

"jim beam" wrote:
Tom Sherman wrote:
"jim beam" wrote:
[...]
loctite 404 is /specific/ for rubbers. it comes in their o-ring kits.

All types of rubber? Other elastomers?


...
Forum: Techniques April 28th 09, 04:43 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 70
Views: 1,776
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
Rohloff makes the case for Cyber Nexus

Andre Jute wrote:
Not that I'm more familiar with the Rohloff 500/14 hub gearbox and
settling in to a pattern of using it, in thing stands out: for
efficiency, you have to work it.

I tend...
Forum: Techniques April 28th 09, 04:03 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 74
Views: 2,003
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
Rear wheel spoke tension ratio

aka Jobst Brandt wrote:
Johnny anonymous snipes:

Hardly anonymous or unknown to "wreck bike":
http://www.wiredtowinthemovie.com/profile_johntomlinson.html.

--...
Forum: Techniques April 28th 09, 03:54 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 47
Views: 1,478
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
recommend a good basic bike chain

Still Just Me wrote:
On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:09:24 -0400, Still Just Me
wrote:

On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:12:13 -0500, Ignoramus8405
...
Forum: Techniques April 28th 09, 03:46 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 47
Views: 1,478
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
recommend a good basic bike chain

Phil W Lee wrote:
[...]
I've found that half the number of teeth on the largest sprocket +
half the number of teeth on the largest chainwheel + 4x the chainstay
length in inches + 2 gives the...
Forum: Techniques April 28th 09, 03:43 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 47
Views: 1,478
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
recommend a good basic bike chain

Ignoramus8405 ? wrote:
On 2009-04-27, AMuzi wrote:
Ignoramus8405 wrote:
I have a 21 speed bicycle with a regular chain that, unfortunately,
got rusted. While I...
Forum: Techniques April 28th 09, 03:42 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 47
Views: 1,478
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
recommend a good basic bike chain

Andrew Muzi wrote:
AMuzi wrote:
Ignoramus8405 wrote:
I have a 21 speed bicycle with a regular chain that, unfortunately,
got rusted. While I could free it up by lubricating,...
Forum: Recumbent Biking April 28th 09, 03:39 AM Posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent
Replies: 35
Views: 2,610
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
Bicycle Tires That Shouldn't Last But Do and Bicycle Tires ThatShould Last But Don't

Erness Wild wrote:
wrote:
That's myth and lore! Texture allows water to remain on the brake
track longer, rather than being wiped to a thin film and evaporate...
Forum: Techniques April 28th 09, 03:28 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 12
Views: 1,287
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
Elmer's Rubber Cement is not the vulcanizing kind!

"jim beam" wrote:
[...]
loctite 404 is /specific/ for rubbers. it comes in their o-ring kits.

All types of rubber? Other elastomers?

--
Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007
LOCAL CACTUS EATS...
Forum: Techniques April 28th 09, 03:11 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 271
Views: 8,930
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
The coward "jim beam" runs away, was A challenge to Jumbo,

Michael Press wrote:
In article
,
Andre Jute wrote:

On Apr 27, 9:08 pm, RonSonic...
Forum: Techniques April 28th 09, 03:03 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 271
Views: 8,930
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
What have you built to inspire confidence, "jim beam"?

Andrew Muzi wrote:
Michael Press wrote:
In article ,
RonSonic wrote:

Andre, just out of curiosity, where did you...
Forum: Techniques April 28th 09, 03:02 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 271
Views: 8,930
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
Let's have some specifics then, Jumbo of echoing head, was Torsional stiffness, example Klein

Andre Jute wrote:
[...]
And a third time Jumbo invites us into his mind, only for us to find
it a vast, echoing chamber. Perhaps, dear Jumbo, you'd care to explain
how Timoshenko is more...
Forum: Techniques April 28th 09, 02:43 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 271
Views: 8,930
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
Torsional stiffness, example Klein

"jim beam" wrote:
[...]
and the guy that shovels coal into a steam loco's boiler is an "engineer".

Maybe Jute was thinking of lever jockeys: http://www.iuoe.org/?

--
Tom Sherman -...
Forum: Techniques April 28th 09, 02:41 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 271
Views: 8,930
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
Torsional stiffness, example Klein

Andre Jute wrote:
On Apr 26, 3:49 pm, jim beam wrote:
Chalo wrote:

why don't you and andre just **** off together and create homoerotic
"art"? [you're...
Forum: Techniques April 28th 09, 02:38 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 168
Views: 6,788
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
Custom frames

"RonSonic" wrote:
[...]
I hadn't thought of using fork blade tubes. Nice.
[...]

Here is a bike where the chainstays are a Cro-Moly MTB fork:
http://www.tfl.net/thebike.html [1]. There is...
Forum: Techniques April 28th 09, 01:05 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 168
Views: 6,788
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
Custom frames

Chalo Colina wrote:
[...]
Yep. Not only does a Carl Fogel-like survey of vintage cycles confirm
it, but even longer chainstays are making an appearance in the new
crop of longtail frames...
Forum: Techniques April 28th 09, 01:01 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Replies: 42
Views: 825
Posted By Tom Sherman[_3_]
ANATOMY OF A FLAME WAR: Which scumbags are most to blame besidesAndre Jute

Bill Sornson wrote:
RonSonic wrote:
On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:31:07 +0200, Andrew Price
wrote:

On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:16:18 -0500, Tom Sherman
...
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