Forum: Techniques
August 10th 08, 06:12 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 71
Views: 1,673
Where to clamp bike to work on it?
jim beam wrote:
rather than expressing the opinion of "your friend", why don't you do
some homework and express your own?
Take you own advice. I still have not seen your reply to Carl's...
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Forum: Techniques
August 10th 08, 05:31 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 71
Views: 1,673
Where to clamp bike to work on it?
wrote:
Dear Jim,
I take it that you don't know of any blind testing, with the posts
wrapped with tape, in which riders notice any difference between seat
posts.
...
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Forum: Techniques
August 8th 08, 12:17 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 71
Views: 1,673
Where to clamp bike to work on it?
wrote:
I also have an Al frame and thought a carbon seatpost the way to go. I
got a USA Alien and found no difference in the ride AT ALL. I think the
idea of carbon being softer...
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Forum: Techniques
July 15th 08, 12:36 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 2
Views: 422
need help with loosening handle bar
Zonta wrote:
Hi
I have picked up an old mountain bike and wanted to adjust the handle
bar height, it is held down by an M6 hexagonal socket head screw, I've
tried using M6 hexagonal keys to...
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Forum: Techniques
June 14th 08, 11:18 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 7
Views: 545
Newbie wants to raise the handle bars.....
Twitchell wrote:
There are two large nuts holding the handle bar to the frame. To raise the
handle bar, I assume I just loosten the top nut or bottom nut or both. I
loostened the top one but...
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Forum: Techniques
May 16th 08, 11:08 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 6
Views: 893
New he Electric bicycle question
johns wrote:
I'm reading everything I can find on bicycles with electric motors.
What I want to build is this:
- I don't want to add more than 12 pounds to the bike.
- I don't want...
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Forum: Techniques
May 11th 08, 11:02 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,160
Comfortable Bikes
Nate Nagel wrote:
Paul Cassel wrote:
I do get your point, though - there are so many bikes on the market for
various racing purposes, but try to find a *quality* bike that is just a
...
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Forum: Techniques
May 11th 08, 10:58 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,160
Comfortable Bikes
Ryan Cousineau wrote:
What pushes me into changing clothes for a commute is less about the
bike, and more about either sweating or wearing out the crotches of nice
pants.
The...
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Forum: Techniques
May 11th 08, 10:54 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,160
Comfortable Bikes
DougC wrote:
Paul Cassel wrote:
You should look at the RANS crank-forward bikes, specifically the "crank
forward" models. These are the bikes that Electra Townies wish they were
born...
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Forum: Techniques
May 11th 08, 06:12 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,160
Comfortable Bikes
Lou Holtman wrote:
Here in The Netherlands the roads are swarmed with those comfortable
bikes especially this holiday weekend. The weather is fantastic for
riding bike. Live is good.
...
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Forum: Techniques
May 11th 08, 06:09 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,160
Comfortable Bikes
Ryan Cousineau wrote:
Can you be more specific? Is this a feet-forward bike like some
Electras, or is it a full-on cruiser bike that looks like a
reincarnation of a 1950s...
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Forum: Techniques
May 11th 08, 04:57 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,160
Comfortable Bikes
My daughter is now 15. She used to be a rather enthusiastic rider mostly
as a daddy / daughter activity. She even competed in a few criteria (?).
However around the time she turned 13, she faded...
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Forum: Racing
March 17th 08, 05:44 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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Replies: 3
Views: 285
RIP
Dan Gregory wrote:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=1&f=/c/a/2008/03/16/MNFJVKPDS.DTL
Friend and work associate of my wife was killed recently. She and he
were among the bicycle...
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Forum: Techniques
March 5th 08, 03:43 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 11
Views: 755
Sheldon's Memorial Celebration
Peter Cole wrote:
I attended Sheldon Brown's memorial celebration last Sunday.
Thanks for the virtual 'being there' post. Yeah, we're all gonna miss
the guy for a long time coming.
-paul
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Forum: Techniques
February 18th 08, 04:03 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 38
Views: 1,324
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Forum: Techniques
February 18th 08, 04:03 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 38
Views: 1,324
Impotence and bicycle riding
(PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Paul Cassel:
He said
sometimes in very dedicated bicycle riders, it can be long term too, but
it's not a common among hobbyists.
There have been several...
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Forum: Techniques
February 17th 08, 09:18 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 38
Views: 1,324
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Forum: Techniques
February 17th 08, 05:06 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 38
Views: 1,324
Impotence and bicycle riding
OK, I have heard that some male bicyclists suffer from impotence. I'm
unsure if it's permanent, but when asking my buddy, the ex semi pro
racer about this, he told me that there is a nerve which...
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Forum: Techniques
February 16th 08, 11:58 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,646
Carbon Fiber Frame
Colin Campbell wrote:
On the other hand, I have a friend who is absolutely horrified by the
prospect of removing the wheels from his bike,
How does he fix a flat?
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Forum: Techniques
February 16th 08, 06:11 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,388
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Forum: Techniques
February 7th 08, 06:01 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 67
Views: 1,478
brain drain at rbt...
Crescentius Vespasianus wrote:
Slowly but surely, the true brains of rbt are going away. I'm sure some
day I'll see someone will write a "how do you fix this" question, and
the only coherent...
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Forum: Techniques
February 5th 08, 07:10 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 46
Views: 2,137
RIP Sheldon Brown
James Scott wrote:
I'm sorry to say that Sheldon Brown died last night. The Harris
Cyclery website has been updated to reflect the news. (http://
sheldonbrown.com/harris/).
Farewell,...
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Forum: UK
February 2nd 08, 11:55 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 11
Views: 937
Another cyclist attacked..
naked_draughtsman wrote:
Cheshire Constabulary spokeswoman Jacqui Hanson said: "The victim was
struck on the head with a stick and what was believed to be an iron
bar causing
him to lose...
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Forum: Social Issues
January 29th 08, 11:13 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.soc
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,547
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Forum: Techniques
January 4th 08, 04:33 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 15
Views: 861
bike stolen; more questions (about wheels, etc)
Scott Gordo wrote:
I've found two bikes that had been stolen from me here in NYC.
and I once recovered a motorcycle stolen from me. The issue isn't if the
stolen goods still exist and are...
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