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On Aug 6, 6:37*pm, Ryan Cousineau wrote:
SNIP BTW, the brains of the outfit is in the front derailer. Brains? In cycling? You're joking right? BTW for a guy with a name like "Cousineau" you've got a funny way of spelling "derailleur". Bike, bike, bike, meow, ABS |
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... BTW for a guy with a name like "Cousineau" you've got a funny way of spelling "derailleur". Since the untimely death of Sheldon Brown a number of us have decided to use Sheldon's American spelling. Sheldon was very respectful of the French but still believed that words that are moved into the American/English vocabulary should be spelled by our rules and not those of another language. So derailleur is now derailer. |
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John Forrest Tomlinson wrote: On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:04:07 -0700, dave a wrote: John Forrest Tomlinson wrote: On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:42:01 -0700 (PDT), hizark21 wrote: Shimano Dura ace electronic shifting system (http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?...2008/features/ dura_ace_di2_aug08 ) It's interesting concept, but I am waiting to see if either Shimano's or Campagnolo's electronic rear derailur will withstand a full immersion test. This may seem a bit extreme, but there is circumstances where a rider is forced to ride through deep puddles. Have you ever, in a road race or in training for road racing, ridden through a puddle so deep your derailleur was under water? No, but I've ridden in rain that wasn't much different. Oh I didn't realize riding in the rain is almost the same as immersing the part. Thanks for that info. Imagine the electronics in a continuous 30 kph blast of water drops. That is worse than immersion. -- Michael Press |
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John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:
Have you ever, in a road race or in training for road racing, ridden through a puddle so deep your derailleur was under water? A flooded bike trail. There were carp crossing the trail in front of me. It was above the bottom bracket and in parts a little higher. It really was the carp's territory and not mine. But there wasn't an easy way around, so through it I went. But your point is valid. If I had an expensive electronic derailleur I'd have turned around. Bob Schwartz |
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Ryan Cousineau wrote:
In article , John Forrest Tomlinson wrote: On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:42:01 -0700 (PDT), hizark21 wrote: Shimano Dura ace electronic shifting system (http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?...2008/features/ dura_ace_di2_aug08 ) It's interesting concept, but I am waiting to see if either Shimano's or Campagnolo's electronic rear derailur will withstand a full immersion test. This may seem a bit extreme, but there is circumstances where a rider is forced to ride through deep puddles. Have you ever, in a road race or in training for road racing, ridden through a puddle so deep your derailleur was under water? Does cyclocross count? If so, yes. Cross Natz in Napa Valley at the Domaine Chandon vineyard. It never stopped raining the entire time I was there. The Napa river was overflowing. When we went to pre-ride the course, parts of it were under deep running water. You would ride into holes you had no way of knowing were there and endo. They ended up changing the course for the actual races. Bret |
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On Aug 6, 4:41*pm, John Forrest Tomlinson
wrote: On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:42:01 -0700 (PDT), hizark21 wrote: Shimano Dura ace electronic shifting system (http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?...2008/features/ dura_ace_di2_aug08 ) It's interesting concept, but I am waiting to see if either Shimano's or Campagnolo's electronic rear derailur will withstand a full immersion test. This may seem a bit extreme, but there is circumstances where a rider is forced to ride through deep puddles. Have you ever, in a road race or in training for road racing, ridden through a puddle so deep your derailleur was under water? Luftmensch, People do that all the time in Socal Masters Cyclocross: http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross.php...os/2003/dec03/ celopacdec28/1Mens-40 http://www.pbase.com/image/24922889 Ben sugar and spice |
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"Tom Kunich" cyclintom@yahoo. com wrote: wrote in message ... BTW for a guy with a name like "Cousineau" you've got a funny way of spelling "derailleur". You should hear how I pronounce "Cousineau." Since the untimely death of Sheldon Brown a number of us have decided to use Sheldon's American spelling. Sheldon was very respectful of the French but still believed that words that are moved into the American/English vocabulary should be spelled by our rules and not those of another language. It was more than that. "derailer" already exists in English as a perfectly cromulent word. Sheldon's discussion of the subject is definitive: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/derailer.html So derailleur is now derailer. It always was derailer! Fighting descriptivism one word at a time, -- Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/ "In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls." "In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them." |
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Bob Schwartz wrote: John Forrest Tomlinson wrote: Have you ever, in a road race or in training for road racing, ridden through a puddle so deep your derailleur was under water? A flooded bike trail. There were carp crossing the trail in front of me. It was above the bottom bracket and in parts a little higher. It really was the carp's territory and not mine. But there wasn't an easy way around, so through it I went. But your point is valid. If I had an expensive electronic derailleur I'd have turned around. Well, I suppose you could have shouldered the bike and carried it across. I had to do that a few years ago up in the Santa Cruz mountains when the side of a mountain slid down across the road (Eureka Canyon Rd, I believe) a few days earlier. I had to wash my cleats out in the stream on the other side. -- tanx, Howard The bloody pubs are bloody dull The bloody clubs are bloody full Of bloody girls and bloody guys With bloody murder in their eyes remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok? |
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hizark21 a écrit profondement:
| Shimano Dura ace electronic shifting system | (http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?...2008/features/ | dura_ace_di2_aug08 ) | | It's interesting concept, but I am waiting to see if either Shimano's | or Campagnolo's electronic rear derailur will withstand a full | immersion test. This may seem a bit extreme, but there is | circumstances where a rider is forced to ride through deep puddles. | Just remember all it takes is once so short out system and you are out | a bunch of money. This was my main complaint with the Mektronic | system. The good thing is that Shimano has managed to keep the battery | to a fairly small size. | Mavic tried it 20+ years ago Mottet and a few others used it but it wasn't a success -- Davey Crockett - Wanted: 6 ft of Rope + Vacant Lamp Post - Tony Blair was been appointed to the board of investment bank JP Morgan Chase - at a salary of £2 million a year - just as the announcement was* made that Northern Rock has sold its portfolio of lifetime home equity release mortgages for £2.2bn to JP Morgan. A coincidence, Davey is sure. The AssHoles don't even try to hide it anymore and flaunt it in the Simpering News Outlets. |
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