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my experience of specialized tubes is terrible, always splitting along the seams, making the use of a preglued patch difficult as the seam has to be removed or they leak

tom, did you get my message?

oh dear, please don't get this started all over again

I have the 10spd DA 7900 chain, works like a dream. Not sure what the concerns are (though it does not have a quicklink and supposedly needs an exhorbitantly nice by price wooden handled chain tool)

of all the things to fail at....however there may be some irony in there somewhere. That alone could pull him from the epic depths of hipster failure.

Then again???

coming from the person who thinks scoot is male!

can i haz yentzing on the nhs?

Yentzing.

Isn't he one of the incarnations of the Dalai Lama?

scoot is a failed hipster skidder

oh the shame, no more poster work for the blue last

fuck, its an evening for everyone else to be posting what I thought, 5 seconds before I post

my understanding is

its that if you pour milk into a cup of hot water it is likely to get scalded

but if you pour tea from a pot into a cup containing the milk the temperature of the milk is more gently elevated, saving it from being scalded

wiggle them a little to get some toe in* (or stick a bit of card at the rear of each pad when clamping them against the rim)

*not too much

i run out of hands trying to hold bits of card in place, pull brake lever and wiggle the brake pad into alignment

so use a rubber band around the brake pad to set the toe in, (a big flat one, tie a loop in it and the put it on the rear of the pad)

it has some rough algorythms based on age, use them and see how you get on

greenracer

people have repeatedly suggested to you that you use a modicum of intelligence before posting, but frequently you have utterly failed to do that.

asking who won the tour is really indicative of your approach to this place. if you behave like an idiot, you will be treated as such.

sorry if i have come across as harsh, i appreciate that you are dyslexic so have not commented on your spelling (though please check the distinction between creatine and cretin)

please take a little more time and consideration before posting

fucking google it!

it must take effort to be this much of a cretin

greenracer, do you own a parrot?

ignorant drivel emitting cunt

Lol (idec idontevencare)

so much so that you did not care to write IDEC

do you have anything resembling a brain?

how can someone on here be so stupid as to ask who won the tour de france?

would it not have been quicker to google it?

Campy, BTW.

problem solved

Has anyone ever wanted to build a beautiful bike but just sacked it off and got something off the peg because building bikes is slow, stressful, expensive and boring?

in many ways if you can find a bike that fits the OTP route is a good idea and generally much cheaper, you can then slowly acquire the bling you wish for and upgrade over time. bang for buck they are very good value, especially when you buy last years colour in a sale.

however the sense of satisfaction once you have endured the wait, the fretting as to which part (what spec, will it fit, will it work) and paid more than you could probably afford is amazing. I have never found bike building - including sourcing parts boring, but it can be frustrating and agonising.

having said that I have 2 near perfect bikes for me, and eventually the MTB will achieve that status. the joy of feeling like the kid that got the best present has not gone when riding the bikes is worth it. learning how to put the bikes together has also been a useful and generally fun experience

creamroller was last years version, in cream

winstaley had some small sizes going cheap, its what we got for missmouse

is it robin mather's workshop?

fucking finally.

don't want to know about the end of day activities chez scumo

Go to a decent lbs, they will have rolls of both. Ask them for the right length of each.

Has anyone here done any serious touring in Asia?

Take a lo pro clown bike for a comedy tour of mass graves of the world.