diamondback
07-30-02, 01:48 PM
OK we're all bike experts because we can turn on a computer and click on bike forums. What's the worst advice you've read on this forum. (never know might even be mine, couldn't be because I can ride bike too)
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RonH
07-30-02, 02:13 PM
Originally posted by diamondback
What's the worst advice you've read on this forum.
I can't recall reading any bad advice. :beer:
Maybe I don't agree with everything but that doesn't make the advice or opinion bad. :)
What's the worst advice you've read on this forum.
I can't recall reading any bad advice. :beer:
Maybe I don't agree with everything but that doesn't make the advice or opinion bad. :)
diamondback
07-30-02, 02:30 PM
Ok not bad, how about, wrong, dangerous, incorrect. Such as (washing your parts in gasoline or worse etc.., what to say to a cop), maybe we're just too good.
Guillermo
07-30-02, 02:44 PM
I recommended a Giant OCR 1 over a Cannondale CAAD frame a little while ago, when I have actually done some research on both, knew the 'dales were nice frames, and that the Giant was suspect.
IMO that was pretty bad advice.
IMO that was pretty bad advice.
KennethToronto
07-30-02, 03:18 PM
Originally posted by Guillermo
I recommended a Giant OCR 1 over a Cannondale CAAD frame a little while ago, when I have actually done some research on both, knew the 'dales were nice frames, and that the Giant was suspect.
IMO that was pretty bad advice.
You make it sound worse than it really is :D
I recommended a Giant OCR 1 over a Cannondale CAAD frame a little while ago, when I have actually done some research on both, knew the 'dales were nice frames, and that the Giant was suspect.
IMO that was pretty bad advice.
You make it sound worse than it really is :D
Guillermo
07-30-02, 03:41 PM
Originally posted by KennethToronto
You make it sound worse than it really is :D
What...my advice or the Giant?? :D
Neither one I guess is that bad, but I knew better. :crash:
BTW...which one did you end up getting?
You make it sound worse than it really is :D
What...my advice or the Giant?? :D
Neither one I guess is that bad, but I knew better. :crash:
BTW...which one did you end up getting?
webist
07-30-02, 05:14 PM
There's a thread with conflicting opinions going on right now in nutrition section. Seems there may be more than one Max Heart Rate depending on what activity one is engaged in according to some.
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KennethToronto
07-30-02, 06:14 PM
Originally posted by Guillermo
What...my advice or the Giant?? :D
Neither one I guess is that bad, but I knew better. :crash:
BTW...which one did you end up getting?
I went with the Cannondale R700 :D
But to my unfortunate surprise, I was no longer able to get them through 'prodeals' since they stopped making them...so I'll wait a few months to get their 2003 R1000 :D
What...my advice or the Giant?? :D
Neither one I guess is that bad, but I knew better. :crash:
BTW...which one did you end up getting?
I went with the Cannondale R700 :D
But to my unfortunate surprise, I was no longer able to get them through 'prodeals' since they stopped making them...so I'll wait a few months to get their 2003 R1000 :D
tokus
07-30-02, 06:36 PM
Not much bad advice here, most people are very intelligent and mature about what they say. One thing does come to mind though. Some guy made a thread about how you shouldnt buy Specialized Al frames just because his broke. Eventually he changed his mind but that was probably the only piece of bad/false information on here that i can think of.
John E
07-30-02, 06:49 PM
Originally posted by webist
There's a thread with conflicting opinions going on right now in nutrition section. Seems there may be more than one Max Heart Rate depending on what activity one is engaged in according to some.
The principal conflict in nutritional advice is in the protein/carbs./fats ratio, which varies from 10-80-10 (Pritikin) through 30-40-30 (zone) to 30-20-50 (Atkins). High-carb. diets are great for the aerobically active, such as many of us, but they can turn couch potatoes into type II diabetics. Conversely, I have severe reservations about the long-term health effects of sustained low-carb. eating.
There's a thread with conflicting opinions going on right now in nutrition section. Seems there may be more than one Max Heart Rate depending on what activity one is engaged in according to some.
The principal conflict in nutritional advice is in the protein/carbs./fats ratio, which varies from 10-80-10 (Pritikin) through 30-40-30 (zone) to 30-20-50 (Atkins). High-carb. diets are great for the aerobically active, such as many of us, but they can turn couch potatoes into type II diabetics. Conversely, I have severe reservations about the long-term health effects of sustained low-carb. eating.
LittleBigMan
07-30-02, 07:13 PM
Originally posted by diamondback
OK we're all bike experts because we can turn on a computer and click on bike forums. What's the worst advice you've read on this forum. (never know might even be mine, couldn't be because I can ride bike too)
Some idiot recommended "space food" instead of power bars.
OK we're all bike experts because we can turn on a computer and click on bike forums. What's the worst advice you've read on this forum. (never know might even be mine, couldn't be because I can ride bike too)
Some idiot recommended "space food" instead of power bars.