A real noobie question:
What's a "clincher" wheel versus a "tubular"?
Originally Posted by
AnthonyG
Yeah, heaven forbid that the temperature scale makes any sense
Setting temperatures relative to the freezing and boiling points of water are just slightly less arbitrary than those used by Farenheit (0 set a the lowest temperature achiveable in the lab at that time, a mixture of ice, salt and water, and 12 set at body temperature, later sub divided by 8 to become 96, and later still adjusted to 98.6 as accuracy improved). The Celcius scale, as anyone who's traveled to Europe knows, lacks the resolution of the Farenheit scale so it's more difficult to tell if you need a sweater or jacket outside.
If we want to get technical they both suck. Kelvin and Rankin are the only two REAL temperature scales.
