Originally Posted by
makeinu
There's a reason why I argue. Do you know what it is? I'll give you a hint. You remember the chain tool thread. Well, I broke the chain with a hammer, a nail, and a pair of pliers, it was a smashing success and it's still going strong despite the pages of hecking from a throng of people with "a lot of riding experience".
So you see, the problem is that supposed experts with tons of experience are rarely right. If I didn't listen to them and ended up being wrong then I would stop making threads like this where I end up arguing with everybody, but the problem is that 9/10 I end up being right.
Yes, and the thread on chains turned Godwin in a damned hurry (which you started) and flamey (which you started) and then absurd (which you had a hand in starting). All around a wonderful rhetorical victory for all hands.
Note, not an ACTUAL victory. Because everyone ELSE is convinced you wasted your time. And you're convinced that everyone else is crazy because your way worked (ish). As mentioned; yes, you managed to separate the links in your chain and put it back together. BUT, you also managed to break your tools in the process. Net physical victory of 0.
And this thread isn't going much better (though, 5 pages in and we haven't yet Godwin'd). You've convinced yourself that EVERYONE is wrong except you. And this DESPITE THE FACT that you've had constructive criticism of your point of view and serious questions about how you operate a bicycle.
Wrap this up in a bow and mail it and your chain thread to
David Gordon Wilson. And maybe you should read his book. You may find that actual science has something to say about everything you seem to think you know so much about.
And about your 9/10? If you were really right... well then the rest of us (myself included since I used a chain tool at least 3 times today) would be dropping our chains (and our customers chains) in the street on a regular basis.