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Originally Posted by 3alarmer (Post 22813485)

...I apologize for using big words. Mea culpa.

...fify.

Science doesn't distinguish class of wheels. The math was done for a very wide range of wheel weights. There was no discussion of racing wheels nor does it matter.

You fix my response and also insult my intelligence? Not funny or cool. Welcome to my ignore list.

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Originally Posted by 3alarmer (Post 22813498)

...so why dwell on it ? Why not simply move on ? Why the compulsion to imagine an army of trolls, out to disrupt your threads of pure wisdom ? I confess that of all the things you've put forth, this is the one I find most mysterious.

Because he is an utterly obvious troll, much like you. Stirring the pot with nonsense creating the cesspool for which BF is known

I will now demonstrate the "Walkaway," a new dance trend which is sweeping the BF nation ......

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Originally Posted by GhostRider62 (Post 22813504)

The math was done for a very wide range of wheel weights.

...incorrect. If you go back to the horrible, dysfunctional thread you are referencing, you can find the post where I spent time watching the authoritative video presented in defense of this proposition, and went to the trouble of pointing out where this authority mentions the limitations on the wheels studied and calculated. "Of course we are talking about wheels with very small differences..." are his words, not mine.

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Originally Posted by GhostRider62 (Post 22813504)

You fix my response and also insult my intelligence? Not funny or cool. Welcome to my ignore list.

...you ask me to "limit my psychobabble", and are now displeased that I used small words in my response. OK.
But thank you for the ignore list addition. I don't think our conversations have gone well in the past, thus I conclude they will not do so in the future.

Warning: more psychobabble. Avoid if that's not your thing.

Belief disconfirmation

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The contradiction of a belief, ideal, or system of values causes cognitive dissonance that can be resolved by changing the challenged belief, yet, instead of effecting change, the resultant mental stress restores psychological consonance to the person by misperception, rejection, or refutation of the contradiction, seeking moral support from people who share the contradicted beliefs or acting to persuade other people that the contradiction is unreal.

...thus, the insidious role of the internet. Were we more limited in our access to a larger demographic of the populace, in seeking this moral support, real exchange of ideas might still be possible. As it stands, we end up in threads like this one.

Free choice

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This type of cognitive dissonance occurs in a person who is faced with a difficult decision and when the rejected choice may still have desirable characteristics to the chooser. The action of deciding provokes the psychological dissonance consequent to choosing X instead of Y, despite little difference between X and Y; the decision "I chose X" is dissonant with the cognition that "There are some aspects of Y that I like".

...thus, all the, at times heated, arguments here about what sort of bicycle is "best to ride".

Please don't feed the troll.

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Originally Posted by 3alarmer (Post 22813539)

This message is hidden because 3alarmer is on your ignore list.

This poster makes a lot more sense now. Far more concise and logical.

It seams like this thread has run its course. Shall we close it? Like if you want it closed.

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Originally Posted by Hermes (Post 22814218)

It seams like this thread has run its course. Shall we close it? Like if you want it closed.

I would let PeteHski decide as he's the OP. I would agree it has run its course and is headed down the toilet.