MTBs are actually more complicated, because as the suspension forks compress, the HTA increases off the charts, quickening up the steering response. Exactly the opposite of what you want. That's why HTAs go down as travel increases.....71 for 80mm travel.....70 got 100mm.....etc.

To complicate things further, companies measure it differently. I design my bikes as if the rider is sitting on them ( called 'sagged' ) whereas other companies may or may not. The difference can easily be a full degree in both HTA and STA.

Aren't ya glad you don't have to think about this sh¡t all the time? :D

Is there climbing benefits to a steep HTA? I'm not convinced. I'd design a climing bike a smidge different than a descending one, but that's the problem - what goes up must come down (assuming XC/Trailbiking) so if you design a bike with a full on climbing bias, what happens when you need to come down off the hill?

ok, back to the BS.....

anyone else sus on their local petrol station?

My 1992 Fairmont had at least a 1/3 of a tank before I topped it right up, and it took 49L!!!!!!

????

Take the ford badges off, that should fix it! :p

ive been sus about them a few times as well......would only have to be a liter or 2 out per 40 and they stand to make a nice profit....

Could be the servo - or maybe you have the same type of Ford fuel gauge as Gary Ablett Jnr :lol:

Isn't a Fairmont tank around 80L ? In which case, 49L is less than 2/3 of a tank.

seems seppo's are getting upset about being called seppo's!......
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...=1#post2756631

i reckon they are just uptight because after stage 9 of TDF stage wins : Aussies 3. Seppo's: Zip!.....based on the fact that theres 20 million of us & 300 million of them, we would have 45 stage wins in the 1st 9 stages if we had their population! (any wonder I flunked maths! :D)

you know what they say; Fix Or Replace Daily

heres my link of the day Dave Chappelle gets his revenge

Touchy arent they.. I gave em my 2c :D
I generally dont care what anyone calls me, least of all in some bikeforum...but..

FWIW, I got verballed by Aussies twice...in the same week for some reason.

Once in our work carpark by the facilities manager of the office next door who thought as he shouted at me for parking in the wrong spot, he could mimic my accent and take the pi$$ while abusing me.
FWIW, i did the right thing and drove off, only 5 mins later i felt like going back and punching his fat red head in! So I reported it and he got a written warning. HR figured that he might think it's ok winding me up but you couldnt mimic an asian/indian accent while abusing someone and expect to get away with it..right?

Then again by an older road rage dude, He figured I was in his lane (I hadnt actually moved) and wasnt interested in his crap, even when when he came chapping on my window abusing me. When he heard the accent and shouted "Go home you import"..well thats when I went banzai!

Yeah I dont have a gazillion years of persectuion, in fact the grand total is about 15 seconds but I tell ya when someone pushes those buttons in a confrontational situation...not good!:mad:

Seppos pwn3d.

I was just over at another forum I hang out on, Jihadforums.com. You wanna see what they call Seppos there! Running pig-dog imperialist spawn of satan infidel is considered polite.:D

:roflmao:

Och aye jock. Ah cannah agree more. Ah dinnae know wha sum peeple ahre oon aboot. Whas oop wi sum peeple? Wahs the world comin' tah laddie.:p

were those singles or HP's on that wheelchair?

Flat stage again tonight lads. Will pshaw go for FOUR????

Why the hell not! Robbie in green.

Clearly you're feeling a bit guilty about this - which makes you a nice bloke with a conscience. HOWEVER, if you were on a schedule and he wasn't in obvious trouble/distress, then sticking to your own plan was appropriate.

I'm assuming your schedule wasn't so tight that you couldn't have slowed down and ridden with this guy which is why your conscience is tickling you. On the other hand, putting yourself into a potentially dangerous situation in order to help out or be nice to someone else is never a wise thing to do, so either way, you did the right thing.

You didn't know I could write Scottish, didja?:D

If I tip him...he will come! Yep, It's Robbie again for stage 9
Followed by a healthy dose of Cadel in stages 10 & 11.
Does anyone reckon Landis is a real threat in the mountains?

Fingers crossed that Robbie and Cadel get a jersey each!

Ah didnae ken, whaur did ye learn tae parlee ecosse? Fae ra sounds ah it yer an eastie beastie, Eh man?

Nope. Fair effort too.

You didn't know I'm 9 parts Irish (Murphys vs O'Briens) didja? Heeehehehehee

80L tank??!! WOW! I thought they were 60 :p

Made me think, I did a six hour presentation to a customer today who video'd the whole thing, do you reckon they will understand a word when the play it back?

knowing my car, this is quite possible. There's a hole in the boot :p

And 6 inches of growling dog ;)

Anyone seen expat or has he been kidnapped by the evil web developer who's taken 6 months to get his new site up and running?