Stupid Questions
08-22-05 | 04:14 PM
#51
Originally Posted by [165]
PS - I miss MERTON
08-22-05 | 04:20 PM
#52
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Originally Posted by Schiek
So do I. Out of all the repeated questions around here--which are part of the game as far as I'm concerned--nobody since Merton has asked about where you can get a 75t chainring ... so you can go like 75mph on a fixie. Nobody.
I'm quite happy with the size of my chainring!
08-22-05 | 04:21 PM
#53
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Originally Posted by Ken Cox
I moderate two forums and have done so for several years.
The same questions come around again and again, and they only become stupid as one becomes more sophisticated.
In My Humble Opinion, the questions don't seem as stupid to the person who doesn't know anything as they do to the person who knows everything.
Generally, the more experienced folk leave the stupid questions alone, allowing those halfway between Newbie and Old Salt to answer them and thus gain more expertise.
Personally, I learn something new every time I answer a stupid question.
Every time.
I think I remember going through a phase where I made fun of people who asked stupid questions.
I mean, I've done every other rude, self-centered and inconsiderate thing imaginable, so why not make fun of newbies?
After all, it makes me feel bigger and stronger when other people look smaller.
Human nature, eh?
How ironic.
By the act of addressing behavior I have engaged in the same behavior.
Hm.
A pattern?
The same questions come around again and again, and they only become stupid as one becomes more sophisticated.
In My Humble Opinion, the questions don't seem as stupid to the person who doesn't know anything as they do to the person who knows everything.
Generally, the more experienced folk leave the stupid questions alone, allowing those halfway between Newbie and Old Salt to answer them and thus gain more expertise.
Personally, I learn something new every time I answer a stupid question.
Every time.
I think I remember going through a phase where I made fun of people who asked stupid questions.
I mean, I've done every other rude, self-centered and inconsiderate thing imaginable, so why not make fun of newbies?
After all, it makes me feel bigger and stronger when other people look smaller.
Human nature, eh?
How ironic.
By the act of addressing behavior I have engaged in the same behavior.
Hm.
A pattern?
Keep riding those bikes, and remember to stay humble everyone.
peace,
sam
08-22-05 | 04:24 PM
#54
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Originally Posted by Schiek
So do I. Out of all the repeated questions around here--which are part of the game as far as I'm concerned--nobody since Merton has asked about where you can get a 75t chainring ... so you can go like 75mph on a fixie. Nobody.
Patterns for making up to 92t chainrings in any of several BCDs. You can make them from sheet aluminum with a punch, a drill press, a hacksaw and a file. Have fun.
peace,
sam
08-22-05 | 04:30 PM
#55
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Originally Posted by phidauex
https://www.ihpva.org/Builders/Sprocket/
Patterns for making up to 92t chainrings in any of several BCDs. You can make them from sheet aluminum with a punch, a drill press, a hacksaw and a file. Have fun.
peace,
sam
Patterns for making up to 92t chainrings in any of several BCDs. You can make them from sheet aluminum with a punch, a drill press, a hacksaw and a file. Have fun.
peace,
sam
https://www.highpath.co.uk/cycles/products/eggs/01.html
08-22-05 | 05:09 PM
#56
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From: Chicago, IL
Just for kicks I looked up my first questions from back in the day
and I'm proud to say there are some gems:
good rides in Boston? LBS?
Can I use bacon grease on my bike?
Is there anything on a TdF bike that costs less than $10?
How do I get this #$%$# lockring off? (2x)
What's kind of cool is seeing how many people are still around
165's answer to question #2 cracked me up yet again, and
sadly I still don't know if I can use bacon grease instead of phil's
jeff
and I'm proud to say there are some gems:
good rides in Boston? LBS?
Can I use bacon grease on my bike?
Is there anything on a TdF bike that costs less than $10?
How do I get this #$%$# lockring off? (2x)
What's kind of cool is seeing how many people are still around
165's answer to question #2 cracked me up yet again, and
sadly I still don't know if I can use bacon grease instead of phil's
jeff
08-22-05 | 05:33 PM
#57
Originally Posted by tbk
Patterns for making up to 92t chainrings in any of several BCDs. You can make them from sheet aluminum with a punch, a drill press, a hacksaw and a file. Have fun.
peace,
sam
peace,
sam
08-22-05 | 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by stickerguy
165's answer to question #2 cracked me up yet again, and
sadly I still don't know if I can use bacon grease instead of phil's
sadly I still don't know if I can use bacon grease instead of phil's
08-22-05 | 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Yoshi
pista is Italian for "track."
08-22-05 | 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Terror_in_pink
As of late there have been so many stupid questions on here that i cannot resist anymore. I know that everyone starts somewhere, as did i, but some of the recent threads have been ridiculous. I hereby call for a stupid question contest. Let's see what you guys can come up with.
Here's mine:
I need to work on my spin, do you guys think 53x11 is a good gear? I live in a really hilly area and i have no brakes. Oh, and i don't know how to skid or skip either, you think this gearing will make it easier for me to stop?
Here's mine:
I need to work on my spin, do you guys think 53x11 is a good gear? I live in a really hilly area and i have no brakes. Oh, and i don't know how to skid or skip either, you think this gearing will make it easier for me to stop?
will you answer my question?
08-22-05 | 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by sanford_w/o_son
hey, does anyone remember that cool oregon trail game from back in the day?
what was the fastest you killed everyone?
08-22-05 | 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by [165
]This just in:
I miss TrackFresh
I miss TrackFresh
08-22-05 | 11:13 PM
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Bikes: I built the Bianchi track bike back up today.
You can't make it not come up, but if you just say no when it asks if you want a read receipt, the other person doesn't get that message...
JUST SAY NO to read receipts!!!!!
Crap, I just asked for one...
JUST SAY NO to read receipts!!!!!
Crap, I just asked for one...
08-22-05 | 11:14 PM
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"Why do you only get half a piece of cheese on a Filet o' Fish?"
(Then, after the thread gets moved to "Foo,"-)
"Why did you move my thread? You mods are worse than the Third Reich."
(Then it goes on for 5 pages, with everyone taking potshots at the mods they don't like, before the thread is locked.)
(Then, after the thread gets moved to "Foo,"-)
"Why did you move my thread? You mods are worse than the Third Reich."
(Then it goes on for 5 pages, with everyone taking potshots at the mods they don't like, before the thread is locked.)
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08-22-05 | 11:15 PM
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From: Sci-Fi Wasabi
Bikes: I built the Bianchi track bike back up today.
Oh, and you can hit the confirm before you hit reply, too. That just brings up the little confirm window, and you don't even have to reply, you just let them know that you read it...
08-22-05 | 11:35 PM
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08-22-05 | 11:43 PM
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Bikes: I built the Bianchi track bike back up today.
That is who I was thinking of...
Gnight.
Gnight.
