Yeah, cuz I'm the one who brought it up again after it was basically all put to bed yesterday...

omglol lesson NOT learned

There you go again being moody.

I was clarifying what cc700 said. That has nothing to do with what you're ok/not ok with. So maybe you don't read too good. Why do I have to be his father to clarify a misunderstanding on your part? Either way, you're not worth my time. Laters.

Do I need to sharpen my ban saw?

I tried to find a sw8 picture of a ban saw, but only found boring bandsaws. The internet let me down today.

Me too!

Ban?
I don't get this place sometimes.
I use the "Should I" thread properly, instead of starting a new thread. This because I've been asked (told) to do so by a handful of people here who get really bent out of shape by such things...
Someone disagrees with me (no trouble there) but does so in a very condescending way. So I reciprocate that attitude, and suddenly I'm being warned about a possible ban.

cc700 could've made his point without being rude. But chose not to take that path.
It was done anyways, but then Jaytron revives it by coming at me (rudely and in a personal manner).
And like I said, suddenly I'm the one who is being threatened with a ban.

I literally have no idea what is expected of me here sometimes. I would appreciate it if someone could provide an example of me being a jerk, unprovoked.
Because I know I can provide MANY examples of people here jumping all over less knowledgable/experienced people, unprovoked. And no ban warning was issued.

I'm not crying or anything. I just feel the need to point this out. And I'd love an honest to goodness rebuttle, not just "cuz internet" or a gif. (even though I do love me some comedy and gifs)

LL, I think there are probably two different things going on here. One is that you post way more than is really necessary or helpful. You come off as needy and using the forum to avoid loneliness. People can sometimes find this irritating and it will cause them to be brusque.

The second thing is that in social circumstances where you don't know everybody well, and people tease you, it is inappropriate to react in kind or retaliate. To retaliate shows social weakness and immaturity and it is likely to result in people piling on. When people were telling you to get a thicker skin the other day it was with your own best interest in mind. Your retaliating will not change the nature of the forum but will only make you look like a bad guy. Teasing is dished out as an opportunity to show whether you are able to be social or not and you have been failing at this test.

I will also say that this kind of extended back-and-forth did not occur nearly as much before you joined so I would hope that you would take this as an opportunity to do some self-evaluation. I'm not saying that you are not justified in whatever you say but that you are hurting your esteem within the forums by acting the way you are. It isn't a matter of justice or fairness.

Thanks man. Sincerely. That is the kind of response that I appreciate.
Yes it points out my shortcomings but it's not disrespectful.

I post a lot because I'm at work and this is one of the few sites that isn't blocked.
I'll try to post less though. Didn't realize. Thanks.

Jesus ****ing Christ, dude. I was kidding. Go smoke some weed and chill yourself out.

While you were all arguing about chainrings, I was forced to make this decision myself. That is not what the Internet is for.

You guys really let me down.

it's not entirely that you're posthooring, after all some of the guys you are going round & round with are themselves among the...shall we say...more prolific posters here. you just need to learn to be judicious about your posting.

good luck...

Ride around downtown.

I'm sorry Jared.

What did you end up doing?

my fault, haha. when you've actually been banned before, those jokes seem more serious. i had to use a Chinese proxy server just to be able to get on here from home for weeks.

and yes in una hora, the dude will abide.

sorry for the being of the rudez, hokay friends now everybody happydance


i should also clarify that the reason i was being mad anger was because i loved both of my andel cranksets and thought they were both great buys, and i paid over 100 for each, so the idea that someone thinks 125 is overpriced just because the walmart of fixies is selling them for less, well, it got to me. i should have been nicer about it.

and before anyone else says it, yes i know that walmart is now the walmart of fixies.


Jared... i hope you got a Zen ring. I'm saving up for my first Zen ring. I hear it's worth it. Zen ring, super toughness chain, phil cog.

john hates his phil cog

probably because he isn't using said other magic things with it.

also, should i get a militis3 and put something other than DA9000 11 on it?

philcog is great wall art

all good man. i'm sorry for being a weiner about it.
and you're right, $125 is def not overpriced at all - agreed. it was more the fact that a competitor offers same thing for $40+ less.

those Phil Wood cogs... you guys using those on your regular bikes? or track bikes?
my Milwaukee cog is great and silent during normal use, but I do hear plenty of clicking when I put backpressure on it. Is that normal? Word on the street is that Phil cogs are uber silent. Any truth to that?

Mine was the loudest, most annoying cog I've ever used in my life.

Should I do anything special (grease?) when installing/using 25.4-26.0 Nitto bar shims?
Don't want to scrape up the bars, and don't want any noise or slippage.
Plan is to use the shim with the various 26.0 stems I have, then buy a 25.4 stem to fit the bars once I decide which one works best w the new bars.

Grease defeats the purpose of the texture the shim has.