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    …and I really don’t trust
    …and I really don’t trust this one at all

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    hawkinspeter

    Thing is, they just sit there
    Thing is, they just sit there, watching us, waiting for their moment to strike

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    in reply to: wheels out of true? #971869
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    I’d get someone to have a
    I’d get someone to have a look at it as it sounds out of true to me. As Don says, it’s unlikely to be a safety issue, but wheels work better when they’re trued properly and rim brakes can be adjusted more accurately.

    hawkinspeter

    That’s messed up.
    That’s messed up.

    Expensive medical treatment combined with artificial caps on the payouts means that the insurance companies aren’t covering the true cost that they should be.

    I was impressed with the triple tandem shown – what a great way of enjoying cycling for blind couples (plus friend).

    hawkinspeter

    Probably misled by her GPS

    Probably misled by her GPS

    in reply to: What makes road.cc toxic? #971755
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    hawkinspeter

    I closed my Facebook account
    I closed my Facebook account a couple of years ago (definitely a good move); I’ve got an unused Twitter account or two, but Reddit is a really good source of computer information and there’s no problems in the techy sub-reddits. (I used to frequent SlashDot, but that’s been a cesspool for years). I was shocked to hear that Reddit are re-writing their history to blank out Aaron Swartz, though.

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    I’m not going to go looking
    I’m not going to go looking for explicit examples, but it tends to be more between the lines and the choice of descriptions of other cyclists. It’s similar to how BTBS used terms like ‘noddy hat wearing idiot’ but BTBS often had something interesting to say (and he often disagreed with lots of commenters).

    Triggering words are used specifically to get a response and yes, it’s down to the person reading it to whether they react or not, but it’s classic troll behaviour to sprinkle charged words into discussions and de-rail them. Their arguments are often brought down at which point they just throw some other random crap into the discussion.

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    Sriracha wrote:

    Sriracha wrote:
    I always enjoy the squirrel pics, and the humour. The two who are always called out as “trolls”, whilst they generally advance an opinion that diverges from the rest of the echo chamber, they do so without rancour and name-calling. The same can not be said for some of those who disagree with them, who find themselves unable to make their case in temperate language addressing the argument rather than the person.

    It’s not so much that it’s a divergent opinion, but the refusal to accept that they are deliberately distorting the truth and employing needless political language just to get a reaction. When you trap them in a corner, they just go off on a tangent, typically spewing hate and vitriol which again is just designed to get a reaction.

    There’s a world of difference between people arguing about sincerely held beliefs/opinions and someone just arguing to try to trigger someone.

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    Usually, the trick is to
    Usually, the trick is to ensure that the bead is in the middle (deepest) part of the rim bed as that should give you just enough freedom to get the tyre on. Maybe Mavic’s don’t have quite enough depth there compared to other rims. However, I’ve heard of people having trouble with other specific combos of rims and tyres, so maybe it’s just a question of engineering tolerances making some combos particularly hard. I nearly always have to resort to using tyre levers to put tyres on and have found that some types work much better than others – if the tyre lever keeps slipping out, then bin it.

    The IRCs that I used weren’t the most pliable of tyre but they did offer great grip and lack of p*******s. Nowadays, I’m using some GP 5000TLs which also work really well and feel more supple.

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    Not that it particularly
    Not that it particularly helps, but I had no trouble with IRC tubeless on Prime rims. Could you not get them on or was it getting them seated that gave you trouble?

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    Mungecrundle wrote:

    Mungecrundle wrote:
    Squirrels are pants.

    Cats are evil, but they can be cute sometimes

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    If I were a finger-pointing
    If I were a finger-pointing sort, then there’s specifically two trolls that I’d point at that are polluting the comments with hate, lies and a refusal to engage in respectful disagreements.

    Also, not enough squirrel pics.

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    m.a.t.t. wrote:

    m.a.t.t. wrote:

    I am just confused with this one. How are the cyclists wankers supposed to wank off any cyclists if the only ones allowed there are the cyclists wankers?

    Well, you’ve got to hand it to them

    hawkinspeter

    Ho hum, another Bristol

    Ho hum, another Bristol (Hengrove) one: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/diner-injured-after-car-crashes-4567406

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    Old news – that was from
    Old news – that was from years ago.

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