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  • in reply to: Britain’s Best Cycling City? #931319
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    Canyon48 wrote:
    Bristol!

    Well at least Bristol was the first even if it’s not the best (or even any good at all): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7462791.stm

    in reply to: New Bike Advice #928269
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    JamesHalford2k18 wrote:
    Did you know the most important part of bike maintenance is understanding how to look after your chain? We explain how to maintain your chain and the rest of your bike in this handy blog post. https://www.probiketool.com/us/the-four-fundamentals-of-basic-bike-maintenance/

    Did you know the most important part of spamming links is to just flood lots of forum topics?

    in reply to: Hope Threaded BB’s – MTB vs Road #928687
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    Want to know why

    Want to know why JamesHalford2k18 is spamming links?

    Too cheap to pay for advertising, most likely.

    in reply to: Urinary Incontinence; How Do I Ride Now? #713683
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    JamesHalford2k18 wrote:
    Did you know cycling fitness is gained depending on how you rest and recover? Find out the best method as well as other health and fitness tips by clicking the link!

    https://www.probiketool.com/us/ride-faster-and-feel-better-cycling-fitness-and-health-basics/

    Did you know that JamesHalford2k18 is spamming links? Any chance of banning him?

    in reply to: Novertakes – how to avoid them #931111
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    Sounds like you’re doing it

    Sounds like you’re doing it right. I try to judge how determined the driver is and take primary position (or let them pass if I don’t feel comfortable doing so). Being male, I then usually get annoyed and try to over-take the vehicle to make a point of how unnecessary their overtake was (never mind my unnecessary overtake) but that’s probably not a good thing to do.

    Personally, I’m not at all bothered if I’m overtaken by a woman – if they’re faster than me then I’ll happily hang off their wheel to get some free speed.

    in reply to: like button #930273
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    fixation80 wrote:
    Tony Farrelly wrote:
    fixation80 wrote:
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    Works for me. What are you seeing?

    Not seeing the like box at the side of comments, I used to, but now it’s gone, perhaps I’ve been liking too much!mail

    Hmm… it’s there for me on desktop and the classic version of the mobile site. Which version of the site are you not seeing them on: desktop; smartphone mobile site; or the classic mobile site; or all of them?

     

    Ah, found the problem, by accident, a ‘no ads adblocker’ was taking the likes as ads, sorted, cheers.

    It’s often worth keeping a different non-customised browser around just for comparison purposes when a site doesn’t work as expected.

    in reply to: Help… will this carbon jargo Break! #931033
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    ConcordeCX wrote:

    ConcordeCX wrote:

    That’s what frame protector tape is for. E.g. https://lizardskins.com/road/bike-protection/fork-protector-clear-1

     


    Or if you don’t mind using scissors, you can get clear “helicopter” tape from EBay for much less money.

    in reply to: Help… will this carbon jargo Break! #931027
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    That looks like where a cable

    That looks like where a cable has been rubbing – I wouldn’t be worried about that.

    in reply to: Do you pronounce it Thule or Thule? #930765
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    brooksby wrote:
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    Some kind of squirrely hyperbolic space, probably.

     

    Ha! I salute you, sir – brilliant!! 

    I can’t help but think that we’ve drifted a long way from the actual topic, though.

    I pronounce Thule to rhyme with pool.

    in reply to: Do you pronounce it Thule or Thule? #930761
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    brooksby wrote:
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    brooksby wrote:
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    Cyclax Maximus wrote:
    brooksby wrote:
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    I though it was some sinister connection to the Thule Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule_Society

    (Basically a Nazi occult society)

    Weren’t they secretly worshippers of Nyarlathotep?  (Or was that just in my teenage roleplaying years…).

    I’ve always pronounced it ‘toolah’.

    Didn’t think I’d see my old mucker Nyarlathotep mentioned on here for sure!

    Coming soon… Cthulhu Disk brakes and Dagon derailleurs…

    I’m surprised that FluffyKittenOfTindalos has never mentioned him/her/it.

    I remember asking them about their username some time ago – the Fluffy Kittens of Tindalos (unlike, as any fule kno, the Hounds of Tindalos) can only be summed through curves.

    Curves? Presumably curves in a non-euclidean geometry.

    Absolutely, But which model of non-euclidean geometry…?  Strange spaces – are they spherical, hyperbolic, or some weird shape we can’t imagine?? Hmm??? (I’ll get my coat)

    Some kind of squirrely hyperbolic space, probably.

     

    in reply to: Do you pronounce it Thule or Thule? #930757
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    brooksby wrote:
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    Cyclax Maximus wrote:
    brooksby wrote:
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    I though it was some sinister connection to the Thule Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule_Society

    (Basically a Nazi occult society)

    Weren’t they secretly worshippers of Nyarlathotep?  (Or was that just in my teenage roleplaying years…).

    I’ve always pronounced it ‘toolah’.

    Didn’t think I’d see my old mucker Nyarlathotep mentioned on here for sure!

    Coming soon… Cthulhu Disk brakes and Dagon derailleurs…

    I’m surprised that FluffyKittenOfTindalos has never mentioned him/her/it.

    I remember asking them about their username some time ago – the Fluffy Kittens of Tindalos (unlike, as any fule kno, the Hounds of Tindalos) can only be summed through curves.

    Curves? Presumably curves in a non-euclidean geometry.

    in reply to: Strava & weather #930575
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    Scottish Scrutineer wrote:
    Hi Scott,

    thanks for developing this App. I started using it last week and have gone for the custom option on the display to simplify what appears in my Strava feeds. In my opinion (and my wife’s when she say the info), the standard display is just too cluttered and fussy. Get it clean and clear and you’ll have even more flocking to use it.

     

    Renny

    The standard display looks fine to me.

    in reply to: Do you pronounce it Thule or Thule? #930753
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    Cyclax Maximus wrote:
    brooksby wrote:
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    I though it was some sinister connection to the Thule Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule_Society

    (Basically a Nazi occult society)

    Weren’t they secretly worshippers of Nyarlathotep?  (Or was that just in my teenage roleplaying years…).

    I’ve always pronounced it ‘toolah’.

    Didn’t think I’d see my old mucker Nyarlathotep mentioned on here for sure!

    Coming soon… Cthulhu Disk brakes and Dagon derailleurs…

    I’m surprised that FluffyKittenOfTindalos has never mentioned him/her/it.

     

    in reply to: waving to fellow cyclists #686911
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    Tricky one. I usually don’t

    Tricky one. I usually don’t initiate a wave to cyclists on pavements as I prefer to encourage people riding on roads (as is our god-given right), but it’d be rude to not wave back.

    in reply to: Do you pronounce it Thule or Thule? #930747
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    CygnusX1 wrote:
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    Funnily enough, I was involved only recently in a one-shot Call of Cthulhu game where we (the players) were playing Nazi officers trying to uncover mysterious artifacts from a dig in Africa (Curse of the Yellow Sign – Act 1). It didn’t end well.

    Well, that explains a LOT.

    Was it by any chance the satanic african ground squirrels that came for you when they discovered you trying to unearh their nuts? angel

    I don’t want to give any spoilers, but it was other-worldly.

     

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