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I think you're right, on reflection.

That's a gay (bright, cheerful, showy ) looking seat. The whole bike looks much better quality than mine... it's only a 300 quid one, and I've spent about £250 on it so far. I don't mind ending up with a bike that proves much more expensive than buying a whole one new. I need a new hobby, and agonising over each piece, how it works and what I want it to do, is part of that process. It's final value is irrelevant because I never sell anything; I buy stuff because I want it... there is no eye on future value. The activity is more important than the thing. I notice your stand has a similar base to mine. It is very fussy about placement location, otherwise it's unstable because there is no gap underneath to compensate for ground irregularities. I punched two marks through appropriately placed tape (to stop it slipping) on each front leg, then drilled right through at the punch marks. I then inserted two old, even, brake block units in them, put a brake spacer on, then the bolt. You can use the spacer, if necessary, to act as an additional adjuster next to the brake block. It's much more tolerant of surfaces now, and nice to work on the bike without worry of it falling over. Make sure you drill vertical. I found just two front supports is fine, and actually compensates for the forward forces of the bike, with the stand leaning back ever so slightly.

The forum programmers hadn't thought of that, I would imagine, and just made it global.

Very Zen statement, Ed. When one is too busy, the life around you is passing by.

How much do you call high end? I put Ergon GS3 Grps on and Selle Respiro seat which was 100 pounds. Noticeably better riding experience, I did think they were a bit extravagant but they've proved very comfortable and the bike is a pleasure now.... no numb gonads or handache. I always thought it was the cold draught causing numbness but it seems it's actually pressure on the perineum, I found out recently.

The forum admin agrees with you, it is not allowed for the reasons you state. Any questions of a medical nature must be presented.in an academic manner, not related in anyway to making a personal diagnosis or treatment recommendation..

Absolutely, I visualise a poster derived from what, and how, they post, not a picture. My avatars are just flavours of the moment... they don't mean anything. Real likeness photos are different, some like to be open about who they are and that's fine. I just think "It is what it is".

Because they're drug pushers.

Do you have an issue with transvestites? The whole discussion was about assessing people on their avatars... it shouldn't matter, but it does to some. Avatars reveal something about the poster, which may not align with their physical/visible attributes. Swansont, for instance, could just happen to like Jessica Rabbit and have nothing to do with him as a person.... that's OK. I liked having that Daphne Blake avatar for itself, but took it off because it was just an experiment and this is getting old now... my motive had a shelf-life. Also I did it to make a point, and don't need it anymore. I shall do it again, in some different way, but it will be because I want to. If it makes me a transvestite, or whatever, so be it... I don't believe any person is all man or all woman, anyway. All you can really say about an avatar is that the poster likes it, in some way.

I've ordered Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance, Imatfaal. Thanks for the pointer.

If I am walking down the street and bump my head on a lamp post looking at the person across the road, is it their fault? You have nothing to explain. Everybody here with a brain knows that. C'est la vie.

I suppose what one is essentially doing, as a reviewer, is highlighting the faults or findings in a paper, so that the research might later be refined by the author or others.

Could it be that gravitationally captured objects will always form an elliptical orbit; the direction of the longest part of the elliptical curve is roughly the line of capture? Also, in the case of coaelescing matter around a planetary body, it will never do so in perfectly balanced way, leading to an elliptical orbit?

Here's a pdf download link about putting together the discussion section of your critique: http://www.sfedit.net/discussion.pdf

Here's a pdf. tutorial article on how to critique a research paper: Direct download link: https://www.ucalgary.ca/ssc/files/ssc/wss_critique_2014.pdf Google what I've bolded to get more resources.

They might as well be none of the supposed ingredients. They are not likely to have much effect anyway even if they were in there. Supplements are nothing but placebos, as you say, to help the worried well lighten the load on their wallets/purses. Most people pay the price, like this, for not having even a basic understanding of science. More fool them.

They just make expensive urine.

Imatfaal Said: I shall take this on board. Thanks. Yes, they are rim v-brakes. Those "nasty" Clarks brakes are better than what came with the bike. £35 for a set of Swisstop Greens seems rather outrageous to me, at the moment, for four bits of coloured rubber. I've put Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres on. Do they pass muster? I have a hybrid bike for towning. From what I've read so far, rim brakes are fine for my purposes. I'm not aspiring to discs on this one; the forks aren't up to them anyway, I don't think. I've already read a few Sheldon Brown articles. I shall check out the others. Thanks. I have a vague idea of wanting to slowly replace all the bits on this budget bike with components I like and then, finally, get a new chainset and frame, then put all the new bits on that. I'll have two bikes then. What do you think to a single chainring with a 11-speed rear gear set? My required gear range is quite narrow; 3nd to 7th gear on the second chain ring (21-speed) is all I really use.

Do as I say, not as I do. The next IPhone OS patch is going to be called "Fort Knox".

Bingo! Yes, very sirenesque.

Moral: If you want simple, don't talk to scientists, or its enthusiasts. It's got to be Goldilocks tight... not too much, not too little. Thanks for all the replies guys, I'm glad I asked, what was, really, just an off-the -cuff question. Imatfaal, so as not to mess up the science section - that's been answered - I think I'm going to start a new thread on bikes in The Lounge.

Some avatar of a real woman that fits Jessica Rabbit's visual message would be a perfect test subject because she is alluring and sultry, without being overtly sexual in a tasteless way. With Daphne Blake, although she is attractive, she doesn't have the former attributes which need to be clearly apparent for such a test, I think. I think Daphne would gain reps mainly on intellectual merit if she were an SFN member. To be honest, even if SFN male members were so shallow, it wouldn't persist for long if the brain didn't match the beauty. Physical beauty is like wallpaper, it soon peels off. Edit: I take it all back,,, check out the avatar.

Could it be chlorine hypersensitivity? The test would be to try putting some plain tap water in a jug and leaving it to stand in the fridge, or a cool place, for an hour or two - that should allow the chlorine to dissipate. A quicker test would be to try cold, boiled tap water. I'm hypersensitive to sulphur dioxide because I was reckless with sterilising agents (sodium metabisulphite and citric acid in solution) when making wine years ago.

Ignorantly, I have set my QR very tight; will loosen it pronto. Glad I mention the OP now because I want to keep this new bike as it is.