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wwaswas - Member
My last headset came with some jelly babies - is this unusual?
Why, why, why?
wwaswas - MemberMy last headset came with some jelly babies - is this unusual?
My handlebars recently came with some sweeties - but it was because the nice shop were apologising for fogetting to post them for a few days...
Never had a headset show up with sweets though... Maybe all bike components should come with free food?
beacuse you're worth it
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They should of course, come with steak!
Helios - MemberMy handlebars recently came with some sweeties - but it was because the nice shop were apologising for fogetting to post them for a few days...
Never had a headset show up with sweets though... Maybe all bike components should come with free food?
Ton once got a pair of Gore shorts and a packet of Ryvita....
I’m planning a new bike build – I thought I’d start with the crown race and work out from there – can somebody recommend a 6” all mountain crown race
6"?! How big are your forks?
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That looks about right – I like the stabilisers – how do you think it would handle woodland singletrack
He looks like a man who could make it to page 22 easily on that.
oh I don't know about that
What on earth is the point of that machine!? Do you reckon it takes a std headset?
Bound to be 1.5"
It's the new john claude van dam standard.
how do you think it would handle woodland singletrack
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Slight tendancy to chew things up a bit.
eErr no.
It's really not that bad, tyres are nice and grippy, just a bit heavy for damp conditions.
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eh?
Why jelly babies, I've never seen a baby that small, surely they should be 1:1 scale, imagine that as mid ride fuel.....
Excellent thread, picked a random page (15) and it was going on about celery!
STW at it's best.
Marvelous.
Celery you say, more for you to chew over:
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25 Facts About Celery
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Celery is a member of the Umbelliferae family, which also includes carrots, parsley, dill, cilantro, caraway, cumin, and the poisonous hemlock.
King Tut's tomb contained a shroud adorned with garlands of wild celery, olive leaves, willow, lotus petals, and cornflowers.
In The Iliad by Homer, the horses of Myrmidons graze on lotus and wild celery (selinon as the Greeks called it).
In the Odyssey by Homer, meadows of violet and wild celery surround Calypso's cave.
Hippocrates described celery as a nerve soother.
As far back as ancient Rome, celery was considered an aphrodisiac. Today, scientists know that celery contains androsterone, a pheromone released by men's sweat glands that attracts females.
A recipe uncovered in Pompeii for a celery dessert called for roasting chopped celery in an oven and serving it with honey and ground pepper.
Aulus Cornelius Celsus, writing around 30 AD, wrote about the use of celery seeds to relieve pain.
The first recorded mention of celery in France was in 1623.
18th century French courtesan Madame de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV, ate celery soup and truffles in an effort to adopt a "heating diet" so she would be less frigid and more attractive to the king. It is also said that she fed the king celery soup to fan the fires of his passion.
Famed Italian lover Casanova made sure to include lots of celery in his diet to keep up his stamina.
It takes just one ounce of celery seeds to produce an acre of celery.
Celery was first introduced to America in 1856 when a Scotsman named George Taylor brought celery to Kalamazoo, Michigan.
By 1872, Dutch farmers were transforming acres of Kalamazoo mucklands into celery fields.
Kalamazoo began promoting itself as the "Celery City" and became known around the country for the "strange" vegetable.
The town of Celeryville, Ohio was settled by celery farmers from Kalamazoo, Michigan who began growing the vegetable there.
There is a celery museum in Portage, Michigan called the Celery Flats Interpretive Center.
Today, California is the nation's top celery producer. Michigan ranks fourth.
The 1897 Sears Catalog featured a nerve tonic made from celery and described celery as a "great nerve builder."
One stalk of celery contains about 10 calories. Some contend that it contains "negative calories," meaning that one spends more calories digesting it than are consumed when it eating it, which supposedly helps with weight loss.
The Fifth Doctor on the BBC show Doctor Who, played by Peter Davison, wore a stalk of celery on his lapel.
Celery, onions, and carrots make up the "holy trinity," known as the "mirepoix," of French cuisine. These three vegetables are used together as the base for many French dishes, including sauces, stews, soups, and stocks.
Celery, onions, and bell peppers are considered the "holy trinity" of Louisiana Creole and Cajun cuisine.
People who are allergic to celery are often also allergic to mugwort pollen. Celery root contains more allergen than the stalk and is therefore more dangerous for people allergic to celery.
After a patron at the Pump Room at Chicago's Ambassador East Hotel decided to stir his Bloody Mary with a stalk of celery, the idea caught on and celery became permanently linked with the drink.
The Fifth Doctor on the BBC show Doctor Who, played by Peter Davison, wore a stalk of celery on his lapel.
That was quite important. Can't remember why though.
The Fifth Doctor on the BBC show Doctor Who, played by Peter Davison, wore a stalk of celery on his lapel.
That was quite important. Can't remember why though.
The celery would turn purple in the presence of certain gases in the "Praxis" range to which he was allergic
The Fifth Doctor on the BBC show Doctor Who, played by Peter Davison, wore a stalk of celery on his lapel.
That was quite important. Can't remember why though.The celery would turn purple in the presence of certain gases in the "Praxis" range to which he was allergic
Please assure us that you made that up.
Sadly, probably not. i stopped watching Dr Who when my parents sold the sofa.
Mind you, I just never got the point of the programme and as I got older thought it was complete tosh. Bracketed in that category with Star Trek. Probably owe my current living to them however as my dad used to put one of them on when it was time for me to go and do my homework.
That's two fanatical fan groups offended in one post.
I am just dragging this out to number 22 obviously.
And somewhere here should be?
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I thank you. Now off to finish painting the kitchen and get the curtain rails vaguely horizontal.
I've been away a spell. Please help me understand this.
I've been away a spell
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Suitably attired I trust, given the inclement weather?
Please help me understand this.
The celery or the original question?
Oooh page 3
Couple of days off riding over Easter and I find this languishing in the forgotten corner with assorted rants about nothing in particular. Come on chaps - Mackem needs to see it on the front page so he knows we're seeking his answer. And very close to finding it. Probably.
there's an article in WhatMTB all about headsets and fork fitting this month.
It isn't definitive about whether headsets come with a crown race or not, though 🙁
Is it easier to:
a) swap crown races between forks?
b) swap headsets between frames?
c) swap celery for a magic cat?
ive got a magic cat, how fresh is your celery?
It is very fresh - and indeed I can swap you not only raw celery [b][i]but also[/i][/b] celery cooked and combined with mushrooms, leeks, carrots, onions and tomatoes to form a vegetarian Ragu...
Now... How many spells can your magic cat perform?
Celery is a horrible mistake the gods made while attempting to make spinach.
I'd go for b, c then a Helios
if only the OP was as easy to answer. has any one thought to Google it?
I think we did Google somewhere around page 6 or 8 or something. The magic cat / celery stand-off is an interesting development though.
Apparently, Tutankhamun had some in his tomb; the Egyptians revered cats as gods and there was allegedly a curse on Tutankhamun's tomb, so there we have the mysterious cat - Egyptian - mummy's curse - crown race link.
I raise your celery to a 3000 year-old pharoah.