[Closed] today's thoughts to bedazzle the massed intellect that is the STW forum are...

>i'm now using discs. ........ but a complete pain in the arse to set up and maintain.

Does not compute.

Ro,

YOU ARE 100% CORRECT, WHATEVER YOU JUST TYPED (I couldn't be bothered to read it) IS TRUE.

HTH

that's it terry! YOU'RE GETTING THE MESSAGE, BUT NO NEED TO SHOUT 🙂

btw, i'm now using discs. they're very modulated but a complete pain in the arse to set up and maintain

You mean you are a piss poor mechanic? Very straightforward things hydro discs

Barefoot running = SSing, yes.
Carbon frames: because they're there, and they're lighter and because they look nice. Besides, why should roadies have all the toys?

[i]Besides, why should roadies have all the toys?[/i]

because roadies do not subject their bikes to impact in the normal course of events.

[i]Very straightforward things hydro discs[/i]

strange this, but i bike for exercise, not to improve my skills with an allen key or a brake-bleed kit. weird, huh?

ro, I know exactly what you mean! I was also wondering:

1. Which is better, a hardtail or full-sus?
2. Why are roadies so grumpy?
3. What tyres for Glentress?
4. Does bike weight really matter?

[i]when the one thing carbon is totally useless for is dealing with high impact point-loadings,[/i]

Just because you don't understand how carbon works, thankfully doesn't mean that the people making CF frames don't either. Stick to stuff you know about...

Hydro disc, mine have been maintenance free for 5 years, you must be doing something wrong (or you've bought Avids, in which case you deserve everything you get TBH)

Barefoot running = SS... don't think so, SS at least has a point

I point blank refuse to tinker with cable brakes now. Life is just too short.

Ro, I thought you'd left us forever ?

but a complete pain in the arse to set up and maintain

For me it was: bolt to frame mounts and squeeze lever till they work, then forget till squealing indicates pad replacement. Repeat.

Shimano hydraulic brakes are pretty easy to sort out - mine need bleeding right now but I think the hardest part of that will be finding the bit of tubing you need. Somewhere in the garage.

Avid BB7s are just as good and easy to setup (but you do need to stop occasionally while riding along).

Decent rim brakes are fine on roads, but it's a nuisance to have to keep replacing rims. And they just don't stop as well in the wet. If you don't ever go very fast, then that's not really a problem.

It's all about choices.

i never said 'forever', simon. i like to return here now and then in the vain hope it'll be like it was four years ago. it was fun then. what happened to all the smart people? moved on to paragliding?

Or ....I carn't help but wonder how much of the world economy is based on the design/manufacture/supply/sale/support of goods and services that when push comes to shove no one really needs.

but i bike for exercise, not to improve my skills with an allen key or a brake-bleed kit. weird, huh?

strange that, I ride for fun. In order to keep having the fun occasionally I fix something.

You mean you are a piss poor mechanic? Very straightforward things hydro discs

For me it was: bolt to frame mounts and squeeze lever till they work, then forget till squealing indicates pad replacement. Repeat

You use Sram, ergo you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about I'm afraid. And you clearly bought the wrong brakes if you're having to set them up.

btw, i'm now using discs. they're very modulated but a complete pain in the arse to set up and maintain

Haven't had to adjust mine in years and years. You are doing it wrong.

As for carbon - it's light, rides well and does not in real life fail randomly all over the place any more than any other material.

I don't even know what magazines say about carbon or discs, sorry.

You use Sram, ergo you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about I'm afraid

another scoop added to the BS pile of this thread

Hey Ro,

Just a suggestion.
Instead of antagonising and insulting folk maybe you could post up some interesting pictures of where you are.

Try and do something positive with all this time you have to spare...?

http://www.wellnessvietnam.com/whoweare.html

http://www.brightyellowstar.com/About_Us.html

Why not go and play in his backyard?

Ro, if you are now using discs, despite having slated them for the last 18months or so, can you explain what credibility you actually have left?
Or is this just an elaborate ruse to get us all shouting HYPOCRITE?

luked2, i have NEVER [i]had [/i]to replace a rim in my entire life.

i think it's due to the fact i don't consider riding through gloopy gritty mud and then expecting my bike to work just fine to be indicative of a large brain.

but i could be wrong...

and then expecting my bike to work just fine to be indicative of a large brain.

or a timid disposition ? Please try harder.

[i]Instead of antagonising and insulting folk maybe you could post up some interesting pictures of where you are.[/i]

i'm not a fan of complex technology, so tell me how to do it in simple language and i'll gladly oblige 🙂

i think it's due to the fact i don't consider riding through gloopy gritty mud and then expecting my bike to work just fine to be indicative of a large brain.

Honestly mate - wtf?

You make this much --><-- sense, you really do!

Not an IT wizard myself but..

"Ro continues to work on behalf of a range of clients in Europe and Southeast Asia on web-based communications and social media marketing using netbook & smartphone platforms."

...you may know how to a little better than me?

I may be wrong though.

However I would be interested to see them if you do.
Maybe a ride you've been on with some historical links?

[i]However I would be interested to see them if you do.
Maybe a ride you've been on with some historical links? [/i]

i know (assume) you know what you're trying to say, but i don't.

in english please?

Trade Description Act - there's nothing here to bedazzle any kind of intellect. Please change the title to something more suitable, like "blahblahblah wind up blah. Carbon? Gay."

.. why would anyone use a carbon framed MTB when the one thing carbon is totally useless for is dealing with high impact point-loadings, like when the front of your BB bounces off a rock or your down tube is caressed by sharp stones thrown up by your front wheel?

to answer the op - this is not everyones mtb experience. do not assume what you do with a bike is what i do with a bike.

imagine it like this. Button and Loeb are both car drivers but do not compete - if loeb turned up to Monaco in the xsara he couldn't expect to win.

[i]if loeb turned up to Monaco in the xsara he couldn't expect to win[/i]

y'think? i bet he wouldn't come last.

Ro, there's no apostrophe in MTBs.

Just so you know, Ro.

If you are in Vietnam?
A country with a war that lasted 30 years from the end of ww2 to the mid 1970's there is a lot of history there.

Have you any interesting tales to tell form sight you may have seen?

I was trying to encourage a little positive input from you.

If you can't manage it don't worry.I always look for the best in people-you just seem to have trouble finding it.I'll go back to watching the childish teasing and wind ups you seem so fond of.

Before the internet, would you have moaned about these things to anyone in particular? Or just kept it in your head?

It's funny, most trolls get you biting and arguing/posting.

I find it pretty easy to ignore ro, am curious as to why he has not been banned.

mkchris:

viet nam is pretty cool. the people and the history are what have kept me here for the past three years, 'cos the food is crap and the heat and humidity horrendous.

anything in particular about the place you'd like to know?

oh look, a monkey doing a handstand...

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...on a goat thats on a flowerpot on a tightrope.

EDIT: After reading the first post I assumed this was a thread for random crap. Sorry if I was wrong.

[i]curious as to why he has not been banned[/i]

'cos, despite all the dicking around, chipps has a sneaking suspicion i may have something interesting to bring to the party...

... and he may be right. you just have to be patient 🙂

You make this much --><-- sense, you really do!

Are you [i]sure?[/i]
I can see a gap betwen those 2 arrows..... 8)

i may have something interesting to bring to the party

but let's not hold our collective breaths :o)

I love the way you completely ignore my question about converting to disc brakes.

'cos, despite all the dicking around, chipps [s]has a sneaking suspicion i may have something interesting to bring to the party...[/s] is too busy writing a magazine to bother with stupid trolls

Fixed it for you.
🙂

ro - Member
'cos, despite all the dicking around, chipps has a sneaking suspicion i may have something interesting to bring to the party...

Ro, I had the distinct impression that you were in Vietnam primarily for altruistic (medical) reasons, re-inforced by your previous requests for bike donations.

The spa consultancy business is presumably just a sideline to keep the wolf from the door while you get on with 'good work' as presumably the only opportunity most locals would have of entering one of these establishments is as an employee to cater for the every whim of the rich clients?

Please feel free to put me right on this.

ro - Member
... and he may be right. you just have to be patient

Erm....no thanks.

Woody, yes, the first bit is true.

WV is Thuy's company, not mine. And she actually pays [i]waaay[/i] above normal rates for the people she employs and for the employees of the spas she designs because - coming from poverty in Laos in her youth - she knows what it feel like.

So once again you guys are pissing all over the wrong person. Well done.

To be fair, you're doing a cracking job of it Ro.

There's still no apostrophe in MTBs.

Ro Hunter

Co-founder/Communications & New Media Director

Educated at Dundee University, Scotland, Ro was involved with the NHS on research projects relating to clinical governance the application of Web 2.0 social media communication systems.

ro - Member
Instead of antagonising and insulting folk maybe you could post up some interesting pictures of where you are.

i'm not a fan of complex technology, so tell me how to do it in simple language and i'll gladly oblige

Erm............ bit contradicting there??

Interesting this Ro. So you are there to give your expertise in the medical and 'systems' field, although the prominence of your name in the 'Who are we' section would suggest your involvment extends beyond that of a contractor. It's always nice to have a proper doctor on a the company bumph in this business area to add an air of respectability and gravitas, so I guess that is fair enough

With Ms Thuy M Do background it is heartwarming that she has used the knowledge and education gained in the USA to improve the lives of ordinary working people in her country of birth. However, I am struggling to work out how she maintains control of the employee pay in the spas she merely designs.

I always love to hear the opinions of New Media Directors

When you design a spa you also formulate the company employment criteria, including staff salary struture. Of course the client may choose to ignore her recommendations but, to date, none have. Maybe she's good at her job? Go figure.

[i]Erm............ bit contradicting there??[/i]

Not really. I [i]manage[/i] things, I don't [i]do[/i] them 🙂

You still haven't [i]managed[/i] to get your apostrophes in the right place.

apostrophes will always confuse me. i was going to sit down one day and hammer the rules into my head but i simply couldn't be bothered. there's always someone around to keep me right. so be a nice fellow and feel free to correct my errors 🙂

Nope. I'll just look down on you from my high punctuation horse.

high horses are fun, aren't they?

Well you're the expert preaching to all us boring dimwits.

*thread fart*

Blimey Ro, better get on to the manufacturers, I bet none of them, not Santa Cruz, not Specialized, not Trek, not even On-one have thought of the possibility of a rock hitting a mountainbike frame. 🙄

apostrophes will always confuse me.

I think we can judge the importance of apostrophe's by the fact that they are absent from spoken language and no ambiguity ensues 🙂

would anyone use a carbon framed MTB when the one thing carbon is totally useless for is dealing with high impact point-loadings, like when the front of your BB bounces off a rock or your down tube is caressed by sharp stones thrown up by your front wheel? twits.

My GT STS survived 10 or so years of having "high impact point loadings" in the peak district, headtube never snapped off either. Stil have the frame, might rebuild it...

ro - you can't write a coherent sentence' yet you pull people up on their grammar. you claim to be into low technology yet you work in a high tech job role. you claim to be in vietnaam to help out the 'poor people', yet you take a large salary and then spend it letting 'poor people' serve you drinks whilst drawing a sh1t wage. you claim to understand materials properties, you clearly don't. you claim you have a degree from dundee, i'm guessing you don't.

There is more contextual information in a casual face-to-face dialogue.

Punctuation shows respect for the reader - you can be bothered to disambiguate your words. Apostrophes are fairly easy punctuation, except possessives of names that end with 's'.

Commas are the tricky barstewards.