[Closed] Do people actually READ threads on here?

Conti Vert pros

I was wondering..

Why don't people read threads?

I reckon it'll rain like **** this weekend so I'm not bothering at all TBH

HTH

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You should get y, definately

I think it's 15.895 but don't quote me on that.

nope your wrong actually peter i think you will find you idiot.

http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=a&word2=b

Well here's one sorted for you.

Couldn't be bothered to read all the replies above, but I'd say Domestos will be too strong and may burn your sensitive skin.

I could have placed a lot of money that some smart arse would have come back with a comical answer.

I guess some people can't be bothered to read what people think, as they think they are right... Who knows. Mystery of the internet forum.

i read your thread.

its pointless.

i read another thread

it was pointless too.

i conclude none of the threads on here have a point.

mass edit, I thought I was being funny but it took way too long to post!

Badly packed kebab

Jack,and also Danny...

On one inbred. Definately.

If you can attract TJ to your thread, expect to be asking the wrong question and be told what the correct answer is!

well you don't want that bike as a first bike, you need something in the range of the 50bhp to learn to ride properly.

I hear Picolax is quite good for that

In all seriousness, there's better answers here than I see in more serious threads, usually..... 🙂

Sorry what was the question again..by the time I got to the bottom of the page I have forgotton what the question was.

wales is very nice at that time of year.....we had our honeymoon their

oooh did someone get banned?

The problem is that people ask the wrong question.An example being the thread on a sustainable office where the OP got upset when it was pointed out that what he did in his office as regards saving power and paper etc. was nothing as to what could be achieved by looking at the designs they were producing for their clients. If you have to ask the question in the first place how do you know you have sufficient knowledge to ask the right one?

Lethal injection, that'll learn 'em.

We all work in IT, what do you expect?

TL:DR

But will an airplane on a treadmill be able to takeoff?

I heard that it won't be as painful if you relax

The only bit I can explain regarding your post is the repeating of information.

If for example I post a question saying "Has anyone licked the metal bits of a scalextric track while the power is on, and does it hurt" and one person replies saying, "yeah it hurts a suprising amount" and one person replies saying "yeah do it all the time and it's painless" then I have not really been helped out.

If 10 people reply saying "yeah, it hurts" and one person replies saying "it's fine, I do it all the time" I have more information that the chances are it will hurt.

Oh and if you think that the D80 is waterproof & doesn't need a case when diving......don't say I didn't warn you.

PS - I have done and yes it does hurt.

mebees change the pawls eh?

The problem is that people ask the wrong question

Sometimes, yes possibly. But mostly it's people that haven't read/understood the question or think their opinon is more valid than an actaul correct answer.
Especially in the case of: [i]I'm looking for X, but I certainly don't want Y, and then get told by all and sundry that you really should get Y.

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Can we get Fred back?

Ah, but you see you don't want to do it like that...

PS - I have done and yes it does hurt.

I rest my case m'laud. Now it all makes sense: STW is populated by village idiots. 😉

Especially in the case of: I'm looking for X, but I certainly don't want Y, and then get told by all and sundry that you really should get Y.

[i]or think their opinon is more valid than an actaul correct answer.[/i]

well duh! This is in the internet after all.

You want to get yourself a polished solid obsidian headbadge on that.

Juan, yes I'll be home tonight baby! 😯

Now that's cleared up, there's this really nice bloke flogging reconditioned Mojo frames on e-bay...

I had one on the old forum
I don't know why I remember it but ...

Poster
Does anyone know what size seatpost a 06 Yeti 575 takes?

Me
27.2

Poster
Anyone else?

Especially in the case of: I'm looking for X, but I certainly don't want Y, and then get told by all and sundry that you really should get Y.

what if they genuinely think your decision is poor ?

"I'm going to buy a £400 bike - either an apollo throbber or a tesco death****. I'm 4foot 6, will the 23 inch model be right or should I go 24?"

That just isn't possible,did you do physics at school?,any difference you think you can hear is just your imagination, and you are gullible/cretinous/religious for believing otherwise.:)

can i get a compact camera with a wide angle lens wider than 24mm?

If it's for aesthetic reasons then I'm against it, but I'm fine if we're talking circumcylery.

Fascist!

fatchas fault

Apple

what if they genuinely think your decision is poor ?

"I'm going to buy a £400 bike - either an apollo throbber or a tesco death****. I'm 4foot 6, will the 23 inch model be right or should I go 24?"

AHHHHHHHHHH-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!

See that's my point PRECISELY!!!! You haven't understood the basics!!

Your example is asking for a choice BETWEEN the Throbber and the Death**** and then for advice on size (Love the names, BTW!)

More accurately you should have written:

[i]I'm going to buy an Apollo Throbber. I really don't want a Tesco Death****, because it doesn't come in purple and yellow[/i]

See???
Thanks for the perfect demonstration of exacly what I mean. You [i]may[/i] have read the question, but it got garbled in your head and you failed to answer it properly!
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lol at uplink 😆

of course flat pak bikes from asda are a good investment, its not asda's fault no one in the country is able to build them correctly, keep it in the box and just think of the resale value on ebay in 20 years as a collectors item or even better rare 😉

The wheels will go round twice as fast, but other than that it will proceed down the conveyor belt and take off as normal.

Yes, but how much is it worth? I reckon at least £800, but I'm only getting offers for 50p

... Turned out it was a goat, after all.

either an apollo throbber or a tesco death****.

Laugh of the day, thank you!

Oh, and if you try dipping it in yoghurt first, that may help soothe the swelling.

See???
Thanks for the perfect demonstration of exacly what I mean. You may have read the question, but it got garbled in your head and you failed to answer it properly!

no, I understood your point but liked my 2 options & genuinely couldn't decide between them. I don't see the salient part of you statement to be the NUMBER of options you're considering - it's the (un)suitability that matters:
A sensible stw response would be "no, you can do far better than that for 400 quid - either a new shitehawk sl or there's a great Ibis mojo on ebay just now" neither of which would offer any option for the throbber or death**** (a highly overrated bike IMO - the cheaper danger**** is just as good). Anyone who said that the 23" throbber (fnarr) was the right option from those presented is guilty of answering the question but providing poor advice

OFFS!!!

Let's not let an argument break out about this!

Ohh, look, there's a chaffinch outside.

PMSL @ Scaredypants! Please can someone market those bikes? Purleeeese!

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Problem is people don't read the threads.

[i]Poster
Does anyone know what size seatpost a 06 Yeti 575 takes?

Me
27.2

Poster
Anyone else?
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See if you'd got it [i]right[/i] you wouldn't have had that.

See if you'd got it right you wouldn't have had that.

well it was [i]right[/i] last time I checked 🙂

to correct that - he didn't write "anyone else?" he just wrote "anyone?"

Am debating changing my log in to Appolo Throbber. Or possibly to Hetro Quackbangs

[i]But mostly it's people that haven't read/understood the question or think their opinon is more valid than an actaul correct answer.[/i]

The trouble with your threads Peter is that they are always a test to see if anyone knows the actual correct answer. I'm not sure you've ever posted a thread when you didn't know what the answer was, or wanted feedback, opinions or a general discussion. Most people don't post to test other users' intelligence, and we are inevitably caught out when you do it. 😀

i'm changing mrs runs log in to nicely packed kebab!

Pete, you have proved your point, no we don't actually read posts, its all about a chance to express our (undeniably right) opinion without getting into a fight, or caring what anyone else thinks.

Besides, [i]f(x)=y[/i] so whatever you choose, it will depend on your other choice as well.

Its all just a way to fill in time between riding and eating for me.

because things only make sense when there's piccies

and there is never enough piccies

"danger****": boffing one off in your big sister's room while she is downstairs 😈

graham, I believe to be done properly you have to shout her name about 10 sec before it's all over & get done & out before she arrives

Why do I now really want a Shitehawk SL?

I'm not sure you've ever posted a thread when you didn't know what the answer was,

Eh? Course I have. 🙂

Examples

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/womens-hardails-is-there-one-that

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/magura-service

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/pikes-leaking-damping-oil

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/disc-brake-adaptor-wierdness-this-one-is-interesting

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/photography-q-lens-upgrade-worth-it

I was going to say "oh gosh, sorry, you're right, silly me." Then I read the first thread you linked to:

[i]cinnamon_girl - Member
Orange? Trek?

PeterPoddy - Member
Trek WSDs all have 100mm forks. Orange Divas are silly prices (And poorly specced IMO)

Believe me, I've had a good look already...... [/i]

You asked a question, cinnamon girl tried to answer it and you bollocked her for getting the answer wrong! I've no problem with it, but the reason you don't like the answers you get is that your standards are very high. 😉

I would go for the Gutrush Rockslapper "Cornwall" edition FS bike myself.

[i]bollocked her[/i]

You sure? 🙂

(edit: and not in a rude way)

1)an internet forum is a write only medium
2)the answers are always a case of WYKIWYL

You asked a question, cinnamon girl tried to answer it and you bollocked her for getting the answer wrong!

And the later on in the same thread.....

[i]CG - I was just about to say something along the lines of "I've just looked and you're wrong" but I went and checked the geometry, (rather than just the spec page like I did before) on the Orange site and it does indeed say "Fork 100mm min, 130mm max"

Well done!
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It was partly that thread I was thinking of when I posed this one, actually. If you read it all through, you'll see why. I was getting a tad annoyed, because when people couldn't answer the question they decided to nit-pick our decision instead of just not replying. 😕
Only CG gave a decent answer. 🙂 The STW massiv beaten by a girl? The shame..... 😉

Which just goes to show how MrDummy didn't read the thread properly.

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Only CG gave a decent answer. The STW massiv beaten by a girl? The shame.....

Love it 8)

I thought you might CG 🙂

No offence/nit-picking PP ( 😉 ) but in that wsd bike thread, your reasons for insisting on a wsd are

1) your missus has a men's bike that doesn't fit (isn't it right that RL's are fairly short in the TT, which might worsen any feeling of being too far back, whereas kona's are supposedly relatively long - ie more like a "man's" bike ?)
2) [u]you[/u] think she needs a women's bike

That's hardly conclusive proof for the rest of us (even CG started off asking whether wsd was really necessary). Obviously you believe you're right but EVERY time this comes up we get 50:50 answers so there are plenty of folk who similarly "know" you're wrong. None of them were nasty about it, they just offered their opinion

Anyhow, hasn't the weather been nice ? ...