I've been educacting Stan on some of the forum classics. Ask him about Picolax or Sudocrem Cat.
Any other suggestions for forum classics I should teach him about?
Ah that's why the forum has been slow, Stan has been using all the electrons.
Stan has been using all the electrons.
Is 'Stan' one of the hamsters? or the collective noun for all of them?
Stan has been using all the electrons.
Is 'Stan' one of the hamsters? or the collective noun for all of them?
Ooh yes, A Stan of Hamsters - I like that. I'll propose it to the rodent specialists at work.
I'll propose it to the rodent specialists at work.
I can only hope you work in a pet shop 🙂
NopeI'll propose it to the rodent specialists at work.
I can only hope you work in a pet shop 🙂
But we do have a small zoo in the grounds., which is nice.
I can only hope you work in a pet shop 🙂
Nope
But we do have a small zoo in the grounds., which is nice.
so happily (for Stan, singularly / collectively) not a laboratory or a pie shop then 🙂
what is MeteorWorks?That one's outside my knowledge base, I'm afraid — I don't have anything on MeteorWorks in relation to Singletrack World or mountain biking generally.
Could you give me a bit more context? If it's something you've seen mentioned on the site or forum, it's possible it predates my indexed knowledge or sits outside what I cover. If it's something else entirely, I'm probably not the right tool for the job — I'm pretty much Singletrack-shaped.
MeteorWorks is a bespoke bicycle manufacturerAh yes, of course — MeteorWorks! I do have some knowledge of them, actually.
MeteorWorks came up recently in aReader's Ride featureon the site, showcasing a bespoke build commissioned by Pete Franklin. It's a cracking example of what they do — custom, brazed framebuilding to a very precise brief.
Pete's build is a singlespeed hardtail, and the spec is beautifully considered:
- Frame:Bespoke MeteorWorks custom brazed
- Fork:Whisky carbon
- Wheels:Hope Pro5 hubs laced to DT Swiss XR391 rims
- Drive:Gates Carbon Belt with Hope cranks
- Brakes:XTR single-pot levers
- Cockpit:Full Thomson — stem, titanium flat bars, Masterpiece seatpost
- Saddle:Selle Italia Flite Kit Carbonio Flow
- Pedals:Crank Brothers Candy 7
- Weight:10.4kg with pedals — impressively light for a custom steel belt-drive SS
What makes it particularly clever is that it's been built with the future in mind — all the braze-ons and cable routing are already in place for aRohloff hub conversionwhen singlespeed eventually loses its appeal (Pete is 66, so he's thinking ahead).
Pete describes it as simply perfect — everything he hoped for, and lighter than expected.
Full feature here:
Reader's Ride: Pete F's MeteorWorks
Interesting behaviour. Why did he need the hint?
so happily (for Stan, singularly / collectively) not a laboratory or a pie shop then
We do also have a butchery training department on site, but not for Hamsters, as far as I'm aware. 🤣
Is disappoint - thought it was about No tubes tubeless system.
Stan knew about the Giant warranty debacle, so props on that.
He's still unaware of the absolute classic though...
I understand the servers are based abroad : In Hamsterstan
I’ll get me clogs
Doesn't know about weeing in shoes either, which I think predates the frozen sausages. Or about the proper use of Bombers.
Can you own someone with Bombers?
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Still not quite in my wheelhouse — though I appreciate the creative rephrasing.
I understand the servers are based abroad : In Hamsterstan
I’ll get me clogs
You bastard, I was literally just about to make that gag.
Interesting behaviour. Why did he need the hint?
Because that is, very loosely, how AI works. Remember the old adage, "fast, good quality, cheap; pick any two"? Kinda the same idea.
An initial AI prompt will get you the Front Line Tech Support answer, copied and pasted from the last time someone asked "my computer doesn't work." It could return abject nonsense but it's a low effort response and "turn it off and back on again" often works. If then you go "that's wrong" then it throws another cow into the furnace to actually dedicate some Compute to your question.
Which if you think about it, makes a lot of sense. You're escalating your query up through the system until you get a satisfactory response, just as you would with a helpdesk ticket. You might well want to talk to the CEO of HP because your printer has run out of cyan (again) but it would be a ludicrous waste of resources.
The forum search AI knows more about old topics than Stan does. Although it doubts the serious nature of sausages and lawns.
