Hmmmm, looks a bit like Spinergy nipples to me. I had a tool (or two, cos there were two different sizes) to do them, years ago, might still be in my parents' garage…

I wish I could stop telling everyone that everything is "not rocket science [FFS]"…

I will vegan +1 Junkyard's Bourbon ;-)

Aaaaaagh! The valves! The VALVES…!!

"Fall Foward" & "Spring Back" also roll off the tongue rather well, just to confuzzle everyone a little bit more… :wink:

Not in brine.

"Smooth and generic?" Meh, so what? The world needs more berms, and this delivers!

I remember when Picolax was all the rage in these parts…

(No offence to you personally, m0nster)

Is there a way that the STW gods could combine the fifteen threads we've had on this subject already and make it sticky for a few days…?

Yeah! Tits Bike or GTFO!

Lovely Rita indeed!

Perhaps she printed out the wrong information because she's stressed & overworked. Maybe…?

My first thought on reading the girls' comments on there was "Blimey, you couldn't make this stuff up", but in retrospect I hope to hell that it is indeed made up.

Maybe I lead something of a sheltered life, but these people don't really exist, do they…?

Is the chap in the hi-vis vest the troll spotter?

The little black spacer thing? The one that pivots on one of the pinch bolts and clips onto the other one?

Put the little black spacer thing back in, it's useful, and here's why:

The black spacer is not a spacer at all, but a guide. You might notice that it's got a little metal point sticking out of it. That metal point should fit into the hole on the axle when the LH crank arm is on in the correct position and, impotantly, ONLY when the LH crank arm is in the correct position. If the black spacer can't pivot into place easily (after you've done up the preload cap and before torqueing the pinch bolts) then something is wrong somewhere.

So not absolutely necessary, but useful.

My favourite bit in the advert is where he writes:

SEAL COLOUR MAY VARY.

Seriously, WTF??

Fair call, kaesae. Sadly competition from sub-standard products labelled as the real-Mckoy is life.

Shampoo usually has Pro-Proteinous Diddleflap D6 FlowerSpaff added whereas shower gel doesn't.

pick the rear up with your feet??? unweight it never lift/pick it up

But all those magazine articles about learning to bunnyhop (aimed at us motals who can't jump) say to pull the bars up and then magically lift the rear of the bike up by 'scooping' the back of the bike up using the pedals with your toes pointing downwards. Eh?

And I thought the euthanasia debate was a confusing subject…

The little black spacer thing? The one that pivots on one of the pinch bolts and clips onto the other one?

Put the little black spacer thing back in, it's useful, and here's why:

The black spacer is not a spacer at all, but a guide. You might notice that it's got a little metal point sticking out of it. That metal point should fit into the hole on the axle when the LH crank arm is on in the correct position and, impotantly, ONLY when the LH crank arm is in the correct position. If the black spacer can't pivot into place easily (after you've done up the preload cap and before torqueing the pinch bolts) then something is wrong somewhere.

Things to check:

BB spacers – definitely got the right number of spacers of the right thickness in place for your BB shell width?

Preload cap – this doesn't hold the crank arm on, it just, well, preloads the bearings a bit. Don't do this up tight in the hope it will hold your cranks together. Just use the little tool to do it up finger-tightish. The crank is held on by the…

Pinch bolts – someone mentioned doing these up "barsteward-tight" which, sorry to be a stickler, is just wrong. Their advice to RTFM is good though. I don't follow EVERY torque guideline but manufacturers don't just pluck numbers out of thin air and in this case Shimano's numbers sould be followed. Torque the pinch bolts to the recommended torque setting.

It might be worth trying a different BB, just to see if that makes a difference, but I have a feeling that if the LH crank arm has come off once the splines will be shot and it'll never sit properly again.

It's a lost Alien.

Don't really want to insult two people in one evening, so I shalln't, but you do tempt me mightily, Juan, especially with your comments in the last vegetarian thread. If you must know, no one said any of those things, though the ever-amusing bingo has made an appearance simply because it showcases all the ridiculous things vegetarians & vegans get told and asked by ignorant (yes, I said ignorant, not stupid/foolish/idiotic) people.

Anyway, can we just get over the whole healthy/unhealthy thing? Please. It is perfectly possible to raise healthy omnivorous/vegetarian/vegan children and perfectly possible to raise unhealthy omnivorous/vegetarian/vegan children. The OP came for advice about raising a healthy veggie daughter and, as usual, it has descended into people missing the point by several AU.

Some very good suggestions have been made and some fine ideas for feeding children healthy grub have come out. Unless anyone has any other thoughts on the original subject perhaps we could just gently roll this thread to a close now.

I'm normally a measured, balanced, temperate sort of person on here, so this next comment is completely out of character but, I feel, justified.

T129er: you sir, are full of shit.

All of your posts have been completely meaningless drivel. My particular favourite was when you said:

So let's have some science:

and then proceeded to dish out a load of statistics that, if anything, show that non-meat foodstuffs are lower in fat than the one meat example on your list. Please explain what the point of all that nutrition information was…

To counter your isolated examples of pasty-faced, stunted children I will refer firstly to myself: vegetarian since birth and a perfectly normal rate of growth and development. My brother: an identical story. My ex-girlfriend: vegetarian since birth and a very beautiful woman.

Sheesh, I can't believe I've stooped to responding to your pointless prose. To refer back to my earlier accusation, I very much hope you're actually trolling.

Isn't it about time someone said, "This thread is worthless without pics!"?

Woah everyone! We've all been quick to judge Ti29er's post but there's a possibility we're overlooking:

Yes, it could just be a load of utter, utter rubbish, OR it could be a rather clever trolling, which we've all fallen for.

(Ti29er – better stick your head back in now and claim that it was, in fact, a trolling…)

Try me at Evans Cycles on The Cut. (Yup, oi've got me trumpet out and I'm blowing it with gusto, but that aside, I know I can build wheels with the best of 'em…)

EDIT: oh, and don't worry about finding a place that 'specialises' in 29er wheels. As people have said any good bike shop will be able to do a fine job. Buy whichever components suit your needs, online if you can't source them locally, and take those bits to your trusted LBS.

Sheesh, must we go through this sooooo often…?

To quote:

bananaworld – Member

Two facts remain:

1) Some people eat meat and will justify doing so in whatever way they see fit, even if it's simply a case that they like it. Fair enough.

And:

2) Human being really don't need to eat animal products to live healthily.

Some people will never see how a person could live without meat, and some people will never understand how meat-eaters can reconcile the cruelty and waste involved in animal rearing. It's a funny old game.

Add Junkyard's post:

Junkyard – Member
no you missed my point it is that
veggies make their kids veggies
Meat eaters make their kids meateaters
Some meat eating kids end up as veggies
Some veggie kids end up as meat eaters

…and that is, quite simply, the end of that discussion.

Now back to ideas for food for a farsighted child who wants to be vegetarian.

Yours started last week?? So that'll explain it: I was sneezing like a bee-atch and snottin' all over the place but refused to believe that THE CURSE had started so darn early in the year.

"Fexofanadine"… hmmmm, gonna look into that one, cheers!

*%$^ing hayfever. I swear it should be a registered disability.

They get a lot of bad press, but I'm a big fan of pigeons. I'm not a fancier, but I love watching them walk around, pecking at this and that. They're great.

Nuke them from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.

Does your post, Coffeeking, suggest that Harold Shipman was ridding the world of speccy crims…?

The 'senior mechanic in charge' at the workshop I work in is a great advocate of "rim servicing". Couple of blocks of wood and nylon hammer and yer good to go. Just check for any cracks before, during and after (especially around the eyelets and inside the well of the rim, and on the walls: ah screw it, just check everywhere.)

The rims fecked so you may as well give it a go. Dr Pepper moment, right…? :wink:

boxelder – Member
But it beats walking miles every day to fill a bucket from a dirty river and then having to bury our own s#ite, while worrying when our kids are next going to be struck down by some life threatening disease.
http://www.wateraid.org

What boxelder said. We don't know how lucky we are, etc. ('cept that we really don't appreciate how lucky we are…)

Looks good!

What does "Cycling-specific Float-Y shoulder and sternum strap" mean…? Does it have straps over both shoulders or just one?

Does the back panel make for Sweaty Bettyness? (Not that you can complain for the price though.)

I have trouble telling left from right…

Maybe you could point to where they have to sign? (EDIT: GW's genius beat me to it!)

bakes – Member
what I do, which I imagine is quite annoying, is snap the really long stems off the broccolli that I won't eat and throw them back in the crate

ballsofcottonwool – Member
snap the stalks of the brocoli before you bag it to get extra value for money.

You foooools! Broccoli stalks bring tasty, nutritious and useful added-bulk to many dishes. I think of them as 'vegan offal'*: undesirable bits that are nonetheless eminently usable. You're missing out by discarding them.

(* credit where credit's due for this phrase, you know who you are :wink: )

You have truly become a parody of yourself, Mark. Stop trying so hard!

Right, seems like I should go after all. Cheers peeps!

Anyone else heading to Crowthorne?

WOT!!!! R U MAD??!!? stw IS NOT MAD AT ALL, MATE!! EVERYONE IS REALLY FRIENDLY N KEWL N STABLE N BALANCED!!!! THE GARDENERS' QUESTION TIME FORUM WORSE THAN THIS!!!1

YOUR A PEEDO!!1!! N A NAZI111 YOUR MUM!

nickc – Member

Metal. In all it's forms is just pollution. How anyone can listen to more than 20 seconds of acdc is beyond me.

Dear Maker, I hope this is a troll and I am guilty of feeding it. Please let it be troll, please…