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On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 4:16:54 PM UTC-7, Chalo wrote:
The hassle factor is easy to observe. The performance benefit, if there is one, is unidentifiable. I work in a bike shop. I've seen long struggles to seat a tubeless tire, and plenty of puddles of yogurty spoo on the floor. I've seen my coworkers give up, because a tire won't seat evenly after all their efforts. I won't do tubeless tire jobs. I think that whoever chooses tubeless tires should handle his own maintenance. Otherwise, it's very much like ****ting your own pants on purpose and then hiring a professional to deal with the mess. Indeed the early tubeless tires did have those sorts of problems. But I suppose you work in a bike shop because you believe technology is frozen in time. |
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On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 11:13:31 PM UTC-7, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 18:17:44 -0700 (PDT), Frank Krygowski wrote: On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 3:42:06 PM UTC-4, Ralph Barone wrote: Chalo wrote: What good is riding the tire without getting flats, if you have to spend more time fooling around with it than if you were getting lots of flats in a conventional system? You're trading the chance of a small inconvenience for the certainty of a larger one. If your riding time is scarce and precious, but basement lurking time is plentiful, I guess I can see the appeal. You probably won't have to mess with it while you're on the trail. But you will have to mess with it, both when installing the stuff and again every so often when you take out the curds and whey-- and that's true even if you didn't get any punctures at all. Some people like to fiddle with the hardware, and some like to just use it and not think about it. With guitars, I’m a hardware fiddler, so I ditched music and went into engineering. A friend of mine posted a picture of himself adjusting the valve lash on his BMW motorcycle and I had to think back to the last time I ever had to do that (1988?). I also think we all have different levels of how much we are willing to pay for an incremental performance improvement. ... Or for an irrelevant or negligible performance improvement. And we definitely have different judgments on the benefits vs. detriments of performance improvements. Why would I go to tubeless tires? I'd have to invest a bundle and learn a new maintenance drill, but for what? To reduce my few flats per year to "few minus one"? To reduce my rolling resistance, when I'm usually the first or second rider to finish a ride? (Tip: Ride with old folks! It's easier!) Why would I switch to a much lighter bike? I'm usually first or second to the top of a hill, even on the tandem. (See the tip above.) Why would I switch to disc brakes? I don't do that much riding in the rain, and anyway I've never once gotten in trouble by my rim brakes being inadequate. I understand that there are people who want whatever the advertisers are promoting most this year. Some do it because of the "art" value of the (supposedly) top technology. ("I've got the finest bike!!!"). Some may do it to beat their buddies to the next telephone pole. Have at it, if you like. But that's not what most of my riding is about. What I don't understand is people who don't understand that some of us don't give a damn about three fewer pounds, or one thousandth less rolling resistance, or magical handling that only cognoscenti can detect. Why not just ride the bike? - Frank Krygowski But what do you know? After all you don't have a $4,000 bike like The Expert does so obviously you don't know nothing :-( -- cheers, John B. And you don't have anything so why are you on this group? |
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Tom Kunich writes:
On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 11:13:31 PM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 18:17:44 -0700 (PDT), Frank Krygowski wrote: On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 3:42:06 PM UTC-4, Ralph Barone wrote: Chalo wrote: What good is riding the tire without getting flats, if you have to spend more time fooling around with it than if you were getting lots of flats in a conventional system? You're trading the chance of a small inconvenience for the certainty of a larger one. If your riding time is scarce and precious, but basement lurking time is plentiful, I guess I can see the appeal. You probably won't have to mess with it while you're on the trail. But you will have to mess with it, both when installing the stuff and again every so often when you take out the curds and whey-- and that's true even if you didn't get any punctures at all. Some people like to fiddle with the hardware, and some like to just use it and not think about it. With guitars, I’m a hardware fiddler, so I ditched music and went into engineering. A friend of mine posted a picture of himself adjusting the valve lash on his BMW motorcycle and I had to think back to the last time I ever had to do that (1988?). I also think we all have different levels of how much we are willing to pay for an incremental performance improvement. ... Or for an irrelevant or negligible performance improvement. And we definitely have different judgments on the benefits vs. detriments of performance improvements. Why would I go to tubeless tires? I'd have to invest a bundle and learn a new maintenance drill, but for what? To reduce my few flats per year to "few minus one"? To reduce my rolling resistance, when I'm usually the first or second rider to finish a ride? (Tip: Ride with old folks! It's easier!) Why would I switch to a much lighter bike? I'm usually first or second to the top of a hill, even on the tandem. (See the tip above.) Why would I switch to disc brakes? I don't do that much riding in the rain, and anyway I've never once gotten in trouble by my rim brakes being inadequate. I understand that there are people who want whatever the advertisers are promoting most this year. Some do it because of the "art" value of the (supposedly) top technology. ("I've got the finest bike!!!"). Some may do it to beat their buddies to the next telephone pole. Have at it, if you like. But that's not what most of my riding is about. What I don't understand is people who don't understand that some of us don't give a damn about three fewer pounds, or one thousandth less rolling resistance, or magical handling that only cognoscenti can detect. Why not just ride the bike? - Frank Krygowski But what do you know? After all you don't have a $4,000 bike like The Expert does so obviously you don't know nothing :-( -- cheers, John B. And you don't have anything so why are you on this group? He's got a computer and at least one opinion. What more does one need? |
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On Monday, July 8, 2019 at 7:39:44 AM UTC-7, Radey Shouman wrote:
Tom Kunich writes: On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 11:13:31 PM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 18:17:44 -0700 (PDT), Frank Krygowski wrote: On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 3:42:06 PM UTC-4, Ralph Barone wrote: Chalo wrote: What good is riding the tire without getting flats, if you have to spend more time fooling around with it than if you were getting lots of flats in a conventional system? You're trading the chance of a small inconvenience for the certainty of a larger one. If your riding time is scarce and precious, but basement lurking time is plentiful, I guess I can see the appeal. You probably won't have to mess with it while you're on the trail. But you will have to mess with it, both when installing the stuff and again every so often when you take out the curds and whey-- and that's true even if you didn't get any punctures at all. Some people like to fiddle with the hardware, and some like to just use it and not think about it. With guitars, I’m a hardware fiddler, so I ditched music and went into engineering. A friend of mine posted a picture of himself adjusting the valve lash on his BMW motorcycle and I had to think back to the last time I ever had to do that (1988?). I also think we all have different levels of how much we are willing to pay for an incremental performance improvement. ... Or for an irrelevant or negligible performance improvement. And we definitely have different judgments on the benefits vs. detriments of performance improvements. Why would I go to tubeless tires? I'd have to invest a bundle and learn a new maintenance drill, but for what? To reduce my few flats per year to "few minus one"? To reduce my rolling resistance, when I'm usually the first or second rider to finish a ride? (Tip: Ride with old folks! It's easier!) Why would I switch to a much lighter bike? I'm usually first or second to the top of a hill, even on the tandem. (See the tip above.) Why would I switch to disc brakes? I don't do that much riding in the rain, and anyway I've never once gotten in trouble by my rim brakes being inadequate. I understand that there are people who want whatever the advertisers are promoting most this year. Some do it because of the "art" value of the (supposedly) top technology. ("I've got the finest bike!!!"). Some may do it to beat their buddies to the next telephone pole. Have at it, if you like. But that's not what most of my riding is about. What I don't understand is people who don't understand that some of us don't give a damn about three fewer pounds, or one thousandth less rolling resistance, or magical handling that only cognoscenti can detect. Why not just ride the bike? - Frank Krygowski But what do you know? After all you don't have a $4,000 bike like The Expert does so obviously you don't know nothing :-( -- cheers, John B. And you don't have anything so why are you on this group? He's got a computer and at least one opinion. What more does one need? Radey - if you have an opinion and nothing more there is the .soc group. Here you are expected to actually have some technical knowledge. The major problem with the Internet these days is that people mistake opinions for knowledge. Even the media now has eschewed knowledge for opinion. |
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On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 07:04:08 -0700 (PDT), Tom Kunich
wrote: On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 11:13:31 PM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 18:17:44 -0700 (PDT), Frank Krygowski wrote: On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 3:42:06 PM UTC-4, Ralph Barone wrote: Chalo wrote: What good is riding the tire without getting flats, if you have to spend more time fooling around with it than if you were getting lots of flats in a conventional system? You're trading the chance of a small inconvenience for the certainty of a larger one. If your riding time is scarce and precious, but basement lurking time is plentiful, I guess I can see the appeal. You probably won't have to mess with it while you're on the trail. But you will have to mess with it, both when installing the stuff and again every so often when you take out the curds and whey-- and that's true even if you didn't get any punctures at all. Some people like to fiddle with the hardware, and some like to just use it and not think about it. With guitars, I’m a hardware fiddler, so I ditched music and went into engineering. A friend of mine posted a picture of himself adjusting the valve lash on his BMW motorcycle and I had to think back to the last time I ever had to do that (1988?). I also think we all have different levels of how much we are willing to pay for an incremental performance improvement. ... Or for an irrelevant or negligible performance improvement. And we definitely have different judgments on the benefits vs. detriments of performance improvements. Why would I go to tubeless tires? I'd have to invest a bundle and learn a new maintenance drill, but for what? To reduce my few flats per year to "few minus one"? To reduce my rolling resistance, when I'm usually the first or second rider to finish a ride? (Tip: Ride with old folks! It's easier!) Why would I switch to a much lighter bike? I'm usually first or second to the top of a hill, even on the tandem. (See the tip above.) Why would I switch to disc brakes? I don't do that much riding in the rain, and anyway I've never once gotten in trouble by my rim brakes being inadequate. I understand that there are people who want whatever the advertisers are promoting most this year. Some do it because of the "art" value of the (supposedly) top technology. ("I've got the finest bike!!!"). Some may do it to beat their buddies to the next telephone pole. Have at it, if you like. But that's not what most of my riding is about. What I don't understand is people who don't understand that some of us don't give a damn about three fewer pounds, or one thousandth less rolling resistance, or magical handling that only cognoscenti can detect. Why not just ride the bike? - Frank Krygowski But what do you know? After all you don't have a $4,000 bike like The Expert does so obviously you don't know nothing :-( -- cheers, John B. And you don't have anything so why are you on this group? Well, of course I was talking to Frank so you might be said to be lurking on corners and eavesdropping on others, but you might say that I'm here to expose those who tell lies and attempt to inflate their own ego by bragging abut their great wealth, and who, at the same time, weep and cry about how they don't have sufficient funds to buy groceries. -- cheers, John B. |
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On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 08:28:22 -0700 (PDT), Tom Kunich
wrote: On Monday, July 8, 2019 at 7:39:44 AM UTC-7, Radey Shouman wrote: Tom Kunich writes: On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 11:13:31 PM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 18:17:44 -0700 (PDT), Frank Krygowski wrote: On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 3:42:06 PM UTC-4, Ralph Barone wrote: Chalo wrote: What good is riding the tire without getting flats, if you have to spend more time fooling around with it than if you were getting lots of flats in a conventional system? You're trading the chance of a small inconvenience for the certainty of a larger one. If your riding time is scarce and precious, but basement lurking time is plentiful, I guess I can see the appeal. You probably won't have to mess with it while you're on the trail. But you will have to mess with it, both when installing the stuff and again every so often when you take out the curds and whey-- and that's true even if you didn't get any punctures at all. Some people like to fiddle with the hardware, and some like to just use it and not think about it. With guitars, I’m a hardware fiddler, so I ditched music and went into engineering. A friend of mine posted a picture of himself adjusting the valve lash on his BMW motorcycle and I had to think back to the last time I ever had to do that (1988?). I also think we all have different levels of how much we are willing to pay for an incremental performance improvement. ... Or for an irrelevant or negligible performance improvement. And we definitely have different judgments on the benefits vs. detriments of performance improvements. Why would I go to tubeless tires? I'd have to invest a bundle and learn a new maintenance drill, but for what? To reduce my few flats per year to "few minus one"? To reduce my rolling resistance, when I'm usually the first or second rider to finish a ride? (Tip: Ride with old folks! It's easier!) Why would I switch to a much lighter bike? I'm usually first or second to the top of a hill, even on the tandem. (See the tip above.) Why would I switch to disc brakes? I don't do that much riding in the rain, and anyway I've never once gotten in trouble by my rim brakes being inadequate. I understand that there are people who want whatever the advertisers are promoting most this year. Some do it because of the "art" value of the (supposedly) top technology. ("I've got the finest bike!!!"). Some may do it to beat their buddies to the next telephone pole. Have at it, if you like. But that's not what most of my riding is about. What I don't understand is people who don't understand that some of us don't give a damn about three fewer pounds, or one thousandth less rolling resistance, or magical handling that only cognoscenti can detect. Why not just ride the bike? - Frank Krygowski But what do you know? After all you don't have a $4,000 bike like The Expert does so obviously you don't know nothing :-( -- cheers, John B. And you don't have anything so why are you on this group? He's got a computer and at least one opinion. What more does one need? Radey - if you have an opinion and nothing more there is the .soc group. Here you are expected to actually have some technical knowledge. The major problem with the Internet these days is that people mistake opinions for knowledge. Even the media now has eschewed knowledge for opinion. One can only assume that he is here to brag abut his great wealth, the vast funds he has invested and his $4,000 bicycle, while complaining about the great cost of groceries, to moan and groan about what a miserable neighborhood he lives in, to rant and rave about history (history that has already happened and cannot be changed) tell lies and generally act like a horses ass. -- cheers, John B. |
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On Monday, July 8, 2019 at 3:31:03 PM UTC-7, John B. wrote:
On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 07:04:08 -0700 (PDT), Tom Kunich wrote: On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 11:13:31 PM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 18:17:44 -0700 (PDT), Frank Krygowski wrote: On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 3:42:06 PM UTC-4, Ralph Barone wrote: Chalo wrote: What good is riding the tire without getting flats, if you have to spend more time fooling around with it than if you were getting lots of flats in a conventional system? You're trading the chance of a small inconvenience for the certainty of a larger one. If your riding time is scarce and precious, but basement lurking time is plentiful, I guess I can see the appeal. You probably won't have to mess with it while you're on the trail. But you will have to mess with it, both when installing the stuff and again every so often when you take out the curds and whey-- and that's true even if you didn't get any punctures at all. Some people like to fiddle with the hardware, and some like to just use it and not think about it. With guitars, I’m a hardware fiddler, so I ditched music and went into engineering. A friend of mine posted a picture of himself adjusting the valve lash on his BMW motorcycle and I had to think back to the last time I ever had to do that (1988?). I also think we all have different levels of how much we are willing to pay for an incremental performance improvement. ... Or for an irrelevant or negligible performance improvement. And we definitely have different judgments on the benefits vs. detriments of performance improvements. Why would I go to tubeless tires? I'd have to invest a bundle and learn a new maintenance drill, but for what? To reduce my few flats per year to "few minus one"? To reduce my rolling resistance, when I'm usually the first or second rider to finish a ride? (Tip: Ride with old folks! It's easier!) Why would I switch to a much lighter bike? I'm usually first or second to the top of a hill, even on the tandem. (See the tip above.) Why would I switch to disc brakes? I don't do that much riding in the rain, and anyway I've never once gotten in trouble by my rim brakes being inadequate. I understand that there are people who want whatever the advertisers are promoting most this year. Some do it because of the "art" value of the (supposedly) top technology. ("I've got the finest bike!!!"). Some may do it to beat their buddies to the next telephone pole. Have at it, if you like. But that's not what most of my riding is about. What I don't understand is people who don't understand that some of us don't give a damn about three fewer pounds, or one thousandth less rolling resistance, or magical handling that only cognoscenti can detect. Why not just ride the bike? - Frank Krygowski But what do you know? After all you don't have a $4,000 bike like The Expert does so obviously you don't know nothing :-( -- cheers, John B. And you don't have anything so why are you on this group? Well, of course I was talking to Frank so you might be said to be lurking on corners and eavesdropping on others, but you might say that I'm here to expose those who tell lies and attempt to inflate their own ego by bragging abut their great wealth, and who, at the same time, weep and cry about how they don't have sufficient funds to buy groceries. -- cheers, John B. Or we can look at you living in a foreign country unable to ever move back to the USA and making up reality as you go along. Where did I ever say I don't have sufficient funds to buy groceries. To you telling the truth is something you cannot stand and you find a psychological need to blow it out of proportion. I am worth over a million dollars. That used to be a lot of money but no longer is. Being someone as stupid as you or Frank and unable to realize that the future is not predictable and inflation could diminish your living standard is what marks the difference between a careful man and those who are not. You might try to remember that since Thailand is set for a large advance in living standards and commensurate inflation. |
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On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 15:52:55 -0700 (PDT), Tom Kunich
wrote: On Monday, July 8, 2019 at 3:31:03 PM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 07:04:08 -0700 (PDT), Tom Kunich wrote: On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 11:13:31 PM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 18:17:44 -0700 (PDT), Frank Krygowski wrote: On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 3:42:06 PM UTC-4, Ralph Barone wrote: Chalo wrote: What good is riding the tire without getting flats, if you have to spend more time fooling around with it than if you were getting lots of flats in a conventional system? You're trading the chance of a small inconvenience for the certainty of a larger one. If your riding time is scarce and precious, but basement lurking time is plentiful, I guess I can see the appeal. You probably won't have to mess with it while you're on the trail. But you will have to mess with it, both when installing the stuff and again every so often when you take out the curds and whey-- and that's true even if you didn't get any punctures at all. Some people like to fiddle with the hardware, and some like to just use it and not think about it. With guitars, I’m a hardware fiddler, so I ditched music and went into engineering. A friend of mine posted a picture of himself adjusting the valve lash on his BMW motorcycle and I had to think back to the last time I ever had to do that (1988?). I also think we all have different levels of how much we are willing to pay for an incremental performance improvement. ... Or for an irrelevant or negligible performance improvement. And we definitely have different judgments on the benefits vs. detriments of performance improvements. Why would I go to tubeless tires? I'd have to invest a bundle and learn a new maintenance drill, but for what? To reduce my few flats per year to "few minus one"? To reduce my rolling resistance, when I'm usually the first or second rider to finish a ride? (Tip: Ride with old folks! It's easier!) Why would I switch to a much lighter bike? I'm usually first or second to the top of a hill, even on the tandem. (See the tip above.) Why would I switch to disc brakes? I don't do that much riding in the rain, and anyway I've never once gotten in trouble by my rim brakes being inadequate. I understand that there are people who want whatever the advertisers are promoting most this year. Some do it because of the "art" value of the (supposedly) top technology. ("I've got the finest bike!!!"). Some may do it to beat their buddies to the next telephone pole. Have at it, if you like. But that's not what most of my riding is about. What I don't understand is people who don't understand that some of us don't give a damn about three fewer pounds, or one thousandth less rolling resistance, or magical handling that only cognoscenti can detect. Why not just ride the bike? - Frank Krygowski But what do you know? After all you don't have a $4,000 bike like The Expert does so obviously you don't know nothing :-( -- cheers, John B. And you don't have anything so why are you on this group? Well, of course I was talking to Frank so you might be said to be lurking on corners and eavesdropping on others, but you might say that I'm here to expose those who tell lies and attempt to inflate their own ego by bragging abut their great wealth, and who, at the same time, weep and cry about how they don't have sufficient funds to buy groceries. -- cheers, John B. Or we can look at you living in a foreign country unable to ever move back to the USA and making up reality as you go along. Where did I ever say I don't have sufficient funds to buy groceries. To you telling the truth is something you cannot stand and you find a psychological need to blow it out of proportion. What, "unable to move back"? And as for living in a foreign country, given your last name your ancestors elected to "live in a foreign country" so your argument appears to be "the pot calling he kettle black". And no, you didn't say, specifically, that you couldn't afford groceries but you certainly appeared to be very concerned about the 50 odd dollars you spent and I guess that I assumed that anyone who was so concerned about spending that vast sum of money must be a bit worried about their budget. Else why would you have mentioned it? I am worth over a million dollars. That used to be a lot of money but no longer is. Being someone as stupid as you or Frank and unable to realize that the future is not predictable and inflation could diminish your living standard is what marks the difference between a careful man and those who are not. You might try to remember that since Thailand is set for a large advance in living standards and commensurate inflation. No I, certainly, and from his posts I assume Frank, are probably as knowledgeable as you about the economy, if not more knowledgeable, and yes inflation will decrease the value of your savings but if you have invested in physical assets such as real estate than the value of your "estate" tends to be inflated in price to (roughly) equate to the inflation. And stock in such investments as gas and oil companies, rubber growers, etc., generally grow in cash terms, again roughly, in accordance with inflation. -- cheers, John B. |
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Tom Kunich writes:
On Monday, July 8, 2019 at 7:39:44 AM UTC-7, Radey Shouman wrote: Tom Kunich writes: On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 11:13:31 PM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 18:17:44 -0700 (PDT), Frank Krygowski wrote: On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 3:42:06 PM UTC-4, Ralph Barone wrote: Chalo wrote: What good is riding the tire without getting flats, if you have to spend more time fooling around with it than if you were getting lots of flats in a conventional system? You're trading the chance of a small inconvenience for the certainty of a larger one. If your riding time is scarce and precious, but basement lurking time is plentiful, I guess I can see the appeal. You probably won't have to mess with it while you're on the trail. But you will have to mess with it, both when installing the stuff and again every so often when you take out the curds and whey-- and that's true even if you didn't get any punctures at all. Some people like to fiddle with the hardware, and some like to just use it and not think about it. With guitars, I’m a hardware fiddler, so I ditched music and went into engineering. A friend of mine posted a picture of himself adjusting the valve lash on his BMW motorcycle and I had to think back to the last time I ever had to do that (1988?). I also think we all have different levels of how much we are willing to pay for an incremental performance improvement. ... Or for an irrelevant or negligible performance improvement. And we definitely have different judgments on the benefits vs. detriments of performance improvements. Why would I go to tubeless tires? I'd have to invest a bundle and learn a new maintenance drill, but for what? To reduce my few flats per year to "few minus one"? To reduce my rolling resistance, when I'm usually the first or second rider to finish a ride? (Tip: Ride with old folks! It's easier!) Why would I switch to a much lighter bike? I'm usually first or second to the top of a hill, even on the tandem. (See the tip above.) Why would I switch to disc brakes? I don't do that much riding in the rain, and anyway I've never once gotten in trouble by my rim brakes being inadequate. I understand that there are people who want whatever the advertisers are promoting most this year. Some do it because of the "art" value of the (supposedly) top technology. ("I've got the finest bike!!!"). Some may do it to beat their buddies to the next telephone pole. Have at it, if you like. But that's not what most of my riding is about. What I don't understand is people who don't understand that some of us don't give a damn about three fewer pounds, or one thousandth less rolling resistance, or magical handling that only cognoscenti can detect. Why not just ride the bike? - Frank Krygowski But what do you know? After all you don't have a $4,000 bike like The Expert does so obviously you don't know nothing :-( -- cheers, John B. And you don't have anything so why are you on this group? He's got a computer and at least one opinion. What more does one need? Radey - if you have an opinion and nothing more there is the .soc group. Here you are expected to actually have some technical knowledge. The major problem with the Internet these days is that people mistake opinions for knowledge. Even the media now has eschewed knowledge for opinion. It's Usenet -- no one vets your palmares, no one vouches for your bona fides. But every reader can decide for him- or herself whether a post is sufficiently useful/interesting/entertaining to read. Hostility can be both unrelenting *and* entertaining, but it's tough to keep that up for 20 or 30 posts a day. Look at Andre, a man hardened by years of payment by the word, see how he paces himself. I'm not all sure that years of reading Usenet have been time well spent, but I have learned a thing or two. One is that, although I devoutly hope one day to retire while still able to ride a bike, a person *can* have too much free time. The other is that if doing or reading something makes me crazy, it's better to give it a rest. -- |
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On Monday, July 8, 2019 at 8:40:19 PM UTC-4, John B. wrote:
On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 15:52:55 -0700 (PDT), Tom Kunich wrote: On Monday, July 8, 2019 at 3:31:03 PM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 07:04:08 -0700 (PDT), Tom Kunich wrote: On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 11:13:31 PM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 18:17:44 -0700 (PDT), Frank Krygowski wrote: On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 3:42:06 PM UTC-4, Ralph Barone wrote: Chalo wrote: What good is riding the tire without getting flats, if you have to spend more time fooling around with it than if you were getting lots of flats in a conventional system? You're trading the chance of a small inconvenience for the certainty of a larger one. If your riding time is scarce and precious, but basement lurking time is plentiful, I guess I can see the appeal. You probably won't have to mess with it while you're on the trail. But you will have to mess with it, both when installing the stuff and again every so often when you take out the curds and whey-- and that's true even if you didn't get any punctures at all. Some people like to fiddle with the hardware, and some like to just use it and not think about it. With guitars, I’m a hardware fiddler, so I ditched music and went into engineering. A friend of mine posted a picture of himself adjusting the valve lash on his BMW motorcycle and I had to think back to the last time I ever had to do that (1988?). I also think we all have different levels of how much we are willing to pay for an incremental performance improvement. ... Or for an irrelevant or negligible performance improvement. And we definitely have different judgments on the benefits vs. detriments of performance improvements. Why would I go to tubeless tires? I'd have to invest a bundle and learn a new maintenance drill, but for what? To reduce my few flats per year to "few minus one"? To reduce my rolling resistance, when I'm usually the first or second rider to finish a ride? (Tip: Ride with old folks! It's easier!) Why would I switch to a much lighter bike? I'm usually first or second to the top of a hill, even on the tandem. (See the tip above.) Why would I switch to disc brakes? I don't do that much riding in the rain, and anyway I've never once gotten in trouble by my rim brakes being inadequate. I understand that there are people who want whatever the advertisers are promoting most this year. Some do it because of the "art" value of the (supposedly) top technology. ("I've got the finest bike!!!"). Some may do it to beat their buddies to the next telephone pole. Have at it, if you like. But that's not what most of my riding is about. What I don't understand is people who don't understand that some of us don't give a damn about three fewer pounds, or one thousandth less rolling resistance, or magical handling that only cognoscenti can detect. Why not just ride the bike? - Frank Krygowski But what do you know? After all you don't have a $4,000 bike like The Expert does so obviously you don't know nothing :-( -- cheers, John B. And you don't have anything so why are you on this group? Well, of course I was talking to Frank so you might be said to be lurking on corners and eavesdropping on others, but you might say that I'm here to expose those who tell lies and attempt to inflate their own ego by bragging abut their great wealth, and who, at the same time, weep and cry about how they don't have sufficient funds to buy groceries. -- cheers, John B. Or we can look at you living in a foreign country unable to ever move back to the USA and making up reality as you go along. Where did I ever say I don't have sufficient funds to buy groceries. To you telling the truth is something you cannot stand and you find a psychological need to blow it out of proportion. What, "unable to move back"? And as for living in a foreign country, given your last name your ancestors elected to "live in a foreign country" so your argument appears to be "the pot calling he kettle black". And no, you didn't say, specifically, that you couldn't afford groceries but you certainly appeared to be very concerned about the 50 odd dollars you spent and I guess that I assumed that anyone who was so concerned about spending that vast sum of money must be a bit worried about their budget. Else why would you have mentioned it? I am worth over a million dollars. That used to be a lot of money but no longer is. Being someone as stupid as you or Frank and unable to realize that the future is not predictable and inflation could diminish your living standard is what marks the difference between a careful man and those who are not. You might try to remember that since Thailand is set for a large advance in living standards and commensurate inflation. No I, certainly, and from his posts I assume Frank, are probably as knowledgeable as you about the economy, if not more knowledgeable, and yes inflation will decrease the value of your savings but if you have invested in physical assets such as real estate than the value of your "estate" tends to be inflated in price to (roughly) equate to the inflation. And stock in such investments as gas and oil companies, rubber growers, etc., generally grow in cash terms, again roughly, in accordance with inflation. -- cheers, John B. He's worth over ONE MILLION dollars and he's complaining about $50.00 worth of groceries? INCONCEIVABLE! If I was worth 1 million dollars and I lived in a place as bad as Tom says he does I'd move out so fast that there'd be burnt rubber along the road of my exit. Cheers |
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