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Really? Better than Bike Friday?? The "standard" drive train is a big plus IMVAIO, as is the stronger frame. The Nexus type rear hub is attractive to manufacturers, but it is too complex, and it makes changing a flat in the rear a pain (I have a Dahon Speed TR with the internal hub). |
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Really? Better than Bike Friday?? The "standard" drive train is a big plus IMVAIO, as is the stronger frame. The Nexus type rear hub is attractive to manufacturers, but it is too complex, and it makes changing a flat in the rear a pain (I have a Dahon Speed TR with the internal hub). |
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I submit that on or about 16 Jul 2005 23:05:54 -0700, the person known
to the court as made a statement s.com in Your Honour's bundle) to the following effect: The one other thing about the KHS Cappuccino that bothers me is the 18" wheels, since 18" tubes and tires are very hard to find. So are the 16" ones for Bromptons, and the 406/28 Stelvios for my recumbent. I carry a Park tyre boot, buy tubes in packs of five by mail order, and keep a spare tyre on the shelf. Guy -- May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound |
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ups.com... -snip- To equip a Brompton with a very wide gear range would cost a lot, as you need to install the Florian Schlumpf Mountain Drive ("http://www.schlumpf.ch/md_engl.htm"). C.J.Patten wrote: I think it's used here as a proper name but did you know "Schlumpf" is German for "Smurf?" -snip- Smurf is a word?? Dictionary-dot-com says: jargon /smerf/ (From the news:soc.motss Usenet newsgroup, after some obnoxiously gooey cartoon characters) A newsgroup regular with a habitual style that is irreverent, silly, and cute. Like many other hackish terms for people, this one may be praise or insult depending on who uses it. In general, being referred to as a smurf is probably not going to make your day unless you've previously adopted the label yourself in a spirit of irony. Compa old fart. I had never heard that term before! -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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C.J.Patten wrote: FWIW, based on all the reading I'm doing, the KHS seems to have a comparable ride to the Brompton at half the price. They don't fold quite as small or elegantly but they get the job done. The one other thing about the KHS Cappuccino that bothers me is the 18" wheels, since 18" tubes and tires are very hard to find. The only place I've seen them is the exact place that many of us go for esoteric items "http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/tires/355.html" and I don't know if these also fit the KHS Cappuccino. Which 18 is it? If it's 18 x 1.75 that is now a common XMart size available at any competent LBS which commonly services bicycles. The 18x1.125 and the older 18 x 1-3/8 are not at all readily available outside a few of us specialty shops. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 21:25:25 -0500, A Muzi wrote:
Smurf is a word?? jargon /smerf/ (From the news:soc.motss Usenet newsgroup, after some obnoxiously gooey cartoon characters) I had never heard that term before! The obnoxiously gooey cartoon characters would be where the term comes from. It was originally a french comic, "Les Schtroumpf", but especially after the animated success has been translated all over the freakin' place. The Smurfs main characteristics are that they're small, blue skinned, and wear white pants with integrated booties plus a white cap -- except for the Big Smurf who dresses in red and Smurfette who's got blond, long hair in place of the cap. All the other 100 or so smurfs in the village are non-alpha males, which suggests some interesting things as to their societal arrangement. Also, I've been told that Smurfette actually resulted from one of the Evil Wizard Gargamel's experiments, which makes the perpetuation of the species even harder to swallow. Jasper |
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To equip a Brompton with a very wide gear range would cost a lot, as
you need to install the Florian Schlumpf Mountain Drive Not necessarily, I have a range of 26 to 82 gear inches on mine by combining a 52/28 chainring with 13/15 sprockets at the back plus the Sturmey Archer AW3 hub gear. This really does get you up almost anything. See http://heh.pl/&Q4 for details Andrew Webster |
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Jasper Janssen wrote: On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 21:25:25 -0500, A Muzi wrote: Smurf is a word?? jargon /smerf/ (From the news:soc.motss Usenet newsgroup, after some obnoxiously gooey cartoon characters) I had never heard that term before! The obnoxiously gooey cartoon characters would be where the term comes from. It was originally a french comic, "Les Schtroumpf", but especially after the animated success has been translated all over the freakin' place. The Smurfs main characteristics are that they're small, blue skinned, and wear white pants with integrated booties plus a white cap -- except for the Big Smurf who dresses in red and Smurfette who's got blond, long hair in place of the cap. All the other 100 or so smurfs in the village are non-alpha males, which suggests some interesting things as to their societal arrangement. Also, I've been told that Smurfette actually resulted from one of the Evil Wizard Gargamel's experiments, which makes the perpetuation of the species even harder to swallow. I believe the canonical cartoon explanation is that new Smurfs are born "once in a blue moon," and pretty much appear under nearby toadstools. http://www.smurfs.com/infos/who/qui2.html C'mon! They're magical, Methuselan blue creatures 3 apples high pursued by an alchemy-obsessed wizard, and you find their reproduction implausible? http://www.smurfs.com/infos/qui.html Also, they're as French as fries: http://www.smurfs.com/infos/bio.html The Flash game is kinda fun... http://www.smurfs.com/homepage.html Look, my lovely bride is into Smurfs, okay? My wife! Smurf & Enjoy, -- Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/ "I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos |
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