Headset Spacers, Do it Yourself?

"jeffbonny" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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So "MGS" <[email hidden](remove the remove)> says:

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Unfortunately, not everyone delights to the idea of having to scroll

through

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multiple lines of previously read information in order to get the
information found in a simple one line response.

On my newsgroup, my posting followed sequentially a rather lengthy line

of

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posts that all pointed to the fact that spacers for headsets were easily
found at almost any bike shop or bike listing on the internet.

The succinctness of some posts is what makes them sweet and to the point.

I for one like top posting.

Call me incorrigible So be it. I've been called worse.

I find others are not unlike lemmings, following those who appear to
dictate the standards of the newsgroups.

And as has been said before, "you're not the boss of me."

.least the say to not moronity pigheaded and least the say to
inconsiderate is posting Top .question the asking THEN answering like
it put someone As .context without be to seems often most reply the
post top you When

?now it Get

That was clever but it made my brain hurt.

Marty

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 01:44:14 GMT, "MGS"

(remove the remove) said:

Unfortunately, not everyone delights to the idea of having to scroll through
multiple lines of previously read information in order to get the
information found in a simple one line response.

That's why knowledgeable users edit the quoted text, just as I have.

See how easy that was?

Barry

(Chalo) said:

Your LBS has access to both those sizes in silver, black, or carbon;
cylindrical or conical. Why don't you ask there?

Thanks for the info. I just looked at what my distributor was
offering in the Wheels Mfg. line and saw that they stopped at 20.

jeffbonny said:

.least the say to not moronity pigheaded and least the say to
inconsiderate is posting Top .question the asking THEN answering like
it put someone As .context without be to seems often most reply the
post top you When

Thought you were channeling g. daniels there for a minute!

Bill "doubt he'll (MSG sic) get it even now" S.

In article <[email hidden]>,

MGS (remove the remove) said:

Unfortunately, not everyone delights to the idea of having to scroll through
multiple lines of previously read information in order to get the
information found in a simple one line response.

Nor do I. This why most newsreading and posting software, even the crappy
software from Micros~1, comes with a handy-dandy editor that allows you to
chop out all but the relevant nuggets, as I did in this helpful example.

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And as has been said before, "you're not the boss of me."

Oh, dear me. The top-posters are revolting, as they usually are. Of
course, Usenet already has no shortage of those who are duty-bound to
behave or misbehave precisely as they see fit, without regard to any
steenkin' conventions. So you've got plenty of company.

--
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"I never had to pretend I felt the lyrics. I could always relate to the words."
--Teddy Pendergrass

MGS <[email hidden](remove the remove)> wrote in message
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I find others are not unlike lemmings, following those who appear to
dictate the standards of the newsgroups.

Usenet standards, including bottom or inline posting, have evolved over many
years for very good reasons.

Quoted message said:

And as has been said before, "you're not the boss of me."

Free hint: it's not just about you.

In any event, you may find this link useful:
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/

--

"Posting at the top because that's where the cursor happened to be is like
[censored] in your pants because that's where your [censored] happened to be."
Andreas Prilop

(eric h) said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

MGS (remove the remove) said:

Unfortunately, not everyone delights to the idea of having to scroll through
multiple lines of previously read information in order to get the
information found in a simple one line response.

Nor do I. This why most newsreading and posting software, even the crappy
software from Micros~1, comes with a handy-dandy editor that allows you to
chop out all but the relevant nuggets, as I did in this helpful example.

Quoted message said:

And as has been said before, "you're not the boss of me."

Oh, dear me. The top-posters are revolting, as they usually are. Of
course, Usenet already has no shortage of those who are duty-bound to
behave or misbehave precisely as they see fit, without regard to any
steenkin' conventions. So you've got plenty of company.

There are times when top-posting makes sense (for example, a brief "I
agree"or pithy comment regarding a lengthy paragraph (and nothing
else) directly below).

However, for most other times it's simply a way to make sure that many
of us ignore your comments (no matter how valid otherwise). There is
SO much info out there, it's unusual for people to take the time to
try to decipher an otherwise unrelated reply to "something" below. I
tend to just click by top posts without reading them as a result.

Bottom line (pun intended), if you want to be understood, bottom post.
If you don't care if everyone reads or correctly interprets your
comments, feel free to top post.

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $695 ti frame

Rick Onanian said:

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 17:59:06 GMT, "G.T." <[email hidden]>

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Not everyone reads news sorted in threads, you should keep some of the
context, either by leaving the subject alone, or keeping some relevant
content in the body.

I read news sorted by thread, but this post didn't show up under an
existing thread.

That's because whatever you read news with wrongly presents a change of
subject as a new thread. The References: lines were correct throughout.

.... not that that excuses no-context posting.
--
David Damerell <[email hidden]> Distortion Field!

On 19 Apr 2004 13:07:56 +0100 (BST), David Damerell

may have said:

Rick Onanian said:

I read news sorted by thread, but this post didn't show up under an
existing thread.

That's because whatever you read news with wrongly presents a change of
subject as a new thread. The References: lines were correct throughout.

Only a valid point if the spool or reader had the earlier articles
available to refer to. This is not guaranteed.

Quoted message said:

... not that that excuses no-context posting.

And the point I raised above is the *other* reason why context must be
carried forward.

--
My email address is antispammed; pull WEEDS if replying via e-mail.
Typoes are not a bug, they're a feature.
Words processed in a facility that contains nuts.

Werehatrack said:

may have said:

Rick Onanian said:

I read news sorted by thread, but this post didn't show up under an
existing thread.

That's because whatever you read news with wrongly presents a change of
subject as a new thread. The References: lines were correct throughout.

Only a valid point if the spool or reader had the earlier articles
available to refer to. This is not guaranteed.

Er... I know that.

It's a valid point in the sense that Rick Onanian's newsreader _does_ do
the wrong thing, irrespective of the propagation of the previous articles.
If none were available, a good newsreader might still somehow indicate
that there is a missing previous article and/or group other present
articles that refer to the same missing ancestor.
--
David Damerell <[email hidden]> Distortion Field!

In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

Unfortunately, not everyone delights to the idea of having to scroll through
multiple lines of previously read information in order to get the
information found in a simple one line response.
On my newsgroup, my posting followed sequentially a rather lengthy line of
posts that all pointed to the fact that spacers for headsets were easily
found at almost any bike shop or bike listing on the internet.
The succinctness of some posts is what makes them sweet and to the point.
I for one like top posting.
Call me incorrigible So be it. I've been called worse.
I find others are not unlike lemmings, following those who appear to
dictate the standards of the newsgroups.
And as has been said before, "you're not the boss of me."

top posting is only appropriate when there is no need to quote any other
part of the thread. Often the top poster is too damn lazy to edit thier
post, or fix their newsreader.
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Alex

Alex Rodriguez said:

top posting is only appropriate when there is no need to quote any
other part of the thread. Often the top poster is too damn lazy to
edit thier post, or fix their newsreader.

Take out the word "Often" and capitalize "The" and you're spot-on!

Bill "quibbler" S.

"Paul Kopit" wrote

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Does anyone sell spacers cut to length? I'm looking for 25 or 30 mm.

Before this completely devolved into a discussion of top posting, a few
people posted comments akin to "lots of places have bunches of 'em...". In
my experience anything over 20mm is rare to nonexistent... As a result, I'm
running two different custom spacers on a couple of bikes; one was made by
Skip Hujsak, another by Gene Spicer. I imagine Gene would make one for a
reasonable price. He can be contacted from the contact link off of
http://www.spicercycles.com

"S o r n i" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Alex Rodriguez said:

top posting is only appropriate when there is no need to quote any
other part of the thread. Often the top poster is too damn lazy to
edit thier post, or fix their newsreader.

Take out the word "Often" and capitalize "The" and you're spot-on!

Bill "quibbler" S.

Hey Bill, you were polite enough to leave out the correction...
replace "thier" with "their". I wasn't.

Ritch "Normally doesn't quibble or add the initial of my surname" L.