bicycle computer showing incorrect/no speed

[Mitch Pollard]

"Ride-A-Lot" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Mitch Pollard wrote:
>> i dont know what top posting is... (THIS IS TOP POSTING!!!)
>>
>> im sorry..
>>
>> "Ride-A-Lot" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>>"Ride-A-Lot" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>"Shaun aRe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"Ted" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I recently had a sigma BC 1200 computer installed on my bike. I
>>>>>>>>bought it
>>>>>>>>and paid for installation at a reputable bike shop. On the 15km
>>>>>>>>ride home
>>>>>>>>everything appeared to work, but the next day I took my bike out for
>>>>>>>>a
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>short
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>ride and immediately noticed that the display was showing my speed
>>>>>>>>at
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>either
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>below my speed (half, a third etc) or at 0kmh. When the bike is
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>stationary
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I can spin the wheel and the speed will usually show what I'm
>>>>>>>>guessing is
>>>>>>>>the correct speed. The next ride I was getting 0kmh most of the
>>>>>>>>time,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>other
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>than right turns. I'm thinking that the right turns move the magnet
>>>>>>>>slightly closer.. Anyway in the manual it does say that the magnet
>>>>>>>>should
>>>>>>>>be 5mm max. from the sensor/switch. The closest it reaches is about
>>>>>>>>8mm.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Is
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>this the likely cause? I would usually trust the manual, but I'd
>>>>>>>>also
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>like
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>to think I can trust this bike shop.. What do you think? btw the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>computer
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>has not been exposed to any rain.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Thanks, Ted
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Move them closer together by sliding the magnet down the spokes
>>>>>>>closer to
>>>>>>>the hub if possible, and the sensor further down the fork leg to
>>>>>>>match.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Shaun aRe - I made my own magnet out of 3 neodymium (sp?) disc
>>>>>>>magnets
>>>>>>>stacked, and zip tied them to the spokes inside an old piece of inner
>>>>>>>tube -
>>>>>>>I can set a passing riders computer off with the thing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>Mitch Pollard wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>WOW that totally f#%king escallated into nowhere what kind of ****
>>>>>>arguement was that, the poor dude just asked why his trip computer was
>>>>>>buggered..
>>>>>>
>>>>>>what a bunch of tards attacking him like that. disgraceful
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Almost as bad as you top posting.
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
>>>>>www.schnauzers.ws
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Mitch Pollard wrote:
>>>
>>>>what have you got to say about that ? im sure you have something
>>>
>>>delightful
>>>
>>>>that i will want to hear right ?? go to bed you maggot.
>>>>
>>>
>>>You Aussies get a little snow and you lose all control! Calm down. I
>>>was referring to your top-posting. If you would have posted your reply
>>>under instead of over, you would have seen what my comment was referring
>>>to. I fixed it for you in this message.
>>>
>>>And actually, it is morning here. You should be the one going to bed.
>>>
>>>--
>>>o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
>>>www.schnauzers.ws
>>
>>
>>
>
> Reply to the message at the BOTTOM like this. Not at the TOP. It is much
> easier to read the thread this way. Got it mate?
>
>
>
> --
> o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
> www.schnauzers.ws

yes. mate.

 

[Bill Sornson]

Mitch Pollard wrote:
> "Ride-A-Lot" <[email protected]> wrote

{Hugh Jass Memorial Snip}

>> Reply to the message at the BOTTOM like this. Not at the TOP. It
>> is much easier to read the thread this way. Got it mate?

> yes. mate.

Well, you still don't /quite/ have it down.

You're supposed to get all defensive and **** and moan and stomp your
virtual foot and lash out with some immature name-calling first; THEN you
stop top-posting (not letting on you had to learn it like almost everyone
else did).

HTH, BS

<eg>

 

[Shaun aRe]

"Westie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Shaun aRe wrote:
> > "Westie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >
> >>Ted wrote:
> >>
> >>>I recently had a sigma BC 1200 computer installed on my bike. I bought
> >
> > it
> >
> >>>and paid for installation at a reputable bike shop. On the 15km ride
> >
> > home
> >
> >>>everything appeared to work, but the next day I took my bike out for a
> >
> > short
> >
> >>>ride and immediately noticed that the display was showing my speed at
> >
> > either
> >
> >>>below my speed (half, a third etc) or at 0kmh. When the bike is
> >
> > stationary
> >
> >>>I can spin the wheel and the speed will usually show what I'm guessing
> >
> > is
> >
> >>>the correct speed. The next ride I was getting 0kmh most of the time,
> >
> > other
> >
> >>>than right turns. I'm thinking that the right turns move the magnet
> >>>slightly closer.. Anyway in the manual it does say that the magnet
> >
> > should
> >
> >>>be 5mm max. from the sensor/switch. The closest it reaches is about
> >
> > 8mm. Is
> >
> >>>this the likely cause? I would usually trust the manual, but I'd also
> >
> > like
> >
> >>>to think I can trust this bike shop.. What do you think? btw the
> >
> > computer
> >
> >>>has not been exposed to any rain.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks, Ted
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>Ted, these things are not rocket science, and the reason that you are
> >>being given grief is because most people are surprised to hear that you
> >>have had a bicycle computer "professionally" installed. That's akin to
> >>hiring someone to wipe your ****. Wiping your **** and installing a
> >>bike computer are both effortless jobs that you can easily do yourself
> >>for a lot less money. OK, I can see that you probably biked to the shop,
> >>bought said computer and while you were there got them take a few
> >>minutes to hook it up for you, but you made it sound like you made a
> >>special trip to the store to get it done.
> >>
> >>A friendly word of advice too. You might think that people are stupid
> >>here but trust me, start acting like he-who-will-not-be-named and you
> >>WILL start to **** people off. Which would be a shame, because you can
> >>actually get an awful lot of really helpful advice from people that have
> >>a good deal of experience here if you need it.
> >>
> >>There is no secret decoder ring for this newsgroup and no secret
> >>handshake. Just have a thick skin and a dry sense of humour.
> >
> >
> > Sir, I most heartily concur. Follows an elucidation of and elaboration
upon
> > the aforesaid
> >
> > Do not thee **** upon thy sense of humour less it be wetted forevermore
and
> > thus fail thee in thy greatest moment of need.
> >
> > And be sure ye to also moisturise thee thy duly thickened skin with
careful
> > regularity lest it become crack-ed and calooused providing a breach that
> > alloweth thee vinaigres and thee vitriols and thee salts thereof of this
> > earthly plane to pass enter, thee to sting(eth) thusly:
> >
> > <STING!>
> >
> > See?
> >
> > I hope I have been of some small service to the gentleperson who hath
bang'd
> > his head amongst us somewhat this yesterday.
> >
> >
> >
> > Shaun aRe
> > --
> > The use of absolutes is never appropriate.
> >
> >
> I want some of what you're having

It's called fun! The mind is seriously a terrible thing to waste, but the
wasted mind is terrible to a things serious. Or summink.

Chin chin old chap wot!

',;~}~

Shaun aRe
--
,oO0
,oO0'`
Tokie-tokie? - 'Ere! ========# ~'`

 

[Shaun aRe]

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Shaun aRe wrote:
> > <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > >
> > > I like this edit as well. It was well-done, and speaks personally to
> > > your difficulty relating to adults.
> >
> > Who TF are you calling an adult, grandpa?!?
> >
>
> I would *never* make that mistake with you.
>
> HAND,
>
> E.P.

Well then, TFFT!

',;~}~


Shaun aRe - see here:
--
I have that exquisite feeling, the feeling that I was born a thousand years
ago,
and yet have experienced every moment of that thousand years,
as if through the senses of an enchanted child.
This is the source of my love of life, my enjoyment of others,
the very seed of my happiness.

Now STFU and roll a phat one.
--
,oO0
,oO0'`
Tokie-tokie? - 'Ere! ========# ~'`

 

[Shaun aRe]

Mitch fumbled: <snipped fumble>

Replying to yourself now eh? I suppose that makes a change from REPLYING TO
THE WRONG DAMNED POSTER WITH A TOP POST FULL OF MISPLACED ATTITUDE OF ALL
THINGS YOU BLOODY GRET *DIPSTICK*

Too fookane foony, mons, heheheh...






Shaun aRe I might post in ALL caps next time, heheheh...
--
The use of absolutes is never appropriate.

 

[Ride-A-Lot]

Mitch Pollard wrote:
> "Ride-A-Lot" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Mitch Pollard wrote:
>>
>>>i dont know what top posting is... (THIS IS TOP POSTING!!!)
>>>
>>>im sorry..
>>>
>>>"Ride-A-Lot" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>>
>>>>>"Ride-A-Lot" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>"Shaun aRe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>"Ted" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I recently had a sigma BC 1200 computer installed on my bike. I
>>>>>>>>>bought it
>>>>>>>>>and paid for installation at a reputable bike shop. On the 15km
>>>>>>>>>ride home
>>>>>>>>>everything appeared to work, but the next day I took my bike out for
>>>>>>>>>a
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>short
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>ride and immediately noticed that the display was showing my speed
>>>>>>>>>at
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>either
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>below my speed (half, a third etc) or at 0kmh. When the bike is
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>stationary
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I can spin the wheel and the speed will usually show what I'm
>>>>>>>>>guessing is
>>>>>>>>>the correct speed. The next ride I was getting 0kmh most of the
>>>>>>>>>time,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>other
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>than right turns. I'm thinking that the right turns move the magnet
>>>>>>>>>slightly closer.. Anyway in the manual it does say that the magnet
>>>>>>>>>should
>>>>>>>>>be 5mm max. from the sensor/switch. The closest it reaches is about
>>>>>>>>>8mm.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Is
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>this the likely cause? I would usually trust the manual, but I'd
>>>>>>>>>also
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>like
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>to think I can trust this bike shop.. What do you think? btw the
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>computer
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>has not been exposed to any rain.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Thanks, Ted
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Move them closer together by sliding the magnet down the spokes
>>>>>>>>closer to
>>>>>>>>the hub if possible, and the sensor further down the fork leg to
>>>>>>>>match.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Shaun aRe - I made my own magnet out of 3 neodymium (sp?) disc
>>>>>>>>magnets
>>>>>>>>stacked, and zip tied them to the spokes inside an old piece of inner
>>>>>>>>tube -
>>>>>>>>I can set a passing riders computer off with the thing.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>Mitch Pollard wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>WOW that totally f#%king escallated into nowhere what kind of ****
>>>>>>>arguement was that, the poor dude just asked why his trip computer was
>>>>>>>buggered..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>what a bunch of tards attacking him like that. disgraceful
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Almost as bad as you top posting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
>>>>>>www.schnauzers.ws
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Mitch Pollard wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>what have you got to say about that ? im sure you have something
>>>>
>>>>delightful
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>that i will want to hear right ?? go to bed you maggot.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>You Aussies get a little snow and you lose all control! Calm down. I
>>>>was referring to your top-posting. If you would have posted your reply
>>>>under instead of over, you would have seen what my comment was referring
>>>>to. I fixed it for you in this message.
>>>>
>>>>And actually, it is morning here. You should be the one going to bed.
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
>>>>www.schnauzers.ws
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Reply to the message at the BOTTOM like this. Not at the TOP. It is much
>>easier to read the thread this way. Got it mate?
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
>>www.schnauzers.ws
>
>
> yes. mate.
>
>

Good on ya, then.

--
o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws

 

[BB]

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:24:25 -0400, Ride-A-Lot wrote:

<snip a ton of text>

> Reply to the message at the BOTTOM like this. Not at the TOP. It is
> much easier to read the thread this way. Got it mate?

But is a 2-line reply with 140 lines of (mostly irrelevant) quoted text
setting a proper example? ;-)

--
-BB-
To e-mail me, unmunge my address

 

[Bill Sornson]

Ride-A-Lot wrote:
> Shaun aRe wrote:

>>>> Shaun aRe - My average speed on last night's beer run was 13.4
>>>> mph, max speed was 18.2, total distance travelled was 1.19 miles,

>>> 1.19 miles?!? That has to be the shortest ride in history.

>> Not really, if I come home the direct way it's 1.02 miles. I live in
>> a tiny rural village, it's just over a half mile to the BEvERage
>> (thanks JG!) shop, it was a beer run. WTF is so strange about that?

> You never said beer run. Now that makes it all worth it!

Er, um... Look again.

Bill "snipped for your reading pleasure" S.

 

[Bill Sornson]

Ride-A-Lot wrote:
> Mitch Pollard wrote:
>> "Ride-A-Lot" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>> Mitch Pollard wrote:
>>>
>>>> i dont know what top posting is... (THIS IS TOP POSTING!!!)
>>>>
>>>> im sorry..
>>>>
>>>> "Ride-A-Lot" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> "Ride-A-Lot" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Shaun aRe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "Ted" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I recently had a sigma BC 1200 computer installed on my
>>>>>>>>>> bike. I bought it
>>>>>>>>>> and paid for installation at a reputable bike shop. On the
>>>>>>>>>> 15km ride home
>>>>>>>>>> everything appeared to work, but the next day I took my bike
>>>>>>>>>> out for a
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> short
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ride and immediately noticed that the display was showing my
>>>>>>>>>> speed at
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> either
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> below my speed (half, a third etc) or at 0kmh. When the
>>>>>>>>>> bike is
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> stationary
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I can spin the wheel and the speed will usually show what I'm
>>>>>>>>>> guessing is
>>>>>>>>>> the correct speed. The next ride I was getting 0kmh most of
>>>>>>>>>> the time,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> other
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> than right turns. I'm thinking that the right turns move
>>>>>>>>>> the magnet slightly closer.. Anyway in the manual it does
>>>>>>>>>> say that the magnet should
>>>>>>>>>> be 5mm max. from the sensor/switch. The closest it reaches
>>>>>>>>>> is about 8mm.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Is
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> this the likely cause? I would usually trust the manual,
>>>>>>>>>> but I'd also
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> to think I can trust this bike shop.. What do you think? btw the
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> computer
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> has not been exposed to any rain.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks, Ted
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Move them closer together by sliding the magnet down the
>>>>>>>>> spokes closer to
>>>>>>>>> the hub if possible, and the sensor further down the fork leg
>>>>>>>>> to match.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Shaun aRe - I made my own magnet out of 3 neodymium (sp?) disc
>>>>>>>>> magnets
>>>>>>>>> stacked, and zip tied them to the spokes inside an old piece
>>>>>>>>> of inner tube -
>>>>>>>>> I can set a passing riders computer off with the thing.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mitch Pollard wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> WOW that totally f#%king escallated into nowhere what kind of
>>>>>>>> **** arguement was that, the poor dude just asked why his trip
>>>>>>>> computer was buggered..
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> what a bunch of tards attacking him like that. disgraceful
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Almost as bad as you top posting.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
>>>>>>> www.schnauzers.ws
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Mitch Pollard wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> what have you got to say about that ? im sure you have something
>>>>>
>>>>> delightful
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> that i will want to hear right ?? go to bed you maggot.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You Aussies get a little snow and you lose all control! Calm
>>>>> down. I was referring to your top-posting. If you would have
>>>>> posted your reply under instead of over, you would have seen what
>>>>> my comment was referring to. I fixed it for you in this message.
>>>>>
>>>>> And actually, it is morning here. You should be the one going to
>>>>> bed. --
>>>>> o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
>>>>> www.schnauzers.ws
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Reply to the message at the BOTTOM like this. Not at the TOP. It
>>> is much easier to read the thread this way. Got it mate?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
>>> www.schnauzers.ws
>>
>>
>> yes. mate.
>>
>>
>
> Good on ya, then.

Your assignment for Monday: TRIMMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ride-A-Lot]

Bill Sornson wrote:
> Ride-A-Lot wrote:
>
>>Shaun aRe wrote:
>
>
>>>>>Shaun aRe - My average speed on last night's beer run was 13.4
>>>>>mph, max speed was 18.2, total distance travelled was 1.19 miles,
>
>
>>>>1.19 miles?!? That has to be the shortest ride in history.
>
>
>>>Not really, if I come home the direct way it's 1.02 miles. I live in
>>>a tiny rural village, it's just over a half mile to the BEvERage
>>>(thanks JG!) shop, it was a beer run. WTF is so strange about that?
>
>
>>You never said beer run. Now that makes it all worth it!
>
>
> Er, um... Look again.
>
> Bill "snipped for your reading pleasure" S.
>
>

OK. My bad. I'm blinded by the images of vacation dancing in my head
and maybe the photos of Keira Knightley I was looking at at the time.
After the miserable performance Jessica Alba put in for Fantastic Four,
she just might replace her at the top of my "hottie I'll never get with
1000 miles of" list.

--
o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws

 

[Bill Sornson]

Ride-A-Lot wrote:
> Bill Sornson wrote:
>> Ride-A-Lot wrote:
>>
>>> Shaun aRe wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>>> Shaun aRe - My average speed on last night's beer run was 13.4
>>>>>> mph, max speed was 18.2, total distance travelled was 1.19 miles,
>>
>>
>>>>> 1.19 miles?!? That has to be the shortest ride in history.
>>
>>
>>>> Not really, if I come home the direct way it's 1.02 miles. I live
>>>> in a tiny rural village, it's just over a half mile to the BEvERage
>>>> (thanks JG!) shop, it was a beer run. WTF is so strange about that?
>>
>>
>>> You never said beer run. Now that makes it all worth it!
>>
>>
>> Er, um... Look again.
>>
>> Bill "snipped for your reading pleasure" S.
>>
>>
>
> OK. My bad. I'm blinded by the images of vacation dancing in my head
> and maybe the photos of Keira Knightley I was looking at at the time.
> After the miserable performance Jessica Alba put in for Fantastic
> Four, she just might replace her at the top of my "hottie I'll never
> get with 1000 miles of" list.

{quick Google Images search}

Yeah, she'd work.

 

[Shaun aRe]

"Bill Sornson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Ride-A-Lot wrote:
> > Bill Sornson wrote:
> >> Ride-A-Lot wrote:
> >>
> >>> Shaun aRe wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>>>> Shaun aRe - My average speed on last night's beer run was 13.4
> >>>>>> mph, max speed was 18.2, total distance travelled was 1.19 miles,
> >>
> >>
> >>>>> 1.19 miles?!? That has to be the shortest ride in history.
> >>
> >>
> >>>> Not really, if I come home the direct way it's 1.02 miles. I live
> >>>> in a tiny rural village, it's just over a half mile to the BEvERage
> >>>> (thanks JG!) shop, it was a beer run. WTF is so strange about that?
> >>
> >>
> >>> You never said beer run. Now that makes it all worth it!
> >>
> >>
> >> Er, um... Look again.
> >>
> >> Bill "snipped for your reading pleasure" S.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > OK. My bad. I'm blinded by the images of vacation dancing in my head
> > and maybe the photos of Keira Knightley I was looking at at the time.
> > After the miserable performance Jessica Alba put in for Fantastic
> > Four, she just might replace her at the top of my "hottie I'll never
> > get with 1000 miles of" list.
>
> {quick Google Images search}
>
> Yeah, she'd work.

Hard? Like a ho?



Shaun aRe

 

[Dave W]

"Shaun aRe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> Ted wrote:
>> > Wow, no wonder "he who's not to be named" or whatever you like to call
> him
>> > likes to troll here! And yes Westie, I took the bike in for some
> repairs
>> > (haha I guess I should be doing all repairs for myself too??)
>>
>> Uh, yeah.
>>
>> That way, when you're in the backcountry, and something fails, you know
>> what to do. Did you know that walking out ten miles is a very serious
>> pain in the rear?
>
> You misspelled 'feet' - HTH.
>
>> Wait - you don't actually get into the backcountry, do you? Paved
>> paths, and all that?
>>
>> For those of us that get more than a couple of hundred yards from the
>> nearest cell tower, it is extremely useful to know how to repair and
>> replace parts on our bicycles. Let's say you get up at the crack of
>> dawn to take a ride before it gets hot. As you are wheeling your bike
>> out, you notice the brakes are rubbing a bit.
>
> Man those brakes suck.
>
>> If you know what to do, you spend the 3 minutes it takes to fix it and
>> get moving. If you don't, then you skip the ride and take it to the
>> mechanic to pay them to do it. I like to ride, and I like to be
>> self-sufficient.
>
> I bult my own bike from the frame up because I didn't want to miss an
> early
> ride like that.
>
>> > They put it on when they worked on my
>> > bike. Does that sound so strange to you all?
>>
>> Sounds strange to me - I put on all my own gear, unless I don't have
>> the tools for it.
>
> I even put my own stickers on.
>
>> > And yes, it was
>> > professionally installed due to the fact that those who installed it do
> such
>> > things as their profession. I paid for the computer, the parts needed
> for
>> > repair of my bike and the labour involved - The labour was the same as
> that
>> > quoted before I even decided to get the computer.
>>
>> Methinks thou dost protest too much.
>
> WGAF?
>
>> > (btw I was professionally diagnosed as
>> > suffering from faulty circuitry).
>>
>> I like this edit as well. It was well-done, and speaks personally to
>> your difficulty relating to adults.
>
> Who TF are you calling an adult, grandpa?!?
>
>
> Shaun 'harrumph!' aRe
>
>

"HEY, I didn't hear a harrumph! out of that guy"- The Gov...

 

[Dave W]

"BB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:24:25 -0400, Ride-A-Lot wrote:
>
> <snip a ton of text>
>
>> Reply to the message at the BOTTOM like this. Not at the TOP. It is
>> much easier to read the thread this way. Got it mate?
>
> But is a 2-line reply with 140 lines of (mostly irrelevant) quoted text
> setting a proper example? ;-)
>
> --
> -BB-
> To e-mail me, unmunge my address

um, I vote NO