Q factor clear up?

I'm going to stick with Sheldon, even if that wasn't actually him
posting. Note it was not a forum user, it came in through the
newsgroup. He's old-school.

Naturally nobody will try to tell you what to call things in your local
area. But for here, where we can't gesture with our arms when
explaining things, it's different. I think "tread" is a much more
easy-to-explain, and reference, term to use when we're talking about
the overall width between your pedals.

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johnfoss said:

I'm going to stick with Sheldon, even if that wasn't actually him
posting. Note it was not a forum user, it came in through the
newsgroup. He's old-school.

Naturally nobody will try to tell you what to call things in your local
area. But for here, where we can't gesture with our arms when
explaining things, it's different. I think "tread" is a much more
easy-to-explain, and reference, term to use when we're talking about
the overall width between your pedals.

Offset it good. * / *

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Offset it good. **\ 😄*
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Sheldon Brown said:

But I don't! I don't like to use that term because it has two
different meanings!

See: http://sheldonbrown.com/gloss_q.html#qfactor

Sheldon "Tread" Brown

I don't like the term "Tread" because it has two meanings!
Tire tread being the more obvious.

See: http://sheldonbrown.com/gloss_tp-z.html#tread

Offset also has another meaning
http://sheldonbrown.com/gloss_n-o.html#offset

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Q factor is what it is
offset is what it is.
enough said? NO
but I'm dropping it because the word tread is stupid, i'm being really
base and saying Q factor because it sounds cooler, and why bother
changing the part that is already right AND is the way everyone uses
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Quoth Jerrick:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> ("Tread" in this sense is sometimes referred to as "Q-factor."😉

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

So lets call it Q-Factor likeSheldon Browndoes.

I replied:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

But I don't! I don't like to use that term because it has two
different meanings!

Quoted message said:

See:http://sheldonbrown.com/gloss_q.html#qfactor

Quoted message said:

That post was more tongue-in-cheek than serious.

Oh, that's the problem!

Sorry, it went right over my head, I have no sense of humor whatever,
I'm afraid.

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I hear q-factor being used way more than tread though. To be honest,
when John posted that link, that is the first time to see the other
definition of q-factor and the definitions of tread.

Around where I live, at the LBS and with local riders, everyone says
q-factor, so it just seems more common to say q-factor instead of
tread. Maybe just where I live.

I'm afraid you're right, and in practice I never write "tread" in that
context without adding "Q factor" parenthetically, 'cause the term
"tread" in this sense has mostly gone extinct, and I like for folks to
understand what I'm writing about.

I have more important linguistic battles to fight anyway, like the one
against "crank arm" and the pervasive misuse of the term "platform
pedal."

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