***Ping Bonj***

[bonj2]

Mickle is going to send me things for free. It's less effort than taking tubes back to the shop.

And don't for a minute pretend that there is trouble with "everyone being able to see that he's done something wrong". Scan older posts here by username Bonj for examples where someone is clearly unconcerned about being seen to be making public errors.

I never make public errors, so none will be able to be found on the forum. But when you're cycling around everyone will be looking at you and pointing and laughing, going 'haha, look at him - he's got the wrong tubes and has had to modify them in order to get a pump on !'

 

[Tetedelacourse]

Och, sorry another public mistake of mine then. Anyway it will make a nice change from everyone looking at me and pointing and laughing, going 'haha, look at him - he's got a perfectly operational inner tube in but can't get any air in it, and so will be late for work again'.

 

[Canrider]

I never make public errors, so none will be able to be found on the forum.

"It's not a bug, it's an undocumented feature."

 

[mickle]

So Bike building and the subject of Randomness, your two specialist subjects. Excellent.

Now stop distracting Mickle from sending me valve extensions.

Valve extensions despatched, can get back to being distracted by Bonj again.

Woops no, Im off to Hampshire for a week of schools, see you in a week all.

 

[Tetedelacourse]

Valve extensions despatched, can get back to being distracted by Bonj again.

Woops no, Im off to Hampshire for a week of schools, see you in a week all.

Cheers mate! C!

 

[Joe24]

I never make public errors, so none will be able to be found on the forum. But when you're cycling around everyone will be looking at you and pointing and laughing, going 'haha, look at him - he's got the wrong tubes and has had to modify them in order to get a pump on !'

Why would they be looking at the wheels?
Normal people tend to look at the rider of the bike, then laugh.

 

[Smeggers]

I never make public errors, so none will be able to be found on the forum.

"Cow hunting isn’t banned because foxes are cuter."

 

[bonj2]

Why would they be looking at the wheels?
Normal people tend to look at the rider of the bike, then laugh.

I always look at the wheels of a bike. It's a tell-tale sign. If you want to make an educated guess at how expensive a bike probably was: if it's a MTB look at the forks, if it's a road bike, look at the wheels. (Generally - there are obviously exceptions.)

 

[mr_hippo]

Quote:
Originally Posted by bonj View Post
Well, I'd be ideal then. what don't I know about bikes?

What he does know about bikes, he can write down on the back of a postage stamp using a 6 inch paintbrush.

 

[andy_wrx]

Would they be known unknowns, or unknown knowns, or unknown unknowns, or...

Oops, silly me, that was Donald Rumsfeldt.

But in my defence, they both seemed to have the same tenous grasp of what's actually going on in the world.

 

[Elmer Fudd]

I never make public errors, so none will be able to be found on the forum.

Getting beeped, on film, for turning right at a junction with a "No Entry" sign and a "No Right Turn" sign, RLJ'ing etc.

Don't think you can make a bigger public error than that.

I originally thought you were doing that as a pish take, now not so sure.

 

[Tetedelacourse]

at all of the above.

 

[Tetedelacourse]

Has he posted any film yet? I've been away a bit.

http://www.cyclechat.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=4235

Think there are a few more in the Helmet Cams section.

 

[Arch]

Getting beeped, on film, for turning right at a junction with a "No Entry" sign and a "No Right Turn" sign, RLJ'ing etc.

Don't think you can make a bigger public error than that.

Getting beeped on film is one thing.

Putting it up on youtube, with a caption berating the beeper, I think that takes it to a higher level...

 

[mickle]

Bonj, I assume you gave up or were unable to complete the test in the allotted time, so just for you, heres the answers. X

Quote:
Originally Posted by bonj View Post
Well, I'd be ideal then. what don't I know about bikes?









How many chainring bolts does a Chater Lea chainset use?
Three

Where was the Chater Lea factory?
London EC1

Which British chainset manufacturer was the first to use a splined interface with the bottom bracket axle?
Williams, 1960s. They were rubbish.

What was Cannondales first product?
The 'Bugger' kids trailer.

Which brand started as S&G cycles?
Muddy Fox

The first commercial bicycle disc brake was launched in 1973, by which components manufacturer?
Shi**no. For road bikes! I kid ye not

Which is the oldest cycle retailer in the UK?
Halfords

Shimano made a spelling mistake on one of their groupsets in the mid 80s, it has never been corrected, what the word?
Deore (Deer). Mitsubishi made a similar error with the 'Starrion' sports car. Which is a male horse.

Which was the last manufacturer of bikes available in the UK to supply bikes with 27 inch wheels?
Cannondale

What links 'Q factor' with F1.
Bridgestone. They made a big deal of their bikes low 'Q-factor', you cant buy them anymore, go figure.

Who manufactured the first commercially available aluminum fork?
Viscount, on their 'Aerospace' model. It was recalled.

Reynolds 531 was developed for what?
Correctly answered by a previous poster.

Reynolds 853 was developed for what?
Side impact bars in cars

Which Shimano component was the only one to bear the name of another component company and what was the company??
The XTR seatpost with tubing manufactured by Easton.

How many seperate manufacturing proccesses go into making a standard spoke nipple?
Thirteen

What is the difference in mm between the BCDs of Microdrive and Compact Drive.
2mm.


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