TheRev

JB, I just finished reconditioning a 505 hub that was sold to me, I believe 2007/2008 versions and had to use a 14 spanner on the rear hub. This was a new one for me. And if I look at the poor condition of the wheel I believe the cones have been replaced at least once.

are you OK? let us know how you are doing. Sorry to hear about the bike. It looked really great.

my wife gave better advice than you lot, and she said "stay in bed- problem solved." I have tried to find the weights, but to no avail, have been told that the Raleigh is really light.

I am looking at two frames, size is about the same, give or take 5mm. The one is a 2008 Merida Road Lite 905 (race) and the other is a 2006 RC 8000. Both going for R2000(SAR) What are your opinions, which is better value for money and which is the better frame? Joe

btw, your website is an amazing example of minimalism, I hope that was the school you were going for.

that is all reality is, "terms we can deal with", that is why i love faith, it forces me to think outside the box, and trust the truths that others have found to be good, without having to prove them for myself. thanks for the mental stimulation Mr Plod TheRev2008-05-10 05:37:40

Mr Plod, quantum physics has been give the credit for many things that it has allegedly helped develop, so was the elliptical orbit of electrons, or the wave nature of light. Sometimes it takes us a while to realise that the earth is not flat, and that there is no cat in the tree we have been barking up(just like Bohr did), 'cause Schroedinger put the bloody thing in his box! BTW - giving credit where not due, Noddy was accused of lowering moral standards in the UK a few years back, remember him and Big Ears live together. Not everything is as it seems. TheRev2008-05-10 05:08:15

Bruce, I see that your life's goal is then the same as Socrates. I don't believe Aryanism is arrogant as a definition, it's erroneous. It is more a religion, if one could use that term for them, than it is a philosophy. Based on misunderstood and wrong logic they have created a whole way of life. Their arrogance stems from their megalothymia. (man I'm loving this big word string)

" Stating that the existence of something is predicated by your comprehension of it, is with all due respect extremely arrogant." Bruce, it's not arrogant it's a school of philosophy. Empiricism might be naive but just like quantum science, it's valid, no matter how useless.

Icycling, DoHA did me one better with my son's passport. We waited 4 months for one, nothing! Went there and made a stink, so the gentleman took out a new blank passport pasted my son's picture into it, stamped it and handed it to me. Time taken 3 minutes because he could not find the stamp. This forum has been great to read, Saffa, let us know what you have decided, it would be nice to know which way the opinions leant you.

Mudda, you think Oz is fast. Got my US carry permit (for handguns) in 5 days, and I was not even US citizen.

saffa, don't know how religions you are or how NB it is to you. Indiana is part of what they call the Lutheran belt. The people take faith seriously, yes there are exceptions, but they majority are caring passionate Christians. I have only seen glimpses of this in SA. Schools are often attached to churches and so no issues with praying in schools, and they are not private, so they are affordable.

hr, Clinton is the lesser of two evils. And last news i checked the count was not final for Indiana yet, but yea Clinton should get it.

Holy Roller, I thought the same thing, breakfast in bed. But laws prevent you from shooting deer so close to your house or a road. The biggest danger on the roads in Indiana is not pedestrians or taxis but deer. They are not very clever.

Saffa, do you know what it is like waking up to heavy breathing at your bedroom window, and finding that it is a group of white tail deer that are grazing outside your window? Or to go ice skating down the local river with your rifle on your back hunting ducks. Or riding your mountain bike for 50 miles of single track and not seeing a person or climbing over a fence, and you are on the edge of town? Go and try it and if you come back you can tell us about the other side. I loved it.

could be wrong, I lived in the USA for 3.5 years while studying, started a family there, and then we came back to SA. There is not a day that I do not wish we could go back. It's easy biting people's heads off for being negative about SA, and I just did some training in Greytown KZN, the most beautiful piece of God's earth, and I am not negative about SA, just loved Indiana even more. Saffa don't focus on the negative we all see, choose to go because you want to improve who you are and where you are.

Keith, not sure how much you know about the limit screws on the top of the front derailleur. They set the outer and inner limits that a derailleur can go. Your problem might just be that the derraileur cannot travel close enough to the left (ie toward the frame) to allow you the clearance you need. It could also be that your cable is too tight, thus not letting the derailleur go far enough left. There could be two other problems. 1. Your crank and BB are too far away from the frame and thus not aligning with the rear cassette and/or not allowing your front derailleur to go far enough left, even if you release the set screw all the way. (solution - check BB is all the way in and that you have the right length BB.) 2. The other possibility is that you have mixed components. eg, a 7/8speed narrow front derailleur with a 9/10 rear cassette. (solution - get a wider cage front derailleur.) If you don't come right, post a pic of your set up from eye level and not too far away.

Some might not agree, but most chains and derailleurs are not made to be used at such an angle, ie largest front and largest back. If you read your manual that comes with a new bike most that I have read warn you against this, and encourage shifting so as to keep your chain straight. Angles cause serious stress on the chain and damage the rear derailleur and the chainrings. For those that remember the old gripshift technology, it allowed one to get around this problem of chains touching the derailleur because you were able to do micro adjustments left or right. But this did not make the behaviour any less damaging to your equipment.

unless they changed the price during or after your visit yesterday, old cookies are the fault. Bummer. Be happy that you have CWC so close, in Gauteng the prices are a little higher for most things.

Hagar, the place messed with my head. The peace and beauty was beyond words, people don't believe me 'till i show them the pics. You are blessed to be able to ride there.

one of the camping areas

Hope you guys don't mind me butting in. Hagar just beautiful, pity we don't have beaches like that in Jozi. At Paternoster there is a camping ground called Tietiesbaai, just left of Paternoster. Yyou are allowed to camp on the beach, really cheap. Don't have to be rich to do that. The view and the beach is beyond understanding. I come from Natal(Sharks Rule) and to find a whole shell on the beaches in KZN is a miracle, at Paternoster and Tieties you feel bad walking on the beach because there are so many whole shells. Will post a pic of the area when I work out how to post pics.