Big H*

You still do not understand do you, Jafta. As they say, in the land of the blind, old one eye is king. You will see what you want to see.

My Tandem..... Swearing and switching is not endemic to Tandem Riders. I really hope you and other roadies will stop seeing a Tandem as a gaint slips tream and not keep on abusing them. PS Hoe stir jy jou eie pot as jou pap aangebrand het?

Does a MTB count??? The fact that you go to great lengths to explain shows how insecure you yourself really are.

Go to any alu dealer and look at their scrap and offcuts. I have a box full of flat and various sizes of rod at home. Got some brass and teflon stock as well. Comes in verry handy to create thingies with.

The title says it all, ridiculous and circus. They have all been here now, the clowns in the vets, the clowns on tandems, dwarfs, hazbeens, tandem tannies........ even the so called "strong men" hiding behind keyboard caling names ....... . Never knew there were hyenas in a circus as well??? Time for the fat lady to sing, any volunteers. What a circus called the Hub.

I hope your prejudiced brain stays frazzled.

Not really neccesary, I used 6063 T6 flat bar

Firstly, spelled incorrectly, kempekkernoglia is the correct spelling. Pewter is not a good material for reels or cycling thingies made by Geppetto whilst filing away on Pinocchio's nose!!!!!!!

I have a small metal lathe with a milling attachment. I cut is from a solid piece of aluminium. Milled the sections away, drilled it, tapped it and 11 years ago and are still using it. I could not find replacement hangers untill a few years back while rummaging through a box found four in packets. Bought them, ride with one in the saddlebag and still never needed it.

The Kraai River is just 5km away from my office. The owner gave me permission to fish!!!!!! If I could look over the first hill I see I would see the river!!!!!!

I like your Hub name.

Not cool where people dies a horrible death. Sad about the lives lost.

Thanx, but a Tandem is a whole bike

We were dead tired, at the end of a long race directly into the wind. I am normally behaved.

Get used to the sound...... snap, crackle, POP!!!!!!!

You do not even have the capacity to try and understand me and I detest your attempt to try and analyze me. I normally do not have opposition to tire as we are a very sedate tandem crew. When a bunch of Sandton kügels rock up and scream, "ooh a Tandem", swear at you in the most crude language possible when asked to come to the front, even slow down when you slow down and not pass, follow you to the wrong side of the road all still accompanied with foul language you will also get rid of them like vermin. And it says ...."general love for life" ....... Not "general love for low life"

Do you also find it OK to swear at women, tail sit and abuse others? i have seen and experienced many like you on half bikes.

Carbon framed bicycles, or any bicycle for that matter, do not like underground parking lots or parking lots with height restriction. Believe me you forget the bike is there. Too late if the carbon goes snap, crackle, POP!!!!!!!!

Hallo Steve, is jou babelaas oor?

Abuse me, use me, swear at me and refuse to work as a unit and you experience the wrath of what you may perceive as a coward. You seem like one of those that will swear at women.

We once seeded for the racing Tandems. We started right at the back as we knew we were totally out of our league. I do detest the absolutely downright rude remarks made here by some. It is uncalled for and unnecessary. "Tannies" will most talk with a raised voice at cyclists when those who ride half bicycles sit in your slipstream without pulling on the front as well. Swearing has no place in cycling, unlike the "Vets" and ladies groups where swearing cussing and foul language is the norm. Those tail sitters I normally deal with. Switch them and make them fall very hard.

It is a good reel, well made. Not so sure if the disk drag will handle a GT trying to get to the sea at a good rate of knots. I think you can do better by looking at Stealth or Explorer. Fortunately it is not made with inferior materials by kempekkernoglia. I found this here ...... http://tocatchfish.com/store/info.php/id/336 Shimano Ultegra Fly Fishing Reel Shimano Ultegra Fly fishing reel 7 8 weight with soft case. The Shimano Ultegra series of fly reels represents a step forward in fly reel technology. These beautifully engineered reels are designed to give long lasting performance in the most trying conditions and they represent extremely good value for the money. Both the body and spool of the Ultegra reels are manufactured from high-grade aluminium to extremely high tolerances for optimum performance. They feature a gear ratio of 1:1 and a single roller bearing drive for absolutely smooth operation. The Ultegra series also feature a smooth disc drag, an ergonomically designed spool rim for easy line control and an adjustable left/right hand wind. Each Ultegra reel comes with a padded protective bag to keep your reel in prime condition. There are three models in the Ultegra series. The Ultegra Fly 34 weighs 125gm and suits line weights of DT3F, DT4F, WF3F, WF4F and WF5F, with backing up to 100yds of 20lb. The Ultegra Fly 56 weighs 135gm and suits line weights of DT4F, DT5F, DT6F, WF5F, WF6F and WF7F, with backing up to 130yds of 20lb. The Ultegra Fly 78 weighs 170gm and suits line weights of DT6F, DT7F, ST8F+SL, ST9S+SL, WF7F, WF8F and WF9F, with backing up to 250yds of 20lb. The Shimano Ultegra series of fly reels are high performance, superb quality reels perfect for fresh water and light salt water operation in the world of fly fishing.

Hail Hail all ye...... the most misunderstood man on the Hub lives here..... Hail Hail!!!!!!!

I did the factory reset and my HRM is working again. Thanx _Pat_ and the Hub for their incredible source of knowledge!!!!!!.

I would say that this is the definitive post to end this absolutely silly debate. In the future any debate with this silly topic should be locked immediately.