bustthesickness

I don't get it. Just because you also ride a bike does this give you the right to be an enforcer of the rules? It's not even law that one needs to wear a helmet. If it were' date=' you STILL have no right to just wind down and chirp a complete stranger because of what YOU think is right. You telling me that when you see a person driving without a safety belt on, you roll down your window and say "Morning... Where is the safety belt?". By your logic, because you're also driving a car, you are connected by the 'brotherhood of road users'. You're lucky you only got a blank stare and not a cleat mark on the side of your car. [/quote'] I disagree....yesterday afternoon I did exactly the same thing just in a different context....a guy stopped next to me at a traffic light in his car (and I was in mine) and the passenger tossed a sigarette bud out of the window and I did roll down my window and asked him if his car's ashtray was broken....and don't tell me its not the same....the principal remains the same. There are ENOUGH a$$holes polluting our roads.....GREAT! I bet you felt glad that 'in principle' you did your bit hey wHooooooop!! Just be careful of poking your nose into things though. You might think you're a hero once too often, and one day you'll do this to the wrong person and get the living &%$#^% beaten out of you. Then you can tell everyone that you are in a wheelchair because of a stompie VERRRRY philanthropic of ya! Oh, and yes, helmets are law, so let a cop enforce it. Don't run around doing other peoples work.

I don't get it. Just because you also ride a bike does this give you the right to be an enforcer of the rules? It's not even law that one needs to wear a helmet. If it were, you STILL have no right to just wind down and chirp a complete stranger because of what YOU think is right. You telling me that when you see a person driving without a safety belt on, you roll down your window and say "Morning... Where is the safety belt?". By your logic, because you're also driving a car, you are connected by the 'brotherhood of road users'. You're lucky you only got a blank stare and not a cleat mark on the side of your car.

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urban riding on an RDS9.0??? what kind of 'street' riding are you talking about here?

That's sad man. A buddy of mine was nearly beaten to death by some bouncers a few years back. It was in Pretoria and they threw him down a flight of stairs. They're the mob. Basically, when you are born without a brain, and you took steroids at pre-school then you become a bouncer and because of the tiny penis from 'roids, they need to enforce their size by hurting people.

Thx man' date=' Photo was taken by Eckardt his quite good and funny Jip even if I have to say so myself, it was moer scary, but a lot of fun [/quote'] Yep, mosdef past the point of no return there. Looks like you either land it or eat some steps I suppose the next step is to do a 360 off those stairs, or to grind the rail on your right [can you grind a uni?]. The http://www.amaonetya.co.za/ website is really cool, and it's awesome to see guys with such passion for it. All the best with it and I look forward to seeing one of you maniacs 'busting the sickness' in person!

WOW! thats awesome man. great photo too. This take big balls to commit to that size stair drop.

Gee, you don't say. How about playing by the rules and winning fair and square then? Pushing someone off their bike is really fair. Unless of course the race rules don't say anything about physical attacks on other riders. Nice name Putty

They should both be disqualified. It's a race, and rules should be made and enforced. However, if it's not a race and someone does that, then they deserve to eat dirt. Look at surfing; if you go and knock someone off their wave you'll get your lights punched out, plain and simple. All in all though, hearing this is poor form, and it's exactly why I couldn't give a rats ass about ever riding a race. People become so obsessed with winning and glory that they forget about the spirit of the sport.

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Hi Helloise, As usual, this is a crap answer to your question, which was an honest one. I gather that Mampara wants to sound cool, like he doesn't use his granny gear, and has such strong legs that his granny gear is ornamental. It's a lame ego thing that is confusing to people who might actually want to know this stuff. In answer to your question then: Assuming you have 9 cogs on the cassette on the rear wheel, and 3 blades [cogs] on the crank, you have a 9-speed groupset, and 27 gears to play with [3 x 9]. The numbering 1,2 & 3 on the gear changer is set out this way because your first gear, the easiest to push the bike with [used for super steep uphills] is when the front smallest blade, and the back biggest cog are engaged. 27th gear will be when the front biggest blade and the back smallest cog are in use. This you'd use for really fast downhills etc. The reason they are numbered that way is so that when you are on the trail you can quickly glance at the bars and know what blade you are on.

are you sure it's not the chain that is too loose and hitting the frame? If you put the chain on the biggest front blade, and the biggest cog on the rear cassette, does the sound still happen? If not, it's the chain too loose. Take out 4 links and see then.

I know what that feels like....not only did an a$$ told me about 15 x to f...off yesterday because I told him if you didn't legitimately entered the race, go play at the back....don't mess it up for me... and better yet....a few months ago a person that I have known for years, told me one Saturday morning at a coffee shop to f....off in the presence of many other friends, because we didn't agee about how the coffee shop applied the smoking laws....and till this day not even an appology from this guy either....only insults from accross the road Now I'm also wondering being on the receiving end of many f....off's in recent time....one on earth do you justify speaking to a female like that....[/quote'] Aaah... fock off back to the kitchen, why don't ya! In my mind there are NO circumstances that justify swearing at a ladydoes this count for dirty pillow talk too? Same words, different context, but I guess you said NO circumstances.

I know what that feels like....not only did an a$$ told me about 15 x to f...off yesterday because I told him if you didn't legitimately entered the race, go play at the back....don't mess it up for me... and better yet....a few months ago a person that I have known for years, told me one Saturday morning at a coffee shop to f....off in the presence of many other friends, because we didn't agee about how the coffee shop applied the smoking laws....and till this day not even an appology from this guy either....only insults from accross the road Now I'm also wondering being on the receiving end of many f....off's in recent time....one on earth do you justify speaking to a female like that....[/quote'] Aaah... fock off back to the kitchen, why don't ya!

Audacious, I know. Bet the blood is boiling there too! I agree on the roadies not moaning point. It's the pot calling the kettle black. "You have the typical silly mentality of a Mr Know-It-All-Cyclist and I wouldn't be surprised if you are 1 of those similiar types who will ride 3 abreast on a busy road." very typical, I know. I don't ride roads though. I don't own a road bike. I ride MTB. And no, I don't do XC either, so you wont find me 3 abreast on a farm road. I like to ride to escape the madding crowd. Anyway, you can bitch and moan in the 'Rant and Rave' section all you want, it's not going to stop any cyclists from riding how they like. Look at each situ as it arises and deal with it then.

ya, I hear you man. It is actually a big problem with roadies, especially on these thin roads in the Cape. It's just that there really are no solutions besides running them off the road [which would damage your car ]. I think you should have hooted at them. Why not? The gist of what I was saying is that you can complain about the roadie attitude forever on the hub, but it will not help. Cyclists know the rules. They choose to be inconsiderate and break them. If they are logged on here and reading this, why would they stop? You should have hooted profusely at them, revv'd as closely as possible, made some dummy passes, then passed them, rolled down the window, sworn at them and then throw a flaming hot cup of coffee from Vida at them, to show the irony of it all. peace out

FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK, dude, if you HATE roadies riding abreast then stop them and tell them. HOW does it help to jump on here and bitch about it? Hey, I have an idea, why not log onto www.hellopeter.com and write up a formal complaint. You can direct it at VidaE as perhaps they will get a forensic investigator to track down the 'wanker' and they can punish and sue the 'wanker' to within an inch of his shaved legged, spandex clad life. or, you can do what it says in the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy...."RELAX"

I wld assume your FD is Shimano? If so' date=' download the leaflet that comes with the part. It explains exactly how to line it up and set the hi and lo screws. Basically, in a nutshell, the screws set the 'limit' of the FDs range. The screw stops to cage from shifting the chain too far, and off the blades. The actual distance that the derailer shifts is determined by the shifter on the handlebars. The problem you are talking about sounds to me like a combination of alignment [also explained in the Shimano leaflet'] and adjustment on the bars. Hope this helps.