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Brake vs Break

 

Because when brakes break they don't brake :wacko:

 

 

A bloke asked me about new breaks once.

I said refer to travago.com.

he told me to #voetsek

I said you were the one looking for a #voetsek

so he said breaks to stop his bike

so I said if he was looking for brakes I could help him.

 

as far as I know he's still on he oil rig

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and then there is the good old “softail” when referring to a bikecycle wiff a front forks and a rear shocks

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Cluster instead of cassette.

 

Rear cassette... have yet to see one on the front.

Back in the day when we were riding 6 sprockets on the back and all were fixed together and the freebody screwed into the hub it the sprockets were call a sprocket set.

Then Shimano came up with a system where we could change an individual sprocket to tailor the gear ratios to your own liking it became known as a Sprocket cluster. at the same time the freebody was built into the hub and a 7th sprocket added. So "cluster" became the generic name. This goes back to the mid to late 80's Or BM (before Millennials)

 

 

There is a guy selling screw on blocks

 

https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/item/vintage-components/438332/screw-on-blocks

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OMG yes i hate a tyre thread %... FFS it doesnt even make sense.

unless you are debating the merits of DH casing vs XC casing and then the classic wheels size debate that would accompany this.

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