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[AuctionLamb]

 

'I al'so us'e Cas'trol Chain' Wa'x...

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N'ext to' th'e othe'r lu'bri'cant's i'n' th'e local' M'ida's'

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? Wha-t ? is ? goi'ing on wijth the ? hub' ?' ?

 

[BMCfan]

bwahahaha

 

this is hilarious

 

[AndreZA]

!won deffuts yllatot si buH eht kniht I

[Roders]

Another tip

Auctionlamb's avatar is the best lube for joints (knees, elbows, ankles etc).

A cheaper alternative is castle milk stout.

[bustthesickness]

 ˙uʍop ǝpısdn uoıʇɐsɹǝʌuoɔ sıɥʇ ƃuıddılɟ ʎllɐǝɹ sı ɹɐɯɯɐɹƃ puɐ ƃuıllǝds pɐq sıɥʇ ɟo llɐ

[Johan Bornman]

Whether he had an apostrophe S or not is besides the point.

If you care to read the whole sentence and not just pick and choose what you want to highlight Roders said "my cassette's are still good" which to someone with even a basic grasp of the English language would imply the plural.

You obviously chose to ignore that !

 

I didn't choose to ignore it and if you read carefully you'll I acknowledged the ambiguity. I battled to wade through the quagmire of subterfuge.

 

The truth is now out. He said he has done 75000 kms on three cassettes and they're all still good. All this thanks to a magic Spanish genie in a bottle.

 

We'll that is BS. He either forgot about the other 6 or 7 he installed or, his bike speedo is set up for a wheel diameter of 500mm.

 

 

[Jules]

Actually he'd need to set his speedo for a larger diameter if it were to over-state his mileage.

[Johan Bornman]

Actually he'd need to set his speedo for a larger diameter if it were to over-state his mileage.

 

You're right of course. I could pretend to say I meant 10 000mm but you won't believe me.

 

 

[Tumbleweed]

 

Well' date=' the plural of cassette is cassettes.

 

He used the posessive form and left it wide open to interpretation but with the distinct impression that this feat was performed on one bike.

 

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The minute we believe his cassette's to have been a mistake and plural, we're open to putting a little number in front of the word.? That little number is in reality 15 or bigger.

 

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Like I said, let the backtracking begin.? The Tipex is in the top drawer.

 

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[/quote']why act like 'ur so smart when you can't even get it right yourself?crimes of the apostrophe

 

 

 

catastrophe with an apostrophe...

[TNT1]

holy, did you save my pud?

[Roders]

Johan you are wellcome to come and inspect my cassette's if you want! My sponser/bike shop will testify to the amount of cassette's he has supplied me.

I've always followed your stories & advice with a degree of admiration but my estimation of you is dropping. I see now if its not your expert opinion its then not viable.

[CAAD4]

Have you Hubbers been reading Asterix books again. Holy Cacophane!

[Roders]

I used to race & ride motorbikes, offroad & superbikes where stresses on drive chains are far greater. 15 to 20000 km's on a chain were easily achievable.Why is it so impossible to do 10 to 15000 km's on a bicycle cassette??

[bustthesickness]

 

Johan you are wellcome to come and inspect my cassette's if you want! My sponser/bike shop will testify to the amount of cassette's he has supplied me.

I've always followed your stories & advice with a degree of admiration but my estimation of you is dropping. I see now if its not your expert opinion its then not viable.

 

Only now? What took you so long?!? JB's convoluted opinions were worthless to me the day he spouted some idiotic opinionated BS about Chris King hubs. You know the old saying, never trust a lawyer, an accountant and a wheelbuilder

 

[jacostrydom]

I used to race & ride motorbikes' date=' offroad & superbikes where stresses on drive chains are far greater. 15 to 20000 km's on a chain were easily achievable.Why is it so impossible to do 10 to 15000 km's on a bicycle cassette??[/quote']

 

Weight - Steel v Alluminium.

 

[Johan Bornman]

Motorcycle and bicycle sprockets are made of steel.

 

It is silly to compare motorcycle chain life to bicycle sprocket life.

 

Motorcycles have small sprockets in front and large sprockets in the back.

 

This reverses chain tension for the two vehicles. The fact that a motorcycle is more powerful may be negated by a faster moving chain with less tension and a lower gearing. We'll have to do a torque analysis to see exactly what it is, but it will surprise you.

 

Further, motorcycle sprockets are very thick and hence robust, whilst bicycle sprockets are small and their pressure faces easily collapse, as we can see on older chainrings, albeit aluminium ones. They are proportionally small, compared to motorcycles.

 

The comparison is just not as easy as it may look at the onset.

 

 

Back to cassette life.

 

The original assumption was that a mystery number of cassettes have lasted the OP 75000kms and they are still good.

 

I say that is BS and I'll substantiate, if we can just take a breather from the Chris King and aspostrophe flame for a minute. I always substantiate, you guys know me by now.

 

The initial assumption has changed since the original post but lets work with 3 cassettes over 75000 kms. That's 25 000 kms per cassette, assuming he's used them all equally.

 

A road bicycle chain lasts approximately 4 000 kms before it is past its wear limit. 5 000 at a stretch....errr, push.

 

If you are very dilligent at replacing your chain before the 1% wear limit, you'll manage about four chains per cassette. The fourth, definitely fifth one will skip, indicating that the cassette is ruined.

 

Four times 5 = 20 000 kms - at an absolute push. He's claiming a whopping 25% more.

 

But here's the sting in the tail: The cassettes are still fine.

 

That my friends, is why I cried BS.

 

OK, now lets get this Chris King out of the way. What did I say that bothered you so much that you can't sleep, Mr Buttsickness?