jilles de wit

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bio	website	bismuth.nl
	location	Europe
	age	36
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Infrequent coder, frequent debugger.

	2,355 reputation	bio	website	bismuth.nl	visits	member for	2 years, 8 months
825 badges		location	Europe		seen	May 16 at 14:54

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1d	awarded	Good Answer
May 13	comment	Bags for longer touring But please please please don't consider using an actual backpack instead of paniers.
May 13	answered	Bags for longer touring
May 13	revised	Cannot fit pump nozzle properly to the presta valve of my tyre change prese valve to presta valve, which it should be I think.
May 2	answered	A bike for city commute - disc brakes, bar-end shifters, tires
May 2	answered	Can fresh hot asphalt damage slicks?
Mar 9	comment	Fixie Vs Urban bike for small-distance commuting Indeed, fixies can have racks, fenders and even brakes. But the norm is that they lack all these features. So I assumed that that was the type of bicycle under discussion.
Mar 9	comment	Fixie Vs Urban bike for small-distance commuting Indeed, it does not, but the norm says that fixies lack rack and fenders, as this google image search shows: google.com/… so
Mar 4	awarded	Nice Answer
Jan 29	comment	Fixie Vs Urban bike for small-distance commuting If you remove the fixed gear it can hardly be called a fixie. My issue with fixies lies not in low-speed-manouvering-through-high-traffic-moments, but more in the higher-speed-suddenly-a-car-in-front-of-you-stop-pedalling-in-a-knee-jerk-reacti‌on(heh)-oh-look-at-me-I'm-flying-moments.
Jan 28	answered	Fixie Vs Urban bike for small-distance commuting
Jan 11	answered	DIY computational fluid dynamics for aerodynamics?
Dec 31	awarded	Vox Populi
Dec 31	comment	Why should I wear bicycle clothes made of spandex? Liners are a good alternative, but the flapping of your baggies will become annoying on longer/more serious rides. And then there is the extra drag.
Dec 31	reviewed	Reviewed Why should I wear bicycle clothes made of spandex?
Dec 31	revised	Why should I wear bicycle clothes made of spandex? Tried to clarify point, less conversational prose.
Dec 31	awarded	Custodian
Dec 31	reviewed	Looks Good Sturmey Archer 3-Speed Hub Slipping?
Dec 31	awarded	Excavator
Dec 31	awarded	Suffrage