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| location | Canada | |
| age | 30 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 7 months |
| seen | May 17 at 20:07 | |
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Web developer specializing in data-driven Rails applications.
Twitter: @meagar
I'm fund-raising for the Tour for Kids, a four day ride in southern Ontario coming up in August. One hundred percent of every donation goes directly to the kids, improving the quality of life for kids living with cancer; Nothing is shaved off for administration/other ride costs. Read more about the camps and the Coast to Coast Against Cancer Foundation.
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Dec 7 |
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Minimal effort chain cleaning The parktool (and most chain cleaners I've seen) require significant slack in the chain as provided by a derailleur. It couldn't be used on a fixie/single-speed where the chain was taut. |
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Dec 7 |
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Minimal effort chain cleaning added 218 characters in body |
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Dec 6 |
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Minimal effort chain cleaning You might be using too thin a lube. You should pick up something specifically meant for winter riding, like whitelightningco.com/products/wet-ride.htm |
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Dec 6 |
answered | Minimal effort chain cleaning |
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Dec 6 |
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Which brake is most expendable? added 46 characters in body |
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Dec 6 |
answered | Which brake is most expendable? |
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Dec 6 |
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Stop SPD shoes from grinding This. You need a cobbler. There's really nothing you can do personally that won't be destroyed the first few times you walk on it. |
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Dec 6 |
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What Seatpost Is This? added 142 characters in body |
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Dec 6 |
answered | What Seatpost Is This? |
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Dec 6 |
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Terminology index deleted 29 characters in body |
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Dec 6 |
accepted | What kind of tail lights can I attach to the rear of my rack? |
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Dec 6 |
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What kind of tail lights can I attach to the rear of my rack? Oh, this is funny. I actually wound up buying this light prior to reading this answer. Unfortunately it failed, the screw ripped the metal mount out of the plastic backing on the light. |
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Nov 7 |
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Winter commuting - how to keep warm? Can't really recommend this if you ride on the road. Peripheral vision is pretty important. |
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Oct 31 |
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Why choose a traditional frame over an aerodynamically streamlined frame? Hey, don't jump all over me, I'm completely uninvested in your argument. All I know is I read "how could 'a placebo effect' alter the recorded speed and power?" which would seem to indicate two separate measurements which could easily be affected by false believe in a placebo. I only mentioned them as "the metrics" because you mentioned them as the metrics. If you're saying that the power was the same but the speed increased, that wouldn't seem to be as easily linked to a placebo effect. |
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Oct 31 |
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Why does my bike make a noise when I pedal hard? Grammar fixes |
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Oct 31 |
suggested | suggested edit on Why does my bike make a noise when I pedal hard? |
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Oct 31 |
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Why choose a traditional frame over an aerodynamically streamlined frame? @R.Chung That's what the placebo effect is. He's alleging that the cyclist subconsciously tried harder because he believed he was on a faster bicycle. The placebo effect could absolutely effect metrics like speed and power output. |
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Oct 30 |
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Why choose a traditional frame over an aerodynamically streamlined frame? Oh, in the interests of full disclosure, I test drove both (well, the next model down in each case, the R3 and S2) and chose the S2 because it came with a SRAM Red group set. Both felt fantastic and I'm having a hard time figuring out why a company would provide both bike series if there is any clear advantage to one or the other. |
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Oct 30 |
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Why choose a traditional frame over an aerodynamically streamlined frame? No, they're roughly the same price. |
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Oct 30 |
asked | Why choose a traditional frame over an aerodynamically streamlined frame? |
