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Vantage wrote:

Marcus Aurelius wrote:
A sheep is a type of animal, a dog is also a type of animal. A dog is not a sheep. .

It might be a sheepdog though.

Ah, yes

Yes - those were taken from the OED. You are taking colloquial usage as truth, which on technical matters is just wrong. A sheep is a type of animal, a dog is also a type of animal. A dog is not a sheep. A chain ring is a cog, a sprocket is also a cog, a sprocket is not a chain ring. ??? My cat has...

A cog has teeth that mesh with those of another cog or worm gear etc. A sprocket’s teeth meshes with a roller chain. They are different. Cog can also refer to the individual teeth on a cog, and could stretch to those on a sprocket as well, but the whole round thing is a sprocket, not a cog. Nope. Y...

Which is just horribly jarring... they are sprockets, not cogs. Fundamentally different things. Not quite. Any disc with teeth on it is a cog, the terms ‘sprocket’ and ‘ring’ just refer to the function and position of the cog. A cog has teeth that mesh with those of another cog or worm gear etc. A ...

Well, turns out it even has a name - a "cog brush".... https://www.evanscycles.com/fwe-cog-brush-EV183191 Which is just horribly jarring... they are sprockets, not cogs. Fundamentally different things. Not quite. Any disc with teeth on it is a cog, the terms ‘sprocket’ and ‘ring’ just ref...

I usually spend the majority of the time with the ‘hand shake’ grip on the hoods. I’ll use the drops on descents, and balls out sprints.

I’ve had a couple of bikes nicked in Southampton. The simple answer is to keep it in sight. The police couldn’t care less, the thieves know it.

Shimano have a patent for 14 speeds.

‘Cheap’ is relative. I wouldn’t buy a new, sub 100 quid BSO ( for example) as it really would be more trouble than it’s worth. However, if you know where to look, and what to look for, there are plenty of very acceptable ‘cheap’ new bikes out there. One of my bikes, which is now my ‘go to’ bike, for...

You could use the SWT fast service as far as Clapham Junction, then change to the Southern service to Victoria, or use the London Overground trains to get you into different bits of town, from Clapham Junction.

RickH wrote:

Marcus Aurelius wrote:Bees are fantastic, wasps, not so much so.

BBC News: Why we should appreciate wasps

Rather than being "bothersome and pointless", they are in fact beneficial insects, keeping other pests in check.

Okay I’ll let wasps go, not hornets though, Hornets can do one.

Bees are fantastic, wasps, not so much so.

You’re doing the right thing. If you get honked, just salute whoever honked you, and carry on. You have to be assertive, without being aggressive. Carry on as you are, don’t fret about honky honky motons too much.

Ninja rocks are fun,

rfryer wrote:Sudden unexpected dismount?

Bingo.