1.April fun 2021

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hercule
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Re: 1.April fun 2018

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RickH wrote:I thought this was a good cycling one on Jan Heine's blog. :D


You could buy (or make up) quad chainsets not that long ago. I’m not sure if they are still in business, the website doesn’t appear to have changed in years...

http://abundantadventures.com/quads.html

With “1x” setups the pendulum now seems to have swung as far as it can in the opposite direction.

At least until SRAM releases its new 0x system :D
Mike_Ayling
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Re: 1.April fun 2018

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RickH wrote:I thought this was a good cycling one on Jan Heine's blog. :D


Good one.

The late Sheldon Brown used to come up with some decent ones each year.

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/real-man.html

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Re: 1.April fun 2019

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Hi, Still remember Richard Dimbleby's "Spaghetti Harvest" stroke, only available then in black & white. May be viewable now in colour, check with "Auntie"? Athough it may be Pasta Sell-By Date! IGICB MM
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Re: 1. April fun 2020

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Thread resurrection alert

Oh no, the Grauniad reports that toilet paper is sold out in Australia, has 1.4 come early this year? :wink:

I thought modern societies were resilient and able to ensure supply of such essentials, but if many households buy more than usual Anything Could Happen
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Re: 1.April fun 2020

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Trump has predicted that coronavirus will die out once it gets warmer...
Have we got time for another cuppa?
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Re: 1.April fun 2020

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In A Small Town in Germany the cops are using an Enforcement Trailer to catch cyclists committing speeding crimes
Today only :wink:
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Re: 1.April fun 2018

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Mick F wrote:I prefer Geneva.


All this talk about typefaces reminds me of the old Times.
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Re: 1.April fun 2020

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I've had a student send in work claiming that Karl Marx was not a Marxist, and that Margaret Thatcher was one, but sadly I don't think it was meant to be funny.
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Re: 1.April fun 2020

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The DIY store has good prices for skirting ladders today :wink:
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Cunobelin
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Re: 1.April fun 2020

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Google usually have something... However, this year have felt in inappropriate

A bike-related one from a couple of years ago

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Re: 1.April fun 2020

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The how to service your seat post bearings made me smile.
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Re: 1.April fun 2021

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Just stuck stuck out my antennae for unlikely stories, I read a report about a vaccine that was first only to be given to young people under 60, then it was suspended, now the Experts recommend it only for older people, over 65. Such queer things happen, there is not much need to dream anything up
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