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Well that's ok then!

Is that front Crud Catcher on upside down?

I'm gonna take a stab at Penrith.

I'm sure it has been.

I still think when the games returned to Athens in 2000 they should've kept it there from then on. If I could be in another country during the games I would and I can't wait for them to be over. Of course I hope our guys do well and will be watching some of the events but I just wish it didn't have to be here...

Really?... I think in theory it works but in order to do it in the real world you need a veritable shitload® of cash you're willing to put down and lose before coming up trumps. The other reasons are that for the money put down the return is minimal which isn't what your average gambler is looking for and also that I imagine Casinos would frown on the practise and probably kick you out when you'd just lost your money betting £64000 on red.

I wish people would stop saying that. The games were held in London in 1908 and again in 1948. There's a reasonable chance we'll see them back here around 2060. Unfortunately.

Fixed.

I've even heard of some grown adults riding bikes with 20" wheels before! Cerrazy

Looks a bit dodgy to me but there's not a lot you can do about it really...

No.

And you ride in the pitch black often?

*awaits Ali C's wrath*

I don't know if it's because he's pushing himself or what but he doesn't make anything look easy or smooth which is usually the mark of a really good rider. Everything looks a little forced and only just made which doesn't seem right considering how good he apparently is.

Is the bike with the orange bars really growing out of a bush?

May I disagree?! Spokes are just wire and are only any good in tension. What you are describing would require the spokes at the bottom of the wheel to resist the rim from deforming under compression, which they're really not any good at. In my mind the rim must be self supporting in width and the spokes are there to do two things- firstly to keep the rim round in profile (by maintaining an even tension around the circumference) and secondly to resist side to side motion (by utilisation of the spoke triangulation).

No, I mean that frame with the ZONY sticker... meh.

I swear I've seen that frame built up on here in the bike pics section...

Yeah, I go in really slow and all the acceleration happens at the last minute. Seems to work pretty well! That vid covers the essentials though .

Pretty much. I do it that way and the first half pedal stroke I'm just using the pedals to bring the front up while not gaining too much speed. The final 1/4 or even less is the bit that gives you all the explosive power to push the bike up and gain the height. Edit: Check out 3:39- this is the vid that taught me the technique which I still use to good effect 10 years on.

A blind person uses their other senses to compensate- they can still touch and feel objects, surfaces, people etc. so can build up a mental 'image' of what they're touching, even if they can't see the detail or the colour. Interesting idea though!

To be fair, he kind of makes things worse for himself by the way he poorly tries to explain it and keeps on cocking it up himself.

I stubbornly refuse to accept that.

Thanks for that, I'll be sure to never watch Snuffbox .

0.333 repeating to infinity is still not exactly 1/3 though hence 0.9999... does not equal 1.