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Correct. I bought a rear 185 Avid cable caliper to run with my 205 Hope rotor on the front and it fits perfectly. Dan

If they're that bothered all they need to do is write to Guiness World Records with details of the record they want to break and they'll send a judge out if they think it's worth it.

So now it's taken you even loger and you haven't got anywhere. The irony of it all. Pink = Sad. I can't stand the whole quirky pink thing. Men in pink t-shirts with pink shoelaces on pink bikes just look gay. It is NOT some kind of ironic masculinity statement. Anyway, just polish your frame up. It is aluminium, right? same advice as for the painting TAKE YOUR TIME AND DO IT PROPERLY or don't bother at all.

You don't really need to join a gym. Spend the money on some free weights and a big mirror. Free weights should be better for you if you're working out to improve your riding since they also build supporting muscle groups up and give you good proportional perception. Dan

Apparently, in some areas, a good cure for AIDS is to rape a virgin. Works a treat. The problem with birth control in these areas is the influence of religeon. Dan

I quite think every single chicken in the world is doomed to be slaughtered and eaten like you're all assuming. If you were a tree a you could allways end up in the lumber yard... Dan

No they don't. For the simple fact that asylum seekers aren't allowed to work. And I'd be willing to place a strong bet that the article you read was deliberately written in such a misleading way to influence the publics perception of asylum seekers.

I don't think you'll find many asylum seekers working as doctors. Yes, you do get a lot of proffesionals who are immigrant workers. There is too much ignorance from people who bundle migrant workers in with bogus asylum seekers.

clever bundling of groups of people there to get the figures. Besides, that figure means nothing unless you can also give a relative figure for what British born citizens pay in tax compared to what is taken out, in order to draw a proportionate comparison. Dan

still politics

So what?! You care that much do you?! sell your twin monitor computer and the rest of your possesions and go and volunteer then... Oh, it might compromise the comfort of you rcurrent standard of living. Yet you still feel the need to tell everyone ellse where they're wrong. GOBSHITE. THE MORE WE FEED THE MORE THEY BREED.

Err, that is politics, mate.

Shows how switched on you are to what's going on in the world then... :P

nice stuff. You might wanna get that wonky leg on your desk sorted though before all your gear slides off it... :-

Your point is still irrelevant really because nuclear warfare wasn't the threat it is today, when they conscripted during the last great war.

Yes, get me.

people were conscripted a while before the A-bomb was ready. So you'd fix people up knowing that when they're better they'd be going to kill people again? That's like me saying "Nah, I'm not dropping a bomb and killing people, I'm a scientist, but I'll help make the bomb though.." :- Dan

Heard all their stuff and seen them live twice. I could do his job easily enough. I wouldn't describe myself as awesome. Just because people see a bassist play a little bit of slap they're suddenly awesome?.. They do have some interesting time signature changes in their songs though. However, rather than the changes being good or quirky, they are quite shit. Way to obvious and done for the sole purpose of them being obvious. Dan

His voice smells?! :-

A passenger jet is loosing fuel fast, over the ocean, and they ditch all the cargo to try and get them to safety quicker but it still isn't enough. The co-pilot comes into the cabin and announces that they're going to have to start loosing passengers too. Co-pilot: "We're going to have to start throwing passengers off and we'll be doing it alphabetically. So, first Africans then Blacks then Coons..." A young black boy turns to his father and says: "That be us pa?.." His father replies: "No bwoy. We is Niggers!"

Easy to impress non-musicians and beginners. But 'at the end of the day' (God, I hate that saying) they both bored the penis off me. What's the point? One-trick-pony comes to mind. Any one can learn to mimic, I doubt either of them will go on to write a trluy great peice of music. It's a bit like the kid who used do be able to do the most back hops but never really seemed to go on to do anything else...

I was allways confused by the way that some people spend more money and time putting a stereo in their car than they do getting a nice set up in their home. I find myself being quite bothered by people that claim to have a passion for music yet have never picked up an instrument in their lives. Infact the notion that they think they can 'appreciate' the music more if it is played at a better clarity becomes quite absurd. This in no way getting at the thread starter btw.

I've allways fancied going in a car, but now I may give it a miss. I've allways fancied riding a bike, but now I may give it a miss. I've allways fancied going in a plane, but now I may give it a miss. I've allways fancied eating chicken, but now I may give it a miss. I've allways fancied walking down the street, but now I may give it a miss. I've allways fancied myself.

The thing is, we can't allways be held responsible for the actions of others. That old fart was so simple she saw you and then the kid try and copy and placed the blame. Maybe if she was smart enough to think about it she might have realised that the kid, although probably young, was probably a psychopath and made the decision to charge at the object. You didn't tell them to. She probably sit at home smoking 40 fags a day infront of him. What's worse? We really are breeding stupidity back into the human race. Whatever happened to, you do something stupid, you learn from it and don't do it again. Now it's, you do somethign stupid, you get f**ked up, then you look for anyone else to target the blame on but yourself because they were too stupid to make our own decisions. What should have happened is that the kid hits a steep learning curve (albeit in the for of a 40" high root) and while he's sitting sobbing his arse off the mother comes along and gives him another smack for being stupid. Moment of clarity follows shortly after... Anyway, back to the helmets. I wear a Pro-Tec Bucky Lasek skate lid and I even prefer it to my old Met. Does get a bit sweaty but I can deal with that. Plus I look super cool rather than lookin like an XC rider who's lost his saddle. Dan

have you tried adjusting the screw that is attached to the back of the hanger bolt on your mech? There should be one there on most mechs. It pushes against the little fin/claw shaped bit that is on the end of the frames hanger. Failing that, take out the spring in the hanger part of the mech. The mech should just bolt in place and stay put then, you can set it any distance from the frame you like then. Shifting gears should still be ok if you're just running a single front ring and a rear road cassette. The spring is only really there to take up chain slack and allow bigger differences of gear ratios. Dan