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Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
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I almost exclusively use the lever to position the caliper over the rotor.
and the British spelling is either LL or L. the Yanks just use one L
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The correct English spelling is LL, but yes many have adopted the US L, along with Rotor (here we go again! -
) and the German 'alu'.....
SimonCurrently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.0 -
Rotor and Calliper are two very, very different things.The Beginner wrote:The correct English spelling is LL, but yes many have adopted the US L, along with Rotor (here we go again! - ) and the German 'alu'.....
Simon
Anyway, the lever method has never worked properly for me, so I always eyeball it.0 -
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Oh...and agree with above....lever squeeze to get it there or thereabouts, then final adjustment by eye if necessary.Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I believe in the future of the human race.
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whoops, I didn't notice the extra L lacking, I was just looking at P instead of BThe Beginner wrote:0 -
The Beginner wrote:The correct English spelling is LL
Funnilly enough no it isn't, the correct english spelling is one L, which corrupted to the LL form a few centuries ago, and is now corrupting back by coincidence. The root is calibre.Uncompromising extremist0 -
Really? How are the two linked, since Calibre means something very different to Calliper. Where did the two meanings split?0
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maybe to do with how you measured the calibre?"Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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I find that with the brake on technique the screws when tightened tend to move it all out of alignment. So its brake on with an eyeball tweak, err OK, just get it over something white when done, sheet of paper on the floor, and check the disk is centered and straight.
If not see which way it has moved out of line and set it up opposite before tightening so it ends up straight.
:roll: Bit long winded all that.
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No shite sherlock - very inciteful - but both examples of US things adopted here as I said, so your point was - oh sorry there wasn't one!yeehaamcgee wrote:
Rotor and Calliper are two very, very different things.The Beginner wrote:The correct English spelling is LL, but yes many have adopted the US L, along with Rotor (here we go again! - ) and the German 'alu'.....
Simon
In many examples of old text calibre is spelt with LL as well....
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Less of the pedantic sematics please - back to the topic in hand.0
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Semantics, please.
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Loosen off and brake, hold brake and tighten up each bolt alternating slowly bit by bit. Works for me.I don't do smileys.
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People, houses, glass, etc.The Beginner wrote:so your point was - oh sorry there wasn't one!0 -
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I like Calippos.
I also like Hippos
Not too keen on Gyppos though.0 -
nicklouse wrote:maybe to do with how you measured the calibre?
See also: calibrate, which originally meant to measure the calibre of a gun.
Caliber comes from an arabic word for a wooden shoe mould, which brings us nicely via french to sabot- wooden shoe- which is also used for the wooden "plug" used in primitive muzzleloaders to seal the bore. (still used today that). And o'course sabotage is what we would have done to that thread, if Supersonic hadn't given us a shoeing.
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Sonic,that's a Calibra
You're thinking of a Cavalier Caliber ?
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That looks like it might be the nicest calibra on the council estate.Uncompromising extremist0
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I can't eat calippo's especially the strawberry ones because they freak me out and remind me of a dogs hump wand (I also just don't like strawberry)0 -
I still don't follow. If you measured calibre with callipers, then how is that the same thing?Northwind wrote:nicklouse wrote:maybe to do with how you measured the calibre?
See also: calibrate, which originally meant to measure the calibre of a gun.
Caliber comes from an arabic word for a wooden shoe mould, which brings us nicely via french to sabot- wooden shoe- which is also used for the wooden "plug" used in primitive muzzleloaders to seal the bore. (still used today that). And o'course sabotage is what we would have done to that thread, if Supersonic hadn't given us a shoeing.
I ****ing love words, me.
It doesn't help that this thread is now in two chunks and I have no idea what's going on anymore.0 -
Er No it wasnt?moster wrote:*AL* wrote:Sonic,that's a Calibra
You're thinking of a Cavalier Caliber ?
Since this thread is about being pedantic....it was a Cavalier Excaliber
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VWsurfbum wrote:
Er No it wasnt?moster wrote:*AL* wrote:Sonic,that's a Calibra
You're thinking of a Cavalier Caliber ?
Since this thread is about being pedantic....it was a Cavalier Excaliber
So thats a Calibre, not a Caliber, Excaliber, Calibra Caliper, Calliper, Callipo or Camembert0 -
VWsurfbum wrote:
Er No it wasnt?moster wrote:*AL* wrote:Sonic,that's a Calibra
You're thinking of a Cavalier Caliber ?
Since this thread is about being pedantic....it was a Cavalier Excaliber
actually you're right it wasn't...my badWhen you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras.0
