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I imagine the algorithm spits out posters who you frequent more higher up the responses list ;-)rjsterry said:
Blimey you really are bored. How far down the list of 2,500 replies was he?Stevo_666 said:
I can't see anything about the profiles or views of those tweeting, but I noticed that Owen Jones has waded in...rjsterry said:
Yes, quite sure.Stevo_666 said:
You sure that those cancelling are not the more 'right on', progressive type of National Trust members? They definitely have some of those.rjsterry said:
The other day was the Unesco International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade. To mark this the National Trust posted a handful of tweets acknowledging that a lot of their properties and the contents therein were funded in part by that trade. For some people, drawing attention to this fairly obvious point was too much. They didn't want their enjoyment of fine furniture and tapestries to be interrupted by ghastly thoughts of how it was all paid for, and were so upset that they loudly proclaimed that they were cancelling their membership. Turns out the tweedies are also into cancelling.pinno said:
Enlighten me RJST, who are the 'idiots'?rjsterry said:Why don't the Proms properly troll the idiots and insist that they close with a rousing chorus of the Ode to Joy sung in the original German? 😈
Have a read yourself if you are bored.0 -
Nope, couple of pages down. It was boring so that's as far as I went.rjsterry said:
Blimey you really are bored. How far down the list of 2,500 replies was he?Stevo_666 said:
I can't see anything about the profiles or views of those tweeting, but I noticed that Owen Jones has waded in...rjsterry said:
Yes, quite sure.Stevo_666 said:
You sure that those cancelling are not the more 'right on', progressive type of National Trust members? They definitely have some of those.rjsterry said:
The other day was the Unesco International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade. To mark this the National Trust posted a handful of tweets acknowledging that a lot of their properties and the contents therein were funded in part by that trade. For some people, drawing attention to this fairly obvious point was too much. They didn't want their enjoyment of fine furniture and tapestries to be interrupted by ghastly thoughts of how it was all paid for, and were so upset that they loudly proclaimed that they were cancelling their membership. Turns out the tweedies are also into cancelling.pinno said:
Enlighten me RJST, who are the 'idiots'?rjsterry said:Why don't the Proms properly troll the idiots and insist that they close with a rousing chorus of the Ode to Joy sung in the original German? 😈
Have a read yourself if you are bored."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
I suppose if you deal with tax a couple of pages of boredom is nothing, I'd give up soone...Stevo_666 said:
Nope, couple of pages down. It was boring so that's as far as I went.rjsterry said:
Blimey you really are bored. How far down the list of 2,500 replies was he?Stevo_666 said:
I can't see anything about the profiles or views of those tweeting, but I noticed that Owen Jones has waded in...rjsterry said:
Yes, quite sure.Stevo_666 said:
You sure that those cancelling are not the more 'right on', progressive type of National Trust members? They definitely have some of those.rjsterry said:
The other day was the Unesco International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade. To mark this the National Trust posted a handful of tweets acknowledging that a lot of their properties and the contents therein were funded in part by that trade. For some people, drawing attention to this fairly obvious point was too much. They didn't want their enjoyment of fine furniture and tapestries to be interrupted by ghastly thoughts of how it was all paid for, and were so upset that they loudly proclaimed that they were cancelling their membership. Turns out the tweedies are also into cancelling.pinno said:
Enlighten me RJST, who are the 'idiots'?rjsterry said:Why don't the Proms properly troll the idiots and insist that they close with a rousing chorus of the Ode to Joy sung in the original German? 😈
Have a read yourself if you are bored.
Ooh look, a butterfly0 -
I suppose I should be immune to boring stuff but honestly, Twitter beats anything tax has to offer.veronese68 said:
I suppose if you deal with tax a couple of pages of boredom is nothing, I'd give up soone...Stevo_666 said:
Nope, couple of pages down. It was boring so that's as far as I went.rjsterry said:
Blimey you really are bored. How far down the list of 2,500 replies was he?Stevo_666 said:
I can't see anything about the profiles or views of those tweeting, but I noticed that Owen Jones has waded in...rjsterry said:
Yes, quite sure.Stevo_666 said:
You sure that those cancelling are not the more 'right on', progressive type of National Trust members? They definitely have some of those.rjsterry said:
The other day was the Unesco International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade. To mark this the National Trust posted a handful of tweets acknowledging that a lot of their properties and the contents therein were funded in part by that trade. For some people, drawing attention to this fairly obvious point was too much. They didn't want their enjoyment of fine furniture and tapestries to be interrupted by ghastly thoughts of how it was all paid for, and were so upset that they loudly proclaimed that they were cancelling their membership. Turns out the tweedies are also into cancelling.pinno said:
Enlighten me RJST, who are the 'idiots'?rjsterry said:Why don't the Proms properly troll the idiots and insist that they close with a rousing chorus of the Ode to Joy sung in the original German? 😈
Have a read yourself if you are bored.
Ooh look, a butterfly"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
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Whether or not princehimoni of the Yamaha span post is really a Prince.0
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Nigerian Prince. He has promised three foc yams to me if l give him my bank details. For customs declaration purposes. Apparently.webboo said:Whether or not princehimoni of the Yamaha span post is really a Prince.
Not a Giro Hero!0 -
That people are still doing this Bank Holiday Friday travel jam thing. Listening to the travel news, jeez why?0
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Why does the BBC continue to broadcast footage involving Bill Wyman when Glitter, Savile, Travis et al are airbrushed out of history? Is shaxxing a 14yo ok then?0
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But an extremely public one, if just the one.pinno said:
Just one?orraloon said:Why does the BBC continue to broadcast footage involving Bill Wyman when Glitter, Savile, Travis et al are airbrushed out of history? Is shaxxing a 14yo ok then?
Those of us old enough to remember, will remember.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
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My point was that younger readers may be thinking of one individual coming forward with a complaint. Mandy Smith glorified in front page media for weeks, and wasn't complaining. Neither was her mother. Public acceptance was strange.pinno said:
I was suggesting that only 1 came forward.pblakeney said:
There probably was others.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Why are the jockey wheels on the rear mechs of a lot of bikes at the Tour so massive and ugly?0
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Should be banned on aesthetic grounds. Hideous!rick_chasey said:
Less acute bend in the chain>lower resistance. Ceramic barings too.Pross said:Why are the jockey wheels on the rear mechs of a lot of bikes at the Tour so massive and ugly?
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With all the wannabee actors out there looking for work how do they manage for the adverts on ITV4's Tour coverage that appear to have never had an acting lesson? The OAP life insurance and now huge spate of adverts for charity lotteries appear to be the worst offenders.0
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Pross said:
Why are the jockey wheels on the rear mechs of a lot of bikes at the Tour so massive and ugly?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxtAOpts0Ew seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
So, so ugly!pinno said:Pross said:Why are the jockey wheels on the rear mechs of a lot of bikes at the Tour so massive and ugly?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxtAOpts0Ew0 -
Expensive too.Pross said:
So, so ugly!pinno said:Pross said:Why are the jockey wheels on the rear mechs of a lot of bikes at the Tour so massive and ugly?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxtAOpts0Ew
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Does anyone realistically think this is detectable at the rear wheel even under lab conditions.rick_chasey said:
Less acute bend in the chain>lower resistance. Ceramic barings too.Pross said:Why are the jockey wheels on the rear mechs of a lot of bikes at the Tour so massive and ugly?
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Who knows.First.Aspect said:
Does anyone realistically think this is detectable at the rear wheel even under lab conditions.rick_chasey said:
Less acute bend in the chain>lower resistance. Ceramic barings too.Pross said:Why are the jockey wheels on the rear mechs of a lot of bikes at the Tour so massive and ugly?
My SS feels much more efficient than my geared bike (relatively speaking) in the chain department but that could be anything.0 -
Marginal gains innit.First.Aspect said:
Does anyone realistically think this is detectable at the rear wheel even under lab conditions.rick_chasey said:
Less acute bend in the chain>lower resistance. Ceramic barings too.Pross said:Why are the jockey wheels on the rear mechs of a lot of bikes at the Tour so massive and ugly?
Which at the top end of a sport is fair enough I guess.
Makes no sense to me for anybody else but then I genuinely don’t understand why people pay several grand for a pair of wheels.
I may just be tight though.0 -
Marginal gains = psychological.morstar said:
Marginal gains innit.First.Aspect said:
Does anyone realistically think this is detectable at the rear wheel even under lab conditions.rick_chasey said:
Less acute bend in the chain>lower resistance. Ceramic barings too.Pross said:Why are the jockey wheels on the rear mechs of a lot of bikes at the Tour so massive and ugly?
Which at the top end of a sport is fair enough I guess.
Makes no sense to me for anybody else but then I genuinely don’t understand why people pay several grand for a pair of wheels.
I may just be tight though.
It's like hypnosis. Works for some, not for others.0 -
The marginal gains philosophy was hugely successful for Dave Brailsford. Either that or it was the TUE's, special inhalers and jiffy bags.First.Aspect said:
Marginal gains = psychological.morstar said:
Marginal gains innit.First.Aspect said:
Does anyone realistically think this is detectable at the rear wheel even under lab conditions.rick_chasey said:
Less acute bend in the chain>lower resistance. Ceramic barings too.Pross said:Why are the jockey wheels on the rear mechs of a lot of bikes at the Tour so massive and ugly?
Which at the top end of a sport is fair enough I guess.
Makes no sense to me for anybody else but then I genuinely don’t understand why people pay several grand for a pair of wheels.
I may just be tight though.
It's like hypnosis. Works for some, not for others.1 -
Joking aside though, that was all part of the philosophy, push the boundaries of the rules to the absolute limit in seeking every possible advantage. No needles was the only clear anti-doping policy.shortfall said:
The marginal gains philosophy was hugely successful for Dave Brailsford. Either that or it was the TUE's, special inhalers and jiffy bags.First.Aspect said:
Marginal gains = psychological.morstar said:
Marginal gains innit.First.Aspect said:
Does anyone realistically think this is detectable at the rear wheel even under lab conditions.rick_chasey said:
Less acute bend in the chain>lower resistance. Ceramic barings too.Pross said:Why are the jockey wheels on the rear mechs of a lot of bikes at the Tour so massive and ugly?
Which at the top end of a sport is fair enough I guess.
Makes no sense to me for anybody else but then I genuinely don’t understand why people pay several grand for a pair of wheels.
I may just be tight though.
It's like hypnosis. Works for some, not for others.0 -
These rules being things like socks height? UCI... a bit like a FatBo gummint innit.0
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Sure I remember someone from BC admitting off the record that while the science is there it is indeed marginal and the biggest gains from "marginal gains" are physiological.First.Aspect said:
Marginal gains = psychological.morstar said:
Marginal gains innit.First.Aspect said:
Does anyone realistically think this is detectable at the rear wheel even under lab conditions.rick_chasey said:
Less acute bend in the chain>lower resistance. Ceramic barings too.Pross said:Why are the jockey wheels on the rear mechs of a lot of bikes at the Tour so massive and ugly?
Which at the top end of a sport is fair enough I guess.
Makes no sense to me for anybody else but then I genuinely don’t understand why people pay several grand for a pair of wheels.
I may just be tight though.
It's like hypnosis. Works for some, not for others.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
I think it is quite correct to say that BC were at the forefront of cycling tech for a decade or so and those gains have widely improved track performance. They have also translated to the road in may areas around aero in particular.pblakeney said:
Sure I remember someone from BC admitting off the record that while the science is there it is indeed marginal and the biggest gains from "marginal gains" are physiological.First.Aspect said:
Marginal gains = psychological.morstar said:
Marginal gains innit.First.Aspect said:
Does anyone realistically think this is detectable at the rear wheel even under lab conditions.rick_chasey said:
Less acute bend in the chain>lower resistance. Ceramic barings too.Pross said:Why are the jockey wheels on the rear mechs of a lot of bikes at the Tour so massive and ugly?
Which at the top end of a sport is fair enough I guess.
Makes no sense to me for anybody else but then I genuinely don’t understand why people pay several grand for a pair of wheels.
I may just be tight though.
It's like hypnosis. Works for some, not for others.
It's not all some myth.
However, that said, the gains are small and only really make significant differences in terms of beating your rivals, which really matters at an elite level.
Quite why bike companies get away with claiming massive savings over a 25km tt and being believed is beyond me.0
