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Dense, wet, mist here this a.m. I didn't mind it, but a buddy of mine slid out on a corner and crashed.
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Go slower. Lights can sometimes be counterproductive.
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I would imagine that most (all?) black spokes these days are anodized and not particularly susceptible to scratches, no? Most of my wheels have had black spokes and I can't recall any showing silver scratches.
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it wouldn’t have raise a thought if I was on centerville, monticello or the cap trail. Of course it got the worst on brit bat road. Luckily only one car passed me, and it was right when I entered the road.
“too cold” thread, a local shows what’s it’s like to cycle in the winter near you.
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Of the wheels with black spokes, only two of them don't have black nipples.
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But if you scratch a black spoke, you have a black spoke with a silver streak. Scratch a silver spoke and you have...a silver spoke.
IMO, black rims look fantastic with black spokes. But they also look good with silver spokes if you've got silver hubs. OTOH, black hubs and black rims with silver spokes....not so much. Black spokes and silver rims? Ew.
IMO, black rims look fantastic with black spokes. But they also look good with silver spokes if you've got silver hubs. OTOH, black hubs and black rims with silver spokes....not so much. Black spokes and silver rims? Ew.
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I won't head out, if it's foggy at the house. I've done gravel events that featured early fog. That was no fun.
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We stopped off at B&N when found ourselves with some time to kill after wrapping up a couple errands.
I went to my favorite section, Science Fiction and Fantasy, and was surprised to see that one of my favorite authors, and a guy that moves a goodly number of books, didn't have any books on the shelf. Shortly thereafter, it dawned on me that his name, Hamilton, would have appeared *much* deeper in to the section than alphabetical order would have you think. That's when I noticed names beginning with "A" and "B" in the middle of the section... what the hell?
I went to the start of the section - "A" names, obviously, then progressing quickly through the alphabet (oh, there's Hamilton!) to Z and then restarting in the middle. To repeat - what the hell?
Looking at the authors and the titles, I realized that someone had the bright idea of separating the Sci-Fi subcategory from Fantasy, hence two trips through the alphabet. But what about books that straddle the divide? What about authors that write both? As if in answer to this question, I came across LeGuin's Left Hand of Darkness in the Fantasy area and decided that it was just all too much to take, so I left.
I went to my favorite section, Science Fiction and Fantasy, and was surprised to see that one of my favorite authors, and a guy that moves a goodly number of books, didn't have any books on the shelf. Shortly thereafter, it dawned on me that his name, Hamilton, would have appeared *much* deeper in to the section than alphabetical order would have you think. That's when I noticed names beginning with "A" and "B" in the middle of the section... what the hell?
I went to the start of the section - "A" names, obviously, then progressing quickly through the alphabet (oh, there's Hamilton!) to Z and then restarting in the middle. To repeat - what the hell?
Looking at the authors and the titles, I realized that someone had the bright idea of separating the Sci-Fi subcategory from Fantasy, hence two trips through the alphabet. But what about books that straddle the divide? What about authors that write both? As if in answer to this question, I came across LeGuin's Left Hand of Darkness in the Fantasy area and decided that it was just all too much to take, so I left.
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Even on silver rims? If it's a thing, I'll go ahead and buy them.
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But if you scratch a black spoke, you have a black spoke with a silver streak. Scratch a silver spoke and you have...a silver spoke.
IMO, black rims look fantastic with black spokes. But they also look good with silver spokes if you've got silver hubs. OTOH, black hubs and black rims with silver spokes....not so much. Black spokes and silver rims? Ew.
IMO, black rims look fantastic with black spokes. But they also look good with silver spokes if you've got silver hubs. OTOH, black hubs and black rims with silver spokes....not so much. Black spokes and silver rims? Ew.
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Big Boy Tractive Effort : 135,375 lbf (602.18 kN)
S118 (Dollywood 70) Tractive Effort : 20,100 lbf (89.4 kN)
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Silver hubs, spokes, and rims -
Silver hubs, silver spokes, black rims:
Black hubs, black rims, black spokes:
Silver hubs, silver spokes, black rims:
Black hubs, black rims, black spokes:
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The funny thing is, he looked like anybody's flabby old grandpa.
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Same. I generally end up cutting the hubs out and throwing the hubs in a box. Rims go out by the curb and metal scroungers find them within a day or two.
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