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Old 06-13-22, 03:51 AM
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Originally Posted by urbanknight

I learned a word today!
Shame it's not in the dictionary though.
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Old 06-13-22, 05:36 AM
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Originally Posted by urbanknight
It's too bad the people eating it up confuse "max" with "recommended"... including me way back when I was 125lb and had no business putting 140psi in a tire.



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That's because I made it up yesterday
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Old 06-13-22, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by PeteHski
Is any of this ^ true? Fake reality is everywhere these days.
As my 7th grade English teacher Mr. Louis would say, "Don't ever say 'in my opinion' because everything you say is your opinion."

So I didn't preface all that crap with "in my opinion".
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Old 06-13-22, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by downtube42
As my 7th grade English teacher Mr. Louis would say, "Don't ever say 'in my opinion' because everything you say is your opinion."
1 + 1 = 2. Not really an opinion.
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Old 06-13-22, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by tomato coupe
1 + 1 = 2. Not really an opinion.
It is your opinion that this is a fact. I'm sure your confidence is extremely high.

It's my opinion that 1+1=2 is a fundamental truth; I have opinions about what the symbol "1" means, what the symbol "+" means, what the symbol "=" means, and what the symbol "2" means. I believe (aka it's my opinion) that those definitions have virtually universal agreement. I might even say 1+1=2 is correct by definition, but that would be my opinion. It's my opinion I was taught these things at various times starting at a very young age, and it's my opinion that my understanding of the fundamental concepts is solid.

I could have left the "it's my opinion" out of the above, and it would mean exactly the same thing. It's equivalent to saying "I'm a human thus fallible" before every sentence - it's generally understood, though not always by the speaker.
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Old 06-13-22, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by downtube42
It is your opinion that this is a fact.
No, it's not my opinion. One can make countless statements that are fact, and not opinion.
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Old 06-13-22, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by downtube42
It is your opinion that this is a fact. I'm sure your confidence is extremely high.

It's my opinion that 1+1=2 is a fundamental truth; I have opinions about what the symbol "1" means, what the symbol "+" means, what the symbol "=" means, and what the symbol "2" means. I believe (aka it's my opinion) that those definitions have virtually universal agreement. I might even say 1+1=2 is correct by definition, but that would be my opinion. It's my opinion I was taught these things at various times starting at a very young age, and it's my opinion that my understanding of the fundamental concepts is solid.

I could have left the "it's my opinion" out of the above, and it would mean exactly the same thing. It's equivalent to saying "I'm a human thus fallible" before every sentence - it's generally understood, though not always by the speaker.
Damn...you need to get out more.
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Old 06-13-22, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by downtube42
As my 7th grade English teacher Mr. Louis would say, "Don't ever say 'in my opinion' because everything you say is your opinion."

So I didn't preface all that crap with "in my opinion".
To be fair you did start off your alternative reality with "I imagine"
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Old 06-13-22, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by cxwrench
Damn...you need to get out more.
Actually it was while visiting India that I had some of my most fundamental western beliefs challenged. The very notion that my beliefs were "western" rather than universal was the real eye opener. Travel does that - makes you see your own culture and beliefs as culture and beliefs rather than as universal realities. Knowledge leads to humility.
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Old 06-13-22, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by downtube42
It's my opinion that 1+1=2 is a fundamental truth; I have opinions about what the symbol "1" means, what the symbol "+" means, what the symbol "=" means, and what the symbol "2" means. I believe (aka it's my opinion) that those definitions have virtually universal agreement. I might even say 1+1=2 is correct by definition, but that would be my opinion. It's my opinion I was taught these things at various times starting at a very young age, and it's my opinion that my understanding of the fundamental concepts is solid.
It's true that "1+1=2" is dependent on certain assumptions, but it can be said that under those assumptions, it is a factual statement. Furthermore, the degree to which those assumptions have universal agreement is not a matter of opinion, it's something that could be quantified objectively; objective statements do not become subjective just because they lack confidence or precision. Similarly, on the flip side, a high degree of universality does not cause an opinion to become objective.
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Old 06-13-22, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by downtube42
Actually it was while visiting India that I had some of my most fundamental western beliefs challenged. The very notion that my beliefs were "western" rather than universal was the real eye opener. Travel does that - makes you see your own culture and beliefs as culture and beliefs rather than as universal realities. Knowledge leads to humility.
That's great, but it doesn't mean that everything you say is just an opinion. I ate pizza for lunch -- that is a simple factual statement. It is not an opinion, and it has nothing to do with a lack of humility. It is reality.
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Old 06-14-22, 02:49 AM
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Originally Posted by downtube42
Actually it was while visiting India that I had some of my most fundamental western beliefs challenged. The very notion that my beliefs were "western" rather than universal was the real eye opener. Travel does that - makes you see your own culture and beliefs as culture and beliefs rather than as universal realities. Knowledge leads to humility.
By definition "beliefs" are opinion rather than proven reality, regardless of their origin.

Belief: an acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof.

The not requiring proof part means you can go f*****g bananas and believe literally anything you like!
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Old 06-15-22, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by tomato coupe
1 + 1 = 2. Not really an opinion.
1 + 1 = 10 in binary
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Old 06-15-22, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by tankist
1 + 1 = 10 in binary
With that in mind, I recommend the OP try pumping their tires up to 1010000 psi.
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Originally Posted by jessica2008
you're just kiding, right?
He is. But I'm still pumping my tires to 140 psi.
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I run at, or just under, the max PSI as printed on the sidewall of my 700x25 tires. I like it and it seems to work for me.
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Old 06-18-22, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by downtube42
Actually it was while visiting India that I had some of my most fundamental western beliefs challenged. The very notion that my beliefs were "western" rather than universal was the real eye opener. Travel does that - makes you see your own culture and beliefs as culture and beliefs rather than as universal realitie
s. Knowledge leads to humility.
I knew John Lennon was still alive!
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Originally Posted by jessica2008
you're just kiding, right?
If you're talking to me, 1010000 in binary is equal to 80.
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I used to run my tires at maximum pressure, which for my current 700x35 Schwalbe Marathons is 85psi. Over the weekend, however, I decided to try an experiment and drop the pressure to the recommended pressure given for my bike's combined weight and my tire size, which was approximately 60psi. My bike was no slower (in fact, I had my best ever speed over a distance of 150km, doing it in pretty much exactly 5 hours of riding time), but it was noticeably more comfortable due to the lower tire pressure soaking up imperfections in the road surface.
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The meaning of tire pressure is "42"
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Here is an old re-hashed video to go with the re-hashed topic that rarely hit the main issue - the case.
That means it is a bit off topic, because topic was pressure.
But depending on the tire, the answer is different. I'd pump one tire harder than the other because of the case.

In this clip (mine) both tires have the same pressure. The red is a pretty supple Veloflex.

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I run mine on 5 bar, maximum stated on the tyred is 5.8
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Originally Posted by downtube42
As my 7th grade English teacher Mr. Louis would say, "Don't ever say 'in my opinion' because everything you say is your opinion."
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That was terrible advice.
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Originally Posted by The Chemist
I used to run my tires at maximum pressure, which for my current 700x35 Schwalbe Marathons is 85psi. Over the weekend, however, I decided to try an experiment and drop the pressure to the recommended pressure given for my bike's combined weight and my tire size, which was approximately 60psi. My bike was no slower (in fact, I had my best ever speed over a distance of 150km, doing it in pretty much exactly 5 hours of riding time), but it was noticeably more comfortable due to the lower tire pressure soaking up imperfections in the road surface.
It's not often you see someone on BF open-minded enough to actually try something different. Everyone running "max" pressure should at least try this experiment.
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Originally Posted by Kapusta
That was terrible advice.
It's situational. In some settings it conveys an appropriate level of humility, in others, weakness. Don't take that IMO **** into the c-suite; say it with an outrageous level of confidence or get the hell out.

^ Do I need to say that's just my opinion? I think clearly not, but there I did.

How do you like your Fog Cutter? Love mine; I use it for rando. I get so many comments on how gorgeous it is.

The new model though, with the replaceable dropouts. If it was red, I'd have one already.
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