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The Bike Shop / Re: New odyssey stampy video

« on: December 11, 2014, 08:28:42 PM »

If I remember correctly G mentioned previously that they only tested one pair of forks per competing brand. If this is the case again then it is a bit weird, statistically, to round up all forks for which n=1 to within 0.1 K, and for the one brand for which n≥1 (I assume more than one Odyssey fork was tested) to round up to 650 K+. It's not wrong perse it's just a bit of a weird way to represent your data in my opinion. What is the number of replicates, average number of cycles and standard deviation for Odyssey forks?

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The Lounge / Re: The Scotch Thread

« on: December 04, 2014, 02:36:33 AM »

Been drinking scotch for 3 years now, interest was sparked when I was offered a Laphroaig (10y) during christmas. Went throught the whole smokey peaty fase (mind you, as a student I stuck to the 30 euro bottles (Talisker, Caol Ila, Bowmore etc; made an exception for Lagavulin). I was then given a bottle of the Glenlivet (12y) and really enjoyed that so I shifted to trying different speyside and highland scotch. In all fairness I think the subtleties are mostly lost on me, every whisky tastes different and i'm still very much developing my taste, but with that in mind:
-Lagavulin (16y) was amazing, definitely worth the money.
-Ardbeg (10y) is way too smokey, battled through one glass and wouldn't order again.
-Dalwhinnie (15y) is the smoothest whisky I drank to date.
-Chivas Regal (18y) has notes of chocolade, which is interesting (was given a miniature).
I'm currently on a bottle of Oban (14y) and have a the Glenkinchie (12y) on the shopping list.
I discovered this nice little store where they sell whisky from the barrel and they always have interesting stuff there, bought 100ml of Glenfiddich (21y) for 12 euros just to give it a try. They also sold a T-spooned whisky, forgot which one, but basically a single malt scotch, with a teaspoon of another single malt scotch added to the barrel. Apparently nowadays buying a bottle of whisky at the store and drinking it straight is for amateurs

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The Bike Shop / Re: The "what the hell is Odyssey / Gspprt cooking up" thread.

« on: December 04, 2014, 01:55:24 AM »

^^ And for that matter, what happened to K-lyte tires? 2.25 Aitken K-lyte is by far my all time favorite tire! Did the demand for lightweight tires die out that quickly (after everyone and their mom (including me) rode those P.O.S. KHE tires)?

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The Bike Shop / Re: What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: October 26, 2014, 04:25:12 AM »

^^ Did exactly the same (yesterday) It's not raining today so I'll most likely ride my bike to the woods, stall it against a tree, look at it every once in a while and then drive it back home once it starts getting dark.

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The Bike Shop / Re: Mid school "collecting"

« on: October 10, 2014, 10:48:32 AM »

I don't really collect but I recently rebuild my 2004 S&M blackbike and it feels awesome riding a 10 year old frame. Best part is the ''new generation'' all drool over the high standover height and love it, that is, until they try to do a manual with the rear wheel at 14,25''.

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The Bike Shop / Re: Frame History?

« on: March 16, 2014, 06:53:41 AM »

2004 - First complete bike: Eastern Battery (19,5'')
2006 - S&M Blackbike 20.75''
2008 - Sunday Ian Schwarz 21''
2013 - Sunday Soundwave 21''

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: January 29, 2013, 06:27:51 AM »

About to build up the sunday soundwave frame I just received as a replacement for my Ian frame.

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Site Help and Rules / Help, can't post pics.

« on: February 22, 2008, 08:23:26 AM »

:(was just about to make a bikecheck, same prob. here