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Stefan Mikes replied to the thread Just for fun....You wouldn't believe. When I and my pack were teenagers, we could see the Steven Spielberg's "Duel" in the cinema (we could be, well, 13... -
The old days are coming back. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9zrdpg7256yo
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Stefan Mikes replied to the thread 2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos.What a wonderful journey, Jeremy! Two thoughts: You could install a dropper post on your Vado SL 1 if you installed a wireless...
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Stefan Mikes reacted to Jeremy McCreary's post in the thread 2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos with
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Morro Bay ride You're a bicycle addict on a long car trip with no bike along and in bad need of a fix. Then, as you pull up to the place... -
Stefan Mikes replied to the thread getting a regular bike after my battery fails?.Are you sure? The difference between MTB and Road HG freehub body
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Stefan Mikes reacted to fooferdoggie's post in the thread getting a regular bike after my battery fails? with Like.
man I ordered the kit for the trek I was hoping since I dont ride it as much I could go without nome my thumb told me nope. I ordered...
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Stefan Mikes reacted to spokewrench's post in the thread American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric with Like.
Richard Clyburn and Edwin Beard Budding (inventor of the lawn mower) invented the English mechanism on the right. BAHCO, a Swedish...
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Stefan Mikes replied to the thread American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric.Joe, @Chargeride was joking :) Metric sizes in Europe and elsewhere in the world are standardized and practical, just saying. It might...
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Stefan Mikes reacted to indianajo's post in the thread American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric with Like.
Wong. I worked as a transmission mechanic during the changeover, 90's. GM metric threads were totally different than Chrysler threads...
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Stefan Mikes reacted to Jeremy McCreary's post in the thread National Make a Dog's Day, October 22nd with Like.
Tomorrow, October 22nd, is National Make A Dog's Day. Originally founded by Subaru to help shelter dogs, but a good excuse to make any...
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Stefan Mikes replied to the thread American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric.I don't think so :) Regarding different sizes of bicycle parts, many are certainly inherited from English ones. Nobody, however, makes...
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Stefan Mikes reacted to spokewrench's post in the thread American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric with Like.
Within the last year, that happened to me on a new handlebar device. I think it was something where the screw was harder to reach than...
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Stefan Mikes reacted to spokewrench's post in the thread American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric with Like.
Hmmm... the set skips both 15 and 16mm. They're 12-point rings, so a 16 might have worked on an M15 nut. It's nice that Torx isn't...
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Stefan Mikes reacted to spokewrench's post in the thread American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric with Like.
In the US military, a step has been 30" for generations, I believe. A meter is just about 40", so a step is 3/4 meter. Often, a pace is...
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Stefan Mikes replied to the thread American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric.The bicycle was a British invention :)
