Carbon, myth?

[mjr]

Takes a lot longer.

How long did it take your forks, then?

 

[fossyant]

How long did it take your forks, then?

They didn't break. Broken bike bits can be replaced in a couple of days, broken body bits take a bit longer....

 

[FrankCrank]

OK - what's in this picture?

 

[steveindenmark]

OK - what's in this picture?
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Fork knows

 

[Tin Pot]

"There is no fork" - Neo

 

[Cubist]

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Speaking of front ends, help me with something. What is this in the picture?

Yep, one of my bugbears too.

 

[Pale Rider]

Yep, one of my bugbears too.

A pair of trousers?

 

[Cubist]

A pair of trousers?

No, I quite like trousers....

 

[Pale Rider]

'Consecutive' is another one.

'The team won three consecutive games.'

Inevitably, the speaker is referring to a run of three wins, only the last two wins are consecutive wins.

 

[Cubist]

'Consecutive' is another one.

'The team won three consecutive games.'

Inevitably, the speaker is referring to a run of three wins, only the last two wins are consecutive wins.

Strictly speaking, so are the first two. But they won three on the bounce.

 

[Milkfloat]

Back to the OP - Google reports more than 36,000,000 hits for "steel rust", yet under 1,000,000 for "carbon rust".

However, rust is lighter than carbon.

 

[screenman]

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Speaking of front ends, help me with something. What is this in the picture?

A tyre lever for when you have not a got any spoons left.