The QUICK question thread.....

[moorey]

Serious question - pitch or pith? (I'm assuming autocorrect, but just in case...) Did people really wear chunks of lawn as head protection?

I know on the Hoover dam, the workers were dying from falling rocks and weren’t provided helmets, so they covered caps in tar. Still more sensible than wiring on grips.

 

[hambonanas]

I know on the Hoover dam, the workers were dying from falling rocks and weren’t provided helmets, so they covered caps in tar. Still more sensible than wiring on grips.

That would have made a good general knowledge question actually!

 

[Fred Nurk]

Serious question - pitch or pith? (I'm assuming autocorrect, but just in case...) Did people really wear chunks of lawn as head protection?

Pitch...

Pitch drop experiment - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[beeb]

Pitch...

Pitch drop experiment - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Interesting - I’d not heard tar referred to as ‘pitch’ before, I’d assumed @moorey was referring to one of these (as was the style of his time):

 

[hambonanas]

Interesting - I’d not heard tar referred to as ‘pitch’ before, I’d assumed @moorey was referring to one of these (as was the style of his time):

Did you not read your King James Bible at school? tut tut..

 

[moorey]

Interesting - I’d not heard tar referred to as ‘pitch’ before, I’d assumed @moorey was referring to one of these (as was the style of his time):

As in pitch black….

 

[Art Vanderlay]

Did you not read your King James Bible at school? tut tut..

Don't bring up religion with Hambo ba.........wait, what

 

[beeb]

Did you not read your King James Bible at school? tut tut..

I preferred non-fiction.

 

[hambonanas]

I preferred non-fiction.

Me too

 

[beeb]

Me too

Careful with most bike and component reviews then.

 

[Fred Nurk]

Don't bring up religion with Hambo ba.........wait, what

Are you preaching to the converted?

 

[hambonanas]

Are you preaching to the converted?

Allelujah!

 

[Oddjob]

I just can’t fathom why anyone would still do this in this day and age. I assume you still use vulcanizing patches and a baseball cap covered in pitch as a helmet?

I can't believe that you of all people need to ask why I want to avoid shelling out a fortune for lock on grips for a bazillion bikes.

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[Litenbror]

I can't believe that you of all people need to ask why I want to avoid shelling out a fortune for lock on grips for a bazillion bikes.

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I find little black cable ties work well if the grips spin a bit. The Ourys so far haven't need it.

 

[moorey]

I can't believe that you of all people need to ask why I want to avoid shelling out a fortune for lock on grips for a bazillion bikes.

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On the contrary, I know why you try to avoid it, I just can’t fathom it.

 

[moorey]

The Ourys so far haven't need it

Oury lockons are indeed sweet.

 

[ozzybmx]

Ergon GE1 and GD1's... nicest grips ever made.

...and I've tried most but still go back.

 

[Oddjob]

On the contrary, I know why you try to avoid it, I just can’t fathom it.

The Nicolais and Litevilles aren't going to pay for themselves.

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[moorey]

The Nicolais and Litevilles aren't going to pay for themselves.

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They will with wired on grips. If you’re struggling, chuck me your address and I’ll send off a couple of sets of lockons.

 

[dirtdad]

Wire on grips > Lockons
In all ways except ease of install/removal.
Lockons are for the lazy and incompetent.