So. How pedantic are you ??
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So. How pedantic are you ??
Postby frodo » Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:48 pm
Well apparently nothing broken - he just hates it when his valves don't rotate in sync with each other. i.e. they both rotate in the same position . He was just spinning his front wheel to match the rear.
I had to go - cause I just cracked up laughing.
Does anyone else have these " issues "
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Postby sogood » Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:37 pm
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Postby wombatK » Sun Jan 08, 2012 4:14 pm
There's plenty of OCD peeps out there - just over 2% of the 15-54 age population.frodo wrote: Does anyone else have these " issues "
As soon as you start turning corners (or weaving in and out of lanes), the valve stems
will mis-align (as each wheel travels a slightly different distance). Would be very
debilitating if you had to stop a re-align the valve stems every time
you turned.
There's a fine line between being "normal" and being more than a
little bit weird, and it's pretty hard to assess this on a casual encounter.
Think about the impacts if what you saw was part of "more than a little bit
weird" OCD behaviour. OCD is often associated with if not a result of
low self-esteem. Laughing at the person would not do wonders for their self-esteem.
Rather than laugh, maybe pass a compliment about some other aspect of their
bike, clothing, person etc.,. Anything you can do so reassure someone who's sailing
close to the borderline is worthwhile, and the rest of us normal people don't mind
a bit of flattery either.
Cheers
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Postby KonaCommuter » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:54 pm
PB12IN wrote:that is fantastic.
+1
The OP’s story made my great day that much better
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Postby frodo » Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:56 pm
Just really took me by surprise, that it was his response
Certainly kept my mind spinning for the rest of my ride
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Postby Lizzy » Sun Jan 08, 2012 9:50 pm
I frequently get a low level irk from my computer magnet doodad being not all that neatly positioned in relation to the reflector, but the slacker in me so far has always won that particular battle ... oh hell, I have to go change it now
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Postby bardynt » Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:26 pm
also how about those people have to replace every part on there bike new before they even ridden it and end up spending more than bought it new on on upgrades and never knew if upgrades made any difference or not
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Postby Pushy » Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:27 am
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Re: So. How pedantic are you ??
Postby cavebear2 » Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:37 am
That's why I don't bother to ever ride my new bike at all, I just stand there and look at it and the valves always line up...Pushy wrote:Actually that's why I don't jump kerbs,.......... it puts the valves out of sync
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