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3:19 AM
@SuspendedUser `merkins and their non-idea of temperature. "The AZ works down to about freezing, approximately - 6 celsius, then it does not resonate."
thats from the Air Zound FAQ
 
rofl, -6C.
what do you do if it goes below t shirt weather
 
your horn is less horny ?
take your cool-weather moose instead.
 
 
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4:45 AM
@Batman the question might be "what freezes at -6 degrees Celsius". Maybe slightly salty water? 3 moles/litre, since it's about 2 degrees per mole change. Seawater is about 0.5, on average, I think, but sweat can get more concentrated due to evaporation. So the air zound won't work if your sweat is freezing.
For that matter I don't work if my sweat is freezing.
 
5:26 AM
I imagine there is some sort of condensation issue or something. And if you think sweat freezing at 0C is interesting, you should see what happens at -20C or F when you descend a hill with wet sleeves, try to sit up and realize you can't straighten your arms because you sleeves are frozen in place.
Overdressing has consequences.
 
5:38 AM
Mostly it's fine if you stay calm, like at -30F when your exhalation condensation causes your eyes to freeze shut. Usually it's only one at a time, and the trick is to actually close your eye more tightly to thaw it.
 
6:32 AM
skills I hope never to need #999 ... unfreezing my eyebows without using my hands.
 
 
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3:08 PM
That's a new visual for you. Frozen caterpillar eyebrows. It's actually the lashes on the lid and lower eye that freeze together.
 
 
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8:08 PM
Hm. someone seems to be alternating between accepting my answer and accepting blam's answer for a question. i'm not sure why
 
8:24 PM
@Batman at times I see people trying the answers, and going "half of that one worked, and half of that one" or possibly "that one is mostly right but the tone is offensive, so I'll accept the nicer but less complete one".
What I got the other day was an answer that was complete and accepted, un-accepted when the OP came back and posted "I did what you said and it worked"... then accepted their answer.
 
well in this case, i think Blam's answer is better. so im not sure why they accepted mine
its the q factor question
 
there are more than a few people who are unfans of blam.
Also, I think editing in 6 photos, most of which are of limited relevance, seemed a bit OTT. I was in the process of cropping one down to give two relevant ones. I gave up answering it now, it's all "this is your problem, take it to a bike shop" so I just upvoted Chris's comment instead.
 
9:24 PM
i think we submitted the edits at the same time
or near the same time
so it did something
 
9:35 PM
@Batman I suspect you hit submit last. You also managed to get the images straight out of that awful photo-hosting site, which I couldn't do. Why do so many block right clicking and force you to grind around the page "discovering" how they have chosen to implement a basic feature built into every browser? "I enjoy discovering yet another unique user interface"... said no user ever.
 
10:26 PM
I have big nipples.... is there a standard for over-sized nipples?
I had to use a 4" spanner to tweak my wheel :-\
cos the nipple key didn' thave a big-enough fitting
Is that normal? Plus, what's the right tool for holding a bladed spoke while adjusting nipples?
I guess a leatherman is a bad tool to use, put some minor scratches on the spokes which will become a weak point.
 
wat
 
10:42 PM
blast - I forgot to measure them with calipers.
 
11:05 PM
@Criggie there's a plastic disk with various-sized slots you can buy. Or make one out of a bit of wood. You can get spoke keys up to "whooly sheet a poke nipple goes in that?" Those look like fairly standard 1/8" or so, I'm pretty sure my silly spoke-ring tool has a slot that big. It probably wouldn't work on that wheel coz it's big, but there are tools for that.
wiggle.co.uk/campagnolo-square-head-spoke-key-for-bora-wheels will probably work for you, if you are willing to pay for a Campag tool :)
 
I've been told the spoke nipples are $15 NZ each and if I break a spoke, find and keep the nipple.
 

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