New bike placebo?

Tom Sherman

datakoll aka gene daniels wrote:
> On May 3, 9:32 pm, Tom Sherman <sunsetss0...@REMOVETHISyahoo.com>
> wrote:
>> datakoll aka GENE DANIELS wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> WHY ARE MAGNESIUM BIKES GOOD FOR TOURING IN COLD CLIMATES ?
>> You can burn the frame for heat in an emergency?
>
> YES !! and a free can of BLUBBER for Tom Sherman of Lower Canada

Mmmm, blubber. Yum.

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Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

Nate Nagel

Tom Sherman wrote:
> datakoll aka GENE DANIELS wrote:
>
>>
>> WHY ARE MAGNESIUM BIKES GOOD FOR TOURING IN COLD CLIMATES ?
>
>
> You can burn the frame for heat in an emergency?
>

Heh. I had a very similar thought when I replaced the anode in my water
heater late last year. I had a pocketknife in my hand, and the old
anode in another, and sadly, common sense kicked in...

nate

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GZ8iFwlYBrI

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Chalo

The inscrutable datakoll wrote:
>
> WHY IS THAT ?
>
> how cum ?
>
> IT DOESN'T ROT WHEN YOU SNEEZE AT IT
>
> why is that ? metallurgy
>
> THEY PAINT IT NOW

A few years ago (in 1999 if I remember correctly) I machined a
handlebar stem for my sweetheart's bike from a block of magnesium,
with a stainless steel quill press-fitted into the stem extension. I
did not paint of otherwise coat the stem at that time, and she still
has that bike. The stem looks as crusty as if it had been salvaged
from a shipwreck. So far, there has not been enough corrosion to
undermine the quill's press fit or the threads for clamping down the
pillow block.

If I were to make another bike part from magnesium now, I'd be certain
to paint it or powdercoat it.

Chalo

datakoll

NAME 3 USES FOR MAGNESIUM BICYCLES

A. you can carry one in the MG's trunk

datakoll

On May 3, 10:29*pm, Chalo <chalo.col...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The inscrutable datakoll wrote:
>
> > WHY IS THAT ?
>
> > how cum ?
>
> > IT DOESN'T ROT WHEN YOU SNEEZE AT IT
>
> > why is that ? metallurgy
>
> > THEY PAINT *IT NOW
>
> A few years ago (in 1999 if I remember correctly) I machined a
> handlebar stem for my sweetheart's bike from a block of magnesium,
> with a stainless steel quill press-fitted into the stem extension. *I
> did not paint of otherwise coat the stem at that time, and she still
> has that bike. *The stem looks as crusty as if it had been salvaged
> from a shipwreck. *So far, there has not been enough corrosion to
> undermine the quill's press fit or the threads for clamping down the
> pillow block.
>
> If I were to make another bike part from magnesium now, I'd be certain
> to paint it or powdercoat it.
>
> Chalo

"So far, there has not been enough corrosion to
undermine the quill's press fit or the threads for clamping down the
pillow block."

A SAFETY FEATURE !!

datakoll

doesn't take paint ?

no, it floats

Tom Sherman

datakoll aka gene daniels wrote:
>
> NAME 3 USES FOR MAGNESIUM BICYCLES
>
> A. you can carry one in the MG's trunk
>
KINDLING!

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Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

datakoll

HARBOR PATROL !!

Jay Beattie

On May 3, 2:38*pm, Peter Cole <peter_c...@verizon.net> wrote:
> Jay Beattie wrote:
> > Cannondale [...] *It is a good budget bike. -- Jay
> > Beattie.
>
> Ouch. I've always considered it my "good" bike. I had no idea things had
> gone so upscale. Looks like I'll have to start riding at night.

I am talking about my cheap-o CAAD3, which I got free as a replacement
for a broken 2.8. I guess that Cannondale does have some pretty
spendy frames now, but IMO, they are still bargains compared to many
of the CF show bikes I see promenading around here. -- Jay Beattie.

Carl Sundquist

"datakoll" <datakoll@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> HARBOR PATROL !!
>

I thought it was Kirk.

datakoll

poisons the water table causing birth defects and a craving for blubber

datakoll

AND BRACYOSUBLIMNAL CRAINIAL SYMBIALYSIS

amung other health risks

datakoll

On May 4, 2:29*pm, datakoll <datak...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> AND BRACYOSUBLIMNAL CRAINIAL SYMBIALYSIS
>
> amung other health risks

email suggests soaking the foot in a solution of warm water and apple
vinegar for 10 minutes dissolving the tubing.

Carl Sundquist

"datakoll" <datakoll@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:a5054a7f-ae5c-4c49-9006-27b1451940e6@34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
On May 4, 2:29 pm, datakoll <datak...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> AND BRACYOSUBLIMNAL CRAINIAL SYMBIALYSIS
>
> amung other health risks

email suggests soaking the foot in a solution of warm water and apple
vinegar for 10 minutes dissolving the tubing.


What if it's coated with linseed oil?