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The 800 is here.

[EDIT] Two new pages! I'm getting good at this. But are we actually any closer to answering the OP's question?


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 8:16 pm
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Arrrrggghhhhhhhhhh

too slow!


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 8:17 pm
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43 seconds too slow.

Bit quicker than Naok and his one minute, but still not good enough.


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 8:18 pm
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What is a headset anyway?


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 8:19 pm
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[IMG] [/IMG]

One of those


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 8:21 pm
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Can you get one for a blackberry?


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 8:21 pm
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Seen them for Apples, not looked for blackberry one.

I love apple & blackberry crumble.


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 8:28 pm
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No I'm sure the orignal request was for information on Crown Rice so see [url= http://crownrice.com/ ]here[/url]

I'd guess Crown Rice is not very good for your headset - too much starch - unless it's used as eco friendly packaging material (I've always rated pop corn as the best). My last headset came in a cardboard box, no crown rice or popcorn for that matter.

So what role does the Crown Seat play in solving this problem? I can understand we have a Crown (HRM) and the need for said Crown to sit down (Throne) whilst at the races but surely the royal backside does not sit in an ordinary seat?


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 12:19 am
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My last headset came with some jelly babies - is this unusual?


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 3:47 pm
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is that ''tom jones syndrome'' striking?


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 6:00 pm
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Dunno, whats new pussycat?


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 10:13 pm
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My last headset came with some jelly babies - is this unusual?

Why, why, why?


 
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My last headset came with some jelly babies - is this unusual?

My handlebars recently came with some sweeties - but it was because the nice shop were apologising for fogetting to post them for a few days...

Never had a headset show up with sweets though... Maybe all bike components should come with free food?


 
Posted : 01/04/2010 9:28 am
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beacuse you're worth it


 
Posted : 01/04/2010 10:11 am
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😉


 
Posted : 01/04/2010 6:41 pm
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They should of course, come with steak!


 
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My handlebars recently came with some sweeties - but it was because the nice shop were apologising for fogetting to post them for a few days...

Never had a headset show up with sweets though... Maybe all bike components should come with free food?

Ton once got a pair of Gore shorts and a packet of Ryvita....


 
Posted : 01/04/2010 7:04 pm
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I’m planning a new bike build – I thought I’d start with the crown race and work out from there – can somebody recommend a 6” all mountain crown race


 
Posted : 01/04/2010 7:24 pm
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6"?! How big are your forks?

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Posted : 01/04/2010 7:32 pm
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That looks about right – I like the stabilisers – how do you think it would handle woodland singletrack


 
Posted : 01/04/2010 7:37 pm
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He looks like a man who could make it to page 22 easily on that.


 
Posted : 01/04/2010 8:02 pm
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oh I don't know about that


 
Posted : 01/04/2010 8:09 pm
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What on earth is the point of that machine!? Do you reckon it takes a std headset?


 
Posted : 01/04/2010 8:35 pm
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Bound to be 1.5"


 
Posted : 01/04/2010 8:37 pm
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It's the new john claude van dam standard.


 
Posted : 01/04/2010 11:09 pm
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how do you think it would handle woodland singletrack

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Slight tendancy to chew things up a bit.


 
Posted : 01/04/2010 11:18 pm
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eErr no.


 
Posted : 01/04/2010 11:25 pm
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It's really not that bad, tyres are nice and grippy, just a bit heavy for damp conditions.


 
Posted : 03/04/2010 11:25 pm
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<cough>


 
Posted : 04/04/2010 10:40 pm
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eh?


 
Posted : 04/04/2010 10:47 pm
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Why jelly babies, I've never seen a baby that small, surely they should be 1:1 scale, imagine that as mid ride fuel.....


 
Posted : 05/04/2010 6:12 am
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Excellent thread, picked a random page (15) and it was going on about celery!
STW at it's best.
Marvelous.


 
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Celery you say, more for you to chew over:

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25 Facts About Celery

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Celery is a member of the Umbelliferae family, which also includes carrots, parsley, dill, cilantro, caraway, cumin, and the poisonous hemlock.

King Tut's tomb contained a shroud adorned with garlands of wild celery, olive leaves, willow, lotus petals, and cornflowers.

In The Iliad by Homer, the horses of Myrmidons graze on lotus and wild celery (selinon as the Greeks called it).

In the Odyssey by Homer, meadows of violet and wild celery surround Calypso's cave.

Hippocrates described celery as a nerve soother.

As far back as ancient Rome, celery was considered an aphrodisiac. Today, scientists know that celery contains androsterone, a pheromone released by men's sweat glands that attracts females.

A recipe uncovered in Pompeii for a celery dessert called for roasting chopped celery in an oven and serving it with honey and ground pepper.

Aulus Cornelius Celsus, writing around 30 AD, wrote about the use of celery seeds to relieve pain.

The first recorded mention of celery in France was in 1623.

18th century French courtesan Madame de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV, ate celery soup and truffles in an effort to adopt a "heating diet" so she would be less frigid and more attractive to the king. It is also said that she fed the king celery soup to fan the fires of his passion.

Famed Italian lover Casanova made sure to include lots of celery in his diet to keep up his stamina.

It takes just one ounce of celery seeds to produce an acre of celery.

Celery was first introduced to America in 1856 when a Scotsman named George Taylor brought celery to Kalamazoo, Michigan.

By 1872, Dutch farmers were transforming acres of Kalamazoo mucklands into celery fields.

Kalamazoo began promoting itself as the "Celery City" and became known around the country for the "strange" vegetable.

The town of Celeryville, Ohio was settled by celery farmers from Kalamazoo, Michigan who began growing the vegetable there.

There is a celery museum in Portage, Michigan called the Celery Flats Interpretive Center.

Today, California is the nation's top celery producer. Michigan ranks fourth.

The 1897 Sears Catalog featured a nerve tonic made from celery and described celery as a "great nerve builder."

One stalk of celery contains about 10 calories. Some contend that it contains "negative calories," meaning that one spends more calories digesting it than are consumed when it eating it, which supposedly helps with weight loss.

The Fifth Doctor on the BBC show Doctor Who, played by Peter Davison, wore a stalk of celery on his lapel.

Celery, onions, and carrots make up the "holy trinity," known as the "mirepoix," of French cuisine. These three vegetables are used together as the base for many French dishes, including sauces, stews, soups, and stocks.

Celery, onions, and bell peppers are considered the "holy trinity" of Louisiana Creole and Cajun cuisine.

People who are allergic to celery are often also allergic to mugwort pollen. Celery root contains more allergen than the stalk and is therefore more dangerous for people allergic to celery.

After a patron at the Pump Room at Chicago's Ambassador East Hotel decided to stir his Bloody Mary with a stalk of celery, the idea caught on and celery became permanently linked with the drink.


 
Posted : 05/04/2010 7:44 am
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The Fifth Doctor on the BBC show Doctor Who, played by Peter Davison, wore a stalk of celery on his lapel.

That was quite important. Can't remember why though.


 
Posted : 05/04/2010 8:26 am
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The Fifth Doctor on the BBC show Doctor Who, played by Peter Davison, wore a stalk of celery on his lapel.
That was quite important. Can't remember why though.

The celery would turn purple in the presence of certain gases in the "Praxis" range to which he was allergic


 
Posted : 05/04/2010 8:44 am
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The Fifth Doctor on the BBC show Doctor Who, played by Peter Davison, wore a stalk of celery on his lapel.
That was quite important. Can't remember why though.

The celery would turn purple in the presence of certain gases in the "Praxis" range to which he was allergic

Please assure us that you made that up.


 
Posted : 05/04/2010 8:56 am
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Sadly, probably not. i stopped watching Dr Who when my parents sold the sofa.


 
Posted : 05/04/2010 10:05 am
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Mind you, I just never got the point of the programme and as I got older thought it was complete tosh. Bracketed in that category with Star Trek. Probably owe my current living to them however as my dad used to put one of them on when it was time for me to go and do my homework.


 
Posted : 05/04/2010 10:07 am
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That's two fanatical fan groups offended in one post.


 
Posted : 05/04/2010 10:09 am
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I am just dragging this out to number 22 obviously.


 
Posted : 05/04/2010 10:09 am
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And somewhere here should be?


 
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[img] http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/6233220/2/istockphoto_6233220-two-little-ducks.jp g" target="_blank">http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/6233220/2/istockphoto_6233220-two-little-ducks.jp g"/> [/img]


 
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I thank you. Now off to finish painting the kitchen and get the curtain rails vaguely horizontal.


 
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I've been away a spell. Please help me understand this.


 
Posted : 05/04/2010 11:13 am
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I've been away a spell

[img] http://trollcats.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bloodninja_cybersex_trollcat_i_put_on_my_robe_and_wizard_hat.jp g" target="_blank">http://trollcats.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bloodninja_cybersex_trollcat_i_put_on_my_robe_and_wizard_hat.jp g"/> [/img]

Suitably attired I trust, given the inclement weather?


 
Posted : 05/04/2010 11:44 am
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Please help me understand this.

The celery or the original question?


 
Posted : 05/04/2010 6:59 pm
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Oooh page 3


 
Posted : 05/04/2010 9:27 pm
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Couple of days off riding over Easter and I find this languishing in the forgotten corner with assorted rants about nothing in particular. Come on chaps - Mackem needs to see it on the front page so he knows we're seeking his answer. And very close to finding it. Probably.


 
Posted : 06/04/2010 7:36 am
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there's an article in WhatMTB all about headsets and fork fitting this month.

It isn't definitive about whether headsets come with a crown race or not, though 🙁


 
Posted : 06/04/2010 7:44 am
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Is it easier to:
a) swap crown races between forks?
b) swap headsets between frames?
c) swap celery for a magic cat?


 
Posted : 06/04/2010 10:14 am
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ive got a magic cat, how fresh is your celery?


 
Posted : 06/04/2010 10:17 am
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It is very fresh - and indeed I can swap you not only raw celery [b][i]but also[/i][/b] celery cooked and combined with mushrooms, leeks, carrots, onions and tomatoes to form a vegetarian Ragu...

Now... How many spells can your magic cat perform?


 
Posted : 06/04/2010 10:52 am
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Celery is a horrible mistake the gods made while attempting to make spinach.


 
Posted : 06/04/2010 3:41 pm
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I'd go for b, c then a Helios

if only the OP was as easy to answer. has any one thought to Google it?


 
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I think we did Google somewhere around page 6 or 8 or something. The magic cat / celery stand-off is an interesting development though.
Apparently, Tutankhamun had some in his tomb; the Egyptians revered cats as gods and there was allegedly a curse on Tutankhamun's tomb, so there we have the mysterious cat - Egyptian - mummy's curse - crown race link.

I raise your celery to a 3000 year-old pharoah.


 
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So you've got a 3000 year old Pharoah with some mysterious cats - but are they actually [b]magic [/b] cats? If they're just a bit spooky then they're not worth my celery, (and certainly aren't worth Ragu) - but if they can do spells and stuff then they might be ok to swap...


 
Posted : 06/04/2010 6:57 pm
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Celery wins...


 
Posted : 06/04/2010 7:00 pm
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I've told you before. Celery is the muck.


 
Posted : 06/04/2010 7:15 pm
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if only the OP was as easy to answer. has any one thought to Google it?

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I think we did Google somewhere around page 6 or 8 or something.

Don't know why but if you type 'stupid headset question' into google and then press I'm feeling lucky it takes you straight to page 19


 
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Posted : 06/04/2010 8:48 pm
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I think these were big time magic cats with major league spells and stuff, not your Debbie McGee of the magic world. I mean, they had pyramids and stuff, - how cool is that? Shazaam! Old woman turned into suacer of milk etc.

Celery IS muck - agreed.


 
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Wow... They do sound like impressive big time magic cats... Do they come with their own pyramids?

I'm going to make sure I don't eat any cheese tonight otherwise flying cats wearing Debbie McGee costumes casting spells to turn geriatrics into tasty dairy products might feature in a few vivid nightmares...

Shazaam...


 
Posted : 06/04/2010 9:52 pm
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[url= http://www.googlebattle.com/?domain=celery&domain2=magic+cat&submit=Go%21 ]Celery vs Magic Cat[/url]

And then for the ultimate play off:
[url= http://www.googlebattle.com/?domain=magic+cat&domain2=stupid+headset+question&submit=Go%21 ]Spoilers alert![/url]


 
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No no no no... The Celery isn't [i]fighting [/i]the Magic Cat - it is being [i]swapped [/i]for a Magic Cat (one that doesn't look like Debbie McGee and comes with its own pyramid)...

It wouldn't really be fair to let Celert fight a Magic Cat... What with the Cat (even a magic one) not having any opposable thumbs...


 
Posted : 07/04/2010 8:16 am
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Sharp 'magic' teeth and claws...


 
Posted : 07/04/2010 11:20 am
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I never realised that celery had opposable thumbs.

But it's how the Universe was started - the cat / celery fight ended in the mother of all Big Bangs. And Debbie Mcgee's face appeared in the celery leaves. Apparently.


 
Posted : 07/04/2010 11:52 am
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I'll see your magic cat and raise you a witches pussy..........

[img] http://davelandweb.com/gallery/images/WickedWitch1.jp g" target="_blank">http://davelandweb.com/gallery/images/WickedWitch1.jp g"/> [/img]


 
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too much for me im out
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Posted : 07/04/2010 12:28 pm
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Nice rainbow closet there sailor.


 
Posted : 07/04/2010 12:32 pm
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Is a witch’s pussy like a wizard’s sleeve?


 
Posted : 07/04/2010 12:33 pm
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Eth3r I think you'll find the higgs boson created celery whilst god was out smoting scientists.


 
Posted : 07/04/2010 12:36 pm
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Dunno? Any 'arm in it?


 
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You know when you attach your forks to your bike? Is there a recommended amount of steerer tube sticking out to attach the stem too? My steerer tube only fills about 3/4 of my stem. Will I be OK or do I need to worry about my handlebars suddenly not doing anything at the critical moment?


 
Posted : 07/04/2010 1:02 pm
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[sensible] sounds a bit short - are both clamping bolts 'over' the steerer? [/sensible]

Probably not the best thread to be asking something serious.


 
Posted : 07/04/2010 1:07 pm
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It might be crown race dependant I think - are you using one that came with the headset?

(real answer - as long as the pinch bolts on the stem are over steerer tube and not air then you shoudl be fine)


 
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Ok thanks. My stem only has one pinch bolt and yes it's covering the steerer tube well. I was a bit wary about getting a stem with only one bolt but the reviewers said it was fine so it must be lol. The review said it was a good lightweight stem but I went and bought some Pikes which weigh a ton! I thought this was a serious thread.


 
Posted : 07/04/2010 1:15 pm
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"I thought this was a serious thread."

lol


 
Posted : 07/04/2010 1:16 pm
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Was it the magic cats fighting the celery or the mysterious appearance of Debbie McGee that made you think it was serious...?! 😉


 
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Is a witch’s pussy like a wizard’s sleeve?

😆


 
Posted : 07/04/2010 1:38 pm
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Doncha just love STW?


 
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