On Monday, November 21, 2016 at 10:05:42 AM UTC-8, Joerg wrote:
> On 2016-11-21 09:21, jbeattie wrote:
> > On Monday, November 21, 2016 at 7:59:25 AM UTC-8, Joerg wrote:
> >> On 2016-11-20 01:15, Gregory Sutter wrote:
> >>> On 2016-11-18, Sir Ridesalot <
i_am_cyc...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> The 'we' is probably most everyone here who either read your
> >>>> posts or read your statements in posts others make.
> >>>
> >>> I read Joerg's posts, and I believe he breaks a lot of things.
> >>> It's not so incredible to think that hard use will destroy bike
> >>> parts, really. The only thing I find truly incredible is his
> >>> resistance to carrying a chain tool. Rocks and sticks, feh.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Although my tool kit weighs over a pound I am a minimalist in that
> >> respect. I carry only tools that cannot be replaced by a McGyver
> >> trick. A chain can be fixed without a chain tool so why carry one?
> >
> > Are you f****** kidding? You carry a tool so you can repair your
> > chain in five minutes instead of an hour looking for a nail, rock,
> > etc., etc. That's crazy. Why carry any tools when you can build a
> > small forge and beat a nail into a hex wrench, etc., etc.?
> >
>
> If you need an hour to find that stuff you should sign up for a new
> round of survival training. Or join the scouts. Or army boot camp.
So, in the middle of god-forsaken nowhere -- a place filled with marauding mountain lions, where people are prostrate on the ground, dying of dehydration -- you can find a suitable nail to beat out a chain link pin? Is the nail from the fence on the 18th hole?
Maybe the guy's on the ground because he missed his drive and is just pissed off.
You have to be a spectacular dumb-f*** to be hunting around for a nail and a rock to fix a chain -- on purpose. You have to be about that dumb to take off into the wilderness of Cameron Park without any water on a hot day. The mortality rate in your suburb must be about 50%.