mania

I have never started a company or ran one,

I find this idea interesting, but have no idea where to begin...

I think these two statements are your main hurdles.

If you never started or ran a company it will not be easy to magically become successful on your first try in a country where the language as well as the way of doing business is very different.

secondly to start a first business in a field that you have zero experience is yet another hurdle.

Instead you say you have a good job so I assume you have good experience in something.

If your set on starting your first business abroad then at least do yourself the favor of staring in a field you know if possible.

Good Luck I do believe in having an idea & backing it with hard work so don't take my comments as

a reason to not try. But try to find something with a better than even odds stacked in your favor if possible

is it just me that found it humbling?

+1

It is definitely incredible/humbling to see

The rain is a bit of a hassle but I must admit I prefer it to heat & humidity

Anyway ....Will let you get back to defending the actions of the perp in the original post now in your round about way.

Alledged perp!

If you say so but out of curiosity, What country do you originally hail from?

I always thought "NO" meant the same thing in pretty much all countries.

Perhaps the perp comes from the same country hence the confusion at being told "No"

Many thanks Mania. That's good stuff. I will check it put. Just in theory though if I changed both front and rear sprockets to a smaller one what would the result be?

Yes all there to see what your hypothetical outcome would be.

You could actually cancel out the change in a scenario as you used

To tell you the truth for many seeking something changing both front & back may be needed.

It all depends on what you seek for your application or type of riding

Many folks will just change the front for a number of reasons

1- it is easy to change

2- it gives a bigger result because changing one tooth up or down would require 3-5 teeth in the rear

which of course would mean lengthening or reducing chain length.

But of course what you want from the final ratio may sometimes be a combination of changes to get

it as close as you want.

If your just looking for a general change like more get up & go acceleration through the gears

then maybe just drop a tooth up front & sacrifice some top end. Or add a tooth & go the other way.

All just depends on what your after. A racer of course will gear for the exact track he is riding.

Based on how long the longest straight is etc.

I think the OP should ride in on a white horse, defend the maiden's honour and rescue her.

Don't know if there are many white horses still alive in Thailands falang community

No shortage of broken folks though that lost all sense of right & wrong.

No shortage of folks that probably got hurt once & now blame a whole race/industry

No shortage of folks who would never pull the same crap in "their" country regardless of industry.

Anyway ....Will let you get back to defending the actions of the perp in the original post now in your round about way.

My boss keeps asking me if I'll take an assignment to Iraq, I keep saying no, he keeps asking.

It's all part of the business I work in.

I doubt anyone would ask me to go to Iraq if I had stayed back home working the farm.

Fair enough not really the same thing but I see what your trying to claim.

But

What if it was not your boss but a customer of the company you work for begging you to move to Iraq?

What if this customer started blocking your passage with his arms begging you to go to Iraq?

Basically will not take a polite no for an answer from you.

Would you just say well I work for this type of company that employs some folks who go to Iraq so off to Iraq I go

(Note: the OP has stated many times this bar does not barfine)

Finally realize your new job description in Iraq is to do things not in your job description at all.

Yes probably wouldn't happen on the farm. Is that were folks must stay if they dont want to be pestered by some perve

that thinks all things are for sale?

Basically

If you change the "rear" sprocket to a smaller one you will not have faster 0-100 speed

You will have a higher top end speed because you have raised the gearing

If you change the front sprocket to a smaller one you will have the opposite

faster 0-100 & less top end because you have lowered the gearing

Basically you are changing the final gear ratio is all.

There are calculators you can use online to see what the various

configurations will result in.

http://www.gearingcommander.com/

You can select your Honda from the list & play with the configurations & see.

After selecting your bike leave the stock section alone & make your changes in the custom/green section

After that just click on each below to note the differences.

Your earlier insinuation about doping implicated the recent winner and I know 100% that he is clean as was last year's winner. That's all.

No problem Ian

Sorry if my post came off as blunt but I just tire of doping debates.

I do not think I implicated the recent winner as I said

Wiggins/Sky clean? Again, Don't know don't care.

Enjoy Cycling

Back OT

Stage 20 was another great stage.

You do not usually see such a stage the day before the final stage.

With grades once again reaching 23% in the final sections it was painful to watch.

Rodriguez showed both Contador & Valverde a clean pair of heels as he rode them off his wheel.

Ended up putting 25 second on Valverde & 44 seconds into Contador.

While not enough to change their 1,2,3 overall standings it did show his ability.

Contador looked on the edge in stage 20 & was smart to keep his pace & limit the loss.

Overall a great Tour with many exciting moments.

Kudos to Dennis Menchov too for winning the stage

Those f us who have been deeply involved in the sport understand why the peloton is so much cleaner: the speeds are much lower,

So I hope you are not infering anything about Wiggins or the Sky team.

We all have our opinions & are welcome to them

For you to constantly use phrases like " Those of us" etc is rather silly given we know nothing of each other outside

an anonymous forum.

Suffice it to say we have our opinions gained by what we have seen.

I base mine as you do on first hand experience both in decades of following & decades of competing.

I disagree about the speed changes & if you look back at actual TDF avg speeds the last change of more than 0.5- 1 KMH

occurred roughly around 1980-81 Before that the avg speed to complete TDF was in the 35 KPH range

Oh to be sure they were juiced then too but on stimulants mainly. Stimulants had a blowback effect & many times they could not recover

After the early 80's it all changed to blood boosting & other methods to aid recovery.

This in turn allows much higher training loads due to enhanced recovery.

So when you claim clean perhaps you mean they pass a drug test for the drugs being looked for at the moment.

Trust me the drugs used are many times not even on the ban list. Also they are not always used "during" competition.

Is that clean? Don't know don't care

Other than that there is no slower speeds at all.

If you want to know what clean looks like you will know when you see rider blow spectacularly as they once did.

I do not mean losing 2 minutes I mean blow as in get in the broom wagon your done & will never make the cut-off

There is no way to do 21 days of what amounts to an Ironman per day & not have a bad day. I don't care what folks like to claim

about modern training methods.

As long as I see Tours continue to finish in 39-40KPH range I say it is still raging.

If not then what was the point? You really believe drugs are gone yet avg speeds remain the same for the total completion of the tours?

Wiggins/Sky clean? Again, Don't know don't care.

As I said before it does not diminish my love of cycling in the least.

Anyway this was a Vuelta Thread

Better to start a drug use or cleanliness thread if one wants to discuss drugs.

what would you advise her to do?

Stop working in a bar where prostitutes are barfined from.

He did say,

Have to admit I have never seen one of the women bar fined in over a year of going there.

Besides that since when has the universal language word "No" changed its meaning depending

on where you work?

By your standard a man can walk into a place like you describe & what?

Go in & maybe force the cook, bartender,cleaning lady, owner? to have some with him due

to the fact ?

Your statement makes no sense to me but is scary in many ways.

Sorry I may have only raced & followed cycling for 30+ some odd years but this years TDF was the most boring I have ever seen

YMMV

Clean Peloton? I think your dreaming

I gave up on that & have seen nothing to change my mind.

But, It does not bother me at all & does not reduce my love of cycling at all.

But I do accept the facts.

Seems odd about FF as it is all I ever used (15.1 at his time )& have both linked & posted my own pics.

They have always been resized properly

Although after uploading I always hit attach maybe that is a difference?

I have never uploaded using IE9 as I never really use IE except to see like in this case

if the pics still look large which they did.

Thanks for looking into it though.

Its still out of whack for me ill learn to live with it.

Looks like that is the answer

I do wonder if it is specific to the posters using a certain browser

as it seems most times the pictures either attached or linked do

size properly. Was more just curious as eventually the page will change & we get back to normal.

Thanks

Your best bet is to try Mocyc.com

Thanks for that site

What a gold mine of used bikes

Thanks

Also on Firefox Also seeing a crazy large pic

that destroyed the formatting of the page.

Actually I mentioned it in forum support a few

days back when post 4890 blew too. Was hoping it is forum software

but others seem to post pics ok

Clean up Aisle 3 Please !!

http://www.thaivisa....00#entry5644561

From the DNC. This is worth watching just to see the chairman squirm.

Oh my that was painful to watch.

Well she got 2nd place but still great little performer.

I was also amazed by this woman's voice who did not place in the top 3

Thought she was awesome

Gig Wuranee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMvYNaCMzf4

I could see it as a really good stepping stone for us not so good riders.

Yes but also you may be surprised at how many "good" riders

like a smaller displacement hyper bike. It is a different kind of riding

that can be very exciting.

Bummer as I park there usually. Just yesterday in fact.

Easier as less cars & the slanted parking you mentioned

I did not notice the signs but did notice lots of parking.

I doubt it is for VIP as why would they make the VIP's walk so far?

Maybe it is because they sometimes use that area for the auctions of cars & bikes?

Will have to read the sign next time I go.

Thanks for the warning though since you saw a car booted

I drove mine down and found dozens of shop who would do it on the spot for me.

I put a 1.85 front rim with a 80/80 Dumlop tire and a 2.15 rear rim and a 90/80 tire.

Can you give a little more info on this.

Was it a complete wheelset you bought that was already assembled?

Or did they build the set using your hubs?

Rough price?

Perceived benefits?

Thank you for any additional info.