Re: Patching TPU innertube

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> writes:

On 1/1/2025 6:30 PM, Radey Shouman wrote:

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> writes:
 

On 12/31/2024 6:25 AM, Catrike Rider wrote:

On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 17:54:03 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
wrote:
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I read Frankie's violins. If I remember the test correct it was
carried out in a hotel room and the test players got to play each
instrument for something like 1 minute.

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Perhaps you should read more than one article before wading into a
discussion you know nothing about.

I have no opinion on whether violin players can tell the difference
between Strads and modern violins.  It's not important to my point,
which is that *someone* can tell the difference, even if it requires an
electron microscope.  That is all that is required to explain the
difference in price.  Even if the preference is completely unrelated to
the sound actually produced by the violins.
A preference for old violins based completely on history and emotion
may
be a problem for you, but it makes perfect sense to economists.  The
multi-million dollar price seems to be the biggest issue for you; I'm
not sure why.

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It's not an issue for me, and I didn't say it was. I'll never attempt
to buy a Strad, and I'll never expect to get millions if I sell one of
my fiddles.
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But since this is Usenet, so you can read back to see the flow of the
thread. We got into this kerfuffle from Roger's statement that "feel"
of a tire can be important, apart from rolling resistance.

I did read the thread.

I expressed some skepticism, saying "Given what I've read about
violins (Stradivarius can't be told from modern ones in blind hearing
tests) and wines (cheap wines really light up pleasure centers in the
brain if tasters are told the wine is expensive), I'm somewhat
skeptical of a lot of "feel" judgements regarding bike tires - and
bikes."

The issue you introduced with violins and wines is price. Not much was
made of price differences with bike tires, although if you can't tell
the difference cheaper is always better.  Paying large amounts for
something that may not be objectively better certainly seemed to bother
you.  If that's not really the case then perhaps you should review your
communication style.

Then we were off to the races, with a surprising number of experts
telling us all about violins.

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