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From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
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Subject: Re: When is fat too fat?
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2025 12:32:11 -0500
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On 3/22/2025 12:26 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 11:40:50 -0400, Frank Krygowski
> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 3/21/2025 11:19 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>>> On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 11:48:20 -0400, Zen Cycle <funkmaster@hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> (you'll need this whole link to get past the paywall)
>>>>
>>>> https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/lab-tested-40mm-road-tyres-are-faster-for-nearly-everyone-and-heres-why/?utm_term=3F94C1B0-2336-481F-9F48-87A3862079D2&lrh=1e399577e82ec4e44eb4d33bfcaad09d796bd8e1f682e0f7bf32df00ae420a83&utm_campaign=A8C132A5-BD9C-4737-AC90-016639AFEA3E&utm_medium=email&utm_content=42C26C62-AEF4-4540-8653-17C0A3DB0CE6&utm_source=SmartBrief
>>>>
>>>> CyclingNews compares the latest 40c offering from Pirelli. It's a long
>>>> and well-written article, whether you agree with the findings or not.
>>>
>>> The above URL ends with too much tracking information.  I trimmed it
>>> off.  Now, it works:
>>>
>>> <https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/lab-tested-40mm-road-tyres-are-faster-for-nearly-everyone-and-heres-why/>
>>>
>>> Also (seperate issue) notice the greater than and less than symbols
>>> wrapped around the URL.  If you don't want the URL mangled by a
>>> browser line length limitation, add them when posting a URL.
>>
>> I'm still hitting a paywall. I wonder if I've got some offending cookie
>> preventing my access.
>>
>> I'll deal with it later. I'm scheduled up today.
> 
> I think I know what's happening.  When you first replied to the
> original message, your Mozilla Thunderbird browser took the rather
> long URL and word wrapped it into 3 lines of gibberish.  When you
> retried, the browser is reading the original web server response
> instead to getting a fresh copy.  You can either flush the web cache
> or force a page refresh in your browser.  I don't know which browser
> you're using so I can't offer a specific procedure.  This covers most
> browsers:
> 
> "How to hard refresh your browser and clear your cache"
> <https://fabricdigital.co.nz/blog/how-to-hard-refresh-your-browser-and-clear-cache>
> 
> Note that you want want to ONLY flush the web page cache.  If your web
> browser also offers to also clear history, cookies, site setting,
> saved info, saved form info, etc, uncheck everything EXCEPT the web
> cache and cached files.  Some browsers become confused if the web
> cache grows too large.
> 
> 
> 

Aside from our comments, I think Mr Slocumb had it with his 
tinyurl suggestion.


https://tinyurl.com/5n7sapye

or, without subscriber ID data (I did not get a paywall):

https://tinyurl.com/mu32edpb


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Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971