GT85(!) Question

[Oldbloke]

Try spraying some GT85 into the hole before insertion..

oh wait a minute......

 

[jefmcg]

You're an adult, you should be able to get a long straight red thing into a hole with cap by now.

Distillery droop

As an aside, my local Morrison's was selling Tamnavulin for £21 today. And I can spell that right (because the bottle is right in front of me).

 

[numbnuts]

I had the same trouble with a new can of WD40 the other day ....I put it down to a “senior moment”

 

[robgul]

I always cut the red tube down to about 1.5 inches to use in the can nozzle - more accurate to use and less likely to fall out of the nozzle than a long dangly tube.

(Keep the remaining red tube as if the short bit falls out it always disappears somewhere on the workshop floor!)

Rob

 

[Ajax Bay]

always cut the red tube down to about 1.5 inches to use in the can nozzle

Like the short straws which clip into the top of Lidl substitute cans.
I fear you took my post far too seriously, @raleighnut .

 

[DaveReading]

I always cut the red tube down to about 1.5 inches to use in the can nozzle - more accurate to use and less likely to fall out of the nozzle than a long dangly tube.

(Keep the remaining red tube as if the short bit falls out it always disappears somewhere on the workshop floor!)

That could end up being a strong candidate for Tip of the Year.

 

[Drago]

You're an adult, you should be able to get a long straight red thing into a hole with cap by now.

Does the can whisper in your ear "wrong hole"...?

 

[robgul]

That could end up being a strong candidate for Tip of the Year.

Do I get a prize?

There are other obvious tips that serve me well . . .

1 Position the valve on the inner tube in line with the name/logo on the tyre so that if you get a puncture in the tube you can look at the alignment and get an idea where the nail/thorn etc might be in the tyre.

2 When you cut new brake or gear cable inners coat the area you're going to cut with superglue (and let it dry) before cutting - reduces the risk of the cable fraying.

3 If you have a Brooks/expensive saddle - when you have the height and angle to your liking use hot glue to stick a ball bearing in the Allen screw head to prevent theft (ditto the seat clamp) - just need some gentle heat to get the ball out if necessry.

4 If you use those little rubber donut things on bare gear/brake cables to prevent chafing the frame a small dob of glue on the cable will hold them in the right place and stop them slipping down to the end.

5 When patching a tube (at home) clamp the tube with the glued patch area between two flat pieces of wood in a vice for about 15 minutes - it really forces a good seal.

Rob

 

[CanucksTraveller]

If you're having trouble with your GT85 / WD40 naming, there's also MO94 just to really confuse the p*ss out of you. It's roughly the same thing by the way, but costs 2 quid more because Team Sky use it. Oh and it also has a farty red tube nozzle thing.

 

[Katherine]

Mr K sent me to Tesco yesterday, to buy 5 cans of GT85 because they're on offer at the moment, £2. They were sold out. Well, I was going anyway, but he added them to the shopping list.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Mr K sent me to Tesco yesterday, to buy 5 cans of GT85 because they're on offer at the moment, £2. They were sold out. Well, I was going anyway, but he added them to the shopping list.

No worries, buy 6 at the next Aldi cycling event, they are 1.99, will last you until it's on sale again.

 

[Katherine]

No worries, buy 6 at the next Aldi cycling event, they are 1.99, will last you until it's on sale again.

I only bought one last time, which should have lasted but Mr K has been spraying it around the engines of both cars.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I only bought one last time, which should have lasted but Mr K has been spraying it around the engines of both cars.

GT85 on cars
Sacrilege, smells far too nice for a mere car, it's bike stuff, so it is!

 

[raleighnut]

Like the short straws which clip into the top of Lidl substitute cans.
I fear you took my post far too seriously, @raleighnut .

 

[GlenBen]

That could end up being a strong candidate for Tip of the Year.

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