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Katherine

Katherine

Guru
Moderator
Location
Manchester
It's snowing :hyper:
Oh! So it is :hyper:
 

tyred

Legendary Member
Location
Ireland
I've just trial fitted some spare wheels into my Raleigh project. I think it will all work out fine. I was worried whoever had completely trashed the originals might have bent the frame in the process but it is all nice and true.
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A bona-fide Nottingham frame :becool:
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Pioneer Jaguar - can anyone date this. I'm assuming early '90s?
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Lightweight! A bit of poetic licence used by the Raleigh marketing team I think. I've seen worse but it's definitely far from a lightweight frame.
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Whoever fitted the rear brake cable didn't really understand the concept of how brake cables work:ohmy::wacko:
 

postman

Squire
Location
,Leeds
Out in Headingley famed as the home of Yorkshire and Leeds rugby.It snowed that hard,i was forced in to a coffee shop for twenty mins.
 

gavgav

Legendary Member
Most adults realise a forecast =/= a guarantee.

forecast
ˈfɔːkɑːst/
verb
  1. 1.
    predict or estimate (a future event or trend).
    "rain is forecast for Scotland"
    synonyms: predict, prophesy, prognosticate, augur, divine, foretell, foresee, forewarn; More
noun
  1. 1.
    a calculation or estimate of future events, especially coming weather or a financial trend.
    synonyms: prediction, prophecy, forewarning, prognostication, augury, divination, prognosis, projection, calculation;More

I don’t like adulting sometimes and so that’s why I don’t understand the forecasts then. Makes sense now!
 

Speicher

Vice Admiral
Moderator
I have discovered, by accident today, that if you make the legs of a pair of trousers narrower, and you make the waist smaller by taking in the waistband, it may make the trousers the right length, rather than too long. :scratch: If you have assumed that they will be too long by about two inches, and did not exactly match the bottom hems of the sides you have taken in, you may have to redo the hems anyway, to keep them the same length as before. Or turn them up by a miniscule amount.

Yes I know that no one else would notice, I but I know there is a quarter inch difference. And yes, I had ironed them flat before making those adjustments.

They say you learn from your mistakes. ^_^
 
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