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[Kempstonian]

Meanwhile, in the test match it's all getting a bit tense....

Actually, I don't hear 'blah blah blah'. Its more like the sound the teacher makes in Peanuts.

 

[Reynard]

RJ The Bike Guy has some tips for removing stuck cranks, including one for when you don't have a removing tool. Might be worth checking him out on Youtube?

Thanks.

This is my first strip & build, so lots of learning how to do stuff.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Meanwhile, in the test match it's all getting a bit tense....

Now we all know you're talking porkies that an oxymoron cricket & tense, or cricket & exciting

 

[Andy in Germany]

What's them?

From experience at at school, "Rugby" is a form of inter tribal warfare. Occasionally it involves a ball, but this isn't strictly necessary.

 

[Kempstonian]

Thanks.

This is my first strip & build, so lots of learning how to do stuff.

RJ is well worth following, as is Monkeyshred and the guy from Park Tools. I've learnt a lot from them. I even took apart and reassembled a Sturmey Archer 3 speed hub - just to see if I could do it! (I could, by following RJ's video) 😊

 

[Kempstonian]

From experience at at school, "Rugby" is a form of inter tribal warfare. Occasionally it involves a ball, but this isn't strictly necessary.

Somebody wrote a book about rugby entitled 'Tight Head, Loose Balls'. Didn't make me want to try it...

 

[Andy in Germany]

Somebody wrote a book about rugby entitled 'Tight Head, Loose Balls'. Didn't make me want to try it...

I didn't much want to try it either. Unfortunately I never got the choice. It put me off "team sports" for life.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I've tensioned my Brooks saddle by one quarter turn, with due ceremony.

 

[Reynard]

Almost time to feed the cats, and then it will be time to feed me.

 

[Speicher]

That didn't go to plan...

Went to post a letter, and the post box has gone.

What is the difference between an elephant and a post box?

 

[classic33]

Hang on, is this it?

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It's just outside Tübingen, so it may be a long way to carry on a bike. Perhaps you could post it?

Could you wrap it?

 

[Andy in Germany]

Could you wrap it?

I could try, but I'm afraid it would fall of the crossbar...

 

[classic33]

I could try, but I'm afraid it would fall of the crossbar...

You could use the rack on the xtracycle.

There's only 171 known Edward VII postboxes surviving, and that one isn't on the list.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've tensioned my Brooks saddle by one quarter turn, with due ceremony.

I do like stories with a little twist.

 

[Andy in Germany]

You could use the rack on the xtracycle.

There's only 171 known Edward VII postboxes surviving, and that one isn't on the list.

I should have known someone had made a list.

I can pass on the location if you want: it's in a lovely, if rather obscure part of the Neckar valley near Tübingen, and is serving as a postbox: it's used by a local business in a restored weaving shed. I think there is a cafe too.