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Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Right, lunch consumed and cats played with. It's actually stopped raining, so I will go and pot up the three walnut saplings I dug out yesterday.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Definitely a JCB, it has their asthmatic frog sound when it reverses.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
We had a minor disaster 'brewing' for the last few days. 
Our stove top Moka pot's handle fell off and it won't glue back on properly.... MrsF made a trip to Ikea to see if they had any in (we've an Ikea pot at the caravan) but sold out. It was well dodgy this morning pouring hot coffee out. Fortunately, I'd splashed out £29.99 at amazon for a 9 cup Bialetti pot, that was heavily discounted. It arrived at lunch. I know I need to run at least two brews through it first for the best taste, but thought sod it, first one was OK. Disaster averted.
Also popped out for coffee and panini's at our local cafe - not sure it's going to be open from Monday.
Our stove top Moka pot's handle fell off and it won't glue back on properly.... MrsF made a trip to Ikea to see if they had any in (we've an Ikea pot at the caravan) but sold out. It was well dodgy this morning pouring hot coffee out. Fortunately, I'd splashed out £29.99 at amazon for a 9 cup Bialetti pot, that was heavily discounted. It arrived at lunch. I know I need to run at least two brews through it first for the best taste, but thought sod it, first one was OK. Disaster averted.
Also popped out for coffee and panini's at our local cafe - not sure it's going to be open from Monday.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
I don't know, they eventually deliver the beer and only then the water comes back on!
3 each of this selection....
3 each of this selection....
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Give yourself up, it's not worth it!
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Back from ride to check all is well after fitting new big ring. Big ring and middle ring just fine and bolts remain nice and tight. But FD seems to have got knocked. Poor shifting and lots of chain rub. So had to stop a couple of times to line up derailleur again. It’s no onerous. Just shift to granny ring to take tension out of cable then loosen bolt enough to nudge derailleur back parallel to chain rings. Tighten bolt up again.
They'll never take me alive!! 😝
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
I almost have a rideable bike.
Still a fair bit of tinkering to do to get the rear gears sorted, but I have solved the pinch bolt issue (needed to replace the cable as well, since the original had become too frayed to stay put), vaguely got the tension right and fitted the chain.
Tired now, and brain feels a bit woolly after a frustrating day's fettling. Hands are also sore from holding cables under tension. I knew this would always be the hard bit, but kind of rather chuffed I've managed to muddle along without waving the white flag at my LBS.
Now have a well-earned
and a chocolate chip suggestive.
Still a fair bit of tinkering to do to get the rear gears sorted, but I have solved the pinch bolt issue (needed to replace the cable as well, since the original had become too frayed to stay put), vaguely got the tension right and fitted the chain.
Tired now, and brain feels a bit woolly after a frustrating day's fettling. Hands are also sore from holding cables under tension. I knew this would always be the hard bit, but kind of rather chuffed I've managed to muddle along without waving the white flag at my LBS.
Now have a well-earned
and a chocolate chip suggestive.
Kempstonian
Has the memory of a goldfish
- Location
- Bedford
You need one of these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bike-Bic...906273?hash=item56e529c0e1:g:ua4AAOSwFN9fYI1OI almost have a rideable bike.
Still a fair bit of tinkering to do to get the rear gears sorted, but I have solved the pinch bolt issue (needed to replace the cable as well, since the original had become too frayed to stay put), vaguely got the tension right and fitted the chain.
Tired now, and brain feels a bit woolly after a frustrating day's fettling. Hands are also sore from holding cables under tension. I knew this would always be the hard bit, but kind of rather chuffed I've managed to muddle along without waving the white flag at my LBS.
Now have a well-earned
btw have you anything left (apart from the frame) of the bike you bought? You do seem to have replaced quite a few components! 😄
Kempstonian
Has the memory of a goldfish
- Location
- Bedford
I was wrong about the figs, the last two did ripen! I still have about six really small ones which will never grow now the weather has got colder.
Last week I put the wrong bins out. This week I got it right.
Last week I put the wrong bins out. This week I got it right.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Also known as a 4th hand tool, though I reckon it's only a 3rd hand tool. But I bought this one new so it isn't even 2nd hand.
D