Mundane News

[deptfordmarmoset]

I haven't seen one of those before, looks useful.

Yes, ingenious litte thing. Each time I've used it I've thought ''this is not going to work'' but I've always* been pleasantly surprised.

*Where ''always'' means probably no more than 4 times.

 

[raleighnut]

What I do with rear mech cables is roughly assemble everything then with the little sprocket selected push the mech inwards as far as it will go by hand so the chain is hard up against the next sprocket then loosen the pinch bolt and pull the cable through the clamp before nipping the pinch bolt up again, as the mech springs back out it's generally in the ballpark of being indexed.

 

[Reynard]

Lovely supper of cold roast beef, home made chips and chicory salad followed by apple crumble and custard.

Now watching the England v Wales game.

 

[Reynard]

You need one of these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bike-Bic...906273?hash=item56e529c0e1:g:ua4AAOSwFN9fYI1O

Ooo, I like the look of that. Would've saved my poor fingers from being so sore. I've always done it by hand / with pliers before, when I've had to adjust the cabling on a mech.

btw have you anything left (apart from the frame) of the bike you bought? You do seem to have replaced quite a few components! 😄

Erm... Frame, forks, stem and brake calipers. That's all that's left from the original bike - or will be, when the last lot of bits arrive.

Some of the parts were just completely fubared, and those that weren't, weren't up to what I was trying to do. Of the latter (wheels, rear mech, front mech, chainset, shifters & cranks) will be fitted to the other 24 inch wheeled frame I have which is a bit too big for me, and sold on as a uni student's rat bike i.e. looks tatty but mechanically sound.

 

[Reynard]

What I do with rear mech cables is roughly assemble everything then with the little sprocket selected push the mech inwards as far as it will go by hand so the chain is hard up against the next sprocket then loosen the pinch bolt and pull the cable through the clamp before nipping the pinch bolt up again, as the mech springs back out it's generally in the ballpark of being indexed.

Oh, I'll have to try that... Thanks for the tip!

 

[Jenkins]

I have many a memory of covering the 2CV 24 hour races at Snetterton for Autosport back in the day... Le Mans, eat your heart out!!!

I've seen them 'race' a few times before and they are great fun. As one circuit commentator noted - they don't have a fastest lap, just a least slow one

 

[tyred]

Lovely moonlit night for a night ride, gliding along in fixed wheel silence

 

[Jenkins]

Bored with cranes, they've now got a monster What-The-Forklift truck over the road.
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Are you sure they're not on the neighbouring work site and using the extended reach to nick stuff?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Lovely moonlit night for a night ride, gliding along in fixed wheel silence

My fixed will come out of hibernation at the end of the month and I will be gliding along in silence all winter, but after a summer on gears I'll be resisting the urge to freewheel for the first couple of weeks.

 

[tyred]

My fixed will come out of hibernation at the end of the month and I will be gliding along in silence all winter, but after a summer on gears I'll be resisting the urge to freewheel for the first couple of weeks.

I haven't ridden fixed much in several years but have built an old Raleigh Pioneer up with a 63 inch gear for utility and winter riding use and am starting to feel comfortable with it.

I used to ride everywhere on a rusty '60s Carlton fixed wheel and then I restored it with a nice paint job and then I didn't like to take it out in anything less than perfect weather which is why I haven't ridden fixed much in the past few years..

 

[Jenkins]

Yet another wet & windy day with constant cloud. I'm thinking of asking for a refund on the leave I've taken from work.

About the only good thing was that it motivated me to do some housework to relieve the boredom. Yes it was that bad.

 

[Reynard]

I've seen them 'race' a few times before and they are great fun. As one circuit commentator noted - they don't have a fastest lap, just a least slow one

Sounds like something Alan Hyde might say...

One memorable year it bucketed it down with rain for the entire weekend, the paddock flooded and the circuit... Well, according to the cars, "what circuit?"

I was taking photos on the gantry, and Alan took pity on me and let me thaw out in the commentary box by the circuit's one working heater...

 

[tyred]

It is such a good feeling knowing that I have tomorrow off work

 

[slowmotion]

2.4 nautical miles due North of Falmouth Docks, the Draconids failed to appear yet again. It's a pretty poor show.

 

[raleighnut]

Well I've just been putting out the bin and recycling (orange bags here in Leicester) and came to put some cardboard boxes in for the recycling but the bag was full so I put the boxes on the floor and went to get a new bag out. When I got back one had been claimed by Fifi so @biggs682 the box you sent me the Brooks in is now a Cat bed for the next week cos she doesn't want to get out of it