Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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- Inside my skull
Is that a modern version of the Sinclair C5?
What Have You Fettled Today?
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Is that a modern version of the Sinclair C5?
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
It wasn’t but the modern version of the C5 may be 2 wheeled 😁
Dead lint remover. Took it apart and 3v applied to the motor confirmed that worked but I traced the fault to the motor + connection off the circuit board.
On further examination the lead did not go directly to the motor but to some component seemingly glued in the depths of the plastic moulding. Shorted that out and it works.
Struggling to work out what the dead component can be other than a resistor (and if so why?), or is it deliberately something with a short life expectancy?
On further examination the lead did not go directly to the motor but to some component seemingly glued in the depths of the plastic moulding. Shorted that out and it works.
Struggling to work out what the dead component can be other than a resistor (and if so why?), or is it deliberately something with a short life expectancy?
rogerzilla
Legendary Member
The super-commuter is ready to roll again. New bars, stem, BB, brake cables and new(er) cranks.
It's an extremely light (4lb 2oz) pre-war clubman frame of unknown manufacture but Argos did build the fork - it came with a hideous 26tpi Raleigh thing. The rear hub is a 1939 Sturmey-Archer AM, the finest gear-changing device ever made by the hand of man.
Dumpy is just checking the work before he signs it off.
It's an extremely light (4lb 2oz) pre-war clubman frame of unknown manufacture but Argos did build the fork - it came with a hideous 26tpi Raleigh thing. The rear hub is a 1939 Sturmey-Archer AM, the finest gear-changing device ever made by the hand of man.
Dumpy is just checking the work before he signs it off.
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EltonFrog
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That’s a fab looking bike.
fritz katzenjammer
Der Ubergrosserbudgie
I installed a Bluetooth transmitter in the port on the chainstay on the bike today, never thought I would say that in a million years. It feeds information to the little handlebar mounted computer I got for Christmas. Weird stuff happening to bikes these days.
I just completed the latest Di2 training on the Shimano site as well… weirder and weirder stuff for an old gaffer like me!
I just completed the latest Di2 training on the Shimano site as well… weirder and weirder stuff for an old gaffer like me!
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Wife had managed to detach usb port cover from her gps. A bit of work with my screw driver set for those annoying small screws and it is reattached.
Elybazza61
Guru
No fettling over the last two days off work as been busy in the garden cutting down Pyracantha and Yew,thinning Bamboo and the lovely job of cleaning out the pond.
AlanW
Guru
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- Not to sure?
Just fitted a Cateye BM-45 bar end mirror to one of my bikes, for something so small it's very effective (I'm sure I've heard that said somewhere before? 
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Gwylan
Veteran
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- All at sea⛵
Fitted a proper bell to replace the electronic one with the (supposedly) 98dB sound that no-one could hear, or chose to ignore
I'll get to try it out tomorrow
I've gone for a referees whistle. Don't win any friends, but you do get noticed.
Gillstay
Veteran
I was checking out my recently acquired Ridgeback and wondered why the brake were only okay then suddenly thought to check the levers.
They were in the wrong position. Swapped them over and they are great.
Now I am left wondering if they have been in this position since the bike was new as I could see no wear marks in the pivot point.
That's rather poor if its the case, on the factory and the shop that sold it.
They were in the wrong position. Swapped them over and they are great.
Now I am left wondering if they have been in this position since the bike was new as I could see no wear marks in the pivot point.
That's rather poor if its the case, on the factory and the shop that sold it.
fritz katzenjammer
Der Ubergrosserbudgie
Started on the installation of a new set of handlebars on a roadbike at the shop today.
carbon aero bars with special stem ($650USD) came with two pages of special instructions and warnings.
internal routing of hydraulic lines and gear cables… five hours allotted.
could somebody please tell me how any of this makes sense?
carbon aero bars with special stem ($650USD) came with two pages of special instructions and warnings.
internal routing of hydraulic lines and gear cables… five hours allotted.
could somebody please tell me how any of this makes sense?
