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andystow
Gimpl wrote:Just in case anyone is interested – I have just purchased a Cycliq bundle as part of their Black Friday deal. Front and rear (12 & 6) for £405.The US deal for the same was $455 (about £340.)
Oops, forgot yours includes VAT, so that’s actually a very similar price. I had a love-hate relationship with my second generation Fly6, but it got stolen this year and I decided I’d take another chance on them and ordered its replacement on the Black Friday deal, $219 including shipping.
andystow
hirsute wrote:Not sure that is right as a number of wheels state a lower mass than that.Was that a quote from a website ?
https://www.halfords.com/bikes/faqs/adult-bike-maximum-weight-limit.html
andystow
Gorgeous! You’re very
Gorgeous! You’re very talented!
andystow
Did you turn the wheels
Did you turn the wheels sideways, roll them, and flip them to distribute the sealant? Even then, I’ve sometimes had it take a few days for new tubeless tyres to settle in and stop losing some air daily. Not a big deal.
What size tyres, and what pressure?
andystow
IanGlasgow wrote:
IanGlasgow wrote:What I like best about this thread is the number of bikes on a website for roadies that aren’t road bikes.Wait, this site is for roadies? I’ve never even owned a road bike. What am I doing here?
October 19, 2021 at 2:02 pm in reply to: Car crashes into building – please post your Local news stories #964635
andystow
Excellent placement of the
Excellent placement of the bollards to protect the valuable building in the place it got hit last time, but not the rest of it, and let’s not worry about anyone using the pavement.

andystow
If I move anywhere, I’m going
If I move anywhere, I’m going to learn the local language.
andystow
If this happens I will be
If this happens I will be looking into moving to Berlin. Time to start learning German.
andystow
Shimano’s instructions are
Shimano’s instructions are quite good. Are you sure the outer plate is absolutely parallel to the big ring? I used two steel rulers to set mine up.
August 25, 2021 at 1:15 am in reply to: Car crashes into building – please post your Local news stories #964441
andystow
hirsute wrote:https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/19531969.driver-avoids-jail-falsely-reporting-car-stolen-following-crash/Hits lampost
“Bhaskaran has six previous convictions for 17 offences including matters of dangerous driving and drink driving, for which he was given a community order with unpaid work and a 28 month disqualification
He was ordered to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work and complete a 30-day rehabilitation activity requirement.”
That’ll show him.
Another gentle caress on the wrist.
andystow
Please. The way you’ve
Please. The way you’ve written it, the bolt is stuck in the bracket, not the frame. Can you buy or fabricate a new bracket?
… the bolt which connects the mudguard to a bracket on the chainstay bridge…
August 4, 2021 at 5:39 pm in reply to: Car crashes into building – please post your Local news stories #964389
andystow
https://nypost.com/2021/08/03/car-crashes-into-kitchen-of-queens-house/
Ticks a few boxes: BMW, no license* plate, driver fled.
* hey swldxer, this in the US
July 27, 2021 at 2:31 pm in reply to: Collapsing rim after 18 months- seen anything like it? #982401
andystow
Wow. Either defective rims,
Wow. Either defective rims, or massively over-tensioned straight gauge spokes, perhaps?
July 26, 2021 at 2:26 pm in reply to: Car crashes into building – please post your Local news stories #964375
andystow
A view from the inside.
A view from the inside.
“Medical episode” of course.
andystow
Steve K wrote:As an aside, it really hurts my head that flammable and inflammable are synonyms.Are you coming unravelled? Or ravelled?
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