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There is a small canon of

There is a small canon of jokes along these line, probably now only used by children’s entertainers.

The formula is-

feed line/ set-up: <news announcement of incident> (typically, a lorry has shed its load, or something has been stolen)
Punchline: “a police spokesman said” <describes police response, involving a pun on, or other reference to the set-up> 

Example: lorry load of hair oil / police are combing the area. 

In our little world  it might be “the Part of the Sheldon Brown site that talks about English, French and Italian bottom brackets has been hacked – cyclists don’t know which way to turn” 

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Chain splitter and at one

Chain splitter and at one time, also joiner and chain link pliers. The memory is fading fast now, but on 5-8s you can splice chains to your heart’s content. 

you drove a rivet out so only a little bit protruded on the inside and with a bit of a bend, split the chain. You could then drive another rivet all the way out and then rejoin. If it was stiff you’d drive it on a fraction and then moving to the spreader slots drove it back by about a quarter or half a turn. I don’t know how that worked. 

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I’ll see your “police have

I’ll see your “police have nothing to go on”and raise you a “we have a lot of reports in the summer months, but it tends to drop off in the winter”

Man arrested after reports he exposed himself on beach near St Austell

Police upped patrols in the area following reports

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/man-arrested-after-reports-exposed-7716494

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I’ve got one Mavic wheelset

I’ve got one Mavic wheelset with aero spokes – do they twist more than round ones, or is it that you can have a holder for them? 

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Pretty sure I got Spokey from

Pretty sure I got Spokey from Freewheel back in the ’80s. 

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Will someone please think of

Will someone please think of the drivers?  Welcome to my world, guys. 

‘John Reynolds recently travelled up to Gainsborough to go walking and he thinks the recent reports are “shocking”. The 69-year-old from Peterborough said: “It’s shocking really when you think about how dangerous that could be, it’s life-threatening.’

https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/residents-scared-worried-go-out-7713792

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This looks like one of those

This looks like one of those neat set-ups…

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yours for £12.99 and I’m sure

yours for £12.99 and I’m sure there’s other stuff you want as well

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/tools/park-tool-mt1-rescue-multi-tool-9-function/

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Crank dust caps seems to be a

Crank dust caps seems to be a real gap in the market and they’re very pricey when you do find them. 

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Oh brilliant Mr Shimano, clap

Oh brilliant Mr Shimano, clap clap clap, fan of the M324 and M520 pedals as I am, you’ve really set a trap for the unwary – you can dismantle the bearings with standard tools, but you have to track down these gizmos (for the cost as a new pair of pedals) to reassemble and – bonus – they’re different.  

The tap is a l/h pedal tap I managed to track down on Ebay from China.  Pedal decided randomly to unwind itself one day and a fair bit of damage was done before I realised.  Worth a try, I guess.

There is a service that can fix damaged crank threads with a helicoil; here’s where you need a jig because if it’s even slightly off you’ll feel it.  But  I don’t think it’s economic unless they’re your granddad’s Super Record cranks that he won the Milk Race on in like 1970 that you’ve nadgerred. 

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Here’s an item I think you

Here’s an item I think you don’t need – spoke tension meter.  

Now, there’s a parallel to gardening here, which I’ve attempted to do this year for the first time really since childhood.  We wanted to do a wild flower patch. The instructions for the so-called wild flowers said you had to prepare a seed bed, fine tilth.
Yeah, right, they’re wild, so I just sprinkled them around the grass, didn’t mow it and waited. Well, that went well – a patch of long grass.  

So it goes with wheel building and spoke tensions.  “Ping” on the drive side, “pong” on the non-drive – or the other way around – but the point it’s simple and instinctive.  Wheel build instructions sound like such a bunch of old women some times.  In my case, it’s been 5 happy years since my first wheel build, so that must count for something – right?

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Bottom bracket facing and

Bottom bracket facing and thread cleaning set.

Do you face a new steel frame before or after painting?  before = risk of it being uneven again, after = risk of a rust spot. 

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Here we have a star nut

Here we have a star nut setter, headset cup remover (1″)  and the ubiquitous hammer (Park Tools one £33).

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Your’re not seeing my peg

Your’re not seeing my peg board – my work area is a tip, that’s why I’ve got two of so many things! Very jealous of the neat, spacious setups I see on Facebook.

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Perhaps a fast road too, no?

Perhaps a fast road too, no?

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