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one more demolished building
one more demolished building will fix it
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/hospital-staff-forced-park-grass-7705663
Gary Glitter may well be
Gary Glitter may well be ancient…
I mean, the summerhouse thing
I mean, the summerhouse thing left by the previous people had pretty much rotted, I mean seriously, they’d put carpet tiles in and that was the end for the floor, so it seemed only sensible to get rid of it and have a 10 x 6 ‘ man shed to replace it, ordering a workbench and and adding a bolted down engineering vice that’s just what you do right, I mean it’s not like I’m smarting from being defeated by a stuck b/ b and having to go to a vice owning mate’s with it.
Unless Superman installed it,
Unless Superman installed it, this situation doesn’t sound right, like increased brute force might not be the solution – it’s only a bit of fairly flimsey alu.
Something is jammed – have you tried tickling the cogs, maybe gently with rubber screwdriver handle to see if there’s anything that might click (back) into place to release it? I’ve got two chain-whips – it might benefit from a wiggle and a waggle anti-clockwise.
EDIT: not Superman, but Bicycle Repair Man, of course.
It was Doctoring the Tardis,
It was Doctoring the Tardis, wasn’t it, a kind of Gary Glitter (Rock and Roll) and Who theme mash-up.
Original 1975 edition just
Original 1975 edition just landed. No jokes, please.
Another calliper adjustment to a slightly faster looking F W Evans. It’s usually a double locknut on that type, but you could jiggle the assembly so it was even. Quite a fast handlebar and levers set-up for my tastes.
Star Trekkin’ across the
Star Trekkin’ across the universe
On the Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk
Star Trekkin’ across the universe
Boldly going forward, still can’t find reverse
New and improved link:
New and improved link:
Light, cheap, strong,
Light, cheap, strong, reliable and simple are my bike stuff criteria.
On that basis, I’m not convinced about: threadless headsets over threaded, , brifters/ indexing or disc brakes, and CF still seems a bit new fangled, but let’s put that down to my crappy power:weight ratio. d12 strikes me as one more thing to have to fiddle with and to go wrong.
We seem to be no better off with press-fit b/bs. Brifters are by definition indexed, d/t levers can be either – I find friction levers to be the best for me on a 2 or 3 x 10s system.
So that’ll be me poking around for my next build on Spa, SJS and Ebay with the Stronglight chainset, Dia Compe levers in my basket, or older series Shimano callipers, a quill stem.
SPDs, LED lighting, the wider availability of alu and Ti frames, Kevlar in tyres, better saddles (I.e. other than leather) have made the cyclist’s lot better.
In the world of Richard’s Bicycle Book, disc brakes exist, but are mainly on things like tandems. Steel is real. There is some basic indexing, but it’s all downtube and occasionally stem mounted. Brake levers don’t seem to have gone aero yet. Tan wall tyres complimenting a sports or touring bike.
I hear WD is good for
I hear WD is good for lubricating wing mirrors
don’t read this non-story: A
don’t read this non-story: A spokesperson for Waltham Forest (that well known Somerset local authority) Council said: “We have investigated this incident and this fine was issued in error. It has now been cancelled. We apologise for the mistake.”
Driver fined £130 after pulling into bus lane to let ambulance pass
James lost when he appealed explaining why he had pulled over
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/driver-fined-130-after-pulling-7694028
We need to see fireman (Steve
We need to see fireman (Steve McQueen) squirrel and/or Architect (Paul Newman) squirrel.
Youtuber breaks car parking
Youtuber breaks car parking rules in St Ives van life experiment
Shaun, who actually lives in Cornwall, attempted to get around local parking restrictions
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/youtuber-breaks-car-parking-rules-7699048
and what a brave soldier he is
No win – bit of a fee? Crack
No win – bit of a fee? Crack on and keep us posted.
You could have some ever so
You could have some ever so polite information to drivers saying “please don’t drive into things, or people”. (But don’t worry if you do – accidents happen, we all make mistakes and what was he/she doing there everyone knows how busy it is along there)