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  • in reply to: Drafting complete strangers #893187
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    Do you like fish sticks?

    Do you like fish sticks?

    in reply to: Worn chainrings? #891301
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    You buy a new chain, you go

    You buy a new chain, you go out and whenever you put down power it does the clunky thing.  You need a new cassette.

    You fit that, you go out and whenever you put down power you get the clunky thing.  You need at least one new chainring.  Try another. Clunky?

    You buy new chainrings.  And a chain checker.

    Then it happens again and you tell yourself that you must use the chain checker much more.

    And change the chain more too.

    in reply to: Anyone riding 52/36 with 11-32? #890803
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    That is a fine box of

    That is a fine box of sprockets.

    in reply to: Parking by knutsford services on m6 #890357
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    And there I was wondering

    And there I was wondering wether it is better to park outside or within the city limits…

    in reply to: multi tool #890301
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    grrrrr

    grrrrr

    in reply to: multi tool #890297
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    very +1 on the park CT-5, a

    very +1 on the park CT-5, a portable workshop quality tool.  And I have a very retro early 90s Cool-Tool, and a practical size swiss army knife.

    Would anyone know if I can buy one of those 8mm hex thay fits on a 6mm hex thingies?  Many tools have them, and they look incredibly loose-able, but I could not find them being sold seperatly.

    And still looking for a JIS driver in a multitool.  Finally ordered my workshop one and it is hopefully wending it’s way from Japan.  My bikes have no crossheads, but many JISs.  I of course realise that the JIS is no longer the standard, but neither is Mr allen or phillips, name changes head seeminingly stays the same.

    in reply to: Tubeless newbie #888447
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    I believe it is called

    I believe it is called blackwitch

    in reply to: Road bike beginner #889689
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    That is a fine looking

    That is a fine looking bicycle.

    in reply to: Commuter cycling #889777
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    sorry to question your posts

    sorry to question your posts njwebster, but the email you give is remitconsulting.com.  Isn’t that, in any way a commercial organisation?  The website looks as though it is meant to make some money.

    in reply to: Train from Bradford on Avon to Bristol #889559
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    A fine letter hawkinspeter.

    A fine letter hawkinspeter.  I too live in the GWR area, and commute on a local service.

    Last autumn, I was riding the Ridgeway, cycled bridleway along the Thames from Reading to Gorning and Streatly, where the Ridgeway sort of starts, and rode and rode, should have turned back earlier but, you know, kept going.  Worried that I didn’t have enough battery power for the lights to get home and bumped into Swindon mountain bike club, who escourted me into Swindon and then by one very nice man who showed me to the station, of course the first train left whilst I was purchasing my ticket and so I spent the next hour worrying about getting on the next train because every announcement said I had to pre book.  I asked the station staff if I could book through them, they said I should use the ticket office, which had of course closed hours ago, tried using my dumb phone to book, tried to get the other half to book on the computer, no luck.  Station staff were confident, but you know, the “fear”.  Train arrived, did the polite thing and the guard properly said get on and hurry because he wanted to get out of there.  Phew.   But I knew it was all down to the attitude of the guard.

     

    in reply to: Train from Bradford on Avon to Bristol #889555
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    Always be nice to the guard,

    Always be nice to the guard, smile, wish them a good morning/afternoon/evening, ask “is it alright if…?”.  Accept their decision with good grace and always be prepared to wait for the next train.

    Local trains are always easier than the big, fast ones.  Being very polite may work.

    in reply to: Ignorant,angry motorist in epic fail –video #889789
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    Awww, I was hoping to see the

    Awww, I was hoping to see the crash.

    in reply to: Rose deliveries #889083
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    I liked Mantel.

    I liked Mantel.

    The others often pop up when searching for the rarer, older components I need.  Some of the P+P charges seem a bit steep, or have a higher spend requirement for free P+P.  Would happily use them.  Going to get more difficult in the future, probably.

    in reply to: 7 Month old bike needs £300 worth of parts and labour #889175
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    Leviathan, when you do change

    Leviathan, when you do change the cables, fit cable oilers if possible, it does add to the hastle but means that cables last so much longer with better shifting and/or braking.

    ktache

    BBC that was no accident.

    BBC that was no accident.

    Driver seemingly going far to fast for the corner and conditions.

    Why is it never an HGV coming when the driver is driving this badly?

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