Picture the scene….
Man buys Shiney New Things.
Takes a while to strip old steed bike and put together the Shiney New One.
A window of opportunity opens to make final tweaks & go ride, for an hour, whilst the sun is out.
Puts riding gear on.
Gets bike out. Applies help-tape.
Last job – adjust brakes.
Rear – fine.
Front – needs a tweak.
Test – it spins, freely.
Man goes to ‘nip-up’ the nuts and go ride 🙂
Cup and cone washer collapses.
Man not happy….

Oh, well….. passing close to Merlin tomorrow – will ring and see if they have spares…

it collapsed ‘cos you called it a “steed” call it a bike an you’ll be reet….

Hang on, don’t you have mavic crossrides? Aren’t they sealed nearings not cup ‘n’ cone? what did you do tho them?

I suspect he means the cup and cone type washers that avid use on brakes.

MrPhillips – my tongue was firmly in cheek when I used the ‘s’ word 🙂

nbt – top recollection re: my front wheel. Bonus points for recalling the rear 🙂

steveh has it – avid brakes….

many thanks to mintimperial of this parish for coming to my assistance with spares 🙂

V brake washers do the same and in a moment of panic, so does a lot of flat washers.

Looks like we have a bike stalker on here who can remember not only your bike but whether you have cup and cone or sealed bearing hubs

‘Hmm marsdenmann, from the noise it makes, if I were you, I’d grease your headset very soon… and your saddle smells* funny too’

*poss also tastes funny

used to keep all the old Vbrake washers for that exact reason. Some crack easier than others though

🙂

I just recall seeing the new BananananaBike ™ on Marsdenman’s flickr feed last week and noting the crossride wheel 😉

@ nbt – just seen the comment you added to that picture and the penny dropped – that said – it was on the old bike when we did the Soup Run.
New bike does need a name – had to LOL at BananananaBike!