You're doing it in the right order. Tighten the freehub/drive side first, then the non drive/disc side, otherwise you're having to work around the freehub body.

Have you checked the cones and races for pitting? The cones can be replaced, (if you can get hold of them that is…)

Do you use an axle vice when you're re-tightening the cones/locknut? I find them pretty much essential to stop the axle turning instead of the locknut.

Unless you're employed, don't go. Even then, they're offering you a job based on a specific outside contract, so who's to say that they won't just get rid of you once that work is finished?

Especially for Captain Flush 😉

Is there really no other access? Not even a window that you could break? That would be a lot cheaper to replace than the door. Failing that, it might be worth phoning your insurance company, to see what they can do…

Meh! If he's not scratching his spots, he'll only be picking his nose with 'em. Better off without! 🙂

.it can lie dormant in your ganglia

Quick, cut off your Ganglia! 😆

and more recently that Amy Macdonald song…..you know the one!

Actually, I don't, but please don't take that as meaning I want to know…

Cut 'is 'ands orf. That'll stop the scars!

Sorry, I know this doesan't help, but hey….

Just make your own curries. Much quicker than waiting for the postie to deliver your meal…

For 2

120g rice
Chicken (some)
Prawns (a few)
any other meat/fish you fancy
1&1/2 pint veg/chicken (not beef) stock
1 large onion diced very small
1/4 each red, yellow & green peppers diced
handfull of peas
1tbsp balsamic vinegar
olive oil 1 tbsp
paprika 1 tsp
turmeric 1/2 tsp
salt
pepper
2 cloves garlic
1/4 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp basil

Fry the onions and rice together for 5 minutes on a medium heat. After 3 minutes add the vinegar and allow to reduce. add the garlic.
add the stock, veg (except peas), and everything else. Reduce until almost all stock is absorbed. add peas, and keep cooking for 1/2 minute.
serve
enjoy
burp.

Chill Warton. You obviously don’t see the benefits of having boobies written on your wrist.

And it would be wrong to say I’m not interested in the subject. I’m interested to see how you can justify that sort of outlay on something of no intrinsic value when there are far more important things that the money could be spent on. Like bike bits.

I was watching a couple of them circling above my garden this afternoon. Nowhere near the chilterns though…

Casio calculator watch, and give me the remaining £240.01.

Then stop being vain and realise that it’s just a watch, and even though it may lose 0.01 of a second a week, it’s still going to tell the time to a degree that any human could really need. Plus you can add up on it, and spell out boobies when you turn it upside down.

98% in 1:16.9. Got Serbia wrong.

84% of respondants on this thread have watched re-runs of QI on Dave in the last week.

Cheer up. My right thumb dislocates with alarming regularity. It only takes moderate pressure in the wrong direction, and it pops out. It’s happened so many times now that it’s not all that painful (or maybe I’m just really hard 🙂 ) and it’s generally alright after a couple of days.

Last time it happened while I was fitting a particularly tight tyre. Popped it straight back in, and carried on with the job.

Put some really cheap ones on, cos they’ll probably get nicked when you get to Sunderland.

Seriously though, go for some decent slicks or semi slicks. It’s not the most technically challenging ride you’ll ever do…
It’s worth going for some extra puncture protection, as there tends to be a lot of glass on the track, especially as you go through Consett, Stanley, Washington and Sunderland.

Sram chains? Ok, but I’d prefer a KMC.

Mechs going into the wheel? That’s just cack-handed setup or a rock strike. No mech just spontaneously goes into the wheel, Sram or Shimano.

Cassettes shattering??? I’ve never even heard of that happening before. I’ll be honest, I think shimano ones shift (slightly) better, but I’ve never seen or heard of anyone shattering one.

Probably not worth a great deal, although it depends on the capacity of the pumps. They go from about £50 -£200 (new) for your average garden pond pump, so I wouldn’t expect to get more than £20 for something that’s potentially been sat in manky water for the last twenty years.

Do they drink that in the democratic republic of congo?

That’s not goood news Andy. At least you’ve got Cassie and the dawg to keep you smiling.

We went on our honeymoon to Tromso a few years back, especially to see the northern lights. It was early January, and we saw bugger all. We had to find some other way to entertain ourselves through the 19 hours or darkness…

i would cut one of my legs off if i could have a mustang, seriously i would….

I’d cut my legs off if I had to drive one too… 😆

According to Thai police, he was found in his hotel wardrobe with a cord around his neck and “other parts”.

Makes it kind of appropriate/ironic that he was in Thailand making a film called “Stretch”!

Davy, can we keep “ist” in the A&A? It’s a tradition now, and besides, if you search for “triathlist” on google images, you get lots of pics of Vanessa Raw, which HAS to be a good thing, surely? (also works for pole vaultist, mountain bikist, etc!)

NO! Absolutely not. It’s just pandering to that c*ck Clarkson, and trying to feed off his popularity.

I’d also do away with the A&A threads, as they’re purile and demeaning to the athletes being leered at every week. But that’s anotherr story…

Meh! The baby will be screaming wherever it is, so you might as well share your suffering with a cabin full of people.

As long as you’re not expecting the child to actually fly the plane, I don’t see any reason why not. Your best option is to check with the airlines to see what their policy is.

It won’t make any difference whether the big parties lose out or not. We’ll still end up with a load of politicians in charge, looking after their own interests, rather than any sort of benevolent leader. Nothing will change but the faces and the smug smiles. We’ll still pay our taxes, and they’ll still spend them how they want, while everyone else will whinge and bitch about how they’re spending it all.

Except if the UKIP or BNP get any sort of power, in which case things would change drastically for the worse…

“ist” added to the end of a sport, in a Clarkson style. (eg. runnerist etc)

Andrex/Charmin etc, because you can bet that even the best portaloo in the world will come with crap tracing-paper type bog-roll.

So can I trim my hedge with it?

Tomatoes.
Beans (especially of the baked variety).
Mushrooms.
Liver.

There’s just no reason for them.

I understood phone and STW. What’s the rest mean???

It meant something along the lines of…

Techno <fwap> shiny <fwap> pointless <fwap> I’ve got no life <fwap> I can’t do anything fo myself <fwap> shiny again <fwap> <fwap> <fwap> I’m spent <fwlop>

It’s a ploy that virtually ALL insurers use, and the closest I’ve had to an explaination is that the 1st year of policies are generally discounted to attract new business in, (basically so that they can say “We gained X new customers this year), and they then hope that nobody will be bothered to check their renewal the next year. They want to attract new customers, and don’t care about the existing ones.

Go to the police. Seriously. It may sound like over-reacting, but what they have done is theft. They cannot take money from your account without permission/court order. The very least you should do is contact a solicitor, to recoup the money + costs immediately. 12 weeks is too long to be without YOUR money. It may also be worth contacting the press, because a public body such as the CSA shouldn’t be allowed to operate in this manner.

Contact Fathers for Justice as well, as they will be able to advise you better than anyone here, (including me).

Doug, the Float fluid is not the same as the damping oil. It’s much more viscous, as it’s solely designed to lubricate the seals etc.
To be honest, it’s worth investing in a rebuild kit, as there’s a very good chance that you’ll damage the seals as you pull the air can off. You get a full set of seals, and a sachet of float fluid for a tenner.

And yet, after all these comments nobody seems to remember that the worst EVER premiership team performance was by Sunderland, in 2005/2006 with only 15 points.

Can anyone guess who the second worst performance belongs to? Yep, that’s right. Sunderland again, in 2002/2003, with only 19 points. Even that was a massive 5 points off the next worst…

In fact, the worst club this season was a massive 17 points ahead of Sunderland’s 2006 result.

Truth be told, I don’t really give a flying **** about kevball, but it always makes me sad when the knuckle-draggers forget that it’s just a game, and then end up getting all confrontational about it.
Get a life, get out on your bikes, and stop getting so worked up over a bunch of overpaid nancies chasing a pig’s bladder around a field.

Wasn’t that song originally about a sad mackem bast*** and a bloke with a monkey’s heed?

They increase the efficiency by harnessing the composting effect of the marketing bullsh!t