So Back in ‘that’ day bike was a gate sized raleigh something or other used only for commute into Pond St from eccleshall road. Was into (C2) canoe slalom at the time. If I could get back to that fitness and level on bikes all would be good. So probbly no not of your age or even generation :cry:

so one of my areas…
washing machine last 2 yr if lucky often used 2+ times a day, last waranty’engineer’to visit claimed they are not designed for more than 1 wash per day BS?
OTOH fridge is about 20 yo freezer about the same. Dishwasher 3yo just been apart to remove blockage on drain pump now not washing well. TV went just before Xmas at 6-8 yo. cooker was 20 & just been replaced. we dont buy extended warantees on stuff and mend/make do then suck it up and get new :cry: Its designed to be built not fixed same as cars really ever tried changing headlamp bulb in a clio? how do they get away with it? makes my bikes seem well designed in comparison.

If you are lucky enough to survive, can I recommend a ‘cake pie’for desert.Had a few as dept. treat last day of term . pastry base mince meat filling sponge/cake on top… Cake pie best of both worlds :-)

Reread op Also a lot of profiled and insulated sheeting on ebay only ever seen it used on large roofs on warehouse type stuff but might be good for you ?

Qwerty put a warm roof onto ext in the “summer” dpm over ex felt 120mm pir ins off ebay 18mm osb3 fixed thru to ex deck hdpm single sheet glued on top, looks good. And is diyable.look into diynot forums for some good info
on similar jobs .
John

did a screen repair last year on a desire, found a you tube how to vid
bought ebay kit complete with ‘screwdrivers’ kit had no tape so used double sided tape and a scalpel to trim it all still working fine!. My Screaming brakes on the other hand… have a go
John

seems like a lot have been there like we have :( now jag2&3 have fixed t mobile monthly contracts x mins and unlim txt has worked ok so far.
jag 1 did us over when on 02 payg used my cc to keep topping up over £100 /day one time. 02 ‘kin useless no security questions! 14 yo £10 per go i must have a really girly voice or hers was a bit butch! (have removed 3 fig code off cc’s now as precaution)so IME you may have to suck it up wouldnt expect much from phone co
good luck tho john

jota180 42.9
no that would be per gallon!! remember them? there was uproar when petrol got to 5o p per gallon.
5 star petrol always a bit more expensive due to massive lead content
always got loads of greenshield stamps until hyper stamp inflation set in double triple quad etc etc.

amazing life so young , heard a recording of a poem he wrote on the news in the car this morning,not a dry eye in the car . Thankyou Sir.
John

too slow again
two earliest singles ‘cum on feel the noize’ slade check out my spellinz grannyring :-)
silver machine hawkwind got this in px for lola (cherry cola)version
followed by first album masters of reality black sabbath in ’72. only seems like yesterday OMG 40 yrs :oops:

Thanks all for all the info.
pads are organic and 2 rides old
its was as bad with OEM pads resin
alignment and piston movement seems ok
next step is wet ndry pads and disc then coppa slip and a bleed . will try to fit mates brake to mine or easier swap wheels then test.
Half term next wk so want to ride and not faff.
Ithink its not over yet :(
John

right then checked all above both pistons look to be moving freely, loosened caliper and recentered by holding lever in and moving cal over to even out gaps and piston strike quick spin on road no change,
TGuy in the dry and really screaming ,not a little bit of squeak I could cope with that, will try a little coppa slip soon so thanks all for ideas I am not too hopeful still :|

often(195/365) found to be trying to get teenagers to make something that at least resembles what they have designed on the great Education sausage machine.its amazing how long sanding wood can take up when needed :twisted:

Thanks for that. thing is the brake has been fine up till recently was also ok with new pads for 1 ride, will go and check alignment/piston movement
john

we have a 54 plate 2.0hdi great space quite comfy not as good fuel wise on shorter commutes. interior plastics a bit plasticky!! a lot of electronics in ours mostly been ok but huge chance of total fail. 1.6 hdi sposed to be better but been mostly happy with ours.
HTH
John

+2 for dog soldiers and i would add the hills have eyes it was on last week so i didnt watch it. scared me enough first time round

mrs g got into cycling via some triathloning using my old mtb to start with now loving her road bike which means most spending is ok providing her baby is well cared for. Sadly dont get out much together at the moment but really enjoy those times out. should have done it all many years (decades)ago!!

Along time ago now but went to sheff. Poly as mature student at 26 great time had . As mentioned keeping up with the work was the key (should have tried that in the sixth form) met mrs jg61 whilst there so a good result all round fell out with construction then did pgce now D&T tchr.
good luck anyway it will be life changing one way or another.