Could use the ring spanner to push one piston back at a time, no chance of fitting two spanners in there.

I’ve now managed to loose the tiny clip which stops the pin holding the pads in coming out ( although it is threaded ).

The brake fluid has never been touched since I’ve had the bike and pads fit last time so I’m cautious about releasing fluid ( especially as I don’t class myself as a competent bike mechanic ! ).

I’ll go try the ring spanners ………. I’ll be back ….

Thanks for the advice ……

I’ve tried using old pads but I can’t push both back, only one at a time, once one’s back the other comes out slightly.

Ta ?

A weekend off the bike …. in the Lakes involving wild camping, Pinnacle Ridge scrambling, canoeing and swimming in Ullswater, Ghyll scrambling and beer ! Fantastic Fun :D

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Vauxhall Viva HB 1256cc
Vauxhall Firenza Sport SL 2300cc ( Road rallied )
Vauxhall Chevette HS 2300cc ( Road and Stage rallied )
Ford Fiesta 950cc
Rover 213 S
Volkswagan Jetta GTI 1800cc
Rover 216 SL
Renault Laguna 2000cc
Vauxhall Corsa 1200cc
Ford Mondeo
Renault Scenic
Nissan X-Trail
Honda CRV
Nissan Qashqui

14 in 36 years of driving ……. favorite was still the Chevette HS !

I’ve used organic and sintered and got fed up with the squeal of sintered so I use now use organic, how do kevlar compare, are they as noisy as sintered ?

29 miles around Lower Calderdale and the M62 corridor

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Thanks, don’t want it to melt too rapidly as we’re caving nearby on Sunday !

Hardly brave but …

In a local co-op at the till when a number of the female staff headed towards the door, a grubby looking chap then appeared from one of the aisles dragging a bag with a couple of assistants hanging onto the other end shouting, without really thinking I put my arms under his and round the back of his neck, forcing him to let go of the bag, expecting to have to wrestle him to the ground the assistants shouted to get him out of the shop. I was virtually at the door by this time so just released him onto the street. At this point he backed off about 10 feet swore and threw something at me, I turned to receive a small missile in the side. I was about to go after him but the assistant said don’t, they know who he is and he was banned from the shop. The assistant then picked up the missile – a crushed creme egg !
They took details and thanked me for being the only one to help – the shop was busy !
I got a rollocking from the wife when I got home for stepping in, but it’s surprising the bruise you can get from a creme egg :lol:

If you cycle along the canal from the bridge towards Leeds during office hours – look up and wave at the offices opposite to annoy me …. I’d rather be out there than stuck inside …… :D

2010 Stumpy Elite ….. Over-biked for 98% of my riding …

Under-skilled for the remaining 2% !

:D

Showing my age here …

Another fan of Escort Mk 1 & 2,

Lancia Stratos,

Quattro

and the Metro 6R4 always had a distinctive note !

I’d need the Euro win … buy a house on the local estate and maybe even build a trail in the back garden ….

http://search.struttandparker.com/residential/kirklees-estate-brighouse-west-yorkshire-hd6/10108

Running out of time though !

Space Invaders ……. ‘Showing my age’ ! :D

Days off 6:30am – 6:15am on work days, I have a lie in when I’m not working :)

I’m no kayaker but I saw this the other day and it looks great fun !

:D

20 miles down t’valley from STW Towers – Mirfield, West Yorkshire – definately in the ‘North’ !

Well as I’m a slow rider and it’s on a sliding scale for speed I shouldn’t have to pay as much as the average singletrack trail god on this site :D

I use a Petzl Duo for caving and a Hope Vision 4 for biking, while there is a head mount with the Hope I wouldn’t dare risk taking the Hope caving. I often wonder how bright it would be but I suspect it would get battered very quickly.

I’m sat here working for the administrators at Barratts Priceless Head Office waiting to know our fate ……

It ain’t much fun …. I made it through the last admin … no idea about this time though :(

Personally I prefer to use the LBS for most things, I do occasionally buy from the web, but much prefer to use the LBS, whose service I find excellent. As it’s very local to me it’s no trouble to call there most weekends even if it’s only for a chat.
I prefer to have the bike maintained by them as I don’t think the labour charges are excessive and I don’t generally enjoy working on the bike, I’d rather be riding it.
Having bought my last couple of bikes from them, I can rely on them to help out if I’m having problems with the bike, often at short notice.

Yes, I bought one and it seems fine, perhaps a bit baggy at the front on my racing snake physique :D

It’s not been washed much yet though so I’ve no idea how the waterproofing holds up over time.

HTH

I live in Mirfield and while there are some dodgy areas, most is ok. As said earlier there is easy access to the rolling hills to the south, Calderdale and the Pennines to the west.

Going back a little earlier – I had one of the original 400 made ….
Started as a road car, then road rallied and onto stage rallying !

Great fun and a change from the Escorts at the time :D

We’re on holiday in Portugal seeing some friends who had managed to borrow me a bike, so I tagged along with a group of locals yesterday. Only one spoke English so I had no idea where or how far we were going. A great ride in the Algarve region, 60km when we got back. Dry, dusty tracks and singletrack down by a river, most of the route off-road.
:D

1-2
30 miles
Mirfield – Bradford ( Apperley Bridge )
12 mph

Woody2000 – You’re not slow, we’ve got hills op North :)

Jason can’t make it, I’ll tag along but I might need to head off after a couple of hours. See you in the morning :-)

Robin

Hi Jason,

I’m not sure if I can make it but how far are you planning, which direction and how long ?

:-)

Vauxhall Viva HB 1156cc
Vauxhall Firenza 2300 Sport SL – Road rallied
Vauxhall Chevette HS 2300 – Road and Stage rallied for a few years ..
MK1 Fiesta 950L
Rover 213L
Volkswagen Jetta 1.8 GTI
Rover 216 SLi
Renault Laguna 2.0
Ford Mondeo 1.8
Renault Scenic 2.0
Nissan X-Trail 2.2dci Sport
Honda CRV 2.2dci
Nissan Qashqui 1.5d

Chevette was always the favorite …… :)

Oldgit – I’m doing the miles for a specific reason too ….. I enjoy it ! :D

Don’t worry I’ll still be a STW lurker !

Just over a hundred here …. and that’s more than normal for me !

All on the only bike I own ( Mainstream manufacturers skills compenstator ) …..

I really think I don’t belong here …..

:-)

Lots of riding locally and there’s a number of groups ride various evenings.

There’s a couple of us ride most Tuesday and Thursday evenings starting from Raistrick doing around 20 miles.

I’m sure there be others along soon with lots of advice, but let me know if you want to tag along.

:-)

Jason, are we riding at 10 or meeting at 10, the usual degree of faffing and setting off at 10:30ish ?

There’ll be me and t’other Jason, how many others ?

The weather doesn’t look as good as your forecast but it’ll do :)

Hi Jason, I’ll tag along again if I can ! Hope it’s better weather than the last one !

+ 1 for the Overgate charity ride at Elland.

Never done ‘C’ programming but was a good COBOL programmer once, he says showing his age :lol:

Hi,

Here's the link…..

http://www.flamingphotography.co.uk/

Do you have any ideas when or where the results will be available ?

Hi,

Hopefully we want to enter as a team of 3, but we need confirmation from the final member. If they don't confirm we'll enter as a pair. Can we change the entry once it's placed ?

Chevette HSR ….. I used to do club rallies in the HS version !

My hot hatch was a '79 Chevette HS, one of the original 400 made for homologation purposes, started life as a road car, then prepared for rallying, both road and stage …… happy days :)

One of these …

http://www.knowledgerush.com/wiki_image/d/da/VX_HS_Chevette2.jpg