Ah thats better, I needed that And as I was leaving sharki pitched up so a bit more riding was in order

Marvelous

you could try a canoe trip to NZ :arrow:

It looks like a trailer yoke off a BOB trailer :D

Quick hijack

My SC32’s only move 105mm and 25mm above the dropout unlike dibbs I am a bit of a neutritional overachever thast is why I get a bit more travel

strange

( wanders off muttering)

I have had the surley chainring on my ht11 chainset for about 4 years no problem what so ever

It works

iirc both del and tim41 use the same

surley stainless steel lasts forever

CONSTITUTION HILL in swansea . full stop

it is a cobble stone hill and it looks like a brick wall from the bottom, steep as fugg and I live in a valley in devon 1in4 one side 1in8 the easy side

and then there is contitution hill thats another book not story

BTW nutboy

The henrys have good filtration , hepa etc thats why the wife is procuring them for the NHS in devon

Henry’s are all british made to unlike that true brit Dyson who moved production from Malmsbury to Malasia

So more british jobs went down the tubes

Thank You James Dyson

Mrs Dodger did a visit to the numatic (henry) factory reciently she is well impressed with the R& D facilities and everyone in the factory was proud of what they made ( rare eh)

Bottom line she will be buying one soon and the dyson will be for garage use only

bit of advice buy a pink Henryetta cos its a thing for the beloved to love and cherish

I still have 2 HH Lifa shirts which are still used the sleeves have had to be cut off cos they were buggered but I did buy them in 1986 :?

I would like to of shown you mine but some scumbag nicked it in 1993 :(

Leatherman Crunch ( mole wrench ) for me

Brilliant

Have a punt at a Charge Spoon, I use Fiziks on 3 0f my bikes and I am well impressed with the Spoon especialy at £20 from wiggle and

Same as sharki.

Construction !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! whats that.

Time for a change of direction :?

yep I to have had dealings with Tim F and found him realy helpful, and I have met him on the Q’s nice guy.

And to anyone who dissagrees be warned he is fuggin huge

I have a spare 1 1/8 cable hanger thing spare which fits onto the steerer if you want.

btw what is a kona style hanger

Ta Dibbs

sq225917 – Member
If you can’t pitch yourself over the bars with your little finger on your cantilever brakes then you need a lesson in bike set up, not disc brakes.

As I said

as for brakes I am using the new Avid shorty4’s and they are superb

on the road

Yes they lift the backend no problem on the road, but off road they do not work as well guess thats why they are called retro(grade)

As for lessons in bike set up yes please, I may have missed something in the last 25 years of not using a bike shop mechanic :roll:

I am off in a bit on my cotic I will leave the past behind me for off road use

Sorry flat narrow Pace r/c130 bars

It feels like my wrists are tied together :?

yep he saw alot of life in 1800km

say after me

“water water everywhere”

your point is

Thanks Dibbs

That pic is my new screen saver

bet his son wanted a dad who failed before he tried rather than a memory

I got the impression he wanted out

poor lad and his wife

Sharki

YHM

Nice work I like

knottie8 – Member
How curvy are those rear stays ! I know a woman with curves like those…..

I used to :?

Scilly isles

Lovely place I got married there

The brocures do NOT lie it is that nice

The Star Castle hotel is realy nice not cheap but worth it

Bootiful

Bit too much excess bits fitted to the bike though

If you lot must know I honed my riding skills on the ridgeway near swindon.

Anyway I was exploring the extremities of my performance envelope (at a walking pace)

OK I blew it cos I is crap

Good to be out though

OH yes

Mini V’s I have a set on my pompino and Kaff and they are brilliant at speed braking I can lift the back wheel with full control.

They are easy to set up (unless you are a bit spanner inept)

BTW I use dura ace levers on the pompino and campag ergo’s on the Kaff so your sti levers will be okay

jonb – Member

saladdodger – Member

Welcome to the great unwashed I was binned on friday 13th (lucky for who)

Any jobs for electricians in the devon/ somerset area

I’d contact Gerber Juice. Things will have changed since I left there last September but they were expanding their factory and had engineering jobs I think.

I used to do a lot of work with Mitie (electrical) They are all over the south west. Seem like a decent company/group of people but I was a client.

Weismans (sp) were also building a new factory in Bridgwater so might be worth a shot.

Thanks Jon I will make some enquiries

Scoop if you need someone rapidly I am more than willing to fill in I live 10 miles from Taunton

1987/8

First bike a Scaracen Trekker with f&r U brakes

20+ years later and still smiling :D

Sorted the gears are now ok by shifting the spacer from the driveside to the non driveside2.5mm makes all the differance

Yes I have a grey S/works with 1″aheadset steerer (and ti stem) the forks are very short and new forks suspension are far too long so it can stay rigid and on the road. In my early 30’s being shaken to bits was the norm in my late 40’s I am too soft and no more.

Its still a thing of retrotastic beauty though

Mr Frosty

So you know the frameset, I have had mine in the shed for 8 years and decided to ressurect it. By hell it is fast but with a 1″ steerer its stuck to rigid forks so it will be for mostly road use and its nicer to ride than my Litespeed road bike. Hard to believe I used to race in the mid 90’s on a rigid bike, oh my am I getting soft.

yep its a 73mm bb shell, I am using a lx ht11 crankset with 1 spacer on the drive side which I will swop over today will I realy notice 2.5mm of chaiset shift. There is no way I willl adjust the cleats because it will be wrong for my othere bikes.

Welcome to the great unwashed I was binned on friday 13th (lucky for who)

Any jobs for electricians in the devon/ somerset area

Dave it may well be sunbase

sorry I cannot remember I moved away 3+ years ago and my brain leaks alot

SOM
The chainstays do not seem that long but looking at the chainset it does appear to be a bit far out from the chainstays(its a 1995 frameset). I will give it a go tomorrow and let you know.

SOM

yes I am using a HT11 chainset and I was thinking of swappping a spacer from the drive side to the non drive side

Ta for the measurement correction

CaptainFlashheart – Member
Snares are nasty, cruel implements.

Shoot them. Learn to do it properly

Sod the animal welfare I want to eat em, on the same score a quick kill is better

My understanding of poaching means blowing the cute little birdies to bits is alot obvious

STB nice toy btw