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ColinJ reacted to Jenkins's post in the thread Is the Carrera Intercity Disc 9 a significantly better ride than the Disc 8? with
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If they don't fit, have a word with @TheDoctor as I'm not sure if he's using the rack and boxed SKS 20" mudguards that went with the ID9 I sold him. -
ColinJ reacted to biggs682's post in the thread Is the Carrera Intercity Disc 9 a significantly better ride than the Disc 8? with Like.
I offered the seller an extra amount for the guards and rack and hey presto I own an Intercity 8 and a disc 8 , will see if rack and guards fit and then sell the black one
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ColinJ reacted to biggs682's post in the thread Is the Carrera Intercity Disc 9 a significantly better ride than the Disc 8? with Like.
Not had a lot of use by the look of it
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ColinJ reacted to Drago's post in the thread Is the Carrera Intercity Disc 9 a significantly better ride than the Disc 8? with Laugh.
Depends on whether its Mrs Biggs doing the asking!
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Another indoor bike ride this morning, then this afternoon out on the hybrid to the shops for ice cream, mostly traffic free, bridleway/very quiet county lanes to the farm shop and back, about three and half miles and no ****s. Which was nice.
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ColinJ replied to the thread Is the Carrera Intercity Disc 9 a significantly better ride than the Disc 8?.Just the one bike...? :whistle:
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ColinJ reacted to biggs682's post in the thread Is the Carrera Intercity Disc 9 a significantly better ride than the Disc 8? with Like.
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ColinJ replied to the thread Atrial fibrillation and cycling.You can use the 'Reply' button below a post to quote it in the same thread, as I have done above... ... but you can use the '+Quote' button below posts in one or more threads to mark them for quoting, and then use the 'Insert Quotes' button to...
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26" (66cm). I built the frame with help from Colin Laing, as a senior in high-school, long ago in Tucson. Fredo turned 50 years old this July. Grateful geezer Fred riding Fredo on NM 554 near El Rito, New Mexico, July 20, 2026 Happy Birthday...
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Replaced a failing high-voltage power supply on my left Quad ESL. Old one in beeswax to prevent miniature lightning storms! New one installed. My brother did the soldering, so I had faith enough to put the back grille back on before...
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More dismantling of the 1948 Claud Butler. Everything is off / out apart from the right-hand crank arm, which has a recalcitrant cotter pin, and the stuck quill stem that's seized to the forks. That's soaking to hopefully free it up a bit. I...
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After the Dunwich Dynamo I mustered the enthusiasm to clean the bike yesterday and relubed it with drip wax today.
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Checked the commuter for the commute tomorrow and noticed that the rear tyre touches the mudguard. Then I remembered a metallic "click" on the last commute, which I associated with a loose screw of the mud guard with integrated rack. Turns out...
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Fixed the same puncture twice. Had a piece of flint put a large cut through the tyre making the hole in the tube easy to find and fix. The first self adhesive patch used (last one from an otherwise empty strip) must have been in the kit for a...
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Fixed tubeless puncture. Added more sealant
