Kell
Veteran
- Location
- High Wycombe/London
Just spotted the pet leopard on your avatar - 'kinell !
Completely off-topic:
It was a Cheetah...
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Just spotted the pet leopard on your avatar - 'kinell !
Is it? That's only an average of 25 miles/week. Which is respectable, but not quite "wow" worthy.Wow.quite a few.
Is it? That's only an average of 25 miles/week. Which is respectable, but not quite "wow" worthy.
So £8+/mile? Taxi's are cheaperIt is to me.I've had mine nearly two years and I doubt I've done 100 miles.
So £8+/mile? Taxi's are cheaper
I am mystified why anyone would buy one who had so little use for it. Even 1 mile to and fro at either end of a train commute is 20 miles a week. Did you change jobs just after buying it?
Cos an alfine hub is relatively expensive, and overkill if u just bought it for a 2 mile commute either end of a train journey. U can upgrade to one though.Haven't got to the joys of that bit yet, so you may well be right.
Why oh why don't they just stick an 11 speed shimano hub on it rather than the nasty plastic 2x derailler with an old 3 speed hub? And to retrofit, you've got to buy a whole bespoke rear triangle to fit the wider (standard) axle - bah !
Sounds about right. I rode my first one (or rather its frame) into the ground after about 12,000 miles. Once I'd got the wheel laced properly - all those years ago Brompton didn't know how to build a reliable rear wheel - it just ran and ran and ran. I bust one rim in that time, never replaced the sprocket or the tensioner, and rarely had it serviced.I think Brompton ownership brings with it a kind of philosophical question - which is....'what is a Brompton?'
If it's a means of getting around then run it for years and years without a service - to misquote Quentin Crisip, it doesn't get any worse after four years. If it's the object of desire than accustom yourself to the idea that it's not a cheap date.
@The Jogger you see this is what you get when you allow the private sector to do a simple job20+20 + vat for degreaser & cleaner seems a bit steep. What are they using, extract of seal's noses ?
Labour is maybe a touch heavy too, but not wildly so arguably
@The Jogger you see this is what you get when you allow the private sector to do a simple job
But at least the shop didn't go on strike, you got it back on time and it works ....I'm so glad at long last you've seen the light FF.
Either that or it's evidence you don't need a union to result in overpaid workers. Or that workers' solidarity works so well that they've spotted a fellow working man and given him a discount...@The Jogger you see this is what you get when you allow the private sector to do a simple job
Either that or it's evidence you don't need a union to result in overpaid workers. Or that workers' solidarity works so well that they've spotted a fellow working man and given him a discount...
Headset removal tool - Length of Dowel/broomhandle and a hammer.That was kind of my point. Rather than pay labour for someone else to do the job, use the money to buy the tools and do the job yourself.
I'm currently trying to strip and rebuild an old MTB and while I have most of the tools to do most of the jobs, I'm missing a headset removal tool and press and I'd love to buy a wheel trueing stand, but that's big bucks.