Sara_H
Guru
I recently did a beginners bike maintenance course, I now feel almost evangelical about chinging tyres and adjusting brakes! I've just signed up for the advanced course, so will be joining you in the wheel truing club soon!
Feel like a manly man!
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cd365
Guru
- Location
- Coventry, uk
Yes you can, there is a video on youtube of someone demonstrating how, I followed it one day and found it surprisingly easy
Hmm. Even with a trueing stand and dishing tool I can get a wheel true and round and tight but not all three at once. Maybe it's easier with a new rim.
IDMark2
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I went to the doctors this morning, as I entered the surgery she (she!*) looked at me and the first thing she said was 'You're looking good Mr. D, have you been working out?'
(*this part is asterisked because I don't want it to be misconstrued as surprise that the doctor was a woman, more surprise that a woman went on to make this comment about me, OK?)
It was unfortunate that after that we turned to the subject of Prostate Cancer and the checking for it, but oh, the glow of that first comment...
(*this part is asterisked because I don't want it to be misconstrued as surprise that the doctor was a woman, more surprise that a woman went on to make this comment about me, OK?)
It was unfortunate that after that we turned to the subject of Prostate Cancer and the checking for it, but oh, the glow of that first comment...
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Easytigers
Guru
Link??? I'm just about to have a look but just I case I can't find it...
SteCenturion
I am your Father
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welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Welding isn't necessarily a manly thing to do, as there are women who also weld gentlemen. No. They don't weld gentlemen rather they can and do weld.
SteCenturion
I am your Father
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- The Dark Side of the Moon.
Having boosted his 'manliness rating'by 68%, @ColinJ manliness now stands at 69, which is a handy number indeed, if you want to get manly, with a woman, I presume.Well done!
My manliness rating went up by 68% today after I punctured on my way home ...
I found a very tiny piece of metal in my tyre and the only way I could get it out was using my teeth!
Apart from that, I decided to try out my new 'no-tyre-levers' technique. (I did have tyre levers with me, but have worked out how to get tyres off and back on again using just my bare hands.)
My new motto is "Manly Men Don't Need Tools"!
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Cyclopathic
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- Leicester.
6 months is a long time to build a wheel though.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Maths wasn't your favourite subject at school, was it - I make it 168%!Having boosted his 'manliness rating'by 68%, @ColinJ manliness now stands at 69, which is a handy number indeed, if you want to get manly, with a woman, I presume.
cd365
Guru
- Location
- Coventry, uk
I found the link off this forum but can't find it now
cd365
Guru
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- Coventry, uk
IDMark2
Dodgy Aerial
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- On the Roof
Is it still a sign of manliness that you build your own wheels though? Perhaps we should ask the other halves of those that do that question?
Is it not more manly, in this day and age, to do the modern equivalent of sneaking off to the other, more skilful blokes cave and stealing his bow and arrows, thus making you a better provider and him having to make another (the modern equivalent being 'buying a set of wheels')?
And to the man afraid of spiders, get out of here you wuss...
Is it not more manly, in this day and age, to do the modern equivalent of sneaking off to the other, more skilful blokes cave and stealing his bow and arrows, thus making you a better provider and him having to make another (the modern equivalent being 'buying a set of wheels')?
And to the man afraid of spiders, get out of here you wuss...
SteCenturion
I am your Father
- Location
- The Dark Side of the Moon.
Maths wasn't your favourite subject at school, was it - I make it 168%!
What have I told you about drinking on a school night Col ?
