Mundane News

[andytheflyer]

PS to the above post #6786....i'm leaving the Marathon Racer, fully inflated, on the now-bust rear wheel, until the new one is unpacked and laid alongside. I can then hope that the M Racer won't have time in the 2 minutes between deflation and fitting to the new rim to shrink by the 1mm necessary to make refitting a life-changing experience. I can only hope that I can sneak up on it and it won't notice.....

 

[IDMark2]

Marathons....<shudder>

The Story...

 

[Maverick Goose]

Oh, by the way, did I mention I was retired?

Once or twice...

 

[EltonFrog]

Decided to change the cassette on my Performer recumbent. Loud crack when tightening up the lock-ring (not over-tightening it either....) and half of the side of the thread in the free-hub broke away. No matter, new free-hub for £25. But the free-hub bolt turns out not to be the std 10mm so it's a non-std Taiwanese free-hub on a Taiwanese hub and wheel (of otherwise good quality). I'll bet that a Shimano will fit - but which one? Decided to scrap the wheel and buy a new 26" Rigida rim on a Deore hub. That way I get a European std wheel for the future and I know what the components are.

What should have been a 20 min job with a new £10 12-36 cassette will now cost me £100 to get back to where I started. Is that mundane?

I think it's verging on the quite interesting.

 

[Hill Wimp]

The cat has just changed position on her pouffee

 

[potsy]

I've just put the lamp on, it's nearly dark here, I think summer is over

 

[HertzvanRental]

I had bully hash this evening. There's something deeply satisfying about opening a tin of Corned Beef with a key!!

 

[summerdays]

I've just put the lamp on, it's nearly dark here, I think summer is over

It's just got noticeably dark here too!

 

[Hill Wimp]

I've just put the lamp on, it's nearly dark here, I think summer is over

Beautiful evening sunshine here.

 

[raleighnut]

I've just had a dozen bags of logs delivered, should keep me going til Chriggy.

 

[Maverick Goose]

I've just put the lamp on, it's nearly dark here, I think summer is over

I know it's over, and it never really began, but in my heart it was so real...

 

[midlife]

I've just had a dozen bags of logs delivered, should keep me going til Chriggy.

"Criggy", is that God's Own Country speak?

Shaun

 

[Hill Wimp]

It was real down here. I still have my tan lines.

 

[summerdays]

I've just had a dozen bags of logs delivered, should keep me going til Chriggy.

Our wood store is full from a tree that we had cut down in the spring, and then we stored the logs in a greenhouse which seemed to speed up the drying process.

 

[TVC]

It was real down here. I still have my tan lines.

Photo or it didn't happen.....


...on second thoughts, perhaps not.





There's nothing decent on the telly tonight.