Mundane News

[Reynard]

I hacked off a couple of centimetres on the quill set on the Wayfarer we just built. I'm not sure how much you can reasonably take off though. The Screw thread can keep going down until it hits the tyre.

Fine with rigid forks, but this bike had suspension forks...

 

[raleighnut]

I take it a Nottingham Screwdriver is the same as an Irish Spanner...

How much adjustment is there in a quill stem? I'd have needed to take a good four or five inches off the height at least...

They will go all the way down to where the front bit intersects the upright.

 

[raleighnut]

I take it a Nottingham Screwdriver is the same as an Irish Spanner...

How much adjustment is there in a quill stem? I'd have needed to take a good four or five inches off the height at least...

this may help to show how they work,

 

[Reynard]

this may help to show how they work,

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I'd have had to have taken it all the way down, and still it wouldn't have been enough. Nowt you can do when the bike is simply too big.

 

[Illaveago]

They will go all the way down to where the front bit intersects the upright.

They will go even further if you cut the sticky out bits off !

 

[Illaveago]

Why did our women's cycling team only seem to have one rider in it ?

 

[Reynard]

They will go even further if you cut the sticky out bits off !

Personal experience?

 

[Illaveago]

My wetometer has come and shown me that it is raining ! Yeuk !

 

[Skanker]

My wetometer has come and shown me that it is raining ! Yeuk !

Yeah it’s raining here too.
I’m hiding indoors but I can here it tapping on the windows.

 

[Illaveago]

Yeah it’s raining here too.
I’m hiding indoors but I can here it tapping on the windows.

What ! Your cat ?

 

[Skanker]

What ! Your cat ?

No, the rain.
I have a dog and she is snoring away on the floor.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Time for bed.

 

[Reynard]

My wet-o-meters are fast asleep.

I have just had a lovely supper of homemade beef ramen, followed by a lovely ripe mango.

 

[Reynard]

Time for bed.

It's early yet! Even allowing for the fact that you're an hour ahead of us here in dear old blighty...

 

[Reynard]

One of my wet-o-meters has come downstairs and is now draped across my shoulders.