Mundane News

[Reynard]

I did wonder whether they were nylon though.

A quick google of the Decathlon site tells me it's PA66 polyamide, which another quick google tells me is nylon. So I have no view on plastic tyre levers....

Well, they're all polymers, commonly known as plastic i.e. chains of a particular class of organic molecules which include ethylenes, amides, vinyls, esters,phtalates...

Plastic is such a generic term, and covers a real wide range of materials with different properties - like the harder, more brittle thermoset stuff and the softer thermoplastic, never mind the ones that get spun into fibres...

Soz, I'll take my materials scientist's hat off again xxx

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Well, they're all polymers, commonly known as plastic i.e. chains of a particular class of organic molecules which include ethylenes, amides, vinyls, esters,phtalates...

Plastic is such a generic term, and covers a real wide range of materials with different properties - like the harder, more brittle thermoset stuff and the softer thermoplastic, never mind the ones that get spun into fibres...

Soz, I'll take my materials scientist's hat off again xxx

If I were wearing a hat I'd take it off to you!

 

[mybike]

I've got a Decathlon set of plastic levers and they're pretty good. Translated, this means I'm yet to break one.

Some are (plastic tyre levers), some aren't.

The Wilkos ones aren't that good, but the yellow ones from Decathlon are.

I think mine are Halfords, previous, broken, ones were from Aldi. Somehow they just don't seem to get under the bead.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I think mine are Halfords, previous, broken, ones were from Aldi. Somehow they just don't seem to get under the bead.

I have no idea why I have 2 sets but they also come in green. Or they did. They're not bad though, definitely worth a couple of quid.

 

[Jenkins]

What an absolutely lovely day it's been - except for the bit from 08:00 to 15:30.

No plans for this weekend, except for a little bit of beer and no dealing with clueless numpties by email, on the other end of the phone or the other side of the desk.

 

[Reynard]

Time for a and a pain au chocolat methinks.

 

[raleighnut]

Well I've been 'Jabbed'

Sit rep,I've got a bit of a sore arm.

 

[biggs682]

Morning y'all it's time for me to wrap up well and go for a trundle

 

[Andy in Germany]

I've just ordered some lightbulbs; I can pick them up later at the local hardware shop.

I also ordered some LED replacements for the tiny kitchen lights, because just getting normal bulbs wasn't quite exciting enough.

 

[Andy in Germany]

On my YouTube recommendations this morning, the sort of video that makes me miss the UK:

 

[Illaveago]

Morning.
It is foggy here .
Our kitten,I mean squirrel is busy softening our bed. Apparently it isn't soft enough . I call him a squirrel as he climbs up things like a mad thing , furniture , curtains. He often goes down between the side of the settee and the wall hanging upside down , wide eyed and looking like a mad thing !

 

[Deleted member 26715]

It's a cool morning & not in a Fonzie way

 

[Illaveago]

I have no idea why I have 2 sets but they also come in green. Or they did. They're not bad though, definitely worth a couple of quid.
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I use an old MZ C spanner and tyre lever to help with mine . I must have had a couple of really tight tyres as the bent bit on my Halfords plastic levers has become straight .

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Aaarrgghh, I've just broken another presta valve!!

And, of course, I couldn't find my stash of spares, but I had one in the bike bag. So I get the wheel off and the old tube out. Could I find the tube? It had vanished. So I thought, did I put one in the handlebar bag - yes! Tube in & all pumped up, put my hand in my pocket - you've guessed - the missing tube.

Is it me or are plastic tyre levers rubbish?

I've found the Pedro levers very good, well, I've yet to break one.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Crisp morning here.
I must say I've been impressed with the amount of recycling being done at the demolished cottage next door. There's been a guy there for the last week whose only job is to chip off the mortar from the bricks, which are then wrapped in plastic on a pallet and taken away. There's one load for a grab wagon of earth, broken bits of concrete and half broken bricks, but everything else has been recycled. They have burnt the old wood from roof lathes etc.