Mundane News

[Reynard]

I suffered a small problem on today's ride and had to limp back to base and then continue on a different bicycle.

Anyone got a spare roll of duct tape or a tube of superglue?

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Looks like you've had a small stress raiser where the down tube and seat tube butt onto each other, and the crack (or whatever it was) just slowly got bigger up to a point where it failed catastrophically as a result of cyclical loading.

Pretty classical failure tbh - would look good as an example in a materials science textbook.

 

[tyred]

Looks like you've had a small stress raiser where the down tube and seat tube butt onto each other, and the crack (or whatever it was) just slowly got bigger up to a point where it failed catastrophically as a result of cyclical loading.

Pretty classical failure tbh - would look good as an example in a materials science textbook.

Maybe I could donate my bike to metallurgy science.

 

[oldwheels]

Since my rackbag was in the house and pretty heavy I had a go at checking the contents. Removed nearly 2Kg of stuff I will certainly need next time I am out according to sod’s law. My basic tool kit still weighs 2Kg tho’ and that does not include CO2 canisters or 2 spare tubes which are pretty heavy themselves. I have also left in a small trowel and some wet wipes ( don’t even thing of asking ) which have been used on mainland trips on occasion.
The side bag has a pair of small binoculars removed but nothing else regarded as probably surplus.

 

[Reynard]

Southern Brave have had another shocker in the Hundred...

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Is this a technical term?

Yes.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I'll have to take the bearings out first but I will probably try welding it to see how it goes.

It's an occupational hazard of being such a strong rider

I'd strip it for spares and scrap it, if I got it repaired I wouldn't feel I could trust it and I'd be to worries about it failing again and wouldn't be able to enjoy riding it.

 

[Jenkins]

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Given that Dan Cammish hasn't been delivered giftwrapped and beribboned on my doorstep by @Jenkins, I imagine that he has not been successful in that endeavour. I did see the Porsche incident on the TV coverage (ouch!) and the front wheel waving goodbye to one of the Minis on the last lap.
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Apologies for not delivering as promised, but in my defence it was hot & stuffy enough on the open banking of the back straight, so there was no way I was going to go into the paddock where it would have been even more stifling. Also I think Dan's absence might have been noticed if I'd grabbed him between races and there was the slight problem of finding somewhere cool to store him to keep fresh for delivery

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Nothing a man with a welding torch can't fix




So you think you can stop me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby,
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here

Lets have the whole song.

 

[classic33]

Is this a technical term?

Highly technical.

 

[Jenkins]

A good day out was had, despite the attempts of the weather to boil me alive trackside. Drove straight it to the circuit at 9am thanks to using the Coram entrance rather than the main one, and drove straight out after the last race without queuing either. A cold shower and a hot coffee once home and then it was time to put the bin out for emptying. Unfurtunately this included a tripod stool used yesterday where failed stitching on the seat had made it a bipod stool that couldn't be used any more.

 

[classic33]

Apologies for not delivering as promised, but in my defence it was hot & stuffy enough on the open banking of the back straight, so there was no way I was going to go into the paddock where it would have been even more stifling. Also I think Dan's absence might have been noticed if I'd grabbed him between races and there was the slight problem of finding somewhere cool to store him to keep fresh for delivery

His fire suit should have protected him from the heat.

 

[Jenkins]

His fire suit should have protected him from the heat.

Not with Nomex - he'd have boiled alive without a cool suit and I think @Reynard wanted him in full working order!

 

[classic33]

Not with Nomex - he'd have boiled alive without a cool suit and I think @Reynard wanted him in full working order!

Didn't think she mentioned that last part. Just that you were to deliver him to her.
Dead or alive, maybe?

 

[DCLane]

Today 'revenge' was inflicted on the local cycling club

About 5 years ago I went on a ride with their 'crazy group', where they played a game of "smash le rosbif". And I, along with a number of other UK riders since, had our legs well and truly ripped off in a good-natured manner.

Son no. 2 went out with the 'crazy group' today and simply worked on the front with whoever they had alongside, was first up every hill and sprint. In the end they were going "ralentir" and invited him back whenever he wants. That he's actually Irish is irrelevant.

I think our two weeks' holiday out here is done . We head back to the UK tomorrow/Tuesday, with a Sheffield hillclimb on Wednesday, A-level results Thursday and the Junior Tour of the Mendips Friday-Sunday. We'll see if 800+km of post-Covid training is enough.

 

[Jenkins]

Didn't think she mentioned that last part. Just that you were to deliver him to her.
Dead or alive, maybe?

Let's just say that I got the idea that he was to be kept as a functional object and not used as a display item on the mantlepiece...