Mundane News

[biggs682]

Lunchtime stroll completed in lovely blue skies

 

[Jenkins]

Coffee and toast break. A bike ride would have been easier and possibly taken less time than the grass. Six black sacks of compressed dead thatch, moss and a little bit of grass clippings - I ran out of sacks so had to re-open and kneel on the already used ones to compress the contents to make room. And of course the recycling centre is closed on Wednesdays so I can't get rid of it until Friday as I plan on another day out on Thursday .

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Has anybody ever tried to cancel a TalkTalk account? I spent over 40 minutes last week but their cancellation department didn't contact me. I've just spent 30 minutes repeatedly asking for a contact phone number. No joy. I ended up just cancelling the direct debit, which woke them up. I can phone my new provider.

 

[rockyroller]

lunchtime now but earlier, w/ 2nd coffee, I ate a leftover Irish themed cupcake. lunch is a salad. I think I should eat it even tho I'm not hungry

 

[rockyroller]

I took my friend's bike for a road test, all was going well until I started changing up through the gears. 4th ,5th ,6th and it started jumping. Why didn't he tell me he had problems. I returned home and swapped the wheel for a 7 speed wheel which I had and set off again. All was fine and no jumping. When I got back I had a close look at the sprockets on the wheel I took off. Burrs on the teeth! Yes been grinding away in too high a gear. He does it in his cars as well. A phone call to the LBS in Corsham and a drive over there for them to fit a new block.
I will fit the wheel after I've had a nap.

your friend will be be grateful. or did they gift you the bike? sorry if I missed a previous post

 

[postman]

What a lovely day.First another ten miles on the turbo.That is now seventy five in total since the end of Feb.Then i got the bike out and cycled three times around the crescent where we live,i have just got back from one and a half hours litter picking,what a day.Waiting for Mrs P to make a latte,i am not allowed to drive the bubbling frothing coffee machine,f i l is asleep in the conservatory.

 

[Mike_P]

Road bike dragged out of the bike shed. Tyres pumped up and seem to have stayed inflated.
Screwfix degreaser on the chain, cassette and chain wheel
Now all drying after a dosing or swim with water.

 

[biggs682]

My working day was completed about hour and half ago.
A bit more fence painting completed.
Black general waste bin is kerbside.
Walk around the block completed.

 

[DCLane]

Car swap done with son no. 2 - he's got the 18,000 mile Vauxhall Agila and I've got his (my old) Peugeot Tepee back. After 180,000 miles it's almost end-of-life with several issues so we'll see whether the MOT garage laugh or pass it next month.

 

[tom73]

Early afternoon walk done a bit later than normal, washing off the line and the washing up left by Mrs 73 all done.
Time for

 

[Gwylan]

Spindles bike shop in Corsham is a nice place. I took my friend's bike over yesterday to see if they could remove the drive side BB cup . They did. It needed a 5ft long scaffolding pole to shift it. I went back in the afternoon with my Pinarello frame which also had a BB to be removed, Campag. They let me borrow a tool. I took it back later after having got the cups to move. Sadly it seems as though they are seized up inside as when I unscrew one side the other side winds in.

I hope you spent some serious money with them!
Fine words don't butter parsnips and certainly don't pay the rent.

 

[Illaveago]

I hope you spent some serious money with them!
Fine words don't butter parsnips and certainly don't pay the rent.

I went back over there this afternoon and took my friend's wheel for them to fit a new rear block. I might take my Pinarello frame over tomorrow to see if they can shift the BB.

 

[Illaveago]

My friend says that his gears weren't slipping! Jumping Jack Flash! It was slipping like mad! Mind you all he said about his crank was that it made a clicking noise, it felt like it was about to fall off. The bearings had gone. I had a close look at the rear sprockets. I couldn't see then before we they were covered in so much muck. The teeth have raised burrs indicating that he is using too high a gear and straining on the pedals. I wouldn't have thought that it would be any good for his replacement hip or knee.

 

[biggs682]

Evening cuppa went down well