the recovery

[markg0vbr]

i have had a failed modified cleat today
i will know more when the drugs wear off, i may give up walking altogether it is a risky mode of transport.
wet tiled floors, crutches and one built up cleat.i am looking in to going to a former soviet block country to have a third leg fitted.

 

[byegad]

Rather than modifying your cleat have you considered altering the relevant crank? You can get all kinds of weird devices to change the effective crank length in each rotation.

 

[markg0vbr]

yes they all have the same problem, you end up with different crank lengths and different leverage/ rotation so you have to adjust the boom length to in-between where it should be for ether leg.
not a problem for 1 to 5mm discrepancy you may or may-not notice it but at 12 to 16mm you can feel it pulling on tendons ect.
the ones with mid crank pivot are only any good for some one with limited knee movement, i need a thicker peddle or a spacer.
i have cut a hole in some of my old crock clogs so i can pop that in to make the cleat recessed and make it better for walking.
every thing is in or as near to working order today as i normally is, i may be investing in rubber in a big way soon.

what contraption was used at the towers?
my new tag-along for when i start commuting again

i put a request through cycle to work, but have not had a reply yet.

 

[markg0vbr]

the velomobile is within reach.

 

[byegad]

No Mark, you can get a swing attachment which avoids that.

 

[markg0vbr]

i will hunt around see if i can find some where to have a go with one, as you know this is the problem, finding places that have this kind of thing set up.
good news apart from a slight twinge in the non lumpy jumper bits all is ok.

i did a service this week and found most of the spokes in the non dish side of the back wheel had next to no tension on them. the front 16" are solid, i think it is because the 20" wheals are done on a contraption.

 

[byegad]

Try Hase they do a lot of adaptations.

 

[Speicher]

i will hunt around see if i can find some where to have a go with one, as you know this is the problem, finding places that have this kind of thing set up.
good news apart from a slight twinge in the non lumpy jumper bits all is ok.

Unfortunately, as a lumpy jumper wearer I am unable to offer any support to your predickament regarding slight twinges.

 

[BenM]

As a lumpy jumper wearer you are probably the cause of some of his twinges but he is too shy and retiring (like all Yorkshire people) to say anything

 

[byegad]

Ha! Ha! Ha! Shy, yes that's right! You'd never know he was there.

 

[BenM]

You'd never know he was there.

Everyone says how quiet he is and he is always on about his sylph like figure... surely they can't all be wrong?

 

[Scoosh]

He's a

 

[markg0vbr]

i have been a humble student of Eky-thump though was slightly hampered, in my rise in the art as black pudding was fa-baden to me.
i was inducted to the most secret aspect of Yorkshire Kung fu, vegetarian Eky-thump VET, indeed stealth is a large part of VET muffled hobnail clogs* are used also black enameled tin mugs**
it uses the mystic teachings of Gumm, to train the body and mind, to pas the induction test one must be able to discern the year and denomination of any coin droped on the floor by the noise it makes, be able to detect boiling water hiting tealeaves from 1/4 of a mile away and understand all 174 inflections of "alreight"

as some of you know i am a bit of a introvert and prefer to be in the background of things, i always try to ride in the center of the peloton on the naked bike rides i do.
i try never to have an opinion about anything unless really pressed to express mine.

today as the raining was bucketing down i went for a spin around meadowhall, this was pleasant as my number one mini me came with me.
i only ran over one lads foot***, well she actually walked into me as she was texting and walking, it was quite traumatic for me until i ascertained she had not scratched the paint on my wheel rims.


*the clogs have sprung loaded nails which can be retracted like a cats claws
**normally a Yorkshire man will only drink tea from a what was once a white tin mug so he can judge the tea stain build up on the inside of the mug for quality and to see that he is not being served a week inferior brew.
***you know i never felt a thing.

 

[Speicher]

I am confusled by your discription of a lad as "she". In this county of Southwestshire, lads are usually of the nomenclature of male.

 

[byegad]

The SBGG is easily confused. He once spent all day looking at a selection of garden forks in B&Q after an assistant told him to take his pick from them.