The Retirement Thread

[Tenkaykev]

Mrs Tenkaykev managed a short walk along the prom at lunchtime. A lovely warm day. Time for a bowl of soup and a cheese scone.
Mrs Tenkaykev’s birthday tomorrow, not the celebration we’d planned, but needs must.

 

[Paulus]

This the same?
https://www.cycleking.co.uk/drive-c...iagra-fd-4403-9-speed-front-derailleur__14859

That's the one, but it says item inactive. So it's no longer available.

 

[classic33]

That's the one, but it says item inactive. So it's no longer available.

Sorry if I got your hopes up.

 

[Mo1959]

Back from my walk and plonked down with a coffee. I am feeling slightly jiggered.

 

[Paulus]

Sorry if I got your hopes up.

I had already seen that one on a search earlier. So no Hope's dashed.

 

[rustybolts]

Bimble done in the lovely sunny weather. But, the front derailuer return spring has snapped meaning I was stuck in the big ring with several big hills to climb to get home.
It's old, 20 plus years, and looking on line this model, Shimano fd-4403 is long since superseded, and not even the bay of E has one.
A trip to the LBS is needed to see what the compatible parts are, and if he can get them. View attachment 636430

https://www.ebay.de/itm/185344681086?hash=item2b2767647e:g:YksAAOSw2uJiM27a

 

[classic33]

https://www.ebay.de/itm/185344681086?hash=item2b2767647e:g:YksAAOSw2uJiM27a

I'd be cautious of the username and review number!

 

[Paulus]

https://www.ebay.de/itm/185344681086?hash=item2b2767647e:g:YksAAOSw2uJiM27a

Mine is a band on version.
Thanks for trying though

 

[classic33]

Mine is a band on version.
Thanks for trying though

The spring that's broken should be the same, only not broken.
Could you not simply swap springs?

 

[Paulus]

The spring that's broken should be the same, only not broken.
Could you not simply swap springs?

Having looked more closely at it, its actually a little cast lug that one end of the spring sits behind, has snapped off so there is nothing to hold the spring in place.
This also happened about 5 years back with the same model derailuer but on my Audax bike.
It seems to be a bit of a design fault.

 

[Paulus]

It looks like any band on triple derailuer of 28.6 diameter will work with my downtube shifters. I'll see what my LBS has to offer in the morning.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

That was a unpleasant but successful afternoon, the troublesome tooth is out, I took the decision to have it pulled, I felt a bit rough leaving the dentist but better now, helped by raiding my Good Ladies stash of paracetamol, the stopcock in the kitchen, one of two in the house is fixed, whoever put it in had buried one end into the wall where the wall and floor meet, if he'd had to replace it he would have had to hack holes into the wall and floor, he managed, eventually, to open it up and replace the internals, so the damp corner is now dry and once its had some time to fully dry I will be able to redecorate it.

 

[Chief Broom]

Evening folks Did a bit of work gardening/bodging and went for a spin. Great day for riding with the sun out still a bit chilly though and wouldnt head out without a coat Lots of toads crossing the lanes...some moving and quite a few flattened ! There was a male pheasant strutting his stuff at the side of the road and the bright sun really lit up his iridescent plumage, beautiful [but they're still thick ]. Managed to get up 'my' hill in second gear today....ok there was bit of a tail wind but only slight...

 

[numbnuts]

 

[ColinJ]

I'm not sure if that is "Am I the first to wake up?" or "Is anyone else still awake?"...

Anyway... I'm outta here now. I have a cryptic crossword to solve and various puzzle games to play. Got to keep the old braincells ticking over, don't I! (Sleep would probably do those cells more good, but that can wait a while.)

See you tomorrow. Today. Much later today!