I'm sitting here debating the pros and cons of butter vs margarine. What an exciting life I lead.
Butter for sandwiches, Marge for baking.
The Retirement Thread
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Butter for sandwiches, Marge for baking.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I forgot to mention what happened yesterday when walking back from the bus station with my two visitors...
I heard a raucous sound and turned to see a couple of young guys on unregistered trials bikes racing through traffic, weaving in and out, mounting the pavement, going on the wrong side of the road etc. They kept whizzing around the neighbourhood, taking horrendous risks. I saw them race each other down a back street which had parked vehicles on both sides narrowing it to one lane. It is a road that I have experienced small children suddenly cycling out onto on several occasions. It is possible to avoid them when doing 10 mph on a bicycle, but a motorcyclist doing 50 mph would almost certainly hit them...
They did another couple of circuits of the area and then emerged onto the backstreet that I was walking up. (Cars were parked up on the pavement.) The rider in front accelerated down the road straight at me in a game of chicken. I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end and decided that he was not going to get away with it. I prepared myself... If he didn't stop I was going to jump in the air at the last moment and drop kick him off the bike. I got an adrenaline rush as he got closer and faster...
At the last moment he slammed his back brake on, put the bike into a sideways slide towards me, then blipped the throttle and shot off down a side street!
Very impressive bike handling, but totally effing ludicrous on roads like that!!!
I heard a raucous sound and turned to see a couple of young guys on unregistered trials bikes racing through traffic, weaving in and out, mounting the pavement, going on the wrong side of the road etc. They kept whizzing around the neighbourhood, taking horrendous risks. I saw them race each other down a back street which had parked vehicles on both sides narrowing it to one lane. It is a road that I have experienced small children suddenly cycling out onto on several occasions. It is possible to avoid them when doing 10 mph on a bicycle, but a motorcyclist doing 50 mph would almost certainly hit them...
They did another couple of circuits of the area and then emerged onto the backstreet that I was walking up. (Cars were parked up on the pavement.) The rider in front accelerated down the road straight at me in a game of chicken. I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end and decided that he was not going to get away with it. I prepared myself... If he didn't stop I was going to jump in the air at the last moment and drop kick him off the bike. I got an adrenaline rush as he got closer and faster...
At the last moment he slammed his back brake on, put the bike into a sideways slide towards me, then blipped the throttle and shot off down a side street!
Very impressive bike handling, but totally effing ludicrous on roads like that!!!
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
If one's butler/personal mechanic is not available to adopt a more subtle approach, I suggest that you use some variation of brute force yourself!
Perhaps lever the chain out with a long screwdriver, while trying not to stress the spokes any more than they will already have been stressed?
Once the chain has been freed, I would...
- Make sure that the endstops are adjusted properly to stop the chain falling off again at either side of the cassette. (But making sure that you can still engage the top and bottom gears.)
- Check the wheel is still true. I would guess that it will be.
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Can you loosen the cassette?
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Nothing much on telly tonight I fancy other than the cycling highlights on ITV4.
Springwatch will be the only thing I shall watch this evening.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
classic33
Leg End Member
Can you slip a washing line, or similar thin rope, under the chain, using that to pull the chain out?
You keep your fingers out of the line of fire, and can apply a bit more pressure along the whole length of the trapped section.
Never thought of that so will give it a go . Thank you.
New bike? 😉🤔👍
