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- 11 Jun 2012 16:30
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: Saddle recommendations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3837
I find that as I get older and bonier around the back end, the Rolls, as suggested by Andy, does very well. I planted my rear on a well Neatsfoot oiled and copper rivetted Brookes for many years, but when that died of old age the Rolls replaced it and we remain very happy together. And they don't co...
- 22 Nov 2011 10:25
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: RIP to an old friend: The longevity of aluminium frames
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10467
- 21 Nov 2011 19:26
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: RIP to an old friend: The longevity of aluminium frames
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10467
Early aluminium frames did have a bit of a habit of cracking near the welds as it is a material that is tricky to weld and the process can reduce the area close to the joint to pure aluminium, which is an excellent conductor but has a tensile strength similar to that of marzipan. The problem was sol...
- 24 May 2010 15:18
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: Blackburn AT4 track pump - daft question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3481
- 24 May 2010 15:11
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: squealing bottom bracket
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5130
As others have observed, quite often sounds are transmitted around the bike and are generated at some remote point to that which you may be convinced is the source. Try using a different chamois cream. Or, if the hub is of the type that has an external seal, it may have been assembled a bit dry. Jus...
- 30 Mar 2010 14:01
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: New Cassette or Not
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7332
- 08 Feb 2010 23:36
- Forum: Cafe Stop
- Topic: A great read
- Replies: 153
- Views: 2983648
- 06 Feb 2010 18:05
- Forum: Cafe Stop
- Topic: A great read
- Replies: 153
- Views: 2983648
Don't try to look up the language in A Clockwork Orange; it was invented just for the book. I would reccomend everything ever written by Steinbeck, but especially Cannery Row and the Grapes of Wrath; Hemingway,( If you really want an informed opinion about bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon is ess...
- 05 Feb 2010 23:10
- Forum: Cafe Stop
- Topic: A great read
- Replies: 153
- Views: 2983648
- 27 Dec 2009 18:19
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: Look Classic Pedals
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6477
Look pedals
Neil's problem is not uncommon and can be squarely blamed on poor quality manufacture. However the missing pin is a standard roll pin and can probably be obtained from any good engineers merchant. Birmingham used to be full of such places, but Mrs Thatcher put paid to that. John Hitchcock probably k...
- 24 Nov 2009 14:03
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: Cable problems...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6093
The really, really, important point is to never attempt to take the shifter apart; this can only lead to a tearful trip to the bike shop (via the cash point). Enough poking and probing almost always, after a lot of muttering, results in the extraction of the frayed bit of cable. If it all ends in te...