Your rants here.

chris_bass

prawny wrote:

I wish this wind would fark off.

I started wishing that about last March, given up now

itboffin

Here's a 2016 forecast for you all, its going to be windy as fark, wet and less than one week spread over the period know as summer where I might be dry possiblly warm at the same time.

AGAIN!

brianandrews

Probably my worst ever commute this evening. Got back to the bike cage to find a p%^ct7re - bugger. Then 5 mins down the road in Kensington came across some lunatic shouting and swearing at every cyclist in the vicinity - god knows why. I then sprinted from the green lights only to see an old lady in front of me just before I hit her. she seemed ok though, other than a sore arm. I ended up with with a bent front wheel and a headset out of whack. I could then hear the aforementioned lunatic shouting form 100 yards up the road that it was my fault even though he missed her by gnats breath. After sorting the lady and my bike out - I then get beeped for holding up a car for 5 secs when he was just about to sit in traffic for 15 mins. I sometimes wonder why I bother... :evil:

redvee

Went to bed last night and read for a while then when I led down to sleep I started sneezing now have a cold.

bendertherobot

prawny wrote:

I wish this wind would fark off.

Check out this week

Seriously though, bar the odd day, for the western UK that's been pretty much 3 months of rain now.

woodyonthebeach

I have moved house. My wonderful long 14mile commute each way has now become 4miles each way with certain amounts of grid lock, this makes me sad.

andy9964

I may have broken my frame
Pressing in the BB30 adapter sleeve, it became very hard to press in, I applied more force until I couldn't move it at all. Then I noticed it was bent, not just a little out of true, but actually buckled.
Looking inside the shell, it looks like there's a "band" which appears to have a smaller diameter than the outside where the BB30 bearings sit. Thus, the sleeve won't go any further. (It's a CAADX if anyone knows anything about the BB shell)
My bike now resides in a LBS to see if he can remove it, and find out if I've written off the frame.

London Road frameset is looking like a good replacement if required, at £149 (in selected sizes/colours)

wolfsbane2k

Ironing.

hegyestomi

Not really been on the bike this year

redvee

Come out of work in the week to a flat front tyre. Spun the wheel looking for debris etc but nothing found. Got round to repairing the tube this afternoon, pumped it up looking for the leak and the tube is still inflated now seven hours later.

smokey_bacon

redvee wrote:

Come out of work in the week to a flat front tyre. Spun the wheel looking for debris etc but nothing found. Got round to repairing the tube this afternoon, pumped it up looking for the leak and the tube is still inflated now seven hours later.

Suspected ungentlemanly conduct???

rhodrich

Every time I've had this in the past, it's been a leak around the valve stem. Only shows up when the tyre is pumped up to a reasonably high pressure...

Ben6899

Andy9964 wrote:

I may have broken my frame
Pressing in the BB30 adapter sleeve, it became very hard to press in, I applied more force until I couldn't move it at all. Then I noticed it was bent, not just a little out of true, but actually buckled.
Looking inside the shell, it looks like there's a "band" which appears to have a smaller diameter than the outside where the BB30 bearings sit. Thus, the sleeve won't go any further. (It's a CAADX if anyone knows anything about the BB shell)
My bike now resides in a LBS to see if he can remove it, and find out if I've written off the frame.

London Road frameset is looking like a good replacement if required, at £149 (in selected sizes/colours)

Have you forgotten to remove the circlip from the inside of the BB shell?

In a normal BB30 installation, they sit just inside the shell to keep the bearing in the correct position...

keyser__soze

Phone broke taking with it all of the photos/video from my recent ski trip. Faff with LG to get it fixed, won't give me an address to send the phone to, I've got to hand it to a courier who'll be round at some point to my home address in the next 24 hours, and no they can't collect it from work or give me a more accurate time point.

Try my old handset to see if I can get the sim working. Nope, it's network-locked to my old provider. It's over 24 months old so network should unlock. Call them, they refuse to help because my number/account isn't active with them any more, and no, I can't escalate.

Find a cheap handset on the retail provider's website, check that it's in stock at the local store, go down there and find that it's £10 more expensive and I have to top up a minimum of a tenner too. Argue that they should sell it at the online price as all I'd do is return to desk and order online. They refuse to budge. Go back to office (10 min walk) and order online. Get told after purchase I need three separate pieces of ID, including a <3m bank statement to collect phone, which I don't have in office. :roll:

chris_bass

rub cotton wool round the inside of the tyre and it'll snag if there is anything there.

Ben6899

I broke mine the other week. It jumped out of my hand when I was wasted.

Anyway, the Vodafone insurance sorted me right out. The courtesy phone was like something from Fisher Price, but it still worked... just.

I know the horse has bolted, but Google Drive is great for non-sensitive documents such as apres-ski shenanigans.

rick_chasey

Ben6899 wrote:

I broke mine the other week. It jumped out of my hand when I was wasted.

Anyway, the Vodafone insurance sorted me right out. The courtesy phone was like something from Fisher Price, but it still worked... just.

I know the horse has bolted, but Google Drive is great for non-sensitive documents such as apres-ski shenanigans.

Apres ski shenanigans are usually pretty sensitive....

keyser__soze

Ben6899 wrote:

I know the horse has bolted, but Google Drive is great for non-sensitive documents such as apres-ski shenanigans.

I usually automatically back up when on wifi, but no wifi abroad and phone packed in on the flight home

redvee

Smokey Bacon wrote:

Suspected ungentlemanly conduct???

That's what I thought but till I dunk it I can't be sure.

Keyser__Soze wrote:

Try my old handset to see if I can get the sim working. Nope, it's network-locked to my old provider. It's over 24 months old so network should unlock. Call them, they refuse to help because my number/account isn't active with them any more, and no, I can't escalate.

I'm in the same situation with my old airtime provider. Old handset so went into the local store and asked about unlocking and was told it's cost, called up the customer service number and started the process. Called them yesterday to get unlock code and was told cause I'd ported my number to new provider they can't do anything for me so it looks like I'm off to one of those phone shops to get it unlocked.

seajays

redvee wrote:

Keyser__Soze wrote:

Try my old handset to see if I can get the sim working. Nope, it's network-locked to my old provider. It's over 24 months old so network should unlock. Call them, they refuse to help because my number/account isn't active with them any more, and no, I can't escalate.

I'm in the same situation with my old airtime provider. Old handset so went into the local store and asked about unlocking and was told it's cost, called up the customer service number and started the process. Called them yesterday to get unlock code and was told cause I'd ported my number to new provider they can't do anything for me so it looks like I'm off to one of those phone shops to get it unlocked.

Maybe worth checking here to see if one of the DIY methods would work for you:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/phones ... bile-phone

ryanshattered

To mr high visibility incarnate - just because I will definitely see you pulling out in front of me doesn't mean you should do it. Thanks also for then proceeding to nod past the stationary traffic at 12 mph holding me up.

andy9964

Ben6899 wrote:

Have you forgotten to remove the circlip from the inside of the BB shell?

In a normal BB30 installation, they sit just inside the shell to keep the bearing in the correct position...

No. both circlips were out, they came out very easily with a small allen key in the hole.
The bit I'm talking about is right in the middle of the shell and looks about 10mm wide. It looks like the shell had been machined with a smaller bit first, then a larger one for the bearings on the outside edges. I'll try and take a photo when I get it back, assuming he can't fit a new adapter

In rant news, the London Road discounted frames have gone up £30 :x

bendertherobot

Imogen. Sigh.

Aceracer21

Hi All,

I'm new, please be gentle.

FFS, can someone tell me why FSA Gossamer Triple MegaExo Chainsets are double the price of BB30!? It's doing my head in.

PS, I'm fat and old, so need the granny gear. ;-)

rick_chasey

Solution is a new bike I think.

awavey

bendertherobot wrote:

Imogen. Sigh.

what happens when they run out of names ?, which at this rate will be end of March, go back to A again

rhodrich

See through yellow bib tights with luminous pink Rapha overshoes. What were you thinking, Mr Cyclist on Parliament Square this morning.

wolfsbane2k

Forgot to check I could comfortably sit on a bike this morning due to new plasters on wipeout graze across stomach line.
Cue first 30 seconds of riding standing up to warm up, followed by a single sit, and then the rest of the ride standing up again. Managed to pull the entire plaster off during the ride due to movement of top.
Whoops.

Aceracer21

Rick Chasey wrote:

Solution is a new bike I think.

Hey Rick, where is the "fun" in that! ;-)

I have a demented desire to continuously fiddle with my stuff :twisted: The bike is demanding new legs and I must obey.

The price between BB30 and MegaExo is perplexing though.....

hamish_mctavish

awavey wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

Imogen. Sigh.

what happens when they run out of names ?, which at this rate will be end of March, go back to A again

And even if they do that, they will very soon run out of Qs and Xs - going to be a lot of Storms Quentin (can't even think of a female one) unless, as with so many other things, we out-source to China...