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  • seajays
    seajays Posts: 331
    Hamish McTavish wrote:
    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...

    They won't be using names beginning with Q, U, X, Y or Z...

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  • Old_Cranky
    Old_Cranky Posts: 18
    To the fixed wheel cyclist on the CS3 at 08:45am this morning... pedestrians have right of way on Zebra Crossings and the old man you knocked over outside Shadwell station ought to have you arrested. You are an insult to cyclists.
  • bendertherobot
    bendertherobot Posts: 11,684
    Seajays wrote:
    Hamish McTavish wrote:
    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...

    They won't be using names beginning with Q, U, X, Y or Z...

    600x300-name-our-storms-names.jpg

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  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    Old_Cranky wrote:
    To the fixed wheel cyclist on the CS3 at 08:45am this morning... pedestrians have right of way on Zebra Crossings and the old man you knocked over outside Shadwell station ought to have you arrested. You are an insult to people.
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  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    Chillers broken in Tesco so had to get my salad from the work canteen. 95p per 100g

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    dhope wrote:
    Chillers broken in Tesco so had to get my salad from the work canteen. 95p per 100g

    9 quid FFS

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  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    dhope wrote:
    Chillers broken in Tesco so had to get my salad from the work canteen. 95p per 100g

    9 quid FFS

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    What if it has eggs, chicken and fish in it?
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  • DrLex
    DrLex Posts: 2,142
    £9 salad from a works canteen? I'd expect it to be lobster salad. When I ate in my old place last year, £15 got me OJ, soup, carvery choice, pudding and coffee.
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Seajays wrote:
    Maybe worth checking here to see if one of the DIY methods would work for you:
    http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/phones ... bile-phone

    Already looked at that route, ended up visiting one of those phone shops and paying £15 to get it done.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    DrLex wrote:
    £9 salad from a works canteen? I'd expect it to be lobster salad. When I ate in my old place last year, £15 got me OJ, soup, carvery choice, pudding and coffee.
    Nothing in our canteen costs more than £2.50 for a hot meal. Salads are less.
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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    bendertherobot wrote:
    Seajays wrote:
    Hamish McTavish wrote:
    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...

    They won't be using names beginning with Q, U, X, Y or Z...

    600x300-name-our-storms-names.jpg

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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    What a PITA - Clement Xplor tyre - bead separated from wall with a Bang - 10cm hole that even my Park tyre boot wasn't going to fix! Walking along a relatively busy single track road with a bike is a bit of a bore too. And special thanks to the several empty builders' trucks that passed me for stopping and asking if I needed a lift - not!
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  • dyrlac
    dyrlac Posts: 751
    Why is it that when you lose faith in a set of tyres, they immediately take revenge by making the rest of the ride in an exercise in keeping the rubber side down. Red stripe notwithstanding, Bontrager R3 (23mm), your days are numbered.
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  • andy9964
    andy9964 Posts: 930
    The source of my ire

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    LBS failed to get the BB30 sleeve conversion out :( You can see a C-shaped band running round the BB shell, and the edge of the sleeve up against it. It's upside down - downtube is to the right, two small holes are on the bottom

    The external damage, you can see the buckle my awesomeness caused while tightening (it was straight)

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    Stripped the frame of everything, and taking it to work tonight to get it fixed. If they can't fix it and make something to fit with the equipment they have, Nissan is in trouble (we design and make cylinder heads, and have a vast array of computer controlled ..........erm......stuff)
  • menthel
    menthel Posts: 2,484
    Oh FFS, bloody crashed again. All my own fault and I now have a buckled front wheel. Rest of bike looks ok and I think I am fine. Gah!
    RIP commute...
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Unloading a trailer in work and a little rain is blowing into the building and a work colleague is moaning that he's soaked. I just told him to get on with it and said getting soaked is riding ten miles to work in the rain.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • menthel
    menthel Posts: 2,484
    menthel wrote:
    Oh FFS, bloody crashed again. All my own fault and I now have a buckled front wheel. Rest of bike looks ok and I think I am fine. Gah!

    Front wheel, new handle bars (managed to bend the right hand drop) and some new bar tape. Otherwise it looks ok.
    RIP commute...
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  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    menthel wrote:
    menthel wrote:
    Oh FFS, bloody crashed again. All my own fault and I now have a buckled front wheel. Rest of bike looks ok and I think I am fine. Gah!

    Front wheel, new handle bars (managed to bend the right hand drop) and some new bar tape. Otherwise it looks ok.

    Mrs Menthel is going to make you walk or catch the bus everywhere soon. How on earth did you bust your front wheel?
  • menthel
    menthel Posts: 2,484
    hopkinb wrote:
    menthel wrote:
    menthel wrote:
    Oh FFS, bloody crashed again. All my own fault and I now have a buckled front wheel. Rest of bike looks ok and I think I am fine. Gah!

    Front wheel, new handle bars (managed to bend the right hand drop) and some new bar tape. Otherwise it looks ok.

    Mrs Menthel is going to make you walk or catch the bus everywhere soon. How on earth did you bust your front wheel?

    It was a bit of a mystery- must have caught something on the road as I was thanking a driver for letting me our. The bike went wonky, I flipped over (full forward roll) and the bike landed on my head! Looking at the wheel whatever it caught cut an odd slash into the tyre (superficial but about 6cm long). An odd one but one of those things I suspect.
    RIP commute...
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  • wolfsbane2k
    wolfsbane2k Posts: 3,056
    menthel wrote:
    hopkinb wrote:
    menthel wrote:
    menthel wrote:
    Oh FFS, bloody crashed again. All my own fault and I now have a buckled front wheel. Rest of bike looks ok and I think I am fine. Gah!

    Front wheel, new handle bars (managed to bend the right hand drop) and some new bar tape. Otherwise it looks ok.

    Mrs Menthel is going to make you walk or catch the bus everywhere soon. How on earth did you bust your front wheel?

    It was a bit of a mystery- must have caught something on the road as I was thanking a driver for letting me our. The bike went wonky, I flipped over (full forward roll) and the bike landed on my head! Looking at the wheel whatever it caught cut an odd slash into the tyre (superficial but about 6cm long). An odd one but one of those things I suspect.

    Glad your ok, and your steed isn't badly knackered. Do you "need" new handlebars if they are just bent?
    That must of made the driver chuckle a bit afterwards !

    I hate the "complete mystery" accidents... - go back and check for a pothole?
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  • menthel
    menthel Posts: 2,484
    Wolfsbane2k wrote:
    menthel wrote:
    hopkinb wrote:
    menthel wrote:
    menthel wrote:
    Oh FFS, bloody crashed again. All my own fault and I now have a buckled front wheel. Rest of bike looks ok and I think I am fine. Gah!

    Front wheel, new handle bars (managed to bend the right hand drop) and some new bar tape. Otherwise it looks ok.

    Mrs Menthel is going to make you walk or catch the bus everywhere soon. How on earth did you bust your front wheel?

    It was a bit of a mystery- must have caught something on the road as I was thanking a driver for letting me our. The bike went wonky, I flipped over (full forward roll) and the bike landed on my head! Looking at the wheel whatever it caught cut an odd slash into the tyre (superficial but about 6cm long). An odd one but one of those things I suspect.

    Glad your ok, and your steed isn't badly knackered. Do you "need" new handlebars if they are just bent?
    That must have made the driver chuckle a bit afterwards !

    I hate the "complete mystery" accidents... - go back and check for a pothole?

    They are quite wonky and only Deda RHM 01, so cost about £12 to replace! As for potholes I had a quick look and could see nothing. The road was patched up so I don't know if I caught a raised edge at an unlucky angle or something along those lines.
    RIP commute...
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,895
    hopkinb wrote:
    Mrs Menthel is going to make you walk or catch the bus everywhere soon.
    I suspect this may be true, my wife is certainly a lot more tetchy after I had a couple of accidents. I may have used this to my advantage and bought a Garmin 810 so she can check up on me if she is worried, I may have forgotten to mention she could track my phone already.
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  • menthel
    menthel Posts: 2,484
    Veronese68 wrote:
    hopkinb wrote:
    Mrs Menthel is going to make you walk or catch the bus everywhere soon.
    I suspect this may be true, my wife is certainly a lot more tetchy after I had a couple of accidents. I may have used this to my advantage and bought a Garmin 810 so she can check up on me if she is worried, I may have forgotten to mention she could track my phone already.

    I quite fancy an edge 1000...
    RIP commute...
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  • hegyestomi
    hegyestomi Posts: 504
    menthel wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    hopkinb wrote:
    Mrs Menthel is going to make you walk or catch the bus everywhere soon.
    I suspect this may be true, my wife is certainly a lot more tetchy after I had a couple of accidents. I may have used this to my advantage and bought a Garmin 810 so she can check up on me if she is worried, I may have forgotten to mention she could track my phone already.

    I quite fancy an edge 1000...
    Not a most subtle way of letting her know but if it works.....
    Hope you get better soon!
  • chris_bass
    chris_bass Posts: 4,913
    menthel wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    hopkinb wrote:
    Mrs Menthel is going to make you walk or catch the bus everywhere soon.
    I suspect this may be true, my wife is certainly a lot more tetchy after I had a couple of accidents. I may have used this to my advantage and bought a Garmin 810 so she can check up on me if she is worried, I may have forgotten to mention she could track my phone already.

    I quite fancy an edge 1000...

    I heard the tracking works best when coupled with a new bike :D
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  • bendertherobot
    bendertherobot Posts: 11,684
    Veronese68 wrote:
    hopkinb wrote:
    Mrs Menthel is going to make you walk or catch the bus everywhere soon.
    I suspect this may be true, my wife is certainly a lot more tetchy after I had a couple of accidents. I may have used this to my advantage and bought a Garmin 810 so she can check up on me if she is worried, I may have forgotten to mention she could track my phone already.

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  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    Veronese68 wrote:
    hopkinb wrote:
    Mrs Menthel is going to make you walk or catch the bus everywhere soon.
    I suspect this may be true, my wife is certainly a lot more tetchy after I had a couple of accidents. I may have used this to my advantage and bought a Garmin 810 so she can check up on me if she is worried, I may have forgotten to mention she could track my phone already.

    Mine is quite glad I never went back to long road rides, she knows I MTB/cx but is less worried about that. For what ever reason.
  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    flippin eck its only Monday and Im already fed up with this week, why oh why oh why do people just....I need a holiday
  • Old_Cranky
    Old_Cranky Posts: 18
    Two rants this morning:
    1. Another incident on the Cable St, CS3, this time a man on a lime green bike (I refuse to call him a cyclist) rear-ended a woman cyclist who had stopped at the pedestrian crossing. His excuse was that he was watching the car at the previous junction. Chopper! Plus he needs MOD-like mirrors fitting to his bike so he can see behind because he doesn't shoulder check either.
    2. RLJer all the way into Canary Wharf who then pulls into the FCA underground car park. How are we expected to respect the Regulators when they ignore fundamental rules?
  • seajays
    seajays Posts: 331
    • On Monday: Setting off Uphill + Freehub gave way = Pedals Spin + No momentum + Clipless Moment = Slow Motion Topple
    • On Tuesday: Realise that yesterday's topple has bashed the side of the seat and ripped the cover. :evil:
    • On Wednesday: Overnight Visitation by the PF = Delayed Start
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