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  • Harry182
    Harry182 Posts: 1,170
    Niallmo wrote:
    LBS again. Had my wheel for nigh on two weeks. It's a single drive side spoke replacement. It's an older screw on freewheel, I doubt it's ever been off the wheel. The mechanic has apparently broken two chain whips trying to get the cassette off. He's ordered a massive heavy duty chain whip. I admire his tenacity but I'd like to ride the bike it's off please....(1985 Raleigh Team Corsa 12). I'm going to take the new cassette I bought for it to him on Tuesday to fit if he can get the other one off....

    iirc - freewheel removal doesn't involve a chainwhip, only a freewheel removal tool and a big-a$$ wrench or - better yet - a big-a$$ bench vice.
  • timothyw
    timothyw Posts: 2,482
    That's a very good point. I wonder how many chain whips the guy will break before he works that out?
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    People that ask for a receipt with their coffee
    Lorries that close pass then take the next left, 100ft away
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • bendertherobot
    bendertherobot Posts: 11,684
    itboffin wrote:
    People that ask for a receipt with their coffee
    Lorries that close pass then take the next left, 100ft away

    Pull up a seat, let me tell you a story.

    I occasionally go to Greggs on a Sunday morning. It's just up the road. It's a Sunday. So, it will be full of rugby people, coaches, kids, parents. If you're behind them in the queue, prepare to wait and wait.

    But recently there's been another bunch. The cockwomble building co. They send two merry victims in each work with the breakfast and lunch order. Between 20-30 orders worth. And that's ok. It's just time right?

    But the method of their order? Before they get there they do a list. Nothing wrong with that. And they take money. Nothing wrong with that.

    Then, get this. They place each order individually, pay with the big bag of money, get a receipt and cross that item off the list. And so on and so on. They take approximately 1/2 hour of one assistant's time. And, of course, their breakfast is stone cold. Not that it was ever that warm to begin with.
    My blog: http://www.roubaixcycling.cc (kit reviews and other musings)
    https://twitter.com/roubaixcc
    Facebook? No. Just say no.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Wow
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    itboffin wrote:
    People that ask for a receipt with their coffee

    You don’t expense coffees for work much do you?
    _
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Why? It's coffee you're drinking buy your own tight wad
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited December 2016
    itboffin wrote:
    Why? It's coffee you're drinking buy your own tight wad

    Because when it's your job to meet people for a living, you buy a lot of coffees, and not just for yourself....

    So say I have to meet 10 people a week.

    Of those, 6 are out of the office, 5 in a coffee shop. That's 10-15 coffees a week (I used to often bring a younger colleague).

    So say you work 48 weeks in a year.
    624 coffees a year, if you say it's 13 coffees a week. Like f*ck am I gonna pay for that.
    _
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Give them nothing
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • Brakeless
    Brakeless Posts: 865
    itboffin wrote:
    People that ask for a receipt with their coffee


    You've never ridden an Audax :D
  • Old_Cranky
    Old_Cranky Posts: 18
    People that join Strava challenges even though they know they can't commit.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,288
    Old_Cranky wrote:
    People that join Strava challenges even though they know they can't commit.

    That surely belongs in the seemingly trivial things that annoy you thread.
  • niallmo
    niallmo Posts: 103
    Not commuting on the bike this morning after looking at the weather forecast last night. Didn't want to risk freezing fog again. Got up; clear day, milder than yesterday!

    Still, I'm picking a frame up so not all bad...
  • Man Of Lard
    Man Of Lard Posts: 903
    Another week and still no movement...
    Man Of Lard wrote:
    Langley Heathrow World Distribution Centre.

    I read boasts of how thousands of items of mail it can process in an hour (450000+)
    I read boasts of how quickly an item can make it from the "mail in" entrance to the "mail out" exit (it's well under half an hour).

    Item arrived in the UK on November 21st and made it to Langley HWDC on the same day, before noon.

    ... Deletia

    Still, on the bright side, only 6 more weeks to go before it's declared lost by the sender.
  • gbsahne001
    gbsahne001 Posts: 1,974
    Man Of Lard wrote:
    Another week and still no movement...

    prunes and coffee, should sort that out...
    Winter Hack
    Everyday Commuter
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,465
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    Why? It's coffee you're drinking buy your own tight wad

    Because when it's your job to meet people for a living, you buy a lot of coffees, and not just for yourself....

    So say I have to meet 10 people a week.

    Of those, 6 are out of the office, 5 in a coffee shop. That's 10-15 coffees a week (I used to often bring a younger colleague).

    So say you work 48 weeks in a year.
    624 coffees a year, if you say it's 13 coffees a week. Like f*ck am I gonna pay for that.
    Do you do any actual work?
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    that was code for no I just drink coffee on expenses
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • wolfsbane2k
    wolfsbane2k Posts: 3,056
    Collected another wing mirror tonight, bringing it to three for the year.
    Driver kept well back while climbing a bridge towards a roundabout. At roundabout, both took 1st exit and she stayed week clear, until driver though" perfect, space to overtake' just before a pinch point.
    Glad it wasn't worse, they overtook just the entrance having pushed me out of primary into a pothhole and kerb.
    This one stopped at least.
    Intent on Cycling Commuting on a budget, but keep on breaking/crashing/finding nice stuff to buy.
    Bike 1 (Broken) - Bike 2(Borked) - Bike 3(broken spokes) - Bike 4( Needs Work) - Bike 5 (in bits) - Bike 6* ...
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    First Aspect wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    Why? It's coffee you're drinking buy your own tight wad

    Because when it's your job to meet people for a living, you buy a lot of coffees, and not just for yourself....

    So say I have to meet 10 people a week.

    Of those, 6 are out of the office, 5 in a coffee shop. That's 10-15 coffees a week (I used to often bring a younger colleague).

    So say you work 48 weeks in a year.
    624 coffees a year, if you say it's 13 coffees a week. Like f*ck am I gonna pay for that.
    Do you do any actual work?

    What, sitting at your desk writing on BR?
    _
  • wolfsbane2k
    wolfsbane2k Posts: 3,056
    Wolfsbane2k wrote:
    Collected another wing mirror tonight, bringing it to three for the year.
    Driver kept well back while climbing a bridge towards a roundabout. At roundabout, both took 1st exit and she stayed week clear, until driver though" perfect, space to overtake' just before a pinch point.
    Glad it wasn't worse, they overtook just the entrance having pushed me out of primary into a pothhole and kerb.
    This one stopped at least.

    Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeez.
    Make that 5, with 2 more on this mornings commute. 1 stopped, the other didn't. Reminds me why I normally take the 8 minute longer route, but I was already running 20 mins late.
    Intent on Cycling Commuting on a budget, but keep on breaking/crashing/finding nice stuff to buy.
    Bike 1 (Broken) - Bike 2(Borked) - Bike 3(broken spokes) - Bike 4( Needs Work) - Bike 5 (in bits) - Bike 6* ...
  • mattsaw
    mattsaw Posts: 907
    People on ebikes which don't look like ebikes
    People on ebikes who upload their rides to Strava
    People on ebikes uploading to ride to Strava who have endless top 10 placings :lol:
    Bianchi C2C - Ritte Bosberg - Cervelo R3
    Strava
  • bendertherobot
    bendertherobot Posts: 11,684
    Still, mostly, deaf
    My blog: http://www.roubaixcycling.cc (kit reviews and other musings)
    https://twitter.com/roubaixcc
    Facebook? No. Just say no.
  • timothyw
    timothyw Posts: 2,482
    Mattsaw wrote:
    People on ebikes which don't look like ebikes
    People on ebikes who upload their rides to Strava
    People on ebikes uploading to ride to Strava who have endless top 10 placings :lol:
    I trust you went through and flagged them all? :twisted:
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    bendertherobot wrote:
    Still, mostly, deaf

    What!?!
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • mattsaw
    mattsaw Posts: 907
    TimothyW wrote:
    Mattsaw wrote:
    People on ebikes which don't look like ebikes
    People on ebikes who upload their rides to Strava
    People on ebikes uploading to ride to Strava who have endless top 10 placings :lol:
    I trust you went through and flagged them all? :twisted:

    Tempting, but that might confirm that I was trying :)
    Bianchi C2C - Ritte Bosberg - Cervelo R3
    Strava
  • _jon_
    _jon_ Posts: 366
    edited December 2016
    Closest I've ever come to being nocked off my bike today because some idiot couldn't wait 5 seconds. Coming along the main road, moved into the middle of the road to turn right. Car coming from the road I was turning into saw me and braked sharply (he was going really fast). Just as I was turning into the road, he decided he didn't want to wait any longer, put his foot down and sped of (turning right infront of me) nearly hitting me. I'm not sure how he didn't.

    I was going to take the number plate but then thought, why bother, no one's going to care or do anything about it.

    Why do some car drivers just see cyclists as objects that are in their way rather than people who they could potentially seriously injur or even kill. This was at 19.30 this evening and I'm still slightly shaken from it.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    This time of year we have a solution to that 2000lm front light usually does the trick
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,465
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    First Aspect wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    Why? It's coffee you're drinking buy your own tight wad

    Because when it's your job to meet people for a living, you buy a lot of coffees, and not just for yourself....

    So say I have to meet 10 people a week.

    Of those, 6 are out of the office, 5 in a coffee shop. That's 10-15 coffees a week (I used to often bring a younger colleague).

    So say you work 48 weeks in a year.
    624 coffees a year, if you say it's 13 coffees a week. Like f*ck am I gonna pay for that.
    Do you do any actual work?

    What, sitting at your desk writing on BR?
    I could have been arguing in my spare time.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Meeting people is the actual work.

    All the rest is just admin around the fact I'm meeting people.
    _
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,465
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Meeting people is the actual work.

    All the rest is just admin around the fact I'm meeting people.
    I'm in the wrong line of work.

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