London Calling

popstar

SSC come with those clips.

Anonymous

Another 10 minute job taking me all day. Replacing gear cables (inner and outers). Okay so I'm learning as I go. Got to the point where I realise I don't have cable cutters. Improvisation time.

Looking at the state of the old cables, it's no wonder my shifting has been so crap.

popstar

It wasn't crap. It was just plain embarasing.

Make sure after you cut outers you fit those ferets well, otherwise outer casing will split within few weeks. Happened to me, so now riding wife's bike.

Anonymous

Aha, just realised Dremel could be the cutting solution.

And yeah, got all the bits and pieces to protect the ends. Only thing is I'm reusing the adjusters. Cleaned them thoroughly and they seem okay. Also turns out the adjuster on the front mech had snapped the cable outer due to the crap way the suspension bends the cable at that point. Not sure what I can do about that. Wonder if I can do without it entirely and just have the adjusted on the lever.

cooldad

Probably got a spare adjuster in my toolbox I'll check tomorrow. Didn't think front mechs had adjusters though.

Anonymous

They don't normally but mine does. Seems mostly just a point to route the cable but also adjusts tension. It's screwed into the rear triangle which is the part that moves.

The adjuster is okay, it's just the cable outer and end that sat in it had split all the way through due to bending action. Wouldn't have been long before the cable itself snapped probably.

cooldad

Aaaaaah I see

MbElf

Hi Guys,

There are a bunch of us biking Tunnel Hill at 8.00 am -> 11 am tommorow morning before heading off to swinley.

If you fancy it, ou are quite welcome to join us. Pace will be at the slowest persons pace.

Arrive on Sunday for 8.00 am wagons roll.

The nearest postocde is GU16 6DD

Park opposite potters hotel before you get to the
Basingstoke Canal Centre, (address is Mytchett Place Road, Mytchett, Camberley, Surrey GU16 6DD)

hope to see some of you again either at swinley or tunnel hill.

Anonymous

Anyway, hungry and need beer. Will sort it out tomorrow morning. If it's done, I'll be out tomorrow afternoon somewhere. Or not.

cooldad

@MbElf thel33ter and I will be at Swinley tomorrow, meet you there. I'm having a lie in in the morning, and bacon.

The A 322 is closed somewhere around Bagshot, so you might need a detour, best leave a bit of extra time.

MbElf

oh crap CD, where abouts is it closed? i is it after the m3 junction? thanks for the heads up mate. see you tomorrow. cheers maj

cooldad

Not sure, the l33ter just sent me a text. Between M3 and Swinley somewhere, presumably they'll have some diversion boards up. I'll be picking him up earlier and will give you a call if it looks like a problem.

popstar

Popstar , Naveed, Adrian will ride in Surrey Hills 7.00am. Will work a bit on techy side of riding spreading Jedi religion. Bless you all. Amen.

Anonymous

7am, 8am starts... !!!

Enjoy anyway. I'll be in bed. Then nice cooked breakfast.

So, next weekend, anyone up for Surrey Hills (at a sensible time)?

cooldad

deadkenny wrote:

7am, 8am starts... !!!

Enjoy anyway. I'll be in bed. Then nice cooked breakfast.

So, next weekend, anyone up for Surrey Hills (at a sensible time)?

These people are obviously insane fanatics. Swinley only starts at 12, much more civilised.

Next week SH good for me. Normal 10ish start I presume?

thel33ter

A322 is closed here - Smaller clickly linky thingy

Diversions will send you all round the world so M3 junction 4 would be quicker.

Copied from STW:

Directions: Take A331 signed for Camberley, Wokingham, Sandhurst. At The Meadows (where A30 crosses) take A321 past Tesco/M & S, looking for A3095 Bracknell. At large roundabout where B3430 (Nine Mile Ride) crosses, turn right signed The Look Out, and it will be on right hand side.


And SH next week sounds good, haven't been for ages. Maybe Rich will be around to show us all these new bit's he's been mentioning.

Anonymous

cooldad wrote:

These people are obviously insane fanatics. Swinley only starts at 12, much more civilised.

Next week SH good for me. Normal 10ish start I presume?

Hmm, 12 start. Might be possible. Just I can see me fiddling with the indexing for ages and then get out there and find it's not right. Will see.

10ish next week sounds good.

cooldad

thel33ter wrote:

A322 is closed here - Smaller clickly linky thingy

Diversions will send you all round the world so M3 junction 4 would be quicker.

Copied from STW:

Directions: Take A331 signed for Camberley, Wokingham, Sandhurst. At The Meadows (where A30 crosses) take A321 past Tesco/M & S, looking for A3095 Bracknell. At large roundabout where B3430 (Nine Mile Ride) crosses, turn right signed The Look Out, and it will be on right hand side.


And SH next week sounds good, haven't been for ages. Maybe Rich will be around to show us all these new bit's he's been mentioning.

Or judging from your map just cut through Bagshot.

cooldad

@DK if you come send a text as it looks like there will be a lot of people in the carpark and a bit of a shortage of parking.
We are going to ride down as it's only about a 10 min ride from my flat. If you want to park here and ride down with us let me know.

thel33ter

Not sure how far it is closed for, may be able to get out the top but im not sure.

thel33ter

Fantastic ride today. Someone decided we should join the fast group, cause they only had 3 people in the first place. So we rode, fast, and non-stop. I still outpaced people on my SS 8) It was a great route, with a few new bits. Although everything felt new on this bike.

Cooldad even pretty much kept up

Pity you missed it DK.

cooldad

Except now I am totally shagged out.
Good ride though, nice to get back dry and warm.

Stan Leigh

Most excellent adventure in the woods today , our leader really knew his stuff !

We ( the MTB crowd ) were expecting 4 hours of stop start / standing around , so decided to go for a ' decent ' Tunnel Hill ride first .

Oh my word , how wrong were we ? That's one of the hardest rides a lot of us have done in Swinley in ages !

It took me 3hrs to get off my sofa afterwards !

Good to see you all .

cooldad

Stan Leigh wrote:

Most excellent adventure in the woods today , our leader really knew his stuff !

We ( the MTB crowd ) were expecting 4 hours of stop start / standing around , so decided to go for a ' decent ' Tunnel Hill ride first .

Oh my word , how wrong were we ? That's one of the hardest rides a lot of us have done in Swinley in ages !

It took me 3hrs to get off my sofa afterwards !

Good to see you all .

3 hours. Not bad, I'm still on mine.

Anonymous

Sounds like it was a good thing I missed it! First ride back after a break it would have killed me (okay I was skiing almost solid for two weeks, but different muscles).

Anyway, never got out in the end. A weekend of endless hassles. Trips to various places to get stuff, both bike and home related, only to find places out of stock, stuck in B&Q car park for ages trying to get out, and then doing the bike taking ages trying to get the damn cable into the front mech clamp (bad design making it near impossible to get fingers, pliers, etc in there), making mistakes and restarting, then finally onto indexing, which took ages as I expected. Still think the front mech is not going to drop to the granny though once I ride it.

Wish I could get out during the week to make up, but it would cost so much money. Tempted though, even if it screws them up at work.

Hope to get out both Sat and Sun though.

Shmikuk

Stan Leigh wrote:

Most excellent adventure in the woods today , our leader really knew his stuff !

We ( the MTB crowd ) were expecting 4 hours of stop start / standing around , so decided to go for a ' decent ' Tunnel Hill ride first .

Oh my word , how wrong were we ? That's one of the hardest rides a lot of us have done in Swinley in ages !

It took me 3hrs to get off my sofa afterwards !

Good to see you all .

Good riding today! For a load of weekend warriors we did ok, I reckon!

popstar

Eventually our lil mob of 3 started 7.30-14.00. While those lazy two crashed into sofas after ride, I had to attend B-day party of Mother-in-law. 2hour drive through London traffic to that place, partying and drive back. Home at 1am. Sick of feeling being superhuman. At least Popstarlet behaved well throughout all day.

supra-man

popstar wrote:

Eventually our lil mob of 3 started 7.30-14.00. While those lazy two crashed into sofas after ride, I had to attend B-day party of Mother-in-law. 2hour drive through London traffic to that place, partying and drive back. Home at 1am. Sick of feeling being superhuman. At least Popstarlet behaved well throughout all day.

oh big day very tough, Dads are always superheroes

Atz

Had another look at my brakes yesterday when I was doing the BBQ. Those formula pads must be made of butter. Totally ruined after what, 8-10 rides? If I was buying OEM pads that'd cost me something like £4 per ride in brake pads.

Anonymous

Sintered?