AAAAARRRRRRGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

hopper1
hopper1 Posts: 4,389
edited February 2010 in The bottom bracket
Ah, that feels better, already. :wink:
Ordered some nice wheels recently. There not for general riding, so I'm in no hurry, really.
But twice I've received them, only to find a problem with the valve extenders, and had to return them.
This is not a rant against the dealer, he coudn't have been more helpful. :wink:
It's just that when they arrive, I want to rip them out of the box, inflate them, stick them on 'best' bike, wheel it outside and take photo's. Post photo's here, then gloat and pose. :wink: :twisted:
But, the feeling I get, when it all starts slipping away, again.... :cry::cry::cry:
They look awesome, too.
Oh, well, there's always the next time, I guess!
Start with a budget, finish with a mortgage!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    What are they?
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 992
    NapoleonD wrote:
    What are they?

    "Nice wheels"
    Old hippies don't die, they just lie low until the laughter stops and their time comes round again.
    Joseph Gallivan
  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    Zipp 404 tubs :wink:
    Start with a budget, finish with a mortgage!
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Did you put polytetrafluoroethylene tape (plumbers tape) on the valve extender threads?
    I like bikes...

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    redddraggon wrote:
    Did you put polytetrafluoroethylene tape (plumbers tape) on the valve extender threads?

    +1

    Essential.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    redddraggon wrote:
    Did you put polytetrafluoroethylene tape (plumbers tape) on the valve extender threads?

    PTFE, Pee-Tee-Eff-Eee, to most. :wink:
  • Runoutofgears
    Runoutofgears Posts: 348
    Matt black heat shrink tube from Maplin or Halfords is really neat (Non sticky) solution for rattling valve stems.
    I ache, therefore I am.
  • Runoutofgears
    Runoutofgears Posts: 348
    Oh, Nice wheels by the way!
    I ache, therefore I am.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    dmclite wrote:
    redddraggon wrote:
    Did you put polytetrafluoroethylene tape (plumbers tape) on the valve extender threads?

    PTFE, Pee-Tee-Eff-Eee, to most. :wink:

    He's just showing off as he's a materials science student...
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    I'm a materials science graduate actually.
    I like bikes...

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    redddraggon wrote:
    I'm a materials science graduate actually.

    Aaah, thought you were still at Uni studying for a phd.
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    I am doing a PhD in Thermolectric ceramics.
    I like bikes...

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    redddraggon wrote:
    I am doing a PhD in Thermolectric ceramics.

    find-the-grad-student.gif
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 992
    djbarren wrote:
    iainment wrote:
    NapoleonD wrote:
    What are they?

    "Nice wheels"

    Oh the whit and wisdom of the IRISH can't beat it. :wink:

    Actually the English. Just living here, not from here.
    Old hippies don't die, they just lie low until the laughter stops and their time comes round again.
    Joseph Gallivan
  • ballspondroad
    ballspondroad Posts: 181
    I love the names of your fellow PhD students reddraggon, particularly T******* B*******.
  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    PTFE tape..... Perhaps I should mention that to the guy building the wheels and sending the completed items to me. :wink:
    It looks like a possibly faulty batch of tubs!
    Start with a budget, finish with a mortgage!
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 992
    djbarren wrote:
    iainment wrote:
    djbarren wrote:
    iainment wrote:
    NapoleonD wrote:
    What are they?

    "Nice wheels"

    Oh the whit and wisdom of the IRISH can't beat it. :wink:

    Actually the English. Just living here, not from here.

    but the whit is brushing off on you.

    How do you keep a Kerryman happy for an afternoon?

    Write P.T.O on both sides of a pice of paper.

    Yawn.
    :roll:
    Old hippies don't die, they just lie low until the laughter stops and their time comes round again.
    Joseph Gallivan
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    NapoleonD wrote:
    dmclite wrote:
    redddraggon wrote:
    Did you put polytetrafluoroethylene tape (plumbers tape) on the valve extender threads?

    PTFE, Pee-Tee-Eff-Eee, to most. :wink:

    He's just showing off as he's a materials science student...

    Ahahhh....explains a lot.... :D

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