Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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Of the current covers, one with poppers (I've had that one about 20 years, I reckon), one with zip, one with bl**dy buttons. Just why??JimD666 said:A zip? Didn't even know you could get them with zips! All button or poppers here
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Sometimes I’m staggered by the lack of culture/ class on here. How could one have the best Egyptian cotton quilt with a zip.0
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webboo said:
Sometimes I’m staggered by the lack of culture/ class on here. How could one have the best Egyptian cotton quilt with a zip.
I've never had class. Well, I do tie my own (silk) bow tie, and tie my shoes with a Berluti knot, but other than that, I'm an oik, to the extent that I quite like polycotton bedlinen.0 -
Scandiwegian quilt covers are a bit more clever.
They have 2 slots cut into the corner of the bottom of the quilt so that you can reach in and pull the quilt.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Sounds a bit fur coat and no knickers to me.briantrumpet said:webboo said:Sometimes I’m staggered by the lack of culture/ class on here. How could one have the best Egyptian cotton quilt with a zip.
I've never had class. Well, I do tie my own (silk) bow tie, and tie my shoes with a Berluti knot, but other than that, I'm an oik, to the extent that I quite like polycotton bedlinen.
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webboo said:
Sounds a bit fur coat and no knickers to me.briantrumpet said:webboo said:Sometimes I’m staggered by the lack of culture/ class on here. How could one have the best Egyptian cotton quilt with a zip.
I've never had class. Well, I do tie my own (silk) bow tie, and tie my shoes with a Berluti knot, but other than that, I'm an oik, to the extent that I quite like polycotton bedlinen.
Jeez, how did you know?0 -
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Look - i'm bored. TP wining SB was a highlight and the rest of the day won't come close. Not even my most excellent veggie curry with beer.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Sorry, I was going to issue an apology with that.pinno said:0 -
Yeah - we should send this conversation to bed.briantrumpet said:seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Eiderdown-right will and put this to bed.briantrumpet said:0 -
1 min Masjer. I win
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Oh and I bought some photographic background vinyl so you are a free man.
It's non-reflective matte and makes me look like I know wots I am doing.seanoconn - gruagach craic!2 -
Carveries or, more precisely, the animals (mainly fatties) you find eating in them. Order the large with 4 different meats and then play ‘who can pile the most food on a plate’ before then leaving loads of stuff uneaten.0
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Having a puncture then discovering that your pump doesn't work.
I probably ought to pop over to the cheering up thread to say that it cheers me up when the first house you call at someone has a track pump right at hand.
But then I rode back home again to pick up another spare inner tube and pump that did work, jut in case I got another puncture. Obviously I didn't, having done that and added 12 miles to my route. Not sure if that annoys me or not.0 -
And the 'solution' Mr BT is go tubeless. 😉 He sez pre-empting Monsieur Oxo.
But result on getting on the track pump pronto.0 -
orraloon said:
And the 'solution' Mr BT is go tubeless. 😉 He sez pre-empting Monsieur Oxo.
But result on getting on the track pump pronto.
The best track pump result was at about 1300m, near the Col de Menée... a friend had a blow-out on the hairpin on the descent, with another 700m of fast descending to do... there happened to be a car parked, with occupants, on the hairpin... just so happened he had a track pump in the boot of his car.0 -
C02.briantrumpet said:orraloon said:And the 'solution' Mr BT is go tubeless. 😉 He sez pre-empting Monsieur Oxo.
But result on getting on the track pump pronto.
The best track...
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Sorry, but you started it.orraloon said:And the 'solution' Mr BT is go tubeless. 😉 He sez pre-empting Monsieur Oxo.
But result on getting on the track pump pronto.
Is tubeless really necessary? I've had only a handful of punctures in dozens of years and only one ruined a ride completely (which was ultimately a lack of preparedness).
Plenty of horror stories with tubeless being unrepairable / a nightmare to repair / covering everything in gunk.
For fear of being a luddite, really not sure what the appeal is.
As for lower pressures, although i don't dispute the faster at lower pressures, my guess is that's partly due to the bikes having become so stiff they're vibration machines on unforgiving surfaces. Have a more forgiving frame, you don't need to soften the tyres as much.0 -
morstar said:
Sorry, but you started it.orraloon said:And the 'solution' Mr BT is go tubeless. 😉 He sez pre-empting Monsieur Oxo.
But result on getting on the track pump pronto.
Is tubeless really necessary? I've had only a handful of punctures in dozens of years and only one ruined a ride completely (which was ultimately a lack of preparedness).
Plenty of horror stories with tubeless being unrepairable / a nightmare to repair / covering everything in gunk.
For fear of being a luddite, really not sure what the appeal is.
As for lower pressures, although i don't dispute the faster at lower pressures, my guess is that's partly due to the bikes having become so stiff they're vibration machines on unforgiving surfaces. Have a more forgiving frame, you don't need to soften the tyres as much.
I'm a luddite. I like things that I can at least have a chance of repairing at the roadside, if things go nipples up. Pump (preferably working), an inner tube or two, puncture repair kit if only one tube, tyre levers, boot.0 -
We-ell. 🤞 putting this up coz the PF might be trawling. In 4.5 years of tubeless on the summer roadie and 2.5 years on the graveller / winter bike I've had 1 flat, a glass slash on rear. Got the plugs to combine with the internal sealant enough to get inflated enough (pump 😉) to roll on home. I've seen evidence of spikes, thorns on road mayhap, but all got sealed enough to not notice such while on ride.
But each to their own.0 -
2.5 years on clinchers with latex tubes with no punctures.
Specialized won Flanders on clinchers last year.
I'm happy with my set up; it's familiar, i'm not bothered about speed gains/losses, I can ride them at 65psi which is plenty comfy for me with a CF frame. I don't have to carry much.
If you run tubeless and you have a flat that cannot be fixed for whatever reason, surely you have to carry a tube too?
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My computer keyboard that refuses to type all the letters I hit no matter how firmly I press the keys. Tried changing the batteries but that hasn't worked, it makes me look even more illiterate than I am!0
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not sure mine have ever got free books and this year definitely paid for themTheBigBean said:I've definitely had free books before. Today I got a speculative invoice for £26 for three books.
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A carvery is a form of buffet so is catering for savagesPross said:Carveries or, more precisely, the animals (mainly fatties) you find eating in them. Order the large with 4 different meats and then play ‘who can pile the most food on a plate’ before then leaving loads of stuff uneaten.
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Never been to one.surrey_commuter said:
A carvery is a form of buffet so is catering for savagesPross said:Carveries or, more precisely, the animals (mainly fatties) you find eating in them. Order the large with 4 different meats and then play ‘who can pile the most food on a plate’ before then leaving loads of stuff uneaten.
(and now, I never will).seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Pross said:
My computer keyboard that refuses to type all the letters I hit no matter how firmly I press the keys. Tried changing the batteries but that hasn't worked, it makes me look even more illiterate than I am!
Toast crumbs.0 -
As you can't go to Simpsons on the strand, it's as freshly carved a roast as you'll get in a restaurant. Love it.surrey_commuter said:
A carvery is a form of buffet so is catering for savagesPross said:Carveries or, more precisely, the animals (mainly fatties) you find eating in them. Order the large with 4 different meats and then play ‘who can pile the most food on a plate’ before then leaving loads of stuff uneaten.
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