Roof mounted bike carriers

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  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    Grovsie29 wrote:
    LOL at the lame biking gods. Does it really matter if the dam plastic thing is there?

    And it is a major ball ache to remove. Took me bloody ages.

    If he rides his bike on the road, it's a good idea to have reflectors.

    Idiots.

    Just had a quick waggle on it - it's thin wibbly plastic, should take all of around thirty seconds to remove. We may be idiots, but you must be an incompetent... :lol:
  • *AJ*
    *AJ* Posts: 1,080
    Kowalski675 wrote:
    Grovsie29 wrote:
    LOL at the lame biking gods. Does it really matter if the dam plastic thing is there?

    And it is a major ball ache to remove. Took me bloody ages.

    If he rides his bike on the road, it's a good idea to have reflectors.

    Idiots.

    Just had a quick waggle on it - it's thin wibbly plastic, should take all of around thirty seconds to remove. We may be idiots, but you must be an incompetent... :lol:

    I removed my mates on his boardman! It put up a right battle as I couldn't get in deep enough to cut right through it! I ended up melting it to make a cut/gap down the last bit.
  • MikeCheryl
    MikeCheryl Posts: 59
    Hi, to conclude this, the 591s were tested today and were fine!
    I think I might put a bungee between the upper cross bars of the bikes next trip just to help arrest the wobble, however it was only slight.
    Great tip thanks very much.
  • MikeCheryl
    MikeCheryl Posts: 59
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    And this is the ride we did :) Oh and do you know what, the plastic ring and reflectors are all in place and did not take away from the enjoyment one bit! amazing what bothers some folks :mrgreen:
  • Grovsie29
    Grovsie29 Posts: 116
    Kowalski675 wrote:
    Grovsie29 wrote:
    LOL at the lame biking gods. Does it really matter if the dam plastic thing is there?

    And it is a major ball ache to remove. Took me bloody ages.

    If he rides his bike on the road, it's a good idea to have reflectors.

    Idiots.

    Just had a quick waggle on it - it's thin wibbly plastic, should take all of around thirty seconds to remove. We may be idiots, but you must be an incompetent... :lol:

    I can assure you it's not a 30 second job with the wheel on, you have to cut right the way through it, and with the wheel on it's very difficult to reach.
  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    It's only thin plastic, would only take a few seconds to cut it off.
  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    I think you should do yours, video and time it showing the tools you use.
  • coulddobetter
    coulddobetter Posts: 812
    My boardman , less than 2 mins with wheel off. No tools. Having said that I see no reason at all for taking the mick out of someone wanting to retain reflectors etc.
  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    Chunkers1980 wrote:
    I think you should do yours, video and time it showing the tools you use.

    I'm not bothered enough to video it, but I'll time it when I do it, lol.
  • Daerve
    Daerve Posts: 33
    The pie dish is a nightmare to remove unless you take the cassette off.

    I tried and gave up before fetching the whip and cassette tool. I haven't even bothered on wifey's new bike.
  • Grovsie29
    Grovsie29 Posts: 116
    Kowalski675 wrote:
    It's only thin plastic, would only take a few seconds to cut it off.

    You have zero clue what were on about don't you?
  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    Grovsie29 wrote:
    Kowalski675 wrote:
    It's only thin plastic, would only take a few seconds to cut it off.

    You have zero clue what were on about don't you?

    I know exactly what you're on about. You're obviously just a tad incompetent, lol.
  • thelonegroover
    thelonegroover Posts: 1,073
    Depends on the pie dish design.
    Some are larger than the largest sprocket and quite brittle, these can be quite easy to remove. However, mine was actually smaller than the large sprocket, it was impossible to cut or snap, it just bent and deformed. I had to remove the cassette.
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  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    edited July 2013
    Grovsie29 wrote:
    Kowalski675 wrote:
    It's only thin plastic, would only take a few seconds to cut it off.

    You have zero clue what were on about don't you?

    Pie dish to ex pie dish - 2 minutes 4 seconds (without removing the wheel). Ok, so that's not 30 seconds, but it's hardly a long time, and I was being ultra careful not to scratch the hub or any of the spokes, so could've done it quicker being less careful.

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    Q.E.D.
  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    Thelonegroover wrote:
    Depends on the pie dish design.
    Some are larger than the largest sprocket and quite brittle, these can be quite easy to remove. However, mine was actually smaller than the large sprocket, it was impossible to cut or snap, it just bent and deformed. I had to remove the cassette.

    This (ex) one's a very flexible plastic.
  • coulddobetter
    coulddobetter Posts: 812
    Kowalski , you beat my time by a few seconds! Thankfully other boardman components seem to be more robust. :D
  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    coulddobetter wrote:
    Kowalski , you beat my time by a few seconds! Thankfully other boardman components seem to be more robust. :D

    Lol. For the purpose it's designed for the dish itself is very robust - the plastic's that flexible that you'd never break it in use. Didn't put up much resistance to the spinning dremel of death though, lol...
  • *AJ*
    *AJ* Posts: 1,080
    Dremel is cheating... You're disqualified.
  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    Er, no it's not - it's just applying a modicum of common sense, lol...
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Missed your chance there - you should have said even a little pussy can get it off.
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  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    Lol, I did think about claiming that she'd bitten it off for me.
  • coulddobetter
    coulddobetter Posts: 812
    I win as no tools needed
  • Grovsie29
    Grovsie29 Posts: 116
    Kowalski675 wrote:
    Grovsie29 wrote:
    Kowalski675 wrote:
    It's only thin plastic, would only take a few seconds to cut it off.

    You have zero clue what were on about don't you?

    I know exactly what you're on about. You're obviously just a tad incompetent, lol.

    U just leet.
  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    And again, in English, lol?
  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    Fnaar fnaar. You said flange. :lol:
  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    Ooh, matron! :shock:
  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    I saw a great t shirt in a shop in Cornwall a few years ago, it had a print of Sid James sat on a Raleigh Chopper.

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