saturday secreting claymores in the despatch boxes

sungod

'ning

ridey ridey ride, much coffee, cakes and savouries, missing the warm days of february

thistle_

Morning
Off into town to eat stuff from the pop up food market, then doing some wiring in the car and if there's time left fixing the many many creaks and squeaks on the bikes.

Matthewfalle

sun shining, no wind, new bike ..... so i'm off to work to make sure a bunch of people don't hurt themselves

aaaaaaarrrrrrrrggggghhhhh

step83

Morning, dogs currently blasting round trying to catch my friends German Shepard who's staying over this weekend.
Matt, sort it out! Meant to be even nicer next weekend as well.

Home shortly hose off dogs some breakfast an fit new chainrings to the bike then not much, might do a quick zwift session.

sungod

Matthewfalle wrote:

sun shining, no wind, new bike ..... so i'm off to work to make sure a bunch of people don't hurt themselves

go for the ride

worst case, think of it as evolution in action, the state has a superfluity of replacements

Stevo_666

Up North sitting in a care home keeping my old dear company. That's about it for the day. May head back tomorrow if she is still stable and be on standby to come back in the week.

tlw1

Drank through to the light last night and now out again for the current wife’s birthday weekend - not great prep for a race tomorrow

hopkinb

Theatreland wiv me mavvah.

Christmas present trip to the book of mormon.

step83

Just a thought, any photos of said new bike Matt?

darkhairedlord

Today was operation big hammer. My rubble frameset was ex-demo but they removed the bb30 bsa adaptor so I had been using bb30 bearings due to the state of the bore in the Bb she'll. Today I manned up and used my homemade press (m14 studding and some nuts washers etc. ) with hammer assistance to batter an adaptor in. It's about 0.75 MM. short but definitely in, and I don't think I broke the frame. Boy they can take some punishment....

pinno

Press fit BB's. :roll: Will they ever learn?

Porker, blast around sticks.

Hungry.

Laters.

hopkinb

That London seemed pretty full of marchers.

pinno

hopkinb wrote:

That London seemed pretty full of marchers.

Blue flags with gold stars I hope?

veronese68

Pinno wrote:

hopkinb wrote:

That London seemed pretty full of marchers.

Blue flags with gold stars I hope?

Shed loads of them. Took my mother up there and the lad came down from uni for it. Don’t think it will make any difference, but it was a bit of fun and the old dear enjoyed it.
Bumped into an old friend that runs a large department in a hospital. They’ve been instructed to stock up on things, but not to say they’re stockpiling as that sounds bad. What a shitshow.

Matthewfalle

ciao

glad that day is over. now dealing with tdv's in-laws. this is going to be a long night .......

Matthewfalle

Step83 wrote:

Just a thought, any photos of said new bike Matt?

i'll get some on here next week once bar tape is on and I've cut the steerer down. at the mo it just looks look an s3 with deep rims and no handlebar tap and loads of clubbie spacers above the stem

hopkinb

Matthewfalle wrote:

and loads of clubbie spacers above the stem

Can you do mine? Stem slammed, approx 50mm of spacers above... :oops:

hopkinb

Veronese68 wrote:

Pinno wrote:

hopkinb wrote:

That London seemed pretty full of marchers.

Blue flags with gold stars I hope?

Shed loads of them. Took my mother up there and the lad came down from uni for it. Don’t think it will make any difference, but it was a bit of fun and the old dear enjoyed it.
Bumped into an old friend that runs a large department in a hospital. They’ve been instructed to stock up on things, but not to say they’re stockpiling as that sounds bad. What a shitshow.

Good man V68.

It all seemed very busy but peaceful.

hopkinb

Oh, and despite me not being at all a musical theatre type of person, the book of mormon was fantastic. Filthy and hilarious.

step83

Matthewfalle wrote:

Step83 wrote:

Just a thought, any photos of said new bike Matt?

i'll get some on here next week once bar tape is on and I've cut the steerer down. at the mo it just looks look an s3 with deep rims and no handlebar tap and loads of clubbie spacers above the stem

Yeah, reminds me....
Bloomin faff doing it once the cables are all on

thistle_

Stick some TT bars on and use the stem as a chin rest

step83

thistle (MBNW) wrote:

Stick some TT bars on and use the stem as a chin rest

Was planning using it as a ring doughnut holder, TT bars though would hold more

pinno

I don't fancy cutting a carbon steerer.

You need a shotgun. I've seen it before - to put holes in de donut.

Is that a Ti frame set Step? Harsh no? unless it you weigh 22 stone of course.

hopkinb

Pinno wrote:

Is that a Ti frame set Step? Harsh no? unless it you weigh 22 stone of course.

Ye cheeky tw@t ye.

hopkinb

Step also has a ti frame off planet x. Be like step.

step83

Pinno wrote:

I don't fancy cutting a carbon steerer.

You need a shotgun. I've seen it before - to put holes in de donut.

Is that a Ti frame set Step? Harsh no? unless it you weigh 22 stone of course.

Aye, the carbon one encountered some issues, by issue I mean a crack along the rear brake mount.

Not quite 22 stone no, very smooth to ride though.

Chopping the steerer is easy, I have a jig and a fine hacksaw.

hopkinb wrote:

Step also has a ti frame off planet x. Be like step.

8)

pinno

hopkinb wrote:

Step also has a ti frame off planet x. Be like step.

My bony 4rse says no. (Unlike Del Monte).

SG has had a love affair with Del Monte for too long.
I reckon, he's the biggest shareholder. It all makes sense, now I think about it.

hopkinb

S'like an iron fist in a velvet glove, smooth to the touch, but the stiffness where you need it. Not like your rusty old Italian steel, which is just knackered.

pinno

hopkinb wrote:

S'like an iron fist in a velvet glove, smooth to the touch, but the stiffness where you need it. Not like your rusty old Italian steel, which is just knackered.

Oi! Now listen 'ere cuntchops, I have old Italian Carbon. With carbon bits and... one of them has carbon wheels.
So there; na na na na na.

hopkinb

Pinno wrote:

hopkinb wrote:

S'like an iron fist in a velvet glove, smooth to the touch, but the stiffness where you need it. Not like your rusty old Italian steel, which is just knackered.

Oi! Now listen 'ere cuntchops, I have old Italian Carbon. With carbon bits and... one of them has carbon wheels.
So there; na na na na na.

Dammit, I knew they were old and Italian.

Don't get them wet.

pinno

hopkinb wrote:

Pinno wrote:

hopkinb wrote:

S'like an iron fist in a velvet glove, smooth to the touch, but the stiffness where you need it. Not like your rusty old Italian steel, which is just knackered.

Oi! Now listen 'ere cuntchops, I have old Italian Carbon. With carbon bits and... one of them has carbon wheels.
So there; na na na na na.

Dammit, I knew they were old and Italian.

Don't get them wet.

I'm not stupid, no way am I risking my life, not even in light drizzle - they're kept at 23.78 degrees @ 12% humidity in a sealed container.