tuesday is a figment in the mind of a fluffy ginger cat lazing in the sun

sungod

'ning

coffee, early rendezvous in lab to investigate strange things, more coffee

lincolndave

Morning, more like summer today blue skies, cycling later, work related stuff this morning

Matthewfalle

ciao

coffee then lying in a hammock here. may do a weights session but hammock comes first.

#hammock

tlw1

Hybrid commute with another BB member was a giggle, now working with the holiday timeline coming up fast

homers_double

Needed a day off yesterday to recover from the Saturday night shenanigans, did manage a short 30km easy ride with MrsHD to the pub and back.

Almost back on form today but suspect another decent nights sleep will sort me out.

Matthewfalle

just stripped down an old Pashley frame to bare bones. Will sound out TDV to see if she wants it powdercoated and built up into summer trundler.

#steelisquiteheavy

darkhairedlord

'ning. Melting in my west facing hutch with automatic closer on door and two 24" LCD screens radiating enough to jumpstart the chernobl reactor pile from sunny bournemouth. time to write a reference and break bad news to others that have done bugger-all all year.

pinno

I had a Pashley for the Cheltenham commute.
I looked very posh on my Pashley and a trilby.

Today will be doing a bit of a run around and then swimming in the next shire up at the new pool.
It's much more family friendly and the local one os such a short drive...
Short pedal in the meantime.

Laters.

PS Can you actually speak to someone at DVLA?!

darkhairedlord

Pinno wrote:

I had a Pashley for the Cheltenham commute.
I looked very posh on my Pashley and a trilby.

Today will be doing a bit of a run around and then swimming in the next shire up at the new pool.
It's much more family friendly and the local one os such a short drive...
Short pedal in the meantime.

Laters.

PS Can you actually speak to someone at DVLA?!

Never had a Pashley but used to ride my mothers "raleigh shopper" and then her "raleigh lady chiltern".
DVLA? what a f*ck up outfit.
Last car, the log book came back with the old owners name and my adress.
Newest car, docs just came in with first and middle name, they missed the surname.
Couldn't be arriss'ed to send them back as they'd probably c*ck that up too.

Matthewfalle

Pinno wrote:

I had a Pashley for the Cheltenham commute.
I looked very posh on my Pashley and a trilby.

Today will be doing a bit of a run around and then swimming in the next shire up at the new pool.
It's much more family friendly and the local one os such a short drive...
Short pedal in the meantime.

Laters.

PS Can you actually speak to someone at DVLA?!

thinking pale baby blue or summat pastely for a Pashley. Its a "courier" so complete with name board for Edwyn's.....

#advertisethebesttobethebest

pinno

Matthewfalle wrote:

...thinking pale baby blue or summat pastely for a Pashley. Its a "courier" so complete with name board for Edwyn's.....

#advertisethebesttobethebest

Oh gawd no. Glossy glossy black to compliment and bring out all the chrome bits superbly polished with spinach*.
Wicker basket on the front?

*Team47b

darkhairedlord

Pinno wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

...thinking pale baby blue or summat pastely for a Pashley. Its a "courier" so complete with name board for Edwyn's.....

#advertisethebesttobethebest

Oh gawd no. Glossy glossy black to compliment and bring out all the chrome bits superbly polished with spinach*.
Wicker basket on the front?

*Team47b

Burberry check paintwork.

pinno

..or Tartan:

Stevo_666

I wish I could find the image of a Golden Labrador in Burberry check christened the 'Chavrador'.

Afternoon Wasters, been making progress on the house sale paperwork. Although still waiting for bloody probate to come through. Done some real work as well and am about to reclaim several hundred quids worth of expenses from my last 2 business trips. I should charge them interest...

Wheelspinner

Mowed remainder of front paddock. Faffed about trying three different front derailleurs on a bike but none of them quite work. One fouls the swing-arm, one has wrong cable routing and one has problems with the outer cage plate hitting the crank arm. Solution so far looks like a Dremel to the XTR cage, ouch.

Physio tomorrow. Hope he can do something with the creaky bits.

darkhairedlord

Wheelspinner wrote:

Mowed remainder of front paddock. Faffed about trying three different front derailleurs on a bike but none of them quite work. One fouls the swing-arm, one has wrong cable routing and one has problems with the outer cage plate hitting the crank arm. Solution so far looks like a Dremel to the XTR cage, ouch.

Physio tomorrow. Hope he can do something with the creaky bits.

Is going to grease your bottom bracket?

Matthewfalle

Pinno wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

...thinking pale baby blue or summat pastely for a Pashley. Its a "courier" so complete with name board for Edwyn's.....

#advertisethebesttobethebest

Oh gawd no. Glossy glossy black to compliment and bring out all the chrome bits superbly polished with spinach*.
Wicker basket on the front?

*Team47b

no chrome bits on this one. its very functional.

26" wheel?

#shed

thistle_

Wheelspinner wrote:

Mowed remainder of front paddock. Faffed about trying three different front derailleurs on a bike but none of them quite work. One fouls the swing-arm, one has wrong cable routing and one has problems with the outer cage plate hitting the crank arm. Solution so far looks like a Dremel to the XTR cage, ouch.

I've got an SLX one you can try, if you can wait that long for the post

sungod

returning from bubbly evening with mrs s, came across fluffy ginger cat in the road, stopped to pamper it and there was much purring

this is clearly an omen

mf, why did you go to south america? more vile pest-borne diseases per unit area than other jungles, makes asia look benign

step83

Stevo 666 wrote:

I wish I could find the image of a Golden Labrador in Burberry check christened the 'Chavrador'.

Afternoon Wasters, been making progress on the house sale paperwork. Although still waiting for bloody probate to come through. Done some real work as well and am about to reclaim several hundred quids worth of expenses from my last 2 business trips. I should charge them interest...

Evening, painful day of back pain doing heavy manual labour. also seems the hoodlems/ramblers have been about on the local trails breaking up sections and laying "traps" aka honking great logs in places you don't want them.

Nice meal with the OH not sure what I'm doing tomorrow.

pinno

Step83 wrote:

Nice meal with the OH not sure what I'm doing tomorrow.

Getting out the chainsaw?

thistle_

sungod wrote:

mf, why did you go to south america? more vile pest-borne diseases per unit area than other jungles, makes asia look benign

One MF in each continent, see which one gets the lurgy first.

Wheelspinner

darkhairedlord wrote:

Wheelspinner wrote:

Mowed remainder of front paddock. Faffed about trying three different front derailleurs on a bike but none of them quite work. One fouls the swing-arm, one has wrong cable routing and one has problems with the outer cage plate hitting the crank arm. Solution so far looks like a Dremel to the XTR cage, ouch.

Physio tomorrow. Hope he can do something with the creaky bits.

Is going to grease your bottom bracket?

Fnarr Fnarr Metaphorically speaking it's more like needing to change the gear cable inners and shift linkages on the mechs...

thistle (MNBW) wrote:

I've got an SLX one you can try, if you can wait that long for the post

Thanks! I've a box full of spares, and don't actually mind hacking up an XTR one because who uses them these days anyway? I'd just leave it as a 1x drivetrain except the cranks on it are 42/29, and I don't thing I can push a 42 front gear everywhere. Changing that out for a 36 or even a 38 might give me enough clearance to use another mech that looks like it would be ideal, but the cranks are a weird 94 BCD but 5 bolt pattern and not many chainring options available cheaply to try that either. :?