tuesday has no real roots

sungod

'ning

brr, nippy

ride, cafes, bit of wfh, tub gluing ritual, laze

homers_double

Woke up early and came down to make some tea, let the cat in l, looked at the clock and it was 1.30am and not 5.30 as expected.
Went back to bed.
Came down at the actual 5.30 to the overwhelming smell of cat poo.
All cleared up and time for a Zwift before work.

Stevo_666

First day in after the house move and getting up wasnt easy, decent fresh walk down to the station woke me up though. Will have to try cycling in soon which will be fun at 27/28 miles each way.

Doesnt look like there have been too many emergencies while I've been away at least.

tlw1

Stevo_666 said:

First day in after the house move and getting up wasnt easy, decent fresh walk down to the station woke me up though. Will have to try cycling in soon which will be fun at 27/28 miles each way.

Doesnt look like there have been too many emergencies while I've been away at least.

My old commute was a bit longer and I used to love it. Nice relaxing 45 mins before and after work

tlw1

Hounds walked and a nice catch up call with my main ultra pal.

Catering division is at work today and the aga is getting serviced so I maybe very hungry later.

Hill repeats for fun later, wonder if I can keep the pub avoidance streak to two days

MattFalle

Stevo_666 said:

First day in after the house move and getting up wasnt easy, decent fresh walk down to the station woke me up though. Will have to try cycling in soon which will be fun at 27/28 miles each way.

Doesnt look like there have been too many emergencies while I've been away at least.

Thats going to be a mega commutetraining ride - actually a bit jel tbh.

any decent pics of the new crib yet?

MattFalle

Wet here - absolutely teemed it down last night, rain seems to holding off for the next hour or so.

Going to go to the gym in a bit them need to finish off that prep work i started yesterday.

seanoconn

tlw1 said:

Stevo_666 said:

First day in after the house move and getting up wasnt easy, decent fresh walk down to the station woke me up though. Will have to try cycling in soon which will be fun at 27/28 miles each way.

Doesnt look like there have been too many emergencies while I've been away at least.

My old commute was a bit longer and I used to love it. Nice relaxing 45 mins before and after work

45 mins my @rse!

seanoconn

Stevo_666 said:

First day in after the house move and getting up wasnt easy, decent fresh walk down to the station woke me up though. Will have to try cycling in soon which will be fun at 27/28 miles each way.

Doesnt look like there have been too many emergencies while I've been away at least.

Nice 👍 2 hours each way for you! What was the length of the old commute?

seanoconn

In other news, cold feet, Brrrr 🥶

tlw1

seanoconn said:

tlw1 said:

Stevo_666 said:

First day in after the house move and getting up wasnt easy, decent fresh walk down to the station woke me up though. Will have to try cycling in soon which will be fun at 27/28 miles each way.

Doesnt look like there have been too many emergencies while I've been away at least.

My old commute was a bit longer and I used to love it. Nice relaxing 45 mins before and after work

45 mins my @rse!

Thanks for the offer, but you haven’t got my preferred equipment 😂

orraloon

Stevo could get an e-bike. Or an e-scooter being 'hip' and that. A toryfanboi on a scooter? How interesting.

First frost of the season in The Valley. Clear blue skies. Off to work work, no doubt mega debris clearing after the weekend's shenanigans. Already been sent some pics of fallen limbs. Cutting gear on board.

Ben6899

Morning.

First day for about a week, up here, without gale-force winds. Will head out on the pusher.

thistle_

seanoconn said:

In other news, cold feet, Brrrr 🥶

This. Forgot my overshoes this morning.
Aldi gloves and aero tuck stopped the rest of me getting too cold.

seanoconn

tlw1 said:

seanoconn said:

tlw1 said:

Stevo_666 said:

First day in after the house move and getting up wasnt easy, decent fresh walk down to the station woke me up though. Will have to try cycling in soon which will be fun at 27/28 miles each way.

Doesnt look like there have been too many emergencies while I've been away at least.

My old commute was a bit longer and I used to love it. Nice relaxing 45 mins before and after work

45 mins my @rse!

Thanks for the offer, but you haven’t got my preferred equipment 😂

Massive black dil.do?

MattFalle

pinno

seanoconn said:

tlw1 said:

Stevo_666 said:

First day in after the house move and getting up wasnt easy, decent fresh walk down to the station woke me up though. Will have to try cycling in soon which will be fun at 27/28 miles each way.

Doesnt look like there have been too many emergencies while I've been away at least.

My old commute was a bit longer and I used to love it. Nice relaxing 45 mins before and after work

45 mins my @rse!

This ^.

pinno

seanoconn said:

Stevo_666 said:

First day in after the house move and getting up wasnt easy, decent fresh walk down to the station woke me up though. Will have to try cycling in soon which will be fun at 27/28 miles each way.

Doesnt look like there have been too many emergencies while I've been away at least.

Nice 👍 2 hours each way for you! What was the length of the old commute?

Echoed. You'll never do it Stevo (on a regular basis). Though you should buy a Dogma in prep.
Have you joined the local bowls club yet?

That @Garry H he is a proper hard nut. 35 miles each way into Edinburgh along a very busy road exposed to the east coast (and he would ride at weekends).
Perhaps that's why he was such a grumpy fecker.
Maybe he got squished by a dodgy Romanian truck driver with fake license driving on the wrong side of the road.

Rain/sun, rain/sun here. Going to keep up the core stability exekercisis stuff innit.

Must call gas engineer for a gas engineering job to fit gas burner thingy.

@homers_double : err, cat flap + litter tray?

MattFalle

Any ideas if this is 9 speed?

MattFalle

no speed markings, serial numbers, etc.

pinno

That is a hard call.

Specific years require esoteric knowledge or catalogues, although 2000-and-older 9 speed derailleurs with the old 8 speed actuation ratio have a conventional B-tension screw while 2001-and-newer 9 speed derailleurs with 10-speed geometry have a rack and pinion arrangement on the lower pivot.

Try:

https://www.velobase.com/ListComponents.aspx?Category=108&BrandID=547f3aa0-e86c-41a3-b5a6-f75628ea75e7

Ben6899

MattFalle said:

Any ideas if this is 9 speed?

8

https://www.disraeligears.co.uk/site/campagnolo_athena_rd-01at_derailleur.html

Ben6899

Ah, wait... No. I think it is 8spd.

MattFalle

Ben6899 said:

Ah, wait... No. I think it is 8spd.

Think you're right B - thank you very much!

MattFalle

pinno said:

That is a hard call.

Specific years require esoteric knowledge or catalogues, although 2000-and-older 9 speed derailleurs with the old 8 speed actuation ratio have a conventional B-tension screw while 2001-and-newer 9 speed derailleurs with 10-speed geometry have a rack and pinion arrangement on the lower pivot.

Try:

https://www.velobase.com/ListComponents.aspx?Category=108&BrandID=547f3aa0-e86c-41a3-b5a6-f75628ea75e7

I think those are not real words and you have made them up in an attempt to bamboozle and confuddle me.

MattFalle

And I'm also presuming ypu can't use 9 speed Record shifters with 10 speed mechs?

MattFalle

pinno said:

That is a hard call.

Specific years require esoteric knowledge or catalogues, although 2000-and-older 9 speed derailleurs with the old 8 speed actuation ratio have a conventional B-tension screw while 2001-and-newer 9 speed derailleurs with 10-speed geometry have a rack and pinion arrangement on the lower pivot.

Try:

https://www.velobase.com/ListComponents.aspx?Category=108&BrandID=547f3aa0-e86c-41a3-b5a6-f75628ea75e7

confirmed - conventional B so 8 speed.... grazie

veronese68

Morning folks,
Day of wfh with a large dose of cba thrown in. Going to look at a house with the old dear at lunchtime. Fingers crossed all is well.
So do people not believe TLW averages about 40mph on his bike? You lot are so cynical.
Eurgh, started writing this about an hour ago, had one of my old customers call me up to have a moan. I like this guy so I didn't mind talking to him. Unfortunately my old customers only ever call me to moan about the guys left in sales, a bit of an ego boost for me but worrying from a company point of view if people think it was better when i was in sales.
Fit the derailleur then see if it works MF, if not blame one of the other MFs.

sungod

sunny but nippy

long overdue shipment finally arrived, new set of obies specially made for me by messrs lightweight, plus a repaired rear one

really thought i'd get landed with prodigious duty+vat, but no! more money kept out of this thieving government's hands, huzzah!

weighing ceremony later

tlw1

veronese68 said:

So do people not believe TLW averages about 40mph on his bike? You lot are so cynical.

Correct, but to be fair I didn’t let them know it was on my singlespeed

Wheelspinner

A rather fine day. Gadgets delivered first thing, and spent the majority of the day unpacking and assembling. Dust collector all sorted, fairly straightforward. Table saw a little more fiddly, and not done yet. Not helped by following the instructions, either. They're in the wrong sequence....