Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up
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It didn’t work though, the damage must be terminal
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Almost easier to take them off and walk barefoot but a bit chilly at the moment.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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I haven’t looked at it yet, but I own a Shimano freehub service tool so can service it. There are 50 1/8” bearings inside the freehub which are a little fiddly to fit, but sticky grease helps hold them in place.
I think you are right. I've got winter boots, so even worse to waddle in.
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Use an old baking tray for the dismantling to avoid bearings rolling off to oblivion.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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My toe clips cheer me up.
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How cold was it? I used to have a couple of experiences per year of freezing Shimano grease - the hubs would be fine once warmed back up. I found pulling the freehub partially apart and getting some fresh grease in was enough.
If it is the design I think you have, firstly you don't really need the tool, just a screwdriver and some patience and, secondly, you don't want to schedule anything else that weekend, including going for a ride using those wheels.
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No. I've not even been tempted by the Tweed Run.
I don't ride the distances that you do and with the requirement to stop every 100m I find toe clips convenient.
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Damn, I was looking forward to a profile photo of you in a deerstalker and smoking a pipe as you pedalled.
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Sorry @briantrumpet this should really be in Workshop.👮
I know what you mean about grease stiffening in the cold, but it wasn't that cold yesterday. I’ve had freehubs give warning signs they need a service in the past, but not just suddenly fail. I must admit my attention to maintenance has been slack this year.
Looking inside the freehub the spring was fine. It appears the grease had formed a thick emulsion due to water/gunk ingress and stuck the pawls to the body.
The tool is necessary on mine- they are on really tight (reverse thread). In fact those two pegs on the tool have been mashed and need grinding/reprofiling. I have used it a few times now and it doesn't always fit that well on some freehubs.
All clean again 😀
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That's a suspiciously clean workshop towel
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That's true, but it's nice to have clean balls.
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As it looks like it's a bathroom mat, I guess it's nice that it's dual purpose on the balls front.
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Not sure what a tool will do if swearing at it failed to work to be honest.
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Using the digital GP service through my company health insurance as getting an appointment at my actual GP is such a chore. Went on the app yesterday, booked an appointment from the multiple choices I had for this morning and received an open referral to a cardiologist by email as soon as the call ended. The GP seemed less condescending than the ones at my local practice too.
I have to admit I'm not sure that it would work for many issues though, the last GP appointment I made was to get a small lump at the top of my thigh checked so I guess the digital GP would have referred me somewhere to get it checked whereas my actual GP ruled it a cyst and nothing to worry about within 30 seconds (hopefully correctly!).
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Vis-à-vis my heart thing, and various letters & appointments coming & going, at the prompting of one of the letters, have signed up for My Care (laptop) My Chart (Android), and it looks the bees knees, with letters, results, and appointments all in one place, and stuff like appointments going straight into my Google Calendar. On the downside, having chatted to the head cardiologist parent after this week's lesson, it does sound like the extra tests (stress echocardiogram and angiogram) are being done to assess whether surgery will be needed sooner or later. For someone who's never spent one night in hospital, despite plenty of day visits, the thought does play on one's mind, especially as any procedures aren't keyhole. Oh well, que sera sera, and better to have more options now than something forced in crisis subsequently.
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I cheered myself up at the repeated lack of sun that had been forecast by replacing both shifter cables ("Ah, that'd be why both front and rear were being temperamental!" fraying) and a stretched chain. They'll get a test ride into Exeter this evening when I go for a curry with friends, which also cheers me up.
It's been a winter when the winter bike's taken a real hit, coming back caked in mud & sand on virtually every ride, so I'm not surprised that it was in a state.
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See if you can work out how this single-take shot was done, in Cuba, in 1964. It's quite something.
If you don't want to guess, read this... it's a fascinating write-up:
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People with daft names.
So I was cheered up yesterday when I got an email about cut price corporate ents tickets for the England - Scotland match tomorrow from one Scooter Tardelli-Reid. I mean, why would you call your kid Scooter? Scooting is something that my dogs do when they've just done a bit of a messy shit 🙂
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
If you are so fond of your surname wouldn't it be better to just keep it rather than end up with a crunching tackle from the mid-1980s?
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The view travelling down the M50 earlier. The sunset behind the Malvern was incredible and then the crescent moon with Venus shining bright alongside. The backdrop of the sunset behind the hills was like something from an old Western. I tried to photograph it on my phone but through a coach window at 60mph it was too blurred.
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Being on a bike (not near the Malverns though) made it easier to photograph. Haldon Hill instead.
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Do your French ladies like these photos as well?
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They just seem to like pretty pictures, even without my calves. I know, incredible.
Joking aside, although Devon photos don't get nearly as much traffic, they keep followers engaged, so I don't have to start from scratch each time I start the French feed.
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If you like academic beheadings, this is a great thread about two academics contorting themselves to try to argue that what the US 14th Amendment says in plain language as its central purpose (birthright citizenship) isn't what it says.
I must admit reading stuff like this sometimes make me glad that the UK hasn't got a written constitution that is open to, erm, 'novel' interpretation of 18th-century texts which are treated like scripture handed down from god, but is much more evolutionary through amassed precedent, so is, in effect, being constantly amended to take account of current mores.
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Reading about the half-completed renovation of the Clifton Suspension Bridge. I used to drive over it weekly to go bellringing at Abbots Leigh, and it never really lost the thrill. A magnificent erection.
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