All uphill
Slow and steady
I agree.
But you are looking a bit tubby these days, Brian. Youre not eating those horrible doughnuts again are you? They're very bad for your heart, you know.
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I agree.
But you are looking a bit tubby these days, Brian. Youre not eating those horrible doughnuts again are you? They're very bad for your heart, you know.
Pblakeney
Squire
I find myself saying that to my wife on a regular basis.
My guess is that mothers remain as mothers even though the children have grown up and left home. I'm all that's left. 😉😂
briantrumpet
Timewaster
Yes, the most recent (FB friend) comment was from the motherly type, and given that I'm an orphan now...
Pross
Veteran
Annoyance at being stranded and needing to call for a lift plus relief that this happened whilst going very slowly uphill and about to stop as gears were jumping. Have to admit, it’s a new one on me - the mech cage snapped and the mech went into the wheel but managed to stop and not crash.
Very ironic as I wanted to use my best bike but decided not to as I haven’t ridden it for 5 years and hadn’t had a chance to check it over so opted to use this one that I’ve ridden several times in the last month and that had a recent service.
Very ironic as I wanted to use my best bike but decided not to as I haven’t ridden it for 5 years and hadn’t had a chance to check it over so opted to use this one that I’ve ridden several times in the last month and that had a recent service.
C R
Legendary Member
Psamathe
Legendary Member
Is that really what they are saying? Might be the words they are using but, when I lived in France I found French women have a very very different attitude that in the UK. At least I think so because my emigration also corresponded to my giving up work and very long hours and a life of nothing but work but attitudes were different.
briantrumpet
Timewaster
I've probably lost a little muscle tone in, erm, 'the chest area', and I suspect that that's what they have noticed. Even so, I still think it's rather impolite to publicly note a change in weight either way, whether or not someone's been ill. I mean, if someone had cancer, "You've lost weight" would be more than a little insensitive. If someone's been ill, saying they look ill would be extremely crass, and even when someone looks well, saying "You look well" can be really upsetting for the person if they really aren't well.
PurplePenguin
Über Member
Isn't it the hanger that has broken? If so, that is by design - it's intentionally the weakest bit.
Anyway, top tip for repair - buy the exact replacement hanger you need online as bike shops won't stock them. They're also very easy to install, but you may need help if you have trashed all the spokes as well.
briantrumpet
Timewaster
Oh yes, so it is, I think. Only done it once, but it did exactly as intended. And as you say, you need to be careful you get the exact hanger needed, probably best via a LBS or one that deals in the marque and knows their oignons.
PurplePenguin
Über Member
You have a different experience of bike shops to me. I have far more faith in the internet.
briantrumpet
Timewaster
Oh, it might have been t'internet back then - it was a long time ago, though since then a LBS has started which is fantastic, even to the extent of lending me the odd tool overnight and knowing about old bikes.
Pross
Veteran
I’ll have another look later but I didn’t think it was. It was all such a tangled mess and I was so fed up that my first proper road ride in years ended up getting cut short I didn’t look very closely but I thought the hanger was still intact. I actually have a spare mech from when I upgraded my ‘best’ bike (now about 16 years old) and I think that’s a medium cage too so changing mech would actually be easier for me. Safest solution is probably a new bike though.
All uphill
Slow and steady
Why do some men have to shout, instead of speaking, when there are other people around?
I think it's an alpha male thing.
You hear them in cycling groups, groups of runners, cafes, anywhere there's an audience.
I like to think that they deflate into silent insignificance when alone.
Dicks.
I think it's an alpha male thing.
You hear them in cycling groups, groups of runners, cafes, anywhere there's an audience.
I like to think that they deflate into silent insignificance when alone.
Dicks.
Pross
Veteran
I DON’T KNOW
briantrumpet
Timewaster
Always. And make sure that's the line you repeat frequently to your wife.
