We have booked our tickets to Exeter and back for Thursday . Two days time.
I'll be taking Moulton's front wheel and a tape measure. I'll see the actual heights of the hooks and see if the front wheel will fit.
I know Moulton's wheel-base as 42" so I can see where the rear wheel will fit.
Then after getting home, I'll be checking how high I can lift the beast vertically.
I rode to Plymouth yesterday and caught the Gunnislake train home. I arrived at the station a little early, and went to a nearby platform where an intercity GWR train was standing. I photographed the illuminated signs showing the train layout. The three instructions change over too quickly. Ten seconds to do the three. Unless you are familiar with the painted numbers on the platform surface and understand what the illuminated signs are saying, and you can read it all quickly enough and arrive early enough to get your bike to the correct place, you're stuffed!
These are my photos. Now I've seen them and inwardly digested them, I'll be in a better position when (or if) I do this ride to Exeter.
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- 16 Apr 2024, 10:49am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Non-standard Bikes on Trains
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4179
- 16 Apr 2024, 10:23am
- Forum: Fun & Games
- Topic: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
- Replies: 2264
- Views: 134496
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
Sorry, been off the air recently.
Agendums.
This is just one:
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/agend ... 1713259197
Agendums.
This is just one:
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/agend ... 1713259197
- 25 Mar 2024, 6:24pm
- Forum: Fun & Games
- Topic: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
- Replies: 2264
- Views: 134496
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
The other one I was thinking about today, was "agenda". It was being said on R4 this afternoon with a politician chappy.
When I went to meetings ......... and chaired them many many times ............ was we discussed the agendum.
Looking it up earlier due to R4, the modern stuff is "agenda" as the singular, and "agendums" as the plural!
Even the spell-checker on my Mac doesn't like "agendums".
When I went to meetings ......... and chaired them many many times ............ was we discussed the agendum.
Looking it up earlier due to R4, the modern stuff is "agenda" as the singular, and "agendums" as the plural!
Even the spell-checker on my Mac doesn't like "agendums".
- 25 Mar 2024, 5:03pm
- Forum: Electrically assisted pedal cycles
- Topic: Not pedalling
- Replies: 60
- Views: 7008
Re: Not pedalling
In Plymouth on Saturday ........................ a couple of days ago.
I saw two or three riders going up the hill up Amarda Way to North Road roundabout.
Hill, and not pedalling at all.
None of them were Deliveroo riders.
It's a low-gear hill for people of a "real" bike.
I saw two or three riders going up the hill up Amarda Way to North Road roundabout.
Hill, and not pedalling at all.
None of them were Deliveroo riders.
It's a low-gear hill for people of a "real" bike.
- 25 Mar 2024, 4:48pm
- Forum: Fun & Games
- Topic: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
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Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
We bought a half-chicken the other day, and it was wonderful!
There's only two of us, so half a chicken is sufficient.
Note the plastic film with the wording.
I put the film on the table to photograph.
"Half English Chicken"
The chicken was only half English?
Should it have been "English Chicken Half", or "Half an English Chicken" ?
There's only two of us, so half a chicken is sufficient.
Note the plastic film with the wording.
I put the film on the table to photograph.
"Half English Chicken"
The chicken was only half English?
Should it have been "English Chicken Half", or "Half an English Chicken" ?
- 22 Mar 2024, 9:27am
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: ...a safe way to turn a bike over
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4556
Re: ...a safe way to turn a bike over
Sorry, late in replying to this.
In principle you are correct Colin, but if you cannot lift the bike to turn it over as you describe, you're stuffed.
My idea for a heavy bike is to lie it down, then turn it over by the wheels, and all the while, the floor takes the strain.
- 19 Mar 2024, 7:43pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: How do you carry big shopping?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 8354
Re: How do you carry big shopping?
Hi TC.thirdcrank wrote: ↑10 Feb 2024, 4:12pm In the context of this thread, I would say that Mick F's illustration of the different configurations possible with his trailer omits arguably the most relevant: ie how small can it be packed when not in use as a (very versatile) trailer?
The answer is some version of "tiny." And in particular "flat."
(I speak with some experience having had it in the back of our car.)
Sorry, but I've not been on the forum much over the last few months.
Yes, you gave me a lift up Rosedale Chimney Bank ........... or should I say you and your wife took my trailer and orange suitcase up to the top for me.
I was on my Grand Tour of Scotland, England and Wales in 2008.
- 19 Mar 2024, 7:17pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Oldest bike
- Replies: 39
- Views: 5499
Re: Oldest bike
Not got it any more, but before I bought my Mercian frame, I had a Raleigh Clubman.
We were living in Alexandria near Balloch on the southern shore of Loch Lomond.
I rode every working day the 14 miles each way to Clyde Submarine Base .............. no, I wasn't a submariner, but a technician working in the Communication Centre on the cryptography equipment.
Bought the Clubman from Dales Cycles in Glasgow in 1984.
£170 if my memory serves me correctly.
Here I am riding it in Portsmouth New Hampshire in summer 1986.
We were living in Alexandria near Balloch on the southern shore of Loch Lomond.
I rode every working day the 14 miles each way to Clyde Submarine Base .............. no, I wasn't a submariner, but a technician working in the Communication Centre on the cryptography equipment.
Bought the Clubman from Dales Cycles in Glasgow in 1984.
£170 if my memory serves me correctly.
Here I am riding it in Portsmouth New Hampshire in summer 1986.
- 19 Mar 2024, 4:14pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: ...a safe way to turn a bike over
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4556
Re: ...a safe way to turn a bike over
Yep.
Turning a bike over is a completely different thing to turning a bike over and be able to do it ........... and have the bike upside down and stable as well.
Turning a bike over is a completely different thing to turning a bike over and be able to do it ........... and have the bike upside down and stable as well.
- 19 Mar 2024, 3:26pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: ...a safe way to turn a bike over
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4556
Re: ...a safe way to turn a bike over
Turning a bike upside down so it's stable, is a different issue to turning a bike upside down.
I have two bikes in regular use.
One is completely stable upside down, the other is NOT at all due to the geometry of the 'bars and the seat.
As for weight of the bike and the person's physicality, that is a completely different subject ............ and perhaps that's what you are alluding to with your thread.
One of my bikes is light and easy to turn over but completely unstable upside down.
The other is heavy and I can't lift it at all, but I can lie it down and "roll it over" as per the video ................... and then stand it up.
I have two bikes in regular use.
One is completely stable upside down, the other is NOT at all due to the geometry of the 'bars and the seat.
As for weight of the bike and the person's physicality, that is a completely different subject ............ and perhaps that's what you are alluding to with your thread.
One of my bikes is light and easy to turn over but completely unstable upside down.
The other is heavy and I can't lift it at all, but I can lie it down and "roll it over" as per the video ................... and then stand it up.
- 19 Mar 2024, 9:48am
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Oldest bike
- Replies: 39
- Views: 5499
Re: Oldest bike
PS:
Here it is again in 1988 when I was touring Tasmania.
Here it is again in 1988 when I was touring Tasmania.
- 19 Mar 2024, 9:40am
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Oldest bike
- Replies: 39
- Views: 5499
Re: Oldest bike
This my "Grandfather's Axe" Mercian in the early 1991 with all the original stuff on it.
I still use the Campag Victory DT levers on my Moulton.
Original stuff still on the Mercian are the 'bars and 1R stem, and the Campag Victory seatpost.
I still have the Stronglight 99 double and with a variety of chainrings.
Click for bigger view.
I still use the Campag Victory DT levers on my Moulton.
Original stuff still on the Mercian are the 'bars and 1R stem, and the Campag Victory seatpost.
I still have the Stronglight 99 double and with a variety of chainrings.
Click for bigger view.
- 18 Mar 2024, 6:49pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Road marking
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2915
Re: Road marking
T Junction.
Loads of the markings yonks ago, but not seen any for decades.
Loads of the markings yonks ago, but not seen any for decades.
- 18 Mar 2024, 4:25pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: 2006 Campagnolo Catalogue
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1323
2006 Campagnolo Catalogue
I found this booklet/catalogue the other day whilst clearing out a book-case.
I bought it ............. or maybe it was included? ........... in Campag stuff I was buying back then.
I had (and still have) some Chorus on my Mercian.
Does anyone want this book?
A5 format, tired but intact ......... and with all 184 pages.
Free to good home. I'll pay the postage. PM me if you want it.
I didn't want to put this on the For Sale etc pages, but rather have a happy discussion about the older stuff. (Like me!)
I bought it ............. or maybe it was included? ........... in Campag stuff I was buying back then.
I had (and still have) some Chorus on my Mercian.
Does anyone want this book?
A5 format, tired but intact ......... and with all 184 pages.
Free to good home. I'll pay the postage. PM me if you want it.
I didn't want to put this on the For Sale etc pages, but rather have a happy discussion about the older stuff. (Like me!)
- 18 Mar 2024, 3:46pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Non-standard Bikes on Trains
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4179
Re: Non-standard Bikes on Trains
I'm in my early 70s, fit and healthy but with little upper body-strenght. Never had much body-strength and I have never been able to do many press-ups despite being strong and fit. Run? Cycle? Easy peasy.
I've just tried to lift my 531c Mercian high enough for the hooks. I can do it ...............but only just.
Mercian 10.6Kg 23lbs 5.9oz
Tried Moulton. Cannot do it!
Moulton 14.2Kg 31lbs 4.9oz
Therefore, being the awkward sod that I am, I'm going to ride Moulton to Exeter, and ask for help to hang, and un-hang. If they can't, it'll be left horizontally.
Give it the right weather-window, and I'll be riding there.
Expect an update to this!
I've just tried to lift my 531c Mercian high enough for the hooks. I can do it ...............but only just.
Mercian 10.6Kg 23lbs 5.9oz
Tried Moulton. Cannot do it!
Moulton 14.2Kg 31lbs 4.9oz
Therefore, being the awkward sod that I am, I'm going to ride Moulton to Exeter, and ask for help to hang, and un-hang. If they can't, it'll be left horizontally.
Give it the right weather-window, and I'll be riding there.
Expect an update to this!