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by GrahamNR17
7 Jan 2012, 8:29pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: So it's come to this
Replies: 15
Views: 1647

Re: So it's come to this

Greybeard wrote:Whilst I'm not old enough to remember this building as a cycle shop in Beverley's Saturday Market...

Well you look old enough :wink:
Greybeard wrote:...with parts of them dating back to the 1600's...
If only we could turn the clock back - even for a day or two would do :roll:
Lovely, maybe we could all enjoy a dose of plague or black death while we're at it :roll:
by GrahamNR17
6 Dec 2011, 7:27pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Hub Gears and Trailers
Replies: 42
Views: 2767

Re: Hub Gears and Trailers

All in the name of science, you understand :wink:

X-RD3, 1st gear, wheel locked with wood and rope, five-foot pole over the crank arm, hefty bloke swinging on the pole.

Not sure what it proves, but it passed an hour at work today :oops:


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by GrahamNR17
6 Dec 2011, 7:24pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: I was shot at in Hull this evening
Replies: 25
Views: 2170

Re: I was shot at in Hull this evening

Barn door? :roll:
by GrahamNR17
4 Dec 2011, 7:58pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Hub Gears and Trailers
Replies: 42
Views: 2767

Re: Hub Gears and Trailers

I suspect that only time will tell. Certainly an AW on a solo machine, ie with no trailer, will haul the huge bulk of our own dear Greybeard up hill and down dale for many many years, and show no signs of falling to bits. Me and my trailer full of shopping weigh about the same as him :wink: I routinely tow a 38kg dog on a 15kg trailer with an X-RD3 and on another bike with an AW, and three years in it's fine.

Pashley's advice about not towing a trailer can be ignored, in the same way that my shirt label that says "dry clean only" can be. It's just manufacturers covering their behinds, and Pashley are famously wishy-washy when it comes to specific technical questions :roll:

For really huge loads, such as those you might expect to lug on a Bakfiets (long), there are/have been specific cargo hubs that are beefed-up. The one remaining in production is the SRAM P5 Cargo, and in the past Sturmey have done specific beefy models for tandems. These days cargo hubs are hard to find; makes you wonder if they're just not needed.

But most hubs gears that I've encountered survive perfectly well with trailers. My suspicion is that they won't explode with loads that most people are capable of hauling.

It would be genuinely and properly interesting though to hear if someone has damaged a hub gear hub lugging heavy loads, as I'd really like to see what happens to them :D

oh, and the reason we aren't here that much is that the Toggle thread got a bit crowded, so we have a separate side-forum to do it in finer detail. I still haunt this place regularly in case something catches my eye. I couldn't live without at least a weekly dose of this forum :mrgreen:
by GrahamNR17
7 Nov 2011, 8:08pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Target Cycle Store, Northolt, 1946/7 ish
Replies: 0
Views: 572

Target Cycle Store, Northolt, 1946/7 ish

Was anyone here hanging around in the Northolt area between the end of the 2nd war and about 1947?

I am trying to find anyone that might have been familiar with The target Cycles Stores that was at 177 Church Road, which I believe is the Rectory parade building, completed in about 1936.

From everything I can ascertain, they were only there a short while before upping sticks to North Finchley where they took over a cycle business of a different name.

Just a shot in the dark, really!

Thanks for any info.

graham
by GrahamNR17
15 Oct 2011, 2:59pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: The Dangers of Cycling (Africa Style)
Replies: 7
Views: 592

Re: The Dangers of Cycling (Africa Style)

...and I bet someone here will still complain about being chased by a dog :roll:
by GrahamNR17
14 Oct 2011, 8:25pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: togglechaintour bikes
Replies: 4848
Views: 256861

Re: togglechaintour bikes

corshamjim wrote:So I'll be quite relieved legitimately to use the new forum and leave this one to the bona-fide CTC members.

I shall be using both :wink:

The CTC forum is much much wider-ranging than ours, and covers topics I hadn't even realised I wanted to discuss :shock: But that's no surprise given the CTCs admirable mission.

The Toggle Chain Tour forum is there due to the success of this thread. At over 300 pages and damn-near 5,000 posts, it's really hard to find and pick out the information you need. The TCT forum just kind of breaks down what we've been discussing here in to sub-topics that are easier to navigate and extract the gems of information. Despite Hubber's best efforts, he's yet to convince anyone to create an index of this thread :lol: and believe me, he's tried to sell the idea to many unsuspecting passers-by :lol:
by GrahamNR17
14 Oct 2011, 7:36pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: togglechaintour bikes
Replies: 4848
Views: 256861

Re: togglechaintour bikes

Greybeard wrote:I do hope this thread's not gonna die :shock: Not far off 5000 posts now. Be a shame to fall short when it's this close :wink:

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4827 :shock: +1 :P
by GrahamNR17
14 Oct 2011, 5:51pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: togglechaintour bikes
Replies: 4848
Views: 256861

Re: togglechaintour bikes

diapason0 wrote:No, tis not I. Perhaps you could let me know if he doesn't buy it.

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I promise to do so :wink:
by GrahamNR17
14 Oct 2011, 5:29pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: togglechaintour bikes
Replies: 4848
Views: 256861

Re: togglechaintour bikes

MikewsMITH2 wrote:Yes I think Graham still has my Viking Hosteller frame. Its a beauty, but too small at 19 1/2" even for Graham ;-)

It's currently reserved for a chap in Wales, pending me packing it this weekend. Possibly the same chap?
by GrahamNR17
10 Oct 2011, 5:18pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Most Embarrassing Moments
Replies: 14
Views: 1477

Re: Most Embarrassing Moments

Jonty wrote:The only thing which approaches this for me was when I was seventeen and I inadvertedly passed wind when getting up from a cinema seat in front of my new georgeous first-date "girlfriend".
I turned red with embarrassment, as I did in those days, but she thought it highly amusing, which helped a lot.
jonty

:lol: Bet it taught you alot about timing :lol:
by GrahamNR17
10 Oct 2011, 5:17pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Most Embarrassing Moments
Replies: 14
Views: 1477

Re: Most Embarrassing Moments

Jonty wrote:
GrahamNR17 wrote:Being told by my GP, who was examining me 'from behind', "Try giving a gentle push as if you are trying to pass a stool." I did as he instructed. And yes, I did :oops:

I think that's where the old saying "Never look back" comes from :oops:


That's really embarrassing? Did you offer to clean it up?
jonty

The nurse cleaned up. I haven't been back to that GP since :oops:
by GrahamNR17
9 Oct 2011, 5:53pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Forum Friends
Replies: 14
Views: 1108

Re: Forum Friends

cycle cat wrote:One of the things I like about this forum is you
get to speak to people from all over the country.
I don't know of we would get on if we met up.
I am a mad woman in her forties who messes about with
bicycles and knits wheels.

Knit wheels :shock: Don't you find the going a bit soft :lol:

I've met a load from here on the Toggle Chain Tour. One of 'em was alright... if you like that sort o' thing :roll:
by GrahamNR17
9 Oct 2011, 5:49pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Most Embarrassing Moments
Replies: 14
Views: 1477

Re: Most Embarrassing Moments

Being told by my GP, who was examining me 'from behind', "Try giving a gentle push as if you are trying to pass a stool." I did as he instructed. And yes, I did :oops:

I think that's where the old saying "Never look back" comes from :oops:
by GrahamNR17
8 Oct 2011, 3:34pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: togglechaintour bikes
Replies: 4848
Views: 256861

Re: togglechaintour bikes

I like Benelux gears, and that's a very fine example 8)

But, here's the TCT rules http://graham.hopto.org/tct/?What_bike