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Yes- your removable squidgy stuff was what I expected. I eventually removed the glue from my card. The card colour under the glue had faded and the glue that was in contact with the card had taken up the blue colour. The card had also lost its gloss under the glue patch. I’m not at all bothered exce...

Just rec’d my shiny membership card for the next 12 months. Does anyone know what brand of glue the CTC use to attach the card to the accompanying letter? I’ve been picking away for 15 minutes and, although the card is now separate from the letter, the dollop of glue with paper residue is still very...

Just got back yesterday from round trip of Netherlands on our tandem. Route was planned mainly using "Cycling in Amsterdam and the Netherlands" by Eric van der Horst. Spiral bound and the right size & shape to fit in one section of a bike jersey. The book is supported by a website and ...

I'd love it if anyone could recommend which of the many Apple apps available for routeplanning on the Dutch fietspad network would be best suited to help plan a two week tour of the Nethertlands. I'm looking for an app with an English language option and which would allow a planned route to be expor...

I must have searched the entire interweb without success trying to find the answer to what I thought would be a simple question: What is the recommended method to set up the 'adjuster' on a 1981 Sachs Dreigang (3-speed) Torpedo hub? I am from a world of derailleurs, and the hub gear world has passed...

Mercian frames are beyond compare. I have two singles and a tandem. The older of my Vincitores was built in 1985 and has performed flawlessly ever since. It still attracts interest, and more importantly rides as good today as when first put on the road. I visited the showroom on my return trip from ...

[/quote] ... is a known fault, had the same happen to my 605 as soon as I spoke to Garmin they acknowledged and replaced it.[/quote] In response to the above I phoned Garmin. The nice man said they would offer a free replacement unit if the fault appeared on his list for the 705. It didn't - so they...

I believe you connect the battery to the Garmin and the e-Werk at the same time. I wouldn't recommend that: I'm just back from my first tour with e-werk. I have used a Schmidt SON hub for about 10 years with a B&M halogen lamp. The lamp got damaged last year and I replaced it with an Edelux. Th...

Just 'rewired' my bike. Retained Schmidt Dynohub. Got rid of halogen headlamp and battery powered rear lamp. Fitted Schmidt Edelux headlamp, B&M topline rear lamp and B&M e-Werk plus cache battery. All works OK once cache battery is charged. Need to get a mains charger for cache battery so t...

I know it's a long shot... but here goes! I only have sight in my right eye. Advancing years means I now wear specs. I planned to get a SINGLE replacement prescription lens for my Oakley sunglasses - but it seems Oakley only sell them in pairs. Apparently it's to make sure the tint is the same in bo...

What a fantastic shop. I live in Suffolk and can just about reconcile myself with the fact that Diss is on the border!!! a) Interesting The shop is quite literally fascinating in the way the shops used to be before shiny, interior designed 'retail spaces' became fashionable. You have to kick the fr...

I doubt if an optical sensor would be so reliable. The powered sensor would have to be on the stay - you couldn't have a powered device on the crank. So would the crank have a little reflector to reflect, say infra red? Remember cranks come in shiny aluminium, and black - and they get dirty! Also th...

I use the Garmin 705 with a cadence sensor on my Mercian tourer and another sensor on my Bianchi road bike. The Garmin fitting instructions for the cadence sensor show that you should mount it on top of the left chain stay. But the carbon stays on the Bianchi are a wierd shape. They have a very shar...

Thanks all. The photo doesn't give much indication of scale... The diameter of the boss is less than that of a Campag boss, meaning a bush would be required if I wanted to fit a Campag style lever. Mick Madgett (Diss) gave me an old Shimano lever which fits on the boss, so you're right PW. But the l...

I recently bought a 1970s Jack Taylor tandem. The previous owner has modified the gear lever bosses to make cable stops by drilling them. He then fitted stem mounted levers. I want to convert back to downtube mounted levers. I have had no problem with the left boss which is a traditional Campag desi...