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by Drake
16 Oct 2021, 9:05pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Clarks mechanical disc brakes
Replies: 2
Views: 416

Re: Clarks mechanical disc brakes

Very manythanks, most appreciated.
by Drake
15 Oct 2021, 10:01am
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Clarks mechanical disc brakes
Replies: 2
Views: 416

Clarks mechanical disc brakes

Does anybody know where I can get data sheets on the above
?
Manythanks.
by Drake
19 Oct 2018, 9:10am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Gender inequality or political correctness gone mad!!!
Replies: 27
Views: 1488

Re: Gender inequality or political correctness gone mad!!!

What about man hole covers.
Or man flu. The !list seems endless. :D
by Drake
17 Oct 2018, 12:14pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: Downlink at Copsale
Replies: 2
Views: 454

Re: DownsLink at Copsale

squeaker wrote:
Drake wrote:Does anybody know if the Downlink at Copsale is now open. It's been closed for resurfacing work to be carried out.


Dunno, but you could always try asking WSCC on the link here (scroll down to Route Closures)?

Many thanks, I'll give that a try.
by Drake
17 Oct 2018, 9:28am
Forum: On the road
Topic: Downlink at Copsale
Replies: 2
Views: 454

Downlink at Copsale

Does anybody know if the Downlink at Copsale is now open. It's been closed for resurfacing work to be carried out.
by Drake
3 Aug 2018, 9:34am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Cross bar water bottle carrier.
Replies: 15
Views: 1490

Re: Cross bar water bottle carrier.

robgul wrote:The real question is Why? seems an odd thing to want to do, especially with the potential bang knees or other parts on it

Rob

Basically my MTB is quite old and has only one mounting point for a bottle.
I also suffer with neck and shoulder problems. Riding with a backpack is out of the question at the moment, or at least that's what my osteopath recommends.
I was thinking that placing the bottle carrier to the rear of the crossbar, it might be out the way of my knees.
by Drake
31 Jul 2018, 8:01pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Cross bar water bottle carrier.
Replies: 15
Views: 1490

Cross bar water bottle carrier.

Looking for a carrier that I can suspend below a crossbar. Obviously there isn't any mounting points, and also whether a standard carrier would be strong enough. I"be seen types that can carry a wine bottle, but don't want that type. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
by Drake
21 May 2018, 12:38pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Silver soldering
Replies: 7
Views: 905

Re: Silver soldering

tatanab wrote:For soldering what materials?

It's an airflow slide on a bbg. It consists of a very thin steel disc and a steel rod (approx 1/8 in dia) which detached itself from the disc. Originally the rod appears to have been spot welded to the disc (very tiny spot welds).
by Drake
21 May 2018, 11:39am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Silver soldering
Replies: 7
Views: 905

Silver soldering

Is there a special flux for the above. If so any suggestions ?
Many thanks?
by Drake
17 Mar 2018, 9:02am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Bethnal Green and around Britain.
Replies: 14
Views: 1084

Re: Bethnal Green and around Britain.

pete75 wrote:
mercalia wrote:whats so special about it?



Not a lot. Looks a fairly unpleasant area.

Mike Carter has written a book One Man and His Bike about his ride around the coast. No idea if he was the first or thousand and first but it's a good read.

Many thanks. I will try and hunt that book down.
by Drake
17 Mar 2018, 9:00am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Bethnal Green and around Britain.
Replies: 14
Views: 1084

Re: Bethnal Green and around Britain.

bovlomov wrote:
mercalia wrote:why on earth was that knocked down? what a shame :cry: I would have thought there were less worthy places to demolish

According to Spitalfields Life,
As a market, it was a spectacular failure and the housing element hardly fared better. Purposely built with ill-fitting doors and no glass in the corridor windows, they were an icy, inhospitable series of dwellings. The basement and other parts of the structure were damaged by bombing in World War Two. It was certainly salvageable yet, despite protests at the time, the entire complex of buildings was demolished in the nineteen-sixties.

It would have been a perfect building to house the type of hipster enterprises that happen in that neighbourhood. No sarcasm intended.


Your right. I believe in post war Britain there were a lot of buildings that could have been salvaged and put to other uses. Not to sure what style those buildings were, Gothic perhaps ?
by Drake
17 Mar 2018, 8:33am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Bethnal Green and around Britain.
Replies: 14
Views: 1084

Re: Bethnal Green and around Britain.

mercalia wrote:why on earth was that knocked down? what a shame :cry: I would have thought there were less worthy places to demolish


I completely agree with you there. Historically alone, I would have thought this building and square were worth preserving. As I understand it, these buildings were an early social housing scheme, but I could be wrong there.
There did seem to be, in the 50's and 60's, a lot of buildings that were demolished that perhaps today would not be.
by Drake
17 Mar 2018, 8:14am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Bethnal Green and around Britain.
Replies: 14
Views: 1084

Re: Bethnal Green and around Britain.

bovlomov wrote:Are you thinking of this?. . . . [img]


Yes that looks like it.
by Drake
17 Mar 2018, 8:09am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Bethnal Green and around Britain.
Replies: 14
Views: 1084

Re: Bethnal Green and around Britain.

mercalia wrote:whats so special about it?

My memory map A_Z ( 2015) only finds a columbia sq in south london, mortlake


Nothing per say
About two months ago, I bought a small book from a charity shop called "The London Nobody Knows" by Geoffrey Fletcher.
No photos in this book, just some quite nice pen and ink sketches, a medium I dabble in albeit not very successfully.
In said book was a sketch of Columbia Square. Don't ask me why cause I can't answer, this sketch intrigued me.
My son and myself are going to London in a couple of weeks, and we were going to go to Bethnal Green to see if the square was still there. No point now it's been pulled down.
by Drake
16 Mar 2018, 11:52am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Bethnal Green and around Britain.
Replies: 14
Views: 1084

Bethnal Green and around Britain.

Does anybody on this forum live in Bethnal Green, if so, can they tell me if Columbia Square is still there, or has it been redeveloped.
Secondly. Who was the first person to cycle around the coastline of Britain, and was there a book written about it ?
Many thanks if anyone can help.