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Thanks velorog, will do as you suggest, I’m glad that it wasn’t just me misunderstanding things.
I managed the derailleur cable by halving the Shimano plastic guide and using a filed-down mushroom-headed allan bolt to hold it in position, however as your solution seems easier will try it on the second bike I’ve just started.
Thanks again.

Hello velorog, I’m peering at your photo as I’ve been totally flummoxed as to how to get a 10mm gap between the magnet and the sensor on a Trek hybrid that I’m converting. I’m assuming that the face of the magnet has to sit opposite the ‘triangle’ symbol on the sensor and the best gap that I can get is about 5mm. Am I mistaken and is it lateral distance so I can move the magnet to face the sensor further down?
And I thought that the hard part was getting the rear derailleur cable under the BB.
Thanks for any advice.
By the way 531colin just in case you don’t know, the second socket on the cable is for a lights connection.

by st599_uk » 28 Nov 2020, 1:36pm
I also keep a copy of my WHO vaccine certificate which I got in Tanzania.

Perhaps another essential item? Back in the day I was cycling in Malawi, heading for the Tanzanian border and discovered that a yellow fever jab was required. As I had an official WHO vaccine booklet with various entries in it I just whipped out my ‘John Bull, Printing Outfit’ out from a pannier, made up an official looking stamp and job, rather than jab done. Some wise soul had suggested that I carry one. I know that I used it a least once more perhaps for some other traveller needing an ‘official’ stamp.

by Bmblbzzz » 28 Nov 2020, 3:53pm
So they just happen to have a vaccination point at the border crossing?

Entering Malawi at the border post I was told that I had to have a cholera jab. The immigration officer did it using the same needle he did the rest of the people in the queue. This was a few years prior to AIDS.
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Neil.

We've been using stainless steel bottles from Lidl for about the last two years. Screw-top lids, just stop when I need a drink, or more generally have a swig when I'm stopped. They are for sale in Lidl a couple of times a year.
Neil

Read somewhere recently that Wiggle have bought or at least are trying to buy Bike24. Presumably to have a EU base?

Must add that you'll need to at least get yourself a tap and die set to clear up the paint from threads from various bolt holes. I also bought a bottom bracket tool and reamer, on offer from Planet X at the time. I have three more bikes to restore.
Neil

I’ve dipped into this thread and frankly I wonder what it’s all about. The idiocy of the comment about the cultivation of maize in Ireland in the famine period has forced me to respond. Maize was imported by the British authorities as a cheap food replacement for the starving populace. Instructions as to it’s preparation and cooking had to given out. The population did not like the Indian Corn or ‘yella meal’, however it was eat it or death. Incidentally the corn had to be purchased.
The reasons for the famine are straight forward, over reliance on one crop, however the social political and economic responses are complex, starvation was not inevitable.
And I think the ‘joke’ about the chip on their shoulder is out of order.
And no, the Good Friday Agreement was not a disaster, seventeen years of peace is progress.
Neil

I’ve built up two Cross Checks, one last year and the other the previous. Most of the build was straight-forward. Square-taper bottom brackets allowed me to ignore facing the BB shell and the headtubes on both were square as was more or less stated on the Surly web site.
The crown race installation was difficult. The plastic pipe was ineffectual. I cut a circular hole in piece of 3x2 timber slightly wider than the steerer and smacked that down on the crown race. That did it, however a split crown race would be a lot easier.
I did the build partly out of necessity, no bike shops capable of doing it in my neck of the woods and I’ll always have ago at anything. If you prefer peace of mind have a bike shop put the headset and bottom bracket in.
This forum solved problems with gearing.
Neil.

Thanks Geoff.D, it was a great time. Incidentally I meant Iringa when I wrote Singida, I did get to Singida but many weeks later.

geomannie’s mention of Kyela in Tanzania brought back great memories. In 1978 I was cycling up from Karonga northern Malawi towards the Tanzanian border, the road ran out and after a time on a bit of a track came to the Songwe River. Passage across was by dug-out canoe. Now my ‘paniers’ were canvas military bags and as it was a desperate struggle to fix them to the carrier i generally left them on the bike. So the fully laden bike and I sat in for the crossing. ‘Heart in the mouth’ stuff, but over we got. Then a magical ride through banana groves, never saw anything the like before or since. Found the ‘Customs and Immigration’ in Kyela, had the usual difficulty explaining where Ireland was, however a young chap was sent off to the school and came back with an atlas and all went well.
Don’t remember anything of Kyela, stuck my tent up for the night heading off the following day, steep hard ride, tea country, gorgeous scent of tea bushes, mist swirling about, cold too. I was so tired that I stayed in a ‘hoteli’ that evening, a place called Tukuyu. All downhill next day. Little motorised traffic . Two days later I arrived in Singida grand-looking countryside all the way, baobab trees everywhere. Lovely-looking women in Singida.

The minor roads have some traffic, houses are built every-where, with cars resulting. We try to stay on these fairly narrow roads for the majority of our cycling, avoiding the N and even the R roads. Drivers are generally courteous, some times unthinking. Surfaces can vary from reasonable to appalling, ‘though if you are taking it handy it’s not much of a problem. What can be disconcerting are the sheer number of intersections, so navigating can be difficult, I generally lose my way a couple of times on new routes. No real problem as I know that I’ll find my way eventually and we’ve never failed to return home. I use OS maps, checking my route before I set off and note cryptic directions and when I get lost, check the digital copy on my iPod or iPad.
Enjoy your trip if you come.
Neil.

Mick F wrote

Question One.
I don't have Settings/Message/iMessage.
How do you get there?

In your settings Mick F, scroll down a fair bit, the fifth 'block', which is headed by 'Mail'. You'll find 'Messages' there.
Neil

Mick F, a couple of screenshots to explain my previous post.

Mick F, if you have send as SMS enabled in your settings, found in - messages-send as sms and then in -send and receive - have your phone number checked for usage, I think your problem may be solved.
Neil.

Just thought that I would mention that here in Ireland there are 'Hungarian Dental Clinics' set up and staffed by Hungarian orthodontists. Initial costs are slightly less than half of an Irish orthodontist's, roughly €1350 per implant for the Hungarians as opposed to something under €3000 for the Irish. However to cover the guarantee bi-annual visits are required which means €100 each year for 10 years. The clinic was really hi-tech and has a good reputation, even my own Irish dentist couldn't really say anything against it. My only objection to going to it was the distance, 80km, not too far but I don't like driving and the travel costs plus the extra €1000 for the guarantee would bring the final cost to only a little less than an local orthodontist.
Anyhow due to a medical conditional I can't go ahead with an implant at present.
So this is just a long-winded way of suggesting that there may be a similar 'Hungarian' clinics in the UK that you could investigate.
Regards Neil.