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by JohnW
25 May 2023, 9:13pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: What Has Made You Laugh Today ?
Replies: 1471
Views: 96674

Re: What Has Made You Laugh Today ?

DaveReading wrote: 25 May 2023, 8:16pm
cycleruk wrote: 25 May 2023, 7:31pmThese are sentences actually typed by medical secretaries in NHS Greater Glasgow
Lifted from a US book (hence the ER reference).
Dave - I must be thick, for which I apologise, but I don't understand that.
I'm not trying to be clever.
by JohnW
25 May 2023, 2:32pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Cycling Shorts?
Replies: 46
Views: 3564

Re: Cycling Shorts?

I've a lot of years' experience of wearing shorts.
I've tried a lot down the years.
Three things I've learned are 1). I need some ventilation.......... 2).........in association with that, padded shorts or added padding are a problem, particularly in hot weather and more particularly on a decent length day-ride..............and 3).Having discovered Corinne Dennis and her mens' touring shorts, at a York Rally, at least a decade ago, they are worth considering - I've had three pairs and don't feel a need to consider alternatives.
I hope that helps.
by JohnW
24 May 2023, 11:20pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: Drivers silly season?
Replies: 34
Views: 2648

Re: Drivers silly season?

I really hate saying this, but the worst on-wheel behaviour that I saw today came from two balaclava clad teenagers on amazingly soop'd up heavy e-bikes, casing havoc on the local greenway, scattering elderly dog-walkers and a family group. The most recent injury inflicted upon a cycling acquaintance of mine was the result of being hit by a similar soop'd up obviously teenager ridden e-bike - my acquaintance was thrown off his bike, knocked unconscious and his nose broken.

Motorists on bikes?
by JohnW
22 May 2023, 10:47pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: What Has Made You Laugh Today ?
Replies: 1471
Views: 96674

Re: What Has Made You Laugh Today ?

Topical comment/advice from a near-neighbour, following a recent publication of a town planning decision.

Take care to put the seat-cover down on your toilet before you go to bed, or the local planning authority will have approved a development for a hundred three-car family homes (down there) by morning.
by JohnW
22 May 2023, 10:38pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: Drivers silly season?
Replies: 34
Views: 2648

Re: Drivers silly season?

Pretty much normal stuff nowadays.
by JohnW
22 May 2023, 10:36pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Seat Post -will it be a crime to destroy it?
Replies: 69
Views: 4992

Re: Seat Post -will it be a crime to destroy it?

Colin - this thread is amazing - but have I missed something? - what have you ultimately decided to do?
by JohnW
13 Mar 2023, 10:46pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Will we ever see electric Rohloff shifting?
Replies: 20
Views: 1463

Re: Will we ever see electric Rohloff shifting?

Mike_Ayling wrote: 12 Mar 2023, 8:50pm Possibly but I am perfectly happy with the twin cable manual system.
Works every time!
+1 to that.
by JohnW
24 Jan 2023, 11:36pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: CUK recognition
Replies: 12
Views: 1192

Re: CUK recognition

Jdsk wrote: 24 Jan 2023, 8:49pm "Cycle Friendly Places":
https://www.cyclinguk.org/press-release ... ling-pound

Jonathan
Could this be the start of something big?
by JohnW
30 Dec 2022, 11:42pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Degreasing wipes for cleaning chains prior to re-lubing
Replies: 44
Views: 2686

Re: Degreasing wipes for cleaning chains prior to re-lubing

jb wrote: 30 Dec 2022, 9:02pm Should a neighbour spot her old drawer's being used to clean a bicycle the consequences might well be more than a clean chain is worth...
Is that the voice of experience...............? :lol:
by JohnW
30 Dec 2022, 7:16pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Degreasing wipes for cleaning chains prior to re-lubing
Replies: 44
Views: 2686

Re: Degreasing wipes for cleaning chains prior to re-lubing

mattsccm wrote: 30 Dec 2022, 10:02am Just a thought.
A wipe will only deal with external surfaces (such as the side plates and rollers of a chain) and not the bits that actually need lubricating(such as the internals of the rollers)
For the purpose described though an old rag works just as well without wasting cash.
+1 to that.
by JohnW
30 Dec 2022, 7:11pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: early sixties 21 gears?
Replies: 50
Views: 3871

Re: early sixties 21 gears?

ANTONISH wrote: 30 Dec 2022, 5:55pm ............................................................As regards the 4 speed Sturmey Archer with 5sp block. I was riding an audax around 1997 and got chatting to another cyclist who had a 4sp Sturmey coupled with a multiple freewheel block (may have been 5) whose friend had built it up for him. I cant remember if he had a double or triple chainring - it may have been single.
Golly - that's 20 gears without multiple chainrings - a double would give 40 gears and a triple 60! :shock:
by JohnW
24 Dec 2022, 12:42am
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Saddle fore and aft adjustment
Replies: 12
Views: 1115

Re: Saddle fore and aft adjustment

Barrowman wrote: 23 Dec 2022, 7:58pm Have you considered a shorter stem extension?
Is it the overall length that's the problem or your wish to have yourself in a certain position over the
chainwheel. ?
Plus what Valbrona said .
The critical relationship is between sit-bone points, knee and pedal spindle. Advice that I've found is that we should fix handlebar position having first got the saddle right. Try it - with a shorter stem extension you may get your saddle near to ideal position. And - Valbrona may be right. Best of luck!
by JohnW
13 Dec 2022, 10:22pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: early sixties 21 gears?
Replies: 50
Views: 3871

Re: early sixties 21 gears?

853 wrote: 13 Dec 2022, 6:22pm In my memory it was Suntour who first launched the 7 speed freewheel in 1979.

I have found an 1979 Suntour catalogue, in Japanese, with a 7 speed freewheel pictured

http://www.equusbicycle.com/bike/suntou ... 200004.pdf
I've said early 80's (above) but I wouldn't argue - I'm fairly sure that I was riding and Ultra 7 in 1981, so maybe we're not at variance. Lucky you, if you could read the catalogue in Japanese! The Ultra 6 & 7 benefited cycling for many of us.
by JohnW
13 Dec 2022, 5:29pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: early sixties 21 gears?
Replies: 50
Views: 3871

Re: early sixties 21 gears?

thirdcrank wrote: 13 Dec 2022, 5:14pm I was a late starter - aged 13
If you're talking serious cycling - you were earlier than I was - 14 if I remember correctly - and that was the mid 50s :D .
by JohnW
13 Dec 2022, 5:11pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: early sixties 21 gears?
Replies: 50
Views: 3871

Re: early sixties 21 gears?

thirdcrank wrote: 13 Dec 2022, 12:40pm For anybody interested in the development of bikes and their equipment from those far off days, a good resource on here is the stuff about Daniel Rebour. He was both a very knowledgeable cyclist and a brilliant technical artist. He was the go-to illustrator for catalogues but he also went to trade fairs and big races where he could spot innovations and the current standards of the era in racing and touring. And people were happy to talk to him, presumably because he was so highly-respected.

There's quite a bit of his work on the forum, some with comments by Brucey
Gosh tc - I think of "Far Off Days" as being the days of the 'Old Guys'...............just before I started cycling! :?