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No gravel in North Cornwall today
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A dissected frog
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even more simple, dig out the mortar in a couple of joints and replace with these? DISCLAIMER: I am not in the building line but I see that the builder has used a number of them on our recent rear extension.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Terracotta-Ventilation-Cavity-Retaining-Garden/dp/B00H5MFDMG
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An easy spin for R-Pog
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I can't watch that show, he talks in riddles and it makes my head hurt.
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Not sure that’s true https://valuationoffice.blog.gov.uk/2023/07/13/how-home-improvements-affect-your-council-tax-band/
This means, legally, we cannot change the Council Tax band of a property that has been improved until it is sold, or there is a general revaluation of all domestic properties
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No, it only increases on change of ownership
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Well it's right for the crown race that sits on top of the fork
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Sorry missed this. Which one of these measurements are you meaning by the width?
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drill a hole in the middle and use it as a garden umbrella stand
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If I was his manager I would have had him on toast for that.
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Probably been covered elsewhere but for the sake of completeness I went to see Ned talk about this just before Christmas and bought the book. A great read.
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Hit up the Dirty Winza loop today. Can confirm that it is dirty but it doesn't go through Windsor
https://www.pearson1860.com/blogs/1860-hub/the-dirty-winza-editors-cut
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Does anyone retire anymore? Called it a day after 40 years working for the man. Not planning on doing anything else work related.
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I stopped working in June. I’ve done all the gardening that needs to be done for this time of the year. I’ve dismantled my shed and rebuilt it in my son’s house. I’ve laid a larger concrete shed base and dismantled another mates larger summer house, moved it to my garden, renovated it as it was rotting in parts and rebuilt and refelted it. I’ve finished redecorating one of the bedrooms yesterday by installing the new light and the next bedroom on the list needs to be emptied by my wife (she instructed) before I start on this.
Aforementioned wife has been out since 9-15 this morning and I’ve completed everything she asked me to do. It’s Binmas eve and I’ve put the bins out already.
I’ve earmarked tomorrow for a gravel ride hoping that today will dry the trails out so I really don’t have anything else to do and I find this kind of stuff very therapeutic.
As mentioned earlier this has been in my garage for 18 months so I am very familiar with the concept of doing other things instead of this 😊
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I have nothing better to do
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No idea re when he applied the wax, quite possibly would be my best guess.
Yes chain is worn and needs replacing but I was interested in how to remove the wax from the frame and components as well as chain.
Will tell him chain needs replacing when I give it back to him.
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Owner told me he applied some wax based lube and given that all the shite is on right hand/ drive train side that seems to correlate.
There is undoubtedly plenty of road detritus mixed in with the wax which has then dried.
As per my previous post unleaded has sorted it out
I'm off for a smoke now...
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Well, the boiling water didn't really work. I expected the wax to melt and run off but even after agitating with a toothbrush it still didn't want to move. It was slightly easier to scrape off with a Blunt tool but not really the effect I was after.
I skim read the previous few pages and as I have a bit of unleaded lying around in the shed for my petrol mower I gave this a go. That seems to have fixed it, apply petrol with a toothbrush and most of it comes off quite easily. The persistent bits can then be scraped off with the tool mentioned above.
I also removed the chain and soaked in petrol. Circa an hour since my last post and this seems to have worked nicely.
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Cheers, boiling the kettle now…
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Probably already answered but CBA to read preceding 672 posts.
What are the recommendations for removing wax off a chain and associated components?
I'm servicing a mates bike and it is absolutely covered in shite which a normal degreaser won't shift.
Any suggestions?
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Just wanted to say thanks for posting this table.
About 18 months ago my mate asked me to replace the bearings in his Langster headset. Pretty sure it was the same model as OP i. e. Red 2016
He had bought two different sets of bearings but neither of them fitted.
I eventually found this thread but suffered from a bad case of procrastination as in the mean time he had bought another commuting bike so there was no time pressure.
18 months later fed up of staring at this bike in my garage. Usual story was that the original bearing were totally shot, rusted and fallen apart so I couldn't read the details on the bearing shell.
So using the table/flowchart and my newly acquired for the purpose digital vernier gauge I identified that the correct bearing as ACB3645.
These are available at a good price from Bearings R us and they arrived within two days and have been successfully fitted along with the new brakes, hoods and cables.
Still cleaning a lot of grease off it (separate post) but bar tape next and it's done and can roll out of my garage and free up some badly needed space.
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When I first started riding in the 90's I made the mistake of sourcing a lot of kit from Halfords. I bought a cheap pair of 700c tyres and went home to fit them. Sure enough, gave myself quite a surprise when the first one blew off the rim.
Took them back and complained and the head of the cycle department said something along the lines of me being an idiot so I asked him to fit them. He put the tube and tyre on and got it to about 30PSI and said 'there you go'.
I suggested that it was too low to ride at that pressure and so he kept pumping. When the tyre eventually let go it went with an almighty bang that sounded like a gunshot and echoed around and about the large, aluminium warehouse unit that was (and still is) Halfords Epsom branch with the whole shop diving for cover.
He refunded me.
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contact a landscape gardener. If they can get the whole thing out, root and all they can transplant it/sell it to someone with a larger garden.
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sad but true