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• #88827
Nothing looks negative to me, it looks to be a growing company.
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• #88828
I didn't read the document and didn't know from whence it came. If they had sent the document to you and you put it on here then you might have been in contravention of the Data Protection Act.
The Data Protection Act applies to personal data. The Act defines that as data relating to a living individual. Corporate accounts are the accounts of a company. A company is not a living individual, so its accounts cannot be personal data, and so would not be subject to the Data Protection Act.
Unless for some bizarre and inexplicable reason someone had decided to fill the company accounts with personal information about directors or shareholders, but they would still be a document of public record and hence not subject to the Act.
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• #88830
Probably unrelated, but I thought I heard somewhere that corporations are considered (in some senses of the word) individuals under the law. This is apparently one reason they're such a bitch to deal with.
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• #88831
Companies registered under the Companies Acts and other corporations are legal considered people. They have their own legal personality, and so can do business in their own right. But they're not individuals. 'Individual' means flesh and blood, whereas a legal person can be a corporation or other legal entity as well as a flesh and blood person.
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• #88832
I guess I was thinking of some of the rights accorded to corporations that are meant for individuals.
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• #88833
Where can I buy a couple of walnuts (whole, in shells)?
(London's famous London or online [and cheaper than £4.50 for 150g]. Tried local supermarkets and health food shops, only the innards, I need them whole.)
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• #88835
Product not available
Sadly not :(
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• #88836
Just a few? I have some hanging around from Christmas I could mail on for £postage
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• #88837
If you're anywhere around North London, Hot Nuts on Green Lanes is a reasonable possibility.
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• #88838
What are common causes of chain suddenly falling in from big ring to small when shifting down the casette (harder gear)?
This is on Rival 11 speed. Chain is between 0.5 and 0.75 wear. Drivetrain is currently somewhat dirty, but not excessively so. Plan to deep clean and renew chain at weekend, but wonder if anything else is causing it...
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• #88839
Excessive chain length or poor cage spring tension perhaps?
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• #88840
Carrying on the North London theme, Yasar Halim on Green Lanes has them for £5.50/kg
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• #88841
Does anyone make an Allen key skewer for a quick release hub (Shimano) that is burly enough for use on a bike with horizontal dropouts?
I fancied getting some halo skewers but quite a few reviews say they can't take adequate tension without snapping.
Shimano qr levers are functionally fine, but I'd like a more streamlined aesthetic.
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• #88842
Have snapped a couple halo skewers in my time (because I'm an idiot) and when they snap they fire one end out at high speed, entertaining but not good. Ive had much better results with a Zipp skewer, although I've only used it on the front, could be worth a try.
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• #88843
Shimano qr levers are functionally fine
And anything which needs twisting as it tightens can never be as good; because you're winding it up and pulling it at the same time, the stresses get added up so they break at a much lower tension than skewers which are pulled tight by a cam. There isn't any magic by which somebody can make an M5 screw which can pull as hard as 5mm tie rod. There's a little wiggle room if you really had to avoid the lever by using higher strength steel, but Shimano skewers are already strong enough that no amount of material improvement will allow an Allen key skewer to catch up. I could design something which would have the appearance of an Allen key skewer which could be tightened to cam-QR levels of tension without applying any torque to the skewer, but it would require two tools to tighten/loosen. If your aesthetic objection to the lever is enough to make you spend £200 on a skewer, get back to me and we can talk :)
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• #88844
Splendid answer, thank you. My engineering mind won't allow an inferior solution at the expense of aesthetics; I had it in mind that the qr allen key skewers were failing due to thread stripping rather than failure of the skewer itself - not so?
I'll admit I hadn't thought about windup. I dare say a decent thread lube would limit this, but still it is a good point.
My £200 will likely be spent on a rear solid axle, a front qr Allen key skewer, and about £185 of wine gums, but I'm nevertheless curious about how you'd solve the problem given an unlimited budget...
(I take it the tap-axle-internally-to-receive-a-machine-screw mod isn't deemed sufficiently clampy for a horizontal dropout?)
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• #88845
I had it in mind that the qr allen key skewers were failing due to thread stripping rather than failure of the skewer itself - not so?
If the nut thread is the weak point, that could happen, but it would be easy to fix by using a steel nut rather than the aluminium alloy typically used. Once you eliminate that, the break would usually be at the first unengaged thread on the bolt part.
I take it the tap-axle-internally-to-receive-a-machine-screw mod isn't deemed sufficiently clampy for a horizontal dropout?
It might be, because it generates twice as much reaction at the dropout face as a skewer for a given amount of bolt tension. I haven't tried it, because all my fixie bieks have chain tugs.
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• #88846
I'm nevertheless curious about how you'd solve the problem
Snug it up using the M5 thread as per a normal Allen key skewer, then hold the bolt head stationary with the Allen key and tighten the splined nut on the same end with a custom wrench to drive the nut towards the dropout face on the M8×0.75 threads cut on the outside of the bolt head and the inside of the splined nut. It looks like a differential screw, and would work as one if you turned the bolt while holding both nuts stationary, but by cheating you can use the big 8mm thread to pull on the 5mm shank without simultaneously applying any torsional load to the bolt shank.
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• #88847
Why use a custom wrench? If you used a regular old nut you could tighten and loosen it with just standard bike tools that (nearly) everyone brings on (nearly) every ride. Also would it need some sort of tab on the far nut to stop it from rotating when you turn the Allen bolt?
Pretty cool though, I'd buy it if you could figure out a way to make a set for a tenner
Edit: further question, what's the reasoning behind the different thread pitches? To allow tightening/loosening through the differential screw mechanism using only the Allen key?
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• #88848
Why use a custom wrench?
Because why not? It's a #tartmode product, so a custom tool that keeps the flank pressure low (compared with just making it a hexagon) is the least I can do :) Low flank pressure means the tool can be made from aluminium, saving weight in your tool roll.
In practice, the bolt would be Torx for similar reasons, but I couldn't be arsed to draw it
would it need some sort of tab on the far nut to stop it from rotating when you turn the Allen bolt?
No, you're only doing the M5 thread up finger tight. Normal Allen key skewer nuts aren't tabbed or held with a tool, friction alone allows them to stay put when you're tightening them.
Edit: further question, what's the reasoning behind the different thread pitches?
Only that M8×0.75 is a thread you already have on your bike. It doesn't have to be different from the 0.8mm pitch on the 5mm end for the skewer to work
I'd buy it if you could figure out a way to make a set for a tenner
If you could find your way to ordering 10000 sets, I can probably do them for a tenner each :)
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• #88849
Cool, just need to find 9999 friends who like niche bike parts. How many people are on here? ;)
Normal Allen key skewer nuts aren't tabbed or held with a tool
The Halo ones referred to above have a tab on the non-allen-key side. Actually maybe on both sides, I can't remember. I accidentally flattened it though by tightening it up without slotting it into the dropout properly. Still works.
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• #88850
Nowhere near as scientific as what's above, but I've had a cheap anti theft hex skewer on a bike with fork ends for last couple of years with no slippage/explosions
Not much can be gleaned from those but it looks like they're doing ok. They're solvent, appear to be slowly making profits.