North Drinks. Every Week, Wednesday 6pm - The Maynard N8

All Jumblists:

To celebrate my new garden being finished I will be brewing coffee and have various breakfast/ brunch materials on hand tomorrow for post Jumble sustenance (sort of after 10/ 10.30ish)

I will email you my address or PM me if you want to come along and I don't have your email.

(house is behind Shell station on Park Road towards Crouch end from the jumble).

Can't pm still, but can read them if you want to send the address. Thanks Mikey.

Sounds good.

...augustus pablo 'dubbing in africa' an absolute classic!
33rpm for the win!

Good shout.

Who's Jumbling tomorrow?

Well who do you think?

£20 you cunt!

20 fucking pounds you deal breaking fucker!

You couldn't get away with this if you were buying a house in your homeland!

Bearing in mind it would only be worth £20 anyway.

I am walking round the house with it on, its really handy! I could get used to this....y'know cause its handy not just cause I know how pissed off you are....I might start wearing it all the time....

Definitely wearing it tomorrow until I get that clip......

To further annoy me, like I needed it, one of my velcro fucking straps let go again on the way down Hornsey hill. No biggie, skid the other side. Other fucking velcro piece of shit let's go. OH FUCK!!! Managed to slow down safely,thank christ. Re-do the straps, give a tug to make sure they're ok and set off again slowly. Try a skid, strap comes undone, bollocks. Traffic stops suddenly, skid again and you've guessed it other strap lets go. Cue Geoff hitting a parked car sideways. Fuck! No apparent damage to car but bike won't roll. Carry bike home and find rear triangle bent. Wank!

Lesson to learn. Bin your Burro velcro straps especially if your brakless. This could have been so much worse! At least its only a langster that's possibly died.

Or fit a brake etc....

Any decent clips and straps going? Pending bike re-alignment obviously.

shit! are you all OK?

Thank you for the excellent brunch Mike! Did anybody get caught in that bad shower; you probably sat it out in the pub?

Was it wet? Velcro fails in the rain...

Was it wet? Velcro fails in the rain...

It was wet earlier in the day but should've dried out by the time it happened. It's been happening more often recently so it seems to be a fault with the design of the straps. There is only 1 contact point for the velcro on the Burro straps and it isn't a loopover type like restraps so its not actually that strong. Been trying it off the bike and it lets go quite easily. I've worked out a way of improving it but gonna run with clips and straps when I source some decent ones.

On another note. A massive thank you to Mikey and Louise 5000 for the excellent hospitality yesterday. Your garden is ace and we'll have to return the favour soon.

North Drinks bbq club anyone?

I am walking round the house with it on, its really handy! I could get used to this....y'know cause its handy not just cause I know how pissed off you are....I might start wearing it all the time....

I've got a horrible image in my head now of you wandering round your place with Rosie strategically positioned to protect what dignity you have left.;-)

I'll bring that bag clip on Tuesday for you (minus the saddle)

Just about to start the BBQ in my garden,,, anyone want to come?

Fair enough. I've got some holdfast replicas which are doing well, but I do wonder about the life of the velcro....

thanks to family 5000 for the brunch including nice honey. Nice chilled out day. Lush bin the bike its fucked with no bridge.
Anyone alive today? Fancy a pint?

yeah, thanks mikey it was nice (smoked Tabasco ftw), JD I am in a world of pain from the ride this morning (though it was fun but getting up at 6 is a nightmare)

Glad your not hurt Geoff, someone up on high might be telling you to start looking for a new frame though....and a brake...

ok so isn't anyone thirsty?

Great to see everyone yesterday - and the three of you this morning - nice ride.

JD - Just got back from Dim Sum - need to do a bit of work for tomorrow so no pub for me - although happily drinking Bombadier on my wi-fi 'd yellow sofa!