Any question answered...

I got a cheque.

Took a while. Admittedly my experience prior to this with thames water was appalling. Make sure you speak to someone UK based and every time they say they'll credit it just say no that's alright I'd like a cheque as I may be moving.

Or just shit through their letter box.

Definitely shit through their letter box anyway.

Columbus XCR.

Most places just propagate old wives' tales

ftfy

Its fine if you are always working with pedals you have fitted yourself on well kept bikes. But if you have ratty old beater magpie syndrome like me and find yourself playing with various heaps of boot sale spoils every other weekend, you do come into seized pedals (and stems) pretty often.

For normal purposes, a pedal spanner is not even necessary. A short basic multipurpose spanner is fine. But at other times, I have absolutely needed to do shit like this;

And even then, it had a fair bit of resistance before it broke loose.

Loving this.

I tried to get a stuck free wheel off with a similar thing using a old handle from a set of pruning secateurs a few months ago. Bent the fuck out of it with no result; although that isn't surprising as when I took it in to my LBS it ripped the vice of their bench.

csb

Just leave the taps on all day

Which I would then have to pay for.

Do they not just deduct from your next bill?

They will but why should they hang on to my cash?

Anyone know a machine shop in London that will do something like this.

I need 1.8/1.85mm taken off Powertap freehubs.

Powertap 11sp modification - YouTube

They will but why should they hang on to my cash?

Coke, ket and party boys.

Hippy, I could have a look at that for you one friday afternoon..

Hippy- Mobidog got Tom Donhou to machine his freehub: http://www.lfgss.com/thread106713.html

My question:

I could do with some advice from people with experience of long climbs.

21km at an average of just over 7 percent (although the profile looks like long sections of just under 10 percent with slightly flatter bits in between).

It's going to be ~12 degrees at sea level falling to around 4 degrees at the summit.

Hopefully it's not going to rain.

I'm thinking that flexibility would be desirable- so standard bibs with leg warmers, base layer plus jersey, arm warmers and gillet, and a rain jacket shoved in a pocket?

My first thought was base layer plus Pro Team Jacket, but I'm concerned that I'd cook, given that we'll be going quite slowly (10 mph average I'm guessing) whilst trying quite hard.

12 degrees dropping to 8 degrees?

Shorts, jersey, and windbreaker in back pocket for descent.

12 degrees dropping by 8 degrees to 4 degrees.

When installing a new headset, do the cups need to be greased before pressing them into the frame?

^ put the windbreaker on if you get cold... and wear long finger gloves.

When my pedal got stuck I took it to dammit's house and he used his enormous mass to smash it off for me. Would recommend.

Weird question, possibly:

Does anyone know if there's some way you can use a tool's thread (instead of a tap) to cut a new thread? Like using some kind of lubricant, and gradually cutting a bit, undoing, cleaning out the waste, and re-threading to cut the next bit? or something?

Or, alternatively, know any machine shops with really specialist taps?

I re-threaded cranks by screwing a pedal in from the inside outward as the inner most thread was fine.

Does anyone know if there's some way you can use a tool's thread...
By tool do you mean a bolt or similar? If so, then yes, you've pretty much described the process, but I wouldn't say it's a guaranteed win. As Indra mentions, if you can start from a section with good thread (e.g. the back of the pedal arm) and move through to the damaged section, this helps.

cycleproof black jeans that aren't rapha priced?

I burn through normal jeans in about a month.

Ti or 953?

What for? Racing, training, the slevless, mincing down to the cafe?

cycleproof black jeans that aren't rapha priced?

I burn through normal jeans in about a month.

Swrve?

http://www.swrve.co.uk/jeans.html

How much should a 2001 3d Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec be valued at? Parkers is, apparently, no longer free to use.

Hippy, I could have a look at that for you one friday afternoon..

You have a lathe? Or do you mean my water bill? :)

How much should a 2001 3d Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec be valued at? Parkers is, apparently, no longer free to use.

about £500