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On the lake shore just below the Bürkliplatz.

You're welcome - just post back here with a report on your (hopefully) fun weekend :)

Pls explain why that is disqualified from porn?

Is that a euphemism?

The weather forecast for the weekend (according to meteoswiss) is for it to be dry and cool, so cycling isn't out of the question. If yo haven't brought your bike, there are loads of places to rent a bike for free, look for signs that say Genève Roule. You leave them 50 or 100 CHF and they return the deposit if you return the bike on time and in good shape.

If you want to stay out of the cold air, there are some good museums. The Museum d'Histoire Naturelle has some good fossils and animal displays, while the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire has some good modern art, a few good Impressionist pieces, and and a fine selection of Renaissance weaponry. Both are walkable from the centre ville and open both Saturday and Sunday. The Cathêdrale Saint Pierre in the old town is worth a look, and round the corner from La Clémence on, a good place to have another beer or a latte.

If you like watches, stroll along Rue de la Confederation and check out the jewellers, also Rue du Mont Blanc.

A stroll along La Rade (the lake shore) to the Botanical Gardens will take a couple of hours if you allow time for checking out the plants and having an outdoor coffee at the restaurant in the gardens.

Carouge is a 10 minute tram ride from the centre, and has all kinds of characteristic little shops including a couple of very old style bike shops.

Drinking a beer on Place Molard and watching the passing parade is essential. On a Saturday afternoon, pretty much everyone in Geneva passes through there.

As for cheap restaurants, there aren't any, really. Restaurant Carnivore (literally a stone's throw from La Clémence) has some great ways to eat steak at a price. If you want to eat inexpensively (by Geneva standards) then try Da Raffaele in the Pâquis (down the hill from the main station) who do decent Italian traditional dishes and notably a very fine Pizza Salmone. The local specialty is Filets de Pêrche served with very finely cut frites, kind of an elegant way to make fish and chips.

The Steak Hâché (hamburger, but nothing like English hamburger - it's made with actual beef) is good everywhere, and generally less spendy than other choices.

If there's something specific you're looking for that I haven't mentioned, feel free to ping me.

That's great, hope you enjoy it. The game normally is available at sale prices to those who play a free weekend. Also, any progress you make on the weekend is kept if you buy the game.

Pro tip: If you might buy the game, hang on to at least one piece of gray gear while levelling up, you'll need it much later :)

That's cool. I'd recommend playing through the campaign solo to level 30, and then joining us for end-game activity. Of course, if you need help at any stage in the campaign I'm happy to jump in and wipe out anything in your way :)

The SKX007 has a flat crystal, and the bezel sits above it when fully seated. Everyone who works on SKX007 and 009 models does this, since it's the best way, and far less likely to damage anything than any way that involves the sudden application of too much force.

Is anyone on here still playing The Division on PC? We (La Girlfriend and I) are looking for a couple new squad members to play semi-regularly through some of the 1.7 challenges while we wait for the 1.8 release later this month.

There's probably salt in the bezel's friction surfaces. The SKX007 bezel is easy to get off the watch. Use a Swiss Army knife or similar to pop it off (use the edge not the tip, and control the force you use - you don't want either knife or bezel flying into your face!) and clean everything in warm water. Reassemble with a little silicone lube. The easiest way to put the bezel back on is to locate the bezel on the watch, turn it bezel down and put it on something hard but not too hard (paperback or wooden cutting board) and stand on the back with your heel. You will hear a very solid click as the bezel locates in the track.

Thanks for "precisioning" your previous answer. I didn't ever consider getting the Hebelstecker, you can see why my previous "primitive" was justified. I can only imagine that they keep making it for the sake of the retrogrouches (of whom there are many, but they dare not show their faces here, obviously!).

To be more specific, my LBS has both the EVA and Multivalve models at the same price (and the more primitive Hebelstecker too). Is there any practical difference?

SKS Rennkompressor - which is the Tester Approved chuck choice?

Kind of you to say that. And you're welcome. The book should get here soon, I hope.

I'm in Switz, but it depends on the book - which one?

Would ride on the grounds that being on the seat of that is the best way to avoid seeing the chainring.

That's it, thank you for finding this. It now looks like restoring it to original would involve finding a lot of new old parts.

Incidentally, does it seem like this bike was named after a character in the Narnia books?

EDIT: Another question: Is it safe to assume that the BB on this Peugot is French threaded?

Nivea Sensitive range.

Did some pics, sunshine glaring made avoiding reflection difficult.

Seatstay bridge:

Left dropout (texture makes it look like a sand casting):

Fork dropout:

Can't find any identifying marks stamped/engraved on the frame anywhere.

Haven't had a chance to do pics yet, but the cranks say FC6400 on both.

Edit: A quick search on Velobase identifies the crankset as Ultegra - this is exactly what I have: http://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=5D1F43ED-82EC-48D0-B6E2-65F92ECDFCBE&Enum=115&AbsPos=119

The team bike story was probably told to my friend by whoever sold it originally as part of the sales pitch and it's been passe down the chain. The H Lloyd decal is exactly the same as the one on the downtube, which helps. I'll give the frame a second cleaning and see if I can find any identifying marks on the dropouts, and get a pic of the seat stay bridge. The headset does look like the 1050 from your link, and the brake levers match too, but the brakes are 105 dual-pivots. When did 105 go dual-pivot?

Thanks for the info, much appreciated.

Hi Everyone,

I haven't posted here for a loooong time but I'm coming out of the lurker shadows because I have some questions.

Background: a guy I know was leaving the country and so he wanted to get rid of all his bikes. I took on a few of them, and now I'm working my way through them to see if any of them are worth fixing up or just should be dumped. Among them was a very (and I mean VERY) grime-encrusted Peugot.

He told me that this bike had been an actual team road racer back in the day. Normally I'd dismiss that as sales BS, but since he was giving me the bikes for nothing I assume that he heard that from the guy he got it from (I'm the n-th owner where n is a large number).

It appears to be 531, and the frame has a Made in France sticker on the left chainstay.

The frame had a mix of components fitted. It has a 105 headset, Shimano BB, had a 105 crankset (with the tightest left crank I've ever removed) and 105 brakes and levers. The mechs were both Campag, the rear wheel is a Mavic MA-2 on a Campag hub with a 6-speed Campag cluster (I'm still trying to de-grime it enough to disassemble it and see what it is) and Campag downtube shifters.

The rear mech took several hours soaking in cleaning alcohol before it began resembling a mech more than a huge clump of grime.

Can anyone tell me anything about this frame and the bits? Is it worth rebuilding. Specifically, is the frame any good, and when does it date from? Since the frame has some rust spotting and the paint is badly chipped in many places (and the color scheme is fugly anyway) it would need a complete spa treatment before doing anything with it. Or should I just turn it into a beater single speed?

So many questions. TL;DR What should I do with this frame/bike?

Looking at that again, the subdial at lower right is...interesting. As in, WTF??!!

just bought this el cheapo to replace my lost everday casio

green canvas strap or keep as is?


Let's see it on an olive green Nato G10.

Of course, you will then have to wear only green and black for the rest of your life.

Have you developed the urge to suck your brain out through your ears? I know I have.

I feel the satisfaction of a job well done.

if you know of one for under £50 that is capable of doing so then I would be intrigued

Now there's a video that could really go viral.