What have you bought today?
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Make that 500p a piece then we have a deal but be warned they will be made from old plastic 2ltr milk cartons
shaped using a hot air gun. I didn't realise they were that flexible until I saw a utube video, worth it I guess
if you use it a lot.
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Not exactly today but I got a pair of ratchet tap wrenches for xmas (I picked them on Amazon, the wife bought them, wrapped them "from the kids").
Neither would hold the tap straight, it kinda leaned to one side.
(cheap tooltime tools!)
So I contacted the seller, got no reply and then after the appropriate period raised a claim as per Amazons suggestion - they refunded us the same day.
Yet no contact asking for them back - so this week I put one in a vice and attacked it with a file - now it holds the tap straight.
Neither would hold the tap straight, it kinda leaned to one side.
(cheap tooltime tools!)
So I contacted the seller, got no reply and then after the appropriate period raised a claim as per Amazons suggestion - they refunded us the same day.
Yet no contact asking for them back - so this week I put one in a vice and attacked it with a file - now it holds the tap straight.
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A set of strainers from Amazon, I caught Nigella (mm who wouldn't ) making a poached egg while Mrs CB was putting her mum to bed & she let the runny part of the white strain off before poaching which gets rid of the stringy bits
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How odd......
I had to take the rear wheel off my bike this week, to replace the brake pads.
The thru - axle has a toothed washer inboard. The carbon dropout is protected from the teeth by a carbon - looking washer.
Needless to say, the washer disintegrated upon disassembly so, I made a replacement from a plastic milk bottle (OK, while I was at it, I made a dozen.)
My mate today reckons I might just have the only Ridley carbon mtb with such a rubbish "upgrade"
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durhamplumber
Steam cleaner,soup maker,,,The other half is becoming too good at this internet shopping caper.
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durhamplumber
They recommend you change frame after 6-7 years...wow,,,Brig,you must be rich.How odd......
I had to take the rear wheel off my bike this week, to replace the brake pads.
The thru - axle has a toothed washer inboard. The carbon dropout is protected from the teeth by a carbon - looking washer.
Needless to say, the washer disintegrated upon disassembly so, I made a replacement from a plastic milk bottle (OK, while I was at it, I made a dozen.)
My mate today reckons I might just have the only Ridley carbon mtb with such a rubbish "upgrade"
Who recommends ?
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durhamplumber
Was reading reviews of Ridley Carbon bikes etc.
Do you have any links?
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durhamplumber
Will look again.was just a random comment someone made..Probably about carbon frames in general maybe..Not specific to Ridley.Possibly completely wrong..no idea
I've had a look (you've piqued my curiosity) and, in the words of Captain Redbeard Rum,
"Opinions differ on the subject"
Provided it isn't crashed, stamped on, or hit with a hammer, carbon is stronger and better at absorbing repeated stresses than metal frames.
Basically, it'll outlast me as a rider, or my resistance to buying a new one
I have heard of carbon forks breaking off on road bikes, not a nice thought, not sure with mtb's. It may be by fatigue or poor design like cutting things too fine for styling or aerodynamics anyway think I'll stick to my hardtail inbred with steel forks tho tbh the could be alloy like the frame.
Carbon is far better than metal at coping with fatigue. At least it is, advertising to the pages I've read this evening.
I've had a number of steel golf shafts break through use (and a couple for other reasons
), but no carbon ones, and they go through some pretty violent stresses......Sponsored Links
