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Picture the scene....
Man buys Shiney New Things.
Takes a while to strip old steed bike and put together the Shiney New One.
A window of opportunity opens to make final tweaks & go ride, for an hour, whilst the sun is out.
Puts riding gear on.
Gets bike out. Applies help-tape.
Last job - adjust brakes.
Rear - fine.
Front - needs a tweak.
Test - it spins, freely.
Man goes to 'nip-up' the nuts and go ride 🙂
Cup and cone washer collapses.
Man not happy....
Oh, well..... passing close to Merlin tomorrow - will ring and see if they have spares...
it collapsed 'cos you called it a "steed" call it a bike an you'll be reet....
Hang on, don't you have mavic crossrides? Aren't they sealed nearings not cup 'n' cone? what did you do tho them?
I suspect he means the cup and cone type washers that avid use on brakes.
MrPhillips - my tongue was firmly in cheek when I used the 's' word 🙂
nbt - top recollection re: my front wheel. Bonus points for recalling the rear 🙂
steveh has it - avid brakes....
many thanks to mintimperial of this parish for coming to my assistance with spares 🙂
V brake washers do the same and in a moment of panic, so does a lot of flat washers.
Looks like we have a bike stalker on here who can remember not only your bike but whether you have cup and cone or sealed bearing hubs
[i]'Hmm marsdenmann, from the noise it makes, if I were you, I'd grease your headset very soon... and your saddle smells* funny too'[/i]
*poss also tastes funny
used to keep all the old Vbrake washers for that exact reason. Some crack easier than others though
🙂
I just recall seeing the new BananananaBike (tm) on Marsdenman's flickr feed last week and noting the crossride wheel 😉
@ nbt - just seen the comment you added to that picture and the penny dropped - that said - it was on the old bike when we did the Soup Run.
New bike does need a name - had to LOL at BananananaBike!