Is it me...?

"Tim Dunne" <[email hidden]>typed

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This bank holiday, I snapped a gear cable on Sunday
(thankfully robbing a replacement from another bike), the holiday before it
was spoke snappage. Is anyone else observant of the MBF's activities?
Is the
MBF related to the PSF?

What are you doing, having no spare spokes and gear/brake cables?

Cables are usually very cheap from rallies like York or Mildenhall and
they will act as a charm; once you have stock up, you will never need
them...

--
Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

Tim Dunne said:

At the risk of coming over a bit Pratchett[1], is my addled state, or does
there seem to be a mechanical ballsup fairy as well as a p*nct*r* fairy?

There is now.

Tim Dunne said:

At the risk of coming over a bit Pratchett[1], is my addled state, or does
there seem to be a mechanical ballsup fairy as well as a p*nct*r* fairy?

In a nutshell, no matter how well stocked the shed, something is always
caused to break or turn to cheese when the LBS is closed for a long
weekend, and you have no spare. This bank holiday, I snapped a gear cable
on Sunday (thankfully robbing a replacement from another bike), the
holiday before it was spoke snappage. Is anyone else observant of the
MBF's activities? Is the MBF related to the PSF?

Your problem is that you only have one bike. When you have many bikes
there is always one that is just about ridable with only a few minutes
fixing.

For example today chez Causer:

1 ready to go, but I'd like to get a harder saddle
1 ready to go, and I've just bought the replacement chains it needs
1 ready to go, but new spokes & rims are essential before going far
1 ready to go, but new rear wheel & complete drivetrain urgently
needed
1 need to give that front fork more Plus-Gas to get it apart to rebuild
the suspension (it's over 40 years old, so allowances must be made..)

Mike,

Mike Causer <[email hidden]> whizzed past me
shouting

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On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:02:01 +0000, Tim Dunne wrote:

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weekend, and you have no spare. This bank holiday, I snapped a gear cable
on Sunday (thankfully robbing a replacement from another bike), the
holiday before it was spoke snappage. Is anyone else observant of the
MBF's activities? Is the MBF related to the PSF?

Your problem is that you only have one bike. When you have many bikes
there is always one that is just about ridable with only a few minutes
fixing.

Whose was the bike he robbed then?

My saddle was stolen once, but I've never had the gear cables go from my
bike while it was parked!

--
Sue ];(🙂

There's a Falling Off Fairy too.

Sue White said:

Mike Causer <[email hidden]> whizzed past me shouting

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Your problem is that you only have one bike. When you have many bikes
there is always one that is just about ridable with only a few minutes
fixing.

Whose was the bike he robbed then?

Good point! But Tim doesn't say he robbed from one of his own bikes....

What? Me? Apart from pedals, lights & reflectors I don't think there's
anything that could be robbed from one of my bikes to another, apart from
the constant exchange of bits that goes on between my two 1960s Moultons
(they do it when I'm not looking).

Mike

"Helen Deborah Vecht" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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What are you doing, having no spare spokes and gear/brake cables?

Guilty as charged. My problem is I tend to give stuff to other folk when
they need it. I had spares for the ridgeback (the bike I robbed) but tended
to donate to - um - more deserving causes. I never thought to get spare
cables for the Dawes... I've never actually had a cable on a modern bike
snap before yesterday :-/

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Cables are usually very cheap from rallies like York or Mildenhall and
they will act as a charm; once you have stock up, you will never need
them...

Heh. Like 99% of the spares I've got...

Tim

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Sent from Birmingham, UK timdunne at blueyonder.co.uk
'God's electrician sparked up the heavens once again, heading northbound
on the 7:10. And the lord said let there be commuters...' - Thea Gilmore
Look, mum, an anorak on a bike! Check out www.nervouscyclist.org

"TheMgt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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There is now.

No, he was here before. Definately.

I think you should investigate the contents of your hat - or maybe my
tinitus is worsening.

Tim

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Sent from Birmingham, UK timdunne at blueyonder.co.uk
'God's electrician sparked up the heavens once again, heading northbound
on the 7:10. And the lord said let there be commuters...' - Thea Gilmore
Look, mum, an anorak on a bike! Check out www.nervouscyclist.org

"Mike Causer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Good point! But Tim doesn't say he robbed from one of his own
bikes....

It was my old Ridgeback that donated. None of the family bikes looked like
the cables would be long enough...

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What? Me? Apart from pedals, lights & reflectors I don't think
there's anything that could be robbed from one of my bikes to
another, apart from the constant exchange of bits that goes on
between my two 1960s Moultons (they do it when I'm not looking).

I spend a lot of time fixing local kids' bike-shaped objects, much stuff
ends up recycled between them... there seems to be a running expectation
that a cheap Aldi bike lasts a year, is ditched, and a new stovepipe special
acquired from... probably Aldi. Hey Kev, where's your old bike? Usually
produces the required spares to bodge the new one.

Tim

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Sent from Birmingham, UK timdunne at blueyonder.co.uk
'God's electrician sparked up the heavens once again, heading northbound
on the 7:10. And the lord said let there be commuters...' - Thea Gilmore
Look, mum, an anorak on a bike! Check out www.nervouscyclist.org

"Sue White" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Mike Causer <[email hidden]> whizzed past me shouting

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On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:02:01 +0000, Tim Dunne wrote:

Whose was the bike he robbed then?

My saddle was stolen once, but I've never had the gear cables go from my
bike while it was parked!

I once had the speedometer cable core stolen from my motor bike when mit was
parked in Leeds city centre

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Sue ];(🙂

There's a Falling Off Fairy too.