Im opening a new business

[Barry]

The government £50 voucher website crashed the minute it opened, so no vouchers just yet.
The PM's "spokes"man has yet to comment about the failure, but IT are hoping to get to the hub of the problem.
They will probably need a new framework to rebuild the website so it doesn't crash again.
They are hoping to pump it up to maximum pressure and hope that the valves don't blow. If they do they hope to crank it up more slowly.

[Barry]

I also had the two sprockets on the crank.

Something that's probably been suspected for some time...

Possibly because I seldom bother to get personal...

Yes, there is that, and I should probably exercise greater self-control in the face of passive aggressive jibes and snarky comments. But we are all human.

[patman post]

I also had the two sprockets on the crank.

Something that's probably been suspected for some time...

[papasmurf]

Very impressive , When someone turns up with a bike with gears you can be my specialist . You know when you breath in through your teeth ,shake your head ,tell them they had best apply for another voucher as I'll have to send it to the specialist sort of specialist .

I am going to later this week, attempt to replace several bits of the ignition system on an approaching 40 year old motorcycle.
That I was able to obtain the rocking horse poo and Unicorns availability spare parts was a miracle as was the cheap price.
The shielding for the HT leads was impossible to source . However some 11mm ID flexible steel coil shower hose will be a good substitute.
As my knowledge of electrickery is somewhat limited I suspect my neighbours will have put up with a lot of swearing.

[Streetwalker]

I agree papa ,if you can't fix a bike you need to buy some walking shoes .

My first bicycle which I used to ride seven miles to school, was due to poverty one I built myself from "wombled" bits and pieces.
I used to get ridiculed about that bike, by rich boys who rode the latest fashion statement/racing bicycle to school.
But as I had attached a derailleur gear set to a Sturmey Archer 4 speed hub I had far more gears than they did. (I also had the two sprockets on the crank.)

Very impressive , When someone turns up with a bike with gears you can be my specialist . You know when you breath in through your teeth ,shake your head ,tell them they had best apply for another voucher as I'll have to send it to the specialist sort of specialist .

[papasmurf]

I agree papa ,if you can't fix a bike you need to buy some walking shoes .

My first bicycle which I used to ride seven miles to school, was due to poverty one I built myself from "wombled" bits and pieces.
I used to get ridiculed about that bike, by rich boys who rode the latest fashion statement/racing bicycle to school.
But as I had attached a derailleur gear set to a Sturmey Archer 4 speed hub I had far more gears than they did. (I also had the two sprockets on the crank.)

[Streetwalker]

Frankly (apart from wheel building,) anyone who can't repair a bicycle shouldn't be riding one.
(However locally I would not ride a bicycle anyway it is far too dangerous, especially when the bad tourist car drivers are added to the bad local ones.)

Any time you can find me the tiny red plastic spare part that goes in the rear hub of a giant lafree twist ...

every time i take the bloody thing out it gets a rear wheel puncture and since i had to superglue this little red part in last time, it's buggered, the bike is sittiong with a flat back tyre in my garage unusable. f**king Chinese Tech

I agree papa ,if you cant fix a bike you need to buy some walking shoes .

Anyway ,Jog .I remember when  Mum got a job the other side of Mitcham Common , we lived in Norbury at the time and there were no direct buses in them days . So me and my Bruv  built her a bike . We found all the parts in various dumps and skips sprayed it bright blue and it was good to go . Just as well it was a flat ride though as it ended up with a fixed wheel  and the only brakes she had was to stop peddling .   She loved it though and used it for a couple of years before the old man brought her a moped .
I think I ended up riding it to school and leaving it there ,it was a fecking death trap !

Roll up, Roll up , get your bike repairs here !

[johnofgwent]

Frankly (apart from wheel building,) anyone who can't repair a bicycle shouldn't be riding one.
(However locally I would not ride a bicycle anyway it is far too dangerous, especially when the bad tourist car drivers are added to the bad local ones.)

Any time you can find me the tiny red plastic spare part that goes in the rear hub of a giant lafree twist ...

every time i take the bloody thing out it gets a rear wheel puncture and since i had to superglue this little red part in last time, it's buggered, the bike is sittiong with a flat back tyre in my garage unusable. Fucking Chinese Tech

[papasmurf]

Frankly (apart from wheel building,) anyone who can't repair a bicycle shouldn't be riding one.
(However locally I would not ride a bicycle anyway it is far too dangerous, especially when the bad tourist car drivers are added to the bad local ones.)

[Streetwalker]

Sod  all that laying bricks for a living Ive decided to open a new business , working from my front garden fixing pushbikes .

£50 a pop for blowing up a couple of tyres and a quick spray of WD40 . Feck me this time next year Im going to be a millionaire !

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/half-a-million-50-bike-vouchers-uk-government-gives-further-details-on-coronavirus-cycling-investment-456484