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Re: Part of mechanical feel is knowing when to leave the job for another day. As LGF says, the cups can shear, and then your BB is even more of a hassle to remove. Get some Plus Gas, which penetrates a bit better than WD40, and give it a periodic squirt until you have more free time and get...

Re: Wasn't he a member here once? Seemed right enough. Everyone has bills to pay, and some people's circumstances are more precarious than others. I'd happily sell my stuff to the highest bidder if I didn't have a job that makes far more money from far less effort. Saying that, I'm mystified...

Touring bikes are conspicuous in their ordinariness. Fancy, shiny and lightweight have no place here. I have done a lot of touring, and now would always choose an MTB. If I was touring with others who had road tourers, I would be struggling to keep up with them though. Distances are not really...

When a retail shop sells items at less than other shops can sell them, it's eventually bad news for the customer. My lbs closed last month.

It's hard to speculate. They might have seen the writing on the wall. Regarding Planet X, I think a business model where you pile high and sell cheap while making miniscule profits is going to be very badly affected by changes in the currency you sell in. So yes, you could blame their failure...

For the first time ever, I'm tempted to emigrate.

If you're paying your LBS, you might as well pay a framebuilder with an alignment table. Really, it's not a big deal.

It's the exchange rate. You think bike parts are bad, wait until it happens to bread!

Is there a bike recycling charity near you? I should imagine they would be happy to part with a frame and fork.

Certainly fixable, especially with a frame made of high tensile steel. Mercian cycles will reset a frame for £35.

Interesting. Jon, that is a thoughtful reply from your friend. In the application I used it for, the waxoyl was applied to the inside of the baseplate right below the waterline. It stank for ages because the white spirit never evaporated. It was really disappointing because I spent days...

Interesting, gentlemen. Thank you. I only have one issue. And it is not to demonstrate my superior knowledge or be any kind of know all, so please don't take it personally. Mark, please don't reuse old engine oil for anything. It's carcinogenic. My mum died a long, brutal death because of...

Hello I thought there are a lot of car restorers on this forum. So bear with me. I have a Romahome. Fab little campervan, based on a Citroen C15 and made by the company that made bodies for Austin Healey on the Isle of Wight. I bought it years ago, and when the original van died had it...

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