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Nah, it's quite straight - all were obvious stone chips which developed into cracks. Rural Scottish roads, V70 with approx 110k of my miles and 95k of someone else's... it was a boulder in the verge that did for my destroyed wheel too, though it was alloy and the metal did not look like it was...

My car is now on (at least) its fifth windscreen... had at least three broken springs and one destroyed wheel too. The roads are in a dangerously bad state these days...

I had to do some work this week at a location with a key safe and thought it's probably the best I've used so far: I think it was this one... https://keysafe.co.uk/products/supra-c500-pro-key-safe The Squire push-button ones are pretty easy to "pick" and don't have a hook on the inside for the...

I had the opportunity of a barely-used 3880 for nothing the other week; pricing up a full set of cartridges confirmed that I definitely don't need it!

Bonus marks for using both metric and imperial units :)

Certainly a good deal more logical than mine: Breakfast Dinner Supper Supper Has been driving the wife mad for a couple of decades now, but I like to think I'm logical and consistent regarding nearly everything else!

I have registered a couple of tools with them within the last year or so and do vaguely recall it unexpectedly being a bit of a pain. Unfortunately I can't remember exactly how it was a pain or what the answer was - only that I succeeded in the end!

Welcome back to the (b)right side! Although I'm not that far away I almost never ride out that way mostly because I'd have to deal with the A9 to get there and it's not much fun on a bike but there are a lot of nice roads around and guaranteed to be quite a lot of nice off-roads too. Post up...

I've been waiting for over a week for two different items bought on eBay from completely different sellers - both have gone into the Hermes system and disappeared.

Of course it won't - it might be OK in sunny Italy but can you imagine it working in the claggy depths of the Scottish winter? Besides, it's surely the very dumbest possible way to change gear when the epicyclic geared hub has already been around for about half a century?

Not today, but was on holiday last week for the first time in two years... naturally it poured with rain until the Friday but that gave me enough time to get round to fitting brakes that work. Handy when your house is half way down a long and very steep hill!

Thanks, that's what I was trying to tell myself as well :) I was too tight to pay the extra few quid for blue calipers to match the bike but justified that by telling myself I was leaving open my options for the next bike I transfer them to! (Also, the black/silver was easier to get hold of.)

It's been one of those weeks. Lovely weather on Monday but duties meant I couldn't go near a bike. Lovely day on Tuesday so quit early and headed out on the road bike - got half way round my loop and the rear end went decidedly wobbly, my first puncture in a year or two! I don't bother...

I thought that scenery looked familiar... I was gliding there, must have been ten years ago now or more. Looks like I should have taken my bike too!

You two are certainly putting me to shame... I've hardly been out more than once or twice a week and even then only for <30 miles at a time. Probably doesn't help that I've "taken on" (i.e. been left with) a second more-or-less full time job mind you! Never been on a track bike in my life...

Re: Our Boulter was installed 17 years ago, still working hard... there have been plenty of bits replaced over the years but the main parts are all original. The guy who fitted it says to keep it going as long as possible as none of the more recent ones will last anything like as long and the...

Re: If anyone is reusing passwords they are fully to blame for any fallout that occurs. This is just a public forum about old bikes... if you have sensitive information, don't post it on a forum about old bikes!

Re: Oh well, it made for nice photos anyway! Not a fan of bogs myself it has to be said. How were the midges?

Nice pics Jamie, that sky looks very different to when I was out this morning! Having said that, it was great weather for cycling, nice and cool but not cold. Met loads of people on bikes, and all of them except one were girls - a big change from only a few years ago! If only I hadn't left...

Re: Re: From their library catalogue it looks like the veteran cycle club have one, but it's not in the public area of their online library and I'm not a member... Nice bike, looks very complete and usable (though I'm personally not a fan of twist shifters ancient or modern!) These roadsters...