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    Nuts always getting loose

    War story coming on... The RAF used to teach its aircraft electronic technicians (radar etc) at a place called RAF Locking near Weston Super Mare. One of their mechanical skills was the teaching of wire locking techniques. In the late 70's I was a line engineer for Jaguar aircraft at...
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    Smart Bike

    and all that singing, tap dancing and Terry Wogan
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    Spare Inner Tube Advice

    You may want to consider these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gaadi-Bicycle-without-Wheel-Exchanger/dp/B011R9Q47K you can replace a tube without removing the wheel
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    A salutary and life changing event for both parties

    I did think of adding this to that thread, but since it was quiescent I did not want to disturb it into life (let sleeping dogs lie) - see what i did there? Also I did not want to potentially trigger a round of scurrilous or mischievious speculation on the originator's source of income for his...
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    A salutary and life changing event for both parties

    Dogs and bikes sometimes do not mix in a really serious way http://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/cyclist-tripped-by-dog-walker-makes-her-pay-%c2%a365000/ar-AAfIX9R
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    Have I done the right thing? pimped my ride

    Well just wait until you take your stabilizers off...
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    High speed accident on a Designer Mercedes Smart eBike

    You sound like the inspiration for a Karen Carpenter song.. but of course you may not be old enough to remember that.
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    Have I done the right thing? pimped my ride

    A lifetime ago I was the proud owner of a BSA Bantam 125cc motor bike (it was 16 and so was I) The front mudguard was attached to the fixed element of the forks, and was made deep enough so that the wheel could move up and down inside the mudguard on the forks. One day whilst riding along I...
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    Modification for those with limited or no leg movement

    so wonderfully simple you ought to patent that :cool:
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    Now thats a nice looking eBike shop.....

    M my antivirus did not like that link, it had security certificate concerns
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    Have I done the right thing? pimped my ride

    Thank goodness for Google Translate!
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    Have I done the right thing? pimped my ride

    Thank you for answering my question about Nicco earlier in the thread.
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    Have I done the right thing? pimped my ride

    I wonder if Lewis Hamilton and Nicco Rosberg have one, they might just be able to afford it?
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    Rim cracked. Need a new reliable 20" rim!

    See the reply at #13 on the previous page
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    Spring thing on carrier

    In those days we were all "Caped Crusaders"
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    marathon plus tyre untrue

    Change the rims to match your existing tyres then you would benefit from their performance
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    marathon plus tyre untrue

    In the picture below you should be pushing the valve into the tyre, in the opposite of what you are showing, so that is fully inside the rim then the reinforced base of the valve should be well seated inside the tyre beads. Also I have never seen a rim where the valve hole is virtually the rim...
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    marathon plus tyre untrue

    well its better than a thread on fitting a condom to a banana!
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    Panda XL update

    I'd rather ride to the SWEET shop!