Whingin' Pom <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
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Non-powdered latex gloves also make good emergency water carriers. You can fit a couple of litres or so in a pair.
Use the garden wire to make a tiny hole in the ends of two of the fingers and you can extract the water as you need it using a cow milking action. :-)
Tip no. 9 Save yourself the cost of a camelback or water bottle by dangling latex gloves filled with water from your rear rack or bottle cage.
Tip 9a. If your bike is fitted with cowhorn bars, you can pass almost undetected amongst herds of dairy animals. IMPORTANT: Do not try this in the mating season. -- Matt K Dunedin, NZ
When toeing-in brake pads, it helps if you use a small wadge of post-it notes as the spacer as they can be 'adjusted' for depth and also stkick to the pad, thus freeing up more fingers.
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When replacing handlebar grips, especially foam or soft runner based, first spray the inside of the grips with hair spray. It allows the grips to slide on very easily and be positioned correctly, then when evaporated acts like mild glue so they don't twist in your hands. You must, generally, leave them for a day to evaporate though ... 😉
Soap is cheaper than hairspray for this purpose and you *might* just already have some at home. I wonder what shaving foam would be like...
On 8 Apr 2004 04:45:20 -0700, [email hidden] (Dave
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Whingin' Pom <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
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Non-powdered latex gloves also make good emergency water carriers. You can fit a couple of litres or so in a pair.
Use the garden wire to make a tiny hole in the ends of two of the fingers and you can extract the water as you need it using a cow milking action. :-)
Tip no. 9 Save yourself the cost of a camelback or water bottle by dangling latex gloves filled with water from your rear rack or bottle cage.
Tip 9a. If your bike is fitted with cowhorn bars, you can pass almost undetected amongst herds of dairy animals. IMPORTANT: Do not try this in the mating season.
Tip no. 10 Use valve caps from old Presta tubes as a top for the nozzle on packs of DIY sealant, so the glue or sealant doesn't dry up.
When toeing-in brake pads, it helps if you use a small wadge of post-it notes as the spacer as they can be 'adjusted' for depth and also stkick to the pad, thus freeing up more fingers.
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When replacing handlebar grips, especially foam or soft runner based, first spray the inside of the grips with hair spray. It allows the grips to slide on very easily and be positioned correctly, then when evaporated acts like mild glue so they don't twist in your hands. You must, generally, leave them for a day to evaporate though ... 😉
Soap is cheaper than hairspray for this purpose and you *might* just already have some at home. I wonder what shaving foam would be like...
When toeing-in brake pads, it helps if you use a small wadge of post-it notes as the spacer as they can be 'adjusted' for depth and also stkick to the pad, thus freeing up more fingers.
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When replacing handlebar grips, especially foam or soft runner based, first spray the inside of the grips with hair spray. It allows the grips to slide on very easily and be positioned correctly, then when evaporated acts like mild glue so they don't twist in your hands. You must, generally, leave them for a day to evaporate though ... 😉
Soap is cheaper than hairspray for this purpose and you *might* just already have some at home. I wonder what shaving foam would be like...
I've never tried soap .. but when you think about it, it's pretty obvious really, though I guess it takes even longer to dry .. 😉
A pat of butter or a sachet of mayonnaise, purloined from an eatery will clean your oily, mucky hands before you sit down to dinner.
it is also good as an emergency lube for pedal or wheel bearings
It works better for cleaning the hands if you add a sachet of sugar in as well. Instant cleaner is one pat butter, one sachet sugar. Rub together. The clean off with soap and hot water.
When replacing handlebar grips, especially foam or soft runner based, first spray the inside of the grips with hair spray. It allows the grips to slide on very easily and be positioned correctly, then when evaporated acts like mild glue so they don't twist in your hands. You must, generally, leave them for a day to evaporate though ... 😉
Soap is cheaper than hairspray for this purpose and you *might* just already have some at home. I wonder what shaving foam would be like...
Yes but hair spray is only 79p a can at the cheapo hardware store, and the grips don't blow bubbles in the rain. -- Gold medalist, freestyle conclusion-jumping event. Steph Peters delete invalid from [email hidden] Tatting, lace & stitching page <sandbenders.demon.co.ukindex.htmOpen ↗
'Fraid so, a session on manchester velodrome made me think seriously about giving up, 2 days with #2 daughter in a stoppy mood made me relize how hard it would be.
'Fraid so, a session on manchester velodrome made me think seriously about giving up, 2 days with #2 daughter in a stoppy mood made me relize how hard it would be.
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I gave up after 8 years, and it was easy. I'd tried to give up many, many times before, but this time, I read Allan Carr's _Easy Way To Give Up Smoking_, and it made all the difference, honestly. For the price of two packets of cigarettes, I recommend it to any smoker with an open mind, who wants to be an ex-smoker.
(1Y 5M 3D 16H 31M since I gave up, 11454 cigarettes not smoked, ~2400 quid saved. 8 cigarettes smoked whilst drunk, zero cigarettes enjoyed)
'Fraid so, a session on manchester velodrome made me think seriously about giving up, 2 days with #2 daughter in a stoppy mood made me relize how hard it would be.
It took me about a dozen attempts to give up, decades ago. I found the simplest and most dramatic measure of improved fitness to motivate me was carrying my bicycle up a long flight of stairs. The difference between smoking and having stopped just for 3 days was dramatic, and it kept on getting better. The fastest largest cheapest way of improving fitness I ever discovered!
-- Chris Malcolm [email hidden] +44 (0)131 651 3445 DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK ["]http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]
On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 11:18:52 +0100, Keith Willoughby
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(1Y 5M 3D 16H 31M since I gave up, 11454 cigarettes not smoked, ~2400 quid saved. 8 cigarettes smoked whilst drunk, zero cigarettes enjoyed)
About 2 years for me. I'm healthier and fitter for it. But every waking moment of every day, I *want* that ciggie.
Jeez, that must suck. It's all about state of mind, of course, which is what Allan Carr's book is all about. I didn't successfully give up until I *really* wanted to stop smoking, at which point there was no will-power needed. I just didn't smoke.
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It's like (I've been told) alcoholism. I'm a smoker. I just ain't smoking at the moment. One day, I hope to be fit enough to start smoking again.
I stopped thinking about ciggies about a fortnight after I gave up, and have no desire whatsoever to start again.
On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 11:18:52 +0100, Keith Willoughby
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(1Y 5M 3D 16H 31M since I gave up, 11454 cigarettes not smoked, ~2400 quid saved. 8 cigarettes smoked whilst drunk, zero cigarettes enjoyed)
About 2 years for me. I'm healthier and fitter for it. But every waking moment of every day, I *want* that ciggie. It's like (I've been told) alcoholism. I'm a smoker. I just ain't smoking at the moment. One day, I hope to be fit enough to start smoking again.
