http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Westering Home en Tue, 19 May 2026 09:25:02 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20299#post-335760 Wed, 12 Aug 2020 15:15:16 +0000 I were right about that saddle 335760@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Great chat thank you. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20299#post-335745 Wed, 12 Aug 2020 11:58:12 +0000 gembo 335745@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@moose, he will be out today with his guns for to shoot dem wee birdies </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20299#post-335737 Wed, 12 Aug 2020 10:48:33 +0000 Moose 335737@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>An iron-based front reflector fitting through the caliper brake hole in the fork also prevents a wayward straddle from fouling the tyre.<br /> I got a gravel fix this morning after cycling to the high school with the new start. If I ever see the mobility scooter at west kip I will make a point of stopping to thank him. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20299#post-335718 Wed, 12 Aug 2020 07:48:52 +0000 gembo 335718@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Aye Moose. Invented by Shimano in the 1990s following numerous mountain bike offs withthe claw type straddle. His Mattness claiming he normally does pivot front and back and has no claws. The Dawes Super Galaxy my pal GK has (a thing of beauty) is pivot front and rear.</p> <p>You missed out on Borestane last night. The midges were ferocious but we made it right up to the grouse butts. Tam summoned from there to paint an iron bench that is going to front garden south side glasgow. I have mentioned a ground anchor several times.</p> <p>On ironwork, the church at Carstairs Junction where you turn to take the closed to cars Tie Road No 2, has a beautiful Victorian iron work gazebo in its front garden, the sort that usually has a water fountain beneath the cupola </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20299#post-335714 Tue, 11 Aug 2020 23:11:30 +0000 Moose 335714@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The 3 way pivot is a safety feature for the event where the brake cable snaps and the traditional straddle wire then catches a knob (on the tyre) and you stop rather violently. Required on the front, not so on the back... His Mattness has your back, with the front, (or something.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20299#post-334654 Sat, 25 Jul 2020 08:37:27 +0000 I were right about that saddle 334654@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, Père Gembeau gave his blessing to a headshot on the rear right cantilever. Very satisfying crack, straight between the eyes. Winter salt weld no match for the correct tool. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20299#post-334651 Sat, 25 Jul 2020 00:08:59 +0000 gembo 334651@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I do like Koolstop but they have been deleted from this project by the mighty iWRATS err, and me buying cheaper replacement blocks for the kool stops he has kindly removed. One of which required good tool and big force. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20299#post-334646 Fri, 24 Jul 2020 19:20:36 +0000 wingpig 334646@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd've thrown in a set of caliper-sized Kool Stop canti pad holders if I'd known. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20299#post-334636 Fri, 24 Jul 2020 16:43:49 +0000 gembo 334636@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tatties howked from ground, scrubbed, boiled for 5 then served - is what the folk coming round Gembo Towers for dinner are getting from me</p> <p>Mrs Garto has a chicken dish</p> <p>WG Sebald goes on walk to Rings of Saturn/Southwold talks of Urn Burials (Thomas Browne) and the holocaust but the bit I remember is him meeting an old boy in remote Suffolk cottage as he walks through and being invited in for fresh tatties from the ground and old WG writing this in his book. As he thought this was how we should live </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20299#post-334635 Fri, 24 Jul 2020 16:25:56 +0000 I were right about that saddle 334635@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Your Kerr's Pinks were lovely. Boiled five minutes and sauteed with garlic. Fried egg, slice of ham. Cornichonhihon. </p> <p>I have the bits! @wingpig has given us the bits! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20299#post-334607 Fri, 24 Jul 2020 11:59:44 +0000 gembo 334607@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@wingpig</p> <p>Iwrats is being whimsical, the Yoke is for me, IWRATS is the kind gentleman converting my bike to gravel for the Tilt at Glen Tilt escapade.</p> <p>Two though better than one if you want to shed, the straddles I have are functional what are your straddles like? As infact I do need to give two straddles back (they were taken off a bike last night before we knew about the yoke malfunction). So one or two straddle straps also much appreciated</p> <p>I have Kerr’s Pink, Golden Wonder or Sharpo Mira spuds as payment </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20299#post-334606 Fri, 24 Jul 2020 11:55:05 +0000 wingpig 334606@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo I have two of those claw things - see the Swapshop thread. Shall I remove one from iwrats' bag and keep it by for you? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20299#post-334601 Fri, 24 Jul 2020 11:07:12 +0000 Frenchy 334601@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Dogs sometimes have a spare claw but it is removed by vets and disposed of as the biohazard it is.</em></p> <p>Dogs sometimes remove them by themselves, too, leading to living room carpets <em>à la</em> Jackson Pawlock. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20299#post-334598 Fri, 24 Jul 2020 10:59:16 +0000 gembo 334598@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Scarface Claw is the villain in Slinky Malinky</p> <p>Sam the Skull is the anti-hero in the song of the same name. As it is Friday sit back and enjoy -</p> <p>I’m a cat. I’m a cat, I’m a Glasgow cat<br /> and my name is Sam The Skull<br /> I’ve got claws on my paws like a crocodile’s jaws an a Heid like a fermer’s bull<br /> I’m no the kind of cat that sat on a mat<br /> Or the kind that ye give a hug<br /> I’m the kind of cat that strangles rats and even the occasional dug</p> <p>After many adventures Sam settles down and lives wi’ a burd in a single end in Maryhill </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20299#post-334587 Fri, 24 Jul 2020 10:22:52 +0000 I were right about that saddle 334587@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I certainly have no idea what you're on about. The Name of The Claw was a novel by Sean Connery? Dogs sometimes have a spare claw but it is removed by vets and disposed of as the biohazard it is. Fitting one to your bike is a step too far. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20299#post-334583 Fri, 24 Jul 2020 10:13:43 +0000 gembo 334583@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A very kind gentleman comes around my abode once a week to move on a bike conversion project.</p> <p>I pay him in purvey (potatoes [kerr’s pink], red beer and white burgundy so far)<br /> I would judge him to be both Canty and Couthy</p> <p>However, the bike has much to fix. Mostly at the moment around the cantilever brakes that His Mattness put on the tricross due to the badness of Specialized and their familiars the EBC.</p> <p>I learnt that the little cable between the brake blocks are called straps. I now have three serviceable second hand straps. Might get new ones either Froome HIs Mattness or Decathlon. BUT his Mattness also put an interesting 3-way pivot thing on the front canti. Instead of just the claw that is on the back.</p> <p>Some questions</p> <p>A. Is anyone understanding what I am on about?<br /> 2. What is the actual name of the claw (in case I have to explain this to His Mattness or Decathlon)<br /> Iii Does anyone have a spare claw?? I rummaged and tootled to no effect.<br /> Q. Will the claw work as well as the 3-way pivot<br /> 7. Why did His Mattness go for the 3-way pivot and not the claw??</p> <p>Footnote - @Moose christened our local bike mechanic His Mattness and I like this </p>