Sunday 14 March 2010

Time will tell?

Have I slipped (being the operative word there!!) back in to my old ways? ;)Time will tell. Anyway.....as I was saying, or meaning to say!!

Gorgeous morning, I listened to my children giggling about the card and pressies, they had bought me for Mothers day. They burst in at 7.30am, which was ok :) And they were lovely I have to say, the pressies were nice too :)

Their Dad has arranged for them to do 'sky diving' but not really, it's a massive fan that keeps them elevated or s'thing.

I've had a quiet weekend on the social front, I haven't really sought company. But nor has anyone sought me out. (apart from this afternoon;)Do I sound miserable? Because I'm not at all, I'm pleased really.It's a good feeling liking my own company. And my children are coming back tonight.

I took ziggy for a bit of exercise, but like a 'dolls ead' I've lost the Velcros hand brake already. So Rob and Carol, recommended a piece of inner tube. I seem to be a run with inner tubes at present, because the cycles keep getting flats.

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  1. Yeah, choose a fairly chunky dead inner tube and use a pair of scissors to cut straight across it (you'll never patch it now! Ha!) and cut it again about an inch and a half along making a nice chunky elastic band.

    Now you've got the hang of it, make several and put then around the foam handlebar grips so you've got plenty and spares and spare spares...

    Easy!

    If you've got several dead innertubes you might want to experiment to see which give 'just' the right tension.

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  2. Thank you, it's a bit shortsighted oh Green speed. Not everywhere is as flat as Holland.

    :)

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  3. The Duet wheelchair trike, and I think that the Pashley 'ice cream' box/platform trike, the Chritiania, and maybe even some Trice all have a standard or optional brake-lever with a 'handbrake' accessory.

    It's usually a small metal wedge which is either fitted to the pivot axle for th main brake lever, so that it drops in to the gap that appears when you pull the lever back, and it is kept in place by the cable pulling the lever back and jamming it in place.

    You will however need to remember to pull the lever to let the wedge drop out before you try to ride away or you get a similar effect to forgetting to unlock the back wheel. The rubber band is a bit more obvious

    Just charting the progress of a recumbent novice, - won't use the V word as you are rapidly becoming seriously experienced.

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  4. Quick thought - are all your punctures snake-bites? Probably due to riding on soft tyres if they are,

    Other 'repeat' causes can be a small 'pin prick' detail in the rim tape or tyre departments - a bit of glass that embeds in the tyre carcase will keep on causing punctures until you find it (feel around the inside of the tyre lightly and you'll get to spot the hard and small spike. A sharp edge or small shred of metal sitting in the rim can also keep giving you a problem - keep the inside of the tyre clean. Feel too hard though and you'll cut your finger!). Work the thorn or bit of glass out by bending the tyre to open the place where the spike is trapped, and help it out with small screwdriver or similar item.

    Remember that you'll get the whole show moving along much better if you keep things pumped up and firm. Worth watching out for the Lidl bargain track pump deal - inflate your tubes with less effort. 'bent trikes have one nice detail though - you can change tyres and tubes on a stub axle wheels without taking the wheel off!

    Bike mechanics often have very powerful thumbs, and corresponding 'grip' in the other fingers from showing off - getting a tyre on and off the rim without tyre levers... Makes them good at massage as well!

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