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    Recovering from injuries: How to cope with non-cycling?

    Hi poppy Bear in mind, that 1 I am pretty feckless 2 70+ and need to do it all now 3 My dad was shot at by Spanish people I have tendinitus a bit from trying to start the bl***y lawn mower with a pull starter (sic) it is in my elbow, and gives me gip(sic) in the morning...
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    Collected or delivered?

    I would love to agree with you, but the last day has me rethinking....I was for a time a chemical engineer, ringer, mining engineer.. then I had half shares in a trawler fishing for scallops in the Irish sea...I have fixed problems with a 250hp engine whilst in a bit of ruff...Twenty years ago I...
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    Wisper 905se power query

    Originally Posted by Mandy Maybe we should try the bikes side by side? Maybe we should try each others? I personally don't think I would experience the speed, looks, performance or the service from the Kalkhoff range that I do from Wisper. I know I made the right decision But hey...
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    Setting the record straight!

    Oh well, far be it from me to be a killjoy. I thought that name was taken:confused: :confused:
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    shimato nexus

    Rochhopper, Citrus, Flecc Quite a few thanks, Had I not been trying to download a picture of G,,,,, posted today which I was going to print up and put on my den wall, I would have replied sooner.This plan was thwarted by 1 No den 2 At 750 magnifactation resembled a Rothco painting 3...
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    Sale Of Goods UK

    Thanks Footie, there's a lot of work gone into that, should clear a lot of air.
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    shimato nexus

    Removed real wheel (post passem) on Agattu, not being familar with hub gears, and manual in German...need a little help to assemble bike (blush blush).
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    Battery Meters

    Hi how did the meter pan out..I would love one for my Aguattu in ageeky way, BUT would like one for my electric outboard moter on a folding mirror dingy. I have done some really stupid things with boats and bikes, but now Lady J often accompanies me in the boat, I don't take any risks..the...
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    Setting the record straight!

    Hey Bode Don't ask her to quit man, it's Ok for you... probably a youngster of less than 65, with a working bike, out funninabout. Me.. Aggatu in bits, spent all morning looking on web for manual of how to put a nexus back in the frame... totally failed.My manual says "Fuhrungssten der...
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    Anti-sieze Compound - a note to new all bike owners

    iF ANY-ONE ELSE NEEDS A SNIGGER.... Today was a lovely day, Lady Jenny and I set out to cycle to Looe for the Fish Fair. The hills here are a 'bit steep' so I was prepared for wait for J...(She rides a new Silverado, and is a bit wimp..I Ride a Agattu, and am an Ace. ) At the top of the...
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    Wisper 905se power query

    Hi Mandy could try to test, have a Kalcoff live outside Torpoint..not exactly MID but at least Kernow,as soon as I buy the Humvee I need to put on a BIKE RACK:rolleyes: :rolleyes: OLDOSC
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    Cyclists flout the law to stay safe

    really The rules are set to be changed at a local level, in London councils will soon get new powers to protect and prosecute cyclists I wonder which will be enforced the most
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    Anti-sieze Compound - a note to new all bike owners

    Hi Tom I expect there will be comments by others, but I have used waxol on my bikes and motorhome for the last 15 years..it can spray on...The motor home is 20 years old, yet when I had to change the ball joints on the torsion bars last year they un did with a normal spanner(not impact)...
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    Pro-Connect raising handlebars

    HE HE i HAD A MANUEL WITH MINE but it is in ,German and most of the words are technical, not in my dictionary ( like Bedienungsanleitung)
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    Problems

    :cool: OPEN LATTER TO GAYNOR "When people come to this site, a certian someone will usually recommend '50cycles' 'excellent' bikes, I wonder how much commission is involved, and how many customers are deceived in thinking they are talking to just another bike buyer? ......they think Oh heres...
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    Oil

    Not the black stuff, (hopefully) What lubricant(s) do members use on their cycles In the past I have used waxoil as a spray. And a rust preventitive. (with not too much success) As my bikes are on the back of the motor home six months of the year, they take quite an abnormal wetting.:eek:
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    Wisper 905se power query

    Apart from that I'm really enjoying the bike (although all the Kalkhoff lovers on the forum have got me lying awake at night wondering if I've made the right choice...). Elephants..I do sympathise with you on this, as a Kalkhoff owner, I lie awake at nights..fretting that a fellow forum...
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    Road sense

    Did you know inflation is only 3% by the way? Ill get in before F*** this time Is that tyres we are talking about
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    Road sense

    sorry about that...the first bit was a quote from Flecc, but it didn't look like it
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    Road sense

    The reason I reacted to your post saying "Don't" is that there are no absolutes in road safety. What is normally safe can be very unsafe and vice versa in differing circumstances. Ultimately careful judgment is what counts, so it's for each individual to decide what is safe for them. I accept...