Mike wrote: 2 for me please stu

Agree with hux after what you put away this morning and then looking for cake don't think to will touch the sides

forgot the breakfast IMG_20180212_095155 by Stuart Dean, on Flickrakfast

a few pictures from last nights trip https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4607/40224418531_d172182b01_m.jpg IMG_20180212_085816 by https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4748/28444919619_5abaa6681e_m.jpg IMG_20180212_081042 by Stuart Dean , on Flickrtp https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4605/28444915939_3a269dd149_m....

1/2 totally blew out in Jan all freedom passes were revoked , drove down to Scott's quick icy blast to the pub with Mike nearly loosing it on a bend just before the pub ,a few pints of Shropshire's finest and the a slow climb upto the camp ,with Scott loosing it on some ice .pitched upon brown clee ...

If it's like the breakfast I had with Mike this morning definitely ,I'm sure he'll be along later with write up and pictures

Well yodel failed to deliver new cranks ,so tipped back up to work and fitted the bolts I found the other day with the strong loctite on ,fitted new end cap and put a dab on that to , hopefully there will be no mishaps when I meet Scott and Mike later

I'll miss that one reg it's my last weekend on shift , free for the following 3 though

Never pushed myself in sports to that extent but when I used to be on 24hr call out I was driving back down the a42 and if you remember the old road tax advert where the hand comes out of the road to crush the car that's exactly what I saw in front of the windscreen

94.2 slight loss this week

Is that with locktite on? :shock: No only had the pre treated bolts at work and when I checked the grade on them and it would be like welding the bolts in ,just ordered a new set of cranks , need them so I can meet Scott on Sunday ,once I've got them out I'll chase the internal thread for the pre l...

New end cap came today but it's properly tight to fit and again cranks worked loose on the way home 3 times ,looks like I need to order a new set ,bit of a mare as I was supposed to meet scattamah Sunday for a trip up the long mynd

Coming from automotive/heavy engineering background I too ,like Stu do appreciate a snot of loctite ,it just seems to make everything seem good, managed to get some pre loctited bolts out the stores at work so when the new cap arrives I'll use those , don't like using bolts that have been retorquing...

Managed to get in this morning with both cranks attached , I put some PTFE thread tape around the spindle splines to give a bit of extra purchase until the little retaining plate arrives
Cheers for all the advice

Checked the spindle Sean and all looks good ,think that little plate with the pin broken off may be the culprit ,so it looks like fitting either a pop rivet stem into the plate or looping a split pin through the clamp bolt and into the locating hole till I can get my hands on a new plate Cheers for ...

Bearbonesnorm wrote:Blue should do the trick.

Interesting to hear about Sean's cracks though Something worth checking first.

Think I'll check mi own cracks ,maybe Sean will let others check his ,but I am a pretty private person

ScotRoutes wrote:Is the pin on the little black plate locating into the hole on the crankshaft?

Just checked there's no pin left on the little plate ,pressuming you mean the little plate that sits between the clamping bolts

Bearbonesnorm wrote:Dab of threadlock on the pinch bolts and pre-load cap ... but degrease everything well first.

Have ordered a new preload cap as the threads look a bit manky ,which thread lock do use , red or blue ( technical term )

Is the pin on the little black plate locating into the hole on the crankshaft? Never even noticed the pin , I've been repairing heavy equipment for 30 yrs but these little bloody bikes sometimes have me pulling out the little hair I have ,give me a 16 speed gearbox to rebuild any day over indexing ...

As per title really the non drive crank on my longitude nearly dropped off on the way into work this morning ,I took out the preload cap reseated arm nipped up the cap and torqued the bolts ,on the way home it actually fell off resulting in a 3 mile push all the splines look ok and the arm goes on a...

Yup...still on...although a quick site lookup says they stop serving chow @ 4. IMHO, beer is food, so you may be served better by eating on the way, bringing something with you or joining me in the BiF mantra. Other option is to drive here...dump the car...I'll burn something here and we can go fin...

11th works fine. Tally Ho @ Bouldon would be a good place to meet. Good food, good beer. Climb up the side of the Clee where there are a few different options to pitch. Nice descent in the AM from either side. Greetz S. Still good for Sunday mate ? Will I be alright in the pub as looking at the wea...

Well done to everyone sticking at this and I think if you've found a way that is working for you great. If you need to make adjustments or changes further down the line you'll know yourself. My loss this week is completely surprising, I was half expecting a gain, but 1lb loss is fine with me as I'm...

Well done to everyone sticking at this and I think if you've found a way that is working for you great. If you need to make adjustments or changes further down the line you'll know yourself. My loss this week is completely surprising, I was half expecting a gain, but 1lb loss is fine with me as I'm...

Some lomo dry bags , their 3 pack and a little 1l ordered yesterday arrived this morning

Still at 94.5 which with the amount I've drank this week I'm pretty happy with