The fat-tyre thread
1 lurker |
61 watchers
Jul 2022
3:57pm, 10 Jul 2022
19,256 posts
|
Stepford Wife
No, it shouldn’t rub on the calliper body. The facing might well be off, engineering tolerances aren’t great on bike builds. I have faced plenty of disc mounts unfortunately. There is even a specific Park Tool for the job.
|
Jul 2022
11:08am, 17 Jul 2022
5,718 posts
|
quimby
I have a question. Here seems as good a place as any to ask. When I was young, I remember that there were fire beaters available on Cannock Chase, usually a few in a wooden holder near fences. Wooden poles with flappy black rubber bits on the end. They disappeared at some point - I'd guess sometime in the 80s. Is the reason, as I suspect, health & safety? Someone got scared of Joe Public suing the Forestry Commission for getting a bit crispy trying to put a fire out?
|
|
Jul 2022
8:48pm, 19 Jul 2022
19,257 posts
|
Stepford Wife
Interesting point Quimbers. I remember those things. I can’t remember seeing any for ages now you mention it.
|
Jul 2022
8:56pm, 19 Jul 2022
137,261 posts
|
GregP
Ooh I know the things. They certainly used to have them at Elvedon Center Parcs. Like a broom handle with some industrial scale rubber bookmarks on the end. |
Jul 2022
10:00pm, 19 Jul 2022
58,913 posts
|
Velociraptor
The natives probably put them on the trails as trip hazards for the pesky mountain bikers. (I remember the things, they were everywhere in Scotland.)
|
Jul 2022
12:44am, 20 Jul 2022
25,039 posts
|
Angus Clydesdale
I’ve used them. Bloody hard work.
|
Jul 2022
6:28am, 20 Jul 2022
8,136 posts
|
Dave W
"Here's 400 acres of pine wood on fire. Please use this overgrown flyswat to put it out (users do so at their own risk)" 
|
Jul 2022
6:35am, 20 Jul 2022
37,754 posts
|
halfpint
I saw some recently in the Cairngorms somewhere. Nephews were very intrigued.
|
|
Jul 2022
9:56pm, 21 Jul 2022
19,258 posts
|
Stepford Wife
Anyone coming to the National Champs this weekend? Stripy jumpers ahoy.
|
Jul 2022
10:06pm, 21 Jul 2022
77,492 posts
|
Gobi
I failed to get organised
|
Related Threads
-
Boardman 8.8 vs Trek Roscoe 7
Jun 2021
-
MTB Questions. 26"or 29", Full suss or Hardtail
Feb 2012
-
Fetch Mountain Bikers?
Jul 2011
-
TriSport Fetch: The smell of 220
Apr 2024
-
Pro cycling thread
Apr 2024
-
Recommend me a cycle navigation app, please
Apr 2024
-
Bike maintenance for dummies.
Apr 2024
-
Cycling for Noobs
Apr 2024
-
Peloton
Apr 2024
-
Fetch Virtual Challenge 2022 - Bike Challenge
Apr 2024
