What have you done today thread?

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Noggin wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 10:11 am
Bigyin wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 11:41 pm
Today it was time for a clean up of the brake calipers and a change in brake pads as they were proper fooked

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Damn - those pads look like something that would have come off a bike I owned!! LOL
Funny - I thought they looked pretty clean...

(mind you - I can't see the thickness left)
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I think you will find that the face showing is/was the friction face.
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David wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 11:15 am I think you will find that the face showing is/was the friction face.
Nah, they'd not have piston marks if they were
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Rockburner wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 11:00 am
Noggin wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 10:11 am
Bigyin wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 11:41 pm
Today it was time for a clean up of the brake calipers and a change in brake pads as they were proper fooked

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Damn - those pads look like something that would have come off a bike I owned!! LOL
Funny - I thought they looked pretty clean...

(mind you - I can't see the thickness left)
Aaaah - they are the other way around!! See, this is why I eventually bailed on doing the Monster!! LOL :oops: :oops:
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Silly me.....twin pistons.......
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David wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 11:15 am I think you will find that the face showing is/was the friction face.
Remind me never to ask you to work on brakes....



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David wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 11:15 am I think you will find that the face showing is/was the friction face.
Easy mistake to make given the OP is a sweaty and it is rumoured that copper wire was invented after he and his brother argued over a penny...

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Not today, but at the weekend, me and the Mrs. went to the Turkish place the Gremlinette has secured herself some employment as a waitress, just to sample the falafel and hummus, which were very good. We were sat outside (obviously) which gave me the chance to observe the indigenous wildlife of Orpington High Street. Within a few minutes I was struck by the peculiar gait I was observing, which I have christened 'The Orpington Waddle', a means of perambulation utilised by those of a particular heft, of which there were many.
It's a slow means of motion, using a pained waddle and exaggerated hip movement, presumably because those using it were too heavy to use a normal human walking gait. It also requires a sort of backward lean, presumably to stop the belly pulling them over, which I suspect may result in them never getting up again. I also noticed it caused a few of them some distress as it contributed to the dropping of food or spilling of drink by said waddlers, which many seemed to be carrying and shoving down their necks at a rate of knots.
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Been to a funeral - this pastime of ours is a harsh one sometimes.
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Death by Excel...

Reviewing a list of build defects for a fleet of 58 new trains, I'm now struggling to see :wtf: :shock:
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Noggin wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 10:11 am
Damn - those pads look like something that would have come off a bike I owned!! LOL
I didnt think they were too bad given they have had 2 winters use and the caliper hasnt been off the bike since last winter.
David wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 11:15 am I think you will find that the face showing is/was the friction face.
What you can see on the back is the circle pattern of the thin metal shim that clips onto the rear of the pad ;)
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Spending my evening now riding a train back and forth, deep joy! All in the name of work....
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Bigyin wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 7:01 pm
Noggin wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 10:11 am
Damn - those pads look like something that would have come off a bike I owned!! LOL
I didnt think they were too bad given they have had 2 winters use and the caliper hasnt been off the bike since last winter.
LOL It took me a while to realise the pic was the back, so I'm sure the front (actual pad) is nothing like mine have been!! LOL x
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wheelnut wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 2:27 pm Been to a funeral - this pastime of ours is a harsh one sometimes.
Sad. Thinking of you. Can't 'like/thank' the post as it feels wrong!

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wheelnut wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 2:27 pm Been to a funeral - this pastime of ours is a harsh one sometimes.
Indeed. The highs are high,but the lows are something else.
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Skub wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 8:07 pm
Indeed. The highs are high,but the lows are something else.
Yeah :(
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Put a freshly sharpened chain on the saw. Cut up a tree. Blunted fresly sharpened chain. Got rained on. Gave up. I ill stack the wood whem/if it stops raining.
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So today the tools I purchased started arriving. This is box one of two.
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First of 3 rest days so getting sorted to go to the girlfriends. Lovely sunny day, rain promised much later. Packed my bag, decided to take the bike for a nice 50 mile blast. Loaded up, quick nip to the loo, opened the front door to be greeted by tremendous rain storm!!
Oh well, still going on the bike.
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Docca wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 12:55 pm 0B25323C-5209-45FC-99E3-E2E8EA7DC312.jpeg

So today the tools I purchased started arriving. This is box one of two.
When you live in a family household, or indeed on you own, tools such as these are needed. Never understood going into peoples houses and encountering a problem I can fix for them, but when asked they reply, we don't have any tools? Even if you don't use them, a mate helping you out might do. :thumbup:
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