Author Topic: The Good News Thread (Read 1164553 times)

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #6100 on:** 16 January, 2014, 06:19:05 pm »

Quote from: hellymedic on 16 January, 2014, 04:39:33 pm

David has just bought n+1.
It's gorgeous!

Photos?

hellymedic · « **Reply #6101 on:** 16 January, 2014, 06:50:09 pm »

Quote from: Auntie Helen on 16 January, 2014, 06:19:05 pm

Quote from: hellymedic on 16 January, 2014, 04:39:33 pm
David has just bought n+1.
It's gorgeous!
Photos?

Not yet. He's busy ~~fettling~~ fondling it, in the lounge.
It's a Cooper Casablanca.

delthebike · « **Reply #6102 on:** 16 January, 2014, 06:57:54 pm »

Quote from: hellymedic on 16 January, 2014, 06:50:09 pm

Quote from: Auntie Helen on 16 January, 2014, 06:19:05 pm
Quote from: hellymedic on 16 January, 2014, 04:39:33 pm
David has just bought n+1.
It's gorgeous!
Photos?

Not yet. He's busy ~~fettling~~ fondling it, in the lounge.
It's a Cooper Casablanca.

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/cooper/casablanca-2014-hybrid-bike-ec046769#features
Very nice indeed! And others in the Cooper range look just as good.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #6103 on:** 16 January, 2014, 07:29:25 pm »

Quote from: mrcharly on 28 May, 1974, 04:28:38 pm

It has 22 sockets in the kitchen. 22.

You lucky, lucky b***ard!

hellymedic · « **Reply #6104 on:** 16 January, 2014, 07:50:59 pm »

Canardly · « **Reply #6105 on:** 16 January, 2014, 09:36:27 pm »

Nah thats 'orrible. The bikes not bad though.

Kim · « **Reply #6106 on:** 17 January, 2014, 12:07:25 am »

Flat bars, disc brakes and a (?)Nexus hub gear. I think that qualifies for "sensible bike of the day"

jsabine · « **Reply #6107 on:** 17 January, 2014, 12:12:18 am »

Alfine, not Nexus,, and a little touch of luxury with the saddle.

No dynohub though ...

hellymedic · « **Reply #6108 on:** 17 January, 2014, 12:23:38 am »

Quote from: jsabine on 17 January, 2014, 12:12:18 am

Alfine, not Nexus,, and a little touch of luxury with the saddle.

No dynohub though ...

He would have liked a dynohub and two of his existing bikes have them but it would have needed to be custom built.

graculus · « **Reply #6109 on:** 17 January, 2014, 08:23:07 am »

My niece is safely home from hospital after acute gangrenous appendicitis. Probably most of this university term written off, but at least that is one ailment that will not reoccur!

clarion · « **Reply #6110 on:** 17 January, 2014, 08:31:38 am »

Ooh, narsty! Glad she got it sorted, and hope she GsWS.

barakta · « **Reply #6111 on:** 17 January, 2014, 08:38:57 am »

Glad your niece is now OK, gangrenous appendicitis is vile. Hope the university are sensible and supportive about her work.

jsabine · « **Reply #6112 on:** 17 January, 2014, 08:55:08 am »

Quote from: hellymedic on 17 January, 2014, 12:23:38 am

Quote from: jsabine on 17 January, 2014, 12:12:18 am
No dynohub though ...

He would have liked a dynohub and two of his existing bikes have them but it would have needed to be custom built.

A minor detail ...

Still, it's always nice to have an obvious upgrade path.

hellymedic · « **Reply #6113 on:** 17 January, 2014, 02:03:58 pm »

Quote from: jsabine on 17 January, 2014, 08:55:08 am

Quote from: hellymedic on 17 January, 2014, 12:23:38 am
Quote from: jsabine on 17 January, 2014, 12:12:18 am
No dynohub though ...

He would have liked a dynohub and two of his existing bikes have them but it would have needed to be custom built.

A minor detail ...

Still, it's always nice to have an obvious upgrade path.

We were discussing rebuilding the front wheel with a dynohub over breakfast.
The SHINY rims supplied with the bike have already been discontinued. The bike is an advance 50th birthday present but his birthday is over 4 months away.

I have told him refitting a used bottle dynamo is not very cool...

graculus · « **Reply #6114 on:** 17 January, 2014, 02:59:55 pm »

Quote from: barakta on 17 January, 2014, 08:38:57 am

Glad your niece is now OK, gangrenous appendicitis is vile. Hope the university are sensible and supportive about her work.

Thanks (and Clarion). It's her first year, so not as bad as if it had been her final year. Parents are supportive and clued up and will not hesitate to pitch in if they think she is being short changed.

barakta · « **Reply #6115 on:** 17 January, 2014, 08:24:16 pm »

Wowbagger · « **Reply #6116 on:** 17 January, 2014, 10:35:23 pm »

Shouldn't it be a Bogart Casablanca?

Vince · « **Reply #6117 on:** 20 January, 2014, 10:06:51 pm »

Boy Wunja has been selected to go to the World Scout Jamboree in Japan next year.

clarion · « **Reply #6118 on:** 20 January, 2014, 10:17:28 pm »

Cool. That should be a great experience.

interzen · « **Reply #6119 on:** 20 January, 2014, 10:20:54 pm »

Quote from: hellymedic on 17 January, 2014, 02:03:58 pm

Quote from: jsabine on 17 January, 2014, 08:55:08 am
Quote from: hellymedic on 17 January, 2014, 12:23:38 am
Quote from: jsabine on 17 January, 2014, 12:12:18 am
No dynohub though ...

He would have liked a dynohub and two of his existing bikes have them but it would have needed to be custom built.

A minor detail ...

Still, it's always nice to have an obvious upgrade path.

We were discussing rebuilding the front wheel with a dynohub over breakfast.
The SHINY rims supplied with the bike have already been discontinued. The bike is an advance 50th birthday present but his birthday is over 4 months away.

I have told him refitting a used bottle dynamo is not very cool...

And you'd be absolutely right.

That's a nice looking machine, though - if I didn't already have n+1 lined up I'd be nipping across to the branch of Evans that's within easy walking distance of work ...

(but seriously, if he wants a lightly-used-but-non-shiny 29er disc rim to build up with a suitable hub dynamo, let me know ...)

hellymedic · « **Reply #6120 on:** 21 January, 2014, 12:41:30 am »

Quote from: interzen on 20 January, 2014, 10:20:54 pm

Quote from: hellymedic on 17 January, 2014, 02:03:58 pm
Quote from: jsabine on 17 January, 2014, 08:55:08 am
Quote from: hellymedic on 17 January, 2014, 12:23:38 am
Quote from: jsabine on 17 January, 2014, 12:12:18 am
No dynohub though ...

He would have liked a dynohub and two of his existing bikes have them but it would have needed to be custom built.

A minor detail ...

Still, it's always nice to have an obvious upgrade path.

We were discussing rebuilding the front wheel with a dynohub over breakfast.
The SHINY rims supplied with the bike have already been discontinued. The bike is an advance 50th birthday present but his birthday is over 4 months away.

I have told him refitting a used bottle dynamo is not very cool...
And you'd be absolutely right.

That's a nice looking machine, though - if I didn't already have n+1 lined up I'd be nipping across to the branch of Evans that's within easy walking distance of work ...

(but seriously, if he wants a lightly-used-but-non-shiny 29er disc rim to build up with a suitable hub dynamo, let me know ...)

Thanks for your kind offer. He saw picture of your bikes on Facebook and thought they were cool.
We will order some variety of Schmidt dynohub when the Bandits of Bridgewater have the 36-hole variety he desires and get it built into the existing rims.

TimO · « **Reply #6121 on:** 21 January, 2014, 10:03:32 am »

The Rosetta spacecraft woke up successfully from 2½ years in deep hibernation, whilst it's catching up with comet 67P/Churymov-Gerasimenko (try saying that half a dozen times when pissed!).

That means that one of my colleagues definitely has a job for the next couple of years, and I need to finish setting our operational servers up.

We've yet to hear exactly what state the spacecraft is in, but we should get that information shortly. With luck it'll be in exactly the same condition as it was before hibernation.

mcshroom · « **Reply #6122 on:** 21 January, 2014, 10:24:32 am »

Quote from: Wunja on 20 January, 2014, 10:06:51 pm

Boy Wunja has been selected to go to the World Scout Jamboree in Japan next year.

Congratulations!

Good Luck Boy Wunja, and have a great time. I found it a great experience when I went to the one in Chile in 1999. My advice is take as many photos as he possibly can, and carry a decent number of spare neckers for swaps

interzen · « **Reply #6123 on:** 21 January, 2014, 10:31:55 am »

I'm now free of kidney stones

The exact wording of the X-ray report was: "Patient is clear of kidney stones but also appears to be constipated." - I've never been so happy to be told I've got a case of the stoppies.

Guess that means I'm officially full of shit

interzen · « **Reply #6124 on:** 21 January, 2014, 11:35:14 am »

Quote from: hellymedic on 21 January, 2014, 12:41:30 am

Thanks for your kind offer. He saw picture of your bikes on Facebook and thought they were cool.
We will order some variety of Schmidt dynohub when the Bandits of Bridgewater have the 36-hole variety he desires and get it built into the existing rims.

Ah ... that'd be a showstopper anyway since my 'spare' rim is 32h.
I'm so used to riding on 32-spoke wheels now that I keep forgetting that Other Spoke Counts Are Available

Pity the SP PD-8 dynamo only appears to be available in 32h - it's very nice (my Tour Divide rig has one, as will my Croix de Fer) and a helluva sight cheaper than a Schmidt.