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Yep we had a great day. Were you any of the guys I hadn't seen before at Lloyds?

Did you mention anything about bolt theory? Must have missed it.... Torsional rigidity has sweet FA to do with the bolt in this case. It's not anchored and your not trying to twist it. Isis is a better system for dummies I agree as it isn't as easy to deform the engaging faces from misuse etc but the bolt design is worse than tapered designs.

Have to wait until I can walk properly before I ride again

What size bolts are they and how much thread length is there on the bolt? A lot of BB designs don't have enough thread engagement to adequately secure the bolt no matter how tight you do them up. Without boring you with bolt theory, any bolt, regardless of length, will only engage a maximum of 3 threads. The bolt needs to elastically stretch in order for it to hold, therefore the longer the better. There is also friction between the head of the bolt and the mating surface which needs to be overcome before it can undo. It's a ratio thing so if you have a short stumpy bolt with a large dia then it's never going to stretch enough to hold. Over-tightening it will deform one, the other, or both parts and still undo. Some sort of thread lock will work for a while (I recommend stud lock). Ensure it cures for the recommended time before using. What I have done before is tighten as normal but leave the 8mm allen key in the head of the bolt and align it with the crank. Tape it around the crank in a couple of spots and it can't come undone. This only works with cranks shaped so they don't catch your feet.

Fun ride guys, good to see some new faces Glued hand is still holding but big toe is a bit worse for wear.

Yup. What time were you thinking? Ben where do you want to meet Sunday?

Either or both weekends sound good here. Not sure about being seen with BMXers though

Well the kids weren't home so next best thing. If only you were there...

2 hours before or 2 hours after?

Should those kittens be fed after midnight? This is my neighbours cat I was looking after for them. Not sure i'll be babysitting the kids anytime soon....

The sleeping round eye.

I'd keep riding that with no attempt at repair and just keep an eye on it.

Give the guy a break. Google is a valuable tool but he's asking for information from a resource directly related to what he's trying to do and has got some decent answers. Nothing wrong with that. There wasn't Google in my day so I had to ask people in person. This is just an updated version of that. Yes he could have tried to search as there's a few topics about it. The problem with that is that illiteracy is rife which severely limits your chances of finding them. For polishing do what Craig said above.

Oven Cleaner. Check under your mums sink.

He clearly said Bristol, not Newport Luke

Cricket pads? Genius.

Oops, forgot about Dan F (sorry Dan). Dan and Mat both on Peruvian steel. Theres some others I haven't seen for ages as well but last I heard were selling up.

Mr Johns, still kicking broken boxes to peoples houses so has pretty much the best part of every day off matheprat is moving back for FT work so w/e's and afternoons Joe will be around I'm still here but again FT work There seems to be a steady stream of people dropping by and the group rides are always popular. You won't stay away for long ;-)

Cool, you up for that mat when you get back?

I'm out. Work is sending me to Andover last minute. See you in Bristol.

Oops, my bad... Should the location be somewhere else? Most people will be road tripping and not needing the station (unless parking there) and last I heard riding there is a bit of a no-no.

Looking likely for me. Meeting where at what time?

See you about 5pm.

In. Bristol Harbourfest. Dead snails. Sleeee.....

Fumy back hopping his road bike. Nice work that man.