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12-03-16, 10:44 PM | #3171 |
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Yep. The amount of times we get customers calling up asking us to fit cables as they've tried themselves and can't do it. We quote them normal price and then they turn up and have forgotten to tell us the cables are internal and will take (at least) twice as long to fit.
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13-03-16, 05:23 PM | #3172 |
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13-03-16, 06:07 PM | #3173 |
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Oh yes!! And almost always in a white or silver car like some sort of stealth device. Inconsiderate, stupid, git-tards!!!
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14-03-16, 07:21 AM | #3174 | |
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14-03-16, 08:45 AM | #3175 | |
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9984]Yep. The amount of times we get customers calling up asking us to fit cables as they've tried themselves and can't do it. We quote them normal price and then they turn up and have forgotten to tell us the cables are internal and will take (at least) twice as long to fit. Magnets and gravity can help. Is there a window under the bottom bracket?[/QUOTE] This was the rear disc cable, that passes through the chain stay. I could pass a cable the wrong way down the tunnel, but the other way it snagged. The tunnel had a teflon liner inserted during its build, but it had a crease in it, preventing the cable passing through and I took it out. Stripped down a gear cable & took out the teflon liner, then threaded that onto an old cable & fed it down the tunnel until it got to the other end, and pulled the liner into position. Then the cable fed through no problem. I got the idea from a Youtube video! Helped being in the daylight, so I could see what I was doing Nightmare
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15-03-16, 03:50 PM | #3176 |
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Three days in to barf and squits bug totally nackered, bro's kids got chicken pox and sisters kids have given me barf bug hmm I think they should have all visiting rights removed..
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15-03-16, 04:12 PM | #3178 |
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Cheers fruity, gws to you too.
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Put me off coffee, as the smell of it, reminded me of this holiday, as they drink loads of it.
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15-03-16, 06:50 PM | #3180 |
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Another suicide on my train line. I reckon we have about 2 a month.
So I've had to jump on the Stansted Express and Mr LPH is going to trek out to collect me from the airport. I wouldn't always expect him to do this but as the incident had only just happened it'll be 2 or 3 hours before any trains run on my line and Stu's got this week off so not too tired. I don't rant at the train staff like some people do. After all, I'm a bit inconvenienced. Some other poor family are about to get the worst call of their lives.
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