The Pan is back...

Simon Atkinson <fvzrf.TakeThisOut@jnsre.bet.hxERZBIRGUVFOVG> was seen penning the
following ode to ... whatever:
 > Timo Geusch said:
 >
  >>Finally, finally I got the Pan back today. Amazing how much the brakes
  >>improve if the disc runout is within spec...
 >
 > Good news Timo...
 >
 > I was awaiting the post to hear that they had managed to break the 'new'
 > rear wheel in some interesting and almost impossible way.
 >
 > So, you're all mobile again...

Until some cunt runs into the back of it because the brake light
didn't come on.
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Timo Geusch wrote:
 >
 > Simon Atkinson <fvzrf RemoveThis @jnsre.bet.hxERZBIRGUVFOVG> was seen penning the
 > following ode to ... whatever:
  > > Timo Geusch said:
  > >
   > >>Finally, finally I got the Pan back today. Amazing how much the brakes
   > >>improve if the disc runout is within spec...
  > >
  > > Good news Timo...
  > >
  > > I was awaiting the post to hear that they had managed to break the 'new'
  > > rear wheel in some interesting and almost impossible way.
  > >
  > > So, you're all mobile again...
 >
 > Until some cunt runs into the back of it because the brake light
 > didn't come on.

One might consider using the newly fettled *rear* brake every time the
front is applied, until the front brake switch is fixed. I would
adjust the rear brake switch so that it actuates the brake light at
the slightest stab. Which you should advise your garage is what they
will be getting if they don't fix the front, sharpish.

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Timo Geusch said:

 >Simon Atkinson <fvzrf.DeleteThis@jnsre.bet.hxERZBIRGUVFOVG> was seen penning the
 >following ode to ... whatever:
  >> Timo Geusch said:
  >>
   >>>Finally, finally I got the Pan back today. Amazing how much the brakes
   >>>improve if the disc runout is within spec...
  >>
  >> Good news Timo...
  >>
  >> I was awaiting the post to hear that they had managed to break the 'new'
  >> rear wheel in some interesting and almost impossible way.
  >>
  >> So, you're all mobile again...
 >
 >Until some cunt runs into the back of it because the brake light
 >didn't come on.

That's the spirit... Always look on the bright side eh?
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On Sat, 08 May 2004 15:41:27 +0100, Timo Geusch
<tnews.DeleteThis@unixconsult.co.uk> wrote:

 >Simon Atkinson <fvzrf.DeleteThis@jnsre.bet.hxERZBIRGUVFOVG> was seen penning the
 >following ode to ... whatever:
snip>
  >>
  >> So, you're all mobile again...
 >
 >Until some cunt runs into the back of it because the brake light
 >didn't come on.

Why don't you fix the brake light yourself? You're obviously
concerned about it and unless I'm mistaken it's a potential points
earner if the plod get moody.

OTOH you could confess to being mechaically inept and some kind soul
might offer to even fit the switch for you if you buy one.

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"Simon Atkinson " wrote:
 >
 > Timo Geusch said:
 >
  > >Simon Atkinson <fvzrf.DeleteThis@jnsre.bet.hxERZBIRGUVFOVG> was seen penning the
  > >following ode to ... whatever:
   > >> Timo Geusch said:
   > >>
   > >>>Finally, finally I got the Pan back today. Amazing how much the brakes
   > >>>improve if the disc runout is within spec...
   > >>
   > >> Good news Timo...
   > >>
   > >> I was awaiting the post to hear that they had managed to break the 'new'
   > >> rear wheel in some interesting and almost impossible way.
   > >>
   > >> So, you're all mobile again...
  > >
  > >Until some cunt runs into the back of it because the brake light
  > >didn't come on.
 >
 > That's the spirit... Always look on the bright side eh?

Is he SO ride a bike then?

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"Timo Geusch" <tnews DeleteThis @unixconsult.co.uk> wrote in message
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 > Finally, finally I got the Pan back today....

I bet it breaks within the month.

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On Sat, 08 May 2004 16:32:41 +0100, eric the brave
<"simonb_at_zapik_dot_co_dot_uk"@foo.com (eric the brave)> wrote:

 >Is he SO ride a bike then?

Could you try that again, in English?

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Mark Olson was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:
 > Timo Geusch wrote:
  >>
  >> Simon Atkinson <fvzrf RemoveThis @jnsre.bet.hxERZBIRGUVFOVG> was seen penning the
  >> following ode to ... whatever:
   >> > Timo Geusch said:
   >> >
   >> >>Finally, finally I got the Pan back today. Amazing how much the brakes
   >> >>improve if the disc runout is within spec...
   >> >
   >> > Good news Timo...
   >> >
   >> > I was awaiting the post to hear that they had managed to break the 'new'
   >> > rear wheel in some interesting and almost impossible way.
   >> >
   >> > So, you're all mobile again...
  >>
  >> Until some cunt runs into the back of it because the brake light
  >> didn't come on.
 >
 > One might consider using the newly fettled *rear* brake every time the
 > front is applied, until the front brake switch is fixed.

That's what I'll do this afternoon. Fortunately the rear one on the
Pan is adjustable (the front one isn't) so I should be able to get
away with this. One might consider using the rear brake on a Pan
anyway unless one wants to make a big fuckoff hole in the scenery, BTW.

 > Which you should advise your garage is what they
 > will be getting if they don't fix the front, sharpish.

Actually I'll sort this out myself now, can't be arsed to chase the
garage again. I'm just getting annoyed when I see the bloke behind the
counter write down the instructions to fix a certain problem just to
hear from the other bloke that he can't find any record of it.

I mean, if you work on the brakes on somebody else's bike it does
sound like a good idea to me if you check that *everything* is working
afterwards.

But maybe that's just me.
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Andy Bonwick was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:
 > On Sat, 08 May 2004 15:41:27 +0100, Timo Geusch
 ><tnews.TakeThisOut@unixconsult.co.uk> wrote:
 >
  >>Simon Atkinson <fvzrf.TakeThisOut@jnsre.bet.hxERZBIRGUVFOVG> was seen penning the
  >>following ode to ... whatever:
 > snip>
   >>>
   >>> So, you're all mobile again...
  >>
  >>Until some cunt runs into the back of it because the brake light
  >>didn't come on.
 >
 > Why don't you fix the brake light yourself? You're obviously
 > concerned about it and unless I'm mistaken it's a potential points
 > earner if the plod get moody.

That's what's going to happen this afternoon, at least for the rear
brake.

 > OTOH you could confess to being mechaically inept and some kind soul
 > might offer to even fit the switch for you if you buy one.

Ability actually wasn't the problem here, more a continous annoyance
that people I was paying a wedge of my hard-earned weren't very good
at following any instructions. Be it which phone number to call to
talk to me, or fixing certain things...

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Timo Geusch was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:
 > Of course it would've been even more spectacular if the bod at the
 > garage had made a note of the fact that the front brake doesn't
 > trigger the brakelight any more and thus changed the switch like I
 > asked him to.

Right, now I'm fucking livid, I am.

When this mob put the bike through the MOT the tester advised them
that the front brakelight switch must be dodgy because it seemed to
suffer from an intermittent failure. They talked him into a 'pass' as
the rear one was working and told me I needed a new switch which they
were supposed to fit, see above.

They clearly hadn't even bothered to check if the switch was
furbar'd. A quick check with a multimeter confirmed that it was
switching as it was supposed to, moving the brake lever produced the
expected 'clicks' so the fault couldn't be the switch. Turns out that
one of the connectors on the cable must've been caught in something
and was slightly bent. And not connected to the fucking switch. A bit
of contact cleaner removed all the dirt that had accumulated in the
connector's rubber boot and a careful shove pushed it back onto the
switch.

Of course, it's working perfectly well.

Oh, and they've removed the fucking tag for the work carpark
*again*. The first time I collected the bike I thought I'd lost the
tag and put it somewhere 'safe'. From which it has
disappeared. Arse. That'll be some more grovelling tomorrow so they
actually let me into the carpark.

Remind me again why I'm paying someone to fix my bike?

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On Sun, 09 May 2004 12:47:35 +0100, Timo Geusch
<tnews.TakeThisOut@unixconsult.co.uk> wrote:

<snip lividity over disconnected brake switch>
 >Of course, it's working perfectly well.

The world's turned upside down.

 >Remind me again why I'm paying someone to fix my bike?

Because it's yours, and therefore broken.

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