Things my wife says ...

She's just been out on a bike ride with one of her mates, the first thing she did was complain that her brakes squeaked (see women never happy), I suggested that she didn't use them hard enough and the braking surface is too shiny ...


... no she said they just need oiling










... so I'm out there with the WD40 as we speak (where's a BORED evil smiley when you need one?)

Ooooh, now that's just asking for a divorce

Theres the Evil BORED Smiley

Originally Posted by Hammy156

Ooooh, now that's just asking for a divorce

Not if she's dead

Originally Posted by 156Chris

Not if she's dead :BORED: :BORED: :BORED:

Good skills that man....





... try three-in-one, last's longer

Just waiting for her to start complaining about the brakes on her car ...












(don't worry it's a renault ...)

Put oil on them too

Originally Posted by Hammy156

Put oil on them too

Probably don't need too ... it's a renault after all, I'm sure that brakes will fail without my intervention (he says from inside his glass house next to a pile of stones)

Originally Posted by 156Chris

Probably don't need too ... it's a renault after all, I'm sure that brakes will fail without my intervention (he says from inside his glass house next to a pile of stones)

Careful what you say then fella!!

WD40's hopeless - they'll be squeeking again in no time so you'll be getting moaned at again soon. Anyway, if it's a v-brake screetch oiling them won't make a difference - you need to toe-in the pads.

Originally Posted by Fraser

WD40's hopeless - they'll be squeeking again in no time so you'll be getting moaned at again soon. Anyway, if it's a v-brake screetch oiling them won't make a difference - you need to toe-in the pads.

I presume that "toe in the pads" means ... brake properly (i.e. stop a quickly as possible ...???)

Nope, it means line them up so the leading edge of the brake pad hits the rim first

Or just take them off altogether...

Get her a new bike with disc brakes, there's so much more can go wrong....(evil laugh!!!!!!)

Originally Posted by Hammy156

Nope, it means line them up so the leading edge of the brake pad hits the rim first

What Hammy says. V-brakes are a bugger for noise anyway and you sometimes just can't fix them.

Tell me about it... almost threw my bike under a trucks wheels tonight, sodding things.

Tell her to stay off the bike?

a) what she doing with friends

b) no bike no moan.


be a man and tell her that youre not letting her out on her bike anymore.
Now where did i put that tea towel