Evans bike shops- rip off

£7.99 for a pedal spanner?

On 26/08/2007 10:43, spindrift said,
£7.99 for a pedal spanner?

MBUK had a free one on the front cover this month :-)

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

On 26 Aug, 11:51, Paul Boyd wrote:
On 26/08/2007 10:43, spindrift said,

£7.99 for a pedal spanner?

MBUK had a free one on the front cover this month :-)

--
Paul Boydhttp://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGH, I flipping knew someone would post something
like that. This is for a Pyrrenean raid, I have to carry this hunk of
metal up my ass* for ten days only using it for ten seconds either
end.

*Pulp Fiction.

spindrift wrote:
On 26 Aug, 11:51, Paul Boyd wrote:
On 26/08/2007 10:43, spindrift said,

£7.99 for a pedal spanner?
MBUK had a free one on the front cover this month :-)

--
Paul Boydhttp://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGH, I flipping knew someone would post something
like that. This is for a Pyrrenean raid, I have to carry this hunk of
metal up my ass* for ten days only using it for ten seconds either
end.

*Pulp Fiction.

Allen key?

On 26/08/2007 17:49, Zog The Undeniable said,

Allen key?

Only works for spindles with an Allen key recess :-)

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

spindrift wrote:

On 26 Aug, 11:51, Paul Boyd wrote:
On 26/08/2007 10:43, spindrift said,

£7.99 for a pedal spanner?

This is for a Pyrrenean raid, I have to carry this hunk of
metal for ten days only using it for ten seconds either
end.

Could you not place it somewhere you could pick it when you return?
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

"Could you not place it somewhere you could pick it when you return? "

Fly to Biarritz, back from Perpignan. The wrench weighs a kilo, I
guess, so I estimate I will have to eat seven pies four pastries and
drink eleventy beers to rebalance the calorific drag, curses.

"spindrift" wrote in message
ups.com...

Fly to Biarritz, back from Perpignan. The wrench weighs a kilo, I
guess

boggle

I'd consider getting a cheap spanner of the correct size, but in a
conventional length, grinding it down so it fitted the pedal flats, and just
hoicking hard on it to do the relevant bits.

cheers,
clive

spindrift wrote:

"Could you not place it somewhere you could pick it when you return? "

Fly to Biarritz, back from Perpignan. The wrench weighs a kilo, I
guess, so I estimate I will have to eat seven pies four pastries and
drink eleventy beers to rebalance the calorific drag, curses.

Have you considered the possibilities of a MVL [1] or Poste Restante?

URLhttp://laposte-portail.cvf.fr/particulier_envoyez_recevez_du_courrier_offres_con seils_pas_pas_reexpedition_garde_du_courrier_poste _restante_436.html
or http://tinyurl.com/27kpww

[1] Magasin Velo Locale a French LBS.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:19:17 +0100, "Clive George"
wrote:

"spindrift" wrote in message
oups.com...

Fly to Biarritz, back from Perpignan. The wrench weighs a kilo, I
guess

boggle

I'd consider getting a cheap spanner of the correct size, but in a
conventional length, grinding it down so it fitted the pedal flats, and just
hoicking hard on it to do the relevant bits.


Aye. 15mm cross flats does the trick. Top tip: loosen the pedals
_before_ you go to the airport, then reattach them (and grease them)
with the 15mm spanner.

fx: goes into kitchen

My 15mm spanner weights 100g.



Tim