What am I doing wrong? Chain replacement, trying to remove extra links

vitty · 2 months

This is the new chain, so neither of those plans would work - need to take out the link at a specific place, and can't cut it :(

vitty · 3 months

Hey man, after closer examination, it seems you're right - there's a lip on the rivet stopping it comng out. How are you meant to pop it out?! Any ideas, bearing in mind I have no access to dremels etc at the moment....

How do the manufacturers expect people to adjust the chain? Is there a special tool?

vitty · 3 months

I didn't mean a link popped out, rather that all I was left with was a tight link, instead of the rivet coming out.

I think the tool might be wrong, and that I need a smaller pin.

vitty · 3 months

I was wondering if they had a cap, but from what I read only some types of chains do, and that even then you can sheer it off with just a chain tool (but you have to replace the rivet with a proper tool after)

vitty · 3 months

Yeah, the other position is for overly tight links. Got that bit down.

vitty · 3 months

The chain tool was inherited along with the bike, from a guy who knew his bikes. That's all I know. Based on another comment, I think I might need a different tool.

vitty · 3 months

Yeah it wiggles around a lot, takes a lot of fiddling to get it lined up. I'm thinking I need a smaller pin..

vitty · 3 months

The pin is there, but seems to be about the same size as the rivet, rather than a little bit small as with the old chain.

vitty · 3 months

I've been away for a week, sorry - will post one on Sunday

MegaDom · 3 months

Yeah, I was just being a pedant - I agree with your advice whole heartedly, I wouldn't know half the scientific names I do if it wasn't for understanding their roots.

Some are sort of funny, too - Balaenoptera musculus is the blue whale. The specific name means 'little mouse'. Not sure about the generic name - something about wings.

MegaDom · 3 months

Atro is from Ater for dark rather than deep, but pretty much.

MegaDom · 3 months

Except for all the Greek roots...

snotbot3000 · 3 months

What about the fucking PLANTS. No one ever thinks of the plants.

JiveMonkey · 3 months

Yeah, who the fuck would want to pay two cents more per cup for some coffee that isn't drenched with pesticides, that is grown in shade-covered plantation (that is interspersed with native berry trees so tropical birds don't have to be trapped and killed as pests) to avoid cutting down pristine forest so a white office worker can get some caffeine in him for a hard day the computer?

Only a dickhead, I reckon. An environmentally conscious dickhead working in an office being paid well above minimum wage.

SoonToBeDr · 3 months

http://www.pnas.org/content/108/41/17040.abstract?sid=3935e587-0887-4f4e-9a23-df33babea617

I can post the full PDF tomorrow when I get back to campus if anyone wants it after reading the abstract.

5user5 · 3 months

For tree's it would have to be the Generic Tree Flora of Madagascar. For other plants etc, I'd speak to them - it's not really my area.

5user5 · 3 months

Yeah, I've spent 11 months there in total doing research. Check websites like http://www.stopdodo.com/, http://www.conbio.org/jobs/ and others. I found my last position on the latter. There's a few more sites like that, I don't really know them though, you'll have to search about.

If you want an extended stay you'll need to have a position with an NGO - else you'll be limited to a tourist visa of 3 months. I think you can get a lot more done by arranging things before you go - then the people that really need you can get you.

I need to go do some washing, just started a conservation science masters and so will have lectures later, but feel free to ask anything else about working in Madagascar I might be able to help with.

iamthe99throwaway · 4 months

... Just to be able to buy my baby milk

Breast feed, tits and free and healthy.

vitty · 4 months

Yeah, that'd be easy to do. Could have a couple for each, including a male, female, and juvenile. Maybe even a nest if one found some.

codesense · 4 months

It's a little bit scare-mongery though isn't it? This wasn't from "the park", but some a park in a Argentina... People are going to be worried about something that might have only happened once in another country.

nervez · 4 months

Women in Ugg boots who've worn down the sole at an angle. Watching them walk, it feels like their ankles are about to snap any second.

Throw those fucking things away, or get them resoled. That is not good for your feet.

vitty · 4 months

Mmm... Thanks for the reply. I hope you're not implying you see them a lot at your computer repair shop because they break a lot!

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