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How to prevent the chain coming off a single chainring

I run a single chainring on my time trial bike, and until recently haven't bothered with a front mech or any sort of chain guide. However, since a recent upgrade to SRAM Rival cranks (with a Stages power meter) my chain dropped off the chainring ... (more)

Model Railways

00-Guage Model Railways I had a dabble in N-gauge model railways as a child, and found the scale just too fiddly. Almost 20 years later, I'm a Dad and have resurrected the hobby in OO/HO guage (00-gauge to be precise). This is largely because ... (more)

The Manor House

The Manor House A beautifully restored period building dating back to the end of the 19th century in a semi-rural setting on the edge of the village, which hosts a pub, a lovely church and post office. Double, twin or single rooms with ... (more)

Sending email in a secure, IPv6 world

This is a guide to updating your Linux server for SSL-enabled, IPv6-happy email transmission using sendmail! Here are the things you need to have already: An IPv6 address for your server. Your internet hosting provider will be able ... (more)

Mumsnet

Mumsnet Mumsnet is an extremely popular website for UK mums and carers. There are some dads on there, but it's mostly mums. You need an extremely thick skin to avoid getting upset, so be warned! You may be interested to know that there ... (more)

Who are you buying your domestic heating oil from?

Ah, well, it's easy to answer, right? Boilerjuice, Butler, Bayford, Watson, or Scottish Fuels. Simple, eh? Or is it? Thanks to John Kelleher[1] who alerted us to the fact that many of the oil companies (that includes both domestic heating ... (more)

XP Dynamic Disks

I had a problem recently with an IDE hard drive formatted with a single NTFS partition, that used to sit in a Windows 2000 machine. Having installed XP-64-bit on a new machine, I then plugged this IDE drive in, powered the computer up and proceeded ... (more)

Working life at Beeston, Nottingham

The Marconi offices at Beeston consisted of a large tower block (offices and labs) and a single-storey system testing building. I liked to grow plants at my desk. Here is the Last tomato plant! This is the view from my desk (4th floor ... (more)

2011 Kids Competitive Cycling Events near to Norfolk UK

2011 list, culled from many sources, including Mark Wyer's emails and British Cycling, of junior (open to under 16s) cycling events within a reasonable travel distance from Norfolk: Single Events (One-Offs): Monday 24 Oct Peterborough ... (more)

Articles and Advice on Home Efficiency, Technology, Family History and more

Articles and advice on cycling, technology, home efficiency and more Looking for family photos? Our family pages have moved These pages are written and managed by John & Julii Swindells, and we take every effort to ensure their accuracy ... (more)

Animals

Animals A small cluster of animal pictures, including horse galloping! (more)

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