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Nostalgia: it’s not what it used to be!
That sounds like a lot of guilt to me. Sponsored by Jesuits I’d wager.

As Ed Helm's character said in the finale of The Office, "I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them." -- Recalled by Amy Curtis at Townhall.com

“A Jesuit, Edward once explained to me, never lies. A Jesuit has already put himself beyond the necessity of lying by telling less than the truth to start with.” -- My literary protege, Dakota Franklin, putting words in the protagonist's mouth in TROUBLESHOOTER*

I hasten to add that all the Jesuits I know love the truth more than being popular with the heretics.

*Readers who want an e-copy to read over the holidays, PM me.
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Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) / Re: I Reserve St Stephen's Day for Cycling Nostalgia
« Last post by in4 on December 26, 2025, 07:41:17 AM »
Nostalgia: it’s not what it used to be!
That sounds like a lot of guilt to me. Sponsored by Jesuits I’d wager.
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Generally speaking, nostalgia is a waste of time. Nothing is ever again going to be as good as when we were young. Realities are simply different today. So I Reserve St Stephen's Day for Cycling Nostalgia.

It's 17 miles cross-country over broken fields, thorny hedges without gates, across streams that qualify as trencherous rivers with your bike held above your head, through farmyards knee-deep in liquified pig dung, to reach this magical headland, and you need someone with a car who knows how to find the Devil's Whirlpool past Dunworley to bring you back because night will fall soon after you reach there, so I haven't been there again for nigh on thirty years, and it is highly unlikely I shall be back. We'll resist the temptation to wonder whether I will still cut such a muscular profile... On another occasion, we took turns holding everyone's ankles so they could hang over the edge to watch the seals playing on the rocks at the foot of the sheer cliff.

What, or where, or who with, is your moment of nostalgia, now that I've set you off?
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Bikes For Sale / Re: Thorn Sherpa 535L
« Last post by in4 on December 25, 2025, 05:11:43 PM »
 Very low mileage indeed. If I didn’t already have a Nomad etc. Know the area too. I expect it’s probably only done a few runs on The Wirral Coastal Path/Way.

On another note if anyone is looking for a new. Brompton JLS have four on offer. SJS will of course be happy to service one in due course.
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Rohloff Internal Hub Gears / Rohloff's new *plastic* EX Swtichbox
« Last post by Danneaux on December 24, 2025, 11:01:54 PM »
Hey All!

Happy Holidays have brought news of a new plastic version of Rohloff's EX(ternal) Switchbox, as shown in the attachment. Photo and announcement from De Vakantiefietser (The Holiday Cyclist) in The Netherlands.

I'll admit to a pang of disappointment as I always prefer metal over plastic for long-term durability against UV and environmental degradation as well as thread longevity, but Rohloff rarely make mistakes and I'm sure this version has been thorougly tested. It likely overcomes any problems of galvanic corrosion from dissimilar metals and looks a bit more compact than the previous version.

I presume this is the pulley cover and adjuster mount only, with thebacking plate and geartrain holder being aluminum as before.

Anyone have one yet and wiling to share impressions?

Best, Dan.
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Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) / Re: Merry Christmas
« Last post by RonS on December 24, 2025, 04:41:03 PM »
Merry Christmas Andre, and to all the fine folk here on the Thorn forum

Ron
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Rohloff Internal Hub Gears / Re: Changing gear during heavy rain
« Last post by mickeg on December 24, 2025, 02:54:31 PM »
I almost always am wearing bike gloves, they help get grip on the shifter.

I am in USA.  There is a product here called Shoe Goo that is similar to a glue, comes in a tube like tooth paste.  You can put some of that on a shoe sole to build up the sole where it wears down.

I put three beads of Shoe Goo on my shifter, mine is the second generation of shifter, round in shape.  I wanted to make it more triangular in shape.  I applied two or three layers of Shoo Goo, it shrinks as it hardens.

Photos attached.  Photos are nine years old, I am still using it the same way as shown in the photos.

I do not know if a similar product to Shoe Goo is made where you are or not.

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Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) / Re: Merry Christmas
« Last post by Danneaux on December 24, 2025, 06:59:13 AM »
This is absolutely and wholly lovely, Andre.

Thanks so much for the good wishes and the very same to you!

All the best, Dan.
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Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) / Merry Christmas
« Last post by Andre Jute on December 24, 2025, 12:10:40 AM »
Merry Christmas, all. May the wind always be behind you.
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