{"id":2379,"date":"2011-01-21T22:03:56","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T21:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=2379"},"modified":"2011-01-23T18:05:41","modified_gmt":"2011-01-23T17:05:41","slug":"2379","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=2379","title":{"rendered":"Ralphies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Down in Taunton with a part-built race bike after the big weigh in and service, I needed a few bits to finish things off. I’d given up building it on Wednesday night when I coudn’t feel my fingers any more in the garage.<\/p>\n

For my bits I went to Ralph Colman cycles, one of those institutions that seems to have been around for ever. I even bought my first mountain bike from there in 1991, a Kona Fire Mountain, and my Mum is sure her first bike came from there, too.<\/p>\n

I came out after a friendly chat with an XTR gear cable inner (teflon coated so good for slick changes), a couple of bar end plugs and some lube. Unfortunately they didn’t have the special Shimnano bottom- bracket preload-doofer tool I needed, but the staff said to call in with the bike and they would do it quickly to help out.<\/p>\n

My new shiny handlebar has very thin walls,too, so the new plugs didn’t fit. Needing a shakedown ride I pedalled back into Taunton to exchange them for some bigger ones. On the way in I finally gave in to the need for a new middle chain ring, and decided to get one at the shop.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Ralph Colmans has really good service stock levels and it was a treat to be able to grab a Middleburn chainring straight off the shelf, a refreshing change from the normal ‘we can get you one for Monday’, and he double-checked it was the right one. He was still worried about my bottom bracket and offered that he was in at 7am the next morning if I needed any help!<\/p>\n

Ralphies will always be ‘the’ bike shop in Taunton with helpful staff and great levels of stock – http:\/\/www.bike-uk.co.uk\/ralphies.php<\/a>.\u00a0It would be great to find out just how long the shop has been there!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Ralph-Colman-Cycles-Taunton-Ralphies\/361376301029<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Down in Taunton with a part-built race bike after the big weigh in and service, I needed a few bits to finish things off. I’d given up building it on Wednesday night when I coudn’t feel my fingers any more in the garage. For my bits I went to Ralph Colman cycles, one of those … <\/p>\n

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