Lovely that

A rather impressive looking carbon pole arrived today from Stu for my lunar solo.
Cheers!

Alfine 8 small parts kit....

Bits for a frame bag arrived from Profabrics! :D


Although it's not quite going to be MYOG, I asked a friend if she could help me with some of the sewing bits, and she's told me that she wouldn't help me, she'd just do it as it'd be easier for both of us

Confucius bars. Tested these last few days - the multiple hand positions was great, ideal for bikepacking-style riding. I'll be keeping them on

Nowt you'll be interested in but I'll tell you anyway - a rather lovely Osage primitive bow from Hungary. It's part weapon and part sculpture and for less than I could buy a blank Osage stave for. There was also a self-Yew bow in the box for Dee but it's a surprise, so say nowt

Bearbonesnorm wrote:Nowt you'll be interested in but I'll tell you anyway - a rather lovely Osage primitive bow from Hungary. It's part weapon and part sculpture and for less than I could buy a blank Osage stave for. There was also a self-Yew bow in the box for Dee but it's a surprise, so say nowt

one of Attila's hand made jobbies Stu?

Not really posted, clicked and collected a pair of RockShox Reba forks from Evans. I think the packaging weighs as much the forks.

one of Attila's hand made jobbies Stu?

No, it's not a horsebow Tony. Best to think of it as looking like something someone may have shot a few thousand years ago. I'll get it oiled up and take a pic.

An Exposure Diablo from the boys at Wiggle. My route to work involves lots of canal towpath and my Joystick isn't up to the task, so is going on my helmet from now on.

And while we're talking long bows and things other than bikes, some lightweight Acavallo Opera titanium jumping stirrups for Little Miss BD. These things are a work of art. The slot that the stirrup leather goes through is turned 90 degs to a traditional stirrup, meaning they sit out from the side of the horse, so a rider losing a stirrup can find it more quickly and the leathers don't tend to pinch the calves so much. They're also a break-away design, so the rider's foot can't get caught in a fall resulting in being dragged to their doom like in the movies. Super.

I'll get it oiled up and take a pic.

I'm glad there was an "it" in there

5 books on calculus and physics for my daughter's impending university degree. Cost me more than any of the stuff you lot have bought recently FFS

Dave Barter wrote:5 books on calculus and physics for my daughter's impending university degree. Cost me more than any of the stuff you lot have bought recently FFS

I've bought 3 textbooks in my entire life. The dog has also read some of them though



IMG_20141230_164408 by Chris Reeves, on Flickr

Dave Barter wrote:5 books on calculus and physics for my daughter's impending university degree. Cost me more than any of the stuff you lot have bought recently FFS

Oh joy, I can't wait for the impending list.....

I bought all my books myself...which is probably why I only bought 3

At least with those you've got a book that's likely of use for life. With computer science you might as well bin them all after a couple of years.

Richard G wrote:At least with those you've got a book that's likely of use for life. With computer science you might as well bin them all after a couple of years.

Erm no. Programming Pearls is as relevant now as it ever was.

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

one of Attila's hand made jobbies Stu?

No, it's not a horsebow Tony. Best to think of it as looking like something someone may have shot a few thousand years ago. I'll get it oiled up and take a pic.

has that oil dried yet Stu

Richard G wrote:At least with those you've got a book that's likely of use for life. With computer science you might as well bin them all after a couple of years.

Some of them date remarkably quickly but others (K&R The C Programming Language, Horowitz and Hall and the like) will last.

has that oil dried yet Stu

Soon Tony, you can't rush this this stuff and expect a perfect, glass like finish

whitestone wrote:Some of them date remarkably quickly but others (K&R The C Programming Language, Horowitz and Hall and the like) will last.

Literally just one book from back then for me, and that was on database normalisation... and even that sort of thing is heading the way of the dinosaur.

I do sort of wish I'd kept one of my pascal books from college though.

Dave Barter wrote:Erm no. Programming Pearls is as relevant now as it ever was.

Maybe so, but that one definitely wasn't on my reading list back then. :)

Okay...ive been naughty, ive bought another bag.... (i will donate my old ones i promise)

A camelbak solstice LR

Hate wearing a pack cycling, mostly use a camelbak palos but struggling to carry enough food and water for big day rides (aswell as room for all my meds) so needed something to carry more crap...namely food, water and extra meds.

Fiance picked up a solstice at FOD for trails and found it perfect for my needs, big enough for huge supplies of fuel, small enough not to pack un needed crap. Tried on the mens version, the skyline and hated it. Clearly fit for...um...bigger and taller blokes. So i bought the womens version as it fits my tiny torso better.

Perfect space for 3l water, 3000kcal, insulin cooling equipment and needles to keep a diabetic alive and peddling over mountains!

My old Garmin 800 back from factory refurbishment. Hand down to Claire to use

Richard G wrote:

whitestone wrote: Literally just one book from back then for me, and that was on database normalisation... and even that sort of thing is heading the way of the dinosaur.

ICT books date quickly, Computer Science is the same it ever was.

I guess I should have been more accurate anyway, my degree was in Software Engineering.