... And brought me a new soldering iron so I can finish my switched charging / light Dynamo thingy, for which I need to think of a more catchy name...

Ian wrote:... And brought me a new soldering iron so I can finish my switched charging / light Dynamo thingy, for which I need to think of a more catchy name...

This Wildcat Litter Box ©
"A solution for little problems"

It's going to be more of a tube than a box, but let's not go there with the product* names just yet.

* to be fair, this is likely to be a one off for yours truly rather than a production item

Ian, we need some pics.

So the postie has brought me:
XT pedals for the commuter, so I can put the borrowed pedals back on the FSR.
3T carbon bars and a stem for the good road bike, and a new headset.

And a pack of files to sharpen the chainsaw (been doing a lot of log store building, log cutting and splitting recently - must have 12 cubes of logs split and stored so far, with another 8 to go.)

slarge wrote:Ian, we need some pics.

Not got much to show at the moment. Most of my evenings have been spent thinking how I want to do it. Anyway, here's something that verifies that one of my ideas works: https://flic.kr/p/DMZ5Lq

I'll do a pictorial sequence of the finished article.

Another helmet - Kask Mojito. That'll make 4 in total now

Plus a Morvelo gilet, very bright yellow!

Ex-demo Cooker4 delivered this morning after a quick ride out it should be a great bike to start loading up. Just gotta wait till the next payday!

Nice bike that, bet it will turn your world upside down

FLV wrote:Nice bike that, bet it will turn your world upside down

You put a great spin on that post

I'll get my coat....

It's the new fad for 2016, Helium filled tyres to help you float over obstacles

Ta Daaaaa!

At last my birthday sleeping bag arrived! PhD K-series minim 400in long with drishell outer. What a *u*king vaguely exciting piece of gear! Nobody warned me that 1000fp down is more springy than a springy thing from springdom!

Ben98 wrote:At last my birthday sleeping bag arrived! PhD K-series minim 400in long with drishell outer. What a *u*king vaguely exciting piece of gear! Nobody warned me that 1000fp down is more springy than a springy thing from springdom!

Trying to get it back in the stuff sack reminds me of the instant pudding from Sleeper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0LTTyImnJg

whitestone wrote:

Ben98 wrote:At last my birthday sleeping bag arrived! PhD K-series minim 400in long with drishell outer. What a *u*king vaguely exciting piece of gear! Nobody warned me that 1000fp down is more springy than a springy thing from springdom!

Trying to get it back in the stuff sack reminds me of the instant pudding from Sleeper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0LTTyImnJg

That sums it up perfectly!

Not a bad day today;
A pair of Northwave Gran Canion shoes ( at the spelling...)
A new frame bag from my lovely wife.
Some cable and bits and pieces for my Switch oveR © unit

Pair of North Wave Scorpius shoes, NW seem to be on a roll with the naming thing eh?!

Postman bought a parcel - unfortunately it arrived in luca's birthday so we had to have a rather delicate discussion of ownership and the differences of i's and l's in various fonts . . .

He has assured me it's lovely though!

Simon, will you kindly remember, this is not STW ... you'll be posting a picture of your new log burner next

Bearbonesnorm wrote:Simon, will you kindly remember, this is not STW ... you'll be posting a picture of your new log burner next

If you insist...

I'll hold off posting a pic of my delonghi coffee grinder and instead mention the 36t oval ring, XT 11spd cassette, derailleur and shifter, KMC chain and pair of conti X King protections that are being put to one side until just before the TD.

The X kings were only 20 quid each so I ought to put that up in the bargain thread. First time I've had them and they feel a real quality product.

Snook this in today to avoid the fun police......

After intermittent charging and loose connection problems on my 5 year old Troutie Lumen Liberator it's time to spend the last of my Christmas bonus before the wife grabs it.



It may be chunky but it's only as big as my old battery pack and it can last up to 36 hours on it's lowest setting, and my god it's super bright on full power

You can also work out which year of manufacture it is by counting the ridges on the heatsink

Zippy wrote:You can also work out which year of manufacture it is by counting the ridges on the heatsink

You need to get out more.

Picked up some Jones bars from the post office today courtesy of Norway calling. They look ace! Can't wait to get them on my bike... (pics to follow)

Also, a new chain and a shadow mech.