Fat tyre kicker wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 7:41 pm Lovely bike......has that Tranny got an mot

of course it does, it just having the brakes serviced. ultra thin panels to lighten the weigh to meet new EU emission targets. the holes in the floor do the same and save on air conditioning as well!

I can confirm the Tranny is taxed, insured, and has a valid MOT.

There was an incident with a digger which rearranged some minor cosmetic elements. It’ll buff out I’m sure. The oil drum ‘scrap heap challenge thingy’ if your curious, is actually part of a temporary gate to go on an undeveloped construction site. Made out of whatever my neighbour can find in his ‘heap’.

Some nutrition products to try, which were supposed to be for this weekend, but will instead get used next weekend. Not looking forward to some of these flavours...

12g stove off the something between 8g and 22g thread from stu.
Bonus fuel bottle
Just waiting for 420ml mug from Amazon

A little stove here too.
Which was a nice surprise, as I'd already forgotten I'd ordered it.

Now sat in the garden, making a brew on it, just because...

My stove also. Cheers Stu

Ditto. Going to cook my tea on it later.

...and delivered my new Exposure Joystick. God it's light (in both senses).

What I can't work out is... the parcel is labelled Royal Mail, delivered by a guy in a Royal Mail shirt, but driving an Amazon liveried van. Not the first time either.

...and again with a Praxis Works HTII BB. Tried to buy it from my local Edinburgh Bike Co-op, but they didn't have it in stock, so ordered it from them online. So kinda from my LBS. Hoping it will last longer than a BB52 (which don't seem to fare much worse than much spendier ones). For every one person saying "buy a Hope BB, they last for years", there's another one saying "bought a Hope BB, it lasted 6 weeks". Very situation-specific I guess. Only downside to the BB52s is lack of serviceability - and yes, I've tried, but it's almost impossible to get the plastic top hat cover out without breaking it. Hoping these are better, but at £30 they're not too bad anyway. The push fit to 24mm adapters seem to be well regarded, so hopeful.

Some vintage cycling prints for my cycling inspired freshly decorated kitchen.

A new HRM after braking my old one on Sunday's ride...

A new kettle. I've been using my little trangia kettle on the hob for the past week as my electric kettle died

The latest delivery is really rather good news, I'm working from home and the drop in the number of daily hot drinks has been noticeable

thenorthwind wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 12:21 pm ...and delivered my new Exposure Joystick. God it's light (in both senses).

What I can't work out is... the parcel is labelled Royal Mail, delivered by a guy in a Royal Mail shirt, but driving an Amazon liveried van. Not the first time either.

you need a mini BB guard (or ahem fender) to keep crap or water off from front wheel. It'll really extend the BB life. Would a Lizard skin or similar fit? I run a extended crud XL fender https://www.crudproducts.com/xl-fender/ with the end of a trashed SKS Shockboard XL extending it, (just the soft flap with stiffener). The bonus is it keeps most of the crap off your chain aswell. Maybe its uncool but it saves on lots of avoidable maintenance

[Edit] Think erring towards Roughstuff rather than old skool mtl.
Geoff apps would be approve ( )

Pair of Oakleys from vision express (see bargain thread) and a replacement power lead for my hair clippers I got last month, no idea where I’ve put the original lead, no doubt it’ll now turn up in the next day or so

A 12g stove and fuel bottle from that nice man in Wales and more excitingly, a carbon pole for Ralph's tarp he's well excited

more excitingly, a carbon pole for Ralph's tarp

Hopefully it's the right length. I wasn't too sure what tarp he was using now.

sean_iow wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 6:08 pm A 12g stove and fuel bottle from that nice man in Wales and more excitingly, a carbon pole for Ralph's tarp he's well excited

Piccy when he's erected his pole please

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 6:23 pm Hopefully it's the right length. I wasn't too sure what tarp he was using now.

He's using his Deschutes still*. It might be a monkeys elbow too long but I'm sure he can shorten it

*Went with just the bivi bag at the weekend as the forecast was so good.

Stove here too - anyone set fire to themselves yet?
Cheers Stu

Just tried mine in the shed, perfect for my Evernew 450 pot which is wide and shallow. The flame pattern is the exact same diameter as the bottom of the pot I need to modify my windshield as where it's not as tall as the 22g the windshield needs a cutout for the handles.

Just come back in to see the Olympic horse dancing is on the telly might head back to the shed

And I now have a new road bike.

I'd been swithering for a year or more but couldn't get past the cost of road bikes these days. The updated version of my current Cube had gone from £1150 to £2999 (in 12 years mind) and that was basically the cost of any equivalent from another brand.

A suitably sized Cube came up on Wiggles eBay site earlier in the week and, with 45 minutes of bidding left, was at £1350. I stuck in a bid of £1851 "for a bit of a laugh" expecting it to go for £2500 or so. I only won the bloody auction!

Just unpacked it and it's new/unridden with the only change to new being that the seatpost had been changed. I guess the original had been damaged or removed to replace another damaged one. That being why it was on eBay.

Size is a 53 which is almost exactly the actual size of my old one which was, supposedly, a 56.

The old one will now be relegated to Zwift duties.

Pace Tee and mug

UnderTheRadars wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:11 pm Pace Tee and mug

haha, cheeky!

How long's the hose John? Perhaps curled up it looks shorter than it really is?