Any question answered...

Legally there's no reason under the right circumstances you couldn't be charged with murder, if all the components were there, but it's hard to prove and currently the political will seems to be that a car is treated differently to any other weapon.

If a cyclist is killed by a car, what is the maximum the driver can be charged with?

As @S785 says, the most serious possible charge would be murder, but the problem for a prosecutor is proving mens rea in vehicular cases, whereas if you choose another weapon it's usually pretty obvious that you had to do something intentional (and probably criminal in its own right) in the lead up to the assault.

Seen a good price for a Veloce groupset online. It's a braze on front mech but my frame requires a band on. Are there disadvantages to getting an adaptor to make it work? Might it look a bit crap and fall apart a some point.

Plus how do I decide on short or long rear mech?

What's your gear range?

I don't know what to choose so the default seems to be 39/53 and 12/25.

Are there disadvantages to getting an adaptor to make it work?

Not really, some FDs only come in braze-on or braze-on+adapter clamp versions.

Short cage will handle 53-39/12-25, although I'd suggest getting the 50-34 compact instead (still works with short cage) unless your athletic prowess is vastly ahead of your technical knowledge.

Thanks for the tips.

I have note books full of calculations and observances of which front and rear sprocket to use from when I built my fixed. Now too much choice!

What shops in London can I try a bike with a Campag Centaur group on it? Cheers

Thanks guys, think I am just gonna be careful with my wording of that paragraph to make it a bit vague, this is really not the main point of discussion of my thesis but is a point needed to introduce the next chapter.

Q
fixed gear. imperfectly round chainrings.
is there a best spot in terms of the pedal stroke for the slackest point of the chain?
(q-rings suggest top of the stroke?)

If I had an imperfect chainring, I'd try positioning it so that the slackest point would coincide with when I put the most power (ie at the top of the pedal stroke). This happens twice a revolution though, so I doubt it matters much.

Loosen off the chain ring bolts, there is probably enough movement to correct any imperfection (or more to the point, the imperfection is more likely caused by the chainring not being centred properly on the spider).

thanks and thanks.
khornight2, yeah, already centred as best it can.

pifko, yeah, hence the q-ring point.
anyone know definitively.

Why are Afro-Caribbean hairdressing places open so late?

I think they're kind of social hubs, as opposed to social media.

This. They are kind of like the haircare equivalent of Look Mum No Hands minus the expensive coffee and plus occasional nail technicians instead of Diggers.

Ah, like that film, Barbershop?

Haven't seen it, but it surely must be based on a couple of places in my neighbourhood.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond's

Well hairdressers have traditionally been used as a cover for more lucrative and less legal forms of business (deal in cash, have no stock to buy or sell). Maybe your local one is an example of such an establishment. Is the owner's car suspiciously expensive?

Well, if it's on Britv it must be true.

Racist?

Oh maybe not, went to a restaurant in Crouch End that was, it got raided shorty after as one of the people eating with us was drug squad.

Still say Angus steak house is as they are never busy!!!

Racist?

You what?