Any question answered...

Anyone got any suggestions for to make this route betterer?

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/10405633

You're welcome! I quite enjoyed the movie; wasn't expecting to but it drew me in.

Agreed. I thought it was a cracking film. Well done getting that from my description!

#filmthread

My Record Ultratorque cranks don't really spin freely when I tighten the bolt up to the required torque. I'll probably get the BB faced tomorrow, any other suggestions as to what the reason could be?

any other suggestions as to what the reason could be?

Seal drag?

Ner^d in joke

? Lost on me

Is it possible to simply remove the granny ring from a Sugino XD2 crankset and then change the middle ring to the smallest possible toothed alternative (whilst mainlining BCD of the middle ring)?

This is in order to 'fake' a Sugino OX601D and save some cash.

whilst mainlining BCD

BCD - the new drug of choice?

...any other suggestions as to what the reason could be?

You were sold fucked cranks.

mainlining/maintaining

tomayto/tomahto

Bad traders thread>>>>

My boiler is a bit odd. There are no room controls (that I have found!) other than the thermostatic valves on the rads. It seems I need to set the temp of the water in the system at the boiler rather than a room temp on a wall thermostat. Then use the rad valves to fine tune.

Any idea what that normal/recommended temperature for water in a central heating system is?

If I need my handlebars to have a bit* of stack, which of these is nicer, aesthetically?

1. As little stack as possible, risey stem
   
2. Stem matching angle of top tube, stacked appropriately?
   
   

I think 2.

* a lot

**Awaits response telling me to consider stretching**

Why should you improve your physique when you could just buy a new bike, or better get a custom made one.

I think 2

Yeah, it's not pretty but it is the right thing to do, just get whatever stem connects in a straight line from the upper headset bearing to the bars.

Could you expand on why it's right?

steerer is flexier than stem

more aero :)

I'm not convinced the flex from a spacer stack is a problem in real-world riding.

Could you expand on why it's right?

Is it not obvious? If you were riding from Streatham to Covent Garden, you wouldn't go via Fulham :-)

@Velocio #bringbackrep

It's as if nobody saw the 'aesthetically' in my original question :(