Any question answered...

What length are you after?

Up to 90mm and acetone off the logos - £15
http://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/zenith-stem.htm

My arm isn't long enough to indicate how far over my head most of that was

He was making roughly the same point I made earlier - if you have a good accurate standard, you can only need a precise measuring instrument, and cheap ones are fine for that. The stuff he was doing was way above any normal cyclist's requirements, and probably budget too as it's hard to find even a modest set of metric slip gauges for under £100

Condor as well - their Strada stem is only £20 I think.

What's the song that most of the ice cream vans (in east London anyway) play?

I thought it was the song about a dog called Bingo but that doesn't seem to have the right tune. Any suggestions?

Hah. I should know because one comes past my house about 6.30 more days than not, but I'm not totally sure now. Greensleeves is the most common generally but not sure about east?

Growing up I had 'Teddy Bears' Picnic', round here we have 'Dixie'.

At media city, there is one that sits there and plays "Is this the way to amarillo", I've witnessed small crowds of people request it over and over and sing along to it. Media city people are cunts.

Might be Greensleeves. I've always thought that was a weird choice for an ice cream truck, but I have heard it more than once.

It's definitely not Greensleeves, but I'm not sure what it is. It also sounds a little bit like Good King Wenceslas, which it's also not.

There's an ice cream van song? I thought it was just general gibberdork.

https://youtu.be/Pi5GvLrTHkA

There's an ice cream van song? I thought it was just general gibberdork.

Haha, same. It's all just high-pitched jingly bollocks to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipOmDXveO2Q

Anyone know the thread on a nitto pearl expander bolt?
I need a replacement wedge, will this be ok?

Anyone?

Where in London can I get some speedplays tomorrow for something like the bargain price they are on wiggle?

price match evans?

Yeah. Assuming stock. Just not keen to wander shop to shop in hope. Think of them as being on the niche side.

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/speedplay/zero-chromoly-pedal-ec023659

Can see white ones in stock at waterloo and canary wharf

White>>>

White>>>

Cheap, fast, right colour. Pick 2.

In German train stations they tell you the platform of your train on the printed timetables. In the UK we seem to assign platforms to trains on the fly.

Why?

Near constant engineering works, signal and track failures.

Plus most tracks are running very close to capacity, so it only takes one small incident to cause major knock on effects as trains get delayed, retimed, etc and the platforms have to shuffle around to accommodate them.

Most of the time trains are consistent, except when they're not.

"Why do things in that country where they are renowned for being really efficient seem to work better than here?"

I'd never heard of oiling ones paint: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Klein-Attitude-Race-aztek-Gold-to-Bronze-Hope-Rockshock-use-wtb-trek-Fatchance-/111808233186?hash=item1a084a3ee2:g:LjIAAOSwI-BWMBLl

Am I alone?

That entire description though......

Don't remember seeing a disc mount quite like this before :-/