Any question answered...

Same price on PX I'm afraid! Going for either 100mm or 105mm. Gonna have to go Status I think, no rationale

This is a slightly odd one but I'm after some nice heavyweight dishwasher safe cutlery. Prepared to spend a bit for a nice set that will last many years. Anyone seen anything nice recently?

@Hulsroy uses a fishing tackle box:

http://hulsroygundersen.com/post/126822854204/diy-rando-carp-bag

Laguiole.... go French or go home

Can any cutlery survive long term dishwasher use?
#handwash4evah

Oui. I use an inner tube to tie it to the rack now. Works like a charm.
It is a Prologic bag bought on eBay. Highly waterproof, padded bottom and comfortable to walk around with

Arthur Price.
Go Sheffield and stay home...
18/10 stainless steel should last well.

If you only have a single front ring, can you use a short cage mech where you would have otherwise needed a medium or long cage?
Common misconception. The length of the cage doesn't limit the size of sprocket - the design of the derailure does. Length of cage only defines how much chain slack can be picked up.

Shimano di2 6870 if that makes a difference.
Absolutely it does. Max tooth without bodging is 28t IIRC.

I've been running 11-32 on the Time Machine since it was built, with 6870 (long cage) and it's been absolutely fine.

Me Julie is running a short cage 6800 mech on an 11-32 block, and thats been absolutely fine.

On my old cross bike I ran a short cage Ultegra mech on an 11-32 block with a 44T single front ring, and that was fine.

= I think that a short cage Ultegra mech will happily work with a 32T sprocket, based on extensive personal experience. Your mileage may vary, of course.

@dubtap
Was it Majorca where you hired a synapse? If so have you got any details?
Cheers
dj

I'm planning on using this for commuting. Would you say that your tube method of attachment is easy enough that it won't annoy me having to deal with it twice a day?

I have designed and built my own rack so it is optimised for inner tubes. Maybe you'd want to use hooked bungees instead. The only annoying thing is that you cannot access your stuff inside the bag while riding.

Next time I would like to try a BigXtop (or whatever the lfgss local randobag is called)

In the photo Jesper posted above, I am riding with a Velcro attachment system I made, but after a couple of rides I found that annoying to take on and off, plus they had started to come off after some serious off road riding.

If i'm descaling copper parts in citric acid solution, does the acid become neutralised as the calcium dissolves into it, requiring the solution to be changed regularly? Thanks.

Yes just like descaling a kettle. Too many variables to know how frequently though. Trial and error including temperature of liquid and parts.

That's perfect, thank you Constable.

Majorca

If it was, it may well have been from Bikehead.cc

Frequency obviously, bloody spell check in phone and no glasses.

Too many variables to know how frequently though

Only two two variable, surely? Number of atoms of soluble mineral (work it out from the mass) and number of molecules of acid (same sort of calculation, although you have to be a bit careful weighing citric acid as it complexes with water) You need the chemical equation for the reaction, and if you're a tart you probably need the equilibrium equations too.

The temperature affects the reaction rate, but not the quantity of mineral which a given amount of acid can dissolve.

TLDR; add more acid if your parts stop bubbling before they're clean.

Laguiole

This.

Reminded me to fish out my pen knife I bought in Gap a few years ago. Handle was always raw wood so just gave it a quick sanding and rub down with a lump of solid carnauba wax. Nice and shiny now, ready to get lost in the bedroom again.

Wise words indeed.

My partner's dad has loads of old cycle races on VHS, however his VHS player has died, and he's worried the tapes will start degrading (last time he tried one the sellotape holding the magnetic tape to the plastic spool had lost it's stick and fucked up the tape trying to play it).

So I would like to set him up with some sort of converting kit to rip straight to his imac, so then he'll be able to watch them on his ipad/apple tv etc. Now it looks the best way to do this is to buy a new VHS player, and a composite to usb cable and plug the VHS player straight into the imac, and using a video capture software rip it in real time.

Does this sound right, or does anyone have a better idea? Any recommendations on the video capture software?

I'm planning just to get one of these:

So whatever bag I'm using that day I can just hold secure under that.

It would have been for The Lancet Oncology, but it turns out the journal forgot that it had already reviewed the play when it was in New York, so no need for a Manchester review now.

@fizzy.bleach
The journal does pay for content, I think £150 for a one page (700 word) review, and cost of the ticket provided as well. So if anyone sees anything oncology related showing in Manchester, feel free to pitch it.

I had something like that, when I had a SOMA porteur rack. It is annoying for every day stuff I find. It makes packing things wider than your rack harder and isn't very fast to use on a bag either.

Cheers!