Any question answered...

Unfortunately brand/model is not obvious... (likely places well-stickered by children many years ago). I've turned it up, will see if it seems any colder in the morning. Thinking about when it would have been stickered - said child being me - perhaps it's just dying of old age..

Which shops stock Sidi mtb's (i.e. Condor?) Want to try out the size before ordering online

@ChasnotRobert @danb ta

higher number will be cooler. Unless it's fancy

Mine is far from fancy and the dial is calibrated in °C

Want to try out the size before ordering online

Cheeky. Tell the shop that's your plan, that way the staff will be extra helpful.

I went through that recently. Annoyingly, after really trying to get mine through a shop, in the end I couldn't order the ones I wanted, as nobody distributed them in this country or in Germany with the exception of an eBay shop.

Basically, only a very few London shops still stock them, partly, I believe, because of that Sidi Café web-site. The only one I found in Central London was Fitzrovia Bikes. I recommend you order from them properly, because they're great guys and deserve your business. It won't be more expensive than through the web-site. We really have to support local bike shops rather than web-sites. 'Showrooming' is bad manners, too.

Thanks Mr. Schick. Will pay them a visit

Unless abused, down in a decently made jacket/sleeping bag/quilt is a lifetime investment. I have a vest that's over 20 years old that loses a few feathers every time I use it, still looks and performs as it should. I wash my down stuff every 1 or 2 years, no problems so far.

Agreed, if high quality, but I feel that this particular jacket won't last that long. It may be a stepping stone toward a lifetime investment, though.

What are the thinnest cheap flat pedals around? Anything thinnerer than these for no extra money?
http://www.superstarcomponents.com/en/el-plastique-pedals.htm

These look horrible will they do

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These are not so thin but cheap and excellent, bearings can be repacked too.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/mks-mt-ft-commuter-pedals/

Cheers, want thinner than those MKS as it should reduce the risk of pedal strike. The ugly ones may be just right!

This is precisely why no shops sell Sidi any more

Except, maybe, Fitzrovia.

should reduce the risk of pedal strike

If you're talking about cornering, narrow has about the same effect as thin (1mm less projection is about the same as 1mm less thickness), so for example these cheap Wellgo bear traps would permit a greater lean angle than thin but wide Plastique pedals.

Here's a bolt story for you: Le Manfriend found pissweak tiny alu bolts on a fan housing.

After the initial WTF he thought that perhaps they were meant to be weak. After all if somebody overtorques things you want them to destroy two tiny bolts...not threads on steel housing that's welded to something.

On my cranks they can >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> though :)

They are "degrees below zero" are they not? So, higher number is colder.

Wait, that'd be the freezer, not the fridge. Fuck. I'm out. #runs#

I don't think fridges are meant to be below zero? Anyway, when you turn it to 5 that's the limit, when you turn it to 1 you can go past 1 to off, so I assume higher number = more fridgey. Unless it's like a gas hob where most gas is closest to the off...

Hasn't made much difference overnight, suspect new fridge required.

Yeah, was thinking about freezers. All my fridges have got colder with higher number.

On my cranks they can >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Chainring "bolts" barely qualify as bolts anyway, they are really flanged dowel pins with a coaxial retaining screw.

When you turn the dial and hear the thermostat turn on, that's the direction of more refrigerationing

And the only way to make the stick is to force the retaining end into the crank...otherwise they just spin and there's no way you can properly hold on with the little fork tool I find.

Not the best system. Would be OK if you could hold on to the retaining end better.

About 7 months ago I inherited a Scott road bike from my cousin which I've used 5 days a week since and rode it like I stole it, a couple weeks ago it's started making this cracky creaky sound but I couldn't tell where it was coming from. I assumed it was my saddle since I had a crash on that about a year ago and the rails were a bit bent but I've just replaced it with a newish fizik and the sound remains. I can recreate it when I twist the saddle side to side and it sounds as if it's coming from either the seat stay/top tube join or maybe the bottom bracket but I'm less sure of that. I can't see any cracks at all. It's an Alu frame and has been ridden many thousands of miles before I've added my few K on it.
How likely is it to snap in half and kill me/impale me in the bum?
Any ideas what else it could be?

Good luck asking for some of those in your LBS...

My fridge dial goes up to 11.
How cool is that ?