Transcontinental Race (London - Istanbul) - #TCRNo4

Just caught up with this thread. Have to say that the excitement as to whether @hippy will make it to the start is almost as great as that as to whether he will make it to the finish.

Really looking forward to 29/7 and those dots.

Can we have a list of forum riders and their names on the start sheet?

Better than a list, I have a picture:

Hippy left, Skinny right

It would also be good to have a list of Twitter and Instagram names and blog addresses for any who will be posting while en route.

Would. Would.

Did. Did.

I might be getting (another) bike tonight. I'm hoping to crush the life out of it this weekend to see if it might actually be suitable for the TCR.

Watch this space.

No, this space.

Yes, that's the one.

It was magic but you still owe me that drink.

Another as in not the (possibly jinxed) Kinesis?

Another Kinesis 4S Disc yes. This one has had all the requisite animal sacrifices made.

Have new bike. Currently trying to wire dynamo up. Zap!

Don't you have crew who do such things for you?

I'm stripping wires and failing to get them to stay in connectors.
Missus is taping wires to the frame. #teamwork

Are there alternative connectors that can be soldered to the light's wires? These press-fit ones are shit. Forget about the dyno and there just gonna get ripped out.

Bike you got?

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S-Works Venge

It uses one of these:
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/dynamos/sp-dynamo-hub-connector-kit/

I think I might drill the two little holes out more so I can fit two wires into each (one for light, one for D1 USB).

No. You had the drink I owed you.
That's why it all happened.

Did you get that one just because Specialized developed it in the "Win Tunnel"?

I don't actually have a Venge, I was just winding skinny up.

It's a Kinesis 4S Disc and I have it because I couldn't find a Datum, Bowman didn't get back to me about a test ride and when someone mentioned Kinesis I thought "oh yeah, I already ride one of those, why not just get the disc version of my current bike?"

Yeah you cant double penetrate those holes without widening. I lent, or more accurately as it now transpires, gave my sinewave to someone who's Le Plug had died, he was moaning about it- try Maplins for a small T piece?

Speaking of DP, my missus has got a stripper from work.