Any question answered...

If it's a Mavic hub then it will be 11speed.

Cheers all. There's nothing in the fridge itself in the way of stagnant water but the drain hole is a possible, I'll have a poke around tonight.

You may need to get in there with a pipe cleaner. Although they sometimes have a cleaning tool built into then.

Would long range bombers or ICBMs flying overhead be visible from ground level?

No, generally the missile flies into the stratosphere and the bombs are released into free fall to the target. The MIRV's are quite small and would not be visible.
It is slightly more complicated than this but you get the genral idea.

ICBMs no. They are in space until they re-enter at about 6km.s^-1. The re-entry vehicle is about the size of domestic dust bin; if you can see it, start praying fast, you have less than a second before detonation and it is close enough to kill you.

High level bombers fly at airliner altitudes (~10km), you probably won't see the actual aircraft with the naked eye but you can see the contrails.

Thanks @freezing77, @mdcc_tester. One less thing to worry about.

Maybe.
Human eye angular resolution is about 1 arc minute = 0.02 deg. That's about 0.3 m at 1 km or 3.6 m at the 12 km cruising altitude of a B2 Spirit. Its length is 21 m and wingspan is 52 m but I would suggest we use 20 m as an estimate. So we should be able to see it, in ideal conditions for a perfect eye.
As for an ICBM? Almost certainly not unless you're in the right place to see it's exhaust on its way up.

How to make a 16inch single speed wheel, Fixed?

If it has a screw-on freewheel on a normal 1.37×24 thread, you can try suicide. I like the wide-base Trialtech sprockets for suicide hubs, but track sprockets work fine too.

I recently got a used pair of Lake CX402 shoes, wide fit. They feel absolutely amazing, lovely and wide and comfy.

I fitted Look Keo cleats, following the Steve Hogg/Scherrit process. Tested them out on my bike with Exustar Keo pedals. The inside of both shoes rub heavily on the crank arm. The cleats are on straight.

Moved the cleats as far towards the inside of the shoe as possible, got a tiny bit of clearance on one shoe, but the other is still rubbing a lot.

This isn't an issue with my other shoes (Bont Riot and Bont Blitz). Guess it's a combo of the width of the shoes, the lack of lateral adjustment on Look cleats and where the holes are drilled on the shoes...

Are pedal washers a terrible idea? Are other road cleat options better for lateral adjustment? Speedplay the only one?

Cheers!

Are pedal washers a terrible idea?

With recent production Keo 2 Max and Blade (maybe other models too), the thread has been lengthened to permit the use of specific 2mm washers to increase Q.

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Lake CX402 shoes, wide fit.

All my shoes are now wide fit Lake.

#clubsasquatch

My fridge has a gutter inside at the back with a drain hole. That leads to a plastic reservoir which you can only access from the back. That slides out and can be cleaned.

thanks, i'd like to ride it brakeless. any safer way? has a screw on freewheel only

Yeah they seem so comfy it's amazing, and I got them very cheap due to being a mega total sasquatch :) What pedals/cleats do you use? No issues with the shoes rubbing the cranks?

@mdcc_tester thanks, presumably a bad idea with pedals not designed to accept the washers?

I'm not wedded to Keos, if other pedal/cleat systems would let me get enough lateral movement...

presumably a bad idea with pedals not designed to accept the washers?

Yes, you tend to wreck your cranks if the amount of pedal axle threaded into them is too short.

i'd like to ride it brakeless. any safer way?

The way that's safer than brakeless is to have brakes. Preferably one on each wheel, even if you have a proper fixed hub, but definitely two brakes with a suicide hub.

other pedal/cleat systems would let me get enough lateral movement.

Shimano do +4mm axles for some SPD-SL pedals, probably just Ultegra and DuraAce

Is vanilla-scented Tester Approved?

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What kind of adhesive tape has been used to finish off the factory bar tape on my Cannondale? Seems to be better suited to the job than electrical tape. Looks more fibrous and not as plastic (in the deformation sense).

Also, on bike with drop bar brake levers, wrapping should initially be done clockwise, ie. outwards on the drops as seen from above, so tending to tighten with an outwards hand twist. Then switch to anti-clockwise above the levers, so tending to tighten with a rearwards hand twist. Or is there any reason not?

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Not sure what's on yours, but self-amalgamating tape does a better job than electrical tape.

And I've been wrapping bars as you describe, since I saw it on the Park Tools blog: makes sense to me.

What pedals/cleats do you use? No issues with the shoes rubbing the cranks?

Standard SPDs set as far back as I can get them (I have had a fitting with Bike Whisperer). I need the float due to various surgeries and I tend to get heel rub marks instead.

I don't do roadie cleats I'afraid so not sure I can help.

Carbon seat post in an aluminium frame slips every now and again. So I guess it's time to actually buy some carbon paste.

Any reason not to use this £3.80 weldtite carbon paste?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152292435284

This is lfgss there are more expensive options that do the same job.