Any question answered...

Pretty even and its a bookcase so no door to consider.
I wonder how flexible IKEA assembly instructions are as they say to assemble horizontal.
I'll find out tomorrow when it arrives.

Cross post from Brompton thread

I'm wanting to use a carbon railed Brooks Cambium but the pentaclip seatclamp that comes with the Brompton doesn't seem to sit with an oval rail. Works fine with a round railed saddle. Do I need a different clamp? If so where an what?

Castors or wheels. I could do with 4low profile jobs for a trundle crib/under crib storage.
Does a <20mm wheel exist at a cheap price point?

Considered slider pads - PTFE on carpet, felt on hard floor?

Bang. Thanks.

Try to get screw/nail on ones as the stick on ones fall off a wood surface after a while.

I think it's plastic for cost/manufacture reasons. Shimano BBs can be tightened to up to 50 Nm. Which is a lot. Crank cap only up to 1.5 Nm, which is why the tool only has finger grips and is made out of much softer plastic

Thanks - I've just cut a length of wood to 202cm which obviously hasn't the depth as the bookcase to test the diagonal but I've discovered that where the thing will go there is actually 4cm space to the ceiling. I don't understand your calculation enough to apply it to what is now a ceiling height of 206cm but I guess it makes it slightly easier.

Pythagoras theorem.

A right angled triangle with sides of 202cm and 28cm (the depth of the bookcase) will have a diagonal length of 203.91cm.

a^2 = b^2 + c^2

b=202 (height)
c=28 (depth)

a = sqrt( b^2 + c^2 ) = sqrt( 202^2 + 28^2) = 203.91cm

A ceiling height changing from 204cm to 206cm doesn't change the calculations, but having 206cm ceilings means you'll have ~2cm of clearance when you tip the bookshelf up from horizontal to vertical.

tl;dr you'll be fine

Excellent ! - thanks again

I've put an 8-speed cassette on what I thought was an 8/9/10 speed freehub and it's a bit wobbly. As in, it looks like it needs a spacer. The internet reckons it shouldn't, but there you go. If I just put one or more spacers on before the cassette and tighten the lockring, is that OK? Dead soon?

Count how many threads you end up engaging with and without a spacer then report back. As long as your spacer means you still engage sufficient threads it's fine.

a bit wobbly

How wobbly? If it's only a little bit, the 1mm spacer used to fit most 10-speed cassettes should be enough, and you only lose one turn of lock ring thread engagement compared with your current bottomed out condition.

does anyone had experience sending a bike frameset London to Chicago?

It looks like more than that, but tbh my cassette tool isn't compatible, which is annoying. I was considering using one of the middle-of-the-block spacers that are about 2-3mm. Bad idea?

Bad idea?

As @hamrack implies, use as much as you need but as little as you can get away with. Cassette lock rings don't have a lot of wiggle room on the thread engagement.

Cheers doods

Where can I buy a birds beak? Google is not helping me.

Where can I buy a birds beak?

If it's for a common British water fowl, I could send you a bill.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Smiffys-46967-Duck-Beak-Size/dp/B06X9LQBBV/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1509658350&sr=8-3&keywords=beak

I'm going to the U.S. with work for six nights on Saturday.

My personal travel insurance only covers travel outside the U.S.

Should I upgrade it? Or can I trust that as I'm travelling on business I'll be covered by the company? I have company medical insurance.

Have you read the company travel insurance document?

There's a company travel insurance document?!

Seriously though I've searched and found nothing on our intranet. You can take up personal travel insurance offer as a company benefit but I've not done that, I have my own. It's just that I didn't think I'd be going to the U.S. this year so I took out Europe etc. only.

Would you expect there to be some sort of business travel insurance in place? I'm kinda hoping there is mainly because if there's not that would be a bit worrying.

Email HR - they'll still be around in the US, or ask yours tomorrow. They'll know of all benefits - of which travel insurance is one.

We have it, it doesn't cover bikes - which is annoying.

Snort

Normally travelling on company business puts you under their general insurance policy. Worth getting details, especially if you get sick in the US or need medical care. $$$$