Any question answered...

Yeah, thinnies are basically shite and thickies are my second favourite sock ever, apart from the one that cost as much as all the thickies and is reserved for the worstest of days.

Had some on for their second hard day today, and they're a couple of years old and would happily last another day or two if pushed.

Fine to cut a carbon steerer with one of these? Most places seem to recommend a hacksaw

Being as you increase the clamping force to cut, I'd be a little concerned that once you got to the inside diameter, the fibres would just be pulled away from the steerer, rather than cut.

The Park Tool CSB-1 is only a tenner or so.

CSB

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Probably not the best solution as previously mentioned you need to increase the force to get a depth of cut. Tape round the steerer with just about any sort of tape, stops the saw slipping and you can mark the cutting line as a guide use a fine tooth hacksaw blade or use a junior hacksaw. £5 from screwfix. Or £2 from Wilko
https://www.screwfix.com/p/forge-steel-junior-hacksaw-6-/6247C?tc=BA4&ds_rl=1245250&gclid=Cj0KCQiAi7XQBRDnARIsANeLIev3TVAaRBdPdpPCQHjTjUZ2VBAS4UJQ_yYXclHwVCdnAXButw_vdOIaAkc0EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CKHmzPGOw9cCFVeA7QodZIIHxQ

no

very definitely not

lolsb

Thanks @Scilly.Suffolk @freezing77 et al

Have you got a guide?

I'd be leery of cutting freehand, as you can't file the top to make it square to the steerer, in the same way you can with alu/steel.

Can I use a 10sp apex shifter with an Apex1 rear mech and a 42t cassette? Initial research says yes but thought I'd double check here...

Can I put a Shimano 11sp cassette onto a 11 spd MTB hub?
Specifically this rear wheel
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mavic-crossmax-sl-pro-wts-mtb-wheelset-2016/rp-prod140702

And a run of the mill 5800/6800 11spd cassette

Why are 0 and O (zero and 15th letter of alphabet) indistinguishable, other than by position, on most UK numberplates?

If the cassette is 10 speed too it should work

Either machine the cassette body down or get one of the rocking horse shit 11-34s 11spd road cassettes that fits mtb 10spd bodies.

Yes, Mavic freehubs are 11 speed (road) compatible and have been since before 11 speed shimano was introduced..

I have a set of mavic 29er MTB wheels that I run an cs5800 11 speed cassette on with no problems.

Hmm. I found a spare 6800 cassette and it doesn't fit. Splines are fine but freehub body is too short so the 11th cog doesn't fit.

Edit
ahh, found a pic from Shimano. This seems to sum it up

I've used an old stem as a guide before. Doesn't have to be absolutely 100% square anyway.

Rocking horse shit ordered from Merlin. Interesting that they only make one cassette that'll work on both MTB and road hubs.
Much appreciated!

Why don't we use scissors as cutlery? They'd do all the work of a knife but can hold things too.

Good call and I agree, but freehand can go way off kilter.

Saw guides are a lot cheaper than carbon steered forks.

I think you do.
If you eat lobster.
http://tinyurl.com/y8h3g8zy

i reckon kitchen scissors would do for that, less spendy too. not that theres much lobster in moocher towers these days

Why are 0 and O (zero and 15th letter of alphabet) indistinguishable, other than by position, on most UK numberplates?

Because they are distinguishable by position. The typeface is chosen to be easily readable as separate characters (by machines too, now), and the allocation is such that there is no ambiguity even with non-standard patterns, i.e. if UFO2 is issued, then UF02 isn't. This is why, in the old ABC123A and A123ABC annual sequences there were no year letters I (looks like 1), O (looks like 0) or Z (looks like 2).