Any question answered...

Obviously not going to be changing gear

Is this because you're using a smart trainer, because otherwise you will probably want to change gear. Even with a smart trainer you might want to change gear for certain workouts (such as FTP tests where the trainer won't be in erg mode)

Is this because you're using a smart trainer

Even simple manually adjustable magnetically braked turbos can provide about 4:1 range of power without changing speed. If you're prepared to lift your cadence for sprint efforts (hmm, a bit like you do on an actual bicycle...) you don't even need adjustable resistance.

Not all turbos have remote adjustability. You might also want to do low power/high cadence or high power/low cadence.

I had a magnetic turbo which didn't have remote adjustment and now a fluid turbo - both require gear change for various sessions. Just need to make sure your turbo can do what you want without changing gear. Or get rollers.

A bad photo but does anyone know what kind of spider this is? Just poured it out of a bottle of wine from New Zealand

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A very drunk one

Norwegian Blue?

'tis the season

Looks like a Quattre Jambes du Mort.

Entirely harmless.

To the natives.

Vagrant spider?

Quattre Jambes du Mort.
Entirely harmless.

As long as you stay on its good side?

Where in central London can I trust to supply and fit a nice, silver, threaded headset, which would also include extending the thread on the fork and most probably cutting it down?

East Central Cycles or SBC cycles

SBC cycles

That's basically in Essex, mate. East Central are good then? Nice 1 nice 1 xx

Has anyone used rockbros suction cup bike racks? They're quite like the seasucker ones but a lot cheaper. I have always thought the seasucker racks were expensive for what they are but they get good reviews.

Why in the name of Jesus H. Corbett did Dremel put a foam insert in my tool case that turns into a kind of oily sticky paste at the five year mark!?

Planned obsolescence?

This appears to be an obvious idea but is it available ?

The theft tracker
The origin of Sherlock, the “invisible” bike tracker, started in a scenic piazza in Turin, Italy. It was there that its founder, Pierluigi Freni, was leaving the theatre with a friend, who discovered that his bike had been stolen. Freni says the pair wished they had a Find My iPhone app for the bike. And so a business idea was born.
The result is a GPS tracker that sits invisibly inside handlebars (so thieves can’t simply remove it). Users activate the device when parking, and receive an alert if the bike is moved. They can then track its position on a smartphone and share a tracking code with police. The app also includes a “bike passport” – a document with information on the bike and the owner – which was developed with police.
The startup has received support from the University of Bath Innovation Centre, as well as funding from the European Union’s frontier cities project. After selling out an initial run of 1,000 units last year, the company is getting ready for a larger second round of production, while celebrating winning the Best Startup prize at the 2017 CosmoBike show in Italy.

too costy ?

https://www.sherlock.bike/en/

I stumped up for the Kickstarter a couple of years ago but it didn't reach its goal

The filth in the great metropolis of Slough were using this tech in saddles on bait bikes in early 2012. It worked a treat but kept leading them to the same address so was of little use at that time. Also the CPS didn't like it at that time but that may have been the bait bikes rather than the use of the equipment. Either way it was supposed to have been used during the Olympics in the area and wasn't. csb.

Sure I read about some company implanting something inside the frame via the seat tube? Most likely on this very forum a few years ago.

This perhaps ?
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/130932/?offset=175

I thought there maybe problems but having just read this https://www.theguardian.com/business-to-business/2017/dec/28/invisible-trackers-and-dockless-sharing-cycling-startups-shaping-2018
I thought they had cracked it.

The problem for me is how do you charge it up? And if you go on holiday and don't ride the bike or charge it, does the tracker go flat and become completely worthless?

I think the best solution would be an alarm/tracker that charges from a dynamo hub. It'd be fine for a cafe/shop run - charge it up on the way then leave the bike locked up with a loud alarm that goes off as soon as someone moves your bike. When you're at home you put the bike in the shed/garage/flat/whatever where presumably you have some additional sort of security.

I'm sure I read of people buying super-small mobiles and using the tracker on them.

I remember someone on here linking to a phone on Aliexpress or similar.

So this setup (middleburn R02 + Uno ring + 68mm ht2 bb no spacers) gives me a 53.5mm chainline. Is that going to be way too wide for a apex1 /suntour 10 speed setup on a 135mm hub?

I thought it would come out too narrow if anything. I've read something about there being different dishes on some Uno rings so maybe I just have the wrong one (not that there's really a 'right' one as this isn't a conventional combination).

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