Any question answered...

Send @dicki on the train

I looked into that, but it's too expensive

Will do I haven't convinced myself to buy it yet. Thank you!

now have a braize on derailleur for a braizeless frame :( am I ever going to finish this build?

Yes

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Just realised that Canada isn't included in the free data on my mobile so looking to get some kind of international/canadian SIM (phone is dual SIM so it will just be used for data).

Any suggestions on anything I can buy in London today (too late for mail order) or, failing that, in Canada (Toronto).

Googling throws up a whole array of impenetrable stuff.

canadian SIM

There are a couple of Canadian users in the Android thread who might be able to give you some pointers.

We used this until we wanted new phones and that sharing data was a cheaper option for our particular needs.
https://www.speakout7eleven.ca/

Cheers, the website is pretty unclear on data charges but it gives me one thing to check out.

@aggi
Yeah, we weren't using data at the time, sorry.

Does one of those great big #bikepacking seatbags pose any threat to my seattube by applying torque it is not designed for?

Given it's a sub 1kg triple butted Ti frame.

@efb

Does one of those great big #bikepacking seatbags pose any threat to my seattube

Only if the total of your arse and the bag exceeds the maximum rider weight permitted by the frame.

Hmm, I was considering the seatpost clamp ats the centre of rotation. Then my seated 70 kg acting straight down through the the saddle clamp, so about 50 mm horizontally from the centre of rotation. Thus moment of 3.5 kgm.

If a bag was 5 kg but its centre of gravity was 300 mm horizontally from the seatpost clamp, that would be an significant additional moment of 1.5 kgm.

Or have I visualised it incorrectly?

I'm visualising you naked, does that help?

Saves a few grammes I guess.

have I visualised it incorrectly?

Your visualisation is close enough, I think it's unlikely that your numbers are right. Unless you're @gaston your CG is likely to be more like 150-200mm behind the fulcrum when you sit up to unwrap a sandwich out of your musette. Even if you could load your seat pack in the way you describe, it's weight would only count double relative to your body weight in terms of the design load of the seat post, not the six times in your illustration.

Rear wheel lacing pattern, cant tell if its 2 or 3 cross?

I think it might be 1 cross

Looks like 2-cross on DS and radial on NDS
Tester due in 3...2...1...

What is this eyelet for? It’s on the underside of the downtube, at the head tube end, on the left side.

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Di2? Maybe a dynamo, but that's less likely.

Di2 cable.

Tester due in 3...2...1...

That's how mine were laced at the time, although I didn't have the fairings on my CX18s 🙂

Am I right in assuming that power tools from places like Cash Converters/Cash Generator have either been ragged to shit on sites or nicked from sites? Avoid?

Not unrelatedly, where can I buy a massive slice of tree to make a coffee table out of?

You are probably right. I shall do some measuring and construct a force diagram.