Any question answered...

I think it might have to do with the valve hole, or the valve itself if it is a complete wheel with tube and tyres. (That is assuming it's not a badly built wheel)

Edit: out of interest, I googled it a bit too. I found this:

The wheel can be unbalanced due to asymmetries in material density and concentration in the rim, the tire, and the tube. To locate the imbalance, install the wheels on the bike while it is clamped in a bike stand. Install the rear wheel with the chain off so that the freewheel doesn’t slow the rotation of the wheel (you don’t have to remove the chain; just bypass it and leave it to hang below the cogs). Spin the wheel and let it spin down to a stop. Repeat. If it repeatedly stops with the same part of the rim at the bottom, that is the heavy spot, and the light spot is the one that is always on top when it stops.

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Aluminum rims have either a splint or a weld where the rim is joined opposite the valve, and this extra-dense area is heavy enough that, even though the valve is the heaviest part of the inner tube, the light spot of the entire wheel is generally at the valve. If the spin-down test indicates that the valve is at the light spot, balancing the wheel is easy; you can thread extra collars onto the (threaded) valve stem, and/or put on a metal valve cap. If that fixes it, you’re done. Check that the imbalance is gone by once again letting the wheel spin down, and if it doesn’t favor any particular spot at which to stop, the wheel is balanced sufficiently well.

So... kinda. I think with carbon rims which do not have any kind of 'joint', but generally even longer valve stems, the valve location will probably be the heavy spot? I'd have to test that with my front wheel.

Shimano HB-M475 6 Bolt Disc Front Hub -

Is it possible to convert this from QR to solid axle? And still use as a front hub?

Has anybody stripped an Selle X1 like in the pic? Is there a usable deck under the foam?

Anyone ever get paid in Bitcoin? Wondered how much of a drama it is transferring it to an account. I've heard there can be issues with UK bank accounts.

still use as a front hub?

Theoretically possible, but a PITA as the cones are M10 but you'd need M9 threads on the outer ends for front track nuts. With a lathe and a length of 10mm CrMo bar stock it would be easy enough, but paying somebody else to do it doesn't seem like the best use of your resources.

Dammit! 😂

Thanks :)

I wan't an affordable mountainbike to see if that makes sense in Berlin, and for the when I am at my mums place in the black forest.
Right now it looks like I'll get a Vitus Nucleus.

So, the geometry chart puts me (178cms with a 81cm inseam) at the top end of size M.

That means I should get a large, doesn't it? No Idea how sizes on those strange machines work.

That means I should get a large, doesn't it?

With those numbers, I'd be more inclined to go with the medium.

Most court records should be public but not necessarily electronically. You may need to pay the fee but I would swerve 3rd party sites. Docket numbers are most useful. Are you 100% sure that it was LA County Court?

What kind of front derailleur do I need for a 46/30 chainset. Regular road double?

I've used plain old SRAM 10 + 11 speed with no issues

I have a wedding near Salzburg, Austria in August. Figured I'd fly out a bit earlier and spend a few days in the mountains - where would be good to get to by train from Munich or Vienna that I can then head on to Salzburg from?

Where to get a set of inexpensive caliper brake pad holders to slide cartridges into?

Innsbruck? Other side of Salzburg from Vienna, but on the same route. Couple of hours from Munich or Salzburg.

That was to umop3pisdn but you can probably get brake shoes in Innsbruck too

Surprised you'd not seen that the map on Haringey's planning website does...

https://www.haringey.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/planning/planning-applications/current-planning-applications/view-and-comment-current-applications/map-current-planning-applications

Cheers, just what I wanted. I had no idea that page existed, I just have the search page bookmarked and there's no link to the map there.

If you're flying out anyway, Gatwick to Innsbruck is an option.

^ URL needs more planning and applications imo.

Think I have to find a modern MTB to test ride. Last time I bought a MTB, 90mm stems were considered short.
Cotic recommendation for me is an M.
And their M is more like a Vitus L.

I'd like to make and experiment with leg length cleat shims, what non-compressible but flexible material would be a good choice to make them from?
Preferably cheap and easy to cut / dremel and in 1-1.5mm depths.

Nylon 6 or 66
If you need good machinability then Delrin but it is only flexible in thinner sheets say less than 4 mm thick

https://www.directplastics.co.uk/nylon-6-sheet

Will DA 7800 shifters have the right pull ratio for a Sram red 10 speed rear derailleur?

No

Shimano 10 is ~1.7, SRAM 10 is ~1.3

Thanks, thought so. Quite surprised / disappointed at how poor the shifting is on my new Sram Red groupset. Stiff, high friction, noisy and awkward.