Any question answered...

Thanks all. I think she got it sorted in the end. It's a Samsung android tablet but the included video "editor" had less features than on my phone, which seemed pretty poor. She found an app that managed it.

Depending on audience, I'd use synopsis or summary.

What is the gold standard of tyre levers these days? Looking for a set as a gift. (Sounds like a dull gift but it's actually poking fun at/dredging up a miserable experience, Christmassy af).

I have a pair of the red bontager ones and have never found a better set

https://www.trekbikes.com/gb/en_GB/equipment/bike-accessories/bike-tools-maintenance/bontrager-tyre-lever/p/07799/

Fibrax tyre levers. So good.

Not just tyre levers but I really like the Lezyne patch kit. I've been using one for years, the levers work well and it's a safe way of keeping some instant patches with you and little extras like a valve stem tool if needed.

https://www.merlincycles.com/lezyne-lever-patch-repair-kit-54264.html

I have one of those, I like it but I had to put a rubber band on it to keep it from coming apart in my bag.

I use a wrap of electrical tape, but it's also in a tool roll so couldn't go far anyway.

Crank Bros Speedier tyre lever is amazing, especially in combo with another standard one to hook the bead off the rim

https://www.google.com/amp/s/road.cc/content/review/crankbrothers-speedier-tyre-lever-273873%3famp

Went for the Bontrager in the end! Purely because they look like they'll fit in the tool roll I've bought him a bit better than the chunkier designs. Thanks all!

Best way to send photos? I've got some images I want printed and sent to my gran, do people have any recommendations? I'd quite like the prints to not be shit.

@nefarious I've been using Snappy Snaps for printing photos for my Mum of her great grandson. No recommendations on how to send them. Sorry.

I've used photobox before and they were a bit naff on anything larger than A5 size. The A3 print arrived folded in half which was comical.

I now use a local independent print shop, it's costly but the quality is consistently good.

Can anyone recommend a good, eco pair of slippers? The slide on sort.

You must whittle some clogs yourself.

I've used Postsnap before. It was pretty cheap and quick. Not the highest fidelity print but the photos I gave them weren't exactly 10k.

Like wool?
Here's an article https://www.treehugger.com/best-slippers-5085857
Some makers are Allbirds, Kyrgies, Giesswein, Glerups, Baabuk...

I've got a print I need to try and get framed in time for Christmas, which means picking it up from a framers by the evening of the 22nd latest.

Have I got any chance? And if so, any recommendations please? I'm in Hackney, don't mind travelling around a bit but picking it up might be difficult on a bike so somewhere with parking nearby would be better.

I've tried two local picture framers and one only opens on Saturdays now and the other isn't answering the phone...

Bronwen Whitaker in Tufnell Park?
0207 281 5382

You could try John at Frames Addiction. He’s round your neck of the woods

https://instagram.com/frames_addiction?igshid=bh8hbls75vbl

Wasn’t there a loophole that retailers could offer discounts for cash payment? £28 all forms of payment (incl. card), but £25 for specifically cash type deal?

This is happening in Berlin

Happens a lot out here, especially with small businesses...

What's this? Some sort of aluminium shaft inside a carbon steerer. Do I need to remove it before cutting the steerer to length?

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isn’t that a bit of a bung? Have you tried fitting an allen key down the hole in the middle?

Looks like a bung.