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There was a lamp at my parents place that always gave a fairly strong "tingle" in operation. I dare say if it had an earth, the trip would have been going fairly constantly. My dad was adamant that all lamps lacked an earth connection. Maybe someone of the same school of thought?

I’d quite like to get a front and rear facing dash cam for my car. I’m at a loss what to buy. I just want to get something to record in case of any accidents. Any ideas what’s good?

Any ideas what’s good?

I've been using a Garmin for about 40 hours a week for 2½ years, so far so good. They don't support secondary/auxilliary cameras, but you could always buy 2🙂

King Kog in Brooklyn, if you want to look at fixie skidder stuff.

Sun and Air in Brooklyn, owned by the same people as King Kog. A “regular” bike shop with rentals and a coffee shop. They should have a leaflet/map showing all bike related things in NYC.

Both have friendly staff who will recommend other places to visit.

With normal seat clamps and the split at the back of the seatpost - is there a measurable difference in clamping force if you spin the clamp around to the front?

I've done this to the grrl's bike to better mount a rear light with saddle bag but I wondered if I might need to up the torque at all to cope with the bolt being on the front of the tube away from the split.

I roll 'em up or tuck them into my socks.

I'm so sexy and cool no one even notices my fashion faux pas. YMMV.

is there a measurable difference in clamping force if you spin the clamp around to the front?

In an ideally designed clamp, zero difference. Even in some of the appallingly badly designed clamps passed off as acceptable by major component manufacturers, a negligible effect way below the resolution or accuracy of your torque wrench, and of uncertain sign.

That's cool. Tallies with my MTBs which I always reversed the clamps on but I get super paranoid before a bigger ride. Ta

Will have a butchers, thanks

Cheers

what kind of boat/yacht is this, and how long is it?

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Lovely, thanks!

I’m hoping to find some US domestic market CNC trinkets without the import tax...

I'm guessing around 20 feet, rigging I think makes it a sloop.

King Kog have Phil, AARN, Paul, Thompson, Chris King, Simworks etc.

thanks

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Gaff rigged if I have understood correctly because there's a spar on top of the mainsail. Sloop because one mast.

I could be wrong.

Given the bowsprit and rigging, I suspect it has more than one headsail, which would make it a cutter.

I did a bit of sailing recently, having almost no prior experience. I asked the skipper to explain yacht classification to me and it got real confusing, but I wasn't sure if it was because the nomenclature is inconsistent or because he was inconsistent. Or indeed both.

It can be a gaff-rigged cutter, but one wouldn't say gaff-rigged sloop cutter I think?

I wasn't sure if it was because the nomenclature is inconsistent

It can be a bit of a moveable feast

one wouldn't say gaff-rigged sloop cutter

No, because sloop and cutter are two different things

a moveable feast

Indeed, because this appears to be a single mast (sloop) with two headsails (cutter). And it's gaff rigged.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship_Sloop

Edit: this source suggests the cutter/sloop distinction is based on the fore-aft position of the mast, but notes that this is hard to distinguish and that most people don't bother. The Wikipedia article I briefly read suggested that the distinction only applied in the Americas, but [citation needed] and all that. http://www.jordanyachts.com/3745

It can be a gaff-rigged cutter, but one wouldn't say gaff-rigged sloop cutter I think?

I don't think one would as it'd be something of a tautology, a cutter being a sloop with multiple headsails, so the word sloop would be rather redundant. It'd be like calling it a gaff-rigged cutter boat - the word boat adds nothing.

Is there something special about Park, Unior et al fork steerer dies, or would any new 1-24 ,fine, right-hand die work to cut new useable threads in a blank steerer?

High quality ones might last longer, but that's not worth the extra £100+ if you're only doing one or two forks. BSC has the same 60° flank angle as UNS

Cheers!

Which non-profit organizations do you know that allow small donations via ApplePay ?