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Thanks for the train emergency info all!

Is anyone on here experienced with Photoshop? My girlfriend had a shoot done in work for a professional headshot for LinkedIn but wore a white shirt and the photographer had a white background so it kind of disappears on a screen.

Would anyone be able to change the colour of the background quickly? Doesn't need to be perfect and I'd happily pay a fiver or so

Is it possible to replace the rails on a charge spoon if I can find an old one to get a new set of rails from?

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I do have a Charge spoon copy for £beers if you wanna have a go.

Anyone on here work for Amazon TV production? pls be in touch about ‘London Kills’

It’s not an Amazon production but Acorn TV.

So I can find a lot of talk about 12 speed chains on 11 speed rings, but what about 11 speed chains on 12 speed rings.

Thinking of an 11 speed chain on an XTR 38/28 double with XTR rd actuated by a bar end shifter. This would be coupled with a Centaur Rd and probs a 11-34 Ultegra cassette.

The answer to this, and the other 8000 times similar questions have been asked:
Roller chain has 4 basic dimensions (and some less significant ones which very rarely become significant in bicycle use)
1: Pitch. With the exception of weird stuff you'll already know about if you have it, always 1/2" for pedal cycles
2: Inner width. There are three normal values, 1/8" for track and BMX, 3/32" for all dérailleur equipped bikes up to 8-speed, 11/128" for 9-12 speed
3: Roller diameter: 7.75mm for all 1/2" pitch cycle chain except SRAM 12-speed Flat Top which is 8.0mm
4: Pin length. Changes every time the speeds go up, almost never matters if you use a thinner chain than the rest of the drivetrain wants.

So, if we take a 11-speed chain with an 11-speed RD and cassette and a 12-speed crankset and FD, we have a single area of disagreement; the crankset wants a very slightly shorter pin length than it's being fed. Consider the geometry - if the pins are too long, they will interfere with the FD and outer chainring at the settings where the clearance is at a minimum, i.e. crossed over chain, specifically small-small. If you avoid this setting, as you should anyway, you'll be fine. You may have to set the FD limit screws very slightly further apart, but by a much smaller margin than the usual assembly tolerances.

Tent recommendations for 'family camping' (ie. Two adults, two kids)? Something compartmentalised seems sensible, ability to stand would be helpful. Would mainly be used for car camping - for my sins - so lightweight is not a requirement (which hopefully also helps with the cheap/light/good trifecta).

Edit: also happy to be made aware of any European brands that don't make it over here... Not sure if that's a thing?

Ok, so I was under the impression that 12 speed Shimano chains have weird shaping on the inner of the plates. Which I definitely don’t see looking at it. But supposedly that has some part of the non-interchangeability of Sram/Shimano/Campy 12 speed.

There is potential for different plate shapes to disagree with NW chain rings, but that's not relevant to your case

I spent a fortnight in the not blackout version of this this summer. Would happily get the blackout version: https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/4-person-blackout-poled-tent-arpenaz-4-2-fresh-black/_/R-p-310022

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Any recommendations on a good site to buy batteries? Need a variety of button batteries and also some seemingly awkward to get rechargeable ones (LR123).

This is good for unusual watch batteries https://www.watchbattery.co.uk/

Will this shock fit in this frame?

It is the correct eye-to-eye and stroke, but the mounting point/eyelet at the top is different. Not sure if this something that can be solved with hardware or if it is incompatible.

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Does the clevis on the Rockshox one fit between the ears on the frame? If it does, can it then pivot through the full range of motion without interference? Does the eye at the bottom fit between the arms of the rocker? If it passes those tests, pivot pins and bearings are a solvable matter to a man with a lathe.

As a matter of curiosity, why would you want it to?

I don’t have either in my hands so can’t check, sadly. I’m receiving the frame soon, sans shock, and need to find a 190x40 to fit. They’re not so easy to come by at the moment, so I was hoping that RockShox would do the trick. I want it to be simple plug and play so I’ll give it a miss if it will require custom hardware turning. Ta

should be able to buy the appropriate hardware to make the shock fit.

https://www.tftuned.com/shock-mount-hardware/c3

If you give tf tuned a ring/email and tell them the frame and shock they can probably tell you which kit you need

Cheers. I'm going to try pulling it apart and see what happens...

Oowe thanks. I’ll email the pics and give them a call.

Cheers. That has the button ones I was looking for but not the elusive LR123

Best tool keg? Ideally for underside of downtube...please and thank you.
Not an expensive endeavor but I'd rather by once.

clevis

Tester's educational dictionary strikes again

Does anyone know of an LBS or frame builder that has a crown race cutter (and happy to use)? Need to trim from 1" JIS to 1" ISO - have tried a few places but no luck so far.

(Or does anyone have a crown race cutter they would be willing to lend for a beer/donation?)