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For rear wheels in vertical dropouts and anything with rim brakes, it will still be fine. People get away with Ti and even aluminium skewers on weight weenie bikes, because the wheels mostly want to stay in the dropouts and the side loads are small if you don't jump. The 5mm steel QR only has problems in disc brake fronts because the brake reaction is trying to push the axle out of the fork ends.
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What is this a measure of?
It's an erroneous unit, they mean a set back of 5mm or 20mm
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Lawyer tabs do mitigate this though, right?
That's not what they are designed for, but they can in some circumstances keep the wheel in place long enough for you to notice that it's about to be ejected.
and front facing dropouts. The latter is done to prevent exactly that right?
Yes, the forward facing fork end is a way to make the brake work harder to eject the wheel by forcing it to roll the axle along an inclined plane rather than just spitting it straight out of a complete void.
For anybody too young to have enjoyed the Usenet discussion of this subject back in the early 2000s, James Annan's essay remains available at https://diskbrakesqr.wordpress.com/
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Any suggestions for techniques to de-stench a pair of vegan Doc Marten boots? I don't know if they're just getting pretty ripe after a good few year's use or if my nobhead cat has surreptitiously pissed in them. I've got an odour eliminating spray thing which works ok if I'm not wearing them all day but I'd like to ideally reset them to "not stinky to start with" if possible.
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I find old alu tent poles work well, could also use chairing nuts, tooth floss dispenser spacers, copper pipe, piece of plywood... virtually anything that vaguely resembles a tube, has the strength and is the right size.
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is there a more elegant solution?
Other spacer shops are available, it's a standard kind of component made in millions for industrial assemblies.
ETA: GWR do aluminium ones https://www.gwr-fasteners.co.uk/m5-x-12mm-od-spacers---6082-aluminium-2695-c.asp
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iPhone XS back glass repair.
My wife has broken the glass on hers and wants to get it replaced. Apple want crazy money to do this. Which other companies are worth using - ideally a mail in service.
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Can't help with who to do it, but avoid those vape shops that do screen repairs unless you know 100% that a) they've repaired that particular model before and they know what they're doing and b) they're going to use a genuine Apple screen.
For a), if they sit there and follow a Youtube repair video (likely) there's a good chance they'll break something. For b), if they use a non-genuine screen the colour resolution will be wrong and it won't be as responsive as an original. I found both of those out first-hand.
Edit: back glass is not the screen, right? The above may not be relevant then.
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Frances' Potting Shed
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I think option 2 based on this https://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/apostrophe/possessives
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The price of those signs is going up. It's the cost of livelaughloving crisis.
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Interestinger and interestinger!
I've often wondered if there is such a thing as an emergency QR for touring and expeditions that is long enough to use on a rear wheel, but that has a long enough thread to work on a front wheel. That way, if either QR snaps then it will get you to the next town; however that would only have a root diameter of just over 4mm along ~30mm of its length when used for the rear wheel, which would make it even less strong.