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Anybody good at regex? If I have

(bea?)trix(ie?) 

How do I specify that if there is one instance of Bea there must be zero instances of ie and vice versa?

Does anyone know the spec of track nuts for Velocity track hubs?

Cheers!

Shimano deore range.

What can I use to replace a bent M6000 (SGS)? M5130, M5120, M6000GS?

Also, can I run a GS if I'm only running a 1x. I think 30t chainring and 42t lowest sprocket on rear.

M10 front, M9 front IIRC.

If you don't actually need a regular expression, eg you're using PCRE or similar, then you want a negative lookahead:
(beatrix(?!ie)|(?!bea)trixie)

It is possible to do it with standard regular expressions (since every regular language can be negated), but it's much more painful.

Edit: for completeness, here's what that would look like:

(?:(?:(?:[^b]|b(?:b|eb)*?(?:[^be]|e[^ab]))*?(?:b(?:b|eb)*e?)??(trixie))|(?:(beatrix)(?:(?:[^i]|i+[^ei])*?i*?)))

(?: ) is a non-capturing group, *? and ?? are lazy (rather than greedy) matching, negations constructed using this tool http://www.formauri.es/personal/pgimeno/misc/non-match-regex/

As you can see, it gets messy fast.

Do you still need? I've got a copy lying about.

As you can see, it gets messy fast

Thanks

Ty!

Does anyone have any idea what this box on the front of my house would have been for? Looks like it would have had a key at some point?

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Looks like you can undo the grate with a screwdriver and take a peek!

Any recommendations on interesting cycling blogs for coffee break reading?

Bit bored of the usuals. (Radavist, bikepacking etc)

Travel insurance - any recommendations?

None, but whatever you do, try and find out who they actually use to do the work if you need to claim or get assistance. My folks went with Insurefor, but Mayday Group and Reactive Claims who handled the medical stuff and money claims, are both showers of worstcunts. Google reviews back that up.

Martin Lewis might help...
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel-insurance/

There's a speaker in there. Some sort of old intercom?

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Some sort of old intercom?

Speaker/button/key could be some sort of alarm. Button to test, key to silence when whatever help is being summoned arrives.

Intercom?
At knee level?

Feels like I'm being super dumb but I haven't tinkered with old bikes for about 4 years and I feel like I've forgotten everything:

Removing a Campag Veloce square taper crank. I have this crank puller, black bit screws into the crank then I tighten the silver bit and the black cap should bear on the spindle to pull the crank right? The black cap should fit into the hole in the middle of the crank shouldn't it? The cap seems to be too big for the hole and it would bear on the larger silver bit at the base of the bore in the first pic which I assume would just end up with me stripping the threads and trapping the crank forever.

I googled crank pullers and they all look like they have the same size pusher. Someone please tell me what I'm missing.

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So I ordered a new Derailleur.

A Deore m6000 GS, but in the box was a GRX SGS. fuckin idiots.

Before I send it back. I'm assuming GRX wouldn't be compatible instead of Deore?

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I sometimes use a nut if the centre of the puller won't go into the square. Around about an M8 from memory. You just need to make sure that the nut sits slightly proud of the crank arm square hole.

The black bit on the end probably pulls off, works better with octalink.