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Damaged a biggish (~6cm X 10cm) section of an ultralight and packable jacket. Patagonia Houdini, 90% nylon 10% polyester.

What's a the best sort of repair patch to get, considering it needs to be scrunched up and is real thin?

Edit: maybe answering my own question, this suggests it is good for nylon, any reason to consider anything else?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255127076837?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=1kR_XHxVTOS&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=xqpxyDJnTRS&var=555118365129&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Send it Patagonia and they'll repair it IIRC.

So they do, will check that out further!

Buy good, buy once innit!

While you're at it, check out Nudie jeans too, organic, fair trade AND lifetime FREE repairs!

Do they do mail in repairs yet or is it still store only? Because I’m a long way from a store now :(

Just ordered some new neoprene overshoes but I’ve just realised they don’t cover the bottom of the shoe - is this normal? Surely not insulating the sole will lead to cold feet?

I’m used to having ones that only have a small hole at the heel and one at the front for the cleat to pop through.

I’ve just bought some tenacious tape to repair my jacket I’ve put a hole in. IIRC, some of their tapes are designed for materials (particularly tents) that have silicone in them which makes it hard for adhesives to stick to, so I’d double check which one you’re ordering.
I’ve just got the regular tenacious tape and intend to stick it on either side of the hole.

But if you want it done nicely, sending it off might not be a bad idea tbh.

That sounds pretty weird! The only reason I can think of for that is if you need extra grip for lugging your bike over slippery stuff?

Should do, my mate mailed in his down jacket to get it patched.

Nudie, not patty?

Ah, sorry, send it to someone close to a repair shop? Happy to do it!

Tiagra 4600 front and rear mech. Can you make them handle 11 speed?
What flat bar shifters work nicely? And where can I buy them?

Or is it better to just get new 11 speed stuff? Ta

Does the top cap bolt just hold the top cap on, or does it have another function?

It applies pre-load to the head-set bearings.
Once the clamp bolts on the stem have been tightened, you can throw away the bolt and the top cap.

Once the clamp bolts on the stem have been tightened, you can throw away the bolt and the top cap.

Or not.

Ok, so it's reasonably safe to take the bolt out, add a Garmin holder on and then put the bolt back. It's my daughter's bike so I feel I should check here rather than just doing it.

That'll be fine.

it's reasonably safe to take the bolt out

Yes, once the steerer clamp bolts on the stem are tight, there's not going to be any problem until you start riding the bike.
People have got away with riding with no preload screw, although the safety conscious ones at least put a bung in the top of the steerer. In a non-failure situation, riding with no preload screw can result in loss of preload, i.e. loose headset syndrome. This is rarely fatal to rider or bike if caught quickly. In the case of a failure of the steerer clamp, either loosening or bolt breakage, having the preload screw and cap in place will make the resulting crash less serious, and having the preload screw post-tightened to a normal torque for its size may retain enough friction coupling between stem and steerer due to the axial load from the screw tension to turn the event from a crash into a wobbly halt at the road side.

Is there a way to find a webpage archived in your browser/cookies as it was when you initially viewed it, it's not available on internet archive/wayback machine?

I bought something from a shop with a huuuuge discount and what turned up was a fraction of the order. After I raised the issue with them they changed the description (stupidly I didn't take a screencap) and since I raised a claim through paypal they've removed the photo.

You could see if Google has it cached.
If you search for that product page on Google, beside each search result is 3 dots, click that and then the button that says cached. Sometimes they're very recent, sometimes less so

Thanks! Had a look but it doesn't seem it is archived. Will have to rely on something else.

stupidly I didn't take a screencap

In general, a screen cap doesn't do you much good in law, partly because you might have created it in photoshop but mostly because the terms on pretty much any web site will say that there's no contract until they have confirmed acceptance of your offer. This is something which goes back to before the internet to protect sellers from having to fulfil orders at a loss due to a printer's error
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errors_and_omissions_excepted

If you got an email confirmation of your order, that's what counts and may form the basis of the contract, regardless of whether it exactly matches what was on the offer page or the web form you completed to initiate the purchase.

Cheers. Annoyingly the email confirmation just says the price and doesn’t say what I’ve bought. However, the printed receipt I received from the seller does have a line which says the item and, crucially, the quantity. So I’m hoping that will be enough.

How long irl does it take to get a passport renewed?

I'm trying to work out timings and the govt website says 10wks.

Is that true? Or do I need to allow longer?

Cheers.

It's usually a lot less than 10 weeks but you can't chase it until you have waited that long. There is some crowd sourced data, with far too many annoying adverts, at https://www.passportwaitingtime.co.uk/ which says 18ish days at the moment.