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Hi 👋 I’ve got this ribble frame which is currently running a 1” threaded set up but was hoping to switch to a threadless so I can go for carbon forks / reduce the enormous spacing. Has anyone else managed to do this?

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Has anyone else managed to do this?

Probably no more than a couple of hundred thousand people. It's an easy swap as long as you can find a carbon 1" fork with the right spec, if you're lazy you don't even have to change the bottom half of the headset, just fit the top half of any EC30 AHeadset

Anyone have a recommendation for sellers of projection screen fabric? I need two sheets of black backed white material for front projection off a 230cm roll. Preferably in the UK. Not the structure, just the material

We have the Jackery 1000. It seems OK. I'm not impressed by these things in general - they seem very expensive for what they are. We had a Goal Zero 500 which broke, fuck knows why, and they don't do any repairs in the UK, so it's now a brick that I have to dispose of safely.

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Will do much reading up over those long winter nights.

Looking for small all-white passive bookshelf speakers, to be powered by small Class D amp.

‘Small’ as in ~20cm max in any dimension. Haven’t got the heart to sesh forums for weeks obsessing about it…

Any room to hide a small sub somewhere else in the room too? Cambs Audio Minx are tiny and surprisingly punchy? - sorry should have read properly before replying

But I do seem to remember being quite impressed by some little Q Accoustics things a few years ago also. Edit: probably whatever the old version of the 3020i was

Moved to mechanics Q/A.

This is what I had planned to get for that criteria. I didn't bother and went with Sonos in the end though.
https://neatacoustics.com/iota/

£1K !!

Way too rich for me as a casual kitchen rig… they do look perfect tho.

They do come up on ebay reasonably often but price was part of the reason I never got any.

The Minx look cute, could possibly jam a sub in somewhere.

Now also looking for a small integrated amp/DAB radio/Bluetooth wotsit for these to plug into...

Gonna end up with a bloody Sonos aren't I.

Gonna end up with a bloody Sonos aren't I.

Or that Ikea clone (Edit: actual Sonos - as corrected by PhilDAS), which is narrow enough for you, if they still make it? Symphon-something?

I am similarly staving off Sonos at our house...

These very nearly meet your size criteria and would do a pretty decent job on a real budget:

https://petertyson.co.uk/denon-scn-10-speakers?SGS&gclid=CjwKCAjw6eWnBhAKEiwADpnw9gkr2kClMYju5NCAZXj7slJoddB7O2PIM829xs83HjzqRQ6aZ7A70hoCXjcQAvD_BwE

The IKEA ones are banging by the way. They are actual Sonos, not just clones. Set up via the Sonos app etc

Gonna end up with a bloody Sonos aren't I.

I resisted getting into Sonos for years but now that I've got some bits I find it's great.

I stand very corrected!

I'm possibly going to need a TV aerial. I believe I've got all the wiring in place but no aerial so I'm pondering putting an aerial in the loft.

Ideally I'd like to get away with something fairly small but my searching isn't finding that much on what aerials are suitable for different scenarios other than really generic stuff. Any recommendations for this:

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A bit too deep, but on the off chance you can stretch, these are pretty good sounding and integrate an amp, BT etc all in one package.

Doesn't do DAB, but the fact that it doesn't require an app is a big + for me compared to Sonos, since if that stops working, or they terminate support for your speaker then you're SOL.

https://www.qacoustics.co.uk/m20-bluetooth-speaker.html

Had looked at this previously which seemed fine, but again, tied to the Sonos app

Edit: I see these have already been mentioned

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/symfonisk-wifi-bookshelf-speaker-black-smart-gen-2-60506577/

We have these, and they are great. Decent sound, price, allow for aux login. Multi room etc.

https://www.audiopro.com/en/

You only need the Sonos app for set up and settings though. In use, you just cast or airplay to them from whatever app

Ah. I still prefer the option/fallback of Bluetooth, but that is good to know thanks

Ideally I'd like to get away with something fairly small

Depends on what if anything is between you and the transmitter and what your roof is made of but if the aerial is in the loft it will need to be bigger than one outside to account for the attenuation so as a starter look at how big the aerials of your neighbours are (count the elements to start with) and assume you need at least that big. Or maybe an amplifier but they can be a bit of a dark art.

Also look at where your neighbours aerials are pointing. Eg in Crouch End they tend to point at Ally Pally as there is a hill in the way for Crystal Palace. Based on your table you want a group A or a wideband aerial and to mount it horizontally. Get the biggest thing that will fit in the loft.

Ideally I'd like to get away with something fairly small

It's out of sight, go big. You're losing signal strength and worsening multipath interference by being several metres lower than a roof mount, and from physical attenuation. In those circumstances, the more gain and directivity the better

Or maybe an amplifier but they can be a bit of a dark art.

Are those still a thing, outside of a splitter/amplifier context? I'd have thought auto gain control on the front end of modern receivers would have rendered them obsolete in 1:1 setups