Any question answered...

Windy is good.

It looks amazing and I like the map options, but find it a bit crap at hourly and hyperlocal forecasting, which is really what you want a weather app to be best at?

Ventusky

I've got the premium version which I think is a bit more detailed. The weather radar gives a good idea for hyperlocal I find.

I like weather underground, although it got worse after being taken over.

Second for windy. Tristan Gooley has a nice book on weather (on a few podcasts too).

@mmccarthy @umop3pisdn @Ben6899 @dancing James

Thanks all for the christening ideas, I've decided to get her one of those posh silver tubes for sniffing coke. Her dad will certainly appreciate it.

Where's a good place to order a bafang kit?

What I want - a simple length of hose with an appropriate adapter to securely fit a standard plastic twisty outdoor tap. Then, I want to run that hose somewhere else and attach a tap on the end of the hose and fasten that to a bit of wood. I can find the hose. I can find the adapters (although any reccs for the best variety much appreciated) but I can't for the life of me find a tap to fit on the end of a hose. I'm sure such things exist (you see them at festivals etc all the time) - anyone able to help my weak google-fu today?

Maybe all of the taps I can see would work (i.e. as long as the hose is same diameter as the standard water pipes) but it would be nice to have some sense of certainty/likelihood of it working before ordering....

I can't for the life of me find a tap to fit on the end of a hose.

https://www.drapertools.com/product/02251/brass-take-anywhere-tap/

Thank you - that is EXACTLY what I was after, but somehow hard to find.

somehow hard to find

Obviously your google-fu is weak, it took me less than a minute 😀

Searching for 'hose tap' just got me adaptors to fit a hose to a tap, and searching for garden tap got me things that looked like they needed plumbing in...

"wall mount outdoor tap" was the search which worked for me, but now I know that "take anywhere tap" is the better term

What kind of tyre clearance do you get with new Force rim brakes? IIRC SRAM were always quite progressive with size, can I fit a 28 with guards in?

What kind of tyre clearance do you get with new Force rim brakes?

With any caliper rim brake, it mainly depends on the bolt location on your frame/fork. There's a world of difference between 39mm and 49mm drop, even though they use the same caliper.

Looks as though this thread sees more traction than the mechanic specific one and tester's in here dishing out wisdom so... please forgive the double posting... I'm not sure on the etiquette there.

Potentially n00b question.

I've got an old Giant TCR from on here and I'm refinishing it and popping some new parts on it to gift it to my partner once it's done.

I've got a new 105 groupset for a ridiculous £339 online and I'm blown away by this already.

Anyway...

I'm looking to buy hubs, bar ends, seat clamp etc from Hope for the sake of it all matching and looking and feeling like a new bike rather than the refurb project it is.

So I'm confident that I've measured accurately and it has one of these FSA headsets in it.

Can anyone point me in the direction of the correct HOPE Pick n Mix combination pieces to replace the current FSA headset? I've not got the insight to be able to confident Im buying the right thing(s).
Please and thank you.

If there isn't a suitable combo and I've misunderstood, sorry for wasting your time!

tester's in here dishing out wisdom

tester "wisdom" would be to get the FSA (and of course my bearing cover, spacers and top cap). The Hope fit looks like HSC7 upper and HSCC lower, but you're paying a huge premium just to get a colour anodised bearing cover when the basic FSA IS2 can be had for £17

I also think matchy-matchy colour anodised bits usually look rank, many a bike has ended up in the anti-porn thread for it, and the Hope seat clamp is a shit design. While we're at it, I'm not a huge fan of their hubs either 🙂

Are the FSA bearings stainless?

Thanks for the reply.
I appreciate it.

Fully agreed on colour matching parts... bike hardware should be black or silver.
I can forgive a painted stem... that often makes sense.

I think I can potentially get a staff trade purchase through my work so that's a key motivator in choosing HOPE to be honest.

Thanks again.
Really good of you.

Are the FSA bearings stainless?

No, and that is their virtue. Corrosion is rarely what kills headset bearings, stainless steel solves a problem you don't have and adds a laundry list of its own problems relative to ordinary chromium-steel bearings

I can potentially get a staff trade purchase

How much discount? FSA IS2 headset + HB-R7000/FH-R7000 hubs + BBB BSP-85 seat clamp comes to about £105, you'd need more than a third off rrp just to get a Hope rear hub for that🙂

CX racers/MTBers may beg to differ which is why we like Hope.

Completely agree with the road headset though. I just like the colours.

Inherited a leather sofa. It’s old and the seat pads need some TLC. Any recommendations on something to restore them and give it some new life? Thanks

I concur.

You dont need the whatever number of engagement points unless you do stop-start a lot i.e. BMX or trials OR bike polo.

I have both, regular non clicky hubs for commute, MTB and road/shopper.

Clicky White Industries freewheel and Hope hubs for bike polo.

Madison has some pretty nice R7000 hubs to DT Swiss 460 with DT Swiss spokes for not a lot of money.

I've installed many on customers bikes and I highly recommend it.