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What bit being stainless steel?

As for tpi, not a brand I would use. I would go with gbj testers brands and add Kyoto too.

Yes. Search for right angled micro usb cables and there are plenty.

Worth it for stainless steel?

No, they're weaker than regular bearings. Applications which actually need stainless have corresponding larger bearings to compensate, bicycle hub bearings are already on the small side for the service load.

add Kyoto too

Yeah, non-exhaustive list.

You can get right angle cables, but from my memory of right angle cables are that the lengths are variable and can cause the same issue.

Are there either longer out front mounts

The chinesium one I'm using is unnecessary long and would clear the charge port on a Garmin 500. It's not just about the length but whether there's a hole that lines up with the port

Yeah I’ve forked out for a short angled cable for this purpose and it was worse than using the usual straight one

Flushing two of the toilets in the house (1st floor and 2nd floor) makes the bath on the 1st floor gurgle.

The water drains from both toilets, but marginally slower than normal, after raising a bit higher than normal.

Which amazing tool should I use to shove down the U bends?

It sounds like you have a blockage further down. You aren't likely to reach anything from the toilet bowl. I'd start by lifting the cover of the sewer outside and checking for signs of a blockage. I'd then rod one way or the other from there.

On the angled USB chat, years ago I was prepping for an everesting and wanted a cable that would charge a wahoo element on the go if needed.

After going through similar disappointment with right angle cables that didn't fit, someone (probably on here) gave me a tip about searching for drone or fpv parts.

I believe this is what I ordered, and it's still going strong today. I added some heat shrink in an attempt to cover the connections and make it water resistant.

https://amzn.eu/d/cO6XbNK

If that's not quite right for you, hopefully it helps you get on the right track with search terms.

We have an outside toilet which is upstream of the manhole, and doesn't backup at all or create gurgling inside, so I'm assuming the blockage is between the inside toilets and the outside one.

There's an inspection hatch on the bottom of the soil and vent pipe, but I'm not going to be taking that off - I think that's one for the professionals

Disc brakes on a road bike - is 160mm enough?

When I last bought a road bike discs were not a thing.
I've always had discs on MTBs and always run dinner plates (I had 200mm on QR at some point and didn't die)

Eyeing up a new bike and 160 seems to be standard across the board.
Is it possible to add a spacer and run 180s? (at least up front)
Or is it unnecessary?

Hope RX4+ Calipers let you go up a disc size bit even as a fat bloke on a touring bike 🚲 ve rarely needed more than 160mm.
As a fat bloke on a gravel bike 🚲 have a 180mm front cos I can

Do all the wastes go into one external vertical pipe? A soil stack. This should be open or vented at the top or the rush of water from your Loo can suck air through a bath/shower/sink U-Bend.

unnecessary

160 front, 140 rear is plenty

180 on a road fork will make it flex and judder, IME

Has anyone ever simply screwed a tool box to the wall of their workshop? I was thinking of making something for my torque wrench set and then thought about just screwing it to the wall in its open position.

Am I missing something or is this genius?

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Think of resale value tho!
Yeah it’ll be fine, though it might take up a bit more real estate.

If you are breaking at the same rates 160 and a 180mm disc will be doing the same work? So the only difference is the different leverage caused by the extra 10mm radius?

180 on a road fork will make it flex and judder

If you have brake chatter or problematic amounts of fork flex before the back wheel comes off the ground, your problem isn't the rotor diameter.

I'm 70kg ish run 180 front for polo on 2 pots caliper, never felt wanting for more.

That said I'm gonna give 4 pot a go just to see how much I can push it before braking.

160 is plenty IMO for road bikes but YMMV, give different combination a go and decide which is best for you.

Yep that's right. There is a vent on the top of the stack. We had a loft conversion done about a year ago, but this gurgling has just started within the past couple of weeks.

We can all use the outside toilet, it's pretty refreshing at this time of year

Disc brakes on a road bike - is 160mm enough?

Yes.

Or is it unnecessary?

Also yes.

160 front, 140 rear is plenty

This.

But if you weigh a lot and want 180 then this is one potential solution, I am considering it for my gravel bike https://peak-torque.com/collections/road-tt

That kind of tool box is either blow or rotationally moulded and doesn't have much strength in just the one layer of plastic - the fasteners will tear through it quite easily. If you're thinking of using adhesives it is unlikely to work as the box is moulded from polyethylene or polypropylene and not much adheres to either of those.