Any question answered...

Take it to a plumbers merchant. It won't be the only one out there with that fitting?

I've asked here and not one professional plumber has recognised it/said "ah, you need one of these"

I'm about to buy a Dolan Pre Cursa from wiggle, but I'm not sure what size to order. I know, another sizing question, but I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with this particular bike, as I read somewhere that they are a bit weird sizing wise.. I've only ever ridden MTBs before, so I don't really have a reference point. I'm 177cm/5'10, and inseam is about 85cm, i think. Fwiw, my current MTB is a 55cm, and it fits quite nicely, maybe a very tiny bit on the big side, if anything. Pre Cursa only comes in 54 and 56, so I'm leaning towards the 54 right now. I like a bit of seat post showing.
Any tips..?

having only relatively recently switched to ahead stem, it still makes me nervous... I guess the quill design is more 'obvious' in having fewer potential failure points?

No, I mean that if you were making a bike for the first time and you think "ok we need a fork that moves so we can steer it... so we'll stick the steerer tube of the fork through the frame and then attach some sort of handle to move it...

... but how do we attach the handle to the fork steerer"?

"I know, lets create a piece of metal that wedges into the fork steerer using a fairly complicated set of expander plugs or moving wedges"!

As opposed to just clamping one tube around the top of the steerer tube? It just seems like the ahead is the obvious choice.

I've asked here and not one professional plumber has recognised it/said "ah, you need one of these"

Fucking plumbers.

How do they work?

Magnets!

Why didnt we think of it before? They'll solve all your problems Neil.

Do they work?

FTFy

Magnets!

Why didnt we think of it before? They'll solve all your problems Neil.

Great!

Now, next question- how do I make brass magnetic?

You're gonna need a bigger magnet!

Miracles

How did the design of the quill stem come about?
Surely a ahead/threadless is simpler and more obvious, which should have been invented before the quill/threaded design?

Hindsight is great, isn't it?

Bok bok bok...

Not for top end quality. And def not at that retail price for crosswater.

Did you just buy the equivalent of a create? ;)

It's a possibility!

I paid £1 for it though, so I am not that upset.

Wow, ok. It'll be a big win if you can get it to work then!

Plastic pipe and epoxy resin?

#notaplumber

This just in- an exploded diagram appears!

http://www.jacuzzi.co.uk/uploads/Media/instructions/Designer/Taps/Kanya%20Floor%20Standing%20Shower%20Column.pdf

I need all of assembly A, if anyone can construct such a thing then reward awaits!

Oh, and of assembly B I need part 16 X 3, and part 18 X 6

Get the blowtorch on it as well- speed that reaction up.

Unless, of course, you are a Chicken?

Use beans.

It's a possibility!

I paid £1 for it though, so I am not that upset.

This just reminded my of a hydraulic hood for a roadster I bought off eBay for a couple of hundred pounds. I picked it up in the middle of the night from some farm in Hertfordshire and didn't notice at the time, that quite few vital parts of the whole hydraulic system is missing...

This just in- an exploded diagram appears!

http://www.jacuzzi.co.uk/uploads/Media/instructions/Designer/Taps/Kanya%20Floor%20Standing%20Shower%20Column.pdf

I need all of assembly A, if anyone can construct such a thing then reward awaits!

That will never work. There are no holes in the shower head...

Worth asking the original seller if they have the part kicking about?

Have done, the answer is "No"

This just reminded my of a hydraulic rood for a roadster I bought off eBay for a couple of hundred pounds. I picked it up in the middle of the night from some farm in Hertfordshire and didn't notice at the time, that quite few vital parts of the whole hydraulic system is missing...

I thought that for a quid I could run the risk of finding the bits.

Apparently the underlying supplier is Newform SPA, the question is will they talk to me?