Any question answered...

So like, I've never seen the Milky Way in the night sky. City boy and all that. Where / when can I see it? I'm thinking of cycling out of the city for a bit when there is no moon and lying down in a field, Will it eventually appear?

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I've got K-Edge on my road and TT bikes, SRAM on my MTB and RaceWare on the RollerFort. The SRAM one seems least likely to rip the delicate mounting tabs off the Garmin.

So is that 25l total capacity, ie. 12.5 each?

Bloody mine field this.

Yeah, the Ortlieb website has most of the information with regards to sizing. I bought a pair and ended up selling them on here because I hadn't quite realised how small 12.5L would be. The roll top closure makes them feel even smaller too.

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I've got K-Edge on my road and TT bikes, SRAM on my MTB and RaceWare on the RollerFort. The SRAM one seems least likely to rip the delicate mounting tabs off the Garmin.

Very much this; I had the tate labs 2.0 and it ripped not 1 but 2 garmins (510) apart both replaced under warranty no questions asked by Garmin; I guess they assumed that I wasn't using any third party mounts.

This proves my case: http://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=122449

And amazon review: Amazon.com: Michael Keiper's review of Bar Fly 2.0 Bicycle Computer Mount for Gar...

So like, I've never seen the Milky Way in the night sky. City boy and all that. Where / when can I see it? I'm thinking of cycling out of the city for a bit when there is no moon and lying down in a field, Will it eventually appear?

You need to make sure you're well away from any light pollution, but you know that yourself anyway. Have a shufti at this map here which will tell you the best places to go to see all kinds of celestial stuff: http://www.darkskydiscovery.org.uk/dark-sky-discovery-sites/map.html

Look for the ones with the orange stars as you should be able to see the Milky Way from any of those locations.

I was at a fair altitude recently in a Swiss chalet - no light pollution whatsoever, just a thick, endless sky right in front of my nose. Shooting stars, the milky way, a moon almost luminous orange - no idea how/why that came about. Beats a night in front of the box.

You need to make sure you're well away from any light pollution, but you know that yourself anyway. Have a shufti at this map here which will tell you the best places to go to see all kinds of celestial stuff: http://www.darkskydiscovery.org.uk/dark-sky-discovery-sites/map.html
Awesome! Nearest orange star is so far though :( will check out one of the green ones in the interim. Thanks.

Look for the ones with the orange stars as you should be able to see the Milky Way from any of those locations.

I was at a fair altitude recently in a Swiss chalet - no light pollution whatsoever, just a thick, endless sky right in front of my nose. Shooting stars, the milky way, a moon almost luminous orange - no idea how/why that came about. Beats a night in front of the box.

This sounds immense.

Dunwich beach is a good place to stargaze (as somewhere people might know).

CSB alert - my best experience was sitting in a hot spring in the middle of the Southern Alps in NZ, at about midnight with a couple of friends chatting with the whole sky filled with stars. Awesome doesn't even come close

They are a bit far, but the two that are on the East coast just north of Ipswich are basically in Dunwich, of Dunwich Dynamo fame... which means a fixed-friendly (flat!) route out to get there and a beach at the end. Would recommend.

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If you want to stargaze, you really should go to Dunwich beach, it's just about perfect for it.

That's why they built that big observatory just down the coast.

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I've got K-Edge on my road and TT bikes, SRAM on my MTB and RaceWare on the RollerFort. The SRAM one seems least likely to rip the delicate mounting tabs off the Garmin.

Very much this; I had the tate labs 2.0 and it ripped not 1 but 2 garmins (510) apart both replaced under warranty no questions asked by Garmin; I guess they assumed that I wasn't using any third party mounts.

This proves my case: http://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=122449

And amazon review: Amazon.com: Michael Keiper's review of Bar Fly 2.0 Bicycle Computer Mount for Gar...

Would have been handy to know before I pulled the trigger. My own fault. I'll keep my eye on it when it arrives.

I saw the ISS pass over last night, that was pretty cool. I might try and find somewhere dark to spot meteors next week too.

Tiny Greek Islands which have just suffered a power cut (at night) are very good for this, in my experience- first and only time I could see, with the naked eye, why it is called the Milky Way.

What is the largest sprocket you can get easily and designed for track hub? Found 22t. Any bigger? Cheers

Define "easily". You've already found the biggest one which is easy enough for you to find :-)

And the largest sprocket for a track hub found with the (genuine) help of this thread as oppossed to google? :-)

PS Tester, you answered a que for me about a clicking noise/possible bearing issue and it was the chain in the end. Much appreciated.

I'm riding back to my parents house tomorrow and it will be the first time i've done it from our current flat.

http://goo.gl/u87SmV

Everything north of the Lee Valley reservoir is the normal route i've done dozens of times.

Google is currently taking me around the Thames Path and Hackney Wick etc, rather than on the roads.

Having never been on these paths; are they going to be okay for a carbon 23c road bike or should i alter the route?

And the largest sprocket for a track hub found with the (genuine) help of this thread as oppossed to google? :-)

I can't find anything native over 22T

The hacker in me thinks it ought to be possible to poke a 1.370"×24tpi hole through the middle of something like this:

Or a slightly bigger plain bore + 6 holes and use it with an adapter

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Hence the insistence on my definition of 'easily' :-) Nice one for that, appreciate it.

This one looks even more promising + cheaper
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/BMX-25T-CNC-SOLID-CHAINWHEEL-IN-BLUE-BLACK-RED-CHAINRING-CHAIN-RING-25-T-TEETH-/00/s/MzYzWDUwMQ==/z/WsMAAOxyaRZR1EW9/$(KGrHqJHJBwFG+FW-2YRBR1EW9D6vQ~~60_1.JPG

And blue!!!!

Joking

Soul : have been on these routes recently (and maybe again tomorrow on part of on the way to the Olympic Park). Thames Path should be fine a lot of the canal/riverside is gravel which was OK on steel frame with 23c tyres with tread. The main issue might be walkers which will slow you down as passing can be a bit tricky on the gravel, particularly on the Limehouse Cut as it's a bit of a drop into the water!