Any question answered...

Unless you're the groom.. don't listen to the willy wavers.. buy cheap, it's just gonna get covered in beer, blood, piss, etc. and white shirts are shit.

Not every wedding is a 'strayan wedding...

Get over to Leadenhall Market: plenty of choice around there.

Exactly, Hippy. Don't want to spend more than £30ish. Gonna get used for two weddings this year and not for a while/never again. White shirt at work would make me feel like being back at school. Will try to refrain from covering it in blood/piss but would rather not care if it does get bloody/pissy.

Bespoke, pls.
Timothy Everest made mine, but you'd need an introduction...

I thought you were a country bumpkin?

I got a dress suit in burtons that was ok. Wouldn't worry loads most weddings it's more about seeing you came than how you look or anything, the newly weds spend 5-10min with each person who comes and then then off on a honeymoon.

Hawes and Curtis do some 37 length shirts. They are very good about trying them on in store.

I thought you were a country bumpkin?
Thars roight buh!

But Lime St once had a distinct waft of horse manure about it and Leadenhall Mkt echoed to the sound of crunching carrots.

Ha' ya got a loight buh?

Not every wedding is a 'strayan wedding...

I've been to enough British events to see what you lot get up to. You can't blame them all on me.

But you were the common factor...

Went to TM Lewin on Jermyn St, the guys let me bring my bike inside (this was obviously pre-downpour), showed me the choices and were very friendly and helpful. Shirt was cheap too. I will look at other options for when I have a less pressing deadline. Cheers all (except those telling me to get a tailor-made £200 shirt the night before a wedding).

Bespoke, pls.

Timothy Everest made mine, but you'd need an introduction...

Meh - made to measure will do fine.

www.mangas.co.uk are affordable enough.

Anyone know owt about LED screens? I want something big - maybe 50" - for inside a window that can be seen outside. The internet says I need lots of NITs, more than 1000, maybe nearer 2000.

Where does a luddite begin looking? LG seem to do something but big dorrah compared to my home telly.

At reviews, buy a 4.5 or 5*

Q
Why do cassettes jump a single teeth at higher gearing and multiple teeth at lower gearing?
Why not: 12-14-16-17-18-19-20-21-23-25 or the like?

Use a gear ratio calculator and you will see that a double tooth jump at a higher gear will have a proportionally greater effect than in a low gear.

Yeah, the difference in gearing is different as you go through the sizes,the gap between 11 and 12 is not the same as between 24 and 25.

What is the point of this ??

pump holder

Hi all,
I'm discovering the joys of modern gear shifting, indexed and all that... which is a big change for me and my friction downtube shifters...
These things seem very demanding in terms of compatibility...
I'm using 10 speed tiagra brifters, for along with a 10 speed 105 cassette and 10 speed 105 chain. So far I hope all is fine.
I encountered problems with the chainset... I hoped I could get away with an antique-ish stronglight and its fairly worn chainrings, and wait for a good ebay deal on a better crankset later... It works kind a OK on the outer chainring but the inner is a desaster. Do I need a 10 speed specific chainset or any modern-ish shimano with rings in good nick should work?
The rear mech isn't working too good either. Again I was hoping to use what my box of parts was offering and installed a nearly NOS shimano mech, MTB one, STX Rc long cage. It seems to be capable of travelling all the way across "manually" but via the brifters, it would appear that not enough cable is pulled... With what I assume to be correct tension, when trying to shift from the smaller sprocket upwards, I need several "clicks" before the chain starts moving up... Again here, do I need a 10 speed specific rear mech??
Many thanks!

You should be able to get away with almost any 9-speed or higher chainset

For the rear mech, you need a 10-speed Shimano road one, the cable pull ratios don't match otherwise. RD-4601 is only £25-£30 new

You should be able to get away with almost any 9-speed or higher chainset
For the rear mech, you need a 10-speed Shimano road one, the cable pull ratios don't match otherwise. RD-4601 is only £25-£30 new

Many thanks!

If you really want to mix levers/mechs that have different cable pulls then you can with the appropriate jtek shiftmate.

http://jtekengineering.com/shiftmate.php

That quite good! But the Tiagra mech Tester pointed at ends up cheaper... The the nature of this build (all mismatched, bin parts, etc...), it will be enough... good to know if you have a consistant groupset and want to keep it uniform...