Any question answered...

what is the battery capacity of a Garmin Edge 1000 (in mAh)? My google foo is apparently weak

The top and bottom faces of the head tube are not parallel?

1250 mAh at an educated guess, and this thread https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?86244-Battery-life-Edge-1000-in-use/page2&highlight=BATTERY+LIFE+1000

and this
The unit houses a powerful, dual-core, 6000mAh lithium-ion battery, capable of recharging an iPhone 5 up to three times, a GoPro Hero3+ four times and a Garmin Edge 1000 four times. It is also compatible with a plethora of other 5V devices such as tablets (including iPad), iPods, digital cameras, sat phones and more.

from here
http://www.outdoorchargers.co.uk/powermonkey-explorer-2-portable-charger-6000-mah-436-p.asp

Not what I wanted to hear since frame has come from a respected custom builder so I am inclinded to believe it has been faced.

But you have made me wonder if I wrecked the cups during my brutish mdf + mallet installation. Serves me right if I did.

I wrecked the cups during my brutish mdf + mallet installation.

That sounds more likely than my suggestion.

Isn't it equally possible the cups just aren't in properly?

^get some large diameter and chunky washers x2 and a length of threaded chunky rod and some chunky nuts. diy ghetto headsetpress for pounds at your diy shop. i hope you didnt fuck up that ck with even ghettoer but less intelligent installation method. it doesnt sound well though...

Techinically it's still open until like 8pm.

Yeah, but I want to cut through much later. I'll be trying again on Monday, just a waste of time riding down priory road then having to go back again.

Thank you very much freezing. that looks sensible.

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yes they will, ensure the buyer returns it insured and tracked, then refund

My daily has developed a clunky knocking noise. It happens in the same place every crank turn but only when giving it the beans.
1/ is it the bb, chainring, bolts, something else?
2/ how many more miles before the bike and/or I die a painful death?

1. Yes
   
2. Within about a century.
   

Awesome, I like danger

You'll probably have to check everything individually, look at all the things you listed and your pedals and chain, give them all a wiggle, if you can't find out what it is then remove one of them, clean, grease and reattach and try the bike again. If you do all of them and can't find it try other bits of the bike, if you still can't find it wear headphones when you ride.

What's the accepted minimum amount of seatpost to have showing on an old steel road bike? Trying to work out what I can get away with riding.

"a fistfull"

Perfect, that's sort of what I thought, even though it may look odd on big frames.

Looked pretty normal until the 80s.

To look acceptable? or the amount you can safety get away with?

Look acceptable really, nowhere near an unsafe level.

can anyone recommend home removals companies in London? just the transit, for a 2 bed flat, preferably not too expensive.

Don't know about removals but I have used HH van hire a few times. Just over 50 quid a day for a transit

I'm late to the game here, but if 300 quid isn't a huge deal, go BA. If it is, Transat. (I fly BA when the difference is a bit less drastic, so do rate the difference between airlines as worth noting. But for 300...).

Also, BA > Air Canada.