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Any obvious holes in this drivetrain-hack, will it function..?

• M732 XT rear derailleur
  
• 8 speed cassette
  
• Shimano 6480 bar end shifter (friction for the front derailleur)
  
• 9 speed chain
  
• 4603 Tiagra 10 speed chainset
  
• FD4600 10 speed front derailleur
  
  
  
  
  
  

I do it wrong but it works every time. I don’t presoak, just do a 2 to 1 water and rice mix , bring to a boil (covered) and then turn down to minimum until the water is gone. Let sit for a minute or two, flake with a fork and you’re done.

..this is what works for me with regular rice but it gives me mushy basmati rice
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I live in a very dry place, maybe adjust water amount? Or just keep it on low longer?

Once cooked I dump the rice into a sieve and pour boiling water over them.

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So what is the best way to cook basmati rice?

For white basmati, I get good results from no soak and 30 minutes on medium in the microwave with cling film over the top. 100g rice + 400ml water, pierce the centre of the cling film before starting to provide a bit of ventilation. That ends up just sticky enough to mould, but with no obvious gloop

For myself, I usually do ¼-⅓ glutinous rice and the balance brown basmati, and I haven't found a formula for that which anybody else would find acceptable, but I just dump it in the pan with the curry once both are done and stir them together, so all bets are off.

Mrs. E has a Samsung Galaxy Fame and wants a Fitbit type thing to go with it, main exercise being walking.
I know nothing about this kind of thing - what do I buy? (Preferably something that can be paid for with PayPal)
Edit - and I've just been told that 'get a new phone' is not a preferred option...

Everyone else is wrong. Do this:

No pre-soak. No rinse. Put kettle on. Rice in a dry pan. Measure it to the TOP of whatever measuring vessel you're using. Pan should be hot. Add some cloves and cardamom if you like. Also salt. Pretty soon you'll have hot dry rice, salt and spices in a hot pan and a boiled kettle. Now take your measuring vessel and put in 2x the amount of rice BUT ABOUT 1CM SHY OF THE RIM! The water will start bubbling immediately. Lid on and simmer - it should be bubbling nicely but not boiling over and not just farting along - somewhere inbetween. For a small mug of rice (serves 2) and 2 scant mugs of water, this takes me about 7 mins. You can tell when it's up because all the water will be boiled off and the bottom grains of rice will have started to stick to the pan.

At this stage you'll have undercooked rice with the bottom ones starting to stick to the pan. That's fine. Now turn the hob off and leave the rice for SEVEN MINUTES. Fluff up and serve.

30 minutes on medium in the microwave

no offense but you strike me more as a bike guy than as a food guy

Cheers this is exactly the kind of advice I was looking for!
Will try this tomorrow and report back!

It also depends on the rice you buy. It's pretty hard to mush up basmati so maybe try with another brand. My favourite is Laila.

I cook them covered and I use boiling water at 1.8:1 ratio instead of room temperature (I do wash but not drain hence the odd ratio). First on high heat then when it boils give the pot a couple of forward-backward shake and turn down the heat and cook till water dries/rice is translucent.

Never ever open the lid unless it's boiling over and oh ya clear lid is a must as it allows you to monitor when the rice is done!

Any clues on the vintage of this ridiculous old lighter?

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Looks Tudor

Bill era.

you strike me more as a bike guy than as a food guy

I'm a "good enough" guy in both cases, and that means good enough for me, not good enough for the quarter final of masterchef.

If you soak the rice it will be a bit stickier but won't be all that different. To get the right amount of water just fill the pan until the rice is about 1cm below the level of the water.

This product:
https://www.lordgunbicycles.co.uk/fsa-bb386evo-sram-gxp-bottom-bracket-reducer-road

FSA BB386EVO Sram GXP bottom bracket reducer

Adapts Sram GXP road crankset into BB386EVO shells with a PF30 bottom
bracket already installed.

I don't understand why it mentions a PF30 BB. I've got a frame that takes bb386 and some GXP cranks. Will this work to make them fit?

I don't understand why it mentions a PF30 BB

Because it's just a set of top hat bushes to fit the 24/22mm GXP axle into 30mm ID bearings. It will work if you have 30mm ID bearings installed in an 86mm wide shell.

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so it's a bb386 -> pf30 -> gxp convertor?

so it's a bb386 -> pf30 -> gxp convertor?

No, just a 386 to GXP, but 386EVO bearings are just PF30 bearing pressed into a wider shell.

It will work if you have 30mm ID bearings installed in an 86mm wide shell.

What do you mean by this? I have a GXP crankset and bb386 frame with no bb.

What do you mean by this?

You need a set of bearings as well as those adapter bushes in order to get your GXP cranks to work in your 386EVO shell.

ok, thanks.

cheapish skinny black jeans that won't tear at the crotch as soon as I look at a bike?

I've had two pairs of cheap mondays last over a year now in spite of lots of cycling. I think they're called 'friday'.