Any question answered...

They're edible at least once.

You are Rob... #ICM5P ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmmk3RCz6SI

Them magic shrooms then? :D

Dibs.

Wrong time of year for them really, but it has been a bit wet in places.

It's from my chillies plants which are watered daily!

I'm putting an 11speed MTB cassette on a '10speed' MTB hub (slx on m525).

The lock ring only turns about half a turn before it's right. Barely any threads engaged. Are there special long cassette lock rings for this purpose?

Sure it's a mtb cassette?

Yeah, came with a full slx group and has a dinner plate sized big sprocket...

What do they look like underneath? I'd probably not risk it anyway until someone who knows their shit can confirm.

The lock ring only turns about half a turn before it's right

Tight as in hard to turn, or tight as in it has compressed the cassette so that all the sprockets are immobilised? First thing to check is that you can run the lock ring in to full depth by hand with no sprockets mounted on the freehub body. If you can't, there's an issue with either the freehub body female thread or the lock ring male thread. Check for any damage, burrs or captured foreign objects. Don't go any further until you can pass this step. Thread damage typically occurs when the lock ring has been cross threaded, which is easy for the ham fisted to do as the helix angle is so shallow.
Next check that you have all the parts assembled in the right order, with the right clocking, and properly seated against one another. Once that's done, the lock ring shouldn't even touch the lock ring spacer until you have at least a couple of turns engaged, so you can get a decent amount of engagement by hand tightening before you set about it with the wrench.

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The International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) doesnt seem to clearly show:
Where I can do an exam and how much it will cost.

Anyone done such a qualification? Will it be absolutely as hateful as I expect it to be?

Some kind of Mycena I'd think. Probably Mycena vitilis: https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/mycena-vitilis.php but theres a few similar ones in the same genus.

Is there any alternative (preferably cheaper ) for a 26” susp corrected fork with fittings for a rack other than the Surly Troll?

Thanks.

I've tried all that and the freehub body is definitely too short. It must be an 8/9 speed only hub. (FH M525 VIA-M)

Edit: reading back what I've typed it sounds wrong, but I'm positive the lock ring and hub threads are fine and the cassette properly installed - yet the lock ring won't properly engage.

It must be an 8/9 speed only hub

8/9-speed HG freehubs take 10-speed HG cassettes, in most cases with a 1mm spacer because of the undercut on 10-speed cassettes with spider-mounted big sprockets. I thought the 11-speed MTB cassettes were supposed to have an even bigger undercut to allow them to fit on 8/9/10-speed hubs too.

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I thought the same! It's quite odd.

They're quite old hubs to be fair. But I was running them 9 speed so I'd expected it all to work fine.

Anyone know what kind of BB I need for an '08 Fuji Track with Stronglight Track 2000 square taper crankset? I know I could just remove it and have a look but if someone knows then I only have to rent tools for one day rather than 2. Cheers

Anyone know what kind of BB I need for an '08 Fuji Track with Stronglight Track 2000 square taper crankset?

Search suggests a 107mm one (BSA, JIS).

Ribble also suggests it, for example the Stronglight JP 400 bottom bracket:

Use with a standard 107mm JP 400 Model (Conical Square) bottom bracket or JP Track Square Drive bottom bracket

Thanks for that, I was foolishly focusing my search on the frame rather than the cranks.

Thanks for that, I was foolishly focusing my search on the frame rather than the cranks.

Most welcome. Well, the bottom bracket still has to fit the frame (BSA/68mm), so you weren't wrong.

Maybe your 11s mtb cassette has the 1.85mm spacer needed for 11s road bodies attached to it.

Dipping back in - is an older Shimano compact double square taper crankset (maybe 105?) still something that is made? Don’t really know Shimano’s line much. Trying to figure out where to look for a spare crank...