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Notes innit.

Google Keep is good.

I want to (will) use a single speed Torpedo hub and will check tonight whether I have an offset cog on it and if so, which way it’s flipped.

Wunderlist

Google Keep is good.

Seconded. If you name a list 'shopping' it will make (educated) guesses at what your fat thumbs are typing. Plus it has check boxes and the ability to mass delete/uncheck.

I want to (will) use a single speed Torpedo hub

I don't think I'd compromise my frame design in order to use something which is in every way imaginable inferior to a flip-flop hub. Then again, I wouldn't even use a flip-flop hub, as being able to swap from fixed to free is one of those things which seems like a good idea but turns out in most cases just to be a way of carrying around an unused sprocket or freewheel for years.

Thanks, will take that under advisement.

Would it be sinful to wrap a stainless steel frame in camo Gaffa tape?

Don't want anyone perving on my Cr-Ni-Cu but CBA with fucking about with another probably infuriating respray process

Yes.

Vinyl wrap it instead. Should be a lot cleaner to remove later and not look like a pile of crap.

Black vinyl wrap? use a scalpel to cut the bolt holes etc.

My current tires are labeled as 37mm but they measure out to just over 35.
I certainly could fit a 40mm in there but I'm happy with the current fit and feel of what I'm rolling with, so I may just stay with that size and not have to do any finangling with the frame.
Being specifically for a slow shopper/pootler, I feel the contained nature of the hub with it's integrated brake is perfect for this application. The Torpedo from this era ('61) is of course vastly superior to what is currently available from Shimano et al.

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[Sachs] Torpedo from this era ('61)

Ah, thought you were talking SRAM Torpedo. I mean, I wouldn't touch a coaster brake with a 10 foot pole either, but at least now I'm rejecting the right thing :)

Pootling along with my ears closed, la la la.

Legend, thanks man.

Thanks dude, I need 110bcd track and Stone is one of the few options I think..

Can anyone recommend me a winter road bike, or give me an idea of where to start looking, for using c.28mm tyres and full guards, disc brakes. I'm not looking for a do-it-all bike, I'd like something fast, fairly light, with aggressive geometry.

I'm not exactly sure how far eg. a CAADX would approach the feeling of riding a CAAD12, or whether a Ribble would feel sluggish. Maybe my best approach would be to look for as small a frame as possible with a long stem?

You can also interact with your shopping list with Google assistant. Quite useful adding stuff with your voice.

Look at the Trek Checkpoint range

I like todoist although it may be a bit of overkill.

Don't buy a CX bike if you stick to the road. The OG winter road bike is a bit dead since everyone is buying a gravel / adventure bike these days. What's your budget?

The ALR looks nice, but I wonder how it would compare with my summer bike (XL in the chart) with 409mm frame reach, 120mm stem, 80mm reach on the bars, 595mm stack. The biggest Trek (61cm) has 397 reach 638mm stack.

If I sized down to 58, the stack would be significantly less (609mm), reach 391mm, and I could maybe run a big old 140mm stem? There are many other aspects of geometry I am ignoring here I guess

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@Lolo yeah, I've got a gravel bike, and I quickly realised it's not going to do everything in the way I want it to.

I'm planning ahead for next winter, £800 frameset would be the top end I think

The Trek looks to be a few cm taller on the head tube per size than your summer bike. You could always use a -17 degree stem for that pro look.

You're not far away with a CAAD12.
My CAAD12 Disc has 30mm Schwalbe G-One speed (on a Hunt wheelset) on.
28s and you might be able to find guards, albeit something like Raceblades