Thrustvector

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• Workwear; or, Dandy rigouts in which to perform manual labour.

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 year, 1 month

  

  Not exactly dandy, but William Lennon do safety boots, and will IIRC let you spec colour/leather if you want; their MTO time is usually a couple of months though. https://williamlennon.co.uk/product-category/safety-footwear/

• Alfine 11 - Oil change or grease replacement?

  in General • 1 year, 1 month

  

  The CTC/Cycling UK forums' IGH guru 'Brucey' used to swear by running the Shimano hubs in a semi-fluid grease rather than oil. This was the IGH megathread, but I'm pretty sure a search will bring up Alfine-specific ones as well: https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?t=93935

• The working from home thread: tips and advice

  in COVID-19 • 1 year, 1 month

  

  It's a Razer Kiyo webcam that I was given for a previous freelance gig. It has a built-in ring light that works pretty well - the whole thing sits just above the monitor.

• Brompton owners

  in General • 1 year, 1 month

  

  They're currently selling rear lights that they claim will fit bikes with or without the rack, so presumably it's still the same.

• The working from home thread: tips and advice

  in COVID-19 • 1 year, 1 month

  

  Yeah, I have a decent mic & webcam with ring light already; will aim to get a budget monitor and spend most of my budget on chair and keyboard.

• The working from home thread: tips and advice

  in COVID-19 • 1 year, 1 month

  

  Started a new job recently, which is mostly remote, and have been told I have £500 to spend on home office kit as I wish. I already have an ok desk and a 24" monitor, so I guess priorities are decent office chair, laptop docking station, second monitor (24" is fine), and (if budget permits) a better keyboard. What are the best options within my budget? It looks like second-hand USB-C Dell docking stations are £60-ish on eBay, and unless there are better suggestions was going to go with an IKEA office chair, which probably leaves ~£250 for monitor and keyboard?

• Spotted...

  in General • 1 year, 2 months

  

  Green Hewitt in Hyde Park this afternoon near the half-marathon finish. Saw the LFGSS sticker on the mudguard and shouted 'Do a skid'; got a thumbs-up instead.

• Brompton owners

  in General • 2 years, 11 months

  

  But they're HHSB as fuck, so swings and roundabouts...

• Brompton owners

  in General • 2 years, 11 months

  

  Any guesses on what the new model they're teasing on their socials is?

• Brompton owners

  in General • 3 years, 1 month

  

  So the P-line rear triangle now won't take an SA hub, right? Guess that puts the kibosh on my plans to one day upgrade my M6 to an M6-X.