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LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)
Still reading through all 19-something-pages right now so maybe already asked - serious but not serious question - could the forum not just be geo-blocked to deny access to those accessing from the UK?
At least I could still access it here in EUland, and everyone else who's abandoned ship :)
Or anyone with a VPN..
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That does look nice, and agree they do look good with silver parts.
Found this one from Instagram with black parts too that doesn't look too shabby
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I think I've checked their site every year for 10 or more years trying to decide what to get & eventually not ordering anything.
The geometries on the OTP framesets are kinda funky for the large sizes so I've never been able to commit to buying one & for some reason I didn't really want to settle on a track frame - not entirely sure why, but maybe 10 years ago they just seemed too expensive.
However since then the price of everything else in the world has gone up but the Panasonic frame prices (particularly with the JPY exchange rate) don't seem have changed at all.
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Via Alex's Cycles but yeah the order goes straight to Panasonic to double-check and get to work on.
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Here we go
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Up north (of France).
It was supposed to arrive around April/May - ready to cruise around all summer on - but production delays unfortunately mean that didn't quite happen.
It might end up with mudguards.. not sure yet.
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I put together a single-speed.
I've been commuting on the heavy 'dad' bike for many years and it's been a long time since I've had something fun to just hop onto when not delivering a sprog somewhere.
I snapped last summer when I saw two 3Renshos within a week and I wondered why I didn't have anything fun to commute on. Considered something cheap but in the end ordered a Panasonic as I've always been a fan of the team colours - and the JPY was crashing.
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https://bikerumor.com/what-happened-to-kona-bikes-sea-otter/
A supposed disgruntled employee also has things to say down in the comments too.
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No idea what the geometry is going to be yet so that's quite hard to say and the Strael does look nice.
But for me personally I already have a Secan so don't really fancy having another Fairlight that would be visually so similar :)
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New rando-bike coming from Ritchey:
https://theradavist.com/ritchey-montebello-randonneuring-bike-outback-p-29er-frames-and-more/
Stuck in Paris under a pile of bikes.