spinnnout

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• Headset tool

  in Open Toolbox • 3 days, 10 hours

  

  KT6 about counts as London right?! but may not be convenient, drop me a message if something might work.

• LFGSS Stickers - buy stickers the money goes to the forum

  in Components and clothing • 3 days, 21 hours

  

  Tombstone sticker with RIP LFGSS?

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• LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)

  in Forums • 5 days, 12 hours

  

  On the other hand, I have met user @amey so it's not all been good

  LoLed in the street

  ❤️ lufus

• LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)

  in Forums • 5 days, 13 hours

  

  I think you're joking, but if you're not:

  https://www.lfgss.com/microcosms/556/

  Yes, joking to cope, not ready to write the obituary yet..

• LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)

  in Forums • 5 days, 13 hours

  

  Has anyone ever considered setting up LFGSS as a bike club, maybe register with BC or something?

• LFGSS Stickers - buy stickers the money goes to the forum

  in Components and clothing • 5 days, 14 hours

  

  If the worst happens.. can we have a sticker to mark the occasion, my fingers remain crossed.

• Holt my beer, again, Faran and others

  in Current Projects • 5 days, 14 hours

  

  Thanks, great lights and company. Sent an old Strada in for repair and they upsold me this one at a decent price and included the custom length cable.

  Also, forgot the new bike jewelry which given the very road setup, has missed the mark (for now) haha.. Cements my place as an aging millennial :D

• Holt my beer, again, Faran and others

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• Holt my beer, again, Faran and others

  in Current Projects • 5 days, 15 hours

  

  Don't know what to say :/

  The forum news is pretty numbing, had to get away from the desk for a bit. Thanks all for all the little insights and tips over the years. Love this place.

  Went out and checked the bike for rattles after yesterdays rebuild, fitted some new pads and here it is. Pretty happy with the extra long remote switch Exposure made up, fake dynamo.

• Holt my beer, again, Faran and others

  in Current Projects • 6 days, 9 hours

  

  The year is 2017. I've signed up to be a sports science guinea pig. The pay? Just enough to snag the new Hope 20FIVE hoops. Sure, there are other "perks"—if you can call a VO2 max test a perk—but #crossiscoming, need those wheels for the CX bike.

  For five weeks straight, I'll be doing one-hour, all-out tests on a static bike. No music, no clock, no data. Just me, the bike, and my own thoughts. Time stops. Nearly walk away after the baseline test but those Hope hoops, they're gonna change eveything this season.

  

  Fast forward seven years, and, well… I hated those wheels. Honestly, I’m not even sure it was a good CX season. Fark that sports study and the rims - narrow, hard to mount tyres on, never set up tubeless nicely, and now they’re dinged and outdated. Salvaged the hubs and dropped them off with Arkane for a rebuild on something much wider.

  

  Rule #1 of tubeless setup, if the first wheel goes up easily, the 2nd is going to ruin the afternoon.
  First one mounted by hand, popped it on with a floor pump, no soap and away. grrr, got there in the end..
  

  For the keen-eyed, if you're still reading (well done, by the way), you might have noticed the rogue spoke on the old rim. Yeah, that thing had the last laugh.
  

  It's dark now, no pictures of the bike but despite the blood, sweat and nearly tears, finished with a big grin. The winter bike vision for the Faran is nearly complete-ish.