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so when you strap that to bars using the webbing at the 'front' the zip will open towards the front of the bike and everything will fall out?

Webbing goes all the way round.

When TNF is the cheaper option... Somethings amiss in price strategy.

Quite. Although - similarly to certain (but my no means all) Rapha products - I consider them good value in the sense they’re products generally do job excellently, and particularly in the case of TNF, are bombproof, which - certainly for me at least - is worth paying for. That said, I’ve never paid full price for any Rapha or TNF products, and I probably never would unless I needed it immediately.

Rapha bar bag seems way overpriced considering the North Face equivalent is £15-20, is bombproof, holds nearly twice as much, has more mounting points than you can shake a sick at and comes in a bunch of colours if that’s your thing.

Add straps of choice, Velcro / voile / webbing etc. and it’s still half the price.

https://www.surfdome.com/North-Face-Base-Camp-Travel-Canister-Wash-Bag/sd504967.htm

Best free shopping list apps for iPhone? Basically just want a working list of regular items I can delete from/add to easily and cross stuff out as I go.

Anylist!! You can categorise, make as many lists as you want and most importantly your other half can make the list and it’s sync’d instantly.

nth dibs for this if everyone else backs out.

That would be quite handy, seems the general consensus is that the A600 is still king amongst ‘light roady-ish orientated SPD pedals’

I’ve got pairs 5+ years old still going strong.

yeah, i might risk the ES600... especially as they are cheaper than the A600, but still have the metal bearing gubbins. just seems odd I can literally only find one proper review.

Did you try these in the end? How'd you get on?

Nth dibs xtr pedals

And I thought our ‘Swoon’ stuff was expensive... (but happy wife happy life).. we got a big set of drawers, dressing table and two bedside tables - all solid wood, dovetail joints etc. - for under £900 delivered.

Fuck my arse.

You could buy the wood, heck you could buy the fucking power tools AND hire a freelance chippy for a couple of days and have change left over for what a couple of these things would cost..

/rant

That sounds like quite a lot for tax, my dirty disel Octavia is under £200 and certainly isn’t ULEZ compliant, considering both are based on emissions, although this is 5 years older.

Yeah I was just about to link to that, don’t know why I didn’t think of it before.

Any good?

Edit, ignore it’s not what it appears to be.

Re: fork, your troll is 420mm a-c, most 26” rigid forks are around 425mm so it would be an ideal swap and the geo would remain very similar.

Also, FWIW, I wouldn’t throw loads of money at the bike if you’re still not 100% sure it’s what you want or if you’ll keep it long term. Try and spend as little as possible getting it to a point where you’re happy. You can always upgrade bits and pieces later and you’ll still have the cheaper parts you end up removing which can be used for other projects. If you throw money at it and end up deciding to get a new bike altogether you’ll potentially have wasted a fair bit of cash, plus £££ doesn’t necessarily = fun, sometimes it’s quite the opposite!

http://ridewithgps.com/ ?

Delete the regular payment and create a new one seems to be the easiest solution. I think you have to do it on desktop, not mobile/app.

This may help.

Yeh your call, try AliExpress and sort by orders.

You could get a 26” mtb rigid fork, problem might be A-C, most are around 425-440mm, most gravel forks are 390-400.

There can’t be many (or any?) straight steerer carbon ‘gravel’ type forks.

I’ve got flat mount spyres in as new condition if you’re still looking and your frame is FM.

Yeh you can’t beat learning by doing.

And re: the frame course, the general consensus seems to be doing one frame building course won’t make you a ‘frame builder’ it’s just a nice way to be able to build yourself a frame in a controlled environment with the guarantee that you won’t be allowed to balls it up.

That’s the bit about frame building in general that always blows my mind is the measuring and mitring all the tubes and angles etc. I have no idea how you go about achieving that level of accuracy, although I guess with things like bikecad etc a lot of it can be worked out in advance, but I imagine - like many trades - the craftsmanship comes with repeat experience that no amount of computer help can replicate.

That is a very lovely thing indeed.

The headset cap in particular is wonderful. You could sell a bucket load of those I’m sure, if you had the inclination.

Very much looking forward to seeing this come to fruition.

Anyone got a Carnac Podium SL? Is it any good? Got any pics on your bonce?

https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/HECAPODSL/carnac-podium-sl-road-helmet