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I am looking for recommendations for a winter commuting jacket that breath like a technical cycling jacket, but it's more fashionable and a more relaxed fit, so that I can use it off the bike as well. Something to use during Winter in London. I tried a few (including the Chrome Storm), and I sweat in all of them even when it's 0 degrees out there.
Until a few years ago, there used to be a few jackets that met all requirements, most of them made out of Schoeller fabric, but now I can't find any. I don't know what happened to Schoeller.
I can only find Mission Workshop, but they are way too expensive and not really convenient to order them with shipping from US.

I posted one few days ago in the Classifieds section https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/381025/

I am selling a Baratza Sette 30 (RRP £280) coffee grinder, which I upgraded with a Baratza Sette 270 Adjustment Assembly (RRP £80, and hard to find in UK) in order to make it stepless and micro-adjustable. If you are into coffee, you know what I am talking about.
Total RRP £360, I am asking for £200.

It's used, but in mint condition. It served me very well in the last year of home espresso brewing. It's an awesome grinder, very fast, and great grind quality, but I am warning you this machine is hella noisy! If you don't mind 13 seconds of loud noise in the morning (you will wake up your partner if you use it at 6am), or if you are going to use it in a noisy place anyway, then it's a fantastic grinder imo and the price is a good deal.. if I say so myself :D

He barely mentions that technique in the book. Please give him another chance, the book is amazing.

I am reading Kenji López-Alt's new book and joined the wok cookery fun. My first observation is that seasoning the wok is like lubricating a bike chain, that is, a common mistake people do in both cases is they put too much oil.

Many horror posts about faulty Miche Primato cranks on r/FixedGearBicycle last week got me stressed and I finally put on those Stronglight. So far I can say that chain alignment and clearance are very similar. I will report back on how they ride.

I got myself some Stronglight 2000. I will report back after some usage

If you spot more differences, I am curious to see more pictures now.

Regarding the Stronglight Track 2000, I am wondering if I can use the same Shimano square taper BB I have been using with the Miche Primato, or will I need a dedicated BB? I know that Sugino, for example, really have their own not-JIS standard of BBs.

very interesting! Does it have a model number on the crank arm that we can use to distinguish old model from new model?

if you don't need the length, bcd or aesthetics that square taper track cranksets offer then there may be better ways to spend your money.

can you elaborate on that?

@Zebra @M_V Did you have good experience with Stronglight? do you recommend them?

After going through this thread, I am getting paranoid about riding a Miche Primato Advanced. Is there any particular model that I should check mine against, or I should just accept that it will snap at some point and replace it with something more reliable? (a Sugino 75 perhaps?)

out in the wild

That's not specific to this collab though, they have internal routing on the new stock Vigorelli as well 🤷🏻‍♂️ https://cinelli.it/en/prodotti/vigorelli-en/

Let's not distract folks from the wrongest thing here, which is the Inter branding 😬

https://www.wingedstore.com/inter-x-cinelli-230

As a Napoli supporter, I strongly disapprove of this collab.

To me it looks more like @ekudduke's Stayer, but with a steel fork.

Name Quantity
Owl 1
3c70 1
Mustardbeak 2
5_3_1 1
ATZ 1
GRM 1
Adroit 2
Josh 1
Geoffnotsle 1
Not_Alex_Smith 1
King_Saxlingham 1
Psg1Ben 2
Creek_tebsin 1
EB 1
Dethbeard 1
Aglet 1
Dsalmon 1
Oldslowjoe 1
kl 1
Sodha 1
Moocher 1
Caveatgez 1
Yepre 1
Bearlegged 1
Si_Mon628 1
Kurai 1
Ibob 1
CrossedThread 1
Yukirin 1
MaxMurmann 1
Clipon 2
Crow 2
HMA 1
ArfurPill 1
El_Presidente 1
Pathracer 1
Doubleodavey 1
Charliecardboard 1
Boomboom 2
steelest 1

To clarify, I have tried a pair in both sizes, but I can't try to cycle in them.
The size down is quite snug, the size up is more comfortable. It's also a bit of an odd fit, because the sole is even more rigid than, say, the Vans sole. Weirdly, both sizes slip a bit on the heel 🤷🏻‍♂️ If I were to use them only as casual shoes (without cycling), I would size up, but when I cycle I usually like a snug fit (on my SIDI, for example), especially on fixed. Hence the hard choice.

I got myself a pair of Adidas Velosamba that I want to use for fixed-gear commuting and for touring on single speed. I am right in the middle of two sizes. Unfortunately I can't try them on the bike with cleats on, otherwise I will not be able to return them. If anyone in this thread has been using them in the past months, would you recommend to size up or down?

Can I cheer for a comeback of the Stayer wheels with tanwall Vittoria? I loved how they matched with the frame. The fact that I own Stayer+Vittoria on my track bike is pure coincidence :D

I added a review to my post.

First of the season for me. E5 Bakehouse. London Fields.

I couldn't figure out exactly what flour the shortcrust is made of, it's probably a mix of flours, but whatever it is, it really brings it to the party. It has some notes of buckwheat, but it's as flaky as white flour. The buttery texture reminded me of my nonna countrystyle crostata. This doesn't mean the mince is a secondary player in this pie. The mince has that perfect granularity. It's not a mash, you can see the distinct pieces, but it's not dry either. Very subtle, but elegant notes of brandy. Not as good as the crust, which is a miracle on its own, but still good. Maybe I am biased, because it was the first MP for me after almost two years, but it was 4.5--5 stars for me. Of course, the catch is the price. I don't know exactly how much I paid for it, because I bought other things along with it, but it was around 5£ for 2 small pies. The Sugino DD2 of mince pies. Expensive, but worth it.

Left hand drive 🤩

A question for anyone here who has built a bike from a recent Precursa frame. Does the headtube need reaming and facing, or it's good to go out of the box?