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Crossover appears to run well on Apple Silicon with Rosetta 2, which is quite a feat, if you think about it.

https://www.macrumors.com/2020/11/18/run-windows-software-on-m1/

Still interested in the Nittos?

I do. Some silver Sharpie positioning marks on the rails and a couple of tiny scuffs on the underside, but otherwise spotless.

Boxed with assembly instructions: £25.
Collect from N22 (too bulky to post!).

D'oh – not your fault – reading fail on my part... SJS reckon the 450 bars are Reach: 105mm C-C
and Drop: 120mm C-C. These look to be the same.

Does this help?

Planet X

Teckno

Edited to add the missing bar sizes!

SOLD Shimano Ultegra 6800 Carbon SPD-SL Road Pedals: £40

Light wear from use, but excellent condition.*

Nitto B135AA Alloy Drop Randonneur Handlebars - 31.8mm Clamp - Silver - 420mm: £20

Bought from someone here a year ago, but never fitted – they're too narrow for me. Some cosmetic clamp marks.

Planet X compact drop bars – 31.8mm clamp – 440mm – black: £5

Bit sticky from bar tape, but otherwise great condition.

Teckno drop bars – 31.8mm clamp – black - 420mm: £5

Bit sticky from bar tape, but otherwise great condition.

Topeak Beam Rack MTX - E Type: £10

With full seat of seat post shims, rear light mount and reflector. Great condition.

Collect from north London or handover somewhere mutually convenient, but can also post if you cover the cost.

Brake levers are old, but are in pretty good condition.

TAKEN: Eazy Wheels are used, but working.

Will also throw in two brackets that I think came from my old Brompton – the other bits did and they're all in the same box...

Also a pair of plastic toe clips – no straps.

Collect from north London, but happy to post if you cover the cost.

SOLD Fulcrum Racing Sport Clincher Wheelset Shimano/SRAM 11 Speed + Conti GP Four Seasons tyres: £50

Wheels are in excellent condition – the stickers are a bit grimy, but the rims and braking surface are fine (those are cat hairs on the rear hub...). Tyres are in so-so nick.

PRICE DROP: Vision Team 30 Clincher Road Wheelset: £80

A couple of light scratches on the rims and a few sticker scrapes, all from tyre levers – these were a very tight fit with Conti GP4000s, but no issues with other tyres I used.

Collection only from north London.

Sold to vilms5000!

Some cosmetic scratches, but only lightly used – they were a failed experiment and have been in the parts bin for some time.

£10 + however you want them posting, or pickup from N22, or I can hand them over at a safe distance in north London (TBA).

In my big castoff drawer I have

1. Castelli red Nanoflex arm warmers (medium, but on the small side)
   
2. DHB black thermal knee warmers
   
3. DHB black merino leg warmers
   
   

All barely worn – the arm warmers are too snug for my cyclist arms and the leg warmers' latex grippers irritate my skin.

I had the Sony WF-1000XM3 and eventually returned them. The sound was very good, but they're awkward to jam in the ear. More importantly, they had an unreliable BT connection and would often 'crash' to the extent that they'd stop playing and responding to controls, needing a hard reset.

I switched to AirPods Pro and couldn't be happier. Other than the simple macOS/iOS pairing process, I can't see why using them with Windows would be an issue, but I have no experience of that.

I'm struggling with these. I really want to like them (and I've eaten several), but I find the base bland and 'bready' – maybe because they're gluten-free? I found the Rainbow one with chard in my local shop this week, but I couldn't eat it – though to be fair, that was because I accidentally cooked it on its cardboard base...

That looks very much like the one I saw (from a safe distance)!

Spotted this monster today, on a web that was maybe 2 x 1 feet. Couldn’t get a closer photo, for fear of ending up like Frodo.

I have a stem mount somewhere. Not sure about the rubber bands to fix it, though. I'll dig through the bike accessory storage unit this evening.

Canned banana blossom. I’ve had this fresh in restaurants as tempura and loved it, but its appearance was extremely off-putting from the can (I think John Hurt had this stuck to his face in the late 70s). It tasted OK coated in panko breadcrumbs and baked, but was nothing special. I won’t be trying this again.

Bins? https://youtu.be/MgMwphJECVY

This black thing fell off the top of a cupboard in January. At first glance, it looked like a rotten piece of foam about 30mm long and it felt firm and rubbery.

A closer look showed it to be a moth pupa and while I figured it was probably long dead, I thought I'd keep it inside for a while, just in case.

Then in March, I came home to find the end had been neatly sheared off and the pupa was empty. Clearly something had emerged, but I couldn't immediately see anything obvious in the house. I then spotted a large wasp on the window – which I'm fairly certain was an ichneumonids wasp – possibly amblyteles armatorius. I didn't have the presence of mind to take a photo.

I captured it and released it outside, but it was still drowsy and I suspect it was too early in the year for it to survive – I think the warmth of the house had upset its schedule.

We made these masks a couple weeks ago (with a second fabric as an insert), but the behind-the-head fastening doesn't work that well with elastic straps – they need to go behind the ears. They're otherwise very comfortable to wear and quick to make if you have a sewing machine.

Some interesting reading about the best materials for a DIY mask on that site, too.

If you've ended up with a supply of lentils and can get you hands on a few other ingredients, I can confirm that this red lentil soup recipe is delicious. It's from this book and all its recipes have so far been amazing (and really simple).

This is a simple, comforting soup that you can cook quite quickly as the lentils don’t need pre-soaking. if you don’t like it too spicy, reduce the amount of dried and fresh chilli, or leave out altogether. I’ve served the soup with roasted caramelized carrots and crushed toasted cashew nuts, but you could try it with a raw grated carrot salad.

SERVES 2–3 (two in our house...)

• 3–4 large carrots, preferably purple ones (we use ordinary ones), cut into large chunks or batons
• 2 tablespoons olive oil or melted coconut oil
• 1–2 teaspoons maple syrup
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 small red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
• 2.5cm (1in) piece fresh root ginger, peeled and grated
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon dried red chilli flakes, plus extra for sprinkling
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin or coriander
• 200g (7oz) split red lentils, rinsed and drained
• 600ml (20fl oz) hot Cooked Vegetable Stock
• 2 tablespoons cashew nuts
• salt and pepper

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F) Gas Mark 6.
   
2. To caramelize the carrots, put them in a bowl and mix with 1 tablespoon of the oil, the maple syrup and some seasoning. Tip them into a roasting tray and roast in the oven for 20—30 minutes, or until tender and golden.
   
3. While the carrots are roasting make the soup: heat the remaining oil in a large saucepan, add the onion, fresh red chilli, ginger and garlic and fry gently for 4–5 minutes until softened.
   
4. Add the chilli flakes and cumin or coriander and cook, stirring, for a few minutes.
   
5. Add the red lentils and stock. Bring to the boil, then turn the heat down and simmer, part-covered, for 20 minutes, or until the lentils are tender.
   
6. Before serving, toast the cashew nuts. Put the cashews in a large, dry frying pan and toast over a medium heat for 3–4 minutes, tossing the pan occasionally, until golden all over. Tip the nuts into a bowl and leave to cool, then finely chop.
   
7. To serve, ladle the soup into bowls, top with the roasted carrots, toasted cashews and a sprinkling of chilli flakes.
   
   

Nutrition tip
• Red lentils are a good plant source of iron and serving with the toasted cashews adds a second burst of this anaemia-protective mineral too.

A HANDFUL of chopped coriander leaves would also make a great topping.
SERVE with grilled flatbread or naan bread.
ADD some cubes of oven-roasted tofu or grilled aubergine.
USE less stock and serve as a lentil dahl or accompaniment.

It's good practice to use a tap safe additive product but a few weeks without using it is unlikely to harm the fish. It's more important it has relatively clean and unpolluted water at the right temperature and some grub to eat.

To that end if the tank is near a window then lower the blind a bit which will shade the tank and hopefully marginally improve the water quality and pollutants in the tank.

Great, thanks. Will do, then I'll take it from there.

You should also punch whoever was responsible for getting it in the office and who then decided it wasn't their responsibility

Tell me about it...

Just tap water? Does it need treating in any way first? I know nothing about fish... I'm led to believe the tank is filthy and has no gravel.