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Also, those Carradice panniers go so nicely with your pink MS!

This is the kind of answer I wanted!! Will tell Surly to put even more mounts on their forks...

Thanks for input to all of the above. I hastily bid on a pizza rack on Ebay and fitted it today.
Feels great and very sturdy.

Can't help thinking it sits very high on the fork, and worrying about high up weight. Will be using this bike as a tourer next year so will likely have weight on the platform and front panniers as well as on the rear rack.

Would it be really silly to try mounting it in the eyelets above the dropouts and flipping/ modifying a bracket to connect A) to the fork crown as normal or B) to the mid-fork dropouts via some bodged mount?

Am I overthinking it/ crazy/ hoping for the wrong results from this rack?

Should I just get a Blackburn Outpost/ Surly Nice rack/ something actually meant for what I want

Excuse the sloppy photoshop...

EDIT: Drunk brain didn't realise the rack top would sit in the middle of my tyre - please laugh at me

(Deleted to cross-post to https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/265879/?offset=1275#comment17598458)

Will take Velo Orange if RickyT doesn't!!!

Aaah wish I'd seen this before I left work - both on my way home but won't be on the bike tomorrow!

Love the colour but will hold out for a Go

Anyone got an Aeropress Go for sale?

Brilliant! It's this by Sergison Bates https://sergisonbates.com/en/projects/high-beach-villa-epping
some good interior shots here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DAEYKJbOt4N/?igsh=MWNlMmk2eTlkdGQ5Zw==

To un-derail my thread derailment, here's my ride-by time lapse of North Peckham estate's wonderful brick tower through the seasons, which I've been doing over the past year. Anyone else doing anything similar?

Edit: pictures uploaded out of order, so you can decide on an order

1 for me

Not convinced Jeremy Clarkson and the daily Mail are taking notes on me waiting patiently at a red light. But sure, incidents like this definitely shift the narrative their way

Don't think I agree with such a blanket statement on lights (I usually feel safer leaving junctions early and avoiding cars by running lights - but only when no one is crossing), but in this situation there was definitely no excuse.

Yes definitely his fault - I left at the next green but he didn't look like he was getting away/ pedestrian he hit was with him, so imagine they must have..

Witnessed a pretty bad collision last night on my way home outside Southwark station between a guy on a bike and a pedestrian. Cyclist cut the light and slammed into pedestrian crossing the road - both went down pretty hard but guy on bike was hurt worse. Didn't stick around as lots of people were assisting, but really makes me think twice about my own cutting of the same set of lights before...

seconds on the Motion pants if the above doesn't work out ^^

Looks just the job - Lumintop site suggests 25.4mm Diameter so that could work with the 25mm mount - "GoPro to 25mm - Compatible with all lights with approximately 25mm diameter"

edit: review linked above says it measures at 25.3mm, so guessing that would work with the above mount

Also looking at this, but the mount looks pretty flimsy (and ugly). Anyone know of alternative mounts?

@Velocio Would you be able to move this thread to Current projects please?

Throughout all its iterations, including many tyre swaps, a few stems before I found a thomson, I've kept a pretty consistent hill-based ratio on 49:18/19, and kept both brakes on for flexibility and downhill ease. Made the switch to freewheel for the first time last month after some knee pains, but definitely miss the feeling and of fixed, and am wary of wearing down the brake track on these rims if I carried on without the 'extra' brake fixed provides.

Again, moving back home after uni unlocked new uses of this bike, which has become my commuter since starting work last year. A front rack and mudguards made it more sensible, but chunky tyres and fixed gear keep the fun alive in better weather.

Thought I'd add my other bikes here - Starting with my longest serving and overall most used Steamroller.

Picked this up on here over Lockdown - previous owner had it set up more Road-Fixed with Drops and deep section rims, but I went with a Tracklocross build, deciding for some reason to base the build around this local Ice Cream Van - complete with Mustard tyres and grips

I used to work in a local bike shop, so used my staff discount to pick up some new parts, built up a set of wheels and scoured the forums for some used bits to get this set up.

The first owner had Canti studs added on the back, which =proved really useful when I moved up to Sheffield, giving more confidence in Peak District fixie skidding with a backup rear brake. Will probably have some studs added to the fork at some point to give more tyre (Mud) clearance.

Damn pictures are in reverse order there

I've also since corrected bar/ hood angles in true BDHU fashion...

Forgot about this thread - anyone fancy a 3 year update?

Frame was fixed up by the brilliant Dave at Vernon Barker Cycles in Sheffield, who also switched out the old bottom bracket, allowing me to complete the groupset swap. I've kept the original DA/ Ambrosio wheelset on since, which work with one specific 11 speed Cassette.

The bike is lovely to ride, the only notable changes being a Shorter stem, Thomson seatpost (which messes up the fit with its setback but mmm Thomson) and the Gravelking slicks it's currently running - Marked as 26 but measure up under 25 on these rims, just clearing the frame.

Since moving back from Sheffield, its actually had more use, mainly because I picked up a sweet offroad rig (more on this later) and fell out of love with tarmac.

Had some nice adventures on this, including its first 'race' (Do Duathlons really count?) and a century+ ride to Southwold over the summer.
Currently on occasional Roadie duties and fast commutes on sunny days.

Had a chat with someone on a really lovely Blue Clandestine near Gray's Inn road on Friday evening - on ere?
I was the excited guy on the steamroller