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Truly sad news. Thank you Hayley for being so generous in spirit, eloquent and giving of your time and creativity even when so gravely ill. Wish I could’ve thanked you in person 💚 RIP friend

Ideally post-mount TRP Spyres or Avid BB7s? I’m debating a dirt drop build on my Cotic after flip flopping about it for the best part of two weeks haha

I'm used to being covered in shite on my rides

Can't relate. The c. two weeks I spent without a front guard on my Stayer were enough for me, full guards and flaps on everything!!!

Moving to eBay now.

Seconded, that flange is lovely.

You wait for a Coventry bus for ages, and then, they all show up. But not the one you were actually waiting for...
It's been that kind of month. Chronically ill colleague, taking on loaaaads of extra Y10, 11, 12 and 13 classes so more involved planning and teaching, lost both guinea pigs (one passed, one adopted by a friend), housemate of 11 years moved out today. And of course I picked the biggest glass shard on the Stayer yesterday...
Adversity makes for serenity, though, as I found myself breezing through this all with my head held high and seeking out the joys rather than the sorrows.
The front tire on the Stayer is pretty buggered for now, so it'll be the fixie/Rockhopper for a while until I can decide on an affordable semi-slick fast-rolling tan-wall durable-casing 650-45 tire replacement. How hard can it possibly be?
Suggestions are welcome, and no, @Browndonneur , it won't be Mountain Kings 🙃

SICK. This is giving some seriously cruisy 26er energy. Trying to think what else is falling a victim to your downsizing, as your collection has been suuuuper changeable lately...

I'll have a rummage in my parts bin, but I can already tell you without checking that SJS cycles will have 'em.
After checking, I can confirm they do for four stays+one pair of the front safety mounts at £14.99 before postage.
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/mudguards/sks-mudguard-fitting-kit/

Nearly new ‘longer’ Pipedream Moxie frame only in London, for basically half RRP:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266974467900?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=iBvTlMfPQny&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=rHvoM5A2THm&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

That would be the same kind of person who comments on the Jones not having mudguards then?

All good. I didn't use the Berthouds in the end, went back to my trusted VO wavy. Ultimately I'm sure the Berthoud solution would have been fine, but after already having a guard failure that damaged a tire I wasn't taking any chances!!

This is pretty stupendous. I’m very sorry you don’t take commissions any more as this is the exact kind of build I’m attempting with my SS Rockhopper, and that’s got a crusty AF seatstay bridge that needs replacing, and could do with horizontal dropouts too!

Phwoar, that paint comes out a really nice blue-grey in daylight! Love the pink bar tape too!

Hello! I've messaged about this :)

That's well nice!

I think it has endured too many cycles of rust/clean/repeat. I might swap it out for a dedicated singlespeed chain now - this is the original geared one, just shortened.
@glws let me sit on for a bit unless you have a project in mind?

reminder for everyone to get their teeth serviced just as frequent as their bike

I hate the dentists nearly as much as I love doing my own bike maintenance so I'm with @bigshape on this one.

In other news, the Ultra Di2 shifters I bought for £49.99 from Wiggle/Evans eBay arrived. Intrigued by whether I would ever use them on my Stayer, instead of the hydro levers I'm used to. Obviously they're a lot smaller, but I'd also have to swap to cable discs and currently the cons outweighs the pros slightly. A big pro is I will be able to finally left shift in the cold, which currently is almost impossible below 0 degrees due to Raynaud's.
I think they will stay in the parts bin for a bit before I either find a bike for them to go on, or flog them. No loss either way.

Really? I haven't shown the bit by the chainring where the links are stuck together on a curve....
I will have a go at it and report back.

No, I don't neglect my bikes at all, promise...
The chain on the Cotic is 100% toast though - blame a mix of grit salt, rain last weekend, forgetting to clean it for a bit, lack of lube...
Contemplating whether I ought to sort it or just go through with my semi-realised plans to sell it and put that money into my Rockhopper instead.

Hiya mate!!! Your parts bin is gradually becoming my parts bin. I’ll message you!

Ah no! Thank you though

Dredgesaurus Rex, these bars still available?

I hope so. It’s a bit of a raw deal for Mike and Co as they’re basically the customer service rep for bad manufacturing.

Ah but that’s because they’re aluminium though! And so also pretty damn brittle. Let me know how it goes as I found them unnerving. Mike has refunded me for them anyway which is very good of him - feel sorry for him and all the GB dealers!