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This is more of a cutaway but is not a barracuda

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Sounds like something by Robert Bowen?
https://www.robertbowenart.com/

Article on the inch pitch block chain in track racing on Classic Lightweights:
https://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/lightweight_extras/the-inch-pitch-block-chain-in-20th-century-track-racing/

I coming/going to the UK for 2 weeks next week - 900GBP for 12 days for a Ford Focus. Was probably <300GBP last time in early 2019.

Friday night here in NZ, red wine and crisps at the ready, no reason to get up early tomorrow. Will probably be snoring in an hour…

@steelest I've used a Stronglight Track 2000 for about 4 years of year-round commuting, so ~20,000 km with no issues, either ring or cranks. Bought new.

Helping by stealing the small bits…

No, at Vic's Bakehouse in Ferrymead: https://www.vicsbakingclasses.co.nz/

Christchurch, New Zealand. Was a 4 hour class, so the doughs were made the night before by the teacher and then we did the rest. But we also made baguette dough to use the following day, so will see how that turns out. Also will see how our oven compares to a commercial one with stone base and steam injection.

Spoils from a French baking class (2 of us).

@jupiz Oops! I meant crane fly. Was going to write Daddy Long Legs, seemed too much effort, then got confused. Friday night, I’d had a few wines…

Mayfly lovin here in NZ

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There was a competition/stall at a country fair in my village in the 90s with one of these - pay 50p, ride it 10 metres and win 5 quid. I bent down and held the forks rather than the handlebars - rode it 10 metres but he wouldn't pay me the fiver and then quickly changed his sign to say you had to hold the bars.

The Shimano SXT RC has this odd 58mm BCD so I might look for a new old crankset and a narrow wide chainring.

Yes, I had the same issues with mid 90s STX cranks - not just to go 1X but to replace rings. The variations of how the rings were bolted to the cranks in just a few years and between similar groups mean it is not easy just to swap over. If I recall for your STX RC, the outer ring is bolted to the middle ring (94mm BCD) but not through the crank arms and the inner ring is bolted through the middle ring into the back of the crank arm (58mm)? Then there is the outer ring through the crank arms to the middle with inner screwed to the middle or outer through the cranks to the middle with inner through the middle to the back of the crank. And some had a weird 95mm BCD rather than 94mm.

Having an evening watching the cricket, drinking red wine and sampling some New Zealand mincers. Or Christmas Fruit Mince Tarts as they are often called, as a mince pie is a very different beast here. Nothing to write home about; the most traditional looking was awful, pastry tasting of margarine and an overly sweet filling. A lattice-top from a large supermarket, think Sainsburys, was better but still bland. The best was a mini from a local bakery, buttery pastry but not all-butter, tasty mince with sherry but too mushy and a poor pastry to filling ratio as all minis are. Not a good start, will get some more supermarket ones tomorrow (Sunday) and will visit some proper bakeries during the week.

Rainy day here in New Zealand, so will be watching the whole day with no guilt that I’m not doing the gardening or fixing the roof. Although the rain does keep reminding me I need to fix the roof… +3 hour time diff here so chance to get some stuff done before settling in for an afternoon and evening of test cricket.

Our kitten will pay fetch for hours with these things - he chases after them, plays with them for a while then brings them back for you to throw again. Very cute. Found 10 under the sofa the other day.

Also regarding respray, the TT "Team Marin" decal is from 1996 - only year to use that weird font (attached catalogue image) but the DT decal is not and looks more like early 90s style or recent modern when Marin went for a retro look. The last year to use headtube cable stops on these frames was 1997. I have a 1995 Team Marin with original kit.

Looks like a respray, pretty sure that colour scheme is not original and the seat tube decal would not have been there. It is either a Team Marin or Team Issue frame from mid 90s - when both were available I think they used the same frame. Cable stops on the headtube was only those 2 models. Would have been Tange Prestige tubing with some maybe other words such as Superlite / Ultralight / Ultimate. Very good frame anyway.
Hard to tell the year from pics - not from 1991 as that had top tube rear mech routing, but 92-97 all looked similar. Probably 98 too. What is the serial number on bb shell?

I think the brushless one would be better, option for 2 batteries, 40cm wide. And it looks like you can fit the larger 6ah and 9ah HP batteries? And I imagine they have improved since we got ours. We are still using the batteries we got 5 years ago, although you can tell the difference with new batteries.

Is this one:
https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/ryobi-olm1840h
Bit bigger than the current models, 40cm wide with 50L catcher.
That review isn't great and I would agree that it is not too good with long or wet grass - the batteries get hot and die quickly and with the slower blade speed, there can be quite a bit of cut grass left behind. But for our use, just keeping the lawns presentable it is great; easy use also means my wife is more likely to use it.