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Yeah, I’ve been looking for about a month. Occasionally new one at ~250 quid which isn’t happening, or silly arm lengths. Haven’t seen a 172.5 compact yet

The frame is 24mm screw in, so bearing replacement is trivial. The problem is that I can’t find a rotor 24mm crank - but there are lots of rotor 30mm cranks on eBay. However I’d need bsa30 bearings - easy to fit, but expensive and probably less reliable.

Thanks

Yes, I’m a bit worried about the bearings. I tried a normal 24mm rotor bb years ago and it lasted 10 minutes, so don’t really like the thought of one with smaller bearings, nor do I like the thought of spending £100 on a bottom bracket.

I’d be interested if you have a job lot of bsa30 bbs sitting around that you’d offload at less than new prices!

Really I want a 3d24 but they’re impossible to find (bit of a story - I have a 3d24 with q-rings and a pm Ive swapped between bikes for maybe 12 years. I’m tired of swapping, and don’t care about the pm so much, but still want q-rings. I’ve tried q-rings on a non rotor crank and the shifting was crap so inclined to stick with rotor. However you just can’t get a 3d24, but 3d30s are readily available)

Yep, but crucially the Barbican was never envisaged as low cost social housing. It was, from initial concept, housing for the more well off, with world class concert halls, conservatories, shops, theatres, etc all built in.

It does prove though that high density housing doesn’ need to be poor quality housing

The Barbican

Drops mic…

First interval session for a couple of year (since knee cartridge problems).

Planning 8x800 and managed 7x400

Still feel broken 6 hours later.

Anyone have experience with BSA30 bottom brackets (bsa screw in fitment, but 30mm axle)? Anything to worry about?

I'd like to fit a rotor 3d30 crank to a sl3 tarmac, so would swap the standard shimano bb for a bsa30 (probably rotor as the other options seem expensive). There's less room for the thread, and maybe the bearings are a bit smaller than a standard 24mm bb, but Im guessing it make no difference in practise?

What’s the West Hampstead location?

Pertex rain jacket turned up just in time for "weather warnings issued"

Medium fits well, but a little short on the sleeves (183cm / 72kg), close enough that i'll keep it.

Check in same time tomorrow for a review of how it copes in a thunderstorm...

Apologies I missed the messages.

Still available- I’ll pm you!

Cool - could maybe sort something out (bring it half way or the like) depending where you are. Let me know.

Frog 62 in red anyone? Latest in my series of “buy new, use twice, sell secondhand x years later”

Pretty much immaculate. You can see it’s been used outside as the tyres and pedals have some marks, but the frame and parts are in superb condition (sadly, as this is all because it’s been used for maybe 10 miles in two and a half years). Comes with mudguards too.

Maybe £270 and I’m in NW6 (South Hampstead/ Swiss Cottage). Could possibly deliver within a few miles if needed.

Photos below (sorry I havent got all the dust off…) and I can send/ post more if needed.

I’ll check out the Aonijie. And yep agree about the trailblazer. I find it works well with effort - flexi water bottles in the shoulder pockets, bars and stuff in the hip pockets, etc. but it’s all just a lot of effort and just too small for more than running.

Thanks

Everyone = wife and kid 😀 so limited negotiation.

I’ll have a think - I can get a Montane trailblazer 30 for half the price, but it’s likely (if anything like the 18) zero water resistance and 15l in the main bag and a zillion pockets and stuff to make up the next 15l. There’s also the rab aeron 30 which is probably more like an “off the shelf” atom 30

Decisions

Anyway Langdale today

So first outing with the la sportiva ultra raptor boots yesterday in the lakes. They’re grippy, comfy, light and the right foot boot leaks like a sieve. Left foot totally dry, right foot I was pouring water out at the end.

It was hammering down all day so there’s a chance that it was water running down trousers. We’re out again today and tomorrow, so will see what’s what, and do the “fill the boot with water” test if needed

On another note - I need a bigger pack as I end up carrying everyone’s stuff. Anyone come across Atom packs? Keswick based outfit?

As it says, after a Rotor 3d24 - with 110 spider, or no spider

Long shot I know

Def used to be the case but I'm pretty sure that changed quite recently.

Edit - seems I’m mistaken and they’re still single passport!

Yeah, fair enough. I’d extrapolated from this comment

There are wider things to note here, how #workingclass kids are never exposed to successful people

So working class is unsuccessful. Nice.

I guess something about the article annoyed me. Instead of focusing on “how can we inspire kids to take part in sports and generally achieve” it was inferring that parents of fee-paying school kids are the problem because they want their kids to go to schools that do this kind of thing. Or something.

But if you expand that to “successful sportspeople” which includes say all premier league footballers? I’m guessing at that point you’re more likely to get a visit if you’re at a state school.

Think every sport requires specialist coaching at the top level, but many, maybe most, of these can be done with little outlay. Sure shooting, sailing and horses are a different thing.

Not sure how it related to “only fee paying schools are able to get success sports people in to talk to pupils though”!

I mentioned swimming as Camden is one of the top clubs in the country and runs out of the Swiss Cottage leisure centre. It’s not school based, but it’s definitely not elitist

Assuming that it’s the case that “successful sports people are more likely to visit fee-paying schools than state schools” (and I don’t see any data supporting this), then why is that the case?

It’s not like, dunno, football, fishing or swimming are the preserve of the ultra wealthy. Horsey stuff, maybe rowing, some racquet sports, then yes.

But in general terms the barrier wouldn’t seem to be “successful sports people are too posh to visit state schools”.

You need to (I assume) “unlock” it. Cycling the door locks probably works

Fair enough - I was being sloppy with my language.

Conservative and reform took 40% of the popular vote. My point was that IMO is a high percentage of people voting against green policies, and while yes there’s technically a majority voting for parties with progressive green policies I don’t think that margin is sufficient for any government to start enacting “radical” change.

Persistent, methodical progress would be sensible where margins are thin. Unless you absolutely know that the results of step change will be quickly positive.