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I would love a print or something as a longtime lurker/non-london person. Don't know that I fully qualify for ink but would love to have a lasting commemoration of this place.

That’s very very shit. Fingers crossed for its swift and undamaged return.

Excellent, thank you!

Actually a question for Mini-Max owners running fixed lighting.

Where are you mounting it? To the rack? Or to the bit of the frame the rack attaches to?

I have just paid about €1400 for a mini max frameset in the UK 😭

Chuffed for you though! When will the bike arrive? And what colour did you get!?

Oh thanks! I googled your post and it made me realise the frame doesn't have internal routing for a dropper so I don't think it'll work for me. I would deffo have taken you up on that otherwise.

Better amend my first post too

Hi folks.

Looking for a dropper so my partner and I can conveniently share a bike.

• 31.6mm dia
  
• external cable or under-saddle operation
  
• 100mm travel would probably do us
  
• preferably black
  
• would need it posting to Newcastle
  
  

Thank you!

I would be surprised if it failed. I drilled mine out and used a pelago rack for years without a hint of bother.

10/10

Cheers! Sacked the idea off altogether and have packed a bit lighter so we can take it all on the bike

Oops yeah should've clarified that we'll box it up.

Just wondering if there are any potential snags I may be overlooking by doing this from within the EU

Hey crew

I'm about to cycle from the UK to Berlin via Amsterdam and wanted to ship a bag ahead to meet me there.

Brexit is making this an expensive and admin-heavy pain in the arse so I'm thinking of taking the bag on the ferry with me and shipping it from Amsterdam, within the EU.

Any potential pitfalls with this? Or cheaper ways to get a bag to Berlin than services like SendMyBag who all charge ~£100 for a 10.5kg bag.

Just stumbled across this. Really into the cars but also the maker - seems to have a really nice approach to balancing the old and new.

https://youtu.be/tyQvRyyV2PY?si=GEw7CKUV8BZHSQeX

Thanks @jono84 @JamesQGM - good points especially temperature. I don't do super heavy mileage - 500 motorway miles once a month and then some local trips - so I think I can probably worry slightly less about fuel economy. The car's also not bad on that front as it is.

Managed to get some CrossClimate 2 fitted for £146 each on BlackCircles, which takes a bit of the edge off.

This feels like a daft question for someone who's been driving as long as I have, but do we reckon All Season tyres are necessary in the North East of the UK?

We get a lot of rain, maybe a few days or fortnight of snow, during which I tend to avoid driving anyway.

I need some new tyres and would like to prioritise noise and fuel efficiency if I can - am replacing runflats with non-runflat

Nice one, thank you! Sounds like a winner. It's so hard to justify paying for a big brand when there's stuff like this out there.

Apologies for the dredge, but how are you finding these a couple of months on?

Any thoughts on the build quality?

Yeah these look really good! Need a couple of tees for next month so gonna try these out :)

Thanks for the replies everyone, good food for thought.

On reflection I think I should stick with something cheap and easy to work with - they won't need to be used very often, but will be invaluable at the end of an upcoming trip where bikes will need to be boxed up to fly home (the lights are mudguard mounted).

Bullets, heatshrink, and some conductive grease should sort us out for the sake of this trip. DynaSnap can be a bougie option later in the year, as there's a lot of other fettling to do besides the wiring :)

Anyone have a recommendation for a quick release cable coupling? Need put a break in the taillight cable(s) on 2x bikes.

edit: something a bit more weatherproof and robust than the usual bullet/spade connectors?

I like the idea of Dyna Snap, but I don't like the price.

Big up Sean Kelly for delivering my highlight of Le Tour

I think this is my favourite bike in the thread. Absolutely banging

Yeah that's sick. Great job!

Bingo.

@PhilDAS While I am no slouch they are indeed both stronger than me, I will concede that.

@Kimmo also nailed it. I've ridden a couple of more modern bikes on holiday recently and they've tainted my enjoyment of the Fondriest. The Aethos I rented has ruined me, as a mate predicted it would.

If funds allowed I'd be keeping this built up, but they wont and I wanna go faster.

FWIW my gravel bike and daily are both steel, and one of them has daft paint so I can hopefully cling on to a shred of credibility there :D

It definitely feels heavy when I'm struggling to keep up with mates on Tarmac SL-8s.

It's lovely to ride unless you're trying to go uphill quickly, where it immediately turns into a flexible anchor