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Famously, loft ladders are cripplingly expensive!

It feels like this is just a relatively straightforward design problem to be honest. And, really, this might help with the many old terraced houses we have here.

As ever, we seem to be behind on this stuff by at least a decade…

That seems a bit odd, a metal drill bit shouldn’t have too much of a problem if you work up from smaller sizes.

I guess you could always take them to someone with a pillar drill and circle cut bit as an alternative?

Be careful with sizing for GB mudguards, because the measurement is from the external edge, and the internal roll is relatively large (2-3mm on each side).

50mm should work well, but you’ll need to cut and file a section out of each side. If you’re fixing it directly to the underside of the steerer tube, that should probably be okay, perhaps with a bit of extra reinforcement.

I don’t mind the Folkestone one architecturally too much. Perhaps if it was white and only up to 4-5 stories it would work better, as you might expect of more historic seaside flats.

It being £1m+ units with very little affordable housing is a complete joke however.

If you're in Finder, go up to the top left (see screenshots)

For finding files, it might be worth going into Finder → Preferences → Advanced, and change "When performing a search" to "Search the current folder"

Really don't know why searching the entire hard drive is the default!

Ooof
Grounds for dismissal right there

very macabre but applicable…

properly evil stuff this, never had to deal with it before

This is worth a read on Glyphosate breakdown:
https://deepgreenpermaculture.com/2021/04/21/how-to-neutralise-glyphosate-roundup-herbicide-contamination-in-soil/

Doesn't sound fantastic on initial read, with half-life decay of up to 197 days, but it seems there are things you can add to the soil to break it down faster.

It breaks down in soil.

That I did not know! Will try this when it rears its pernicious tentacles again

Not a bad shout, would that then affect anything else close by, or just the root do you think?

Anyone had much experience with keeping bindweed at bay?

We’ve just moved into a place and pulled out an absolute fuck tonne, which was consuming all the trees, bushes and ground of a roughly 4x8m area at the back of the garden.

We’ve not pulled up many of the roots yet, but will go over the entire area with a fork and get up as much of the root as we can, but I’m certain that isn’t enough.

Lots of talk in no-dig circles about just plopping some cardboard over the top as a mulch, adding compost, and planting what you like. Then going back once a week to pull out any fresh shoots to weaken the root network over time.

Can’t really go for any herbicides, nor do I want to, since it’ll kill everything else in the area in what’s a very mature garden (see image of the not-infested bit, the bindweed is all at the back but I didn’t get a picture before we ripped it out).

Not everyone has a week of evenings to pack.

Yeah, that's obviously the kicker. If you and your partner work odd shifts it's not exactly easy.

Still, 3-5k isn't money most people have just lying around, and going through old stuff can actually be quite a nice experience if you've got the inclination.

Ours was £300 for a Luton van/two guys for a two bed house, but we packed and unpacked everything. It was totally fine, if you set aside a week or so of evenings beforehand for packing. We also kept all the boxes from the previous move, so no cost there either.

£3k for something you can do relatively easily seems a bit money gun to me!

Clearly they had more pipe than necessary, couldn’t they have just cut them?

Shoe goo is relatively flexible so wears quite quickly (quite expensive too). I’ve used UHU glue in the past for gluing soles and filling holes and it lasts much longer while still being flexible enough.

It’s also worth using grease proof paper on the surfaces to keep things smooth, as it just peels off easily later on.

it is my sole mission in life, etc. etc.

Shoe width is more about volume since the uppers are flexible, so it's generally measured as the circumference of the foot rather than width. Still problems with the sole width, so it's a little more complicated.

Totally agree though — clothes sizing too, if you measure the waistband of your jeans it'll be much, much larger than the waist measurement on the tag.

Perfect, thanks 🙂

These were on my list of mid-sweep flat bars already actually, next to some ergotecs and nitto jitensha bars.

Not done a flat bar build before, and it’s surprisingly difficult to get an idea for how the sweep/rise of different bars will look once built. They should be great for the city runaround dadbike I’m building.

Supercalifragilistic dredge, but what bars did you have on this?

That looks great, thanks!

Maybe a porcelain-coated one would be best?

I’ve used a few of these and, honestly, I think it’s more trouble than it’s worth.

Even following all the seasoning guidelines, covering it in various types of oil with a high smoke point, it just gets rust everywhere after heating it to 250+ a few times.

Been thinking about getting a huge Pyrex dish with lid that you can use upside down instead, but have no idea if that’s good for the higher temperatures.

The point's just in the wrong place 🙂

Periods inside of quote marks are a nice historical quirk, but belong absolutely nowhere near anything written after the invention of the typewriter

Anyone know of a pair of 650b classic box section rims for sale anywhere?
Trying to find 2x pacenti brevet 28h and they’re out of stock everywhere I look

(Rim brake rims)