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Bulk aint strength.

the real strong (and i mean frighteningly strong) people are the really skinny ones you find at climbing walls.

uhhhh it got to this stage thru my own stupidity which ended with the rear wheel being ridden over and then me ignoring the problem (loose spokes) for a few weeks. the front wheel is the same parts (condor hub x condor open pro copy, 32h), built by condor, and is absolutely fine, so was the rear until my, ahem, faux pas.

Aha, well it should at least last you a little while still. How was it ridden over?

preparing my bike for work i noticed the rear wheel was rather untrue. i trued it up okish (+/-2mm verical and lateral) as i'm shit at these things, the spokes were still pretty loose so tension them all 3/4 turn in 1/4 turn increments. most are fine but 3 were super super loose and had about 2mm thread showing where the others had none. i tightened these to about the same ension as the rest of the spokes, wheel seems ok. is this ok? going to get it tensioned and trued professionally at somepoint but in the meantime will it be ok?

Yeh, this is generally the right thing to do. By tightening the really loose spokes you're relieving the stress from the overall structure. Just bear in mind that for this to happen means that the wheel probably wasn't that well made to start with and some considerable fatigue could have easily occurred already at the spoke shoulders. You'll find out in a couple of months if it's time for a new wheel when it starts busting spokes left right and centre.

Oh my... Thanks for bringing that site to my attention. Amazin'.

Especially liked this one...

Ok, I think its time to start saving for a rancillio rocky. Seems like a pretty safe option.

I seriously need to get a grinder... you can only do so much with Illy.

they pretty much have to give you an ultegra version.

fuck yeah.

Looks good! I like how a lot of his landings are timed with the music too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSQPJ0s-jNQ

Does any-one have any decent street wheels they're willing to either sell or swap for some 58mm extra soft halfpipe wheels? Basically, I got them for just rolling around on because they're fast and grippy but a little bit too much - cant powerslide at all or correct a wonky landing so they're not ideal for street.

Need something a little smaller and harder basically...

Yeh, I've seen this crowd in Hyde Park near the lake on numerous occasions. Looks pretty cringe-worthy.

I'd be up for the proper sas training any day but to faff around in a park with a bunch of office tri-athletes makes my skin crawl.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLOTAJQF0Fo

post-memeism

I reckon they know that the dose that works well for their coffee won't fit into a single basket, and if they've made the decision to use naked portafilters to improve the texture of the espresso then they are unable to split the doubles.

Good point.

If they can't pull a single then they don't know what they're doing.

Yeh, it pretty much nukes it from orbit®. In the mean-time, use volvic. Whatever you do, don't use evian.

When you use filtered water, you should only have to descale roughly every year. Its not something you want to do on a regular basis. This http://www.happydonkey.co.uk/hd0588-puly-baby.html is safe to use with your machine.

Get some puly caff machine cleaner and a backflushing disc while you're at it. I know it sounds like a ball ache but it'll keep your machine working like new for yonks.

It certainly will fuck your machine if you're using London tap juice. Ever looked in a kettle? Now imagine that stuff in a machine that has tiny valves and pumps... Oy.

I just use a brita jug filter, does a great job and are pretty cheap. Its certainly worth doing. In the meantime, order some descaler! And not citric acid because that will fuck your boiler.

How long have you been using it without filtered water?

Got a years supply of water filters today so the classic is back in business.... its just been sat in the corner of the kitchen for the last month, good to fire it up again.

better nate than lever.

.... Rammstein.

jizz in my pants.

I doubt it.