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OK, I put my back into it and it did separate. Panic over. Cheers.

Is it just meant to pull off? Doesn't feel like it, tbh. I guess it could be seized, but it felt mechanically on rather than just stuck.

Different machine, but on my DF54, I just hoover the hopper and the chute every morning before use. No more cleaning/faff required.

Cross Keys on Endell Street used to be a pretty good option when I worked in the area.

OK, I'm totally foxed by this one. How do you take a Campagnolo square taper bottom bracket apart so you can fit it into the shell? On normal (i.e. any other brand I've used) ones, you just pull the left-side off then screw in each side. The Campagnolo does not seem to align with this incredibly simple principle. There must be a way, but I can't for the life of me work out what that is. Anyone?

Had my DF54 for about three weeks and haven't had any of the issues (clumping, coffee grounds all over the shop) some are reporting. Quite the reverse; it's been amazing. The difference it's made from the Iberital MC2 is night and day, there's virtually zero mess and absolutely no retention. I, unlike the Hoff, also quite like the bellows thing. YMMV.

I LOLed

They are still on pretty good form, if a little slow. The locals I chatted to said they don't really need to keep the shop open any more but quite enjoy it, as long as they get to control who goes in. So fingers crossed, it'll be open a while longer.

Went to Café Kulminator in Antwerp on Saturday. Phenomenal beer list. Proper decision-paralysis inducing stuff. Was fortunately taken under the wing of some locals who shared a few of their favourites from the menu. Would recommend.

I got the RC520 version from a couple of years ago with 105 on it. Really good. I've since swapped out the crankset (which was S500 I think) for a 105, got some Arkane wheels on it and changed the finishing kit for Deda and it's all the bike I need.

Was chatting to Evin at Kernel on Thursday evening about this. Bizarrely, he reckons Kernel is now the second-biggest independent brewer in London (behind Sambrook's, but only just).

Ah, cool. Good to hear about positive experiences. Not going to be buying anything until the new year, but may well revisit this thread with further questions in the meantime. Cheers.

The Supreme Court ruled a sitting president can do what the fuck he likes and not be answerable for it, even if it's against the law, so in theory Biden could legit have Trump taken out by the security services and get away with it. Might even salvage his legacy.

Yeah, the UK point of contact does seem good. However, with Waltly you get a custom frame if I'm not mistaken. That said, you can actually go and see a Gloria frame in the flesh, so to speak, in Fulham. Maybe I'll do that first and take it from there.

Anyone heard of or have any experience of https://gloriacycling.com? While they look good, I can't escape the feeling they're just rebadging some stock Waldly or similar titanium frames and sticking a few hundred quid mark-up on them into the bargain. Happy to be proven wrong, though.

Big thanks to @marxist_vulcan for great bars at a highly reasonable price. Top seller.

Well, I was right about it not being close. Eeesh.

I may be doing them that disservice, yes.

Not to my knowledge. It's an anonymous phone call and completely optional. I just can't see statistically significant numbers of Trump voters agreeing to take part in the poll then lying to avoid some faceless caller thinking they're a bit of a twat. That might be the case for a few, of course, but it seems to me genuinely unlikely that's what a large number of respondents do.

Looks like Kari Lake has her own methods...

In sufficient numbers to skew the results? I find that unlikely.

LOL. Crowd size now, is it?

I'm not on X and won't click on it due to its fuckwit owner.

But what I don't understand is why they would lie at all? What's the point? It's not like polls aren't anonymous. No 0ne is going to find out. Why would you bother lying? Admittedly, I don't understand why anyone would vote for Trump, but seriously, what's to be gained from lying to a pollster?

I'm not sure I get what you mean. Do shy Trump voters take part in the polls and say they'll vote for Harris when actually they're going to vote Trump? If so, how many of them do we think there are? More than there are, say for example, women? Enough to totally skew the polls, which is why pollsters are correcting for it?

If you were a shy Trump voter, wouldn't you just say you didn't want to take part in the poll when they called you? I would totally just do that.