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dibs Fjallraven Abisko Shade & penguin, sending DM

Yes please! Ill take one bike box and the wheelbox, sending DM.

Looking for a cardboard bike box & also 2 wheelboxes at least 70cm each side (to fit 700c wheel with 40mm tires on).

Ideally near E1 or Bow, but can travel to collect. Let me know if youve got anything!

I do happen to have someone in my life that needs some of this! I'll drop a DM in case the above falls through / they dont take everything.

picture association game

Right after I ordered the genetic chain tensioners, I went to check on my bike to see how im gonna solve the fixing at the seatstays, and then I realized that the solution at the axle has been staring me in the eyes all along

Im juuuust north of the river at Shadwell but you're welcome to use mine.

At the same time, im looking to borrow a rotary polisher for a weekend if anyone got one?

Never came back to say thanks for the tip!

they’re my third pair of PW so I just kept them aside.

(PW = Phil Wood)

Size 6 & wont fit anyone over ~5'4" even if slender. Tags on, never tried on.

Freecycle if you come get it in E1, £5 forum donation if we meet somewhere in London / if I post it.

Never-before-seen footage from interview with Elpolo about his bikes

Depends, which one? As far as I know there's also a parallelogram geometry difference, not just cage length for most models.

I dont think a short cage 6870 SS would ever clear 34t without a hanger extention of some sort, but the GS version can officially do 32t so should be fine. 8050-SS can do 30t according to Shimano, that might be ok on 34t with B-screw maxed out.

More convo on the same topic here: https://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=155019

PM sent for lens

I havent been suckered into an impulse buy for almost a week now so dont know if its news, but at wiggle:

Spend £100 or more in OUTLET and get £20 off. Enter code 'OUTLET20' at basket.

It's ok, I have many more nice top caps than I have bikes to put them on already, thank you though.

So, how many new bikes did you get? :) Also, if not resolved until then, Im going in May.

Whats the forum recommended mudguard for a track frame (Dolan TC1) ? Im looking for a proper mudguard, no temporary clip on flimsy solutions.

I dont have any mounts anywhere, apart from the front brake. Happy to bodge to a degree. Any recs?

Bold claims by them in comments

Our official stance is that 500gm of wax can handle 6 factory chains and 6 strip chip pieces (one whole package of StripChip). In total, one bag of wax and one StripChip pack will be good for 70-80 total waxings including the 6 strippings. We've seen no degradation in performance at any of these ratios of StripChip to base wax, but also know that there has to be a tipping point. The oleogelation converts the grease to a very long chain fatty acid that's very much like wax, but isn't wax, so we've put that limit there as at some point, performance will suffer.

Curious to see independent testing!

So, has anyone tried the newest coolest..etc?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEnD95UwE3w&ab_channel=SILCAVelo

Once again I mention that I vividly remember reading a blog post from a guy who actually managed to reverse engineer the canbus signals of 11sp di2, and started making his own PCB-s to control the derailleurs. He wanted to sell them.

I reckon that last bit is why its been scrubbed clean from the internet, and for the life of me I cannot find it anywhere.

Centre lock discs even cheaper now at Ribble, both 140mm and 160mm.

I had a better look, and I can see that the £30 off was taken off proportionally from the three items, so I can see the logic now. Kinda. Their T&Cs dont say anything about losing part of the discount if you return something (still meeting the conditions of the promotions), and it wasnt proportionally applied on the receipt, but taken off as a lump sum. Oh well.

I ordered 3 items, each between £84-87. I used the SAVE code for £30 off over £150. When I try to return one item from the order, the return value is £74, as if the discount was split in 3 for the items. Even though my order still qualifies for the discount after taking off that extra item. Anyone had this happen? I messaged wiggle support, just curious of thats normal.

A very quick, but unsatisfactory reply from Wiggle:
Thank you for contacting us,
I am sorry to hear the discount has been split across the three products.
Also I understand that your order still comes to £150.00 if this item wasn't purchased.
We are unable to amend a order and the way the discount was applied against the products.
Product code 110639411 for the small to be able to return for a refund.
I apologise for the inconvenience caused.
If I can assist you further, Please do not hesitate to contact us,
Kind Regards,

I just had an amazing ride today in this sunny weather. I got soft, mostly zwifting when its under 12' and or raining a little. With that, I just ordered the forum favourite jacket, and matching thighs...

Ive got 2 wheelboxes to get rid of in E1 Shadwell

One campagnolo that can fit two QR/thruaxle wheels (axle on track hubs might stick out if you try to cram 2 wheels)

One random that fits a single wheel

He's got no work to do, living in your head rent free and all

And I weirdly like the speedvagen, usually a matched seatpost and stem is overkill in loud colours like this, but on this it just works for me.