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The organ from that house in Bristol got sold to this guy on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PwwRR8deHk

It does have a slight lip, but it hasn't objected to being turned it over. Closer inspection shows that it had worn and a quick ride up the road didn't have any slipping.

Thanks for the help!

Yes and yes, I'll go and check it again. Are the sprockets reversible? It seems wild to replace the sprocket so often! I guess the teeny things see a lot of rotations. What's the go-to place for spares (if not SJS of course)?

Yes that's something I'd considered but as I said, it barely looks worn. I can grab photos if useful. I guess they must wear quite quickly being so small, but still...

Unfortunately I've just placed my annual SJS order or I'd get one anyway as a spare

Finally got around to fixing the first puncture on my (no longer so new to me) Brompton. Noticed the chain was rather worn, so swapped that out and gave the tensioner/chainring a degrease and lube. Adjusted the hub and when I next rode it there was horrific skipping. I fettled the hub adjustment every which way, but to no avail. I thought it might be a worn sprocket, but it doesn't look like it and isn't that far off pics of a fresh specimen. I know they can be picky in terms of chain length but, while I didn't count the links, the tensioner looks about right from what I can find online. I didn't do anything to the hub itself other than remove and replace the indicator chain and it was shifting fine beforehand so I'm a bit lost as to what the issue could be.

Any ideas before I open Pandora's box the hub? I know I can send the wheel to @sbbohr, but I'm not new to hub gears and am more perplexed than anything!

Very fair. I'll drop you a DM to sort things (again, assuming @dst2 isn't keen).

I'd take that if @dst2 doesn't...

PM incoming for the tyres

I'm in work on Wednesday and could do a Thameside beer or two

La Coupole in St Omer (near Dunkirk) is good, although probably wasted on the kids.

I did something very similar on the central line.
Work christmas party near Bank, so central line to Bond St for a change to Jubilee, easy enough. Nodded off and woke up at Marble Arch - "that was lucky!" I thought... then I woke up again at Loughton. Shit.
I waited in the cold, and got the same train back out and then woke up in White City. Shit.
Fortunately I could wait in the station this time, not quite so cold. I got the next train out, determined to stay awake the short journey to Bond St.... woke up at Newbury Park. Shit.
One more cold wait, no telephone this time because that went AWOL somewhere, and I got back on a train resolved to get off at Stratford so I could at least fall asleep on the right line. Fortunately managed that, finally, and got home at around 5am.

Ah, I never put this in my diary so I'm WFH today 🤦🏻‍♂️

Nice!
I used noodles to stop the head cables on side exit brifters from fouling on a bar bag. Worked nicely!

My last one was quite slow too, I'm blaming skipping breakfast.

Recasting it slightly (letting 1+i = y) shows that it can be rearranged, but only if you use a numerical-only function (the ProductLog function) .

Bathroom extraction, specifically duct sizing - does anyone have experience in this?
It's definitely going to be an inline fan in the loft, just trying to work out what size ducting to specify. I believe the fans being supplied are 4", but is there any reason not to ask for 5"/6" ducting beyond cost?
I'm already asking for insulated as this will be going through the loft, but insulated rigid ducting is several times more expensive - how critical is this?

5 points for Gryffindor/a petrol station pasty for Hippy

#TIL

I've always called them barrel nuts, but henceforth I shall be 110% sexbolt.

Council near me left them unmown for May last year, made the larger roundabouts very dangerous as the sightlines were ruined...

I mean, Wests on Tour to HRR could be great for the golf club thread...

Could work, yes

Week after next is a good opportunity?
@mespilus

I lost a sexbolt

Too good to correct

Old news, but I just bolted the mudguard to the rack itself - even more adjustment! Also, excellent place for stashing some spare nuts'n'bolts while touring.

PM incoming