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Good luck you crazy bastards!

Sweet frickin paint job there *wipes drool from chin*

Jeez, as I sit here, 27 months into a 36 month prostate cancer treatment program (chemo-, radio-, hormone-therapy), I'm dumbstruck by what you're doing physically. During the tougher phases of treatment, I did try a few rides over 1hr but felt like it was really straining my immune system, and that's what I needed to strengthen in order to support all the medical stuff. I kinda surrendered to the treatment and the impact it was having.

Latest blood test looks extremely positive and I'm up to weekly rides of up to 3hrs now. Early on, I did have a fantasy of doing what you're doing, but kinda shifted from "fuck cancer" to "what's this cancer teaching me?" which sounds totally lame as I write it, and seems to have helped.

Anyhow, looks like you've got your warrior on, and frickin good luck to you. Hope the stress levels subside a bit - deffo not what's needed while going through all of this.

Subbed. Cheers. Ben.

Got these on all my bikes - ridiculously comfortable. Having gone through the ignominy of prostate cancer, I wouldn't ride anything else. GLWS.

I've done it on a few forks and never used a pillar drill and never had a problem. In my opinion, the most important thing is the drill bit - get a high quality ultra tough one and don't use excessive down-force when you're drilling. Lining up by eye, as long as your careful and have a decent vice, should be ample. Good luck.

Celeste cables would look... ornate. Much better with the black IMO.

Dude, can't you just flip the stem? Boom, no slamz.

Fake Cinelli (Supercorsa) - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cinelli-Road-Racing-Bike-Vintage/322894346273?hash=item4b2e00b821:g:UHkAAOSwHYpaEy1O.

Bargepoles, shitty sticks, someone else's dong - don't touch with any of them.

Argos in Bristol are very good. They know the SC intimately having done a couple for Hilary Stone recently. They talked knowledgeably about the 73mm ITA bottom bracket et al with me - my paint is OK though for now, tho will get them to do it sometime in the future.

Fairly pricey, but absolutely top quality, and won't damage the frame when they strip it (heard of a horror story recently from another place that blasted a hole in the BB!!).

Argos is the only place I'd take my SC.

Can't wait to see gaudiness...

Holy shit! Makes my little stable look positively restrained.

Engineering genius said that steel tubing doesn't change its properties over its lifetime unless it's bent, heated, rusted or compressed. He used some long words and basically I came away believing that a good old steel frame will feel the same as the day it was built, subject to the above. My utterly supreme 1993 Grandis Prestige attests to this.

Perhaps OP could edit the subject line with "Sold". Oughta be protocol.

@mashby - cancelling my dibs now, so looks like @Wrongcog is next in line. Thanks.

@mashby - I'm a svelte 6 foot, most of that is legs. Medium is usually fine, and judging by the CdC website, it'll be fine. I'm happy to take that risk. Lemme know your bank details via pm and I'll move the money. Cheers.

Dibs for this please. Perfect for me. Can do bank transfer or Paypal, and it'll need to be sent to Devon, UK. I'll message you. Thanks in anticipation.

Your prices seem a bit high... dunno whether others feel the same way.

Bloody hell. Looks like Skinny's going to pull an all-nighter. I'd thought he was heading for bed, but probably was just fuelling up. Doesn't feel right for me to go to bed while he's out there thrashing cranks... yawn...

Jonas just about to make it to CP4. Chapeau for making it up that endless uphill before conking out. What a relief it'll be for him to get there.

No live feeds from there cos of zero internet zone.

@hippy in non-sequitur haiku tweeting controversy. "Shit restocking fail. Paid over tyre I skipped shops (pubs). This climb sucks."

There'll be some snaps here, perhaps? Only Skinny and Bjorn have passed it so far #notime4pics

@skinny getting close to CP4. Jonas (60) in 3rd did an amazing stint and is getting quite close now. Battle for 4th is gonna be a thriller. Looks like Mathias (23) diverted in response to the E81 warning and is going to follow Ian To's (16) scenic routing, but Geoffrey (93) hasn't - mebbe he has another plan... He'd better because Friday afternoon ain't gonna be pretty on that road.

Re Ian To's (16) routes, seems like he's avoiding nasty roads. I guess we'll hear at the end - has he been tweeting or fb'ing at all to explain his routing?

Sounds like Skinny's road (E81) was a nightmare. "Worst road I've ever ridden. Would never ride again, especially at night. So stressful." In fact, the race organisers have put out an alert to avoid that road.

Too late for Bjorn who must be on it right now, poor bastard. However, looks like Ian To and Jonas are on the right track to avoid it, and Geoffrey and Mathias have plenty of time to divert to that route without much of a distance penalty.

Looks like it'll have a bit more climbing though...

Jeez, wish the top 4 would bloody well stop for the night so I can head to bed. Cannot believe they're still going!

That climb is not yer usual 1 car per hour jobbie - it's like Hayling Island on a bank holiday (pic from just off the road somewhere near the top. Jealous of the views, but not the fumes.