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Not exactly dandy, but William Lennon do safety boots, and will IIRC let you spec colour/leather if you want; their MTO time is usually a couple of months though. https://williamlennon.co.uk/product-category/safety-footwear/

The CTC/Cycling UK forums' IGH guru 'Brucey' used to swear by running the Shimano hubs in a semi-fluid grease rather than oil. This was the IGH megathread, but I'm pretty sure a search will bring up Alfine-specific ones as well: https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?t=93935

It's a Razer Kiyo webcam that I was given for a previous freelance gig. It has a built-in ring light that works pretty well - the whole thing sits just above the monitor.

They're currently selling rear lights that they claim will fit bikes with or without the rack, so presumably it's still the same.

Yeah, I have a decent mic & webcam with ring light already; will aim to get a budget monitor and spend most of my budget on chair and keyboard.

Started a new job recently, which is mostly remote, and have been told I have £500 to spend on home office kit as I wish. I already have an ok desk and a 24" monitor, so I guess priorities are decent office chair, laptop docking station, second monitor (24" is fine), and (if budget permits) a better keyboard. What are the best options within my budget? It looks like second-hand USB-C Dell docking stations are £60-ish on eBay, and unless there are better suggestions was going to go with an IKEA office chair, which probably leaves ~£250 for monitor and keyboard?

Green Hewitt in Hyde Park this afternoon near the half-marathon finish. Saw the LFGSS sticker on the mudguard and shouted 'Do a skid'; got a thumbs-up instead.

But they're HHSB as fuck, so swings and roundabouts...

Any guesses on what the new model they're teasing on their socials is?

So the P-line rear triangle now won't take an SA hub, right? Guess that puts the kibosh on my plans to one day upgrade my M6 to an M6-X.

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Pray do tell?

Do they brake that much better, or is it just better rim/block life?

Autosol (or other metal polish) should bring it up - but if not coated it will slowly tarnish again over time.

And a trip to Betty's!

For the non-miniatures/comsim wargamers, I watched an interesting seminar yesterday with Nick Bradbeer of UCL, talking about how they use wargames to teach naval architecture students about the tradeoffs in ship design. A lot of interesting discussion about how to make it engaging, and about the 8 types of fun (which I'd not previously encountered). It's now up on YouTube; the rest of the channel should also be of interest to fellow nerds: https://youtu.be/cP6HzLB0DZI

Very nice; did he make the top cap as well?

I usually drill a couple of holes and use pop rivets to fix the flap; you just need to make sure the rivet heads are large enough.

Also, would it be possible to fashion something to give the chainset/BB area more coverage on the driveside?

Beyond a scobleflap? I guess you might be able to use milk carton HDPE or something to extend the guard round?

Haven't sorted it yet, but am leaning towards a cheapish IKEA floor-standing spotlight, and then seeing if I can get some GU10 bulbs with a decent colour temperature & CRI.

I had an Eyc on my bakfiets; dunno if this is an upgraded version, but it was a great city light - did good duty on unlit park paths as well.

Do the French fuzz actually check your vests for an EN label, or just eyeball it and go 'yeah, that looks hi-viz'? (AIUI on PBP the organisers do check beforehand at the bike scrutineering.) An interesting set of requirements for the EN; is the seam strength test for the garment itself, or to make sure that the reflectives can't come loose too easily?

Were the steel ones often galvanised, or were there cheap and nasty ones made from some zinc alloy? I'm sure I've got at least one that looks like white metal of some kind.

Vitsoe use a different fixing system, so it won't fit twin-track rails. Elfa do reinforced brackets that are 57cm deep, so you could probably get some ply or whatever cut and use those? As long as you're not putting ridiculous weight on the desk you could probably make it a bit deeper. https://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/product/elfa-twin-slot-shelving-system-reinforced-shelf-bracket-570mm-length-white-453472

You're paying for Robin's strong opinions...

and knowing Mike pretty well I had a chat with him, and he told me his latest project had just come out of the oven and was looking promising, would I like one?

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As name-drops go, and coupled with the 'oh, I just had this kicking around the garage for a while', this is astounding. Plus those monoblade forks!

Might possibly be tempted; presumably they've been built up?