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Older gen dmr v12s, really good shin scrapers.

Managed to make my own this year.

The first batch had soggy bottoms (see pic), which I blame in part on my sub par oven and tray, so I 'blind baked' the next lot. Basically just do the bottoms first on their own for about 15 mins with a roasting dish on top to keep them from cooking top down too quick. Then after that it was plain sailing. I do recommend the recipe, just be sure to blind bake.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/unbelievably-easy-mince-pies

This is so heartbreaking. Hayley was a wonderful person with so much to share. If anyone is aware of something to contribute to in her honour I would appreciate it being posted.

Hey that does look amazing but with another £40 (!) for a remote that does come to significantly on top of my budget, and being a lowly mechanic/tour guide who is also saving up for holidays I just don't think that's for me and my halfords coke can whip. GLWS

UPDATE: No longer looking.

Looking for a replacement for my busted dropper post.
I'm currently toying with this new one from Merlin which is £180 including the remote (though annoyingly looks like it needs an 'mmx' clamp also)https://www.merlincycles.com/fox-transfer-sl-performance-elite-dropper-seatpost-317500.html

or more likely this rockshox one which is 180 inc remote https://www.tredz.co.uk/.RockShox-Seatpost-Reverb-Stealth-Plunger-Remote-Right-Above-Left-Below-_231255.htm?variations=colour:Black,option:31.6mm%2520x%2520414mm%2520%257C%2520150mm&sku=758857

or maybe this one for £120 inc remote and clamp https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bike-parts/saddles-seats-posts/satori-dropper-31.6mm-x-460mm-x-150mm-drop-439718.html

but I thought I'd ask if anyone's got one they're wanting rid of first. Ideally budget topping out at about a hundred quid plus post.

Thanks everyone. I will keep pushing ahead.

I'm minded to try to go with madison but appreciate any further thoughts.

DMing

Was gonna dm but something just came through sorry

I teach people how to fix bikes and stuff at various events in a freelance capacity and give a lot of recommendations of what basic tools and spares to have on hand at home and while riding. For most people it's just levers, an inner tube and a mini pump (sometimes a spanner for wheels). I've had feedback that people would like to be able to buy stuff there and then to ride away with. I actually really rate a lot of decathlon stuff but don't think I'd be able to put in a bulk order to sell on, and obviously if anyone came back with warranty requests I'd be out of luck. What's a smart way of going about this? Does one need an accojnt with a distributor to be a reseller, does one generally need to make purchases of c. 100 units at once? Just at a bit of a loss of what to do.

Obviously this would be with the OK of the person I'm working for at the time, with me taking payment in cash/PayPal.

Yeah that looks ideal. Sending you a DM! thanks for replying.

thread closed.

definitely too high, you also need to add more photos. You need to bear in mind that someone buying a 2nd hand bike has no post purchase protection if something goes wrong with the frame which has been known to happen on titanium bikes.

Regrettably the time has come to put mudguards on the town bike, and the tyres on there currently are too big, so I need to downsize until the dry season. Something like these https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/tyres-large/schwalbe-marathon-racer-hs429-tyre-with-reflex-700-x-30-30622/ would be ideal.

I much prefer to help people declutter their cupboards so do let me know if you have something that will fit the bill. Any width from 28 to 32 will be OK. I am ok with used tyres so long as there is plentiful tread. I don't mind if they're folding or wire bead, and they don't need to be tubeless. Ideally I'd be paying no more than £10/tyre.

I can collect from anywhere cycleable from turnpike lane or can pay for post.

Yes, they were overwhelmed by gridlocked drivers trying to get in and out of the park so panicked and shut the whole place to drivers (instead of insituting a 'book ahead' system...), and a few weeks after, during which the park was being used by thousands of people enjoying car-free cycling, wheelchairing, roller skating and so on on the park roads, they banned them all too. Unless you were a 'key worker' and could prove that you were cycling through the park on business.

And nowadays the royal parks want us to raise money for them, lmfao.

It isn't just that it's annoying and dangerous for park users, it's also clearly harmful to the park as a site of special scientific interest (which it's been since 1992). As an sssi the presence of motor traffic and the associated pollutants (tyre rubber, brake pad material being washed off the road by rain in to the parks earth, noise pollution, engine fumes etc) should clearly be minimised.

What's darkly comic is that the 'friends of richmond park' were demanding that through traffic be blocked through the park as long ago as the 1960s.

The other bit ill never forget for as long as I live is how the royal parks banned cycling in the park during the pandemic on the grounds of 'plumes of exhalation.'

You should also go to the Algerian coffee store in Soho. It is take away only, but also as far as I know, the only place in London you can actually get espresso coffee served to you for a tolerable price.

There's a very legitimate reason for the roads in richmond and regents park, they are needed so people can actually get there and use the park for leisure purposes. Like wheelchair athletes and handcyclists and all kinds of other people who can only access it by car.

The problem is that the roads are also open as traffic sewers for every motorist in London who gets routed through by waze, so they aren't just used by the people coming to the park, they're like any other rat run for traffic that should be sticking to A roads.

I even used to come across argos delivery lorries driving through richmond park sometimes.

The sooner this rotten institution, unaccountable to anyone except a handful of out of touch jaguar drivers, gets done away with, the better for us all. Should be abolished by an act of parliament with estates ponied up to councils.

Welp, got one cone off and axle out but the other cone was somehow seized on tight. After a heap of trying, heat gunning etc, my colleague was able to wrench the other cone off but the axle had clearly had it. My suspicion is that it might have somehow bent over its 5 year life.

Annoyingly an axle kit is available from sjs for £20 plus post, plus bearings bought separately this comes to about £30. I guess it is what it is.

Wow I can't believe that didn't occur to me. Every days a school day on lfgss! Cheers

I'm going to replace the bearings in my halo back wheel, they've definitely had it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPtOYLVNCwc

This is the official guide. It advises using a punch to wack the new bearings back in to place. My question is, couldn't one just use the cones to press the new bearings back in to place? with a 15mm spanner.

Let me know if I'm missing something here.

Dming re ww frame bag and Sr saddle

Now they're back. Bizarre.

yeah no clue what's going on here. Nothing viewable for me on chrome desktop either. vov

Hilariously I can't even view my own screenshot in the previous post lol

I'm not getting images loading on chrome (mobile) as attachments. Tried again in incognito mode, same result.

Does this come with the gubbins to make it geared? Looks nice.