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Lovely Bike. You should consider shimming the handlebars, otherwise you will make your dentist rich

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Must have missed the mini Honzo when you first showed it. Absolutely amazing!

very nice

No, after phasing out nuclear power plants in Germany, the vast majority of cost lies still ahead. Demolishing those reactors and storing the nuclear waste will cost billions. The main players like RWE in Germany are already trying to get out of their contractual obligations to bear these costs.

Moreover, if you criticize the dependence on Russian gas, you must also criticize the same dependence on uranium. More than 20 per cent of uranium came from Russia and another 20 per cent from Putin's then ally Kazakhstan. With Rosatom Russia is also one of the leading suppliers of nuclear power plants worldwide. Phasing out nuclear power therefore means reducing dependence on Russia.

If you're looking for a bigger front rack, I'm selling mine (bag too)

Love the Brodie!

You're in Vienna, right? In the hills to the west you'll find all the tracks you could want. When I'm out there on my narrow tire gravel, I usually think 80% of the time: “hey, this is really nice” and 20%: “something's going to break this time”.

Who have denied it.

This only proves that they don't have someone like Arthur Zimmermann in their midst.
The suspected saboteur was the subject of an international arrest warrant, which they ignored for 2 months. Then, after his escape, they blamed it on some bureaucratic mishap.

If that was gross negligence, incompetence or really aiding a criminal on Poland's side and sabotage on Ukraine's side is expectedly shrouded in propaganda from all sides and the truth will probably be revealed only decades from now. Until then and without new and better information, I rather suspect foul play on Poland's part and probably also Ukraine's as both have good reason to do so due to the Russian attack.

Ok, probably should not have called Nord Stream German. Let me rephrase that to "considered infrastructure of national importance".

The lessened dependency on gas (regardless if from Russia, the US or Norway) is of course great and most important.

That´s true. And Austria still gets at least 81% (April 2024) and up to 98% (December 2023)of its gas from Russia. https://energie.gv.at/hintergrund/import-von-russischem-gas

Well, the fact that published extracts of the ongoing investigation into Nordstream strongly suggest sabotage of German infrastructure by some Ukrainians (aided by the Poles), has definitely not helped the Ukrainian cause in Germany.

I'm getting strong early 1930s Germany vibes here.
Some of those 41% might expect this strongman to be a reborn Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, ruling in their interest and stepping down after the "crisis" is averted. But how likely would that be?

Exactly, Nokon

When I was about to set off on a bike tour, I realized that important parts of the GPS mount were missing, 5 minutes later :

Yes, that gearing should get you up to anything. Mine is fine for up to a 13% incline when fully loaded.
With 20" wheels, I often feel that 11 gears are too finely graded, an 8 or 9 speed cassette would be better. But I already had that SRAM Force lying around...

The Tern on the right is full SRAM Force with Red cranks 50 x 11-32 teeth, giving me 30.3 to 88 gear inches. Handles surprisingly well with a 12 kg front load.
I have forgotten the details for the Birdy on the left.

Touring the Alps

@dadbike

That bike is great, especially the dual bottle setup!

Angry entrance

Have fun in Leipzig! Looks like the roads are in the same desolate state as when I left 10 years ago. We called it "renaturalisation" back then, loved the weeds and flowers that randomly grew between the paving stones.

You really transformed that garden into paradise, amazing.
When I was working in the Cilento a few years back, I was astonished for how little you could buy large country houses as long as they weren't built directly at the coast.

Thanks guys! I will buy something else

I am currently looking for mini v-brakes for my cyclocross bike and I have been offered KCNC VB2 brakes. I couldn't find any documentation on these, except that it says compatible with Giant Propel. The Propel seems to be some kind of time trial bike. I am unsure if the KCNC would even fit a normal v-brake frame.
Does anyone here know?

Just came out of The Boy and the Heron. Wow, another Miyazaki masterpiece!

Oh! Missed the missing sealant, sorry.