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This is now approaching its final form, and feeling much better with new drivetrain, hoses & cables. Tubeless installed - a first for me - and it does immediately feel extremely supple, which is nice, albeit I'm not sure yet how well it's holding air, obvs a must on an everyday utility bike.

But by far the biggest improvement is, for the first time, mudguards that don't rattle on every bump, which had been really upsetting my zen. I can now see I haven't got the curve quite right yet, mind

Last thing on the wish list is a Brooks B17, always fancied trying one and this feels like the right bike for it

I'll have to see how I get on with it

Agreed that adding the plug was fun and easy and I'd much rather be doing that on the roadside than changing a tube

Overnight both tyres dropped to 20psi, so not flat but about half what they need to be able to hold. Hopefully that was a one time thing while the sealant gets to where it needs to go, and does its thing, rather than something that's gonna happen every night

Very belatedly taken the plunge today, after many years of wondering

First tyre went up fine first time and seemed to hold pressure, as soon as I'd added sealant, with just two layers of tape and a track pump. At this point I was feeling v positive

Second tyre, which is older albeit very far from worn out, had no less than four punctures - where you could see sealant coming through the tyre - that had never punctured the inner tube beneath previously. One of these was pissing air and sealant, enough to stop the tyre getting high enough pressure to seat the bead. Added a dynoplug - thankfully I'd already bought these to stick in my bag in case of a puncture - and it seemed to work, although not immediately.

Eventually seemed to seal and it's held a few hours, time will tell if it lasts overnight. But it's definitely got me wondering if this going to have the opposite effect from intended - which was to reduce the chance of punctures. If the presence of the tube itself has seemingly prevented four punctures, one of which took a plug and a lot of time to seal, am I really going to get fewer punctures by going tubeless?

Absolute unit

Did this sell? And have you got a photo to show the scuffs?

Horrendous experience at the supermarkets this morning as expected.

Think I have my menu confirmed now, aiming for a blend of top quality where it counts and ease/cheating where I can get away with it. So, nibbles instead of proper starters, no-cook dessert, and as little doubling up of meat/veggie things as possible. Which means no pancetta in the sprouts sadly.

B17 Honey

Hi, this still available? And would you post?

Great shout, these are cute

Looks amazing, dream bike

This is a good suggestion, it's veggies not vegans for me so that does make it easier.

I am a fool and every time I've done it, it's gotten rave reviews

It really makes a ham not a gammon as you roast it after boiling it, right?

Think I'm short of Christmas nibbles, canapes ideas - especially for the vegetarians in my group. Got some nice smoked salmon and blinis, nuts, cheese and pickles - what else should I be thinking of? Keen to avoid ready made iceland-prawn-ring type horrors, in favour of something simple but tasty I can knock up to keep hunger at bay while the main dinner is underway.

Hippy's chainline will be 2.5mm out, without the spacer, assuming (!) it's a correct match otherwise. But whether that will make any difference to anything is another question

But also - that BB comes with not 1 but 3 of the spacers, as it is compatible with both 68 and 73 shells - so you ought to have it somewhere

slightly asymmetric cranks

I have this with a pair of middleburns at the moment, it's actually better if I remove the DS spacer specified by Shimano for the BB

Asymmetric, as measured by distance from pedal eye to centre of seat tube, as I wasn't certain whether the chainstays would be symmetrical. IE the q factor is slightly different on each side

But it got me looking into it, and I found loads of comments on forums etc saying slightly asymmetrical cranks are completely normal and you'd be amazed how often this is the case. So I've decided to just not worry about it

I am no expert on square taper but I think it's particularly the case on these, as the BBs were often deliberately asymmetric? I think they often aimed to put the drive side crank where it needed to be for chainline and chainring/chainstay clearance, then just put the left hand crank as close in as possible, for narrower overall, but asymmetric, q.

Given we are talking about 2.5mm, there is a good chance your legs are not that symmetric anyway?

Ha yeah on reflection this is maybe not a foolproof Christmas strategy. I would call the butcher up and ask. My point was really just that the use by date is probably not real

At my local butcher every thing you buy comes with today's date as the use by. Arse covering I guess, and avoids them having to think about it - reckon you can keep it until it looks or smells less fresh

This is a nice example of how - regulation is good actually. Absolutely massive fines for Meta, Google, Amazon etc. Actually confronting these corporate behemoths who act like they are above the law and fuck us all over, all the time, normally with impunity.

I will be as sad as anyone else to see LFGSS close down but I do think that something like the law proposed is necessary, and I'm certain it will leave the world a better place.

As many others have said it's very clear the risk of Ofcom going after LFGSS is so minimal as to be meaningless, when viewed objectively. But obviously, Velocio doesn't have the luxury of viewing it objectively, doesn't owe anyone anything, and frankly doesn't need a reason at all - let alone a good one - if they want to close the forum, after running it so well for so many years.

You are a clever grown up, an undergrad degree will be too basic for you, they don't give you anything more than you can get just reading the textbooks, but done part time will take years and years and cost silly money. A masters will be quicker, cheaper, more interesting, and probably meet whatever visa requirements you need? Being more advanced they are also maybe better for self esteem? And assuming you are an experienced professional, you will be able to get onto a masters course with that as your qualifying experience, instead of an undergrad, assuming you pick something related (ish) to your field

One of these
https://www.superstarcomponents.com/products/ring-raptor-110bcd

To enjoy more silly standards, you could always change your freehub to one that takes a 10t smallest cog

But really the square taper Spa cranks idea is the best (apart from just paying the money for the middleburn chainring). BB length adjustable to give you whatever chain line/chainstay clearance is the best compromise. I have the Spa cranks on my all road type bike and zero complaints

I needed 165mm too, and as above, cheap 110bcd narrow wides are easy to find

The middleburns you removed, what was wrong with them? They have a wide range of spiders, so you can fit as big a chainring as will fit the frame? (Which, I would not assume to be as big as 40t, the max single chainring size on my Bridge Club is quoted as 34t).

X type (hollotech style external bb) or square taper ?

Are they? I'm an arsenal fan and enjoying it very much. Most fans I know have been wanting us to get more pragmatic for about twenty years

The thing about Arsenal, is they always walk it in

This was once true, but nowadays they only score from corners

shock-collar

Hopefully he doesn't as these are rightly now illegal