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Well I guess lfgss doesn't index in Google too good. My bad. So I should have jfslfgss...

The fork is a touch too narrow. Close but no dice. @skidz its the front wheel!?

Ofc I JFGI and didn't find the answer ffs!! Also didn't see any pics of that Mavic on a fixed gear bike.

Thanks JB but it didn't fit the Kagero...

Can you fit Road QR front wheels on a fixed gear bike?

I'm thinking about putting a Mavic 2013 Ksyrium SLR Clincher Front Wheel-Tyre System (or similar) on a Kagero build but it made me wonder if a road hub is a tad wider? Black breaking surface being the main driver for this...

Nice work! Thanks again peeps.

How do you get the gradient view, on Open Street Map?

Nice... I ordered some from Urban Cyclery a few weeks ago and they still haven't arrived. I guess I'll be calling them again tomorrow, sigh.

Thanks peeps. I'll hit google maps and see what route it suggests I take, probably bring a spare cog or fixed/free hub but reckon 46/17 seems a safe bet give or take long straight flat roads on the way to Norwich. Cheers

Ello Norfuk folks!

I'll probably be over by the coast for easter and will most likely bring my bike and get some miles in. Is it realistic to think I'll be able to ride from Bacton area to Norwich? How are the roads and is Norwich (and the surrounding area) really hilly?

I tend to ride 46/17 or 46/16 around London but have a 19T cog too. Any advice welcome,

Cheers

Oh & is there a cycling etiquette for when you pass a guy on a Brompton wearing a Rapha Backpack?

And yeah, voids warranty.

If you reset to factory settings and set it up as a new phone ie. not use a backup then it doesn't void your warranty as Apple won't know. If you rock up to the Genius bar and aren't there to mock them you should obviously make sure you've wiped the phone and reset everything.

This jailbreak lark is pretty well documented and you may want to keep firmware versions backed up too if you do do it. Generally I advise people not to, because those that should probably wouldn't be asking... generally.

Its a fair amount of faffing.

I might grab a Winter Collar. It'll go so well with my CBNC stuff.

Merino is so snuggly.

Should I jailbreak my iphone.

Have never bothered until now but I just found out that if jailbroken you can make it say silly things in shiney colourful writing where it should say "slide to unlock".

Yes you should and put a little Apple logo there instead of text and restore it back and pretend it never happened.

cheers

i probably would have struggled to work out what to put into google! so how ought i format the drive for a pc to dump all the information but to make it readable and writeable when attached to my mac

Like I said in the other post, format it FAT32 or exFAT and it'll work on both as read & write.

would this be suitable?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/seagate-backup-plus-stca4000200-external-hard-drive-4tb-black-19736901-pdt.html?srcid=867&cmpid=comp~Google~Data+Storage~19736901&istCompanyId=9a35962d-802d-4e67-9721-0a3328ca1f02&istItemId=xtwrptxqm&istBid=t

If both computers have USB3 then it's ok. Otherwise you'll be getting USB2 datarates (slower than firewire). Noone will be able to tell you which drive to get without knowing what ports the computers have. I am lucky enough not have to deal with this stuff and when I do I use G-Tech or Promise drives. Jigsaw24 have a fair few options on their website.

what 4tb drive would you suggest? and how do i do this formatting malarkey?

OSX does support NTFS, as read only though so I wouldn't bother formatting your own new drive as NTFS. Just imho.

You can use Disk Utility to format the drive. When you get the drive, plug it in. Then hold down cmd+spacebar, type disk and hit enter. Disk Utility will open. Let me google a guide for you: http://bit.ly/ZVATRz

possibly a few TB of music, i have a mac mini

am not the most computer literate

Haha like most of the population then! Ok so a fair amount of data then. If you've got a few hours to play with then its doable and you'll tend to be advised to go with firewire over USB because it has better sustained data transfer rates. (Generally speaking without wanting to get into FW800 vs USB3 chat).

You need to look at your mac mini, check the ports and see if you have FW800 or FW400 on it. The ports on the mac mini's have changed over time, for example, the newest ones have Thunderbolt, FW800 & USB3!

Then do the same for the PC and you'll get the lay of the land. For example if you by a external hard drive that has FW800 & USB2. You might find that you can plug your drive into the mac mini using FW800 and copy the files pretty fast. Lets say 6hrs. Then you go to the PC and it only has USB2. You would then be able to copy the files off of the drive but it will take longer than 6hrs because USB2 has a lower sustained datarate than FW800 (& FW400 for that matter).

If your Mac & PC had a thunderbolt drive you could get it all done crazy fast but it would cost you more. As always with this computer lark there are millions of ways to skin a cat but its best not to chat networking and other crazy stuff like that and just keep it simple(ish).

If you are sure no files are over 4GB then use FAT32 if you're nervous about the speed hit, exFAT otherwise.

Get a drive which can plug into both computers. Copy the files off of one computer to the drive. Then copy them off of the drive to the other computer. The cost and time will but the variables you'll have to consider. I tend to use G-Tech for external drives but its sounds like they'd be overkill for this.

Mac drives are FAT32 and PC's aren't right?

Na Mac's are HFS+ (Mac OS Extended). FAT32 would be fine for this too BUT remember there is a 4GB file limit so its not good for large video files etc but for loads of small files (mp3, aac etc) it'll be fine.

In fact if dancing james has time its worth testing both FAT32 & exFAT because some people report reduced transfer speeds on exFAT formatted drives but I haven't had any issues. You'll need to format the drive on the Mac for exFAT.

if someone was going to transfer a huge volume of music files from a pc to a mac for me, what drive should i buy, and how should it be formatted?

Format exFAT.

Way too much info missing to give you a proper answer but assuming you're not going to be using Thunderbolt or eSATA and that they are overkill for what you need. Go for as fast a connection as possible in your budget, if time is factor. You'll want to use Firewire 800, USB3, Firewire 400 then after that USB 2 or 1. Some drives have more than one interface but your PC/Mac will dictate what you need.

We don't know how much data you need to shift, what OS's are involved, your budget, time you have blah blah blah. A huge amount for some people is 500GB and others 20+TB...

Search for fixed gear ratio in google (or your other favoured search engine) and you'll find a gi chart and you can see for yourself the jump! People wouldn't be offering good advice on the forum if they told you that 48/14 is cool for the London streets but as always, back in the real world its up to you.

I've been using a Leader 725 for the last few months and it shipped with 46/16. You can get around town with no problems but I'm looking to switch to 46/17 or 18. As others have said 48/17 is not a bad starting point but I wouldn't go more crazy than 48/16 as a starting point. It's all personal choice though...

I've never done a LtB but provisionally pencil me in. I won't be able to confirm until nearer the time but definitely want to do a LtB this year.

I still shoot a fair amount of film. I hope to grab a Nikon F5 (50th anniv ideally) someday. They're fairly cheap these days and still a nice lump of camera but I tend to shoot rangefinders mainly. Finally about to sell my minilux to fund a M or some Thomson parts...

Did you look at the Charge Plug 2013 at Evans? You could then upgrade parts with the £250 or so budget you have left... won't go too far but it's a start. Different style frame though obviously.

I guess I'm just not a big fan of the Langster, with so many other options I'd try something else but as always its a personal choice.