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Thanks! it's home made from MDF and threaded bar.

Physical exercise has been a life saving relief from depression for me,
Riding my bike predominantly, I struggle daily with PTSD brought about by the loss of my 13yo son to suicide, the shock of the event left me trying to bite out my wrists in a psychiatric unit and there isn't a day goes by since that I don't miss him and tear myself to pieces over his loss,
I too struggle with my body clock, sometimes I'm almost completely nocturnal, the solace and quiet of the night is often all I can bear, I ride a lot at night too, good lights and earbuds and just the night creatures for company, I always feel better in myself for getting out though,
It's the initial step of actually getting my kit on and leaving the house thats the hardest step, but it is doable, you can do it, theres something spritually rewarding about riding alone at night too, feels kind of special, priviledged,
I work on my bikes at night as well, planning and working quietly so I dont piss the neighbours off, noisy jobs are planned out for dawn/dusk, have a look at my thread in this section,
I feel for you, genuinely, and only seek to encourage you to ride and take on projects,
I can't offer any help with the ME but I know the black dog of depression intimately,
You've got this, walk it through, start small and build, and try not to be too hard on yourself if you take a break, roll over it and get back out there,
Feel free to message me if you ever want a chat,

Joe.

Thanks,
I sold a lot of it, I'll pick a copy of the Jon Hassell up and have a listen,
I kept, all my favourites he used to play, David Darling, Jan Garbarek, Ralph Towner etc,
I found a letter about Eberhard Weber from ECM in one of the sleeves and framed it,
He used to go to a lot of the concerts ECM put on, I got dragged along,
We went to see The Hilliard Ensemble with Garbarek at Sheffield Cathederal, before we went in he let me smoke a large joint in his car, little did he realise, he was actually passively smoking it too, we were both stoned as judges through the whole concert, was incredible,

Thanks, that's kind of you to say,

It is a bit, it's a trade off, i'm not really an audiophile, the way the room/house looks is more important to me than getting the best of of the system,

Thanks for the other comments too,

Another forum user spotted my hifi in the background of another post and suggested I post some pics of it,
My old man was a lifelong audiophile nut, dragged me all over the country to hifi shows and shops as a kid, he was disabled so couldn't carry the boxes of stuff he bought,
We were at a hifi show in Harrogate, I must've been 11-12 at the time, was almost at the end of the day, he was busy listening to something and I wandered into the Naim room,
The guy from Naim treat me just like any other moneyed customer and gave me a full demo of their show rig, played Bomb The Bass full blast for me several times, and it left a lasting memory I guess,

After the old man passed away he left me his collection of ECM records so I set about building a little rig he'd approve of,
I'm not much of an audiophile so went for form over function, I just bought what I found the prettiest,

NAC 72-NAP 140-HiCAP serviced at Classe-A and upgraded by Avondale just up the road from me,
Rega P8 with Apheta thingy,
Cyrus XT Sig Cd Player - Chord Shawline to DAC
Chord Qutest DAC - Chord Indigo to NAC72
Bluesound Steamer running Tidal Premium - Wireworld glass lead to DAC
PMC speakers

You don't get to watch my TV!!!

Enjoyed reading this thread, thank you.

Thats a really cool build, love it!
Enjoyed reading this thread!

Thank you,
Someone asked me about grief the other day, he asked me how I cope with my sons suicide,
I told him it was about the simple acts of human kindness,
They keep me going, I try to pay them on by working voluntary at a local homeless project, every night that I get home I look at my post modernistic bullshit pseudo industrial Patrick Bateman home and thank my lucky stars, I'm doing ok, it is what it is,
So thank you, and I hope you're doing ok too x

Nuke messaged me about the FG, hopefully it might be coming home, I'd love to have it back in the fleet, fingers crossed!

Seriously!!!!

I have a search for "Tonic Fab" on eBay,
And i regularly search for that bike/frame on there,

I would LOVE that frame back,

If you do ever sell, I'll buy it off you in an instant.
Small world!!!

I haven't collected them yet, I think they sold out pretty quickly to the Hope fanboys, I am one, I'll admit,
I'm the same about the graphic, and same with the lever, the tech 3 is great but not really designed for folk with hands like mine,

I'll go through my photos and put some more up, I'm conscious of over-doing it with the posts,

Thank you everyone, genuinely,
I've become an almost recluse these days, I just ride and potter around with my bikes,
Brought a tear to my eye reading the comments,
x

Fresh built Gangsta.

R.I.P Reg.

Reg Nichols
Bob Read

Been building these for a while, ordered Hope Tech 4 V4 brakes and been waiting for their release, so getting the hoses and other bits sorted ready for them to arrive, I am excite,

Goodridge hoses with Stan Titanium Shrouds, Hope blue banjo's and Titanium banjo bolts, Titanium pads carriers,

No, sadly, I got distracted by the Nag Super Pista and the Ciocc, I regret selling it now, was a nice example,

Frame - 2022 Levo S-works size 4
Forks - Factory 38's with Burgtec axle, Fox mudguard,
Wheels - Roval Traverse Carbon 27.5 - Michelin Wild AM 2.4 tyres, Muc-off valves
Brakes - Hope V4 - Titanium mount bolts, Titanium pad carriers
Rotors - Hope Floating 200mm - Titanium bolts
Levers - Hope Tech 3 - Titanium bolts - Titanium reservoir bolts
Rear derailleur - Sram XX1 AXS - Sram XX1 Shifter - Titanium Mount bolt - Sram XX1 chain - Sram XX1 Cassette
Pedals - Burgtec Penthouse Flats
Seat - Specialized Power with Mirror
Post - Fox Factory 200mm - Wolf tooth Lever
Grips - Chromag Clutch 150mm
Clamp - Specialized - Titanium bolt
Stem - Burgtec Enduro - Titanium bolts
Bars - Burgtec DH Carbon
Cage - S-Works Carbon - Titanium bolts
Rear axle - Burgtec

Thank you, it's just what comes along to be completely honest, I'm a bike magpie,

Everyone needs a hobby eh? keeps me from tying up my GF's,

Last one,

This was for sale cheap on FB marketplace, was in a right state,
Stripped it down, binned most of the finishing kit, rattled canned it, some eBay stickers,
Wiggle sale for the other bits it needed, what can I say, the black dog was in, I needed a little project to keep me from the razors, fuck knows what I'll do with it,

It was a flood that wrecked this heart.

And this lovely Bob Read,

Was on Ebay for pennies so I bid and won it, drove to Donny to collect and it turned out that the old guy that raced it for years had passed away and his nephew just wanted rid of it and was clearing the old lads house out,
He gave me a pile of NOS parts and wheels and stuff, sold most of it, so the bike needed up being free,
Was klarted with oil , dust and cobwebs,
Complete strip down, thorough clean and rebuild, new tape for the bars and a era correct-is saddle from the bay, t-cut the paint and waxed with high end carnuba,
Tyres still held air,
Had a little custom name sticker made with the owners name on,
Reg Nichols R.I.P

Welcome to the fleet of grief,

I might hang myself next week so who knows,

It is what it is.

175mm,

I'd intended either Profile BMX cranks or Sugino 75's but these were on eBay and were cheap at like £50, and there happened to be a NOS ring on there in the correct BCD for £20 so they ticked the pretty and cheap boxes,

Finished the De Rosa a while back too,