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  • in reply to: Pictures of your Bike #685215
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    andystow

    I won this bike in a raffle

    I won this bike in a raffle from a local beer distributor just over six years ago. It’s a branded version for Chicago’s Goose Island Brewery, for their 312 Urban Wheat Ale. It may look like aluminium with its oval down tube, but it’s a steel frame, seat post, and bar.

    It is a flip-flop single speed that I run on the non-fixed side. I geared it down a little so I can climb all the local hills, and added a rear brake, toe clips, and straps. The bottle cage and pump are on a TwoFish Quick Cage Adapter, as this frame has not a single braze-on. It’s a lot of fun and I’ve put just over 1000 4500 miles on it. It weighs just under 30 lb. Rear bag is a Sackville.

    The bike is a custom version of this $300-$400 (£225-£300) mail-order bike.

    Looks like they’ve done a lot of other corporate branding, too. Anyone fancy an AUDI? You’re automatically exempt from signalling your turns when you ride it, and other cyclists have to move out of your way.

     

    https://cdn.road.cc/wp-content/uploads/roadcc/312.jpg

    andystow

    AlsoSomniloquism wrote:

    AlsoSomniloquism wrote:
    So how long is “momentary”?

    Just ten seconds. It’s hard to compose and send a text in much less time than that.

    in reply to: Camera for submitting footage to police #985737
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    andystow
    Gimpl wrote:
    Just in case anyone is interested – I have just purchased a Cycliq bundle as part of their Black Friday deal. Front and rear (12 & 6) for £405. 

    The US deal for the same was $455 (about £340.)

    Oops, forgot yours includes VAT, so that’s actually a very similar price. I had a love-hate relationship with my second generation Fly6, but it got stolen this year and I decided I’d take another chance on them and ordered its replacement on the Black Friday deal, $219 including shipping.

    in reply to: Carbon bikes too stiff for lighter riders ? #985171
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    hirsute wrote:
    Not sure that is right as a number of wheels state a lower mass than that.

    Was that a quote from a website ?

    https://www.halfords.com/bikes/faqs/adult-bike-maximum-weight-limit.html

    in reply to: Pictures of your Bike #685201
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    andystow

    Gorgeous! You’re very

    Gorgeous! You’re very talented!

    in reply to: Tubeless Woes #985415
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    andystow

    Did you turn the wheels

    Did you turn the wheels sideways, roll them, and flip them to distribute the sealant? Even then, I’ve sometimes had it take a few days for new tubeless tyres to settle in and stop losing some air daily. Not a big deal.

    What size tyres, and what pressure?

    in reply to: Pictures of your Bike #685191
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    andystow

    IanGlasgow wrote:

    IanGlasgow wrote:
    What I like best about this thread is the number of bikes on a website for roadies that aren’t road bikes.

    Wait, this site is for roadies? I’ve never even owned a road bike. What am I doing here?

    andystow

    Excellent placement of the

    Excellent placement of the bollards to protect the valuable building in the place it got hit last time, but not the rest of it, and let’s not worry about anyone using the pavement.

     

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    in reply to: Berlin Car Ban #985065
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    andystow

    If I move anywhere, I’m going

    If I move anywhere, I’m going to learn the local language.

    in reply to: Berlin Car Ban #985057
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    andystow

    If this happens I will be

    If this happens I will be looking into moving to Berlin. Time to start learning German.

    in reply to: Cannondale synapse front mech touching crank. #984497
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    andystow

    Shimano’s instructions are

    Shimano’s instructions are quite good. Are you sure the outer plate is absolutely parallel to the big ring? I used two steel rulers to set mine up.

    https://si.shimano.com/pdfs/dm/DM-RAFD001-05-ENG.pdf

    andystow
    hirsute wrote:
    https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/19531969.driver-avoids-jail-falsely-reporting-car-stolen-following-crash/

    Hits lampost

    “Bhaskaran has six previous convictions for 17 offences including matters of dangerous driving and drink driving, for which he was given a community order with unpaid work and a 28 month disqualification

    He was ordered to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work and complete a 30-day rehabilitation activity requirement.”

    That’ll show him.

    Another gentle caress on the wrist.

    in reply to: Broken bolt #983093
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    andystow

    Please. The way you’ve

    Please. The way you’ve written it, the bolt is stuck in the bracket, not the frame. Can you buy or fabricate a new bracket?

    … the bolt which connects the mudguard to a bracket on the chainstay bridge…

    andystow

    https://nypost.com/2021/08/03

    https://nypost.com/2021/08/03/car-crashes-into-kitchen-of-queens-house/

    Ticks a few boxes: BMW, no license* plate, driver fled.

     

    * hey swldxer, this in the US

    in reply to: Collapsing rim after 18 months- seen anything like it? #982401
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    andystow

    Wow. Either defective rims,

    Wow. Either defective rims, or massively over-tensioned straight gauge spokes, perhaps?

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