Any question answered...

I might do. You mean, for free, right?

If you come and get it, it's free.
You might not want it though, the hard drive appears to be toast.

Thinking of broadband for our new (hopefully soon to be) house.

I've never had fibre optic before, what should I be looking out for? Is it definitely worth having? We use the internet for TV, games not loads of downloading (apart from game updates)

Would anyone recommend a provider? A quick look suggests Virgin or Talk Talk both of which I've never been with.

Virgin Broadband has been great for us. So too was BE when we had ADSL at the old place.

how do you post a gps my ride type map onto the forum ?

Just post the URL and the forum will display the map.

It's done with magnets I believe.

and clowns

Possibly magnetic clowns

Could be castling cowmen though

:/

You're joking? I love it.

Part of me loves it, part of me likes the unfussy minimal look and doesn't like the idea of lizards scurrying around on the top cap.

I don't know what colour or drilling any of these come in, but Damon Rinard's Spocalc tool reckons that Open Pros have an ERD of 605mm. Other rims listed as being this size are:

[]Rigida PHOENIX (ERD 604.8mm)
[]Ambrosio Tour de France
[]Matrix ISO C
[]Ambrosio Aero Elite
[]FiR SC170
[]Mavic 195
[]Mavic Reflex
[]Rigida ARIES
[]Ritchey Rock 700 Pro
[]Zipp 110 17mm deep box section aluminum clincher

Cheers, boss... Still quite confusing as some places have the ERD up as 602...

I have one of the miche primato bottom brackets...First time bottom bracket installer

Don't worry, you'll soon be second-time BB installer when the Miche breaks, seizes or falls out and you replace it with a proper BB (Shimano BB-UN55) with a flange on the drive side cup.

Other rims listed as being this size are:

[]Rigida PHOENIX (ERD 604.8mm)
[]Ambrosio Tour de France
[]Matrix ISO C
[]Ambrosio Aero Elite
[]FiR SC170
[]Mavic 195
[]Mavic Reflex
[]Rigida ARIES
[]Ritchey Rock 700 Pro
[]Zipp 110 17mm deep box section aluminum clincher

Have you tried to buy any of those rims? Damon Rinard has bigger fish to fry these days than putting some currently available product details on his old pages, which are very nearly older than teh internetz

Cheers, boss... Still quite confusing as some places have the ERD up as 602...

Ambrosio Excellence have and ERD of 602 I think?

campyoldy.com have them in silver and 28h flavour too.

Hello, I would like to get some tyres before the weekend. Some decent puncture resist 23s (gatorskins?), would rather not pay shop prices but do not have time to get them online. Does anyone have suggestions as to a shop that does tyres at good prices and/or a good value equivalent?

I know, this must have been asked a hundred times, but that leads to a hundred answers when I search, and who's selling what at what prices does change over time.

Oh, London, preferably central/North.

Don't worry, you'll soon be second-time BB installer when the Miche breaks, seizes or falls out and you replace it with a proper BB (Shimano BB-UN55) with a flange on the drive side cup.

Yeah, I thought I'd take the risk but I reckon you'll be right. I bought the Tacx tool which made fitting it pretty easy. I was going to get the UN55 but was put off by compatability issues. I have Miche cranks and I think there was going to be an ISO/JIS conflict, although some places said it'd be fine, others warned against it.

Should have just asked in this thread though!

Cheers, boss... Still quite confusing as some places have the ERD up as 602...
Damon bases the ERD figures on Mavic's "nipple* seat diameter" or summat, then adds 3mm to allow for the nipples themselves. It seems he does this to bring Mavic's measurements (and a couple of other brands) into line with accepted norms.

Hello, I would like to get some tyres before the weekend. Some decent puncture resist 23s (gatorskins?), would rather not pay shop prices but do not have time to get them online. Does anyone have suggestions as to a shop that does tyres at good prices and/or a good value equivalent?

I know, this must have been asked a hundred times, but that leads to a hundred answers when I search, and who's selling what at what prices does change over time.

Oh, London, preferably central/North.

Both Evans and cycle surgery do a price match. So go on line then find a store that stocks the tyre you need. There are enough of both in london to find what you need.

I think bonti hardcase racelites are good and as they're no longer made they may be cheap if any Evans etc still have them. But check the tyre list.
https://www.lfgss.com/thread11148.html

Virgin Broadband has been great for us. So too was BE when we had ADSL at the old place.

Thanks Hippy - Just looked at BE broadband - they're not fibre though? Would that make much difference?

They're prices are good too.

I have Miche cranks and I think there was going to be an ISO/JIS conflict, although some places said it'd be fine, others warned against it.

Should have just UTFS though!

ftfy

Loads of people on here happily using Shimano BBs with their Miche cranks.

Both Evans and cycle surgery do a price match....[/url]

All good advice, thanks.

Anyone know anywhere super-cheap to stay for a night in Bristol? The YHA's full.

Thinking of broadband for our new (hopefully soon to be) house.

I've never had fibre optic before, what should I be looking out for? Is it definitely worth having? We use the internet for TV, games not loads of downloading (apart from game updates)

Would anyone recommend a provider? A quick look suggests Virgin or Talk Talk both of which I've never been with.

Note that there are two (three?) different things when people say "fibre".

BT provide FTTC, which is Fibre to the Cabinet. This is a fibre link between the telephone exchange and a green box on the street. You are then connected to this green box over normal copper phone lines. Since the box is closer than the exchange, BT can run VDSL over this link instead of the slower ADSL giving you up to about ~80Mbit/s download and 10Mbit/s upload (if you plump for the faster version). The speed is affected by the length and quality of the copper bit and in theory, contention on the green box and rest of the network beyond that. Note that FTTC is only available at certain exchanges (increasing all the time, rather slowly) and even where it is available at your local exchange, it may not be at a green box near you. BT market this as "Infinity" but they do allow other companies to resell it as a whitelabel product (e.g. Andrews & Arnold, UKFSN). So, they call it fibre, but it's not fibre all the way to your door.

BT also offer FTTP (Fibre to the Premises) which is fibre to your door. It's in the early rollout stages though, so you're unlikely to be able to get it. The standard product is about the same as FTTC above, but if you pay more it will go faster (110Mbit/s down, 30Mbit/s up) and because it's end to end fibre, it isn't affected by the length of the line and random electrical interference.

Most companies operate over BT's infrastructure, so that's all you'll get from most. Some just resell BT services, others actually have equipment in BT's telephone exchanges. With those, the only bit of BT they need to deal with are the links between your house and the exchange - these will still typically be provided by BT although the company can take over control of your line.

There are also the cable providers. It used to be NTL and Telewest, now I think it's just Virgin who bought both of those turkeys. They typically have their own cabling in the ground and again, only in certain areas. It's typically fibre optic to their distribution points and then it certainly used to be coaxial from there to the home, but they're starting to run fibre to your door instead now I think. They will offer faster speeds (1Gbit/s?) and you'll be able to escape BT's clutches (unless Virgin sell you a rebranded BT service instead of their own, which they do do in certain circumstances, I think)

One of the better sites for learning how all this works is ThinkBroadband.
The best way to find out what services you can get on your line is to use the BroadBand Checker at samknows. If it says FTTC is available in your area, you can check your specific phone line using the BT Infinity checker. If it says your best service is 8Mbit/s then even though your exchange has been FTTC enabled, your green box hasn't because BT ARE FUCKING CUNTS.

+1 for Samknows.

tl;dr just be happy you don't live in Hull.

rhowe- that's a very good overview, however one final point is that even if a company has kit in the exchange (LLU operators) they are highly likely to be backhauled over the BT network between exchanges.

Virgin/NTL/Telewest are the only people with a network that is entirely their own- and it is a ghastly lashup in many ways.

We don't talk about Fortress Hull.

Note that there are two (three?) different things when people say "fibre".

BT provide FTTC, which is Fibre to the Cabinet. This is a fibre link between the telephone exchange and a green box on the street. You are then connected to this green box over normal copper phone lines. Since the box is closer than the exchange, BT can run VDSL over this link instead of the slower ADSL giving you up to about ~80Mbit/s download and 10Mbit/s upload (if you plump for the faster version). The speed is affected by the length and quality of the copper bit and in theory, contention on the green box and rest of the network beyond that. Note that FTTC is only available at certain exchanges (increasing all the time, rather slowly) and even where it is available at your local exchange, it may not be at a green box near you. BT market this as "Infinity" but they do allow other companies to resell it as a whitelabel product (e.g. Andrews & Arnold, UKFSN). So, they call it fibre, but it's not fibre all the way to your door.

BT also offer FTTP (Fibre to the Premises) which is fibre to your door. It's in the early rollout stages though, so you're unlikely to be able to get it. The standard product is about the same as FTTC above, but if you pay more it will go faster (110Mbit/s down, 30Mbit/s up) and because it's end to end fibre, it isn't affected by the length of the line and random electrical interference.

Most companies operate over BT's infrastructure, so that's all you'll get from most. Some just resell BT services, others actually have equipment in BT's telephone exchanges. With those, the only bit of BT they need to deal with are the links between your house and the exchange - these will still typically be provided by BT although the company can take over control of your line.

There are also the cable providers. It used to be NTL and Telewest, now I think it's just Virgin who bought both of those turkeys. They typically have their own cabling in the ground and again, only in certain areas. It's typically fibre optic to their distribution points and then it certainly used to be coaxial from there to the home, but they're starting to run fibre to your door instead now I think. They will offer faster speeds (1Gbit/s?) and you'll be able to escape BT's clutches (unless Virgin sell you a rebranded BT service instead of their own, which they do do in certain circumstances, I think)

One of the better sites for learning how all this works is ThinkBroadband.
The best way to find out what services you can get on your line is to use the BroadBand Checker at samknows. If it says FTTC is available in your area, you can check your specific phone line using the BT Infinity checker. If it says your best service is 8Mbit/s then even though your exchange has been FTTC enabled, your green box hasn't because BT ARE FUCKING CUNTS.
damn! I thought you were neil... I even read it neils voice...

+1 for Samknows.

tl;dr just be happy you don't live in Hull.
what happens inn Hull? Rated the most boring city in the UK.

rhowe- that's a very good overview, however one final point is that even if a company has kit in the exchange (LLU operators) they are highly likely to be backhauled over the BT network between exchanges.

Virgin/NTL/Telewest are the only people with a network that is entirely their own- and it is a ghastly lashup in many ways.

We don't talk about Fortress Hull.
ah! there you are!

Hull used to have different coloured phone boxes because BT never provided service there, it was something like Hull Telecom... Some historical funny bit.