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@mdcc_tester I haven't got much to compare them to, but when I have been on mates' bikes with better brakes I do think the stock ones on my bike could definitely be more powerful. But I suppose they do work 'fine'
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@platypus cheers. I think if he doesn't shift them soon and wants to get rid of them he might let them go a bit cheaper, in which case I will go for it.
@snottyotter I do usually subscribe to that philosophy -
I didn't know Mark but it was so inspiring to discover this thread and read how much he did to raise money through charity rides and to stay positive despite being dealt such an awful card. Thoughts are with his family and I hope his page continues to raise money for them https://www.gofundme.com/55ugxdk
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Wearing this daily at the moment. 30.5mm
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MTB question: My trek roscoe 8 2018 has the stock brakes on it (Shimano M315 hydraulic disc,2 pot, £40 a set online https://www.merlincycles.com/shimano-m315-front-and-rear-disc-brake-set-132886.html?source=PHG), and a guy in the uni club has offered me a brand new pair of Sram Guide T brakes for £70, and they are currently £72 each on CRC (https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mobile/sram-guide-t-disc-brakes/rp-prod180856?fbclid=IwAR3xykedjG5EBKSZvK1z9ZJOaHQlhpHuT-LUWJpmjes_Y1rcligTMIELa3E). There is only 1 review I can find and people I've asked don't know much about the guide Ts, other than this is cheap for a pair of 4 pot brakes. Worthwhile upgrade?
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@spotter nice, mines from Feb 72! Apparently the 7005 movement was very thin for its time.
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Vintage Seiko today too. Going to test how accurate it is over a couple of days
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@Stonehedge I really like that. Looks a lot like the dial from older explorer 1 models like the 1016 and 5504, which I much prefer to the dials on the newer versions
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(Copied from the FT most recommended comments from a Bombardier article this AM)
'The Tories shafted the DUP last night right and proper.
The DUP’s signature policy of feeding its loyal-ist supporters with vast amounts of govt cash in the Renewable Heat Initiative scheme has been cancelled.
Suddenly. Without warning. After Arlene Foster’s signed personal guarantee in this ridiculously clear letter https://mobile.twitter.com/sjamcbride/status/1100477798580473856
had led to banks loaning hundreds if not thousands of churches, businesses and farms in NI, peopled by the DUP’s most fervent supporters, hundreds of thousands of pounds to participate in the botched scheme. Banks already calling in these loans. DUP powerless to help, having exhausted all their Westminster political capital on keeping up with their ERG mates. Ian Paisley junior promisesto “come out fighting” (https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/does-dup-back-paisley-rhi-stance-it-wont-answer-that-but-breaks-silence-on-tariff-cuts-37880874.html). No ammo left.
The personal, community and family tragedies provoked by this decision are enormous.
If the DUP hadn’t been refusing to share devolved govt in NI, then Westminster would never have had the power to cancel suddenly payments under the scheme.
Westminster has blamed the EU for its decision to stop payments. Yet, the rest of the EU including Ireland is just about to introduce a similar scheme with higher payments. So it’s abundantly clear to everyone watching carefully that this is an exquisitely direct, accurate and nuclear attack on the DUP by those in the Tory party it has been tormenting with its NI Backstop waffle and its disloyalty.
Delicious moment (except for the collateral damage of wrecking thousands of lives in farms, businesses and churches across NI of those who trusted Arlene Foster’s written guarantee that payments would never go down: “...This is Arlene Foster's letter to banks in Jan 2013, giving her personal cast iron RHI funding guarantee: "grandfathered" (a legal term meaning tariffs can't be altered); "certainty"; "guaranteed"; "regardless of reviews"; "reliable"; "long-term". This is what claimants were told...”)
https://mobile.twitter.com/sjamcbride/status/1100477798580473856'
https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1227844