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Thanks, I'm still riding and enjoying the bike, though I've had to touch up the odd chip and scrape. Thankfully Humbrol Brunswick Green enamel is the exact same shade as Bob Jackson's racing green. Since I started this thread someone on the CTC forums sent me a scan of an Eclipse brochure, and (for that model year at least) it looks like the Routier had sidepulls and the Countryman centre-pulls; I've seen flam blue frames on eBay with canti bosses, so it may have varied from year to year? I keep meaning to get some hoods, but I find the levers comfy enough for all but the longest rides.
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I had Kånkens as school bags as a kid (they weren't cool then, alas - my mum had lived in Sweden for a couple of years and liked them) and recall them lasting a couple of years before wearing through (usually near where the straps attached on the bottom). Not particularly waterproof, mind.
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I'm about to lace this rim up, and the label is annoying me; do I build it so it's readable when sat on the bike (i.e. the same orientation as in the photo), or so the chevrons move in the direction of rotation?
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Looks like chimineas and fire pits are going to be the new bog roll...?
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Having just checked the beer cupboard, I have Fuller's 2007, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019 left. Might have to save the 2007, as I've only got the one (unless someone wants to give me £hundreds for it? Thought so...), but might crack a 2012 once I've shifted this cold...
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They change the recipe slightly every year; it's bottle-conditioned and over 8%, so will continue to develop in bottle over time.
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Nice work! Laminated yeast doughs are surely one of the most technically demanding baking techniques?
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In the short term they're probably easier to scale up than production at a testing machine manufacturer?
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Back on the Everest.
Bakfiets rider, beard-and-Carradice CTC member, writer & academic (history/social sciencey stuff).