danstuff

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• Pro-cycling thread

  in Rides & Races • 1 day, 8 hours

  

  alumni

  Alumnus. Alumni is the plural. There is (all sing along) only one Fred Wright.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 12 hours

  

  If you want to tinker in a shed and end up with a wicked motor, a bike engined kit car will cost at most 33% of that gt3, and will be considerably faster and more engaging.

  This is why I have 2.5 of them. Albeit none road-legal at the moment.

• Brompton owners (was: Brompton rider outed)

  in General • 2 days, 4 hours

  

  You're going to try and fit two people on a Brompton at the same time?

• Iceland

  in Travel & Trips • 3 days, 5 hours

  

  On one of the '4x4 only' gravel roads on the interior we did at one point pass a Fiat Ducato van parked up by the side of the road. They were towing a caravan. Crazy Danes.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 days, 7 hours

  

  It's a Barchetta, I think.

• Wheelbuilding / Wheel Building / Wheel build help

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 4 days, 3 hours

  

  Yep

• Electronic & Hydraulic Shifting (Di2, Ui2, customisations)

  in Bikes & Bits • 4 days, 12 hours

  

  I'm still waiting for the jockey wheel dynamos that will recharge my Di2 system which Bikeradar breathlessly speculated were going to hit the shops imminently a few years ago based on a Shimano patent.

• Aerodynamics / Aerodynamic Cost / Aero parts

  in Bikes & Bits • 5 days, 14 hours

  

  Titanium 3D printed bars made by Bastion in Oz, apparently.

• Let's offroad / mountain bike / mtb / ride dirt

  in Rides & Races • 5 days, 14 hours

  

  Rucksack with a hydration system. Normally an EVOC bag.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week

  

  If it's a proper crack then it may have structural consequences in which case welding might not be a good idea. It's more likely to be porosity, in which case a lick of paint or getting the wheel properly refinished is likely to be a better plan.