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I wouldn’t put a standard shed in there Unless there was a decent gap either side - a 5’ wide shed would be a bit tight to my mind - remember the roof eaves will over hang a bit.

I think asguard and companies similar do long and thin(ish) metal garden storage With flat roofs - short end opening like mini shipping containers - Might be worth looking at.

Your lean to idea makes sense If you are allowed. If it’s visible above that wall (which I guess it’s going to need to be to use without stooping ) you’ll need to consider Roof pitch and covering material. Slates/tiles have minimum pitch - things That do lower pitches like corrugated sheet or flat membranes would look a bit hokey there. You’d need To Think where the gutter is - you either span between the walls and have a gutter on your side of the boundary - other wise you raise the eaves at the boundary And Have the gutter directly over the wall. Some timber weather board cladding on the open triangle on the front elevation (To match the porch ) would make the whole thing look more intentional and keep the weather out.

Anyone got any tips for a relatively compact/ modern bar to fit a 25.4 clamp. This to go on my 90s Nigel Dean Senator. “ Nitto x fairweather” look nice but are £60. I’m not a fan of big loopy classic drops.

Dibs flite gel flow. Second dibs empire black Orange pls.

For basic wall shelves we got Tomado Libro as an alternative to string. They do white ladders with solid wood (or metal shelves). 70x70cm spacing x 20cm deep x 18mm thick shelf. Get them on Amazon for 80 squid.

Can't tell if you mean there is one full width dormer or two separate. If the latter - if it's in a conservation area or a listed property (?) the LA may have required a less dominant / more appropriate roof design for the property. Out in suburbia it is absolutely de rigueur to add a full width dormer box on the back of victorian/1930s terraces and semis using permitted development rights. So in principle totally possible subject to planning/ structural/building regs.

I’ve been through this with my wife’s wisp. I gave them a ‘service’ (ie dismantled and reassembled) - think I added a washer or two to stop arms binding. Threw some cheap road pads in there - new cables too - worked fine. In the end I upgraded to tektro dual pivot. Cable has to route up the seat tube and do a 180ish bend so there is friction on the rear but it works okay.

No but thanks - all I know about Dean is he had a shop in St Albans at some point. Also some story about him taking a dump in a bidon/hat ! Bit of a character apparently-bikes were brazed in the Barton on Humber works at one point I think.

Also - plenty of people on here build wheels and I’m sure there’s a thread for tips and advice.

I’ve made a couple very modest forum based impulse bargain buys for this bike. A tange headset Miche post and Tiagra shifters - so it will be a right ol muddle but might be riding it this year at least.

I have the dia compe one - brand new never used - £12 posted - pm me.

You’d hope it comes down mostly to the wall fixings/ quality of the steel. Nothing more annoying than fitting something that then wiggles loose. I nearly went vola but u-turned massively with this little number from Ikea - folded painted steel - blends into a white wall unless my wife buys coloured loo roll to fuck with me. Two screws so kids ain’t gonna pull it off. £2.

PM’ing re. Tiagra shifters

This guy ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv3wjCTcDds

Both sides look pretty fucking great to me ! Nice job

Always been happy with Bosch - could never afford Miele. Neff good too I think.

Pm incoming re. 13 miche post + 36 tange headset

Butternut Bikes - anyone on here ? Great to see - smart to set up in a furloughed pub too.

No worries - I’m furlough with possible redundancy- so can’t be spending on this at the moment. much as I want to ride the heck out of it. If and when I can get it done it will be a mixed bag. I have Ultegra 6700 mechs a sora chainset and 105 pedals. All from good peeps on here. I’m scouting for cheap 2x9 shifters + hollowtech bb - This will all be rolling on super basic rigida/Quando Hoops as a start.

No prices on the catalogue but I’ll post a link to the full pdf tomorrowIf I can. No idea about the difference between 531c and st -no doubt others on here will know. I just read both these models as being the highest spec in their respective disciplines. Microfusion lugs - Italian (?) cast lugs - rather than pressed( I gather) - a technical development for efficiency and cost rather than performance - integral fork crown would appear to be a sleek/hidden joint between fork blades and the Steerer tube. I.e. no visible lugged crown. Looks more modern / aero.

Cool to see a variation on typical stud wall design looks economical

Sorry - I never check this - here's the spec from the 1991 catalog - Suntour GPX apparently .

1960s "crosswall" type house - the facades (where not glass) are over clad in plastic but some original timber work remains - vertical mullions, sills etc. I need to refinish it as its gone beyond in some places and is leaking around window junctions. Have to do it off a ladder as too skint for scaffold. Current plan is to wire brush / rub back all loose bits, fill any holes and big dings with 2 part filler and then over coat the lot. In some cases it will be back to bear wood, others where the finish is still reasonable i'll be just adding a layer of protection. Two questions:
1: what product to use - some kind of sadolin ? - looking for path of least resistance so I guess sticking to the delicious 60s brown.
2: Mastic / silicone gaps between aluminum window frames before or after paint ?

Youtube Red Poppy Ranch - I got a bit obsessed with it for a while - its US of course but it does give a window into the realities of: Clearing land, building a house, building solar and water 'off grid' systems, keeping animals etc. Essentially what the guy has done (virtually single handed) is bloody impressive in my book but he has mysterious passive income which is something to do with direct marketing / pyramid schemes or some shit. He also has a "homemaker" wife that basically does all the domestic/kids stuff / clearing up after him etc. He is shooting for a fair amount of civility of course - ie, big family ranch house with most mod cons. He has budget and time and space and kids that either seem to play happily with the goats or help him build (WTF ?- my kids wont even pick up their lego!). It still doesn't look exactly easy. When i've gone down the same dream route as you I always come up against the reality that if we sold up our pot would not be enough to buy land, build a house, build energy systems, buy tools machines etc pay for tradesmen - and keep my fam sustained / sane whilst doing all this. I think if one is more flexible or modest about living conditions - ie less grand designs woodland lodge - more ersatz hippy eco hobbit assemblage its probably achievable in the more far flung reaches of the uk - deepest Cornwall, Wales or Scotland.

Bobike ?

I've just got this audient id4 - it's cracking, a few more quid than that presonus (which i was also looking at) - but not too spenny. Nice jfet pre amp for the guitar / zero latency / monitoring mix - first thing I did was plug in a guitar bang the gain up a bit and hit play on itunes - I could noodle along just fine without a DAW at all. I like the desktop form factor too.

dibs cassette pls - pmd

Thanks - got it sorted over the weekend - GLWS