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I have no idea?!!! But those spacers are made of real honest to goodness space.
This is what I was trying to add.

I rate their Knards surprisingly grippy and fast(ish)
I’m not sure what’s happened to the pic!

Nice work. Before you spring for a £200 hood try a chandler’s to see if they can recommend a boat canopy maker. It may be because I live near the broads, but they are surprisingly cheap (sometimes)

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Sort of keeping with the theme

Old; All Saints

Hahaha! What are you saying about the Pest? ;D

Einhell angle grinders are quite good valve, they’re not the best, but if they go wrong, tool station or whatever normally just replace them on the spot. Where as with more expensive grinders they send them back to the manufacturer to be repaired/replaced.
Having said that I’ve had my Bosch grinder for over 15years and it’s still going strong.

I’ll have another look tomorrow, if they are sticker they are bloody well put on!

This is going to sound batshit, but I’ve found that if you run the blocks with a bit of clearance from the rims they work much better. The made up science is as follows;
With the blocks close to the rim when you pull the lever you are using the force in the ends of your fingers to apply the force you need to stop, this is fine to slow you down, a gentle tickle of the brake, but not so good to apply stopping force. For which you need the whole of your finger and hand to get involved, so running the blocks away from the rim gives a chance for the whole hand to join the SHIT! we’re really trying to stop with cantis game. (I run cantis on my commuter and I’m not dead yet, or maybe I am and this is heaven/hell)

Good to catch up with @Coop and @laurenced today. I say catch up, they caught us up truth be told. Good to another very different Midnight Special in the steel again. They are an evolution aren’t they¿

I like Russ’s how to set up canti brakes vid. It makes it simple(ish) good luck.
https://youtu.be/CDdWIq4cLLo

Got round to the finishing touch to my front light mount.
It’s the bit of steerer that was cut off, with a star nut pushed all the way flush to the end, a thin washer to stop the steerer hitting the fork and it now has a nice top cap and a longer set screw to tie it all together. It looks ok and best of all it was FREE! :D

Well I finally got round to finishing the fork light mount on the Surly. It took longer to find a set screw and cap than to actually fit it.
I raided the ‘nice’ top cap collection for this one.

It’s paint, but it’s on carbon so should come off with a bit of work. It’ll just spend the time it would take and go for a ride ;)
Anyway I think they are funny with their rift on the enve logo.

My interest is peaked.

It’s just a bit of the steerer tube with a star nut and a couple of washers to space it away from the fork. I keep meaning to add a top cap to finish it off.

I ordered my wheels from Ribble and they arrived 8 days later. They sat in proceeding and picking for a whole week and then landed on the doorstep the same day they said they were dispatched. So far so good and other than needing retaping they seem a cracking bargain.

Keep us posted on the results. I quite like thin tape so…

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Thanks, but things change in a heartbeat. No XC bike for me, I won’t even be able to buy the tyres. Such is life.

I wish we’d moved to the sea, but I’m near a river in Norfolk so it’s only a matter of time before the sea moves to me ;)
I’ve a plan that involves a ride to the coast and then seeing how far I can get along the shoreline (so far I’ve gone 2.5 miles in one chunk) and then off continue. Ride home and repeat. So no need for a fat bike just yet. It won’t be on the MS, I’ve an eye on a rigid XC bike.

Don’t they use VW transporters? The horn is just behind the drivers side front fog light. There are 2 wires going to it, snip or pull the choice is yours…

Liz swears by her 42c sawtooths.

Ta @hippy I love a bit of under biking and as you, have ridden tons of miles on towpaths etc with 25s etc, but for this thing I want a BIG volume tyre that’s not too slow on the road, but there will be sand involved at some points. I’ve ridden on sand with both 650x47b and 2.1x27.5 and it was much easier on the fatter tyres. I don’t think it was the knobs that helped, just their size. So my thinking is a big 700c 29er slick would work well?