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this made a huge difference! The bike now rides really well. No more twisting, no more death wobble when free handing. And handles much better with a box of groceries on the rack. Also this fits me much better with drop bars. the swept back bars made everything very cramped...

I stole this idea. behold the half-man-half-mixte!!

vintage fix for all too flexy frames is to add lateral stays:

That looks excellent!

Did you de-ano the shifter? Only ever seen them in black.

I really like that!

Does it seem quite resilient to chipping? What was your process on this?

September actually works better for me ( more time to practice getting the socks on)

Do you happen to have a link?

uhh this looks perfect... thanks for the tip

wow this's nice...

yea I guess if you start mass producing identical frames you probably wouldnt mitre tubes by hand anymore...

plastic waste wise, I agree it's not ideal. But also not terrible, these parts would not need to be very dense. And money waste wise it's not bad I think. each of these would cost below a pound.

Thanks for explaining ,amazing method! And amazing patience!

I was thinking about this problem. You could 3D print a "lug", which goes around the tube and lets you mark the cutting line directly on the tube with a sharpie. These "lugs" could have feet, so that one on each end of the tube puts the mitres perfectly in phase.

If you would like to try this I'm happy to design and print some for you, I'm curious if it works.

ah yea that does sound nasty...

Can you recommend a better one in the south with a swim in the ocean?

I didnt do that but will next time, good idea!

Amazing stuff...

Are you mitering the tubes with hand tools only? They look spot on. How do you even draw the line up to which you have to remove material? That seems really hard?

Ah real nice but would like silver..

Thanks!

nuffin'?

amazing 😂 I had no idea it was only open again because of the ship wreck.

yea well that seems like a step backwards...

length 7-8 cm or so. Anybody have one going spare?

Thanks!

Looks like they are no longer available on alixpress?

Anyway I'm looking for silver, short reach compact drop bars for quill stem (25-26mm clamps)

Anybody able to help me out?

Many thanks!

Ironman with a steel frame? I think there is some logic to that!

yes velosambas😂

This was a sprint tri at dorney lake. first ever triatholon for me and the preparation was pretty much limited to taking the bell off the bike. Overall time of 1:17 which i'm happy with!Hardest thing was getting up at 5 and putting socks on wet feet. (next time: no socks)

Want to do a longer one! Maybe Standard in Bournemouth?

yea you were totally right, was no issue at all. adrenaline: strong stuff.

Was super fun, i think i won in the category "has rust on frame"

yea thanks i hope you are right!

Just checken in the rules, apparently no race if water below 11C

Any advice for tri with 10-12 C cold water? I did a test swim last sunday and nearly froze my face off (best movie). Cant really change much because race is this saturday. Thinking thick layer of vaseline in the face. terrible idea?

Violently splashy flip turns next to somebody who you want off the lane works well.