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You have to find a good compromise gear for off road and a good compromise gear for on road but finding one compromise gear for both on and off road is taking it too far and you have to give up something.
I lean on the off road side and give up on road speed because using a 70" gear off road takes the fun out of off road. Also make sure I choose off road routes as much as possible as riding the road sections can become a chore on a 60" gear.

You could potentially strip the thread on the lock ring too

It is not really a lock ring though is it and doesn't need to be done up that tightly (how may people have a problem stripping the thread on their cassette hubs as it is the same thing)

And the chance of damaging the splines is reduced by use of cogs with 7mm base.

Anyway, having had both formats I prefer simple spline over 6 bolts.

BMW drivers moved to Audi's a few years back anyway. Apparently they had heard that BMWs were driven by cunts and didn't realise they were those cunts Self awareness not a strong point.

The Fix-G is the better solution if you tend to change your gearing often (winter, summer, road, off-road). Takes a few seconds to change the cog rather than the faff of dealing with 6 bolts (I have used bother systems)

Both allow chainline adjustment although Fix G gives more.

Only potential downside to the Fix G is whether the cogs strips through the spline but mine is still fine after more than a years use.

bloody cyclists, shouldn't be on the road - can't even see if a car has a driver in it or not

Dwarf mudguards stop your headset getting dirty?

not sure what to think, it is your bike and very specific to what you need so I can't really comment on it as not the sort of thing I would want.

Having right of way means that you should be stopping when you see them walk out or better still slow down and be prepared to stop if you anticipate they may walk out.
If someone runs out from behind a wall giving you 3 meters to stop in you will hit them, that has nothing to do with right of way and I doubt you would be held accountable for it.

$200! I can't imaging how heavy it is.

A quick Google reveals the weight - 47lbs

I have owned lighter cars.

*rhetorical question but still - can a SS CX be used as a substitute for 26" MTB in say 80% of the occasions?

Where I live it can as I live in a very unchallenging off road area. Even when I used MTBs they always ended up rigid (and SS) with narrow light tyres on them as they were faster.
However, if you live somewhere with rocks, roots, very loose surfaces etc,. the lack of big tyres and lack of any suspension will slow you down a lot and make long rides a chore.

The simple thought behind is that the route that I'd go with it is around 10% woods and 90% city.

For 10% woods you can just use a track bike as long as you put some tougher tyres on. I currently use a Precursa with 25c Marathons and it is fine in the woods, on singletrack, on fireroads etc,.
It clearly wouldn't cut it for cyclocross (it is fixed and has no brakes) but for road and woods it is great.

Does he get to keep the pound?

Majority of cyclists I see in the New Forest are wearing helmets. Most of them are also wearing black jerseys meaning they are more likely to need the helmet but unfortunately it won't do them much good as the cars are generally going around 40mph...

American made doesn't mean anything

try telling that to a gung-ho american

The navigators I had a few years back were a hassle to get the tyres seated (It wasn't the tyres, Maxxis refuse and Ritchey hard cases, as they were fine on other rims)

I think the aero benefits of rider position, wheels etc,. are so much larger than those that could be taken away from the limited shape of steel tubes, that they could never be negated or cancelled out.

No it doesn't, the title doesn't even mention helmets. Brun's link title is misleading.

Well I am not going to be clicking through any links. This is the helmet thread, I don't want to burden myself with any real facts or data that may get presented.

Anecdotal only please.

misleading indeed. The title suggests that the company crushed them as punishment for rejecting helmets

So 42-18t could be a good balance - 63"?

It will depend on what sort of off road you are doing. If fire roads, compacted gravel etc,. then 63 is great, if more technical single track or muddy then 63 is a slog.
63 would be a good start though I think.

I have always used around 60" for single speed and 63" for fixed off road.
60" is great for uphills, single track etc,. but too low when fixed on the road sections.

Both are too low for longer road rides but if your 5 road miles are mostly up hlll then it may be less of a compromise and I would go for around 60". Too high and it takes the fun out of it when off road (unless you are racing sscx and ignore that as you will be going faster!)

Not sure how adding a file tread pattern turns a tyre into a gravel king. 50% of my riding is on gravelly/stony fire roads and single track and I have never noticed any grip from any smoothish tyre on a loose gravel surface.

Maybe I need to try these magical kings of gravel.

and less worrying with v brakes. I ran some with discs and it is very disconcerting to see the forks bend back about an inch each time you brake hard.

Toby, you won't get anywhere on this thread. If you like Foffa then buy one, but don't ask for any advice on them in this thread which is clearly the worst place you could have asked the question.

would have to pedal really hard to get the front valve to move

Or anywhere else, for that matter.

Francis is 77 so you will be up for it again soon. And those cyclists in Vatican City thought it was hard enough being a Catholic.