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Cool, I hope to document something similar in the new year, details to follow once confirmed:)

Wil you have a build thread for these? I would be interested to follow along.

I've had similar issues. Some suggestions based on my experience:

• Grease the bolt threads
  
• Carbon assembly paste on the seat post
  
• Try a different seat post (same nominal size but can be larger actual diameter due to manufacturing tolerances)
  

Just posting to say I kinda wish I was still in London to join these rides :)

For sure, I would not have bothered but it was too cheap to resist, and I do like a silly challenge. The condor is a rebadged tektro anyway.

Condor do a long drop brake. Only available in rear fitting at the moment, but it's possible to disassemble and swap out the bolt to make it a front fit - I have done this.

May not make sense at the current price of around £17 but definitely made sense at the £5 I paid a while back.

Also, lifeline professional bar tape is my go-to. Just wrapped a set of bars for my dad's bike - easy to use, nice feel, could be re-wrapped if needed.

Looks nice. I'm a fan of parts bin fixed builds.

For sure the contract situation is not great. But I'm still thinking to pursue it after my PhD. It's more rewarding in some ways than consultancy... Obviously the reward is not financial! Helps to have a partner with a more reliable job.

Share more about your potential research topic if you care to...

I don't use it these days either, I just write python scripts and do FE analysis and stick accelerometers onto things...

Universities and Colleges Union is currently on strike due to (among other things) lack of job security in Higher Education caused by fixed term contracts

Hulsroys all academic future framebuilders Hustle...

Really interesting, thanks. I haven't used Rhino since I had access via an old job. Might be able to get it through my University...
I'm saying this as an engineer who is shortly going to take a framebuilding class. I've previously figured out my geometry with the free version of bikecad. However it would be interesting to take this a bit further.

By the by, I thought I remembered seeing similar pre-production renders (or actually hand-drawn art) by Tomii Cycles, but I'm struggling to find an example now so perhaps I misremembered.

Hope you don't mind the questions but I was thinking about this the other day.

These renders look great. Apart from visuals, do they offer any benefit?

Presumably you are modelling the frame and components in some 3D/ CAD software - which one? And do you need to manually define and extrude all the tube sections, or can you import geometries from catalogs?

And also, that top tube - off the shelf or custom formed?

Much like cantis themselves, the effectiveness of the 'bit' relies on good setup which was absent here IMHO.

Interesting - even though I posted the link, I thought Frances' was correct because that is what I would say, not Frances's.

Another link here suggests that either is acceptable depending on which style guide you are following: https://editorsmanual.com/articles/possessives-of-names-ending-in-s/#a-third-way

I notice that in the case of appealing to common pronunciation, the University of Sussex article didn't give any evidence or rules for how to pronounce.

Given all this I would either:

a) choose Frances' or Frances's depending on what I preferred, assuming that anyone who visits and comments that the sign is "wrong" can be invited to piss off;
b) Re-word the sign to avoid the issue entirely;
c) Call it "My potting shed" and go straight to golf club;
d) Call it "Potting shed" for inclusivity feel-good points

I think option 2 based on this https://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/apostrophe/possessives

Oh no, this is horrible to hear.

I do wonder what’s going to happen with conservation areas and listed buildings over the next 10-20 years

I've wondered this too; living in Scotland in a traditional tenement flat in a conservation area. I've had people knock on the door and offer internal insulation upgrades - but the layout of the flat means there's almost no space in which it could be installed - certainly not without ruining internal timber finishes and plaster cornices, which are very typical.

Roof space insulation makes sense I guess, and underfloor for the ground floor flat, but that means 50% or more of the flats in every 4-storey tenement building don't have any feasible options. Better double glazing would be an idea of course, but if that's done already then I'm not sure how much scope there is for other improvements.

Looking for recommendations:

Bluetooth over ear headphones. No need for active noise cancellation.
Strict requirement for round, deep ear pads.

Something like, but Bluetooth, beyerdynamic DT 700 PRO X

Any tips gratefully received.

Hammered VO's will look good, but nothing wrong with the current guards!

Silver, dirty gold, looks super either way.

No messing around with that saddle to bar drop! Bike looks great. Quite a high bottom bracket - is that deliberate for pedal clearance with smaller wheels?

I'd like to see more of your silver fixed / singlespeed.

This looks ace. How does it ride?

Will be interesting to see some tyres chucked in there - what's the real world clearance like?

Also the crank and chainring clearance.

Surely if in any doubt whatsoever, assume ACM and get it tested to confirm

If you avoid small-radius bends in the cable run then it can be fine (in my opinion).

Don't get me wrong, I think the best explanation of planet x specifications is just that it's planet x :)