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Waltham forest waiting list is awful. Seem to remember when we moved 1 year and a half ago I could only put my name down for one site and had to specify which. So presumably if a spot on another site comes up I won't get offered it even if I might want to take it as I am only on the list of one site ? That said I have seen sites near me with hand written notes on the gates saying they have a spare plot, and to call a certain number-
seems lots are run by allotment groups themselves in partnership with the council and are filled ad hoc by the site admins themselves. That said I have tried to call one of these and the number was wrong so hit and miss. Very unsatisfactory system all in all sadly.

personally i'd go silver stem, seatpost headset etc, and maybe some carbon/anodised rims to match the group?

I've got some black ones but they've got a crack so rattle like a nightmare. These'll do for now. Better coverage too, although I do wonder if it's possible to rivet some modern long mudflaps to some original bluemels guards

Thankyou Bournemouth.

Thanks. Will probably get a record 2 bolt seatpost at some point as well, when funds allow

Just built up. Test ride later if I'm lucky

It'll be interesting to see how he does. Be good if he can get back to his best again

Haven't seen any of Paris- Nice this year but seems from the results Bernal is getting some form back, or have they not hit any big hills yet and I'm reading too much into it?

I dream of a pink bike. One day....

Had to be expected surely. I mean, it's basically a wearable fairing

Does it. Maybe the fore and aft shape make it look longer than it actually is

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If it is I'll give it a season max before it's banned.

Actually, when I think about it that was what they did for ours, cement board, liquid membrane, then tiles

Wouldn't you still want to waterproof a ply floor if your that worried unless you're using marine ply? If which case maybe use OSB, then apply a liquid membrane (like they use on flat roofs-nasty stuff but effective) then the cork or whatever over that. The guys that did our bathroom did this and then tiled over it (although that is a wet room in particular)

Anyone know how discovery plus works outside of the UK? I away all next week in Turkey but would like to watch Tirreno Adriatico on my phone if possible

Modern Groupset On Old Frame. Mine has an (probably) altered rear triangle set to 130mm so has 11 speed Campagnolo Chorus/Record.

Somebody buy this beautiful frame- I have a Vic Edwards Rondinella really quite similar to this built up as a MGOOF, and it is by far the best riding and best built frame that I have ever owned. It cost me £300 for the frame and I don't regret one penny of it, so this is an utter bargain.

Tbh I don't think anyone would be sad to see him leave, including his riders. He's offensive and I imagine if you're associated with him professionally an embarrasment

Always like the look of cotton tape on a skinny tubes frame

I've got a front wheel - a constrictor conloy 27 1 1/4 rim on a large flange Powell hub I could sell and maybe some rear hub options, but no matching rear Powell hub or conloy rim to go with it if things get desperate...Wheelsets seem to have go quite pricey lately!

Probably yes. So most of the season apart from now really. Still, should keep the price a bit lower...may be I just won't bother in between the TdF and the Vuelta. I assume you can sign up at anytime not just by calender month, so I can unsubscribe after the Tour and restart just before the Vuelta. Work sounds like it will be busy then anyway and maybe I could do some actual riding of bikes, rather than watching others ride them

That would be good, I'm sure they had more a few years ago

Building up this lovely frame courtesy of @Foreigner65 into a nice road fixed. Not going period correct or anything on this one, it will get some nice spare parts I've had for a whil and probably a set of PDWs. Unsure on which stem to use, -the old steel Titan one here that is good and stiff with the deep Cinelli drops or get a Cinelli 1a or something ( I find these a bit flexy over a certain length) and shallower bars. Can't ride it until my wrist is fully healed in a few weeks anyway, so plenty of time to overthink it.

I'm just going to subscribe from.march through to the end of the Vuelta I think..it's all on Discovery+ subscription now isn't it, or have I got that wrong? Might not even bother subscribing when the Tour is on as that's most likely on ITV4 anyway