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Just signed up to Audax UK. Just need to collect my new bike next week and get a few steady 50kms under my belt!
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Lovely write up, thanks for sharing!
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And our hallowed saviour, cable ties.
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Im still figuring it out but essentially means living with the in laws for two weeks when we get back to the UK and sponging off my girlfriends savings for beer money. At 36 I’m winning at life.
OT: looks like the front forks do so am assuming rear forks also. Like I say - regretting/panicking a little on these details as I only have the pics above to go by.
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Yep, stem change is nice. Not sure on the bar tape until I see it in the flesh.
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Panicking about returning to the UK with no job I bought an early 90s Trek off eBay. Ambition is to use it for my first forays into the world of audax while I save for my dream bike.
Like any eBay purchase, I’m already regretting it. Current owner has done a respray and added terrible decals that don’t match the frame date or don’t make sense.
From what I can tell the groupset was updated to shimano sora at some point, he’s kept the brifters and groupset but swapped in some bits from the parts bin - ribble (?) wheelset, awful bar tape and fugly seat. Pics of state of bike when he purchased it below.
All aesthetic so not a bad place to start from. Will collect it in mid-March, hopefully use Railway Touring Club ride as a test run, and slowly upgrade parts throughout the year once I have an income. Likely to be all second hand parts though.Thinking to:
Go 2x10. Internet research suggests need a spacer if swapping in a 10spd cassette but otherwise straightforward.Will need new chain and decent brifters - 105? Suggestions welcome but has to be wallet friendly. Need to think about gear ratio - audax/light touring friendly but not too spinny.
See if wheelset needs to be lighter. Opportunity to go full audax and get a front dynamo hub? Hmm, could be spendy but opportunity to learn how to build a wheel.
Wider tyres - 28mm depending on rim width of existing wheels.
Mudguards - GB, size tbc.
Change finishing kit, Look pedals to give a nod to its 90s trek heritage and a cambium carved saddle.
Get rid of those decals. First priority (no ££ needed!)
Rack/suitable luggage - probably a super c bar bag and saddle bag.
Need to do a proper shopping list once I’ve seen the bike in real life and worked out monthly spend.
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You should be proud. Very proud.
Sadly had to sell the ogre to fund adventures in south america so no honey badger rides for a while.
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Think it's only my second forum ride. Jeesh I'm an antisocial bastard.
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I'm in (if have new bike by then)
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Not strictly a podcast but just discovered a few things on BBC sounds app:
Lee Craigie has a new cycle show, Life Cycle https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0002dr3
And a BBC 3 series that looks rather lovely: Slow Radio https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p05n42q6
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The only available flavour post-29 March will be roast beef and mustard.
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Oh yeah, not a absolving myself at all. Just a bit sad about the whole thing and that men do need to be told not to be dicks.
Back to the MEMES...
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^have also sent a fax^
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My two cents - agree with a lot of the points in ^vid^ and also agree we should be brave enough to point out dangerous behaviour - racism/sexism/toxic masculinity.
However, when my gf showed me the ad I got really annoyed by it. Not 100% sure why but felt it patronising and definitely jumping on a band wagon rather than creating genuine social change, which is very difficult and needs many years of commitment, investment and dedication. I don't think Gillette will/have signed up for this. Feels like this campaign will have a limited shelf life.
It's good it's caused debate, similar to #MeToo movement but also feel it'll entrench peoples views rather than help form a common ground and consensus. At the end of the day, it's an ad and I'd rather hear more about how Gillette are combating societal problems on the ground over decades of investment rather than an ad for virtue signalling/pushing product (Christ I hate myself for typing that -sound like an alt right Reddit thread).
An example is Doves sustained campaign to promoting plus sized models/non traditional models in their ads. So hope Gillette do something similar but I'm not holdingy breath. Perhaps as a cynical, burnt out marketing bod I'm too negative on this.
Death threats and abusive emails to the agency though? Christ how has society become so fucking divided, reactionary and hateful over an ad that's ultimately saying 'Don't be a dick'.
Again, it's just an ad but all so fucking depressing.
NEED MOAR MEMES.
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100% agree. Zuckerberg one could have been better.
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The Boring Talks - a series with guest speakers who talk about something others may find dull but they find interesting. It's amazing.
Dear Joan and Jericha - only 3 episodes in but Julia Davis has created another monster!
Lineker and Baker football show - nice and interesting conversation in a very Danny Baker / old style 606 way.
Want to start looking listening to The British History Podcast too but there's over 300 hours of episodes to get through!
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Subscribed!
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Behind the Bastards is well worth a listen. Enjoy the back catalogue!
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Love mine. Glws.
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Sounds incredible - did you fly your bikes out there or hire them?
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Very interesting and balanced article by John Harris about the deeper causes of Brexit
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/10/brexit-divides-tensions-political-vote
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Aaah shit. I’ve discovered Shand custom bikes.
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Hi. II’m not dead and tessellated is fine with me.
Although the lfgss summer cap saga could be a type of purgatory where we wait for deliverance of the holy cap.
LFGSS
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of fixed gear and single-speed cyclists.
Get to 200km in next 12 months.
Havent cycled regularly for about 9 months so just want something fun that'll get me out at weekends rather than getting listless while sitting on the sofa. While being overseas realised if I'm to have to work then I'll need something regular and outdoors based to look forward to at the weekends. Seems to be fairly social too.
Having said all this, my main goal is to eat more cake.