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Near Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire.

Sometimes I wish I was a dog. Although Scout did follow this belt around the farm with a healthy portion of horse shit.

It lives!! Looks awesome. Build thread please...

Wow those guys have some serious pedigree! Thanks, was after something solid though for teh aeroz (though I’m sure we’re talking fractions of watts!).

57 might be good. 1/8”? What make? Mostly going to be used on the local club 10 which has a horrible drag up the back so any bigger than that might be a stretch!

Yeah it’s pretty tough at the moment! Drilling it on the turbo every morning is the key to my mental health. If I’ve got a good tough Trainerroad session in with some good tunes before the kids are up, everything’s golden!

Will measure up tomorrow, wouldn’t want anything for them though given I didn’t cut them (if you could cover postage).

Also if you’re looking for some tunes, there’s been some great stuff out recently.

Cannot stop spinning Black Royal’s new one, Firebride. Like High On Fire but much better.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=P6Hkgi-Ffys

Also Vredehammer have dropped another belter with Viperous. Not sure if I love it as much as Violator but it’s just so good. I have Aggressor on repeat for over and unders in the turbo!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=E0-hmFcd_n0

Kvaen’s The Funeral Pyre is a great melo/black/speed record - really fun and fantastic solos. A one man project from the hugely talented Jakob Björnfot.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=0YGSq0T_hv4

Finally, Earth Rot’s third album (Black Tides of Obscurity) is a great death metal album with all sorts of black / doom elements thrown into the mix.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=g5q7pJ-VIx8

My Kona dad biek is in bits so I’ve spent the day bombing up and down the farm tracks on my wife’s bike with various little ones attached to me and/or the bike.

It’s taken most of the day practicing but I can now hold wheelies with one kid in the seat and one in a hiking backpack (with our eldest on his bike). Guaranteed giggles all round.

Picked up an Alpina Wing seatpost and Oval Concept A900 forks for the fixed TT build.

Had to get the forks as the steerer on the Alpina ones that came with the frame had seemingly been cut with a rusty spatula by the previous owner and were so low that I can’t imagine anything other than those super low profile Basso stems fitting.

Bought the Oval forks as they were super cheap, unused and ‘aero’. Having read a bit on the science behind them since then, it all seems a bit “80% of the time they work every time” but who knows!

Also snagged a Rotor track chainset from @onyerbike which will work well. Need some big TT track chainrings though which I’ve never had need for before.

Fortunately no!! We ended up staying in Hertfordshire as the space for the kids was such a game changer and the schools were so much nicer (by nicer I mean greener). I’m working more and more from home as well so just made sense.

Very lucky to be in lockdown in the countryside rather than our old place in London. It’s tough here juggling everything and we have fields for the kids to play in and no neighbours in sight. I’ve got nothing but admiration for everyone in London keeping their kids entertained, must be super hard.

Got our three year old smashing around on his Isla now which is cool, so fun going for rides together. They’re great little bikes, the fit and parts are all really well thought out for little bods.

Ha, will keep you in mind! Have yet to build the thing up post-paint job so must get on that.

Picked-up some great TB14s on Royce hubs from the lovely @Eamesy which will be great for the Pretorius tarck.

Took the much neglected road bike out for a gentle spin today which was nice.

Thought the lockdown would bring endless hours of catching-up with bike projects but instead has brought endless hours of stress trying to juggle both parents working, three kids and no childcare! Millions in the same boat and with a lot more on their plate than me though so can’t complain.

I’d potentially take the cranks and bb pending price so that could work well.

I’ll take the CK headset, will PM

Never really got bikes as museum pieces, seems like the sole purpose behind the time, skill and effort to build the frame is never fulfilled and that is somehow sad to me.

Stunning bike though and agree eBay US may be the best place to shift it.

That is fantastic. Needs to be ridden (though not by me as there is no way I’d be able to afford it!)

Dibs wheels - will PM

Hi there - is the seatpost 27.2? Cheers!

Pretty sure I’ve got some Easton’s in the garage somewhere you can have v cheap. I’ll have a dig when I get home!

Ha!

Looks fun! What is the stem and seatpost combo?

I’ve always used the Giant Numen one which is great if you’ve got an aero post and pretty light

The rear mudguard alone should send that flying into anti!

Ha! Just saw this and think it’s one of mine. Not entirely sure how slaving away in the hills for 16 hours a day through bleak Welsh winters for next to nothing slots into a thread predominantly about cunts in Porches but I’ll take it!