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if i was even vaguely neuro typically it would almost certainly be the right bike for me

Sadly i'm terminally [redacted]

tip of my headset to you good sir!

blair is a funny example because he himself did, very successfully, what starmer is doing now, building a coalition around stable turn out voters who drift fiscally rightward, his key policies are small c conservative wrt increasing privatisation in public bodies, tough on migration and crime. he then sealed these up with nods to populist issues like education and child care. a gift to the conservative party of the 2010's who could now operate under his figleaf while being unable to be held accountable for the reckless nature of the unchecked financial industry at the heart of the macro economy, or the heat of a disasterous foreign policy both of them agreed on.

what's more is that in subsequent elections labour could not even have successful political messaging to differenciate themselves because they fundamentally agreed with what the tory party was doing. although thought it was uncouth they were saying the quiet part out loud and could see that it wasn't going to be successful long term due to the inherent greed of conservatives to move in self interest as opposed to a mutal managerial nihalism.

as the tory party has evolved in this manner, once again allowing their personal greed and irrationality to destabalise themselves, the electorate and the economy. labour now finds themselves able to slip back into a very comfortable set of shoes. ones which may slow down this countries descent of the world living standards table, admittedly, but ones destined to take them, and us at the whims of these parties, the same places as before.

you should do this, it will be very good, if you can 3d print/ find rocks which look like a mini stone henge / utah rock formations it would sell itself

Mint

this is going to be so nice

Had a lovely lazy afternoon down the pump track and talking life with @George , made me think how good life would be if I didn’t have to work and could talk to friends all day while pootling around on ever increasingly absurd bikes.

A key discussion point was George feeling his 2007 fixie (at heart) was a bit ugly. I am of the opinion however if this image had the geo tag of sataguya and had it posed by someone in an oversized hoodie wearing Jordans we’d all be saying it was perfect, hesh, just don’t make it like that anymore, maybe I should put a tennis ball in my wheel again, did I ever tell you I played bike
Polo…

He didn’t agree and said I was being too kind but the grass is always greener I suppose

The 1x1 is truly perfect, wouldn’t change a thing about it as it is, other than the addition of a dropper and some more stickers. Feel like I’ve been chasing a bike that rides like this for years.

Got me excited for warmer and dryer times, many summer evenings down the pub to be had.

if you build your base from people who are socially conservative, you're inherently held to enforcing at the very least, a policy set which is not socially progressive, as we've seen with this voter contingent it's highly mobile and not wedded to party affiliation. the conservatives have been burned by this over the last decade. starmer very well could flip to more progressive lines post power, but he would not be in power very long, this will either mean a 1 term labour government, or more likely, the same mechanics which installed him, will move to oust him with someone who fits their voter base.

the tories in power now have been very successful at weaponsing the liquidity of modern voters, they're not entrenched or as tribal as previous cohorts. democratisation of news sources, media and ever individualised communities with the help of ever growing data tech has allowed for fringe groups to weild a disproportionate influence, mainly due to the fact that traditional political groups/ bodies/ interest groups have not been wise to it. the success especially over the last few, disaterous tory politicians have been examples of the party trying to cling to this liquidity.

much like yourself, i don't think he has to do anything actually big to diversify his liquid core base with a more solid, wedded, progressive one, it's however very strange and worrying on clear open goals like migration and policing, even lgbt rights he isn't ready to sure that support up. to use you're analogy it's all union jack, no socialist policy . i'm increasingly less bothered about holding him to account on things he is saying , the circuis and sport of doing gotchyas is fun, but immiterial when he's proven to be so flexible on 80% of issues. but i am increasingly concerned, even if he has noble intentions, he's leaving himself open to either a one term premiership, or a mutiny from his own party from the social right (which hand on heart, i do not think he's a part of).

i think this is really the core of what makes starmer so polarising, he is a well intentioned dude trying to do his best in a pragmatic way that reduces harm accross the board, even if it might not be radical and often appear uncaring. however, he appears seemingly unaware of the creature he's dealing with, believing he is taming the beast with calculated dodges and rolls, but only when he is carried out of the arena under the sheet, it becomes clear the beast was playing with its food.

labours new immigration policy is quite consitent for them and their direction

tough on [x political topic], tough on the causes of [x political topic] etc etc

this will be a consistent theme over the next few years, the beauty of it is it's non commital and never really defines what these things involve, they could involve opening all boarders and expanding benefits, could mean having more women borderforce guards. which is why you'll find people arguing in circles about it.

i'd say they're pinning their bets on just having a low turn out election in which quiet, but reliable swing voters will turn out and let them take a nominal majority, with the wedge issue voters on either side staying home due to apathy. in turn allowing them to have a managerial approach to government, tinkering with the dials on established policies.

reassuring if you don't have any pressing needs over the next decade and can get on with it "as long as things don't get any worse", less so if you're affected by anything like immigration status, overpolicing, being trans, the rental market, crushing prices of childcare, neocolonialist interventionalism in your country or generational poverty and need some quite transformative poltics to undo 2 decades of targeted structural agression on your existance

Thank you!

@Chaley thank you!

@BareNecessities duly noted , maybe then I will be allowed into the ssmtb thread

@Eejit I’m sorry to disappoint but I can barely ride a bike with both wheels on the ground let alone one in the air

Honestly I can’t wait to ride this properly Thursday B)

i love it, rides ... well..... like a big bmx? it's super short, super upright, cruiser.

with the dropper it will be the perfect big city bruiser

i've just put the bmx parts on it and it looks god damn perfect, but i do feel it's going to cause a large portion of thread readers to put their head in their hands and wonder why

it is VERY much a 26'' bmx - pics after work

sim works bubbly!

Maybe with a lack of gears I will finally be able to keep up with you at the next badgers

@lemonade blank bmx ones I believe!

The fact you can put a bike on at any Elizabeth line station is wild

Bumped into 2 other women bringing their bikes into lifts and everyone felt it was a little taboo to be underground with one

Anyway, 1x1 has past the sniff test, rides nice

i pick up the 1x1 tommorow morning and i have orderd 9'' risers, topload stem; matching seatpost for under £50. bars will likely end up above the saddle and it will be awfully short,

Friend leant me a ks dropzone seatpost to test fit with the intent to buy if it does, but noted it might need some work done on it. testing it in the bedroom it seems as that it's "sticky" but also if you put any reasonable weight on it (certainly less than a person) it goes down without the use of the leaver.

I am assuming this will be a full service job, new cartridge, seals and rebuild down at sbc or the ike, but if anyone has one of these and can advise if i should just tighten something or if it is total write off would be nice

i lookedat the service video but did not shed any light and i did not have a belt wrench or a vice to take it to bits

https://instagram.com/dirgeanddecay?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Hand made by a pal in exchange for doing some bike work, I think they take commissions I’m not sure if they make reprints

Wait this isn’t a hybrid!

(It looks v nice)

This is a good idea but I fear if I had to do this before and after riding my bike o would never ride the bike :(

Went to the pump track round the corner with a mate the other day, first ride of the year

Was good, fun, featured me not doing my security skewer up or tight enough in the drop out after I changed the wheel so when my pal tried it he sheered the knob right off, works for now but should replace it

Bikes nice

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I have been meaning to see patches on this vest every year, had it for a decade now and it’s the perfect spring layer, old tnf soft shell gilet, friend made me some custom patches for fixing her bike, had some from friends and bike brands,

The shitty sewing is a style choice,…. Honestly 👀

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Got a new gravity bike rack, mo loves it

It’s pretty hard if you have some off road bikes, not enough room from the wall, marginally less space than side by side. If you had road bikes it would be excellent, but still an L because you have road bikes and wanker wagons

starmer voice

“my goals remain the same but I have adapted given unprecedented global events, i will be preparing to set out my 5 main national missions at a later date, I hope to show the thread readers This bike will not be for sale again in 6 months”

@Yemble I have no clue but if I had to take a guess I’d say the wide version of nitto albatross

@Josh if the current ones don’t fit on the new cockpit maybe but I’m trying to not spend too much on it other than transferable parts for a longer term project

well if it gets resold we'll have to price fix together

plans for this one is to put bmx risers on it and a ks dropper , ride it round the local pump track /pub . many thoughts of yours entered my head while handwringing to buy it which eventually tipped the scale

aha yeah, quite considerably different price than the public ebay one, got it for a very, very kindly offered, friend price which made it too good to pass up on really!

also and exscuse to go say hi in person after speaking online for a good bit. he's a lovely fella.

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none of these have the correct wheel size, one is closer than the rest

will likely get it next week, but if anyone guesses it i will post the picture from the seller