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PMing about the Endura rain jacket

No way, that's perfect! Thanks for the tip.

Can't wait to drop £110 on it only for them to decide they want to stay indoors lol

That's reassuring, cheers! Are you able to stop neighbourhood cats getting in with that arrangement? We have about 5-6 cats that regularly visit our garden so I'd want to make sure they don't have free access too

Anyone have any experience with having one indoor-only cat and one indoor-outdoor cat in the same household? As Ralph is a wobbly cat he's a bit vulnerable and we've been advised to keep him indoors. Saffron on the other hand can definitely look after herself, and it seems a bit cruel to keep her inside just for Ralph's sake. We've been keeping them both indoors since we got them 4 months ago with the plan to let Saff out in spring once the weather gets a bit better. I've put off thinking about the logistics until now as it really gives me a headache. Current thinking is that we get a microchip catflap and have it locked to 1 way so that Saff can only ask to be let outside, and get back in by herself, and Ralph won't be able to get out, but if he does manage to escape he can also get back in in an emergency. I think that should be simple enough but I do worry about Ralph squeezing outside when Saffron 'activates' the cat flap, and also have a feeling he's not going to be very happy watching his best mate run around outside while he's stuck indoors

Overdue thread update with price drops on the jersey and gloves. Happy to take some less blurry pictures of the misc items if needed!

Restrap bag is also now spoken for

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Not sure if pictures were working earlier. Should be visible now but just in case here's the album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/FoSHnCAqByWhgu3e7

Noted! PM me for payment details and I'll check with the smaller basket in the meantime

No worries! Yeah I have used it with my pelago commuter (copy) rack once. The side straps do more or less keep it in place but I ended up using some extra bungee cords which kind of defeats the point of using it with a rack.

Extra large sealskinz cycling gloves. £15

Other bits and bobs:

All stems are 25.4mm clamp. Pretty sure I've measured them correctly but not 100% sure I've done it right...
Promax 90mm stem. £8

Ritchey 110mm stem. £8

Deda 120mm stem. £8

Bikehut pedal wrench. £5

Tektro V-brake levers. £8

Stem spacers. £3 or free with any other purchase
2x 10mm and 2x 3mm brushed silver stem spacers. I bought them for cosmetic reasons, thinking they'd be suitable for my 1" quill stem adapter, but the inner diameter was too large, so I'm unsure what these are meant to be used for? Anyway they have an inner diameter of 1"

B&M dynamo light set. £10 for both lights & extras

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Having a small clearout, as I need a better winter jacket for commuting but don't have the $$ yet.

Collection from Wood Green N22. If interested in postage then DM me but collection much preferred. Offers welcome, if pricing is way off then let me know

Santini / Raleigh jersey. Size L. £15

Sorry, forgot to add a cat pic, how rude

We use "Cat's Best" litter, not sure what that name implies compared to "World's Best"...

Relatively new cat dad, so I'd defer to the more experienced here, but I would 100% recommend any litter that is flushable. We used the cheap clay stuff that the cats had at their foster home for the first two weeks, and the faff of bagging it up and taking outside to the bins quickly got very annoying. When we switched to the new litter, we first just put a layer on top of the old stuff before making the full switch. They got used to the new stuff straight away after that with no poos on the bed! This was after they'd settled in the new house for a couple of weeks mind, so you're probably right to not make the switch straight away

Edit: also for general advice and some interesting cat behaviour/psychology stuff, Jackson Galaxy on youtube is worth checking out. He's an odd guy but all his advice so far has been spot on

lol ^

something something in space no one can hear you bonk something something

Feel like I'm spamming my own thread with inconsequential updates, but in case anyone's interested in where I'm at with the Muddy Fox, here it is in functional (bordering on agricultural) winter towpath commuting mode:

• Fork dropouts looked at and rear dropouts re-spaced to 135mm by London Bike Studio. Fork still looks wonky to me but I'm not going to overthink it.
  
• BB and headset service also by LBS
  
• New wider (65mm) bluemels mudguards
  
• New front light with standlight (and tidied up the cabling)
  
• Stainless bottle cage from planet x
  
• Ratty brooks
  
• Freecycled pannier rack
  
  

Most exciting development is the custom made rack bag from @user71349. Really chuffed with it, such a versatile bag and super well made, and fits nicely on the Trek's pizza rack too. Ordering process was super straightforward and turnaround was quick - strong recommend!

Some minor fettling left to do, I also impulse bought one of these retro MTB frame bags from bankrupt bike parts. It will undoubtedly be shit but thought it was worth a punt, the hot pink/yellow combo will go nicely I reckon

Me and my brother joined my dad and his cycling club on a 50 mile charity ride / sportive thing a few weeks ago. First time I've ever done anything like that, and I found it quite funny how me and brother were the youngest people there, riding the oldest bikes by far, 20-30 year old steel tourers. Vast majority of the other riders were on bikes very much like this. There's no moral to this story as we were by far the slowest. To my shame I also found myself kind of liking these bikes, something a bit H.R Giger about them

More fun pootling around fenland bridleways while at my parents this weekend. Didn't bring a bike with me this time, but I still have the bike I had as a teenager stored in their shed. A Scott Yecora, no idea what year, but with some fairly decent components AFAIK. I fixed it up a couple of years ago thinking my partner might want it but she wasn't keen, so it's been sat here for a while.

Despite it being way too small for me now, had a blast bunny hopping over tree roots and bothering dog walkers. Now it's got me scheming to get a similar, if not identical, frame in my size and swap the parts over. Something a bit more suited for boggy Epping rides than the muddy fox.

Also while on the subject of old bikes stored in my long-suffering parents' garage, this is my Raleigh Superbe. Given to me by my uncle who, if he's to be believed, bought it in the 60s, rode it home from the shop and decided cycling wasn't for him, and it's been in storage ever since. I'm inclined to believe him, as it was in immaculate condition when he gave it to me, complete with brooks saddlebag and tool kit. I stupidly used it quite heavily for a year while I was at uni so it's in worse shape now. I'd love to get it running again but it's utterly impractical to have in London #savetherodbrake

(NDS fail cos I couldn't be arsed moving all the other crap to get it down off the wall)

Haha. Busted!

assuming this is the one I ordered? Just wanted to say it's great, it fits pretty nicely on the pizza rack on my other bike too. well chuffed with it.

will add pics of it on the bike when I eventually get round to taking some

Ha thanks. It helps that my neighbour puts dog food out everyday for the neighbourhood foxes so it was very easy to get the photo

Admittedly it's actually quite a clean fox...

Saffron, behaving normally as ever.

(edit) hang on...