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It is.

That’s exactly why this stuff gets written: to perpetuate that narrative.

The expected lifetime earnings of your average Brit is £606,000. The richest Brit, Jim Ratcliffe, makes that amount in 3:30 hours. The richest publically acknowledged person, Musk, makes that amount in 34 minutes.

It’s not the poor who are the problem.

My disappointment in the new Takis is immeasurable. Unsure how long since they changed the formula, or if it’s a special export style, but it’s not nearly as hot as the originals in Mexico.

For an extra 20%, your £1.2M in London will get you a 2 floor, 3 bed, terraced Victorian house on the boundary line of Brixton and Herne Hill. Energy rated D, 16m^2 garden, hedge in front.

Skimmed about half. Chagossians have never been British citizens. They’ve been British subjects and British nationals (overseas), but the term ‘citizen’ carries specific legal rights and requirements and is not available to most of the former Empire’s inhabitants.

67 y/o. Guess HRH’s security isn’t that high of a priority for the police.

Also a bloody cheeky comment by the CPS ‘reminding’ media that they shouldn’t report anything that could bias criminal proceedings. I’m sure they do the same for urban minorities accused of crimes that make the news. Right?

(Nvmd. Didn’t read all the comments)

Isn't grade ten the best? Have read that campag use grade 25 in their wheels and headset but no idea if true.
Grade 100 should be ok

The grade 3 is the best, followed by 5, 6, then 10, 25, 50, and on. Grade 50 are general industrial grade, where things need to work for months or years without fail. Grade 100 will definitely be OK, as long as the headset is kept adequately compressed, lubed and clean of contamination. I’ve also read that Campag use G25 bearings, which is great but general users would get better performance from G100 bearings that they look after a bit, vs. G25 bearings that are neglected.

Hey, what size wheel are you after? Presumably you need a 100mm hub?

Yes, should be fine for a headset. They should be nice and shiny when they arrive; anything else and they’re either faulty or not grade 100.

The smaller the grade the better the polish. Grade 10 is plenty enough for a headset, and there’s good sellers on eBay that sell small pouches or larger mixed boxes if you’re interested.

I do. Some heavier folks than I with whom I’ve discussed the issue think the brakes are more than adequate. IME Commuting in the winter with 80 kg or so total weight onboard, the wet weather brakes would take several meters to stop the alloy wheels on a short downhill. Salmon pads and better housing already accounted for.

I would have already installed at least a a disc fork if it weren’t for the steep cost (incl new wheels etc) and increased weight/volume/etc.

Thanks @coventry_eagle and @gbj_tester

Looks like a chain went behind the cassette and mangled some spokes. The bottom one needs replacing.

Bought a special thru axle to fit a trailer hitch. For some reason, the design makes the hitch sit about 25mm away from the frame, which seems unnecessary and a bad idea (extra leverage?).

Any thoughts?

Checking weights online, the carbon triangle is about 20g lighter than a Ti triangle.

Insufficient data. I think I have a rear Q type rack from them, which seems to be made well enough for a low-mid market price. I had been considering their carbon rims, which look all right online, but I prefer TPU tubes so will stick with alloy (a lesson learned vicariously on here).

That Reddit post is like an ad for silverock, who make those carbon parts.

Possibly one of the most polarising issues on here.

Thank you! Found the ones but €36 shipping/BoJo tax for 20 spokes is too rich for my blood. :)

(Already answered by someone above)

They don’t like it. It’s been discussed in depth before.

Thanks! I had seen pillar had some Ti spokes that saved 0.0X grams per spoke, but finding 170mm non-plain gauge in stock anywhere has been the hardest part.

Tried but we don’t stock them ;)

@M_V- it seems increasingly unlikely that I’ll find the supplier. They came on a pair of SMC wheels so hopefully they’ll reply.

Does anyone have a source for 172mm straight pull bladed spokes (black)? I’m building a 16” wheel and can’t find anyone online who sells bladed spokes near that length.