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My builder thought the whole thing was overkill

If I had a tenner for every builder who said to one of my clients I'd be a millionaire. They can never justify their opinions either! I don't tell them how put bricks on top of each other, why do they have to comment on something they have no expertise in either? ARGHHHHH

brick infill stud walls were not uncommon in victorian houses

yes, not uncommon at all and the wall is definitely loadbearing.

I can't really get my head around how everything stays standing.

The big wall plate will be working as a continuous beam spreading the load to the new and existing studs under. There are the same amount of studs as original, albeit not as strong nor as well restrained.

Get a structural engineer in to design a solution to open that up properly.

Is there a wall over? Which way do the 1st floor joists span?

I have lots of experience with the Terreno Dry (that is actually faster than the Zero) which has the same side knobs. Fantastic summer off road tyre but those side knobs aren't nice cornering on tarmac, however that applies to just about all off road tyres. Specialized Roubaix 30/32 are my go-to winter road-with-a-small-bit-of-off tyre now.

Nice find on the vid, I'll watch that later thanks :-)

From what I understand, total cost wasn't the issue per se, but the organiser that was in early talks with the UCI only wanted to use Crystal Palace park. The people who now run the park on behalf of Bromley council are now only interested in maximising revenue. See also the reduction in the the number of Tuesday night crits there- it's all music festivals in summer now.

Such a basic mistake but I guess the mechanics aren't used to working with Juniors.

Me too but money talks! That light show thingy will bring in lots more money for the park than one day of CX racing

I doubt I'd last even two laps. Sláinte!

It was probably all Fred's fault

Pussy Magnet (tm) paintjob. I borrowed one of those for a while and constantly had girls coming over, complimenting it and asking me questions. Not just cyclists but all kinds of women. It was mad. And definitely nothing to do with me!!

Yesterday I had a coaching session

It will be my 5th race of the season! I won't be doubling up this weekend....

Welcome to the club!

It was good to see you! And was it was only a "podium" because @fredtc has too many watts and snapped his chain at the start...

@RecoveryRide that course was so hard. It felt like no recovery whatsoever.

Ooosh very nice

Hiding from the cold wind

Time is a human construct

Ganna be broken again on 8th of October

I can’t imagine a 100 TPI nylon casing will feel anything like as nice as a proper Open Corsa.

MDVP with the green Datejust. Bracelet looks nicely scuffed too so a tool not a jewel!

You're too tall and fast. They flex like Sean Kelly's Vitus by all accounts

And my Grand Quartz comes close ;-)

I don't think you could find a better watch for £300

Agreed

get Uberbike sintered unless you really need the cooling fins