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Clefty! Nhatt! First puncture of the monsoon season! What a morning.

Forget foo! Forget interconnects, green felt tip on your CDs and oak cones under your CDP. They may have minor effects For real improvements, read up on stuff, try to understand some of the science (there's a lot of it - and I don't pretend to understand 10%) and - most importantly - experiment and listen. I've been modding a dirt cheap Marantz CDP. Amongst other things, I replaced the crappy opamp output stage with a simple tube one, like this guy (warning, this guy is nuts and his site can cause you to start relentlessly purchasing crap old CDPs, which are another thing for the other half to moan about as well as bikes).

The bloody thing is ugly as sin but sounds brilliant, and I'm not done yet. Since I started reading this guy's stuff, and really listening to my hifi, and thinking about how it works, some of my more expensive gear has gone. I'm spending peanuts and just enjoying listening.

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I met Boris randomly the other day, as we were both cycling through Monument. He ignored a bunch of nodders and bent my ear about "these bikes with one gear", basically asking what's the point. I had a bit of a star-struck mind-blank to be honest - briefly considered wheeling out Desgrange - hastily discarded that idea, and just said they felt good. As we went our seperate ways he waved me off in a very friendly fashion - top guy.

SMALL CHINA HEINZ BEAKED BEANS THIMBLE (Item no 380147807877) on eBay. Ends in 4 minutes.

The best thing about the magic gearing, is that once you found the perfect combination to get a good tension, you won't ever need to tighten your chain again when it go slack.

Speakin from some experience, I'd say it don't quite work like that. If you've got absolutely zero scope for movement in the dropouts you' won't get consistently good chain tension with a magic gear. My vertical dropout frame enabled a little back and forth, no more than half a mill, but enough to help. Its still a lot of effing about, and a much better long term solution is an eccentric hub, which is what I went for.

Sewing machine oil is meant to be even better than 3 in 1 oil.

BTW I'm not recommending 3-in-1 itself for this! good for door hinges and lawnmowers though!

I found plus gas hard to get hold of. WD-40 isn't the same, not as thin and "penetrating". But I found a penetrating oil in the "3-in-1" brand range (they do loads of types now). In a spray can, very good stuff. I beleive it was in Halfrauds.

Beautiful!

Ha. I have loads, and one cunningly wormed its way back into my spare tube pouch in the bag, much to my feckin annoyance when I flatted and had to fix in a pissy doorway at old street last night, sweating cobs and becoming later by the second.... ....was not impressed when I heard that little *pffffft...... *

Booya. Cheers Bill. I can meet at drinks/central anywhere to pay and so on.

Chaps, **if **you need a fifth man - and you know it makes the maths easier, 10 strips each, £12, right?

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But i can accept that tardy uninvited fifth-wheels may not be welcome. Woe is me...

Tenner?

Thats a great price but I haven't room in my life for it right now. Someone take it!

Is it the deluxe version with neck pickup - like dis?

Lunched at Gaucho today. I had ribeye medium rare, frites, bearnaise and half bottle of Catena Malbec. Not the be all and end all, but a damn good lunch.

No! No! Wrong!

Eat it.

Yep didn't know it had a name but use it all the time, esp during speedy tight left-turns at junctions. I always chuck a glance over me shoulder to make sure nothing's gonna whack me when I do the little flick though!

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Ha no sorry just being inflammatory. Must be from reading that fish thread. No worries, someone else can enjoy thi 'un

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Geddin line you fecker

Yeow - get well soon :-)

Dang, had the flouro rattlecan and arrospok ready