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It looks dreadful, but as you say, it'll be covered, so if it's structurally ok, who cares.

To an extent I think you have to let things like this go to save your sanity. Every building has issues, so pick the ones that are worth fighting and ignore the rest imo.

fucking tubeless tyres and rims. Some utter bellend who thought the 2w rolling resistance saving and very occasional puncture protection was worth making all modern wheels and tyres impossible to seat and fit needs to be spoken with. GP4000s and Open pros take all of 3 seconds with no levers whereas whatever tubeless rims and tyres need the tyre to be put in the oven, the rim at the north pole then arms of steel and metal tyre levers to get the two even in the same room. then you puncture anyhow and are left with a tyre you can't remove, full of sealant and a valve you can't get out at the side of the road to put a tube in that should have fucking been there in the first fucking place. fuck that shit. I blame mountainbikers.

Oh yes, but I've done it already

looking for guidance - should I head north to the massif then through the Vanoise, or south towards Grenoble and écrins?

Planning on riding from Lyon to Turin and back this summer. Any mountains I shouldn't miss?

this sideways?

https://www.habitat.co.uk/product/9548783?clickPR=plp:9:176

sort of terra wobbla rather than firma tho

Thank you - they had a lovely 25mm hardwood dowel, so made a picture rail. A little annoyed for some reason I didn't fix it halfway between the lights and the ceiling but I'll survive.

'what are you having for your lunch' is the single worst question

when you're having lunch at work all minding your business doomscrolling on your phone then someone comes over and sits down and tries to have a conversation.

FUCK OFF THIS IS THE 20 MINUTES OF THE DAY WHERE I DO MY OWN THING PISS OFF RIGHT NOW

ugh, that's so, so good

maybe just ask to see another wheel they've built and spin it to see if it's true? There's not really many questions you can ask, but it is quite hard to totally fuck a wheel and even if you do it badly it's nothing an hour with a spoke key can't fix. If you'd just swapping a rim, then it's a good opportunity to learn yourself too...

re pitti 'street style', I enjoyed this one. Quite an accessory

and jimmy two hats is back

thank you

I'd like to get some 15mm oak dowel on Monday in SW London. Anyone know anywhere likely to stock it?

They are, but it’s been fucking cold this week so I don’t mind.

great, will pm now

I got a pair of these at christmas and they're brilliant

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/adult-ski-gloves-550-navy-blue-and-white/_/R-p-325630?mc=8648936

This, however, is the best bit. A small piece of elastic that goes around your wrist so when you take them off you don't need to put them anywhere. Means when cycling and you want to check your phone you can just leave them to dangle while riding, or when locking up you don't have to balance them somewhere. For something that's so simple, it makes such a difference to the use of the gloves

yes, fantastic.

Are there any tts currently held that have a category for pre 1950s bikes? Would be interesting to know a direct comparison.

I recently read, and loved, I Like Alf https://www.mousehold-press.co.uk/book/i-like-alf-14-lessons-from-the-life-of-alf-engers/ so am very much inspired for a few hilly tts early this season

The food in Lyon is also incredible

I stand corrected, said the man in the suboptimal tech watch

(but i still think you could more easily wear a fitbit and a regular watch, not that I would, or do)

my wife bought me a Fitbit inspire 3 for Christmas and I've worn it every day since. I'm not entirely sure what improvement an apple watch would offer (unless it's a style thing). They're also much thinner, so you could get one of them, then use the difference on a 'proper' watch? Or you could buy the boyfriend the Fitbit and your daughter could spend the £300 on something more permanent?

Probably don't get involved though would be my advice! Kids don't understand longevity. For my 18th my parents and grandparents clubbed together to buy me a watch for £300. There was a plain vintage rolex in a 2nd hand shop I could have got but instead I bought a Dior Christal new but heavily discounted (for a reason). It's now worth nothing and never gets worn. But at the time the decision was easy and made me happy. If anyone had got involved and bought me the other one I wouldn’t have been their biggest fan back then

The fact that Jonas Vingegaard rode the 2023 tour at an average speed of 26.161mph blows my mind