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We ain't done yet!

I took quite a few.

Took some preoper photos of the Rockhopper today.

Indoor at work coz any time I looked up at the window it looked dark af outside.

Cheers all for the recommendations.

It seemed strange to me that headteacher have gone this replaceable battery route when bike lights are generally just a big built in battery but I goes a lot of it is for weight, better to carry a lot of the weight of the battery in a pocket/pack than on your head.

I then made this adapter to fit a tripod head into my enlarger once the enlarged head is removed. Did intend to use this with the 5d but had been noticing the sensor was a bit grubby and it’s 5d mk1 so no live view meaning the rx100 is a lot easier to use.

This was my original set up. Most of the light box masked off, shooting when/where ambient light is lower also helps with contrast.

Yeah, I bought a lightbox off ebay.

I tried a new fancy led one but it had like a patterned surface which I think was for aligning things to trace and that pattern showed up on the images so then I bought an old Jessops one.

When I was using the 5D I was finiding it more stable shooting pretty much horizontally so had the light box propped up and stuff but now I'm using my enlarger as a copy stand and shooting vertically.

I'll see if I can find some photos of my set up.

You could set up a tripod such that the print fills the frame. Mark out on some sort of base board so that positioning the print is easily repeatable.

You can get copy stands pretty cheap but they do look a bit flimsy.

For doing negs I’m actually getting the best results from my little rx100 compact camera, it’s able to focus a lot closer than even the pucker macro lens I have for my 5d.

Can you recommend a scanner, ideally that's reasonably quick in terms of work flow?

Nope! But I can recommend using a digital camera to photograph them. It will likely be much, much faster than scanning.

I like RokChopper!

It was sold as being a 1986 but with a bit of uncertainty.

Head torches seem to be popular with runners so figure this might be the place to ask for a recommendation a usb rechargeable one.

Lots of them, Petzl and Black Diamond in particular appear to be ‘dual fuel’ where they can run off double or triple As or a rechargeable battery which you have to buy separately, I just want a built in rechargeable battery…unless there’s a particular reason to not do this?

Edit: It’s really for seeing while camping/out doing photography at night etc that I want it so don’t think it needs to be particularly bright, red light option would be good.

Finished up on the Rockhopper.

Well, it needs a change of seatpost as the saddle angle slips on this one even when it’s horsed ‘the fuck’ up.

Dunno whether to chuck some rockhopper decals on it or not but have put a wee Rockhopper Penguin on the headtube.

Ah that’s cool, thought they were just going to do an Insta thing.

Haha, big two foot long thing!

I do have previous experience of putting extensions onto shifters…https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16707544/

It wasn’t in here that it got posted before but I can’t remember where it was and this seems like the most appropriate place, there’s a new Kasso out.

https://youtu.be/7A0Kp1RvAWA?si=qhRI62Z_9trKvyAb

Was a bit disappointed with a couple of things about the shifter, the boss that the shifter sits on is quite loose in the mount which gives the shifter a feeling of having a lot of backlash when it’s off the bike but thankfully once it’s fitted and the adjuster is cranked down to the correct tension that feeling goes away.

The other thing was that the groove in the casting where the cable sits was pretty rough and ragged. It didn’t take much filing to clean it up though.

Ene thumby arrived today so fit that to the Spa and played about with the bar/stem trying to find something that worked better for my hand. Settled on a bmx stem and two piece riser that I made a while back for my klunker. Set it down a bit lower on the steerer so might trim that up if I get on with it.

I’m sure eBay used to display an import fees cost for items in countries other than the uk but they don’t seem to do this now.

I’m still likely to get huckled for taxes and fees on these things right?

I managed to ride a bike properly (not just on the rollers) yesterday for the first time in over 6 weeks.

Tried the Spa first. I thouight I'd be totally unable to use the shifter (and have ordered a Dia Compe ENE thumby as I think that despite it's name, it'll be easier for me to use) but I was actually able to use the rapid fire shifter currently fitted. The most comfortable place for my thumb to sit though is also where the shift levers are so the thumby will be useful after all*. The way my hand sits on the bar/grip also seems to cause bumps and shocks to be a bit painful on my thumb.

*I also wanted it to get away from being tied in to Shimano Linkglide stuff.

I then took out the lugged singlespeed and the much more swept back bars are so much more comfortable for my thumb so looks like I'll be mainly riding it for just now.

Going back to work on Saturday and hopefully can commute by bicycle most of the time/straight away.

Frame mods done on the Rockhopper and first coat of lacquer on.

I had to dimple the chainstays for clearance for the crank arms.

Original seatstay bridge was a little close to the tyre so chopped it out and replaced it with a bit of brass. "NG - NM" is No Gears, No Masters.

Cheers all, I’m reassured.

How long is it safe to leave a sealed in wax cheese out of the fridge?

Was at a farm shop on Friday (22/11) and bought my parents some Christmas presents, locally made oatcakes, pickles and a cheese in wax (dated well into next year). Got home and forgot about the cheese until today (25/11). Have put it in the fridge now but is it likely to make them ill if I give them it in a month’s time?

What’s the pad performance like?

Good question. Ran these on a bmx a while ago and think they were good for that. I’m missing the frame they will go on so a little while till I can ride it and see.

The spring adjusters on my Paul cantis corroded disappointingly quickly and I really wasn’t up for paying £30 for new ones which I was sure would just do the same again.

I was also needing a set of pads for them and came across the Dia Compe Fiesta pack for their bmx brakes. Funky green pads and spring adjusters for the grand total of £11 per brake.

I wasn’t sure the sorting adjusters would work and when they turned up they are missing a little projection from the underside that’s on the Paul ones but a v brake washer fits there perfectly.

There’s a fancy ti version of the fiesta pack if you really wanted to push the boat out.

Said I'd take some photos of the black belts at a mates karate club and then kinda shit myself as I realised taking photos of people up close and personal is well outside my comfort zone and then again when I realised we (Mrs M_V and I share the DSLR kit) don't have anything wider than a 50mm for the 5D.

These are actyually from my RX100 which I stuck in my bag 'just incase' but ended up using to get some images with movement in.

Shot some film as well so will post them in the relevant thread once I get it devved and digitised.