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Isn’t it something about not getting a double punishment anymore ie both a red and a penalty? So if the challenge isn’t worthy of a red, then it’s just a booking and a penalty.

Lovely assist by Christensen too

Maybe just a clearcoat and let the work show like an ever evolving piece of work/art?
I'm just glad I get the joy of unwrapping a new frame twice. Talk about value for money...

Yeah, I've looked at both Victorinox, Wera and Mineral Design. Don't think I want a ratchet and like the price point of the Craftsman.

Are there any way to buy Craftsman tools in Europe? I'm looking for the Z-driver bit wrench.

Will have a rummage in the gaffa tape box and see what's in there, thanks!

Youssuf Poulsens fault. Committed three penalties in the first two games. Sat out with a one game ban, so no one around to sort out the penalties we deserve.

How wide tape would you use for a Ryde Edge22 rim. 23 or 25 mm?

Thought about tagging you, so you could put it on ignore ;)
The grey Arkose is a bit too nice for pub trips and her old beater is a horrible Dutch bike that's falling apart. I bought most of the bits for a nice, but not too nice everyday bike: A Centurion ladies sport frame, a Wald basket, silver Chromo Plastics and some other stuff. Build a decent wheelset from Rodi VR17 rims, an XT front hub and a low end Shimano rear hub. Couldn't find a JIS headset for it, but was pretty sure I had one some where, so went through my headset boxes today. While I was at it, I cleaned all the random bits in there and sorted them. Now I just need to decide between a cartridge Shimano 600 or a non-cartridge Tange Aero Levin. And find a bunch of frames to fit all these other bits onto...

Which ones should I go for, when these are done? 11 km commute each way on asphalt.

She feels fast on them, they don't puncture and cost nothing. We can upgrade at a later point.

I'm building a dynamo wheel with a Shutter Precision PD-8X and a 50 mm DT Swiss carbon rim. Had some different rattling noises and fished out some flakes of brown stuff which I assume is dried linseed oil. That eliminated some of the noise, but not all. Will the resistance of the dynamo cause that much noise? Skewer is torqued the correct amount, I've tried with and without rimtape, tubes and tyres.

Bought her some Ortlieb Sport Rollers as the Cyclist Federation had them at half price and just need to locate the front light and sort out the mounting and cabling of the lights.

Mudguard bodge:

Spent the afternoon fettling with racks and mudguards for missXTs commuter.
The cheapo Tortec rack I bought was quite crooked and sat too high for my liking. Made some new holes and offset them a bit to compensate for the crookedness. Used the mudguards from my Arkose, but the fork crown on hers was a bit different, so had to bodge a mount. Came out useable.

That’s going to be lovely.

I don't have any Force cranks, unfortunately.

Rotor 3D with Stronglight CT2 chainring

Tiny bit more progress. Trying to figure out which part to put on it. Used Red derailleurs or new Force? And need to sort a bracket for the front brake.

The Syncros was sent to London. @Hulsroy might be able to shed some light on size, whereabouts etc.

Slowly taking shape.

I'll make some simple plywood boxes with a loose insert with cutouts for the tools. Will make it easy to rearrange, when I change my mind.

As mentioned in the 'Show me your shed' thread, I've bought some Makpac boxes to store some of my power tools. I need to build some shelving underneath the new bench to fit them and some for other stuff. I've started planning some drawers for some of the bigger tools so tried laying them out within imaginary 35x45 cm drawers.

Rode past work to water some plants and pick up a package that had shown up after I left yesterday. That means wheelbuilding while watching the World Cup later.

Yeah, quite happy with how it's turning out.
I started reorganising the tools a bit. Bike specific stuff in the left wall and common tools and motorcycle/car specific stuff on the rear wall.
Still need to do a lot more shelving and find a proper way of storing akward stuff such as headset presses, bottom bracket taps and so on.