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those were the days!😜

Wait for the exodus, snap up a regular WiFi for cheap, and pay a frame builder to fit rocker drops. Plus get to choose a completely unique colour for the respray. 😁

I don't think I can handle two marriages at my age!

It's exactly this type of post that makes me hate how little I've done with my life! 😂

I have the same machine...it's been a pain in the arse to keep running! 😂
Hopefully yours keeps working correctly.

I also remember 'Bikesnob' posting the picture and criticising all the bags on it...He definitely called that one wrong! 😂

About 12 or 13 years ago.😜

The debut solo Album 'Marianna' by the Bloto quartet and EABS keyboardist Marek Pędziwiatr, under the name Latarnik. Stunning solo piano album, released today. Just need to wait for my vinyl version to arrive now. 😍

I wonder if they had a bad batch? 🤔

The only one I've ever snapped was due to a muddy field filled with stones. 😂
I know I should probably run a regular chain as it's a work bike, but despite those two failures I absolutely love belt drive.
If I could afford to keep a spare drivetrain always I'd be ok, but sadly I can't. 🙁

Human power. After running Gates for over a decade I know how to run them. The hub is still running exactly the same as before with the new belt on. Salt damage is possible as I work six days a week, all year...but it's never happened before. I'm riding well over 6 to 8k a year though. Just odd that it's never happened to any of my other belts.

I would say so, but my last one was more worn and didn't lose any teeth. Never happened on my mtb either.

I'm basically getting a year from the drivetrain before it starts to make noise.
I don't monitor my miles though.

Yeah I'd have been screwed otherwise. I just shelled out £250 for new front and rear cogs and a new belt.
The most humiliating thing about it is that I now have a blue belt on there! 🤮

No electric. So my legs still feel fucked. Walking fast (and running) for hours in cycling shoes is never fun.

I honestly don't have a clue what happened. I was riding as normal, a ped stepped out in front of me so I had to stop suddenly. As I went to pull away it felt like my alfine slipped, but it felt different to the normal slipping, almost like it had snapped a couple of teeth off inside the hub. I carried on and a few feet further it did the same, then a few feet more and the cranks wouldn't turn. I stopped to take a look and saw about 8 inches of teeth completely missing from the belt.
The bike then became unrideable obviously.
I didn't want to quit the shift and cause a problem for my company, so I did the rest on foot, pushing it, through rush hour, from Soho to Covent Garden, Covent Garden to Borough Market, Borough Market to Spitalfields Market, Spitalfields Market to Coal Drops Yard, and Coal Drops Yard to Brewery Road. It took about 2h 15m on top of the 1h 30m I'd already ridden. Then I had to walk for another 1h 15m to get home.
Then had to immediately remove the rear wheel, take off the 50mm tyre, which was obviously filled with sealant so messy as fuck, then swap it for a 37mm to allow for the shorter spare belt I luckily had. Then split and rejoin the frame to fit the new belt.

It wasn't the best day. 🙄

Unfortunately it resulted in me having to push my loaded Omnom for three and a half hours. 😭

I don't know if anyone else is using belt drive on their cargo, but I have to say, even after over a decade of using Gates belt drives, this is a new one on me! 🤯

I used to love my Dekerf singlespeed. All Dekerfs seem to ride so well.

I'm a fan of electronic combined with jazz though so it worked for me. Myele has done quite a bit with electronic musicians so I think he does it well. He was awesome on the Theo Parrish live tour years ago for example.

I really liked vol 2 😁

Kokoroko also just announced their debut album...at last!
If it's anything like their self titled ep it should be great.

https://youtu.be/E8jHwinJRyQ

Crisis and opportunity vol 1 & 2 are amazing.

Everything Myele does is killer in my opinion! 😍
https://youtu.be/W4QrIdv4Iws

Sorry, but they're basically unused, and have only been available for a couple of months, so I can't do half price.