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Scratch that, I think it was the 16". I couldn't find the 20 or 29 in all black.

The only ones I can see in plain black are the 650 😕

I've got a 47 rear 50 front.
I think the rear rim is Nextie and the front is Light Bicycle. Rear rim is tubeless, front isn't. Few extra wraps of tape until the tyres are tight enough, then just test with no sealant before finally adding it. They work perfectly tubeless for me. 😁

Oh, and I remove the reflective strips because I fucking hate them. 😂

Second this! Based on MCamb's recommendation I switched to these from Big Ben Plus and they've been awesome. I run mine tubeless but I assume they're great with tubes too.

I'll post on here if things are officially available. I'm not really a big fan of social media anyway, hence my two year absence from Instagram.

Ricky is fantastic in Riff Raff too.

Ricky Tomlinson is great in it!

This should definitely be here...
https://youtu.be/H8zUOAGObc0

It's still crazy to me that Rohloff have never managed to release any other shifter after so many years. The hydraulic shifter that was around for a while looked great, but it just disappeared really quickly.
It seems like the perfect system for hydraulic or electronic, and they still only have a twist shifter that feels spongy, and causes your wrist to end up in awkward positions.

I get the whole 'dumping multiple gears at once' thing, but I've never found myself in a position where I've needed to do that.

Just got to work and it was awesome! I don't know if it's the Yokozuna brake outers, or trigger shifters as opposed to brifters, or just the combination of the two, but it feels like I hardly have to push the shifter any further than the last time I used a regular drivetrain. Which granted has been a few years. But first impressions are that it feels way more like changing gears than with the Rohloff twist shifter. I actually have quite a bit of preload on the spring and it still doesn't feel 'hard' to push. The resistance feels pretty much how I'd want it to feel.
I just have to get used to having no gear indicator now. 😁

I gotta say, the Rohbox is actually easier to set up than Rohloffs own. None of the faffing about wrapping the cables around the pulley the right way etc.
Using Yokozuna reaction brake cable outer and stainless steel gear cable inner, mated to modified Sram XO shifters, which are direct mounted to my Hope brake levers everything feels really solid and the shifters don't even need that big a push to change gear.
This is all only stationary in the flat though as it's nearly midnight, so like fuck can I be arsed to go out and try it.
Cue tomorrow's post about how the Rohbox exploded five minutes into my ride to work! 😂

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/brakes/rohloff-disc-brake-rotor-20-mm-for-magura-180-mm-8283/

There was also the year when I was in a bit of a bad head space and rode the whole way there and back on my own. Barely spoke to anyone, and took an actual overdose of painkillers which I'd been stupidly washing down with whisky. This resulted in me projectile vomiting in a chip shop toilet, and then sitting at the side of the road in Leyton, only to 'wake up' about 45 minutes later, thankfully with my bike still there! 😂
Fuck me that was a grim time!

I think we added about ten miles with that little fuck up! 😂

Yeah, following other people's lights is all fun until you end up in some guys driveway who was cycling home from work like Stompy and I did the first time I ever rode it! 😂

I've got one! 😂

No way I'm either leaving 11 bags of work on the bike, OR carrying 11 bags of work through Borough Market! 😂

Full of people with shopping blindness!
To be fair I hate getting out of Borough Market more. Made worse by the fact that the smell of cheese around there makes me want to throw up, so I hate hanging around! 😂

I finally just sorted another set of loop bars for it after the last pair cracked thanks to being hit by a car.
I'll be very happy to have them back.
But her bike definitely suits them. 😁

I think it was the vinyl thread I posted it in, but I'm sulking now so fuck it! 😂

Probably a bit after 9 in that location... On my way from the Foreign office 😁

Almost every time I'm lucky enough to not start early I see a blonde girl on a really nicely set up dark blue fixed gear, with really high, swept back bars, a basket, and a black camo bag in it... Always looking very chilled and I'm always a little jealous... Wishing I could be cruising on a comfy, upright fixed instead of grinding away my knees every day on a heavy cargo bike. 😭

Although... I do love my Omnom... It would just be nice to get a break now and then. 😂

I have been trying for years to keep a spare set of front and rear cogs and a belt , and never seem to find the money for something I don't need immediately. Instead I end up waiting until it's fucked, then get pissed off that I have to lose days of work waiting for the new ones to arrive.😫

Looks great built up! How is the weight compared to the Omnom?

I've snapped one belt and had one delaminate in about 12 years of using belts. The one that snapped was during a ridiculously muddy part of the Dorset gravel dash with stones mixed into the mud.
My work cargo bike has been using a belt for over three years too.
The biggest problem for me is getting replacement parts. You can't get them quickly. No London shops ever have any in stock, so you have to order online and wait, which is not good when it's for your work bike.
That said...I love belts and will always choose them if I can use them on a particular bike.