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Alrighty!
I really like wider bars but usually only go to 760mm as maximum. My current bars are 740mm. How wide are yours? 780mm? Wider?

No probs. Hope you can make it.

Hey digs86, last time there were two on fully rigid, two of us on hard tails, and one full bounce. Hard tails are fine for what we will do. Hope you can make it.
The plan this time will be to do Holmbury Hill, Leith Hill, and Ranmoore Common. Meet up will be at Gomshall train station car park at 10am on Saturday 15th August.

Yeah, I think that the character featured in 2000AD at one point but he featured mostly in Warrior comic and some other publications. Pressbutton - also known as Axel Pushbutton in the States for some unfathomable reason - was one of my very favourite Alan Moore creations. His co - creator, Steve Moore, died last year, sadly.

Today my morning ride is a one minute journey to fetch a large latte with an extra shot and a blueberry muffin to begin my four day long weekend.

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Anyone remember Axel Presbutton from Warrior and 2000AD? The killer cyborg with the orgasm inducing button on his chest?

I may be interested but can you provide more details, please? Such as: what are the components in question for the flip - flop builds? Are they all the same? Have you got the spoke lengths measured out already and if so how did you get the measurements? Are you supplying all the parts, spokes in particular? Will you take responsibility for the delivery and collection of the wheels to the workshop for the job?

We have @tonyme, @LHL & @mmccarthy so far. Anyone else up for a Surrey Hills jaunt on Saturday 15th?

I'm sure everyone has seen this already but it's worth another look or five:

https://youtu.be/5ud5T5I4XcA

Just started Manufacturing consent: the political economy of the mass media by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky.

Was it an older Powertap? I heard that the older version's flange offset caused hideous dishing issues.

Nice wheels. What do you think of the CN Aero spokes? Have you used them previously?

Fair enough. What rims are you using now? I assume the Open Sports have been binned a long time ago.

I went through 4 rims in 6 months.

Interesting. Under what circumstances did this occur?

In contrast to the TB14 I've built with many, many Open Sports and as long as they are built well they perform well. They are basic, sure, and definitely not as good as TB14s or as asthetically pleasing but are functional and a classic box section rim. They also have very similar qualities in terms of how they build up, perhaps largely stemming from their closeness in terms of ERD.
I do think the Open Sport is much maligned.

I've only built a few TB14s up but I have not seen any of the problems described here. Built one up for a big, heavy guy and he wore the braking surface out due to a combination of loving the brakes too much and heavy commuter mileage, but that took him a year and half.
If you really want to change rims then maybe consider a destickered Open Sport. Though not as wide as TB14 if you want a classic look on a budget it would be fine especially as it's made from 6106 alloy and not the softer Maxtal used in the higher end of the Mavic range. If you're not careful brake pads eat into that Maxtal like it's cheese.
But since you have the TB14s already I'd say just get them built.

Yep.

Nice. What do you notice especially in comparison to your old MTB?

Saturday the 15th it is then.

How about onion bhaji scotch eggs?

I propose another ride for Saturday August 15th. Anyone up for it?

Yeah, that section does invite you to go very, very fast.

"Fucking is Fucking and it's gonna stay Fucking...."

Yeah, it's pretty fucking bad. Guy goes out for a fun day blast and winds up dead. Tragic.
Things like this do make me think: how much of a factor was his riding alone? I don't ride alone these days as much as I used to but things like this give me pause for thought.

Some poor sod died at Swinley on Saturday:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-33669582

According to the Swinley Forest Mountain Bikers group his name was Mark Kingston, aged 50. Came off the bike at Red 25 and hit a tree. Some riders in that Facebook group found him and attempted CPR until the air aumbulance came but all was for nothing.
Condolences to the family and friends.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/SwinleyforestMTB/1027839777240537/?comment_id=1027881410569707&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_reply

Will be watching Argo later. Been wanting to see it for a while.