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I'd love to have a big bookshelf and stacks of real books but unfortunately it would be a bit much of a luxury for me.

Ah, you have the fork already? Didn't see.

I guess just stretch the top tube out and use a shorter stem to get decent handling and less toverlap then (which I find to be much more awkward offroad than it ever is on)

Also you can read a kindle one handed, which is very useful if you want to sip a beer or pick your nose or something. And yeah, great backlight for those dingy pubs or sleepless nights.

Kindles are fucking tough. Books get all shitty and dog eared. And the only books I can slip in my jacket pocket or the rear pocket on my rack bag are slim, achingly hip literary books with big margins and lots of poetry strewn about.

Not that I don't like those, but I'd be bankrupt fairly rapidly if that's all I read

I'd struggle to get any reading done at all if I stuck to paper books. Kindle is always with me.

What are you currently using, what's your terrain like, what kind of riding are you doing, etc etc?

Is there any good riding north or east of Plymouth (Kingsbridge and surrounds) that would warrant bringing a proper mtb on a long weekend away, rather than my Vaya?

For sure - up the rake to 60 mm or so and bring the trail back down to 60-65 mm. Should give you the stability that comes from longer wheelbase and slacker head angle while maintaining a quicker steering feel and front loading happiness. Theoretically.

69 deg would be my recommendation based on established geo out there (and mountain biking with my Vaya which is 71.5). Though I'd be tempted to up the trail a bit from the 45-50mm or so that's standard for rigid 29er forks

What head angle is that? Looks steep, even for drop bar rigid

It's also a gripe I've never heard from anyone else who's listened to one, and given it seems to be entirely down to using a speaker with too low a sensitivity isn't really fair considering how much impressive design work has gone into that amp, and how well it performs in its intended niche. There's the 3045 if your speakers need that much power.

Some pretty horrendous measurements on that SMSL

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/review-and-measurements-of-smsl-ad18-dac-amp.7325/

On the other hand I have a 3020 v1 and I love it. Sounds great with my Linn Helix speakers (that were previously paired with an old NAD 3150), with stacks of headroom. I'm generally running at about -40db on the amp. The connectivity is great. I don't care that its plastic, I'm not fondling it and it looks nice. My only complaint was with the remote, it runs out of battery quite quickly. I think it's a different design on the v2 (and the 3045, which looks like a great improvement all round). The DAC is fantastic, the headphone amp is impressive, auto switch on over optical is super useful for the chromecast I have plugged in, and it runs cool.

Also ignore the 30w nominal power, the dynamic load is like 65w at 8ohms and 150w at 2ohms.

a car

With those tube bends it looks more like my old Kona

I don't bother with gloves, found them too slippery. Never cut myself badly enough to need more than a plaster though.

I think if you pay enough mind to how you're holding the piece and are familiar with the various knife grips and cuts it's a pretty low-risk activity. Certainly I've had far worse gashes from chisels when I haven't been paying enough attention.

Can't believe nobody has tagged me. Outrageous

Just as ugly as the real one, so there's that going for it

I reckon it's a great idea, providing Great Arse Anglia let us travel with the bike from Norwich if the new trains are in service by then.

First time I've been out for a proper ride on this since I stuck the levers on. Luckily you can't see all the dust from this angle

yeah, 400-500g generally

Nah, one with a handle rather. Reasonable price (for the UK) here:

https://www.stuffforthekitchen.co.uk/product/lodge-3-2qt3l-cast-iron-combo-cooker-deep-skillet-w-shallow-skillet-lid-pan

It's too small if you can't fit your bread in ;)

For most of our bread we use a Lodge combo cooker thing because burning yourself on a hot dutch oven sucks. It'll just about fit a 900g loaf. It's completely useless for cooking normal things though unless you sand back the rough surface and re-season it.

I'd guess around 5-7L or 25-30cm is a good size for a normal cast iron or earthenware casserole.

Make bigger loaves? I'd struggle to imagine any casserole that's too large. Maybe the lid doesn't have a good seal, if you're having problems

Yeah, I was looking at doing it myself but once you factor in ladder hire and building control notification and faff-value I decided against it. £1300 all in, cheapest quote I had was about £1100. That's 316 liner with a lifetime guarantee for wood only burning.