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It's not so much the cash as the time; Rob built that for himself, the tubing is 4130 afaik so he probably didn't spend more than a few hundred on materials, and the time he put into it has been well rewarded in publicity for his business.
I assumed it was built for somebody with more cash than sense, if it's a hand built for himself then kudos. I would say any bike, even the most grotty rat bike that somebody has welded/fixed frame themselves has extra awesome points :)
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Ive always squatted next to the loo and shat on some newspaper then transfer it to the loo.
Its good if you ever want to examine your stool
Dutch toilets are the way forward if you keen to examine your leftovers. Which can tell you a lot, more than if you've eating sweetcorn. Or so I've been told.
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Pubs are too busy serving ale to spivs, the bookies are too busy selling bets to those that can least afford it and all the shops are too busy chasing shoplifters. That leavers just butchers, hairdressers and a few others able to diversify into key-cutting. Butchers are harassed maniacs with sharp knifes. Any key cut from their chubby hand would be too roughshod, and likely covered in their blood and that of a cow. A customer would complain about this, I suspect.
A hairdresser is too busy daydreaming about next Saturday night out to care about your keys, or your hair. Their career is a permanent audition for the day they're plucked from the obscurity of a salon to the glory of a theatre stage, where they can make graceful swipes with a pair of scissors and toss about a comb as if it's a scalding hot iron-rod, in front of an audience with perfectly good house-keys already in their suburbia-creased trousers. Plus hairdressers live with friends only because they're incapable of opening a locked door on their own - wave a key in front of their nose and they'd look more gone out than usual.
Heh :)
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Lump of tub cement rattling around in my front rim- how best to get it out?
At low speeds this is annoying as it rattles around.
I had some "floppy" sound after gluing my front tire on the rim, it went away after riding a bit. The heat of braking may have pushed glue smooth perhaps.
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I'll tell you what; when you can beat Rob in a 40km TT, you can tell him his bike sucks.
State Champion again in 2013
Said nothing about the rider. This has just lost all adjustability. But if you got the cash for a one-off that will only ever fit you... :)
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Not sure if porn or anti. Anti for my due to Stupid Impractical Stuff like non swappable stem/seatpost and Trying Too Hard.
It's going towards uncyclable art. But one person's porn...
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Why, all over Europe, do shoe makers also offer key cutting services?
I've heard various answers, including something to do with tax categories when you setup a business, but no definite one yet.
BONUS: How do you recognize a communist?
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^ that reminds me...some of the local CX swear by tubs.
Take two layers of tape and 5 layers of glue to stay on if I may believe the tales. But low pressure deformation on a tub will be more even I imagine as theres no rim edge involved in deformation. I guess that means better handling / ride quality?
As a tub n00b I'm still surprised how comfy a 22 mm tub is on shite city roads. If thread invent a self healing tub that'd be quite awesome :)
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Part of being a 'good' road user is anticipating exactly when people aren't going to look.
I found it's a good rule to live by if you want to stay in one piece on a bike. Prevented me getting swiped today by driving moving off...not checking blind spot cos...why would you. It's only hammered into you during driving lessons :P
Or a car for that matter, first day on the road in my first car, idiot accelerating on my inside while I change lane. Yeah did did Indicate. Check Mirror. Checked blindspot. And he was there all of a sudden, swooping around me.
Expect the unexpected...
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2006 Hyundai Amica CDX - 1.1 liter, some extras like airco/alloys.
First car, first day on the road. Nippy enough, not for fancy cornering work for sure, stalls a lot faster on starting than driving instructor's 1.6 Ford Focus, old people's car.
And perfect for school runs/plodding around town. Nice and narrow too, good for narrow streets. Happy enough. The bloody insurance rate won't leave much money to save for car nr 2...so let's hope it'll last for a few years!
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So...get a quote online. Then get a quote from the insurance brokers. Then get the lower quote, phone brokers and see will they undercut the quote.
Bizarre. Some people advice...bending/being economical with the truth to knock money off. Either way, ridiculous money even with a second 20+ years licensed driver on it.
Ah well, the little certainties in life! BTW Direct Line worth a try...not on comparison sites.
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Technically, my Ventus is a "handlestem", so yes. I think there are a few Integralters on the forum too.
Is there any clear advantage to them? I imagine the aero-profile is better than stem + handlebar.
As downsides I would image you need to be a 100% sure the stem...er...handlestem length is OK and the profile needs to match your hands. No swapping.
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Bit of a bum note that one.
I'll be off to the jokes thread...
@nurseholliday and TS: Class to a lot of them you posted, lolled a few times. For real.
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Not for me... I find any "handlestems" anti, anybody ever used them?
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I'm calling Anti on this one, but am willing and half expecting to have to pull my trousers down for a flaming:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kestrel-500-SC-Timetrial-Bicycle-/321191833364?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item4ac8866f14http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?ff3=2&pub=5574889051&toolid=10001&campid=5336525415&item=321191833364&mpt=3302523
Doesn't float my boat, not anti either. Compared to some of the new TT bikes Trek/Specialized came out with it's a grace of classical beauty...
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mr naga
You may enjoy Ooglies, the BBC kids series with talking strawberries etc. It craics me up big style.
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^ Not of course when you happen to be late...
Extra irony points as I am getting my first car today. Don't hate me, school runs and terrible public transport where I live. Bakfiets like Netherlands would be nice, but 8 miles over narrow roads...eh no. Not ready to die yet.
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You must fly the right airlines.
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I wear hi-vis construction worker jacket over my bag whenever I need to get my lights out. £5, stowsaway when you don't need it, car drivers will thank you for being visible much earlier on dark roads.
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Great little movie. Watched it when it first came out and then again 2-3 years ago in Margate no less; one of them "one night only" sort of things. Wife didn't like it... left me shortly after ;)
Was on the run-up to me and the boyfriend getting together. That and Melancholia. Rom coms just don't do it sometimes... ;)
Cell 211 (Spanish movie) is very good too, watched The Brood not bad prefer Videodrome still. American Mary is surprisingly decent as it sounds bad on paper.
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I'm happy with a 95% confidence interval most of the time, but that's just me.
#ducks and runs
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Clegg means nothing really...bar stinging midges in Scottish.
http://caledonianmercury.com/2010/04/19/useful-scots-word-clegg/005737