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Regarding these rims, I've had my black ano TB14s for a few hundred miles now and the front v-brake still honks like an absolute motherfucker.
Brake pads are Kool Stop Black inserts in Avid RW2 holders.
They were brand new at the same time as the rims. I've tried every angle for the pads, still loud as fuck.
Managed to get the rear brake quiet, but the pads on that brake are Shimano so perhaps that plays a part?

If anyone has any specific pad recommendations I'm all ears, otherwise I'll probably try Kool Stop Salmons.

If your saddle has stitching on the shoulders (like, say, a Charge Spoon), that will speed up the wear.
My old SLR Trans Am is making a bit of a fuzzy mess of my kit atm.

Nothing says 'still living at home with Mum' like an overpolished nearly-new car decked on coilies and splits.

Meanwhile, back in the land of cars & drivers that actually matter...

Ari Vatanen - The Poet of Rallying - YouTube

Kind of.
Recable #1 was due to poor initial braking power.
Recable #2 was due to replacement of all cables, housings, yokes and pads.
Recable #3 was due to requiring a fork-mounted hanger at the front and also deciding to install a Surly barrel-adjuster hanger at the back.
Recable #4 was due to both needing to switch the brakes over (wife is accustomed to left-hand = rear brake) and needing to install the cross-top levers.

Part of me wishes I'd bought her some nice TRP Mini-Vs as an early birthday present...

Dos Equis beer
Cloth Bar Tape
Kombucha
Bob Dylan
Elvis Costello
The Archers

Scored a nice used All-City Space Horse off Craigslist for the wife a few weeks back, and recently finished tweaking it for her. It had a few ropey components on it and had obviously had a few 'favourite' bits taken off before it was sold.

Been tweaking it and touching up the odd paint chip here and there, as well as re-cabling those fucking cantis about four times, installing new pads, cable inners, yokes, straddle cables and cross-top levers before final test-fit, cable-trimming and wrapping new bar tape. Did the odd spot of 'custom' paint too.
Thankfully, she 'quite likes it'.

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I've had a Shimano SF-MX30 on for two weeks / 100 miles, dry weather, no off-road and it already sounds quite shit. It doesn't slip though, and there's zero drag. Like, zero. It will do for now, but if it dies before Christmas I'll never buy another.
WI Dos Eno appeals to me.

Can someone do sparkles in the UK ? or "only in Japan".

Guessing you've never seen any US custom hot-rods...

That's fucking rad. Chapeau.

After riding mine Fixed on 700x32c Paselas for a couple of months, I've installed a rear v-brake, gone SS and geared down from 44x17T to 42x17T.
Just didn't feel nice as a Fixed. I know it's probably down to tyre choice, but I went for something chunky and grippy as partly an antidote to my road bike and partly because LA streets are like the surface of the Moon.
It also became a bit boring having to wear SPDs to ride it anywhere. It's supposed to be my beer/coffee bike.

70mm stem was too short, pitched me too far over the rear wheel and fucked up the steering. 90mm now, seat slid forward 15mm to compensate.

Also hate hate hate the feel of cloth bar tape. Rewrapped with Fizik Gel underneath, still feels like shit. Replacement is on the 'to do' list.

One wonders why it needed a full engine rebuild at 85k. Without the turbo it would still be going strong on 200k.

Kind of answered your own question there.
Merc engines of that era are so under-stressed, it would take forced induction to shorten their life.

I'd like this, please.

Brakeless, on those tyres. Fuck that.
Track drops on a Pomp. Fuck that also.

Fuck me, even though there are some very good independents in Norwich, Costa & Nero easily serve "better" espresso than Starbucks*.

• As clarification, I haven't drunk in any of those chains for years but Nero was just passable many years ago.
  
  

Every Nero I've ever walked past stinks of burnt coffee. I keep walking.

Stewie saying ruined - YouTube

The bar end plugs supplied with Lizard Skins DSP tape.
The tape itself is easy, dare I say downright pleasant to wrap. Then, in go the bar plugs. Can't quite be shoved in by hand, so out comes timmy mallett. Bar plug prongs immediately shatter like a cheap school ruler.
Whadaloadashit.

True, but once the jacket came out of that bag, it stayed on. Bag was thrown away. Just didn't want jacket getting shitty if I rode through any big puddles or mud.
It never actually rained, but the temp at the summit of the climb was so low that it took me about a day to thaw out.

My road bike in '100 miles / 10,000ft / cloudy weather' mode. Rain jacket in black plastic bag.

From this CL ad

Ha - quality! Yours? BRM will love that....

I had no idea there was a drome in Encino.

Planning a little spin up Baldy on Saturday morning if you fancy joining? Will be early to avoid the heat....

No long Saturday ride unfortunately, wife has just acquired Her First Road Bike so I'm condemned to riding around with her for hours explaining how the gears work.

Last night was the Golden Saddle Grand Prix at Encino, 'twas rather good.
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Corvette ain't mine. I have something far more mundane, unfortunately.

Encino Velodrome last night. Living the dream.

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I'd perhaps forego brand-new cranks. Save a chunk of money there, I always do.
Here's my build spec. Items in **bold **were purchased new.

Nice, but the hat & watch ruined it.