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WAC, portrait format fail, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNCGWiOtfKo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68JX7bBo5iw

There's a thread dedicated to this, it's called DIY - Cover your cracked/old/crap saddle
You can buy scraps of real leather from a leather merchant, or go to a fabric shop and ask about vinyl.

Tasteful. Is he a striker, or a midfielder?

I'd send him an invoice for reading his email.

next time he might have money.

Once you lower the price, guess what? It never goes back up. Particularly if you set it to zero.
Agreeing to such terms brings the price down for everybody else too.
'Pro Bono Publico' is its own thing in the legal world, so unless you're specifically a 'Non-Profit' photographer, I'd politely say no.

When #marketing101 is in direct opposition to #aesthetics101, a chunk of your market disappears.
We don't all buy our tyres on aesthetics, but when something is almost wilfully ugly (which Schwalbe tyres are) I have a hard time paying top dollar (which Schwalbe tyres are) for it.
It also doesn't help that navigating the manufacturer's website is the online equivalent of stumbling around the Amazon warehouse after all the staff have gone home.

I think it's kinda fun that the line between "different" and "horrendous" is so fine.

Me too, but if that 'Rainbro' kit wasn't from Poler, I think most folk would have immediately dismissed it for the sub-Cath-Kidston puke that it really is.
I suppose life would be dull if we all etc.

I'd say so. Is it one wheel, or both? Front or rear?

Don't take this the wrong way, but...

• How any spokes does each wheel have?
  
• How heavy are you?
  

There are some cool kits around, but some bloody awful ones too.
I mean, honestly, who the fuck would actually buy this?

There are times when I wonder if it's all a big ploy to see how stupid cyclists are willing to look to stay 'current'.
A bit like...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brU_Pp-20g0

Hmm. I'm getting

• compulsive masturbator
  
• still lives with parents
  
• has a PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICIT LYRICS t-shirt
  
• used to ride brakeless until parents offered to buy front brake
  
  

Meanwhile, every cool kit brand has caught on to the Tenspeed Hero trick and is now selling kit to design-savvy blokes by using 20-something girls with long straight hair as models.

If the original finish is really bad (ie flakes or deep chips in the paint), then you'd really need to fill it and smooth it as much as you can before laying paint or Plasti-Dip over the top, otherwise it will just show all the imperfections through.

I don't know what planet you're living on, Ed, if you honestly believe hydraulics are maintenance- free.

The few bikes I've ridden with cable discs felt fucking awful, and were either new or nearly-new.
Magura proved long ago that even for MTB rim brakes, hydraulic was the best solution. I've honestly never come across another braking system as hassle-free as HS33s. Even the lever feel is head-and-shoulders above anything with a cable.
As for hydro discs, the only problems I've ever encountered with them relate to caliper/frame alignment and rotor trueness - both of which would equally apply to cable discs.
I honestly don't know why anyone would go disc and not go hydraulic. It doesn't make sense to me.

A £1,400 lens is going to monster a £140 lens really, isn't it. Apart from in the portability stakes, of course.

Yes.
The CF forks on my Pomp use white Plasti-dip as primer, and flat clear Plasti-dip as clearcoat with real paint (the colour coat) sandwiched inbetween.
Lots of fun to use, and non-destructive. Quite an unrefined finish unless you're putting it through a proper gun. The flat-clear finish does match the rattle-can satin-clear of my frame quite well, though.

The beauty of satin/flat relatively-common colours too is that you can always give them a very quick blow-over to hide the old scratches.
These are utilitarian finishes, ideal for non-exotic framesets.

Because hideous MAMIL chariots and their ostentatious wheelsets also have large logos SO EVERYONE HAS TO SHOUT TO BE HEARD HEY LOOK I'M RIDING A FUCKING CERVELO WITH MAVIC COSMIC WHEELS WHICH SHOP DO YOU RIDE WITH HEY DIDN'T I SEE YOU ON BOX HILL THIS MORNING I WAS LOADING MY FUCKING CERVELO INTO MY JAGUAR SPORTWAGON LIKE TEAM SKY USE BECAUSE I THOUGHT MY NEW CARBON SPOKES WERE MAKING A FUNNY NOISE HEY NICE TYRES I HAVE THOSE WHAT PRESSURE YOU RUNNING

She's annoying, and deserves to spend the rest of her career 'acting' opposite the talent-vacuum that is Bradley Cooper.

Jennifer Lawrence.

NAHBS wankery
Bespoked circlejerkery
Fullkitwankers
Raphabasketoverloaders
Slamdatscoblebrick
Brodoyouevensaddleangle
Help me choose a fork for my Pomp
What rack is that?

Rather brilliant Spa 6 Hours Flickr set

Where did you find your figures?

Might want to post a picture or two in case some of us have no idea which bikes you're talking about...
My first guess though would be that whenever a local/gov authority opens its wallet to commission an independent contractor to make something for them, the contractor doubles/triples their usual rate.
That is, unless, the panniers come filled with everything an EMT needs to respond to a call.

I suppose I'd better take this back

Add to that the fact that the arse-end of a Pomp is really quite short, and I'm guessing** it won't >make the world's most surprisingly amazing XC/Cross ripper.
**based on seeing nothing like it, at all, wearing front shocks

in light of

though Prolly does admit that the rear end of this Rosko is supposed to be 10mm longer.

Autumn/Winter is the worst part of the year for executing DIY rattle-can jobs, unless you can spray indoors with a powerful heat source. Even then, rattle can paint & lacquer are what they are - soft, not durable, but cheap.
I don't regret doing my Pompino a year ago, but the rear triangle looks a bit of a state after only 6 months riding/locking-up.