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My front mudguard mounting bolt has wobbled loose and got lost, anyone know what I need to replace it? I can buy the kit (https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/mudguards/brompton-front-mudguard-stay-titanium-cw-hook-fixings/) but seems slightly excessive for a single bolt!

No, but I met a chap at the weekend who works there and he happened to mention that they had been receiving and processing wiggle returns as part of a deal to take on some of the leftover warehouse stock. Tenuous and not sure if that helps at all!

Oh my. Superb build!

Ha, we must have been typing those in parallel! I imagine lochnagar might be a bit quieter than LG options, though I’ve only approached it from the east before.

And yeah, loads of bikes shoved into the heather around derry lodge with a lock thrown on when I was there last year.

If you can get a lift up to Derry Lodge (or cycle), you could get into the Lairig Ghru, nip into the corrour bothy for a tea, up the devils point and even return via glen dee if you fancied a longer day.

You could also head up glen derry towards the lairig an Laoigh/hutchinson hut and bag a peak(s) on the way/way back.

Anyone fancy a copy of Joel Mayerowitz's A Question of Color? I got two for my birthday so have a spare. Yours for the price of postage.

Here's some (colour, rare for me) photos. Top and bottom are ColorPlus and I think the middle two are Cinestill 400D:

Recent one. Loving seeing everyone’s b and w stuff here!

Urgh, this place is great. Thanks all - of course, makes sense that they are all kinlin rebrands.

Indecisive mate has now decided he wants black anyway (despite my trying to convince otherwise) so we have gone for plane jane xr31s in black.

Struggling to find an all silver equivalent to Kinlin XR31... in rim brake.

Borg 22 and Pacenti Forza classico are shallower options and would probably be fine. Really, I want something like DCR Flirt in 30mm but can't see these available outside full wheel builds. Any alternatives in that depth?

Edit: After a bit more looking, HPS Archetype is 25mm, Halo Devaura is 31mm and Hunt Sprint Aero are 31mm (though it feels little wrong building up some Hunt rims). Just in case anyone else is looking.

Serious kudos to anyone getting the full 500 done this year. Some of the days have been grim. I managed just over 100km.

Pas Normal have a 1250km in January challenge, might jump on that for a bit of new year motivation. You can win a £1000 voucher for their stuff, which at their prices might get you some bibs and socks lol

Surely, it is simply the fact that he can charge that much and still have a full order book?

Edit: fwiw I think he’s great, has a totally old school/classic vibe and has supported a cross team for years. I have a lot of time for people who do things simply but very very well.

Woah, this is superb! Love it all, including the Carradice (?) and the RSF sticker on the downtube. Can attest that rapid rise with friction is the bees knees; one of those things that doesn't seem worth the change and then you do it and everything else (friction wise, at least) feels inferior.

Did The Woods tempt you with tubeless or are you tubed as Grant intended?

Edit: Also, is that a glow-in-the-dark Nalgene? One of my best ever purchases for camping as you can always find your bottle in a dark tent without resorting to head torch!

Couple of alloy bars. Both fitted and lightly used (the Specialized for a few months, the FSAs for about a month):

FSA Omega 42cm: measured at the drops, closer to 40cm at the hoods. Nice shallow drop with a longer drop section. Super comfortable.

Specialized Shallow drop 42cm: Came stock on an aethos. Changed largely due to going narrower.

£20 each posted?

I put one of these on eBay a year or so ago as I just needed to get rid of it. Think it went for £1.20 (the bloke who came to collect was very apologetic). He was using it for some sort of community fitness thing (like a spin class for oaps in village halls or something).

I got an email alert the other day at work to let me know that one of our students was exploring Turkey Cock Ln on street view in an IT lesson. Happy days.

Such a great bike, and well photographed too.

My wife has these on her cross check and loves them. I have the studded ones (ordered from blue lug I think). The studs are good, if a tad too aggressive for my purposes. Overall, I just really like the length of these pedals for this sort of bike. Pretty sure I read about someone adding studs to these with a drill and tap but can’t remember where.

Oh, and after this photo was taken I did make the grave error of putting some modern padded tape on it. It looks awful. All kinds of wrong. I will spare the reader the sight of it.

Also, BBB gravel tape is not my cup of tea.

Popped back to Norfolk this weekend with a vague plan to put some slimmer tires and clippy pedals on the Homer and see how it felt. It remains a touring bike, but did feel a little nippier. I think getting the position a little closer to my road bike might help. Basically I want something for long slow road rides.

38mm tires are still massive (big gravel has addled my brain, should have gone for 32s!). Ultimately, I questioned the wisdom of turning this into more of a road bike. Lots of things whirring round my brain. Including thoughts of a crust malocchio (le sigh).

One thing I must admit, though, is that now I’m a little fitter, I did find the downtube shifters somewhat limiting. One thing that I think will happen is a shimergo brifter setup.

They certainly do seem to have a bit of a knack for that, every now and again ;)

I’ve not met him on a club ride yet (I’ve not been a member long though), but pretty sure I spotted him on the Hell of the Ashdown this year. I am indeed TW based.

A full mudguard installation was kind of what I was hoping for, so looking forward even more now. I need to sort a bike I can ride through winter :)

Long overdue update: I got the urge to do proper road riding again on a fast road bike so bought an aethos at the beginning of the year (I think it arrived on 3rd Jan). It’s been a total blast. Spent the last three days going Home-Newhaven-Dieppe-Calais-Dover-Home to escape the bank holiday and reset my brain before term starts again. The bike did well, though turbo cottons are not a (light) touring tire.

Due to space limitations the Riv has been relegated to home with my folks in Norfolk. I just haven’t found time to ride it in its current gravel-esque guise. Plans are afoot though for its revival in a more road focussed mode…

I’ve had one of these since the start of the year. It’s been great. Big fan of the frameset and how un-integrated it all is. Look forward to seeing how you’ll make it yours and following closely for the mudguards.

Happy to cover it if within the uk. It’ll be second class snail post, if we could call it a fiver for something faster?

Free to a good home!

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