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Riiight? I need some purple ones to clash on this:

Next up is probably the wisest bicycle investment I have ever made. I bought this superlight Brompton second hand in about 2009. It stayed as it was and didn’t get a huge amount of use until a few years ago, when it went to @sbbohr (I think, different username then?) to be serviced. New cranks, wheels and bars as well as newer levers, shifters and brakes have really made it sing. Goes so well now.

I invested in an IT Chair (terrible name) and fitted a smaller chainring earlier this year and it now does kid carrying pretty well too. I can’t ride uphill with her on it very well, but it’s perfect for pootling around town and just chucking in the car when we think we might have an excuse to ride.

Just a superb bike.

It has a Phil Wood front hub and I now really want to fit some of the new (purple pls) Paul brakes. All in good time :)

This thread is well overdue an update!

First up is the rockhopper. I got rid of the massive basket and bag as it was quite unwieldy. Replaced with a SimWorks Obento and small ile rack bag (which is GREAT!).

It is a very useful bike, but really awful to ride. I mean, it’s set up well, runs smooth and has some nice parts on it, but the geometry/set up just doesn’t really work for its intended purpose. Without a toddler on the back it’s definitely better, but the handling with and without a front load is sub-optimal (very squirrely). I suspect the moustaches are partly to blame and with a normal flat bar and my weight a bit further forward it would be better.

I may find a cheap flat bar, or it will stay like this until the toddler no longer fits the seat and it will be sold to make room.

Paul to make Brompton brakes: https://www.instagram.com/p/C-6LV3aSNid/?igsh=ODBsaWZpcGt1ajR5

Niche folding bike specific parts is my weak spot.

Post holiday price drop on the outlier strap

Glad to see he got hold of one - he seemed pissed that Pentax hadn’t sent him a 17!

Having signed up for updates, I just received an email about the new Rollei 35AF. Pre-orders on 10th September and it will cost $799. It’s not for me, but interesting to see new cameras come to market.

I’m actually more interested in the midnight camera repair barnack project which looks super. Though I really don’t need to buy more cameras/lenses.

Anchors and wrist strap now gone. Just the outershell strap remains.

All used once - my plan was to use the Outershell on the bike and have the peak connector to switch to a wrist strap when required. But I must admit I just haven’t used them.

£45 £40 posted for the strap (with the OpTech connectors it came with)
£30 for the Peak Cuff strap and connectors posted
Or £65 for the lot :)

I think the lack of sponsor logos has something to do with it; leaves them just looking empty.

Serbia is great (although a bit lacking in colour) and Colombia bangs.

Sounds good; I also have a carbon disky but am constantly fighting the urge to build a more classic road rim brake frame. Interested to see how you get on with both.

Oooh, what’s the plan? Is this to replace or complement your canyon?

Rollei Retro 400S - bulk rolled it comes out quite reasonably priced.

I've come full circle - I really want one. I've just decided to get rid of my XA3 which I've had hit and miss results with and quite fancy one as a replacement; mostly for mountain walking and anywhere I don't feel like carrying other cameras. XA3 shots below as a contribution.

Three is an awesome portrait, but four is my fave! (Oooh, just looked again and saw the backing paper transfer/imprint and like even more :)

Superb - really like the first one (with Llyn Idwal peeking out past the shoulder) and the last. Gold looking great with the Welsh hills.

Props for carrying the gw670 up there

Ravilious is king - such a superb and fascinating body of work from a small geographical area.

Glass? Subscription model but it has a nice interface both on mobile and on the web. No like count and some nice interactions. https://glass.photo/chris_wltn

Foto (currently in beta) promises an old school Instagram feel, but not sure how they'll ever get the numbers up enough to be viable. It feels pretty dead at the moment.

Reddit is sometimes good but a lot of inane chatter in between the great stuff.

This post has given me the kick I needed to explore Flickr again :)

Real good - had me over to eBay looking at Caad12s! Prefer it to the SL6 tbh :)

I don't shoot much colour film and when I have done I have developed it at home for the last few years. Totally forgot the child-like excitement of getting scans back from a lab. I think these are Kodak Gold 200.

Mine came back from a service at SJS with a 7-8 speed sram quick link and has worked flawlessly.

Half frame has always felt like a step too far for me. I prefer the grain and feel of 35mm b and w over medium format for sure (for my uses), but feel like half frame just takes it a bit too far for my tastes.

Glad to see them bringing something like this to market, but can’t help feeling something like a Ricoh gr or hexar af style camera at a similar price point would fly off the shelves. But maybe packing af into it would make it more expensive…

It’s mint. Second image is superb, and not the sort of thing people usually shoot with it!

Edit: I think it got a lot of bad press for ‘only’ being Kodak Vision 500T with the remjet removed. Having tried developing 500T at home, remjet can do one. I’ll happy pay the Cinestill premium to avoid that mess!

Bit of string across the shower or airing cupboard has always been my go to for drying. I remember reading somewhere once that running the shower on hot for a bit is a good way of getting dust out of the air immediately before you hang to dry.

Fix you can test super easily - put a little in a jug, drop in a snippet of film leader, agitate and time how long it takes the film to go clear. Anything over a minute and I mix up some fresh. You can get away with longer, but need to adjust your fixing time as it slows over time.

Stop I don’t think is too important for film (but more so for printing). I have gravitated towards just using water as I don’t think my timings are too critical anyway (ymmv). That is what John Sypal (of Tokyo camera style fame) advocates and he shoots hundreds of rolls a year.

I have found squirt to gunk up a bit, but maybe I’m putting too much on. I periodically need to clean pulley wheels when I use it. Immersion waxing is the way, if you can.