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Arlo Guthrie would disagree: https://youtu.be/vsiuQvkZBiw

Now that Mavic wheels are defunct, what's the go-to cheap but decent touring rim brake wheelset? Something equivalent to Mavic A319.

Too small for me unfortunately. Undibs. Someone should snap this up, lovely frames to ride.

Dibs! Will PM

300mm should do it. The pair it came with was 500, which I guess shows that IKEA expect that you're fitting a whole new sink unit and rearranging the copper - in all my sinks the copper runs nearly all the way up to the bottom of the sink. Didn't fancy running it in a weird loop de loop to use up the length.

Comparing it to an M10 threaded tail (silver one) it looks like it might be 8mm. But I'm not sure I'm measuring correctly. Ordered an M8 pair and will see if that works.

IKEA monobloc tap tails. What the fuck size is the thread at the top where it meets the tap? I need shorter ones but there isn't anything matching at Screwfix.

I'm re-waterproofing my gore-tex jacket with Grangers Performance Repel Plus DWR. The instructions on the bottle say that after washing and applying DWR you can either drip-dry the jacket or put it in the tumble drier at 40deg. The instructional video on the Arc'teryx website says to tumble dry and doesn't mention drip drying.

Does tumble drying improve the efficacy of the DWR coating, over drip drying, or are they just recommending it because American and assume that everyone's going to tumble dry everything?

Edit: found the answer on the Gore-Tex website:
Restoring your factory applied DWR is easy, simply wash and apply heat. To restore the water repellency of GORE-TEX outerwear, GORE-TEX brand recommends the following steps:
Machine wash your garment as described in the wash instructions. Line dry your garment or tumble dry it on a warm, gentle cycle.
Once it is dry, tumble dry your garment for 20 minutes to reactivate the durable water-repellent (DWR) treatment on the outer fabric.
If unable to tumble dry, iron the dry garment on the gentle setting (warm, no steam) by placing a towel or cloth between the garment and the iron. This will help reactivate the DWR treatment on your garment’s outer fabric.
These steps will restore the factory durable water repellent treatment and water may bead up on your outerwear. If it does not, it’s probably time to apply new DWR to your jacket.

Figured as much. I guess I'll just try to not lose the key then...

I've just been quoted north of £200 to get a spare remote key for my 2003 Citroen, and £70 for a spare without remote, by Timpson. The car cost me £300! Does anyone know of a cheaper way to get a spare key?

Ideally I'd get one with a remote as the boot doesn't have an exterior keyhole but I'd settle for just having a spare key full stop without paying £70...

It's a European hornet: https://www.bbka.org.uk/faqs/identifying­-asian-hornet

In this case, there were builders in the back court and they propped the close door open. I was thinking the other day - are most bikes nicked from closes that have windows on the landings (as opposed to closes with skylights)?

I was in the Morrisons carpark at Crossmyloof the other day and when it's dark you can just see close landings with bikes on them up in the sky like illuminated advertising billboards.

I know people aren't doing much walking because of winter/lockdown but I thought I'd try here before classifieds: I've got a pair of Meindl Burma boots that I've never worn outside for sale.

https://meindl.de/product/burma-pro-mfs-­en/?lang=en

They're size 10, which for Meindl is 44.5 - nothing wrong with them, but they were just a bit too small for me but I'd waited too long to return them. I've only worn them around the house to try and get used to them but eventually I conceded they were too small and bought the next size up. They've been in a cupboard for a couple of years and I don't have the box.

Would anyone be interested for £100 posted?

In order for this to not be just an ad, here's a couple of pics from Ben More (Mull) from September, just before the Scottish lockdown started, and Beinn Narnain in the mist in early October.

There's someone in the Physics and Astronomy dept at my university whose surname is Starshynov. He should be the protagonist of a 7os scifi where the Soviet Union has gone to space.

Update on this: the owner managed to get CCTV from the shop downstairs that showed the guy coming in and then leaving with the bike. The police recognised him and apparently have arrested him. Didn't get the bike back unfortunately.

Just opened a dispute with Wiggle regarding a Hermes package. They sent me an email confirmation that it was delivered (to my workplace which has a 24hr staffed desk and postroom), but nothing doing - until they sent me another notification two weeks later that it was ready for delivery, then delivered again. Still nothing doing.

Wiggle sent me a grandiose email saying that Hermes were going to launch a full investigation, search their stockroom, interview drivers etc - then when I completed the form that supposedly launches the investigation, they immediately offered me a full refund. Hermes are a joke.

Cheers, he's been recommended to us before and he's on our list of people to get quotes from.

Can I have your guy's number too? I'm in Glasgow and looking for a floor sanding quote atm.

Stolen yesterday from a close in Victoria Rd, my pal's 2018 Genesis CDA 20. Pretty stock except for some tape to stop the lock rubbing. If you see it around please stick a lock on it.

I'm tidying up the woodwork in my flat - we've got a lovely painted glass door panel that the pricks who previously owned the place got paint on because they didn't mask it. They definitely saved a lot of money on masking tape...

The glass is wavey so the old stanley blade scraper doesn't work so well - does anyone know of a good trick to remove paint from textured glass? Like is there a kind of non scratch metal wool that would do the trick?

Come on man, didn't you get the secret memo from the secret meeting where they reminded us to not post the same thing too close to each other?

You get the point though

Gone for these in the end: https://www.hokaoneone.eu/en/ie/men-trai­l/challenger-atr-5-gore-tex/1111990.html­

Read an article by James Meek in LRB on conspiracy theories this week, and he made a really good point that the conspiracy theories around Bill Gates always focus on his medical philanthropy and not on the fact that the company he used to run manages the operating systems of the vast majority of the world's computers.

Meek said that this was indicative of the fact that tycoons are fine, in the conspiracist world view, but philanthropists are suspect.

I wish there were more Gore-tex trainers that didn't say GORE-TEX in giant text across the side. It rains all the time in Glasgow and waterproof trainers are actually useful here