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hey...who changed my thread title!!?? :lol: i enjoyed the race and the commentary but obviously badly marred by such a terrible crash. heal well young lady and come back stronger. i take it that the men's course uses the same corner? i'd hope that the padding arrangement is extended just in case. lo...

on now on the BBC red button. quite an interesting commentary too.

yes i'm working from home today

This was on a titanium frame. for2.jpg Apparently the fork failed cycling along a smooth road with no potholes, and has been found to have catastrophic voids. User has suffered broken neck, paralysis, among other things, and is still in a coma. Frame builder makes their own Ti, and forks god knows ...

could be but i wonder how much a thorough test would cost! i wouldn't want to be checking a frame, rim etc used for my commute being checked as regularly as it is bumped on my local roads. I've linked to a couple of Raoul Luescher's videos above. Luescher Technik charge AUS$200 (approximately £100)...

Are there any suitably competent people in the UK offering NDT inspection, including ultrasound scanning, of carbon fibre bikes and parts? Given the major downturn in aviation as result of Covid-19, I wonder if there is now a surplus in the aviation industry of people with those skills, for whom in...

Trying to work out my best ratio for single speed/ fixed. I haven't ridden fixed for some years, I recently bought a Specialized Langster to put on a set of rollers ,to get fit again, occasionally I will want to ride it on the road on dry days & saints days. I've counted/calculated current gear...

... i wonder if stress relieving them initially actually aids the process of them breaking? no, absolutely not. In the few cases of 'bad Sapim spokes' I have encountered in the flesh, the spokes are typically so badly embrittled that they will snap like a carrot when you take a loose spoke and try ...

i take it that the series of replacement spokes didn't break down the line? just the originals?

spokes like that must be substantially weaker than normal to break in the middle. i wonder if stress relieving them initially actually aids the process of them breaking?

i'm wondering why you're looking at a 'road' bike for your commute when you've had 'no issues' with the bike you have.

B&M IQ-X is my preferred Choice for Commuting. Its not cheap but its on special at Rose at the moment https://www.rosebikes.co.uk/b-m-iq-x-led-headlight-837399 £68 pounds its a bright light with a great spread and sharp cut off. I use it to commute all year round on mix of residential/ urban an...

where do you ride? lit streets? pitch black, twisty country lanes? etc

wasn't a khamsin plywood or similar? a mate had an 'aero disc' cover for the back of his tandem BITD. some sort of fabric thing it was. made a hell of a noise! when we acquired an early HED disc years ago we were told that the usual issue was the bonding of the skin to the hub and that the extra twi...

953 doesn't seem to be widely used to me. the price is, no doubt, a factor.

what are its main characteristics? and is it really 422 better than the classic? anyone got one?

i would ride the bike you have to a) see if you are going to keep cycling (the weather is unlikely to improve from now on) and b) see if your ideal position has changed over such a long 'off' period.

establish those things then spend the money if you want to.