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peetee wrote: ↑13 Feb 2025, 8:29am
jimster99 wrote: ↑13 Feb 2025, 12:52am but (i) do I need it? No (ii) will I use it? No (iii) Do I still want it? Yes

Every time I go into Lidl there are men of a particular age cruising the tool isles.
They need absolutely nothing but know, somewhere on those tempting shelves - if only they could find it, is that tool that will ‘come in handy one day’.
And they will find it.
They WILL find it.
It’s there, SOMEWHERE!!!

That's me that is.

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Malaconotus wrote: ↑20 May 2013, 1:05pm
The Mechanic wrote:If your bike frame is steel then a compass on the handlebars will not give you an accurate reading. There will be a variable amount and direction of deviation caused by the frame's own magnetic field.
^^^ This ^^^

I have this compass bell on my LHT.... http://www.winstanleysbikes.co.uk/produ ... tAodXDwA9w Doesn't work.

Tried one too -- same conclusion

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Has anyone here had any encounters with AI's hungry insatiable appetite for knowledge about us? I witnessed it and it's very unnerving to put it mildly.

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Here it is

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Looks very similar to the FSA no.10 headset I bought to change the forks on my cube
So you can buy a new kit for about £28 ( that price is complete with the spacers, cone etc

You'll be able to find out which headset you need -- wait I can get the exploded diagram to show you how that one goes together.

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Thanks Jimster -- I saw them in lidl last night -- already have an old set so was tempted for a second.

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Great to know we've been of some help and you've had good success. I've had success too with my conversion to rigid suspension corrected forks -- very pleased with the result. ( Cube make great bikes too )

If you'd not bought your forks first you could've had my 100mm silver air rock shocks with remote lockout -- I think they would do 29er too -- I seem to remember the cube acid came as a 29er and the same forks came on both the 27.5 and 29 the only difference was the size of the wheels.

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I guy at our work tried to convince me with various theories and conclusions that men never went to the moon.

I immediately asked him " Do you believe in ghosts ?" To which he replied "Yes cos I seen one ! " he went on to explaine this apparition sitting at the bottom of his bed when he was a boy.

So there's a guy that would rather believe in ghosts than believe men walked on the moon -- bizarre I thought though I didn't say so.

I disagreed about the not going to the moon but left the ghost thing alone as it seemed too personal to him.

I don't believe in ghosts or aliens ( well definitely not here though some at work think I'm one for riding into work on a bicycle

) or UFO's from other worlds.

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axel_knutt wrote: ↑9 Feb 2025, 1:06pm I've spent hours arguing with people on Twitter, and nobody cares about the EAPC legislation. If they see pedals it's a bicycle, and the rider's a cyclist.

Hours of your life you'll never get back.

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cycle tramp wrote: ↑8 Feb 2025, 12:46pm
rareposter wrote: ↑2 Feb 2025, 7:41pm
Cowsham wrote: ↑2 Feb 2025, 3:45pm We must cut the welfare budget -- as posters have said there are too many healthy working age people on welfare.
As Wikipedia would say: citation needed.

Helping people in their hour of need (be that medical or financial) should be the absolute bedrock of a civilised society. It costs a lot less to treat the causes than it does to deal with the aftermath as people turn to crime, drugs or "final options" like loan sharks preying on the weak and vulnerable.

And people on benefits are not the problem, in spite of what the RW press would like you to believe. No-one is arriving in the UK by small boat and rocking up to a 5-bed mansion, all expenses paid while they both live on benefits AND take your job.

There's a lot about the welfare budget (and in fact most Government budgets) that could do with better management but cutting welfare costs WAY more in the long term than it saves in the short term.
Worryingly I find myself agreeing with Rareposter again... a safety net is required for assist those that fall... however I would prefer it viewed as a trampoline rather than a hammock....
....following another thread on another part of the forum... there is a lot which we need to do, our sewerage system is a mess, verges need cutting, pot holes filling, refuse being removed, homeless shelters need building, wind turbines to install, tidal power lagoons to build, without even approaching the whole mirco plastic issue... for those who do not have dependants, or are claiming universal credits or job seekers allowance- is it too much of an ask for them to work 2 days a week, to help improve the lives around them?

No but all of that is very labour intensive which means more NIC for potential employers to find which increases the government bill so maybe there's a case for government to utilize some of the able bodied people on benefits. The money is just doing a circuit to the detriment of everyone except the accountants.

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WDR Big Band

This is a beautifully orchestrated rendition of the theme from the odd couple by Neal Hefti
https://youtu.be/iLXx4VpGXm0?feature=shared

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Beautiful here -- last two days but still repairing storm Eowyn damage instead of getting out on bike.

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I don't like the thin groundsheets although to be fair the omega has never leaked in.

My ideal tent would be outer pitch / all one dome with tunnel type porch and thicker ground sheet weight under 4kg. ( Edit -- and enough head height about 1.2m to sit in a proper chair in the porch. ) I know it could be done but I suppose a lot of trekers wouldn't want t.such a heavy tent but for base camp cycle touring style it would be perfect.

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I remember the problem I had with the gap was that because the inner tent is held in place by the poles the outer can be pushed in against the inner tent by wind more so when wet and heavy. With the poles holding out the fly in a pitch outer first tent and the inner hanging off the fly, the inner tent always moves in with the outer fabric so the gap is maintained.

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hoppy58 wrote: ↑4 Feb 2025, 10:34am I have a Big Agnes Blacktail 2 hotel, which is a dome tent with a 1/2 tunnel to one side. I’ve used it for a couple of mini tours with my Brompton, aswell as several car-camping trips. It’s very comfortable. As well as the main porch there is a second, smaller porch. Quality is good and it has stood up to a few windy days on the coast with no problems. It’s around the 3kg mark so quite heavy by today’s standards. I really like it and use my helinox ground chair in the porch when the weather turns foul!

I've had a look at these too ( not in the flesh ) What's the gap like between outer and inner and is it difficult to keep the panels of fabric apart when wet? This was the problem I had with this style of inner pitch first. Getting the fly sheet taught enough and in the correct position to keep the gap.

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