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I only noticed when I was taking this photo, 45 miles in to Saturday's ride.

Any guesses? :- ๐Ÿ˜€

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Posted : 05/12/2016 10:35 am
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It's not raining?


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 10:37 am
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No rain?


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 10:37 am
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The rear cable looks like it will hang you if you went OTB's..


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 10:37 am
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logos not lined up with valves..

and 2 chainring bolts missing!

edit: just noticed on and on spotted Bolts after my original post but before my edit


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 10:39 am
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Two chainring bolts missing and chain looks a little slack ๐Ÿ™‚ and no rear light.


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 10:40 am
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Two chainring bolts missing.

Chain looks a little slack, but no tensioner visible either and vertical dropouts - magic ratio?

Fork dropouts look like they could be backwards?


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 10:41 am
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Yup, fair, hoses are too long - guess that's what you meant?

However, that's not the most alarming aspect of the build in its current state!


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 10:41 am
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Shortage of chainring bolts?


 
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Two chainring bolts missing.

Bugger, 15 seconds to late


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 10:42 am
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nothing in the hip flask?


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 10:44 am
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Yeah, chainring bolts. 2 is literally just enough.

Learning more thought this, thanks! I'd not noticed the logos, I tend to line the logos up, but it must have slipped last time I was messing about - the bead loses air after 2 weeks not being ridden.

Hip flask is 2/3 full of Aberlour 10.

Chain is tensioned via Philcentric BB, which has discrete stops. Next one up is too tight. A new chain's probably not a bad plan, it's snapped and been repaired already.


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 10:45 am
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Didnt hold you back though. Pesky whippersnapper!


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 10:48 am
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And no rear light - I got home 10 mins after sunset. Just OK!


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 10:51 am
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Andy - it was the weight saving! ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 10:52 am
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I've folded a chainring over on a singlespeed and that's with all four bolts in place.


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 10:55 am
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No spacers under the stem


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 10:55 am
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daffy - ๐Ÿ˜ฏ

Happily, I don't think I'm that powerful! The goldtec ring is pretty thick, too.

B.A.Nana - There defintely are! An inch of play in the headset and forks would be pretty hard to miss!


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 11:40 am
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What's wrong with this picture?

Trees on horizon not vertical, maybe slightly over-exposed, questionable structural composition?

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Posted : 05/12/2016 12:02 pm
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Bez, some good points.

It's a wide angle phone camera, so some of the trees will be off due to barrel distortion. Lens distortion has meant the back wheel looks a little elongated.

And I was rather restricted composition-wise, I wanted to hide my shadow in the heather. Given the issues, the mileage, the time of day, lack of lights and distance from home, my care over the composition got downgraded to "quick snap" levels.

All regrettable, could have been a better photo. Sorry. However, those are my excuses and I'm sticking to them. I might even come up with some more.


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 12:55 pm
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Nice use of hipflask, do you use it much when out on the bike?


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 1:05 pm
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Hmmm
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Posted : 05/12/2016 1:28 pm
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Your missus has kicked you out and dumped your belongings on the back of your bike and suggested you went on a long bike ride?


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 2:14 pm
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It's the rear wheel - it's in backwards!


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 2:19 pm
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Front wheel is 27.5plus rear wheel is standard 29"


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 2:19 pm
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Where's your top tube gone.....?


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 2:20 pm
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What's wrong with this picture?

Only one hip flask ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 2:24 pm
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There's no tyre tracks. Your bike is magic.


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 2:29 pm
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Is that Chobham?


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 2:30 pm
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No front brake - can't see the a pipe between rh lever and calliper and front calliper looks as though it is connected to lh lever?


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 2:35 pm
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Where's your top tube gone.....?

What the...?!?! Where has it gone? kayak! Why, I oughta....

jason, it's sixtypluster.

munrobiker - I walked it there on account of the missing top tube. Seriously, though, it is magic, I was saying the same thing earlier in the day.

Chunky, It is exactly here: http://goo.gl/maps/vs3UiDCCzpx


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 2:44 pm
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nipper: bth hoses are untrimmed and too long, they're zip tied together in a jones loop-alike formation. If you know it's there, you can see the hose going in an S line from the lever to the loop, off again, far side of the front triangle and down.


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 2:48 pm
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some bugger's nicked all your gears?


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 3:05 pm
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No bell

(look like Hankley except the trees are too numerous)


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 3:25 pm
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All kinds of things wrong with it.. single speed, steel frame, non tapered head tube, rigid fork!


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 4:00 pm
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Nice to meet you on Saturday bud - i was on the knackered looking Puffin ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 4:29 pm
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And you! - wasn't as knackered as my Puffin, though - it made it out of the house, didn't it!? ๐Ÿ˜€


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 4:33 pm
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Is that a hip flask!? thats what is wrong with the pic- they are still sober enough to cycle about, go back to the pub


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 6:16 pm
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I thought it was funny when he pulled the hip flask out of the cage, checked the time and with it being nearly 11.30, decided it was a perfectly good time to partake in some finest Scotch ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 6:19 pm
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๐Ÿ˜€ You were fully on board with the idea though! Arrr! ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 7:15 pm
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I was going to say that your bike only seems to have one gear. I thought even really cheap ones had at least a few ratios these day


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 7:20 pm
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Well maybe it's an optical delusion but it looks to me like you have no QR in the front either!


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 8:19 pm
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Is it an absolute oval black chain ring not lined up correctly?


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 8:52 pm
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Al, the ring is a perfectly lined up Goldtec wonkey.

GFS: you are optically deluded. Silver QR lever on the disc side.


 
Posted : 05/12/2016 9:31 pm
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STW hiplask? ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
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