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Fresh Goods Friday 747: The Wings of Love Edition

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FGF 747... Benji is off, I (Hannah) am here. Propelled back to the UK by a plane. I don't know if it was a Boeing 747. I tried not to think about it too much. Which was quite tricky as a number of planes crashed in various ways while I was away, I read a book in which the decline of modern civilisation included a landmark event where loads of planes all crashed in one 'Gigastorm', and I sat down on the plane only to have the woman next to me say 'I've never been worried about flying before, but…

 
Posted : 07/03/2025 12:45 pm
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£1,500 wheels!

 

£1500 wheels!

Clearly time to get a better paying job

 
Posted : 07/03/2025 1:10 pm
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That Lauf is a bit flat sided, isn't it? Wonder what it's like in a crosswind?

And those wheels. Am I the only one who would be nervous about ali spokes with an exposed fine thread cut into them? 

 
Posted : 07/03/2025 1:53 pm
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But neon pink spokes @tall_martin

 
Posted : 07/03/2025 6:25 pm
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I have some old Mavic cross max wheels.it was cheaper to buy a wheel second hand than get new spokes. They were £10 each plus postage last time I looked 

No thanks to proprietary spokes.

They can be as shiny as they like 😄

 
Posted : 07/03/2025 6:40 pm