Revs here, seem quite nice…

love my buzzard @ 140…!

I wish mine was here also, but there aren’t any muddy tyres around in 29+ at the moment… so don’t know what I’d stick on it 29+ wise anyway

he sent a message 4th Dec

Hi all,

I was hoping that about now I would be emailing you with details of shipping your Roosters to you. Sadly some major issues have come up in production which are taking some time to resolve. Fortunately they were identified before frames went to paint and I’m hoping can be quickly resolved. However it is not going to be until the new year that we see any frames here. I’m really sorry about this and can assure you it’s proving extremely frustrating and difficult for me, as it is for you.

I will be sure to keep you up to date with any further news as I have it.

My apologies again.

He then gave an offer for rooster backers of 35% off any frame he has in stock on the 5th Dec

definitely mtb-batteries, you’ll be amazed at the run time.

The capacities other (ebay/chinese) places claim for their batteries are laughable

My only slight grumble is that the Astras do seem to dull quite quickly, so by the end of the week i can feel a bit of drag. I’m going to get me some of those Feathers and see if they make a difference,

Feathers are slightly sharper than Astras but dull quicker than Astras so I don’t think Feathers are your solution. I love feathers but save them for when I want a really really close shave and only use them for 2 or 3 shaves.

After trying quite a few blades, I think that the Astras are the best compromise between sharpness/smoothness/longevity, in a merkur 38c anyway. They are also currently one of the cheapest if you get from the guy on Ebay which is nice…

7o’clocks would be next on my list for you to try for longevity but only the black packet ones, not the green or yellows.

At 7.2% the beer should be super conditioned! Weaker beers don’t last…

However, it also depends on the temps in your loft, if it gets hot in summer then that might have done it some harm…

Could be fantastic, when can we come and try it…???

Very pleased with my canon mx885, after very frustrating experiences with hp and epson

So… what good deals are around at the moment?

she “was forced to have sexual relations with this prince when she was a minor” in three locations

I thought that there was only 3 locations…

just you…

Edit: just you 2…

dragon +1, LR used to be a good company a fair few years ago, nothing but bad experiences in the last few years.

who knew a found & lost thread could be so funny!

I can never see what number plates are meant to say

Believe it or not, not all number plates are personalised… 😀

contrary to scotlandthedave, I think Salomon quality has fallen off a cliff, having had 10+ pairs of Salomon over the years I will never buy them again…

Dumb TV plus Chromecast=win!! (unless you are tied into Apple)

Can someone explain this to me? Do apple things not play ball with Chromecast?

I’d not noticed that until you pointed it out. Now it’s really bugging me.
Ggrrr……

Yes but I’ve probably saved you £1.99, you should be thanking me…

Wot no Kylie Calendar???

it would annoy me too much that the tyres are flat on that classic bicycles one…

Surprised he is smiling, that is one crap statue

Never paid full price but they seem OK for the price (offer price that is)

@mattjg – I don’t know what’s safe on a flow but I don’t think you’ll be getting the 29+ benefits if you’re running above 14-15psi, more in the region of 10-13 for me.

Just checked my spam, turns out that

1. I’ve just won $1.5M from western union
2. A nice lady called MarinaB from Russia wants to meet me
3. Ms Florence Dele from Nigeria wants me to adopt her 2 kids
4. World Bank Monetary Fund has a share of $8.5M for me
5. etc.

Good job I checked! I would’ve hated myself if I’d missed out on these wonderful opportunities!

Great! thanks for the update.

looks fab, I’m gonna have to get some!

How was the service from nextie?

How is the junglefox tubeless ability?

are they the jungle fox rims?

That steinhart ^^ is hideous

don’t think you can do better than CW at that budget…

Love mine, THIS is my latest one and it is stunning…

Any spiderless ovals to fit middleburn?

Is wysiwyg email address correct in his profile???

How do the singlespeeders cope with the chain growth?

would seem counterintuitive to put sealer on before stain…

I’d just be staining it then varnish and that’s it…

Probably a bit amateur tho…

I took the test that Peterfile posted a link to…

It says I am probably unconscious… 😯

when you cut them down, do they fray?

Ardents,Nobby nics,Wtb and On one Smorgasbords all an absolute bitch,use a lever and i tend to pinch the tube.

involved 2 people, a lot of swearing and a pinched tube puncture

Why would you use tubes on a flow rim?

I love the rest of the Shand stuff and aspire to own one, I just think the design of this is behind the times.

This is made in the UK, with some semi-custom options (dropouts, colour – geo may be extra £) out of Columbus Niobium tubing. It’s also belt-compatible, has dropper-friendly seat tube diameter, stealth dropper cable routing and a taper-friendly 44mm head tube.

The Swift is made in Taiwan out of double butted 4130 and has none of the above afaict.

Custom dropouts – Give you that one
UK Made – Give you that too, I would support that.
Columbus Tubing – May or may not be noticeable during riding, geometry more important I would think
Belt Compatible – Great for 0.5% of the population
Dropper seat post – Even Thomson do a 27.2 dropper
Stealth Dropper Compatible – This is an open slot in the seat tube…
Taper Headtube – This potentially may restrict the fork choice in the future for the swift

I think it’s much more important to be able to run big volume tyres in the back of an allday hardtail rig like this

Nice looking frame but seems a year or 2 behind where the singular swift is now and is twice the price of the swift.

The main reason I increased the size of stockpot was so that I could do a full volume BIAB, and also to ensure I was getting a full 10l into the fermenter. I now don’t need to dunk sparge or top up the boil volume, I’m still hitting 70% efficiency and I’ve obviously got one less step to do

GREAT CALL! Just brewed like this, hitting over 70% with it also. Won’t muck about again!

Bigger pot and full volume biab FTW!