I’ve gone back to University studying Architectural Technology and consequently bought a fair number of books, both digital and physical. One of the best resources I’ve used is a website, First in Architecture. The digital books have a vast array of details that come as PDF’s or DWG, which covers both residential and commercial.

We’ve had one for 10 years and it’s served us very well. The quality of construction seems to be high and so far waterproof! We have the semi-geodesic design with the extended porch, which worked well for us on trips to the alps in the summer months and numerous trips at home in Scotland. I’d certainly buy another.

Thanks, I’ll have a peruse of the 599 and see if it’ll do the job. The whispbar uses pins that push into the maxle housings, which unfortunately aren’t long enough to safely use a spacer, I think! I may try and bodge something for the coming weekend.

I bough the CF Pro a couple on months ago and so far I’ve been delighted with it. Having come from a 29er the wheel size didn’t offer any surprises. It did, however take me a wee while to get used to the carbon wheels, but now I’m really enjoying them. They just felt completely different to the soggy wheels on my bike the Jeffsy replaced, I found myself constantly checking them to see if they were okay at the bottom of any downhill sections.

I’ve made some small changes such as tyres, grips and saddle. The saddle is awful and didn’t last a third outing and the grips are far too skinny to be comfortable. Swapping the tyres to a Hans Damph on the rear and Magic Mary on the front made no end of difference, but this can be said of any bike.

If Strava is any kind of yard stick, the bike has certainly improved my riding times. I’ve especially made a noticeable difference to my times up the hill, where the bike feels sprightly. This could also be to do with the fact the bike is tipping the scales at just over 26lbs. Similarly downhill I find myself feeling more confident than I did on my old Whyte t129.

All in all I couldn’t be happier with the Jeffsy. For comparison I’m 176cm with a fairly long inseam and pretty long wingspan for my height and the medium feels perfect for me. The large would have simply been too big for my preference. If you’re on the cusp between sizes, then in a likelihood you’ll have to swap the dropper from a 150mm to a 125mm as the Jeffsy has quite a long seat tube.

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