Hogs Back Brewery have Little Swine at 2.8%ABV, and it’s superb – a really refreshing dry blonde.
https://www.hogsback.co.uk/brands/seasonal-ales/little-swine/

idiotdogbrain thanks, that’s really useful. How do you find the carafe, because I’ve seen a couple of reviews saying it doesn’t work very well as a thermal one?

Depends how long you’re expecting it to keep the coffee warm for tbh. My other half is WFH at the mo and I think she’s done all the coffee by 10am, so 2.5hrs maybe? I seem to recall it’s noticeably cooler after 90mins or so, but she doesn’t care, and at the weekend we tend to make a brew then have a cup immediately and decant the rest into travel mugs as we’re heading out.

We have the Cuisinart (bought used) and really like it. We use paper filters instead of the gold mesh filter though as a) it didn’t come with the gold filter, and b) the paper filters are finer and prevent any grittiness at the bottom of the cup.

I mean no disrespect to anyone trying to help, but I think a few people need to read this to truly understand what intrusive thoughts are: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrusive_thought

To the OP – I’ve suffered from them intermittently all my life, and only found out about the term and classification of “intrusive thought” within the last few years. Up until then, I spent a lot of time thinking that I was a genuinely evil person for having these thoughts, and trying to get rid of them (which only made them worse and more prevalent). What worked for me was acknowledging them and saying in my head “I cannot stop you, but I know that you are not me, and I refuse to give you power over me”.

I hope you can find some level of peace from them.

@eddiebaby – if you’re close to Farnham, I’m only just the other side of Aldershot. Happy to go for a ride if you fancy the company; we can compare scars if you want a laugh at mine..! 😁

Behaving like a grown-up is overrated. By posting on here, and by getting help, you’re doing the most courageous thing though (even though I know it doesn’t feel like it). We’re all here for you 👍

I wonder where all that weight is hidden in that whippet build, I’d have expected it to be sub 10kg.

I swapped the 1×12 SX Eagle for 1×11 GX, and the tyres for Racing Ray/Ralph combo, to get to 11.11kg including pedals. Breakdown of build weights: http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/new-planet-x-whippet-rigid-content/page/3/#post-11846081

But yes, the wheels are 2300g, it’s not currently tubeless, the cassette and bars are heavy, etc. Tubeless, Hunt wheels, and a carbon bar would probably see it close to 10kg but I don’t really care tbh – it rides fine as it is and I’ve never once thought it needed to be lighter.

Superb, thanks! 😁

Replying for visibility..

Also, Steve, you’ve mentioned that you’re a scientist; please present your credentials and links to peer-reviewed studies that you’ve published. 😉 K thx bai

https://geometrygeeks.bike/compare/pivot-mach-5-7-carbon-2012-2014-xs,specialized-turbo-levo-expert-2017-s,specialized-turbo-levo-expert-carbon-2021-s/

As you can see, the 1st gen Levo FSR is pretty weeny compared to the current model. 30mm longer seat tube and 75mm taller standover than the Pivot might be an issue though.

What are the geometry requirements of XS? My other half is 5’5″ and rides a medium 1st gen Levo FSR as, with an inline dropper post, the small would have been too small. Worth using geometry geeks.com to see if it can pull up something suitable.

What dogma am I spreading!? That we shouldn’t eat meat? I haven’t said that anywhere. I simply pointed out that there is a strong social construct that associates the consumption of meat with masculinity – and there are innumerable (non-biased) studies that show this.

There is also a strong social construct that riding bikes, amongst other sporting activities, are also more masculine, and thus the women who do participate are the ones that either a) rebel against this, or b) are shown role models that defy it. Which is the whole point of this damn thread!

Well, what if I feed it a vegan meat-substitute..? 🤔😂

Also: https://experiment.com/u/zPWRw
Tl:dr

Finding:Men routinely incorporate red meat to preempt the negative emotional states caused by threats to masculinity.

Ffs Steve, are you damn well deliberately trying to misread what people type..!?

I have not once, not ever, said men only eat meat because its manly. What I said was that there was a societal construct that perceived eating meat as manly/masculine, which has been borne out by numerous studies.

Read people’s posts properly before deciding to spew out your ridiculous stream-of-consciousness posts and people might, just might, not think you’re a complete and utter weapon, and might listen to what you have to say. 🤦‍♂️

Don’t mention some have horses, please don’t mention horses.

Yeah, I’m really sorry I started that..!

If you wait for one of eBay’s £1 Final Value Fee offers, stick it up there on an auction with a 99p start and no reserve – it’ll find its price and you might be pleasantly surprised.

KS Rage-i comes in 75mm drop, 292mm overall length, 161mm insertion and 31.6mm diameter – sounds spot on, if you can find one!

https://kssuspension.com/product/rage-i/

YT do their dinky 500ml bottle & cage combo as well: https://www.yt-industries.com/products/parts/jeffsy/333/thirstmaster-3000-set/

See my post above. We’ve had our rigid Whippets for a month now and they’re great. Would recommend either that or the Scandal. Can’t see much else that’s better value tbh.

I’ve shipped a couple of non-ebikes with Paisley Freight and, fully insured, the cost was closer to £45 than £30.

I missed the “frame a bit small” bit..

Bird Aether 9A frame in ML and swap all the kit over? Could upgrade the forks at the same time too.

If you stuck with FS, then I don’t think £3k would get you anything better or more suitable than what you’ve got tbh! Personally I wouldn’t swap that for a HT but YMMV of course.

As has been said, Nukeproof Neutron/Electron Evo: https://slam69.co.uk/products/nukeproof-neutron-evo-electron-evo-flat-pedals

Ball of your foot over the inner front pin, heavy feet/light hands and you’ll be fine. It’s really not that hard – it’s not like anyone learns to ride a bike as a kid on clipless pedals..!

Ah, the old “I’ve never experienced it so therefore there isn’t a problem” defence.. 🤣

If you grew up in an environment where you had no influences on what was or wasn’t expected of you or open to you due to your gender, or were immune to those influences then bully for you. But those influences are still extant, still subconscious, and still insidious. They also apply to not only your gender, but your ethnicity, social class, sexuality, and more. One of the most important things that can be done to reduce this is to make sure that kids are exposed to media showing people who are like them having experiences that previously they may have perceived as unavailable. See: normalisation of gay relationships and romances in film and on TV, etc.

This is really not that hard to understand.. 🤦‍♂️

Ffs out of breath, are you just deliberately trolling now..?

But there are people in this thread who … say they do gender specific stuff themselves to this day *because* they thought they had thought they were gender specific in the past.

Literally nobody has said that..! What people have said is that the choices they had available to them were bound by what people considered societal norms at the time. What they are trying to do is remove those societal constraints so that, going forward, future generations don’t have those perceived limitations imposed on them.

You’ve been given on example of someone who thought horse riding was a female pursuit (which is a bit mad, my brother rides horses and male riders are commonplace, unremarkable. There are less female jockeys than male IME)

Again, are you deliberately being obtuse..!? And in fact, you’ve actually proven my point in a way – because you knew someone of your gender who rode horses, it wasn’t ever presented to you as something that wasn’t for your gender. I knew of no people of my gender who rode horses, and no one ever said to me “This is something you can do if you want – it is open to you”. THIS is exactly what we’re trying to achieve with EVERYTHING!

<bangs head against brick wall>

I get that, but the main thing that’s being advocated is a removal of the societal norms so that in the future people don’t grow up conditioned to think that certain activities aren’t for them due to their gender/race/etc, and thus don’t have any conditioning to overcome – do you get that?

@molgrips – you do get the feeling that some here are deliberately misunderstanding what the point is here, because otherwise it might mean admitting they’re wrong about something.. 🤔

Actually, I can give a couple of good examples here:

1. Society says that eating meat is macho, masculine, tough, etc – hence why most vegetarians/vegans are women (because they can see through or aren’t affected by that conditioning), and why you end up with pejorative terms like “soy boy” and so on. However, I grew up with a dad who was, and still is, vegetarian – so seeing that as a primary influence meant that the notion of men who don’t eat meat as weak held less sway, which made it very easy for me to go vegan.

2. As a kid I skateboarded and rode BMXs, mountain bikes, etc because that’s what my friends did, and I loved it (and still do) – but they were very much “boy” things. I knew of girls at my school that rode horses, but that was seen as being a “girls thing” that boys didn’t do. Having now had the chance to get into horse riding as an adult, I wish that it hadn’t been seen as something that boys didn’t do, because I could have been a half-decent rider and not had to overcome a lot of the fears that I’ve had due to learning to ride as an adult that have hindered me.

So,there – I’ve actively stopped doing something that society deems men should do thanks to seeing someone in my youth who bucked societal norms, and have started doing something as an adult that I wish I’d had the opportunity to do as a youth but didn’t because it wasn’t seen as normal for my gender and I didn’t see anyone of my gender doing it. Which is exactly the point being made here!

I hate this whole it’s up to you thing that vets trot out whenever you take your dog there.
How the beep am I supposed to know?
That’s what I pay you for.

I suspect if you had asshole clients threatening you with legal action or death threats (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/06/vets-threatened-regular-basis-pet-owners-angry-cost-treatment/) over treatment costs and potential mis-diagnoses (nobody gets everything right every time), leading to a massively high suicide rate (https://www.vice.com/en/article/xyk4xd/why-is-the-suicide-rate-among-vets-so-high) you too would hesitate before being definite about a course of treatment, or potential options. Those of you calling vets assholes don’t deserve them tbh, have a damn look at yourself ffs.

I’m sure a great number are put off by being dragged round a trail centre on a bso weighing 20kg whilst their boyfriend is on 2 grands worth of bike. That’s certainly a situation I’ve seen played out a number of times over the years.

AKA “I’ll just buy something cheap in case she doesn’t like it”, thus ensuring a self-fulfilling prophesy..

People have a very strong emotional bond with their horse which can’t be equated to having a bicycle and totally different things are at play between having a horse and riding a bike

True – does that mean young boys might be put off it, or not have it appeal, for that same reason – that they’re given the impression that it’s something girls do? For everyone on our yard (and I’m the only bloke that rides/has ridden), the adrenaline rush is a definite part of it!

10T smallest sprocket capability. Means a 10-50T cassette has a 500% range compared to the 454.5% range of an 11-50T.

Not sure what you’re getting at there..?

If she hasn’t had drop bars before, worth getting her to try some levers out for reach – my OH is 5’5.5″ but has really small hands, so she really struggled with brifters. Went to a rigid 29er with stock MTB groupset instead.

The stock kit is even heavier than that as it’s SX Eagle, so there’s definitely savings to be had! As has been said, wheels are 2300g, and I’ve not gone tubeless on ours yet either.

Another animal – no, I couldn’t guarantee it, which is why they’re on leads whenever anywhere near sheep, cattle, etc.

But a person? No – in their 11 and 6 years they’ve never even remotely come anywhere near that. In all truth they’re both better with people than they are other dogs!

Tbh, this thread might as well be closed. They always go the same way, and no one ever changes their views because of it. Sensible dog owners get annoyed at being tarred with the same brush as the idiots, but don’t see why they should have to modify what they do because of it. Non-dog people want everything done the way they say and won’t compromise. It always ends in an impasse with everyone disliking the other side.

OP – I’m sorry you and your OH had to encounter an idiot and their dogs. If you’re ever in the Surrey/Hants Borders area and would like to meet a couple of dogs that have helped several people with their fear of dogs, you’re quite welcome.

No one said that was a Staffie.. 🤦‍♂️

We have two Boxer X dogs – when they bark and play rough&tumble with each other, they look like this:
(not my actual dogs)
Neither of them has ever even come close to biting a person, nor would they ever, because when they were young they were taught not to. Boxers are lovable daft idiots, something which is well-known.

Judging the potential aggression of a dog on the way it looks is just wrong, and ends up with Breed Specific Legislation – which should be thrown out and should never have existed to start with. But that’s another discussion.

Haven’t had mine yet, but been following the thread and wanted to say I’m so sorry for your loss @CountZero – there are no words 😔

Bit WeightWeeenies-esque, but here’s a breakdown of weights:

Type Name Weight
Frameset
Frame On One Whippet (FM916) 1300 List + allowance
Fork Selcof Carbon 750 Estimate from similar eBay fork weight
Plug 40 Estimate
Headset 60 Estimate
Top Cap & Screw 8 Estimate
Seat Clamp On-One Bolt Up V2 20 Estimate

Wheels
Rims ALEX EXR30 29 1100 List
Hubs Formula Boost 32h 655 List
Spokes Plain Gauge 445 List
Rim tape Generic 10 List
Skewers Through Axle 100 Estimate
Tyre – Front Schwalbe Racing Ray
2.35 skinwall 705 List
Tyre – Rear Schwalbe Racing Ralph
2.35 skinwall 705 List
Tubes Panaracer 484 Measured

Contact Points
Saddle Fabric Scoop Radius 350 List
Seatpost On One Twelfty V2 254 List
Spacers 10 Estimate
Stem On One Hot Box V2 70mm 150 List
Bar On One Enduro6 780mm 375 List
Grips DMR Deathgrip 100 Estimate

Groupset
Shifters SRAM GX 11 122 List
RD SRAM GX 11 265 List
FD Blanking adaptor 20 Estimate
Cassette SRAM PG-1130 538 List
Chain SRAM PC-1130 259 List
Brakes SRAM Level TL 740 List
Rotors SRAM Centreline 180/160 261 List
Cranks SRAM SX Eagle DUB 170mm 776 Measured (YouTube video)
BB SRAM DUB 76 List
Cables SRAM 60 Estimate

Not included accessories
Pedals Nukeproof Electron EVO 354 List
Cages Hollow alloy 49 List

Weight (g) Weight (lb)

TOTAL ————————- 11141 24.54

Edit: well, the formatting’s screwed, but you get the idea..!