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  • Issue 157: Busman’s Holiday
  • simonalex99
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    A good week this week, so far. 72 mile today. Taunton to west bay and back

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    I’m in, sounds good and achievable to lose a bit of weight

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    Anker 10000mah or Xiaomi mi 50w 20000mah or 10000mah compact both support fast charging

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    Going to Cradle of Filth in October, last gig I went was lacuna coil with infected rain and eluvetie supporting. Trivium in January and bullet for my valentine in February.

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    Pipedream Alice, I have one. Had for around 18 months, really versatile for all use – touring/bike packing, can take panniers front and rear/plenty of mounts for cages. Cromoly 4130 frame and fork. Wide tyres- 27.5 2.4. I was looking for a while, for something suitable – looked at genesis, surly bridge club, big brothers, wonder and on one. If you can find a Marin pine mountain 2016 to 2018 which is 4130 cromo, rigid

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    Leg press – calf raises, one leg press. Farmers carry on tip toes. Leg extension back and front. Increase cardio – steps walking and cycling longer distances/build strength and endurance.

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    I have a tribit max sound plus, haven’t tried a minirig which seems expensive. The tribit is a good price around £50, a good sound/bass response, really good battery life. And cheaper than alternatives from JBL, Sony xb32, boom2 which I have tried. The tribit sounds better than previous ones I have tried

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    +1. Depends on signal strength,nearest cell tower/infrastructure and time of day. I only use phone or tablet for streaming at hd or less. Just ran speed test app on my phone, I was getting between 5-9mbit over LTE. I don’t own a TV, so wouldn’t know it be like on a TV with teethering

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    I’m doing well, this time. 2.4kg lost since the start of January. Doing dry January which has helped with weight loss, intermittent fasting (16:8, eat in a 8 hour window) and going to gym/walking/cycling. I’m going to keep going with cutting alcohol , fasting and increase exercise as weather is getting better

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    I was with virgin media a year ago and there constant price hikes and service reliability, somewhat annoyed me. So I went 3 and unlimited data, £20 for sim only. Perfectly fine for streaming – YouTube, now, Netflix and no need for TV licence if not watching live broadcasting. I only use around 120gb per month mostly 4g, LTE and sometimes 5g

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    My listens

    Trivium
    Avenged sevenfold
    Iron maiden
    Infected rain
    Jinjer
    Spiritbox
    Amon Armarth
    Cradle of filth
    Killswitch engage
    Sabaton

    And many more

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    I was close to getting a bridge club, also brothers big bro. But I settled for the pipedream Alice and it’s been great – setup with 2×10 deore, schwalbe Moto X tires and front rack. Use it for commuting, larking around in the woods and all day mile munching rides. Plenty of mounts and tire room

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    +1 WiFi usb dongle. Disable/uninstall main WiFi. Then the dongle

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    I got some rigid boost Marin forks, 490mm a to c. Takes a 9mm axle. With front wheel

    Any good

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    Tribit flybuds 3 are better at £40, been using for a year

    https://www.tribit.com/products/Tribit-FlyBuds-3-True-Wireless-Earbuds

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    I got a soma valhallen. That I’m thinking of selling

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    Xiaomi usually has deals on the mi app. There is the 9t 4gb ram/64gb storage for £149 on the 23rd march and the poco X3 6gb/128gb for £169 (instead of £249) on today

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    No, I got a wheels manufacturing BB conversion.

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    There is two Marin pine mountains on eBay ATM, 2017. Plenty of mounts on the frame. I ran one with panniers on the rear but could run one on the front as well for longer rides/bike packing. Capable off road and on, had 2.6 schwable super Moto X tyres. Depends if you want rigid fork, the pine mountain is quick release boast

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    Tribit X sound go, better than the Anker soundcore 2

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    I got a 27.5+ front wheel 141mm 9mm qr and some Marin cromoly rigid forks which take the 141 wheel. If you are interested

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    i watch a few channels

    Hubnut, Curiousity inc, the late brake show (aka car pervert/johnny smith)

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    I’m in, want to lose 15-20 pound. Haven’t been too indulgent at Christmas and nor at new year Eve/day – going to be good 🙂

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    Richer sounds, does a Yamaha home cinema package system. AV receiver and all speakers/subwoofer. £350

    https://www.richersounds.com/tv-home-cinema/home-cinema-packages/yamaha-yht1840.html

    The cheapest AV receiver they have is a Yamaha at £220 which looks the same one in the package. So it seems good deal to get the Yamaha package

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    One tip, use general purpose grease like comma. For the cups to go back in the frame – grease, align, some hardwood to tap the cups into frame. Tap once or twice to get started, then a quick sharp tap. Then they be in. I just did a headset a couple days ago, external and internal with that method

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    Schwalbe do the big apple which is a comfortable city tyre with reasonable protection or the schwalbe marathon better protection and less comfort. Both can be found around £20

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    Doesn’t seem to be a solution, apart from replacing the DUB BB too the Praxis unit. Which is a pain

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    The frame takes bb30 and it’s already got a DUB BB installed. If I can get a adapter to fit my DUB bb to take a Shimano crankset, WIthout going to the bike shop for removal of SRAM DUB and installation of a Praxis BB converter

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    I recently got a tribit max sound plus. Good price and sound. Did try a Anker soundcore and it wasn’t very good – sounded thin. Did have a ue boom, which was ok.

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    Onza payoff, 4130 cromo. 120mm 29er. Rockshox revelations, slx 10 speed. £699 on onza website in black

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    I think a marin pine mountain 2018, would be more suitable for your needs, 27.5+ rigid. Can run front and rear panniers. I have one and also a onza payoff, which I built up with 140mm yari. The marin I have used for all day treks on road with schwalbe super moto x tyres 2.6 – fully loaded or take racks off and is more than happy on the trails with 2.6 tyres (lower pressure – tubeless), suspension from the tyres. The onza is quite slack and as a everything bike it isnt

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    Does it boot up, if able to copy files onto a USB memory stick/device. It might be useful for Ubuntu or other linux operating system.

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    These on ebay? Not mine BTW. Had a look for rebas at 80mm (Italy and expensive). Also sids but more expensive

    Marzocchi z5’s:

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Marzocchi-Z5-Alloy-80mm-Travel-Fork-Red-Quick-Release-Disc-Brake/143489871592?hash=item2168a9aee8:g:~kAAAOSwQTVeDknd

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    I have one, had for 18 months. Currently setup with 2.6 schwalbe super moto x tyres and front rack. But oh so much fun when panniers are off. it is really good for bikepacking or panniers front and rear. Been on a few long rides, 200 miles last year in 28 hour

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    I ditched the licence a year ago, dont miss it. i only use youtube and netflix which dont need a licence

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    im in, need to shift some weight. lets see!!!

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    Quite a few marzocchi forks on ebay.

    For example:

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Marzocchi-Bomber-2001-Forks-26/283540738184?hash=item4204585088

    Air, 100mm. Long steerer. Maybe change the oil, £10-£15 for motul 7.5wt. Not mine BTW. Just have had quite a few marzocchi. I got some marzocchis but 110 travel and coil, just done a oil service

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    Anker sound buds are good vfm. Or a USB type c to 3.5mm connector

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