Gear aid aquaseal is very good; sometimes it’s sold under the McNett brand name. Or any other urethane type glue should do it.

I used the gear aid stuff the other week (on my boots) and it seems to be very good so far.

My 2peneth.

We had a condenser in an unheated garage and it created lots of condensation.

We now have a relatively cheap vented one (in the garage still).

36 (*11/32) is good for me 99.9% of the time (in Sheffield too). I do have a 24t granny ring, but it’s normally used for child-dragging duties.

I don’t have pets for this reason. I’m very allergic to cats, horses and some dogs. Growing up on a farm was hard work at times, but only one of our dogs came inside and the cat and terrier lived in the kitchen (tiled floor that was brushed every day). I never found preventers to help a great deal, i found steering clear of triggers to have more affect.
Like you say, you should desensitize a bit over time; i find this when visiting family with dogs. I tend not to visit people if they have cats or horses/ do a lot of horse riding, as my asthma/ allergic reaction flares up very quickly.
Keep the dog out of the room where you sleep too, i found this helps, as does hoovering very regularly. Good luck.

When i was growing up, we bred Suffolks for quite a while. Crows would go for the eyes on dead lambs occasionally. I never saw them attack live lambs though.
IMO Most farmers haven’t got time to go shooting crows.

I read ‘The beauty and the sorrow’ by Peter Englund earlier this year.

It’s 20 diary accounts of WW1 all woven together in chronological order. It looks at the war on all fronts from a wide range of perspectives. It’s quite eye opening.

Start in Hope ride up through edale and ride mam nick and, come back to Hope via Castleton then ride to Hathersage and go up ‘the dale’. Loop back down to Hathersage past higger tor, then across to Grindleford for Sir William Hill down through Eyam then ride to Curbar gap. Shouldn’t be far off 1000m.

Edit; after Sir William Hill you could ride to Calver then turn left and go up the Grindleford climb towards Sheffield,
then loop back down Froggatt, then ride Curbar.

Practical cycles sell lots of Humpert bars on eBay that are pretty cheap. They do lots of shapes.

I just use a shim for my old bars/newer stems.

Have you tried putting insulation tape around the rack where the clips sit?

Also the rubber inserts in the hooks can be swapped around for different sized racks. Have you tried this?

Blacksmith experience. I did half a day with my dad. It was a really great experience for both of us.

Family karting day is a good shout tho.

If you have time just cover it with some old carpet/ plastic.

Does a 16 fit inside the chainstay with the chain on?

There was an article about it in an old ctc/ cycling UK magazine. It looked really good. As well as the Norwegian  (original) version I think there are some similar events in Canada and maybe some other countries too.

I’d recommend watching the film that the event route is based on; The last king

Ps here’s the cycling UK article https://www.cyclinguk.org/cycle/great-rides-battling-birken

I carefully pointed out to a lady this morning that she shouldn’t be parking outside the school on a yellow line with timed restrictions (right opposite the entrance).

Came out of school, after dropping kids off, to have her go nuts at me. She stated that I was ‘very rude’ and that she can park where she likes as it was outside her house. I then pointed out that there was a yellow line with a restriction. The restriction  sign was right next to to her car.

She wasn’t having any of it and continued to shout off her mouth to all and sundry that I was very rude.

I wish I hadn’t bothered.

any good? USE shim

Just cut it down if its too long.

30 x 11-46

I do a little bit of brazing at work. The people that taught me all say the main things are close fitting parts, nice clean metal, flux where required (even inside the joint) and don’t get the metal too hot.

The things I like about brazing are; if it looks terrible you can just file it smooth. If it goes wrong you can take it apart again.

Good look.

Mowgli; what do you use 2000 litres of water for?

If you’ve got space i’d just get a bigger water butt (or 2) and just attach it to a normal downspout and let it fill with rain water. This website has a good selection. If you can hide them you can just get old blue barrels off eBay (check what they’ve had in them). A bloke round the corner from us has 6 of them for his garden.

We’ve currently got a 220 litre butt, but i’m going to add another fairly soon as it ran out about two weeks ago. We’ve used the kids bath water on a few occasions ( i just scoop up the water with a flat sided watering can; like this).

Found some pedal extenders. Is 20mm too much?

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/pedals-cleats/20-jtek-qplus-pedal-extenders-916-inch/?geoc=US

Just spotted some 15mm ones on eBay too. Item 152963866081

I bought a cheaper bike this time. 2nd hand (unused) Voodoo Bizango. The stock tyres seem quite good so far. I did change the handlebars, stem and grips.

I’d upgrade to 1 x 11 when bits wear out (2 x 10 is surprisingly good though). The forks seem ok so far and are bolt through.

On your list i’d probably swap the tyres and contact points if you need to. Alternatively you could sell the forks straight away and sell them on eBay/ here and put that cash towards a better fork.

I’d do what Kelron suggested (Bizango’s are only £520 at the moment) or look at other last years models.

We did Double Science and i was struggling a bit with a few things. My parents bought me some GCSE study guides and i went through them with the help of a bright mate (1996). I can’t remember if i paid him or just bought him some bike parts/ beer later on. It must of worked as i ended up with two A’s instead of C’s as predicted.

Sub; Did you use a nipple driver to start?

Roger Musson tips on Vimeo – https://vimeo.com/user3615288/videos

ps Red Spokey key as featured in the video above is great

You weren’t overreacting. Our friend died of Carbon monoxide poisoning.

Her family set up a trust in her name to raise awareness about the dangers related to carbon monoxide.

If you’re interested the website is http://www.katiehainestrust.com

I’d ring the company directors, trading standards, local council.

Good luck.

This is quite good value
https://www.taylor-wheels.com/taylor-wheels-28inch-bike-rear-wheel-zac2000-with-nexus-inter-8-622-19-black

They also do 26 and 20 inch versions

Just found this page on dutch bike bits about roller brakes – look at the additional images https://www.dutchbikebits.com/shimano-roller-brake

You can get pre built wheels and hubs via Taylor wheels in Germany – i’ve used them a few times for pre built dynamo wheels.

Loads to see and do. Vintgar gorge, Postajna caves, Lake Bohinj is nice, Rak skocjan, if you like bees there is a very good museum in Radovjica. My fave was the Idrija mercury mine.

We found the food in Slovenia was very good. Bled is nice but can get busy. The countryside, in general, is fantastic

My Mrs has just bought her 2nd Filo (the first one wore out after about 6 or 7 years/ got ripped badly). They are very good value and seem well made.

If you buy Roger Mussons wheel pro book you get plans on how to build one; it’s very straightforward. It also shows you how to make a dishing tool. Wheelpro book

If you have a jig with parallel jaws you don’t need adaptors. You can just use a qr; the wheel then sits a bit lower in the jig but you can still use it fine.

Ps. Even if you buy a stand I’d still recommend the book.

XT hub here and B&M front and rear light. Been running them just over two years now and would recommend them.

I bought my and my Mrs’s pre built wheels from German bike shops. Mine was from Bike Hof on eBay, hers was from Taylor wheels (they do front non disc Shimano dynamo wheels from about £45 + shipping). I bought the lights via Rose.

Just put a B&M Eyc and a Secula on her commuter and I run a Cyo and a Toplight line plus rear.

I’ve got the braketec version of the Toplight, so it gets brighter when you slow down ( I think some other lights do this too). I followed another commuter this morning on an e bike and their rear light got brighter when she braked at a crossing; it was very noticeable.

I’ve never had a problem with them. For the price they are a good tyre. I’ve ridden Paris Roubaix on a set of 700*25s and I survived.

Of course there are better tyres out there if you want to spend more. I used to race on vredestein fortezzas and michelin pro races, but they don’t seem to last that long.

I found this beauty last night.

Perfect for the taller rider

ps.
At the tour of Britain yesterday I also spotted a rider on one of these.

Not been that way for a while, but there’s Cauldon canal/ Frogall wharf, Rudyard lake + Roaches for walking.

There’s loads more walks too round Milldale/ Dovedale (can get busy in holidays esp afternoons), Hartington, Alstonfield, Longnor, Flash.

Round us they promote it mainly for final year of primary. I think 9+ would be safe though, maybe younger if sensible.

Can you buddy him up with an older child?

Same as Bails – just under 6 foot, long arms and torso so went for the 20 (large).

Its a great bike. I did swap the bars though as I couldn’t get on with the stock ones.

We do about 8000 miles a year in our car.

We both work quite locally so bike/ walk to work most days; although occasionally we drive part way then walk. We try to get the kids to school and nursery by cycling/ walking most days. I took the youngest to today on a child seat and on Tuesday I took the eldest to school on the tagalong.

We try to have a car free day every week; sometimes its 2 or 3 days a week.

I consciously try not to use the car too much, but its not always possible. One thing I find quite sad is people driving kids to school/ nursery when they live less than a mile or two away. We have people on our road for example who are work at home/ stay at home parents and they drive their kids to school.

The other thing that annoys me is virtually all traffic jams are made up of single occupancy vehicles; long-term there needs to be some kind of shift away from this, but I’m not sure how.

Our car costs are this; cost £8k (7 years old now), tax £15 p/m, fuel £55 to 75 p/m + mot/ service (£150 to 250).

Does she actually need a car?

We went from a baby bjorn to a manduca. They pack pretty small and are quite easy to use.

Aerobee! Perfect age for one and you lots of change to buy UNO and something else.

2nd vote for Brightminds website though.