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  1. thom04

    Retro/'old skool' skateboards - anybody got any....??

    Off on a tangent - the maritime museum (Falmouth) has a good exhibition on surfing in Cornwall - lots of cool retro board designs. For some reason this was the only pic I took. RETRO TAT
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    Today's Ride

    Much the same route again for today's ride: Up Barrow Court Lane towards Bristol airport. This time I went a little further & descended through the scenic (and fast) Brockley Combe rather than the vertical downward scramble on the shit tarmac towards Backwell that had me wearing out my brake...
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    hmm . . . what paint?

    I've always really liked the speckled paint on the Raleigh Amazon, these are the best images I could find but remember it being much brighter in real life: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/raleigh-amazon.442098/ Was a kind of yellow / green / blue splatter gradient over a very dark blue or...
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    Today's Ride

    The route was: Nailsea, Festival Way to Flax Bourton, Barrow court lane (Bristol airport direction) this is where I was unsure the loop would work out as it goes through a field & in to the top of Bourton combe. The gatorskins just about did the job though & it's a nice bit of road / bridleway...
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    Today's Ride

    New route day! I've been staring at Google maps the last couple of days trying to figure out a potential new loop for my lunch break spins. The goal was to find something with: A decent climb, Mix of terrain (road & track), Able to bang it out in an hour It was way too hot for a climb today...
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    Today's Ride

    (yesterday's ride) Not getting many opportunities to head out on the bikes at the moment so when I do the legs are feeling very slow 👎 Still a nice cycle though, just a variation on the usual loop through the lanes around Nailsea/Clevedon with a stop at the Clevedon end to have a look at some...
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    Roku TV streaming thing (UK)

    Cheers for checking that out @novocaine , I think that's exactly what I'm after 👍
  8. thom04

    Roku TV streaming thing (UK)

    No worries, from what I could see on the Roku site it'd use the Arial connection from the TV 🤷‍♂️
  9. thom04

    Roku TV streaming thing (UK)

    Cheers @zerogravitas - do you use the Freeview app for that? Eg. On my phone I can use the Freeview play app like a TV guide, then selecting something will take me to iPlayer etc
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    Roku TV streaming thing (UK)

    Anyone on here got a Roku streaming box? I'm trying to find out if the Freeview play app on there needs an aerial connected to the TV, or if it works over the internet like the phone app. The customer service team are based in the USA, so they had no idea what I was talking about!
  11. thom04

    Mystery Karma pass the parcel.....

    Same rules as before: First to ask gets the box? If the original turns up (@toomanyframes ) maybe that could be split as well to help keep this going
  12. thom04

    Anyone got a bluesky account?

    Yeah I couldn't find much bike stuff on there at all unfortunately 😅
  13. thom04

    Anyone got a bluesky account?

    I've set up an account but need to find some bike people to follow 😂
  14. thom04

    Today's Ride

    Managed to get out in the lanes again today in the sun before the rain hits next week 🌞😎 Was a bit stop start as I'm tweaking some new saddle / handlebar positions. Anyone got some good tips for general bike fit?
  15. thom04

    Seat post angle shim? 🤔

    Yeah I think it might be 😂 I'm going to try and file a bit of material off the head first & see where that gets me - I only want a couple of degrees
  16. thom04

    Seat post angle shim? 🤔

    It is very flat - it does match the clamp properly when the shim isn't there though. I did try it the other way round ages ago when I first stuck the shim in there, I seem to recall it being slightly worse 😂
  17. thom04

    Seat post angle shim? 🤔

    Image one - red arrow showing small alu bodge to get a couple extra degrees tilt on the saddle ( bringing it down flat) Image two - not showing much, other than general seat tube angle Image three - you can see the bolt is slammed to the back, so no more forward tilt for me without modification
  18. thom04

    Seat post angle shim? 🤔

    good idea 👍🏻 I don't think there's loads of material back there, but I can't imagine a couple of mm will hurt. Got me thinking that the bottom 5mm or so of the bolt doesn't engage with anything so I could probably shave some width from the bolt as well
  19. thom04

    Seat post angle shim? 🤔

    No worries, I'll grab a photo later when I venture out to the shed 👍🏻
  20. thom04

    Seat post angle shim? 🤔

    Does such a thing exist? I'm fettling around with my set up & want to try a slight nose down saddle position to see if that's any more comfortable for longer rides. My current post has run out of travel in that direction. It's an ITM Flat post (image grabbed from an eBay listing). It's...
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