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    Memorial to Würzburg Bombing Victims

    Bomber Harris was a war criminal. My parents both said so, and they were both born before the war, on the Essex edge of London. For most of the British, WW2 is all the history they know. But what Britain experienced was a sideshow compared to the hell in Germany and further east. Germans...
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    front wheel change

    Throw the QR springs away. How many people knew that? Everybody except me?
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    front wheel change

    I agree with ElyDave. My forks and stays always stay together. They are hard to pull apart. I start by shifting onto the smallest cog. I have XX1 so I use the chain-tensioner-lock. With the bike still standing up I lean over it and completely remove the spindle. Then I lay the bike down...
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    Nairobi Weekend Group Ride Videos

    I am not worrying about the weight of the bike, but the weight of the belly. At least there is a possibility of losing that. Unlike the COPD. That makes climbing slow. I just wish they would put all the speed bumps and holes on the ascents and leave the descents smooth.
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    Nairobi Weekend Group Ride Videos

    Jamo's pace may have been blistering, but it looks as if you out-blistered him. Until the speed-bumps. There are some like that in the UK. They are not nice, even on the Grasshopper which is fully suspended.
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    UK Silvio on E-Bay

    Not as tatty as mine, which is newer than that one.
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    XShifter...new wireless shifting option

    There should be a way to get off the bike and move the mech manually.
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    RojoRacing Video edits

    As is that. Jason is unstoppable.
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    RojoRacing Video edits

    The thing that gets me is the faith you people have in your tyres. Even if my lungs would let me race Jason I would be too scared of sliding. Even then, there are a few downhills in Essex where I slow down because I cannot bring myself to lean over that far. Tyre adhesion just fails. No...
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    Has anyone ever tried to combine Miche Primato cassette with other cassette?

    If you are not already wishing you had a hub gear, you will be.
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    Hit a nerve with this guy on youtube comments

    Illusion created by tight shorts.
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    Hit a nerve with this guy on youtube comments

    That would be a great advert for Cruzbike. Half of Jason Perez wins the race. Big reduction in weight. The two halves could make a relay team.
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    Hit a nerve with this guy on youtube comments

    He says that almost no one can ride them well. I wonder what he means by that? I know I am not a rocket on my Silvio, but I feel very confident and stable on it. Downhill at 45mph, I am worrying about tyre adhesion and bad road surface, but not wobbling at all. Commuting and shopping? I...
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    Is Robert Holler a figment of my imagination?

    What tiltmaniac said. These cars are dangerous contraptions. People in cars should wear helmets.
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    What fenders to go with S40?

    I HATE mudguards. The only thing I hate more is not having mudguards. I had to make mudguards for my Silvio. Very complicated to get them to fit on. I even had to file the frame. They are yet to break or fall off or even start rattling. This is astonishing. I took my front hub apart and...
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    Shimano GRX dedicated gravel groupset

    On my Silvio I have XX1 cog and derailleur. I made a bar-end friction-shifter. It does not pull enough slack, so I use a Jtek Shiftmate. Genius device. When I got my Hope brakes I ordered the extra long hose version for the back. I thought the H word was the word for the brain-bucket or...
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    Is Robert Holler a figment of my imagination?

    Is the concept of the meme a meme?
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    How good are patches?

    Tannus are going to sue you for breach of copyright.
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    Conti GP5000 TL 32mm

    Nakamichi are the absolute best.
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    Cruzbike mis-adventures

    What benphyr and jond said.
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