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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...

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

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...

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.

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.

Not as tatty as mine, which is newer than that one.

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

As is that. Jason is unstoppable.

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...

If you are not already wishing you had a hub gear, you will be.

Illusion created by tight shorts.

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.

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...

What tiltmaniac said. These cars are dangerous contraptions. People in cars should wear helmets.

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...

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...

Is the concept of the meme a meme?

Tannus are going to sue you for breach of copyright.

Nakamichi are the absolute best.

What benphyr and jond said.