Mundane News

[deptfordmarmoset]

I find that l have inadvertently ( or carelessly ) bought a selle italia SLR carbon friction free monolink saddle. That sentence probably weighs more than the saddle does. The only problem is that it obviously needs a mono link seat post and l have just about recovered from the shock of seeing the price of such exotica. c'est la vie n'est-ce pas?

$600 for a seat post! I think I need to sit down....

Oops, it's over $600 for the post and saddle. Each is over $300 though. Still highly ouchy.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Don't they also make an aluminum one?

 

[Andy in Germany]

I also ordered some LED replacements for the tiny kitchen lights, because just getting normal bulbs wasn't quite exciting enough.

Poo. the LED's flicker. How do you make sure this doesn't happen?

 

[Gravity Aided]

Voltage fluctuations? Like from appliances turning on or off? Might need a constant current LED driver. That is what some forum I was looking at told me when I had a wonky LED like that.

 

[Reynard]

Bright, sunny and mild here chez Casa Reynard, but we did have a sharp frost overnight.

I am right hayfevery again this morning and feel decidedly miserable. But I have cooked the fruit for my batch of marmalade, made a pair of drum brakes and laminated the front wishbone pickups into the chassis.

Currently watching Formula E qualifying.

 

[Reynard]

I usually live at the top of a hill. Today I am on an island, surrounded by a sea of mist.

I live below sea level. When fog happens, the whole world disappears.

 

[woodbutchmaster]

Don't they also make an aluminum one?

Yes l am hoping to be able to get hold of an aluminium 27.2mm for less than a kings fortune. Not sure if l will ever dare put it on a bike though

 

[woodbutchmaster]

Meanwhile and far more importantly Ireland v Italy is now on

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Just having a zoom call with family

 

[Moon bunny]

We can keep the cats and dog we rescued.

 

[Illaveago]

We have been entertaining a 3 year old . He enjoyed playing with my Dinky army lorries. Tis afternoon he wanted to ride I the big black car. It is the electric pedal car that I found discarded in a lane . It goes quite well now and he is learning how to steer it .
It has been a lovely sunny day but I was too shattered from yesterday to go for a cycle ride .

 

[PeteXXX]

Well.. You'll be pleased to hear that I completed all my chores except cutting the grass. And chainsaw the conifer.

BUT... I did pressure wash the mildew off the front fence prior to painting it tomorrow morning.
And fit a 10 mile ride in to Screwfix to pick up my new chainsaw chain

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Well.. You'll be pleased to hear that I completed all my chores except cutting the grass. And chainsaw the conifer.

BUT... I did pressure wash the mildew off the front fence prior to painting it tomorrow morning.
And fit a 10 mile ride in to Screwfix to pick up my new chainsaw chain

Are you changing your site name to PeteZZZ for the afternoon?

 

[Andy in Germany]

Currently experiencing a chicken incursion.

 

[PeteXXX]

Are you changing your site name to PeteZZZ for the afternoon?

Sadly not! By the time I got the txt from Screwfix, ridden there and back (oh, I forgot to mention that I exchanged a couple of books at Overstone bus shelter library on the way past) and fitted the new chain, it was too late for my snooze