Simon

Oh we're there!

Merry Christmas to you all, and may your ghosts walk softly around you tonight .

05:42 & I'm in work.
On Xmas Eve.
😂😂😂

I think I may be 90% Gluhwein by Xmas Eve - unless I can find some really good Dunkel!

Just finished our first bottle of Gluhwein :)

For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.

A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.

He's highly unlikely to ever get out of whichever secure unit he ends up in.
Those places aren't pleasant, & you're locked up with a lot of highly violent & highly deranged people.

Partner is walking again, albeit with a limp.
I'm conflicted, didn't fancy the hassle of the trial but wanted to look him in the face, we've not even seen a pic of him.
We'll be at the sentencing though.

2/ because he is now guilty of 5x Attempted Murder, should he ever be deemed sane he'll then transfer to a regular prison to serve those sentences. Attempted Murder carries up to Life, & the fact he made 5 attempts before finally killing on the 6th will go hard against him.

Not a lesser charge as far as our incident was concerned. He pled guilty to Attempted Murder, which it was.
Docs on both sides have found him 'fucking mental' in the words of a cop on the team. Can use the DR for murder but not Attempted.
He's looking at a very long time inside
1/

So....
It's finally over (ish). Our assailant has pled guilty to all charges (Manslaughter by Diminished Responsibility + 5 counts of Attempted Murder) so there will be no trial. Just sentencing to come.
It's been a long 6 months.

Being on enforced social lockdown for 3 months has done wonders for my bank balance. Bike part shopping has just reduced that by a fair chunk 😂

Mine weighs about 38lb,so definitely a flatland bike! Great for nipping across town each day & perfect for our holidays camping in Norfolk.

I ride a singlespeed as a commuter bike. Definitely not easy in the wind! Living in the Pennines means my other bikes all have gears - I'm not that much of a masochist!

Team building exercise

Thought these types were vehemently against anyone portraying themselves as anything other than their gender assigned at birth?

I'm trying to figure out if it's worth buying abroad for cheaper or will it work out the same or more?

Just checked - they post to the UK.

Well this retailer has an English language website and they're Italian!

The cut-off is <£135 so you wouldn't have been charged I think?
The Import Duty is 2.8% so basically it's a tenner on top of the price. Just wondered how it works & when I'd get my parts.

Looking at buying expensive bike parts from Italy, as its £65 cheaper than from the UK.
Will tip me over the import duty point, so anyone had any problems buying overseas & dealing with HMRC?

Is there a market for 2nd-hand power meters?

I kinda screwed up. Thought the wheels came with valves, they didn't. So I've sealant,but no valves! Gone with tubes for now til I order the valves.
Using Vittorio Rubino Pro IV G2 tyres, easy to get onto the rim by hand.

Spent the morning fitting these beauties.
Rather pleased with these wheels so far.

My bikes are in an armoured bunker behind steel security doors..

How long should an application last?

Suppose the idea is to mount the tyre, pour in the bottle through the valve hole, mount the valve, spin the wheel then inflate?

I've ordered two individual bottles with spouts, each bottle will do one tyre - allegedly.

I really hope not!

1409grams for the pair.
Not bad when the alu version I have are 1395grams a set.