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    Today's Ride

    6am commuting moon
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    Today's Ride

    Fat-ass Asda delivery driver put his foot through the decking evn tho the sign on the gate quite clearly says "please use back entrance" 🤬 A bit blew off Riding up to Burbage in storm Amy was hard work.. i kept getting blown off the road into the verge 😁 Bolete Trails are...
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    Anodizing removal

    https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/x-lite-l168-betsys-multi-coloured-swap-shop.435088/#post-3175207
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    Today's Ride

    Yep.. we live just around the block from the Ranmoor & Endcliffe student village.
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    New to forum, know nothing about bikes, advice on 'barn find', well back of a dusty warehouse find to be accurate. Muddyfox chromo comp courier purple

    You've got this whole 'barn find' ethos all wrong.. i think you're meant to start with a near mint bike / car or whatev's.. then you cover it in dust, bird shit ect and put it in a barn.. then you go 'find' it while someone is filming you? .. faux expression of surprise, hose it off to reveal...
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    Today's Ride

    Jeeze louise @db95 .. give me a chance to finish my post 😁 Pt2 More red brick Monday is bin day 😁
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    Today's Ride

    Pt1 Hooked up with the Guinness-gang for a coffee this morning en route to the Peak District.. My Peak District photos are getting a bit samey so when i got home i went for a little spin around the neighbourhood for a change. We live in this type of red brick Victorian terrace .. c1870...
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    How do you carry spare disk brake pads?

    To be fair to all the sarcy twats.. i'm pretty sure the OP is a bot post.
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    How do you carry spare disk brake pads?

    I just shove them in my pack along with spare bars, a front and rear mech, seat post bolts, chainrings, brake levers, elastomers, grips, cables, hairspray.. you can never be too carfull.. i just wish i had space for a pump and a puncture repair kit.
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    Postage costs for a MTB suspension from US - Uk

    I don’t buy goods from Japan via eBay.. it’s always cheaper to buy them directly from JP but I’m pretty sure this^ is down to the fact that Japan doesn’t have eBay, (the platform hasn’t been available in JP since 2004) therefore there is no GSP available for the listing, what you’re seeing are...
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    Postage costs for a MTB suspension from US - Uk

    Re- my last few (above limit) purchases from eBay.com / US .. if the seller has a business account.. all fees were shown on the listing as +20% VAT.. paying the fees at point of sale was unavoidable. If the seller has a private account, fees are added to the listing by eBay but there is also an...
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    Postage costs for a MTB suspension from US - Uk

    Indeed, that’s what he’s saying.. ‘you will know the fees prior’ They’ll be on the eBay listing at checkout.
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    Fake Flite Titanium?

    Oh! .. i hearby retract all previous statements regarding factory screenprint.. Those logos look terrible / fake af! I'll face the wall for the duration of the lesson.. 😁
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    Today's Ride

    Have you tried the dark roasts @raidan73 ?
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