Ha, I don't know much about them, i just fell in love online with one in Thailand during Covid lockdown. I paid a small fortune to have it imported.
My frame is for 650c wheels, but i built and fitted some 650b ones. Rides like a dream.
We are all make choices. Life is difficult (even though i imagine most of the people on this forum are amongst some of the most materially wealthy people ever to have been born). You have to try and live your life happily.
I don't know why, but from a very early age i have always cared about...
I turned up to a tree-planting session for a local community-owned woodland. There were more volunteers to plant the trees than there were saplings. Heartening but also depressing.
If we are to address climate change, associated flooding etc, then big things need to change. I'm vegan and have...
I still do a bit of woodworking for a friend. He's been developing these midcentury handles to retrofit to modern furniture/kitchens etc. They're made from offcuts of hardwoods and ply. Just fitted them to our tired units - they're very tactile and nice to use.
Give it a go. I've recycled so many things over the years.
This is not one of my finest pieces of work, just a dining table made from the doors that had been used to board our loft when we moved in. Hence the keyholes in places.
Thank you. They are a few of the things I've made over the years.
There's not much classic stuff i really want to own, but if I ever saw and could ever afford an original bit of László Moholy-Nagy's painted furniture i would buy it.
I've thought about this a lot.
Even in pretty much the worst slop I prefer the function of exposed gear and brake cables run externally. Obviously, there is a bit of cable outer at the lever and derailleur ends but overall it gives a very clean look without the hassle and potential weakening of...