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I've given the social media stuff a two month trial period, and I just don't like being there. I'm going back to how I used to do things; film clips I like and make videos when I have enough. That said... March has been a good month for riding! Very excited about this video. It's very much a change of pace from my usual style, but I like it in this instance. If you have good headphones, stick them on and whack the volume up - that low end is JUICY.

Shame about the crack, but a nice and simple modification to just pop it on a gusset at least! Full-build looks ridiculously nice. If ever I were to do distance-riding again... That info about the ductility is nuts! I've never really felt a difference between steel and alloy frames other than the harshness of engagement resonances, but I guess that could be symptomnatic of tiny little frames. The only time I've felt something similar to the differences people always used to talk about steel feeling like is when I first switched from alloy pedals to the Electrons. If your line is the "signal", it feels like it quietens/smooths out the tactile "noise".

I'm aware it's mass rather than size, but I want it to be physically viable so it needs to be a mass/size that is possible for rock/ice/whatever rather than polystrene or something. Something that could realistically form as planets/moons do and have the right appearance for this scenario would have to have a pretty large mass, which is my main concern. Thanks for the namedrop. I'll go have a look. It's endlessly frustrating when you know what you're looking for, but just don't know the right search terms!

Soggy mind seems to have a better handle on it than mine. If it's a bit smaller in the sky then no biggie, but it would need to obviously be something different to stars. I guess even 0.25x the apparent size would still serve its purpose, though preferably it would reflect enough light to still see by, as we get. That's relatively optional though. No strict requirement to stick to Earth mass, so long as it would be likely human-livable.

Should be! f**king whopper That front-gap recovery on the sleeper... Oh my Can't wait for all this nonsense to calm down. What I wouldn't do for a south coast riding trip right about now...

Adam, it was definitely a pun. I put it in italics just to make sure everyone knows just how funny I am Relatively simple scenario, but I just keep doube-guessing myself. I'm trying to set up a scenario whereby a planet of roughly earth-like characteristics has a moon roughly similar in appearance in the sky from earth to our own that orbits it either ever-so-slightly more or less than daily. The result should be that from a given point on earth there's a satellite in the sky visible for about six months both day and night, then disappears for six months, but the timing shifts ever-so-slowly. Preferably it would be visible during day and night in the "light" months, so something fairly small and close orbiting every 1.(1/366) days, so the "dark" and "light" times invert every 183 years. (That number is arbitrary. The phase just needs to shift around the year slowly.) The trouble is, for a stable orbit that fast you're looking at being at an altitude of ~36,000km, which is close enough that I get the impression anything with a large enough mass to appear roughly equivalent to our moon would either escape stable orbit or become too attracted. This mass-based question is my main stumbling point, because googling only returns calculations for satellites which have negligible mass.

Anyone on here got a grasp on this? I'm trying to set up a hypothetical arrangement to see if it could be physically possible. Tried doing it myself but I'm just going 'round in circles. I'd assumed there would be half-decent simulators but I can't find any that do what I want.

Maybe just leave it as it is and market it for heat-treatment instead of making? Or start a sauna business. Is your glass wall south-facing?

It looks a lot more forces-reasonable with the caliper in place. Pulling away from the tube instead of flexing it downwards. Without it, I'd mis-imagined where it would all sit. It's a shame heat-treatment is so inaccessible, but I guess it's forunate that steel isn't weak un-treated. Any thoughts on whether cracks at the edges of the fillets are any more or less likely than when welded and un-heattreated because it didn't get as hot so didn't soften as much or whatever? Your testing above makes it fairly arbitrary if there is any, but theoretically?

So nice Curious about the rear mount though. Will being mounted like that not introduce marginally more flex than if it was mounted... I don't know the word... "Circumferencially"? It looks like it will be pushing downwards on the end of a lever, rather than pushing downwards directly into a post. Looks an awful lot nicer! And if there is flex, I'm willing to accept the quantity might be academic rather than a real issue. My 20" frames with no seats or brake mounts were 2.4kg and 2.1kg. <2kg... Butted tubing is awesome! Edit: Are you doing any heat treating?

I think I heard Carthy ran 18:14 for at least a while, not sure if he still does or not. Obviously it gives more wheel rotation per kick so on paper would let you gap further because you're moving forwards faster, but you would obviously need to tweak your technique to use it, and more importantly have legs of steel to get the accelleration for it to be worthwhile.

Vasha, assuming it's not a conicidence and someone else went too.

I hate these videos. "I'm late. I guess I'd better go out of my way to do loads of stuff that definitely isn't a shortcut, will slow me down massively, and is potentially hazardous and if it goes wrong I'll be even later." Also that there's about 15 million versions this video already.

Never seen someone do so many and such horrible hooks on street

The south sucks, for that. Leeds: 1930s three bed semi (admittedly, one bedroom is tiny) with a separate garage, thirty by eight metre back garden and a modest front garden - £148k. We're not in an expensive area, but we're certainly not in a cheap one either. I know a guy who did go for a cheap area and bought a 4-bed end terrace with a garden that wraps around the three sides of the house for £70k. It needed a bit of work, but only a freshen-up really. Nothing major. I see you guys saying these numbers and can't help but think it's just better to relocate

Weeks 2 & 3 combined and still shorter than the previous one as I've been nursing an injured hand. As such, a lot of clips were from pre-lockdown, but there's some new ones in there too. Seem to be fixed now, so I'm excited to get back on it.

Just testing the waters: Would anyone in here be interested in buying my lightly used Makita 10" table saw? I thought I really wanted one, but it turns out I don't really like using it, and I make things that involve using it far less than I thought I would. I'd be better off with a decent band saw (open to swaps for one if anyone miraculously is in the opposite position). It's a good unit. Only downside is that it's not got soft-start and is a non-induction motor. It's this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Makita-MLT100N-Table-Saw-240/dp/B07TGKVYQR/ref=asc_df_B07TGKVYQR/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=480823740401&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2195862332224502768&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006832&hvtargid=pla-931154176939&psc=1&th=1&psc=1 Obviously I'll grab proper pictures if there's any interest.

Yeah - what your "do it all" bike is is very much influenced by what all the things you want to do on it are. I wouldn't dream of riding my fun-bike to the shops, both for the practicality of the ride and the fear of locking it up. I also wouldn't habitually take it 'round a trail. I have done and it was really fun, but it's not what I want. If I did, I have no doubt my choice would be something more like James Barton's current bike. I do want some TGS, some natural style, some BMX influence on street, to be able to enjoy-but-not-necessarily-excel-at skateparks and pump tracks, and to generally be able to ride any sort of terrain in what would largely be considered an "extreme sports" style (ie, not XC, Enduro, Road etc.). For these things my choice would immediately be an Alias, or as others have rightly pointed out, something like a Hex. Being that I'm a little shorter than average, but more importantly just have a diminutive posture, I suck at moving big bikes around, so 20" all the way for me. I understand the saddle concern of the for some people, but I've ridden without one for 15 years now. Putting it back on would be the weird thing for me It would also just be annoying, given the way I like to ride. I feel like it would feel much more in-the-way on a 20" bike than a 26", because it kind of tucks around the back wheel on a big bike anyway. Also, bikes with a goose-neck stem and a saddle look like absolute dogshit, to my eyes. BMX/DJ style front end with saddle, or stereotypical "trials" looking front end without.

No. I've had 2.5"s in there and there was loads of room. I know Tom Mitchell ran some ridiculous 20"x2.6"s too. I can't see that you'd ever want a tyre bigger than these! Edit: He said there was loads of room left over, too.

Depends what kind of riding you want to do. The tyre availabily really focusses you in one one stream or the other. 20" street, 19" rocks/comp.

Alias 20.1/2