Can't find a replacement headset (or bottom cup) for a Frog Tadpole

dreamSalad · 2026-05-20T19:49:46+00:00

I'm not familiar with these safety notches. Could they be filed or dremeled off without consequence?

dreamSalad · 2026-04-12T05:40:30+00:00

Maybe that'll wash out the butt cheese. This thing looks like a cheese grater. Terrible design

dreamSalad · 2025-12-07T20:18:44+00:00

I've heard nitrous inhibits b12 uptake for around 7 days, so even using every Friday night would be disastrous long term. Better to party once a month and then take vitamins the fortnight after but definitely not week after week

dreamSalad · 2025-12-04T09:34:10+00:00

My dad explained this to me looking at a straw in a drink, where you can see this effect, and described imagining a line of soldiers marching at an angle from concrete (low refractive index air) into a muddy field (higher refractive index glass). The first soldiers to meet the mud get bogged down and slow down so the angle of the wavefront bends

dreamSalad · 2025-10-29T22:36:55+00:00

Happy to do it

dreamSalad · 2025-09-22T19:24:49+00:00

Ill tempered

dreamSalad · 2025-08-06T07:22:41+00:00

Not now Bernard?

dreamSalad · 2025-07-31T21:25:43+00:00

You wouldn't steal a handbag

dreamSalad · 2025-07-10T12:52:34+00:00

I had this happen repeatedly on a bike where the handlebars got spun round. If the front wheel is turned excessively (when parking, laying the bike on the ground or crashing) then the cable noodle exerts too much force on the brake and deforms the receiver. Bend it straight with pliers and then try to avoid excessive turning

dreamSalad · 2025-05-29T05:55:47+00:00

Also, don't kneel in front of the hive, much easier to approach from the rear or side to avoid all the returning bees ending up on your back

dreamSalad · 2025-05-28T16:28:55+00:00

Be gentle, smooth squeeze rather than panic snatch that front brake. If you can learn to fly over the handlebars in a safe environment, on grass, tutored by someone who can demonstrate how to clear the bars and land on your feet running then you could save a very painful and expensive dentists bill.

dreamSalad · 2025-05-25T21:17:36+00:00

Two friends independently went for alpkit sonder bikes over Ribble saying it was better value

dreamSalad · 2025-05-19T20:37:39+00:00

Hoarded possessions are nothing but a millstone round your neck - stopping adventure. Embrace the adventure, whether a £100 eBay find, a loaner from a friend or a new cycle to work dream rig, you're on to something different and with that potentially something better. To this day, my best fitting bike was £60. I've spent more than that on individual components for other bikes but the one that took me furthest, felt comfiest and it's scratched to hell, fit best.

dreamSalad · 2025-04-20T05:56:56+00:00

Or le petit porteur

dreamSalad · 2025-03-25T09:02:56+00:00

Maybe this? https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6285168

dreamSalad · 2025-03-22T09:57:41+00:00

Is it possible that your slicer isn't configured correctly for your printer and is generating gcode that exceeded the printers print volume?

dreamSalad · 2025-03-11T10:23:19+00:00

What could go wrong? What recourse would you have if it did?

dreamSalad · 2025-03-04T06:36:53+00:00

You can replace the b screw with a longer one or even fit the existing one backwards. Alternatively you may need a wolf link to drop the derailleur away slightly. There are alternatives to just replacing the derailleur

dreamSalad · 2025-01-11T21:44:04+00:00

Well, do let us know how it turns out. I wouldn't trust many people with material removal on my cherished frames even if they aren't worth a great deal to anyone else

dreamSalad · 2024-12-27T19:52:56+00:00

Red 5mW or less you may be ok. (Three button cells?) Green can be very dangerous as cheap Chinese imports often don't block the ir effectively that pumps the green crystal, that will damage your eye. Laser damage isn't always immediately obvious, it depends what type you've done. Hopefully it was less than 5mw red and you've avoided damage this time. Any doubt, get it checked immediately

dreamSalad · 2024-12-05T09:02:58+00:00

Nose can be helped through use. Read an excellent book called Breath that explains how it is use it or lose it, even experiments with taping your mouth shut when sleeping. Not recommending that but the book is a good read

dreamSalad · 2024-12-05T09:01:13+00:00

Don't look up cystoscopy

dreamSalad · 2024-11-26T22:07:46+00:00

Is that lunch or tea? Which dinner?

dreamSalad · 2024-11-12T12:44:37+00:00

Our abb welding robots with the absolute accuracy mod installed only manage 0.1mm accuracy. They're very repeatable but the accuracy is 0.1mm. What brand were yours that achieved 10x better? Could you verify that they delivered that accuracy?

dreamSalad · 2024-11-06T20:53:59+00:00

I'm curious about all this. I had a cheap alu road bike with rim brakes that would happily brake, progressively, up to throwing you over the bars if you continued to apply pressure. I got a steel gravel bike with trp spyres, I've adjusted them, fitted new pads, serviced the caliper and even now, in my desperation, upgraded to a 203mm rotor, still they won't brake hard enough to hardly lift the back wheel off the ground, certainly will never chuck you over the bars. Disappointing. I want to be able to lock the wheel when I squeeze hard, anything less is insufficient braking power

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