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And who could forget our very own Mint Sauce?

Here are some rather niche cycling-related cartoons which are well-executed: Frazz (actually a triathlete but let's forgive him): rather twee at times but clearly well-informed about cycling: Kickstand Comics / Yehuda Moon: And Uncle Rinne, which popped up on Insta -- somewhat eccentric...

Really interesting to find out more about this -- I've always assumed I'm a 175mm guy because most of my bikes came with those. Then when playing around with singlespeeds, it became clear that shorter cranks are common for that application and have some 170s set aside to fit someday. And then...

Had a similar issue with a very persistent little critter who took a liking to the top drawer in the kitchen and would (presumably) climb up the back of the cabinet and snack on the goodies in there. We tried the snap traps with no success so got an electric one powered by a fistful of AA...

Great things for jamming along -- but beware becoming so involved in programming the drum tracks, you don't practice bass. I speak from ancient experience. (Of course, in these modern times, maybe you don't have to programme it? Can you just download ready-made drum tracks?)

I'll defer to the experts on these threads, but I'm pretty sure the weights cited in the catalogue were approximate or theoretical. For one thing, they would change according to size. Perhaps what Kona was going for was a focus on the different ride qualities of each material, rather than the...

Great examples, @Woz -- responding to similar requirements that mine is. Much as I love singletrack, there's not a lot within reach of our front door here. What we do have is a lot of gravel roads which can be very dry and dusty in the summer, but rutty, corrugated and muddy when it rains...

How about this geezer?

Reminds me of this:

Not sure of the date of this, but apparently this lad built his own bike -- he's from Tarvastu, Estonia.

Continuing to mess about with this . . . today the budget narrow-wide chainring arrived from China, so spent a bit of time replacing its non-1x predecessor. This took a bit longer than anticipated because the ring is thinner than the previous one, so the longer bolts and spacers I had used...

Looks just right -- nice and simple.

Weird weather over here at the moment -- summer still doesn't quite want to arrive, so although the days are nice and warm (20C today), there's a really chilly breeze which takes temps down to near zero at night. Early rides are contraindicated under these circumstances. Took off at lunchtime...

Oh no . . . that's another one to obsess over . . .

Wow - that's something a bit different. I wonder what it's like to pedal with someone in the sidecar . . .

Hmmm . . . this is very useful -- there is a nice square taper STX-RC chainset somewhere in the shed. If there's a nice BB to match, we may be onto something. Details at 11.

Always constructive and informative -- thank you gentlemen! And I agree that the solution should be a mental (or psychological) one . . . much as the idea of lasers is inherently intriguing.

Cor -- never thought of that! I've never used a dropper -- I've always worried about extra weight but friends tell me they're indispensable.

Would LOVE to have a go on that!

I've been riding this a bit around the neighbourhood and it's become clear that the wisdom in the comments above from @bikeworkshop and @Woz is of course correct: the road front mech can't easily handle the MTB cranks / rings, partly because of the greater Q-factor. It was frustrating, as I had...