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Comment by jen on August 10, 2010 at 4:48am

Damn D.C. always one step ahead.
http://vimeo.com/12874042

Comment by globalguy on July 30, 2010 at 10:11am

And this, from The Chap:Guards to Wear Vegetarian Bearskins

"Guards are set to have their traditional bearskin hats replaced with faux-fur
versions. Vegetarian designer and daughter of a pop singer Stella McCartney has been given the job of redesigning the iconic symbols of some 200 years of
British military history. Not because of any military outfitting credentials,
but because her profile as the daughter..."

Comment by globalguy on July 29, 2010 at 5:34am

Please note a new exhibition at The Tate: Rude Britannia.

Or as The Independent recently noted,
God we're rude, aren't we? The British are so rude. We're obsessed with bums, tits, willies, lavatory humour, vicars, knickers, smells, foreigners, fat tummies, fat slags, Fat Les, fat wrestlers, Benny Hill, Carry On Up The Khyber, Viz, Private Eye, men dressed as laydeez, women dressed as anarchic schoolgirls, sitcoms that offer howling tsunamis of verbal abuse, from The Young Ones to The Thick Of It. We love to see an irate, fictional British hotelier smacking his Spanish waiter around the head. We admire the host of BBC2's Newsnight when he roasts politicians with scarcely believable belligerence. We quiver when a middle-aged, redheaded quiz-show hostess tells her guests how thick, ugly and badly dressed they are. We lap up radio shows in which grouchily opinionated men insult members of the public who hold views contrary to their own. We celebrate Christmas by buying our loved ones "lavatory books" with titles like Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Complete Shit In Pants?

Comment by Eric H on July 27, 2010 at 5:12am

I think it needs to be tested on a pub run...

Comment by globalguy on July 27, 2010 at 4:32am

Comment by SlyRed on July 26, 2010 at 1:06pm

Thanks for the tip Alan. I'll order one and try it out.

Comment by Alan Lloyd on July 26, 2010 at 11:46am

Go to http://abcetour.com, click on "Parts" on the left-hand side and then scroll down to "LED Bulb Conversion" ...

Comment by SlyRed on July 26, 2010 at 10:58am

Here's the finished project. Dynohub wheel has been mounted on my 1973 Coffee Sports the end of last week. I've only ridden about 10 miles but it seems to be holding true. I connected the dynohub to a vintage Miller headlight and a modern Busch and Muller tallight. I'm not happy with the brightness if the headlight, but I have other bulbs coming that I'm going to try out. The SA Dynohub output is 6v with only 1bout 1.8 amps.

Comment by SlyRed on July 21, 2010 at 10:33pm

The technical bits: OK, here goes, standard Raleigh steel rim (Westrick) is what I used. The ERD is 578 mm. If you use a modern wheel it will probably have its ERD listed in the specifications.

I used the spoke length calculator at http://www.bikeschool.com/

I laced both sides 3 Cross. My Dynohub is 36 hole. The hub flange diameter for the large side is 102.5 mm, the small side is 42.5 mm. The Hub Center to Flange Center is 27 mm (both sides). I used DT Spoke washers on the spokes, on the small flange side I used 280 mm spokes, but I have a few that are protruding through the spoke nipple. I'd buy 278 mm if I had it to do again. On the large flange side I used 267 mm. They are the perfect length (if you do a 3 Cross). The keyhole for the spokes on the small flange side is a trial to lace. I used cut off Q-Tips to keep the first set of spokes in the holes until I could start tensioning the wheel. I'll put the wheel on my bike this weekend and try it out.

Comment by SlyRed on July 18, 2010 at 3:24am

Sturmey Archer Wheel / Dynohub buildup update: I have my wheel laced and am in the process of truing it. Unlike the typical factory made Raleigh wheel I laced mine cross 3 on both the large and small flange side. The Dynohub is dated 12/78 and is a 36 hole hub. All of my Raleigh Sports (2 1973s and 1 1976) have 36 spoke wheels front and rear

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