Images of items I have purchased (except trainers)

BananaDunka · 31 Jul 2020 at 22:35

Fans! Arctic P14 PWM PST.

Begbie · 31 Jul 2020 at 22:39

dbilsborough said:
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Bought myself a new gravel bike. Had a mountain bike for the last eight years, so fancied something a little faster and lighter. Not brand new, but only had fairly light use.

Looks awesome. I love my gravel. That seat is droped though!

Minusorange · 31 Jul 2020 at 22:53

dbilsborough said:
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Bought myself a new gravel bike. Had a mountain bike for the last eight years, so fancied something a little faster and lighter. Not brand new, but only had fairly light use.

I see the handles for the brakes but where's the discs or the rim squeezing pads ?

NotAGolf · 1 Aug 2020 at 07:23

Minusorange said:
I see the handles for the brakes but where's the discs or the rim squeezing pads ?

Ha, good spot. I can see the disc calipers on the front... but no disc. I imagine it's the same on the back, but I can't see. Let's hope he's aware before he takes it for a ride :eek:

Whoop · 1 Aug 2020 at 08:32

Raymond Lin said:

I'll be interested how you find it, I've got the iOS version and I didn't get on well with the Tonecloud and found it over hyped.

I got an email to say the POD Go was back in stock yesterday and went for it (I've watched it on and off a while) so I should get that soon.

martin363 · 1 Aug 2020 at 09:11

New PC for my daughter, adding in an existing 1660ti.

Mainly for school work, but 32gb because she does love those Chrome Tabs... And I am going for a bit of future proofing... easy to upgrade the processor next year.

Dis86 · 1 Aug 2020 at 10:11

Minusorange said:
I see the handles for the brakes but where's the discs or the rim squeezing pads ?

Confused me too!

DoggyX · 1 Aug 2020 at 10:33

Far side of the wheels, if you zoom in you can just about see them - the bright sun makes it a bit tricky though

neil_g · 1 Aug 2020 at 10:41

Yeah you can just make out the front disk against the grass. Doesn't seem to be much metal on the disk to be fair...

Gibbo · 1 Aug 2020 at 12:30

V10 in the M5 shall be singing sweet tunes soon.

dbilsborough · 1 Aug 2020 at 15:12

NotAGolf said:
Ha, good spot. I can see the disc calipers on the front... but no disc. I imagine it's the same on the back, but I can't see. Let's hope he's aware before he takes it for a ride

ha ha, the bike has very thin disks on it I presume to save weight, the previous owner bought lighter wheel, a carbon seat post. They work well though, so I might keep them on

If you look closely under the front brake caliper you can just about see the disk a bit like a spider's web.

dbilsborough · 1 Aug 2020 at 15:15

Begbie said:
Looks awesome. I love my gravel. That seat is droped though!

The seat is slammed down quite a bit as that is both comfortable and looking at a load of bike fit videos the correct height for me. A lot of people get physical ailments as a result of their seat being too high...

Question you may be able to answer, with a aluminium frame and a carbon fork, what grease do you use for the headset? Anything special, or just some lithium based stuff?

Raymond Lin · 1 Aug 2020 at 15:22

Plec · 1 Aug 2020 at 20:37

Raymond Lin said:

@Raymond Lin - lovin' the look of that aged strat (i personally remove the arm) and like the tidy look of that well specced amp (reviews well, from brief look).

How are you finding the amp? I was looking at buying a dedicated laptop and DAW as i thought i might finally dip my toe into BIAS FX or similar (i have never fully embraced this tech - preferring physical hardware as i play for myself and we're quite remote so no worry of disturbing neighbours.)

I'm also intrigued with the twin speaker spec and how this sounds - it seems a lot of oomph packed into a munchkin size unit - and stylish too, which is always a bonus. But, reading the reviews it would seem that the supplied app makes the BIAS FX software redundant - and if it does would make the amp an absolute steal for me. I noticed @Whoop's post (if you have input @Whoop feel free to add your 2 cents) - but my expectations wont be so high as, as mentioned, it's not a tech i've embraced so if it's relatively easy to use, and fun to dabble - it will suit my purposes, perfectly.

Additional: If you don't mind me asking, where did you source yours?

Spacedeck · 1 Aug 2020 at 20:52

Purchased Pandemic board game and some taster teas from TeaPigs to see if I can find anything I like.

box contains:
Trim with Guarana
Jasmine Pearls
Apple and Cinnamon
Rooibos Crème Caramel
Chai
Popcorn
Snooze with Lavender
Early Grey Strong
Everyday Brew
Darjeeling Earl Grey
Calm with Valerian
Chocolate Flake

LewisRaz · 1 Aug 2020 at 20:57

Gibbo said:
V10 in the M5 shall be singing sweet tunes soon.

Exhaust posts should always be followed up with videos

Raymond Lin · 2 Aug 2020 at 00:28

Plec said:
@Raymond Lin - lovin' the look of that aged strat (i personally remove the arm) and like the tidy look of that well specced amp (reviews well, from brief look).

How are you finding the amp? I was looking at buying a dedicated laptop and DAW as i thought i might finally dip my toe into BIAS FX or similar (i have never fully embraced this tech - preferring physical hardware as i play for myself and we're quite remote so no worry of disturbing neighbours.)

I'm also intrigued with the twin speaker spec and how this sounds - it seems a lot of oomph packed into a munchkin size unit - and stylish too, which is always a bonus. But, reading the reviews it would seem that the supplied app makes the BIAS FX software redundant - and if it does would make the amp an absolute steal for me. I noticed @Whoop's post (if you have input @Whoop feel free to add your 2 cents) - but my expectations wont be so high as, as mentioned, it's not a tech i've embraced so if it's relatively easy to use, and fun to dabble - it will suit my purposes, perfectly.

Additional: If you don't mind me asking, where did you source yours?

I have never used any DAW, even though I have a Mac so I have Garage Band since forever. Plugging a guitar into a computer I dunno, seems alien to me, I like my physical tactile thing I guess. This however isn’t my first digital amp though, I also have the Yamaha THR10, and even that I’ve never plugged it into a computer either and just use it as it is. I just find playing at the computer desk not comfortable. So I use it with just the knobs on the amp.

The Spark is like the Yamaha in that regard and in fact does less if I am just using the knobs at the top without the app but because of the app, the Spark is just brilliant. It is so much easier to tap a pedal, turn it on in the app and instantly changes the sound in the amp. Same with all amp settings and amp type and style. I have a LOT of pedals, and this app covers pretty much all the most common ones and I think simple value for money, this is the best guitar gadget I’ve ever bought.

The built quality is great, it’s quite heavy, I don’t get any hum with mine, well I am using the Strat so you get single coil hum but with my hand in the strings it’s silent. I haven’t tried it with my Les Paul yet.

I got it through their website, ordered late May so 2 months wait at the moment but I think they are getting faster all the time. I know people who ordered back in November and only got it in March so it’s less time has more than halved.

To think how it sounds, you know those Marshall Stanmore home audio speakers for Alexa or music? It’s a lot like that. You can use this for that too, the app has Spotify and Apple Music integrates and those Stanmore is £200 and this is £200 too and you can plug your guitar into it. Free guitar amp!

AndyCr15 · 2 Aug 2020 at 07:24

£30 off and a few days early offer on John Lewis, I thought I'd give it a try. Quite impressed so far, but on very limited playing time.

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Begbie · 2 Aug 2020 at 07:30

dbilsborough said:
The seat is slammed down quite a bit as that is both comfortable and looking at a load of bike fit videos the correct height for me. A lot of people get physical ailments as a result of their seat being too high...

Question you may be able to answer, with a aluminium frame and a carbon fork, what grease do you use for the headset? Anything special, or just some lithium based stuff?

I use some Teflon grease for just about everything.

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/finish-line-teflon-grease/rp-prod980