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I did a similar thing - 177.5mm nds power meter crank on a 175 ds crank. Didn't notice any difference, but I'm not normally sensitive to small changes and I think my left leg is fractionally longer anyway. My choice was purely financial - brand new, but unpopular size stages pm for £110.00. I think ...

Tried the ENE DT shifters which also use the 'power ratchet' with 9 speed Shimano, but the ratchets weren't fine enough to get a reliable shift. Maybe better with fewer speeds?. If you still have the levers is it possible for you to count the clicks/measure the spool diameter/measure the cable pull...

Tried the ENE DT shifters which also use the 'power ratchet' with 9 speed Shimano, but the ratchets weren't fine enough to get a reliable shift. Maybe better with fewer speeds?
Now using Sunrace (edit) indexed levers which give an agriculturally positive shift.

David9694 wrote:I’ve stuck with Miche RG2 hubs in my builds. I haven’t found an easy way of getting 32 and 36 holes front and back respectively in matching hubs...

The Cycle Clinic sell unmatched drillings on those hubs for a small premium.

Witterings wrote:
Like the pic of your Labrador ... we've looked after Canine Partners dogs at weekends for nearly 3 years, the one we were currently fostering was expelled and it became official yesterday that we'll be keeping her

No experience, but they're probably gearing up for Eurobike at the moment.
Their contact form may be more reliable as there is little risk of your enquiry going to the spam folder.

Seems to be a 'feature' of some Novatec hubs?!
https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=83613&hilit=novatec

One thing I am suspicious of is that the rear derailleur is sticky, and doesn't tension the chain fully for a second or two after an upshift. I had similar symptoms to the OP when the grease in the B pivot dried out. It felt ok when articulated by hand, but was less reliable under it's own spring t...

I have the Thorn 853c forks on my Spa Audax. They're a good looking (I don't like the look of the unicrown used on the Condor's), well made, lightweight fork, but they do not offer any miraculous improvements in ride quality - the original Spa carbon/alloy forks were more compliant.

Not tried 10 speed with DT shifters, but my experience with 9 speed is that both pure friction and indexed levers work well, but the 'micro-ratchets' on the Dia Compe ENE shifters are fractionally too coarse for reliable up-shifting. YMMV of course...

Mind you, we've had puzzles like this before. A few years back we spent ages trying to understand why the Thorn Audax frame weighs. 2.3 kg and the Spa under 2 kg. when both are supposed to be made from 0.8/0.5/0.8. What's more if anything the Thorn stays should be lighter! True. Perhaps both brands...

Samuel D wrote:

iow wrote:Did you weigh the new (58) frame?

As it happens, I did...

Thanks Samuel. Interesting!
Not that a few grams makes any difference to me at all - I just like to know what I'm riding...

I've recently built up a 54 Audax frame which weighs 58g more than a larger 56 frame which i had before (978g vs. 920g) . Are those accurate weights? They both seem on the low side to me. Sorry missed the '1' off the beginning (now edited). As to accuracy - no, not a calibrated scale, but the same ...

If I had to guess one way or the other, I’d say the bigger frame feels stiffer.. Did you weigh the new (58) frame? I think Spa may have changed the tubing on the 725 Audax? I've recently built up a 54 Audax frame which weighs 58g more than a larger 56 frame which i had before (1978g vs. 1920g (edit...

Depending on the geometry of the rim, an iwanson gauge may not always show the true picture.
The rim below showed c. 0.75mm (edit) when measured, but the reality was a lot less. Unbelievably it hadn't failed despite being paper thin, but I certainly got my money's worth (H Plus Son TB14)