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Jesus Christ, a lot of frames break at exactly that point. So, are you sure it is a gouge? meaning, do you know how it got there? That's a bit dramatic, isn't it? It is a fairly highly loaded area of the frame, but the breakages I've seen have mostly started at the shifter bosses or the lug. If wor...

Jesus Christ, a lot of frames break at exactly that point. So, are you sure it is a gouge? meaning, do you know how it got there?

It is usually not until you have bought three or four sets of fixings that you find the right ones.

I want new wheels. I don't want any spoke breakages during long, unladen rides in the high Alps on a lightweight road bike. A wheel with 32mm deep rims would have shorter spokes than one with 23mm deep rims, obviously. Hubs/spokes/spoke counts are the same. But do shorter spokes mean less chance of ...

If your crank is a 'proper' BB30 crankset it will not work in your frame because the axle is too short. 'Proper' BB30 cranksets mostly always have the 'BB30' logo on them. The only cranksets with a 30mm dia axle that will work with your frame are the types with extra-long 30mm dia axles, like FSA BB...

From limited experience, 26 is fine, but anything smaller and chance of problems.

If you run over a squirrel with just your back wheel it will bring you to a nice gentle stop as it gets jammed. But try not to get one stuck onto your front wheel, that be dangerous.

Of course. FSA's BB386 is pretty universal fitting most BB shells. You need to buy the right bottom bracket to allow it to work in a 68mm BSA threaded bottom bracket shell. And I THINK you might need a pair of adapters. Brucey - with the correct BB it works in the fashion of an external bottom brack...

Loctite 243 (blue). Or bit of Blu-tack.

Probably. I run two inch Big Apples with the widest available 26" SKS mudguards - still some room.

But also dependent on just how much clearance there is to fit the mudguards in the first place, especially under fork crown.

Ain't gonna find out until you try.

I must confess to feeling sorry for any unfortunate soul who agonizes over how far they might or might not have travelled, as I also feel sorry for anyone who downloads after rides or who updates to a new version of whatever software they are using on whatever goddamn fangled device they might have ...

I was also going to mention Bontrager Flare.

What point restoring it when it is hopelessly too big for 99% of the population?

Incidentally, although there must be CCTV coverage of the area, the police will not look at it due, they say, to not having sufficient officers to look through 2 hours footage, and when I said I would be happy to spend 2 hours doing this for them, they won't allow that. So no chance of finding whoe...