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This is my Brompton 3 Speed in black up for sale. All original spec as far as I know Schwalbe tyres, M type handlebars, rim brakes and the underbar gear shifter. This is a fun bike to ride once get over the fear of your first ride but sadly it only used for shopping now. All in good working order pl...

Whoops didn't mean to start a major thread. I was watching Paris Nice and liked the close ups of the bikes and noticed that disc brakes were widely used. From the set up point of view I couldn't imagine a mechanic wrestling with an hydraulic system over night times the number of team bikes and as I ...

How are the disc brakes operated on the bikes they used on Paris Nice and other world events?
Cant see hydraulic as being first choice so I suppose they must be cable?

Trying to set up my FD on new build 2x11 XT gear train. The front Rapidfire 11 speed covers 3x and 2x with a selector marked 3x or 2x according to the Shimano Tech Document except mine does not have a selector. I think my previous one was the same but never had a problem getting it to work properly....

Find your way over to the Hope website.
Lots of diagrams and explanations of how things go together.
You will need to be able to interpret the information or it could be a trip to the lbs.
https://www.hopetech.com/_repository/1/ ... 011Web.pdf

Can anyone point me at an exploded diagram of a 3 speed gear shifter fitted to a Brompton please? It is a 2017 3 speed single lever with bell and brake lever on a single mount. It has started to stick in position of gear selected rather than return to rest position. Happy to take it apart but would ...

Never ordered a headset before as previous frames always came with them.
Does a complete headset kit from Cane Creek come with the scuff washer and thrust plate?
Last headset was CK and all these items came with it but don't see them mentioned on CC website?

See similar here https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topi ... es-baaaad/

I use Garmin BaseCamp but its a knife and fork edit.
You have to cut and splice by hand and the menus are not intuitive.
Also if the files were generated from ride data you lose that as well.
Other than that it can be done.

Pretty sure you can do all that in Garmin BaseCamp but only used MS version but cant imagine that there is not an Mac version. You can drag gpx files into BaseCamp so don't need a device to download and watch out for the dreaded blue flags obscuring your path. Easy to change and reset once you know ...

if you are trying to fit SRAM parts go to the SRAM website and download the relevant pdf manual. It will tell you what to do. cheers Thanks but the SRAM tech stuff is really rubbish. It just goes off on a long description of how to install rim brakes under the Apex pdf. Thinking about it perhaps I ...

Sorry its a like for like change over.
Itching to get my XT groupset on the bike but cant find a compatible drop bar brake/shifter.

I am replacing the SRAM Apex DT shifters and cables on my gravel bike over Christmas. I have only ever done this with Shimano MTB builds so this is not familiar territory to me. Unwrapping bars to get at cables? :( I do not seem to be able to find the fitting/set up instructions as per Shimano so if...

I have Zinn MTB version and (don't laugh) Haynes The Bike Book.
I more often than not find Haynes better than Zinn but not as good as YouTube.
I think if I had to choose a book it would probably be Park.

I was planning on re fettling my bike over the winter and fitting an XT 11 speed drive train to replace the 10 SRAM that’s currently fitted. However over the summer I have come to like the 10 speed especially after changing from an 11-36T to an 11-40T cassette. Luckily the bitza build of this bike i...