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Thanks folks - much appreciated.
Nick

I have a pair of RSP Cadence pedals (alloy not the carbon ones) with a little play in them. When I put a bit of extra pressure on them (standing up say) they both produce an loud knocking sound - or at least I think that's where the noise is coming from ....! Before I lay into them with a mole wrenc...

Yes the chain's already too slack for my liking in the small-small so rationing the use of the small chainring is no big deal.
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Those charts are very interesting - not seen them before. Just the analysis I need. [quote]This looks like a much better set of gears for many types of riding using the triple, with smaller double-shifts, and I'd be using the big ring on the flat whenever the conditions were not unfavourable. The mi...

Thanks Brucey, that archive index is really useful. Eminently sensible advice too - keeping the triple does make it a more flexible proposition, and since it all works just now, why disrupt it all?

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Nick

I wonder if I could beg some more help for my Synapse upgrade project? The new (to me) 2016 alloy frame is now up and running pretty sweetly with this setup: Shifters: STR700 (not 6500 as per my previous post!) Front Derailleur: FD5603 Crank: SC5603 50-39-30 Rear Derailleur: RD5600 12-27 10 speed Fr...

I take Rampiril too, and I'm finding the current dose is enough to drop my BP considerably after exercise. So a triple dose plus exercise leading to low BP would not be too much of a surprise. On one occasion I missed two days worth then as soon as I started again, BP through the floor in a couple o...

What a great source of information this forum is! With the help of Brucey ( and others) I've managed to shoehorn a Shimano 105 5600 groupset from a 13 year old nameless alloy frame onto a 2016 vintage Synapse alloy frame. The shifters of course work just fine, the internal routing seems not to be a ...

Thanks Brucey - good to know you think it's worth a try. A test run inserting cables into the frame didn't throw up any blockages, burrs or other obstructions. As you say not a lot to be lost by trying and at least I'll have cables threaded for the next one if the 5600 doesn't work!

No, not another "how do I get the cables in" query! I've managed to pick up a Synapse 2016 frame hoping to transfer over a battered but operational 105 5600 groupset. Reading though the Shimano installation notes for the 5600, they mention the inadvisability of installing the 5600 shifters...

The A1 at those crossings is single carriageway 60mph. West Mains has a dedicated cycle track crossing with a central refuge away from the Holy Island road junction; the crossing at Belford is an offset road junction with no extra provision for bikes. Not usually too challenging crossing at either o...

Isn't at least part of the problem with headlights is the regulations that specify minimum wattages for different classes of vehicle? This was all very well in the days of incandescent bulbs but now with LEDs, the light they output per watt of electricity input has increased enormously. We now light...

Not only is the road closed in winter, it also forms a ski piste down into La Thuile!

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