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When my chain wears out I may go 10 speed with GRX. Then I would have a bike with 10 speed, 9 speed, 8 speed and 7 speed (if I cheat a bit my 2 bromptons give me 6 speed and 5 speed)!

I have made my audax bike Shimergo and was thinking of going 10 speed. I was wondering if the GRX would do triple since its capacity is close to Sora triple?

What bad experiences have you had with tubeless? People boring on about how wonderful it is :D I had a puncture the other week (a rare experience) and I was trying to listen for where the hole was and along came two mountain bikers who spent 5 minutes telling me why I should be using tubeless. What...

Height and straightness are they key parameters. Get those wrong and nothing will work. Since you have a brake on adaptor you have many degrees of freedom. I'd put the clamp to be roughly in line with where it was and then tighten. Then use the braze on bracket to set the height to be quite close an...

I know I will regret Saying this but I've never broken drive side spokes. My experiences with poorly adjusted rear mechs involved the mech I the spokes and the fun that that entailed (I then jumped on the bike in rage, I was younger and less level headed) and had to carry the bike home for a mile!

the replacement shimano models are BB-UN100 and BB-UN300. They are built like SunRace and Chin Huar units, amongst others not noted for their longevity. cheers Why can't they leave well alone! Given the normal longevity of UN55 et al bottom brackets I've always had a suspicion that the external BB ...

Can I have dibs on the Centaur shifters please. I fancy having a play with Shimergo.

Can you pm me please to arrange payment and delivery.

I like Vittoria Rubino tyres (I can't tell the difference when riding between standard tyres and pros). They seem a good compromise and are fairly cheap. Are you riding with mudguards? If so 28mm is likely to be a tight squeeze IHMO

I'm a full time spec wearer but I don't cycle with glasses for the following reasons: 1. I sweat so profusely that I glasses get fitted to useless 2. I'm lucky that my distance script is mild (I mainly need my specs for reading and computers and I use varifocals) 3. I've never had issues with stuff ...

I liked my longboards until I found their flaw, the front is too long below the lower stays on the front guard and they catch on even a low curb and rip a huge chunk off. After that they are useless. I now use chromoplastics

I wish my ones had pips to help with installation!

there's no such thing as a universally liked brake either, is there? It is difficult to be sure of these things but I would perhaps be prepared to make a case for the cantilever brake being most misunderstood ...? (idea for new TV show; 'celebrity brake-off'.... :shock: ) cheers I quite like cantis...

I don't think that I've ever fitted bar end shifters without a long head scratching time when the indexing is all lost! I always remember what I did wrong but getting back to working is always fun!

Thanks all, this is all useful stuff. I'll check the brake levers (might post a photo if I can't work it out), I'll check if I can get both arms onto the middle holes...but it seems that the one on the left won't fit....is that possible? Thanks again, I'll get back to report progress. Thanks again....

Brucey wrote:there don't seem to be any nice new 7s shifters out there right now. <SNIP>

I've always assumed that the weird small sprocket was necessary to lock as they've a bit notched. Interested about the possibility of ditching the 11s which I never use!