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As far as i'm aware, all shimano 3x MTB gear levers and mechs are intercompatible from tourney to xtr.

Agree with other posters about oiling the shifter, I use Carlube 100+ spray grease

Unless they're put away wet (or worse salty) they'll be fine after a year in a dry shed. Shimano brakes don't suffer so badly from corrosion because they use mineral oil rather than DOT4/5 fluid, the DOT fluid is hygroscopic and absorbs water from the air, the water corrodes the aluminium parts of t...

LBS is much more likely to want to do this if you buy the parts from them too!

Shimano GRX RD-RX812-GS rear mechs allow a 42t max rear sprocket and are compatible with road 11 speed shifters So I could add this derailer Shimano GRX RD-RX810 2x11 https://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/shimano-grx-rd-rx810-2x11-speed-rear-derailleur-847411 And then any sprocket - brand doesn't mat...

Shimano GRX RD-RX812-GS rear mechs allow a 42t max rear sprocket and are compatible with road 11 speed shifters

If you fold a bike box carefully it's possible to use some luggage straps to fasten it to your back rucksack style, then you can ride to/from the airport I'd love to see a photo of that. IMG_20170405_080237091.jpg I think the guy on the right had the least bad time as his box didn't hit his helemt/...

There's one golden rule for taking your bike on a plane … never, ever use a soft bag. Agreed! You'd be better wrapping it in cling film than a soft bag. I prefer a full sized cardboard bike box whenever possible, packed much like new bikes are with the rear wheel still in but with the rear mech unb...

I really don't know what shimano were thinking when they decided to chage the size of the bleed port on hydro STIs. The bit point of those brakes is normally in the middle of the stroke. When playing with a bike on the floor it seems too close and if you give the lever a death grip you might be able...

You might struggle, lots of bike shops around here reckon the cycle computer has gone the way of the dodo

I wouldn't use an expensive lightweight carbon bike in a turbo. The risk of damage is too great and turbo use might void the warranty. That said - it looks like you're going to have to get creative as no-one makes such a skewer. I was going to suggest buying a suitably long 12x1 screw (or piece of t...

In a similar vein, I recently bought an eBay bleeding kit to bleed the basic hydraulic front brake on my commuter bike only to find that most of the kit was useless as the syringes and plastic tubes intended to bleed the caliper won't fit as there is no bleed nipple on the caliper. There just seems...

3rd reccomendation for Cycle Law Scotland, they have helped 2 of my cycling chums. Your crash sounds terrible, my sympathy!

Quite useful for the rear brake run of a small sized compact frame road bike - normal housing can struggle with the S-bend this often causes.
It does rattle and rub. No real advantage in normal use apart from the shiny colours

Sacrilege to some, but if I was in your shoes I'd fit a Shimano 110 or 113 mm un55. The taper isn't right, which means that the cranks will sit 4mm further out than they might have had they been seated on an equivalent ISO taper. Giving you approximately the right chainline. Some think this means th...

I think I speak for 99.9% of cyclists when I say that I really don't care and am not at all suprised that the Rohloff is tricky to reassemble after being stripped to individual sprockets
Loan me your Alfine 11, I'd like to see how long it'd last on the back of our tandem!