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My requirements for a mtb shoe are very similar to yours. The closest I could find was a Shimano GR9. Velcro flap covering drawstring laces. I would have preferred velcro only, or a boa or something but the drawstring is fine really. Very grippy soles

https://www.outbraker.eu/product/outbraker-1lever-2-brakes/ Potentially useful but I'm not sure if this product is right - it seems to just be a y-splitter with some dubious psuedo abs. What I think you'd want is a larger hydraulic cylinder actuated by your existing system possibly with a proportion...

Some quick links are non-removable and these are very tight on first installation. It seems to be random whether you get removable or not quick links with KMC chains at the moment. Fitting/removing a few times with a set of quick link pliers loosens them off and makes them removable in my experience

Cyclists have weak upper bodies, get your legs involved! If you arrange the chainwhip so that the handle is resting against the leg of a workbench or other solid upright (doorframe possibly), then fit your lockring remover so it's sticking forward horizontally you can give it a bloody great stomp th...

Identidi (house brand of Ison Distribution) make some forks that have a lot of clearance on the hub side. Not as pricey as a Surly but not cheap....
You could get a handbuilt fork from Bob Jackson for the Surly price!
https://www.identitibikes.com/products/Forks

If you do fit a tube at the side of the road, do remember to remove the tyre and clean off the sealant (possibly when you get home). If you forget about it and go to remove the (now punctured) tube some months later you may find it very well adhered to the tyre!

I went tubeless on my Genesis Longitude. I realised that the tyres supplied with the bike were on so tight I'd never get them off If I needed to replace an inner tube whilst out on the trail. I had to take them to my LBS to be done as I couldn't shift them. It nearly defeated them as well. When I c...

So there you have it, Mercian et al are not only in the bottom leagues of OTP producers, they're also grossly overpriced compared to what is essentially a better, more refined product from a long established producer from between half and a third of the price. Its clear its not Taiwanese producers ...

I've got a Manta saddle, it's terrible! Hard to get on and off, not comfortable and makes it hard for me to steer the bike as the hinge means you can't shift your weight as well. Once a cycle courier chum was visiting/skiving at my work, I asked him to nip across the road to get some bacon rolls. Wh...

Nah, that's for certain Suntour multi-speed freewheels. You want this one
https://www.bike24.com/1.php?content=8;product=159506
Unior tools are good kit, as good as Park I think

If Dawes were using a colour chart in 1983 it was less likely to by the German RAL chart, probably the BS381 or BS5252 chart. I think I've seen a few Dawes of that era that were brown; metallic, a brown I'd say was closer to maroon, and another colour we Scots would call jobbie broon. The metallic w...

I reckon the Hope QR seatpost clamp is better than the Salsa - the Hope has a brass bushing that the cam runs on and requires less hand effort than the Salsa. The Salsa does look better in my opinion!

That tool is a hole cutter; you would not use it to cut a frame tube. Actually lots of framebuilders use them to mitre frame tubes on a milling machine http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2735/4178214876_ed2942a9a7.jpg For Manc33's use they'd be less than ideal as they're usually out of round by at leas...

Wow, that's a great technique! I'll give it a try, but I think I'll hold the frame and pull up while some one else drops the weight. I didn't like the look of their flipflop and newspaper scratch prevention regime

not always and it also relies on a motorist actually seeing it, then acknowledging it and then acting on it, as we already know this doesn't work. Despite a huge increase in brightness, pulsing/flashing modes, multiple lights fitted, increase in hi-vis and reflective gear cyclists are still being c...