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SRV wrote: ↑9 Aug 2021, 9:46am I have 'inherited' such a wheelset. The rear wheel won't fit any of my bikes.

My question is: what on God's green earth will it fit? I am at a loss. Any words of wisdom gratefully received. And if I'm being stupid, please let me down gently.

Crikey. Doesn't time fly. One day I'm using all the latest gear (well, some of it anyway), the next I'm a weird old fogey with components out of the ark!

I've acquired an old Blackburn frame-fit pump, and however careful I am to connect it to the valve (Presta), I find air always finds its way back out of the tube into the pump, so I can never get it near the required pressure.
Is there a valve in the pump itself, which could be faulty, or might there be another explanation?

And are the valves entirely separate from tyre and tape? Now I'm curious too.

Forgive me if this is one of the "usual methods" you've tried, but if it was me I'd head to a bookshop and try to get hold of a good local map(s), say at 1:50000, and work out some routes from that.

olivermleach wrote: ↑3 Jun 2021, 8:10pm It's to fit a 10 speed veloce cassette to an Ambrosia (Zenith?) Freehub. There is substantial play preventing the lockring from biting. It would sit behind the cassette.

I've used this combination without any spacer at that end, is it possible that something else is missing from your cassette?

beeb wrote: ↑19 May 2021, 4:02pm Hoping next year to travel from the North of Scotland down to use the ferry from Plymouth or Portsmouth to Spain.

Does anyone know of somewher that I could leave the car for a period of up to 2 months at reasonable cost?

Might also need the same for port of tyne, Newcastle?

Considering campsites etc but has anyone done it and found anyone to be helpful?

thanks loads in advance

You could also look into caravan storage places, they should be suitable.

My comment would be: do not bin them, they look to have many miles left in them. Though for peace of mind, you might not want to use them for lejog.
Someone might well buy them, if you do want rid.

Now I see the problem. Also that Spa do list 46T available as a middle ring, which is obviously what the OP had ordered. I hadn't realised middle rings were made so big.

UpWrong wrote: ↑21 Apr 2021, 7:07pm

gregoryoftours wrote: ↑21 Apr 2021, 6:52pm Outer. An inner isn't ramped and pinned unless it's the middle of a triple, and the seating for the head of the chainring bolt is also on the outer side of the chainring. The threaded holes are to screw a peg into depending on your crank spider configuration, to prevent the chain from jamming in between the outer chainring and the crank arm.

Thanks. That's what I thought. I bought it from Spa as the middle in a super compact double, so a triple with a chain guard as the outer. Looks like they sent me an outer ring by mistake

I think you'll find it wasn't a mistake, as far as I can see it is what you need for that set-up. Why do you think it would be wrong for the job?

I got mine from Aldi, about a fiver a few years ago, and it's fine for me, but I wouldn't say the gauge is particularly accurate. I also managed to break one of the handles so have to use it one handed. Previously I had one from Lidl. I only used that a few times, before the tyre valve leaked out at high pressure and the pump's plunger end shot out and nearly put a hole in the garage roof!

Pebble wrote: ↑11 Apr 2021, 11:47am When you get a measurement for a wheel such as 700-28 (622-18c) would the 18 be the likely internal width of the rim ?

nd what do you think the following means, I have seen simillat on a few descriptions

Not suitable for dropped handlebars !

It's very common in Germany, and perhaps other European countries, to refer to 700c wheels as 28" wheels.
This must be what is meant in the advert clip at the top of the thread.

Nobody has (so far) mentioned at what point you should tighten the nut on the valve.....

alexnharvey wrote:

Badgerjockey wrote:If that's the case, is there any solution?

Re-tap/chase the BB shell and face it with the specialist tool. Most good bike shops will have this.

Would facing it make a difference? I didn't think it would with square taper BBs.

I think I have had this problem, and got the feeling that the right and left threads within the BB weren't on the same alignment, so the further the cups were screwed in, the harder it became to turn them, and effectively it was subjecting the unit to bending force.

Cigarette lighter worked a treat thanks, just had to approach with caution! Heat is heat I suppose, I daresay it's just a case of applying the right amount in the right place.