ime 1/8" chains can wear fast but most likely cause is most of ones we use being made fairly cheap / basic, don't know if many of us fit top-end NJS track chains to our winter SS? I get the same with basic SS chains in 3/32" vs a better KMC. Had what seemed like amazingly fast wear rate from a rust-...

the lowest rainfall in the country I don't think of myself as a particularly soft rider but having a couple of friends either from or living in Wales, this does cross my mind. The SE gets more sunshine and less rain than the places I'd rather be. That's where the south downs across to Wiltshire has...

Been thinking about this recently, also about to get out of the SE. I'd be happy anywhere that's on the shoulder of a south-facing hill with a nice view and good light, with woodland trails and open byways across rolling hills nearby. South west or Wales probably. Riding distance of or train trip to...

I remember the Sram R&D going on about how they see the drivetrain as an integer system and developed it from there. Not so sure the focus was so much on this before and from experience with other riders, it does seem, that durabilty is not as good when the Eagle is mixed with other stuff. Same fro...

You need something like this that I made last week: It’s got a wire access port at the top - get your sewing machine out! God work.. Something like that, but a bar mount. Got a small front section fame bag on there and wanted to have all the charge/wiring on the stem/bars rather than moving with th...

Eagle 12 does have a good durability rep, which only makes me wonder why Sram and Shimano couldn't manage the same durability with 10 or 11s.

Any of the 76 Projects stuff any good? Not quite but the bottle-mount locating plastic deck and strap has given me an idea about how it could all locate from the stem faceplate bolts, maybe. I saw some trendy/$$$ micro bar cylinder bag on IG earlier but forget the name now. Hopefully some daft tren...

my new frame is 1x only, wonder why they did this as it just limits the options Even as a 1x fan I agree with this. Reasons I can think of are that it allows wider tyres (there's a minimum clearance between chain and tyre) and it allows for shorter chainstays. I'm sure Jameso will have a few more. ...

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Thanks for ideas.. there's probably going to be something among the small gadget packs out there, just tricky to find a flap vs a zip cover and straps either in the right place or space to sew on some velcro. The Wolftooth is a good one, just that roll-tops don't work too well with trailing wires co...

Not some kind of stripper pants, no. Sorry. Looking for a small cylinder / tube-like pouch bag that opens at the end to hold a USB-Werk charger and wires on/under the bars. Not finding much so maybe some better ideas to be had on here. Would need to be about 14x 6cm min. It's a compact dynamo to USB...

I have some of those grips, they're great for widening a bar - I just use them without the bar cut so the grip overhangs the bar by 30mm or so. The soft end area's really good.

Mental 3 wheel MTB. Only €10000 https://youtu.be/QGy5TB0kkj8 https://www.ascendubikes.com/home That's bonkers in a brilliant way. It's a bit like a Cleland in niche-ness, probably just as impressive for what it's designer intended. Unfortunately he'll probably sell as many bikes as Geoff Apps does....

Never felt I needed more than the Edge 820 and Edge Touring I now have tbh, assuming you have a good base map in there. Backed up with either a paper road map on the bar bag or a phone if needed as zooming out on the Garmin for context as re-routing on the go isn't great. But for following a route I...

https://i.postimg.cc/7G8FpkF9/Ramin3plus.jpg If of use, this is a clip of the chainstay area of the production drawing (click for larger size) Thanks James... from what I can see from that image, the gap is 79mm... so getting a (actual width) tyre to 65mm would work with space of about 8mm either s...

If of use, this is a clip of the chainstay area of the production drawing (click for larger size)

True, that's not pulling along the length of the bead though, or not in the same way. Next time I'm passing I'll borrow one of your tyres and show you how it's done..

Be careful how you pull / rub the sealant off the bead, if you hold one area firm and pull another the bead itself can shift in the casing and you get a wobble on the tyre when you re-fit. Shouldn't happen to a well-made tyre but it can. What kind of crap tyres are you using? :wink: Happened to som...

Going off topic slightly but I also think it’s worth addressing an attitude I see pop up often, about BB shells but also the other standards that are introduced from time to time. I see comments (including in this thread) that the factories are only doing stuff like this because it’s cheaper/easier...

Be careful how you pull / rub the sealant off the bead, if you hold one area firm and pull another the bead itself can shift in the casing and you get a wobble on the tyre when you re-fit. Shouldn't happen to a well-made tyre but it can. -Has any one experience of the sealants that claim not to dry ...

Got an old Conti Sport Contact 1.25 ish somewhere, think it's a wire bead. Yours for postage if of any use.

Except looking like funky scaffolding, what does a truss fork achieve that any other rigid fork doesn’t (if made to the same dimensions)? They are a fair bit lighter than a unicrown fork and as Jameso notes give very precise steering with no flexing under braking. Allegedly they have a small amount...

Thanks James. I’m not looking to mismatch levers/callipers. I just need new levers and have a choice of road or MTB callipers to fit. I sometimes feel that my MTB cable discs outperform my drop bar ones but have no evidence for it. Mainly it was just a thought exercise. Actual power -wise, not sure...

Thanks Steven, interesting. No experience with Rohloff as OE kit personally.

Is a curved fork blade raked or offset? :???: dunt matter how you get the offset - curved fork, straight legs set at an angle, leading axle, offset yokes (or crown). Just had the front end apart of my elderly motorcycle and interestingly as well as the offset in the holes in the yokes, the legs the...