Meet them at their house, have them come to yours.

The buyer usually goes to collect, I did when I bought my Mojo. The guy I bought it from had a lovely house, his wife was very nice too and made me a cup of tea.

I bought my Pace at the services near Bradford as it was halfway for both of us. He turned up with his dad and my brother came with me.

Both times there was no blood spilt, just money and polite conversation exchanged.

The world’s not full of murderers and skanks, no matter what the Daily Fail tells you.

damitamit, you doing the Dynamo on that?

I’ll keep an eye out for you at Pub on the Park.

Red ones is 36.765% fasters.

Found a Triban in his size in Warrington – so job done.

They seem unbeatable for the money

3 chains, an Ultegra 9 spd cassette, gear and brake cables, bar tape and a digital tyre pressure thing.

#happydays

I have a digital sub, but don’t/rarely read the mag but do use the forum lots, it’s my way of contributing to this brilliant resource.

Or is it because I just like having the magic P next to my name.

8)

Disc/aero rims are generally heavier than standard rims, but are considered faster. Far heavier disc hubs, lumps of cast alloy and discs are considered less aero.
But what will be will be. Personally I think discs look vile, prefer concealed

I really like the Magura hydro rim brakes, they look many awesums. Don’t know how they work though.

Just to clarify, this is for my road bike which I commute on so at the moment it’s 115+ miles per week.

Sounds more like a cable issue than a drivetrain issue to me, that.

shifting if fine with new chain and old cables, apart from slipping in smallest cogs

People get the leaders that their community deserves.

Same all over really, people in positions of power will do anything to hold on to it.

Deos cycling need an Arab spring?

muppetWrangler, that’s what I use, albeit not often enough.

Crikey, how to you determine when to change your chain?

The bike’s now got a new chain, cassette and big ring on.

So I’ll how many miles I get out of it.

Plus one, the bike’s my only road bike/commuter so it get ridden to work and road rides all year round in all weathers, so you can imagine the filth that accumulates on drivetrain. That combined with a sporadic maintenance means everything wears quickly.

Does anyone know the correct chain length for running a 9speed 12-25 with a compact chain set?

Thanks for the replies everyone!

🙂

Put the old chain back on would be the best bet, that and stop using a chain checker, which is purposely designed to make you change your chain before you need to.

I threw the old chain in the recycling bin, so unfortunately that’s not an option. The shifting on the old chain was terrible even when clean, it would skip and drop gears then randomly change gear/drop down when stationery, but not slip.

So at what point do you know your chain is ready to be replaced, using a ruler or callipers?

Just to add other than slipping on the small cogs shifting at both ends is fine.

I have an SLX triple converted to double and bash,and haven’t noticed the chain coming off over the bigger ring although i do have a 36T ring now.
Something i pondered yesterday though, i aim to use all of the cassette whilst in the 36T ring yet the chain line from big sprocket to big ring is quite marked. As I’m not using an outside 44T ring, is it advisable/possible to take one of the plastic spacer rings from the External BB set up and bring the chainset inboard by 2.5mm and potentially improve the chainline?

If there’s clearance for your crank arm against the chain stay, there’s no reason not too.

He is a ……. of the highest order.

WANT

WANT

WANT

Can I block this thread, it’s not helping my unabashed consumerism?

Argggghhhhhhh must resist.

😀

You only need a chain device on a single set up.

If you want one you could always buy a biconical if you’re worried about dropping a chain.

If you’ve got a clutch mech you shouldn’t need one but it all depends on where and how hard you’re going to ride.

I think you can get BB fitted chain guide that works for doubles but I’m not sure.

Edit: 2 split links in that chain! is that allowed? 😯

Most standard front mechs are dual (top or bottom) pull, so will work either way.

Put the model number into Google(or you preferred search engine) and the magics of the internets will tell you if it will work.

Or email/ring Cotic, they’ll sort you out.

TooTall, it does look like it’s got baby wheels on.

Out of interest, what size wheels would it need to make it look proportionally correct?

It’s more or less a straight swap so the bolts will be fine.

I’m really impressed with Westbrook too. I opted for a Scott Addict R15. Arrived within 48 hours and rides like a dream:

Westbrook Scott Addict

Pretty good value I reckon.

Bloody good value! SRAM Red for £1799 and only 6.8kg.

Could you build up a CR1 to the same/similar spec for that much or less?

bigrich – Member
if your on a full suspension bike, you’re already a worse rider; faster maybe, but not as skilled, as line is no longer as important.

The reverb is for my FS but I mostly ride a rigid SS. Maybe that’s why I’m so bad on it as I’m always looking for a ‘line’.

Looking forward to the uppy-downy action though.

I’ve just bought a reverb, it can’t make me worse than I am already – HOPEFULLY. 😕

I used the same mask as Graham as well.

Rustins stripper is much better and cheaper than Nitromors, but they’re still not as good as the old stuff.

We did more or less the same as you.

Bought a Victorian terrace and took it back to brick, all the lath was taken down as well the plasterboard put up. We did that on purpose so the walls could be insulated. We also kept what we could of the woodwork but a lot of it was damaged by 110years worth of wear and tear, so we saved what we could and got rid of the rest. I did all the carpentry myself, luckily there was a good wood yard nearby and the we’re really helpful.

If its a run of the mill terrace you can still get the architraves, I made the skirts using mdf planks and staff bead, so they matched what we had to take out. All the off the shelf stuff wasn’t high enough and he pattern didn’t match.

The stairs, I stripped with a heat gun and nitromors, it took about 4 days solid from start to finish. The wife and the dog were away so it was just me. I bought lead testing kits off the Internet but they were inconclusive so I used heat anyway and wore a mask. Also had spindles turned to match the missing and broken ones.

I really enjoyed doing it and would happily do it again. The house is now good for another 100 years, more than can be said for new builds.

I have never seen a seat stem
I seen a peanut stand
And heard a rubber band
I seen a needle that winked its eye

I like grey, that’s what’s putter me off the Pro – we not putting off – just…

It’d look nice with SRAM Red on it but that’s ££££££

You bought one?

I’m still resisting and reading the threat which just is helping.

😈

Anyone built one up yet, would love to se what you’re doing?

In progress pics, anything… want to live my carbon bike fantasy through your pics.

I’ll try cleaning them first with as the pad was very worn and it’s been ridden through Epping filth all winter. So it’s just the return as they were braking fine.

Then I’ll try again.

@ Tracy, where can I got one of those Pedros levers from? I’ve done a search and nothing’s come up.

The pads are from Discobrakes, it does seem you get quote a lot on there.

Should I fire up the belt sander to take a few mm off?

Merlin and on-one have reverbs under your budget at the moment. Thing wiggle might as well.

Looks ok from what I can see, I think it’s just a factory sticker.

I might have a more informed opinion if I didn’t have to ‘imagine’ it.

ska-49 I’m looking at similar spec to you and priced mine up at £1580 (inc. frame) with some careful bargain hunting and the excel table says it should weigh 15.5lbs (more like 16 then).

That doesn’t help! 🙂

Kryton57, I’ve got my trusty Kapu for a quick blast, this is just a vanity purchase/best/Sunday bike at best. I’m working in Kensington at the moment so I’m getting a few miles in.

I shouldn’t by this frame a a winter bike should I, no matter how tempting…

Use it for best and demote your current bike

Bollocks, the 54’s still in stock.

Please buy them and make my decision for me.

Out of interest, what would a cheap* build set me back?

What are your plans?

*Cheap, Carbon finishing kit and nothing lower than Ultegra, Ksyrium and Ti railed saddle (fizik, Specialized) This is why I don’t want one (ok I do but, my wallet doesn’t)

His backpack disappears when the does the drop in bit near the end. in fact there’s quote a few shots where the bag/bait is missing.

Wonder exactly when the bird got the bait.

Good video though, but watching raptors hunt is brilliant and the ridings not too shabby.

Money no object? These are a bargain as they come with a free stem.

Just bought a Crank Bros Cobalt 11

Crank Bros have no place on a fancy road bike.

You’ll be scoffed at by true roadies.

arghhhhhhhhhh M U S T R E S I S T