12 speed Shimano lasts really well – rings seem to last indefinitely, and cassette life is way better than earlier stuff – especially if you use an XTR chain – they’re significantly more durable than the cheaper ones, and while not cheap, they’re way cheaper than most Sram 12spd chains.

Likewise

Brake should be bled with the bleed block rather than pads and rotor.

Shimano Trail SPDs have a wide platform that works well with softer soles. Stiffer soles still better too though.

All the sauces from this bunch are delicious.

if you happen to be near Glasgow or Edinburgh, Lupe Pintos is definitely worth a visit – huge range of sauces and other delicious goods.

Terreno Wet front, Terreno Dry rear. Magic.

Pretty much everything other than the riding is rubbish in Aberfoyle!

A glass of F U Is about to be poured and enjoyed.

Kerry kept at it through the night and finished in 6th – incredible!

Delay is only relevant to T-type.

Proper race for 2nd/3rd shaping up in the last few miles!

Looks like Alex will be finishing any minute now.

Absolutely bananas.

Ignore me – just updated!

Kerry’s position not updated in almost 3hrs… hope all ok.

Camp a bit before and have a second brekkie there?

Any who have done this in 2 days able to recommend a place to stop to camp (and ideally get a decent brekkie?).

Cheering on Kerry and Sam here.

10-51 gives a similar but slightly wider gear range with a 42T ring compared to 46/30×11-36, so 1x no longer gives up range necessarily. Bigger ratio gaps obviously, but they mostly don’t bother me. 10-45 is a sensible option for closer gaps, but with a slightly reduced range – still way bigger than with 11-42 though. Would like to try it with a 40T, so that low end is close to the low gear on 42×10-51. Dropping the biggest gear down a little might be worth it. Dunno. Don’t miss being in the trim zones a lot of the time for stuff I tend to ride when I had double (which I thought I loved!).

Yes – did that with 810 11 speed STIs on old XTR calipers on another bike.

@thelooseone – agreed – I space my ring in 2mm

 

@swanny853 True, but SRAMs parallelogram profile also changes between close and wide ratio. The bigger the cage offset, the bigger the reliance on accurate chain length which makes things awkward on FS bikes with chain growth – not generally speaking an issue on gravel bikes admittedly!

Looks like a nice route – do you mind if I pinch it for future use?

42×10-51 gives near as damn it same top end as 46×11-36 and slightly lower than the bottom gear. One gap in the cassette I find a bit big occasionally, but no other downside, and frees up LH for a dropper STI.

Wouldn’t want lower gears than either of these offer by bodging a double with a wider than spec cassette as traction is insufficient on gravel tyres on looser surfaces to be beneficial – I already climb in taller ratios than I’d like from time to time to maintain traction.

Randomly asks me to log in when I’m already logged in, and then comes up with a “prove you’re not a robot” with those annoying captcha things. I must be a robot as it tells me I get them wrong every time.

I’m all about the 10am start in Aberfoyle!

Your finish sounds good though…

It’s the parallelogram shape that differs for wide spread cassettes – the long cage increases total capacity rather than cassette capacity.

 

 

Couple of these instead if your TT is one of the covered diameters?

dRj0n Bagworks Barnacle

Part no is 87G 9801 for black, 87G 9802 for white. Good luck, but NOS Hudz may be your best bet. Looks like the oldest they still do is 6600 – which to be fair, is pretty old!

Love you guys more than the bike. Entered.

Yes – had stopped riding my last one as it felt too short and steep as my other bikes had gotten longer etc over the years. Had a Marino made to my geometry and love it. Frame build quality is utilitarian rather than beautifully crafted, but that kinda suits SSs anyway. Alignment is good and it’s not broken yet….

That took longer than it should have!

@jimbob99 –  must be true – says up there “To be honest with y’all (as we always are)”!

Not when tightened to 40Nm – same as a cassette on a splined free hub – movement is there until preload is applied with locking.

By the same argument a 6-bolt rotor has movement on the 6 mounting bolts – until preload is applied by torquing the bolts to spec.

Not when torqued to spec.

Shimano don’t sell them – presumably for liability reasons?

Readily available for very little from 3rd party brands though.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144961057231?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=hyT7Imy1Tei&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=3Blb53WER62&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Once you’ve got it sussed, they’re easy – certainly eay easier than the MTB 4 pot Shimanos.

They benefit from a gravity bleed to get air out of the calipers, and then burp the levers at various angles to get air out of the master cylinder. Should be a short stroke and a firm bite.

You anywhere near Edinburgh? The lovely chaps at Projektride bring in the Vecnum stems which don’t arc, and work in the drops as well as the hoods thanks to the parallelogram design. If near, pop by to try etc?

Looks like rim is centred over flanges rather than ends of axle/endcaps. Pretty far out.

if flipping the wheel flips the wonkyness, then it’s the wheel for sure.

Depends on whether it’s a native 140 or 160 mount.

if the former, it needs the adaptor, if the latter, it bolts directly on.

Awful news.