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ktache wrote:

It peens. Pilot Pete bought it up a while ago, head of rivets are slightly flared, giving more strength, the inserted pin is not, peening it gives it more of the strength of a standard rivet. As far as I’m aware…

Couple of questions please… is the peening requirement specific to Campagnolo chains with hollow pins? Is the £180 tool specific to 13 speed chains? I see the Park Tool CT-6.3 is available for just over £30 and has a peening anvil for up to 11 speed Campagnolo chains, which would accommodate Centaur. 

The only Campagnolo bike in the fleet is the La Vie Claire Hinault 753R, which has a 6 speed KMC with quicklink, everything else is either SRAM, Shimano, KMC or Gates, I have to say the chain peening requirement isn’t attracting me to a newer Campagnolo build.

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Simon E wrote:

Rather more than a Boardman SLR 8.6 at £650 with Claris. Cycling UK members will probably get a discount off that price.

The Tiagra version (SLR 8.8) is £875.

Agreed, some great value bikes from Boardman… also the budget buys a lot of bike for the money at Decathlon, for example the Triban RC500 https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/road-bike-triban-rc-500-disc-brake-black/_/R-p-308097

 

 

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At a guess I would say it

At a guess I would say it enables a RockShox RS-1 fork (which requires a proprietary hub) to work with other hubs. They look like end caps and a disc rotor shim. 

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Looks like all the data is

Looks like all the data is pulled from Strava, and the visuals are taken from VeloViewer (a great product/service, which in turn also gets its data from Strava).

Here’s one of my local “favourites” ? unfortunately living at sea level in Dorset means it doesn’t matter what direction I ride in, there’s a climb to be had…

 

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Have you checked the wear on

Have you checked the wear on the cassette & chainrings? These will wear to fit the worn chain, and then putting on a new chain will be noisy.

Also, factory grease is there to stop it going rusty on the shelf, not to lubricate it.

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Manx Missile?

Manx Missile?

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Used to like/use Wiggle &

Used to like/use Wiggle & ProBikeKit a lot.

Since then, Sigma Sports, Merlin & SJS are worth a mention. 

BikeInn in Spain are great value if you’re not in a hurry for stuff, their prices are “what you see is what you pay” and fully inclusive of any duty & tax. 

Woolly Hat Shop (https://www.bikeparts.co.uk/) I’ve also had good experience with.

Before anyone says “buying online is putting your LBS out of business”, the only one local to me worth walking through the door is great for service jobs I can’t/won’t do, but doesn’t really retail much in the way of parts, tools, accessories, clothing, or even bikes. So I use them when I can. The others are either crap or 30+ miles away. 

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David9694 wrote:

I guess it’s sensible to run a log-book for each bike – Bike A / SRAM chain / date, Bike B – new tyres – date, bike C – regreased f and r wheel bearings – date 

Strava is handy for keeping track of gear usage (assuming one is already using it of course)…

 

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Steve K wrote:

andystow wrote:

As a MINI enthusiast, thanks, I hate it.

If you are a proper Mini enthusiast, you’d hate it even if it had normal wheels. 

To be fair, he did say “MINI” and not “Mini”…

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You certainly can, although

You certainly can, although the only one I have any experience with is the stem & bars from the last generation Venge. The cables & hoses are inside the bars, and go under the stem and through the headset, fully internal, however you’re not limited to the Venge stem and Aerofly II bars, either can be swapped out for standard items, Specialized supplied alternative headset cappings to accommodate this. 

If at least one mainstream manufacturer has done it, there’s almost certainly third-party alternatives and copies out there. 

 

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Richbeck wrote:

Richbeck wrote:

DCR can build you a better replacement!

Better than 16000 miles for £250?

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I’ve always replaced the

I’ve always replaced the whole cassette, and not the individual cogs, I wasn’t really aware of the individual ones being available as spares until reading this. TBH I’ll probably still change the whole unit, as I record distance/usage on all components for all bikes, and I don’t want to start tracking individual cogs, I get fairly long use from cassette & chainrings as I keep the chains in good order and tend to stay on top of the chain wear.

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Thanks for sharing this

Thanks for sharing this amazing trip with the class, I’ve been living the journey vicariously through your posts, and it’s made me wonder whether there’s a LEJoG in me one day. One day…

Well done and all the best, safe trip home. 

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I have the Unior sprocket

I have the Unior sprocket wear indicator tool, around £20 I think, and it takes a bit of the guesswork out of whether to change a cassette or not. Basically, with the wheel off the bike, you wrap the chain part around a sprocket (like a chain whip), leaving the last link raised. Then apply some turning force to the bar and drop the last link into the gap. If it drops in with no interference, it’s good, if the link sticks on a tooth, it’s time to change. It’s the closest thing available to a “go no-go” type check I’ve found. Has possibly paid for itself by not changing a serviceable cassette prematurely at some point, or conversely indicating a change is due and saving the chain.

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The ads go away for £19.99 a

The ads go away for £19.99 a year…

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