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Beware of Planet-X’s size
Beware of Planet-X’s size chart – they recommended a 56 for me that was more like a 57 and I couldn’t get comfortable.
I used to fit a lightweight
I used to fit a lightweight Tubus Fly rear rack to my Ultimate AL using a Salsa seat clamp with fixing lugs for a rack, and a Tubus stainles J-bend bracket. You need an MTB skewer, but it worked well. However, my Ultimate AL eventually cracked at the brake cable port in the top tube. Maybe that was because of the rack?
Try using a VPN?
Try using a VPN?
It’s against EU rules to offer a higher price in some countries. That sounds like sharp practice.
Fulcrum Racing Zeros are so
Fulcrum Racing Zeros are so easy to service you can do it yourself in 20 minutes. There’s a great video YouTube:
All you need is a spanner and two hex keys. Those Campag Record hubs will last for absolutely ever, if regularly maintained.
One point: Fulcrum/Campag freehubs shouldn’t be silent, they should be noisy! Someone’s put too much grease in, in the past. Yes, the ‘note’ of the clicking changes depending on how much grease is left in them. If you haven’t serviced them ever, they’ve might have gone a little dry.
Have fun! It’s so easy. I enjoy doing a service on my Campag/Fulcrum hubs.
It will most likely be fine, but will devalue the frame from anybody buying it 2nd handThat’s your real problem.
I’d suggest getting it inspected by a carbon place and showing potential buyers detailed images. Then your conscience is clear.
I just checked the Mango
I just checked the Mango website and it appears that they’ve painted the dropouts inside and outside. Most framesets have these masked so the axle and skewer bed onto bare metal. Maybe that’s the problem? You could try shaving the paint off the contact areas.
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Try to regard your back brake for speed control and your front brake for stopping.Isn’t it exactly the opposite? Front brake for speed control, rear brake if stopping completely. That’s the way I was always taught. The front brake is much more powerful, so you only use the rear at the end when you’re nearly at a dead stop, because it doesn’t have as much effect.
I built up my Bianchi Sempre
I built up my Bianchi Sempre Pro with the appropriate Praxis BB30 adaptor and then standard Campag Chorus cranksand have never heard a peep out of the cranks. It really works, and then you can use any crank you want.
Check the route of the Dunwich Dynamo, a lovely ride that starts by heading east on Lee Bridge Road, then turns northeast to run up through Epping Forest and into the Green Belt. You’ll easily find it on the usual websites. Loads of short hills in Hertfordshire too, between Ware and Royston is lovely cycling country.Though the ride out is a bit sketchy due to the drivers along those busy streets and roads. Suppose it’s a reasonable direction to be heading to strike towards the Blue Egg for a bit of pro-cyclist-spotting
Never had a problem heading out on a Sunday morning. There’s a pretty decent bike lane all the way to the Whipp’s Cross roundabout and thereafter it’s much quieter. The only bit that’s tough is getting round the roundabout on A104. There’s always loads of other riders heading out or in along Forest Road too.
My Krex looks just like that.
My Krex looks just like that. It has a brilliant little grub screw to adjust the clearance to the inner ring. Never had a problem with it and never dropped the chain since I fitted it.
Spend more if you want to!
You don’t need DI2. The best
You don’t need DI2. The best mechanical groupsets work just as well.
A Deda Dog Fang works perfectly well and costs around £6.99.I’ve looked at that quite extensively & seem to get mixed reviews as to whether it works well or not.
Worked for me, until I got a frame that had so much tube shaping near the BB that it wouldn’t fit.
So I used one of these, same price and works perfectly, nicely adjustable too:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/gobike88-KREX-Chain-Drop-Catcher-With-Clamp-31-8mm-Black-U19-/161286420231
There’s others even cheaper:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=band-on+chain+catcher&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xchain+catcher.TRS0&_nkw=chain+catcher&_sacat=0
A Deda Dog Fang works
A Deda Dog Fang works perfectly well and costs around £6.99.
Fulcrum 5s are good stiff
Fulcrum 5s are good stiff wheels, if you like stiff you’ll like them.
Hi Anne, your link isn’t
Hi Anne, your link isn’t working for me.