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  • I think Thomsons are hugely overrated. They do last, but massively overbuild for road riding (worth it for mtb though) and ludicrously heavy.

    Carbon will be much more comfortable, but if you're already comfy enough, just buy any decent alu post with a good quality clamp (that's the most important part really).

  • Thanks. I think I could stand to be much more comfortable, but then again I did a 200k ride on the weekend with 40k over very loose gravel and my arse was minimally sore. I see carbon posts at £35 at Condor, going up to whatever...hundreds.

    I'm assuming a £40 alu post is better than a £40 carbon one, for example.

    The clamp on the Deda is fine for me. I can see me umming and ahing about this and never doing anything. #notabuyer

  • read it as tshirt, sorry.

  • The clamp on the Deda is fine for me.

    Get the black version of the Deda, or just anodise the one you already have :-)

  • I can make it black with magnets

  • Any tips on de-stinking a pair of cycling shoes that have had one-too many soakings?

    Anyone tried the freezer trick (i.e. freeze them for 2 days and the smell-causing bacteria will supposedly die?)

  • Advice: Front wheel moves slightly to right, touching right brake pad, when weight is on left handlebar. The reverse is not happening when weight on right handlebar.
    QR skewer level is on left hand side. Seems tight.

    Suggestions on reducing this movement of the front wheel?
    Wondering if it could be QR needs be tighter. The rim is too flexible? Spokes too loose?

  • Does it happen during the full rotation of the rim?

  • Didn't test that extensively but definitely at more than a few points although possibly not as noticeable at each.

  • Sounds like you need new bearings in the hub or the cones are loose.

    Suggestions on reducing this movement of the front wheel?

    Take it to a bike shop

  • I am having a nightmare with a right shifter / RD on my GFs bike. So any input would be appreciated.

    The RD is an old 6 speed Suntour. It had DT friction shifters. I switched them to thumbies, the right using one of those mount things:

    It wasn't great. 1) the ergonomics of the lever weren't that comfortable 2) it was hard to push all the way into the largest rear sprocket (part may be the ergonomics), 3) I ultimately wanted a indexed one for simplicity, 4) there was no barrel adjuster / step to hold the cable properly.

    I bought a cheap thumb shifter. This one:

    The problem I now have is that going up the block (smallest sprocket to largest); 1) it is very heavy on the thumb to shift, the last/largest is really tough, 2) going from the smallest to the second smallest (6 to 5) the derailleur won't shift - you have to go up and then back down. 3) the indexing overall is not really on point...

    ... if I increase the cable tension then the "indexing" gets worse and the chain won't return to the smallest sprocket (no. 6). If I loosen the tension then the chain won't make it to the largest sprocket (no. 1). I have spent ages playing with the H and L delimiter screws so I'm confident they are correct. Plus if they are not in the right place the chain jumps off easily and being a massive thick chain is a fucking PITA to get out.

    My thoughts are as follows:
    1) I am expecting too much from a 6 speed system.
    2) the shifter is cheap and plastic and therefore simply isn't very good.
    3) the penultimate ferrel on the chainstay is not the correct shape for the braze on so there is some play.
    4) the cable housing is a little short (I used the pre-cut length included in the pack).

    Any thoughts?

  • Someone on this forum has started a new bike shop and sells "1x10 is the new fixed gear" stickers. Where's that shop?

  • yup, thank you

  • Freezer is good for most stinks, although your shoes will then smell mildly of freezer. Leave more than a couple of days though, a week or so. Before or after, or maybe even during, apply plenty of bicarbonate of soda - perhaps put them in a bag with a load of bicarb (and in the shoes) and in the freezer, take out every couple of days and shake about a bit?

  • hmm. the "in the bag, shake about every so often" is a distinct memory from making teddy bears, not bicarb though, some kind of chalk, and no freezer. some long buried redundant memory suddenly surfacing... cant remember what it was for though.

    do I google it, or wait for my brain to unearth more?

  • oh! not making - cleaning. I guess on the same principle as dry shampoo.

  • woo brain.

  • I'll bung my beanie babies in with the shoes

  • Is your brake centred properly?

  • I don't think the freezer is the main factor in getting rid of the smell - it's the baking soda. The "freezer trick" seems to be falling out of favour in the denim world.

  • I don't think the freezer is the main factor in getting rid of the smell

    It wont get rid of the smell, which is caused by aromatic waste compounds from the garment user or whatever flora are resident in the garment, but it will kill most of the flora so they can't keep making more smells. Pasteurisation would be more effective, but some garments don't like the required heat cycle.

  • Most, some, whatever, it won't be as effective as you hope because the survivors will start to propagate as soon as you put the shoes back on.

  • Yay for @SKULLS!

    Well done and great luck!

  • I use a clothes packing folder and then store it in the laptop pocket of my backpack.

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