Any question answered...

Couldn't they just write "for road bikes" on the box? I was wondering if I'd somehow got the wrong one

What is this infographic trying to tell me?

11s MTB cassettes need a spacer to fit 11s MTB hubs, 11s road cassettes don't. It's aimed at people with disc road bikes who use MTB wheels with road groupsets.

The 11s MTB cassettes fit on 8/9/10s freehubs, the extra width is accommodated by overhanging the big sprocket on the assumption that the jockey cage will be far enough from the hub that it won't crash into the spokes.

Cheers, the reason I want to learn is that at the minute I spend a lot of time in Germany with work and it'd be nice to be able to do more than order a beer/coffee. Also, I plan on moving there next July so would like to have a head start!

Ah yeah well you're in a good place then!

Busuu is meant to be a good app, but I've never actually used them. I learnt the old fashioned way at school and uni and such...

If I was gonna learn a new language now I'd probably fork out for classes to get to GCSE level then just read news sites after that. I dunno actually...it's an interesting point. Depends on your learning style.

is it worth getting a silver or gold bc license over a bronze one? I'll be racing winter cx league. does anyone have experience of the liability insurance and how well it works in practice?

Edit: Lol, about 5th to the punch. Very belated refresh fail

I've never seen the benefit of gold membership, as I get everything I'm looking for with silver. Having used their free accident legal service, I can recommend it for that alone.

Can some kind soul please link me to a halfway decent 11-32 10 speed shimano rear cassette that will work with medium cage 5700 105 pretty please?

looking for with silver. Having used their free accident legal service, I can recommend it for that alone.

thanks, silver it is then

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sram-10-spd-pg-1050-cassette/

Cheers, just ordered one!

just ordered one!

Possibly a mistake, RD-5700-GS is only rated to 28T max, you can usually cheat a bit but 32 is probably pushing it too far.

Lets say I'm 6'2'' ( 190cm) 20 stone+ (125kg+) and strong, great big strong legs and I want to get back into road biking after a break of quite a few years.

A modern road bike. If possible a standard model or something that doesn't need too much modification , can't afford anything custom made, in fact budget is small and tight. Dose anybody have any recommendations ? Ideas on best way forward for this ?

^^^ The old 'conflating cage size & maximum sprocket size' error

There's a thread for that

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/171279/

budget is small

This means different things to different people. Put a number to it to get better answers.

@ Howard a mere 293 pages !

@mdcc_tester under a grand, the more under the better.

You're certain of that? Was kind of hoping it might be something more exciting :(

Well, it is wired directly to a spy satellite that enables the aliens to suck all your thoughts out of you. Oh, hang on, maybe I am talking about TV, after all.

Dose anybody have any recommendations ?

It sounds as if you're already contemplating doping. My recommendation would be not to dope.

#freudianslip

a mere 293 pages

You probably only need to read the last 20 or so.

Whatever you buy is likely to have wheels designed for somebody 50kg lighter than you, but how and where you ride will be a big factor in how soon you destroy them. Once you have trashed the factory wheels, you can decide whether to replace them with another factory set, or whether some hand built wheels with more spokes will be a better long term solution.

But a medium cage should take a 32t?

But a medium cage should take a 32t?

GS is medium cage. In 5700 (and others of the same or earlier generation), the longer version just has more total capacity than the SS short cage, not the capability to work with a bigger large sprocket.

I have a 1/2" drive socket wrench. I want to use it with normal screw bits for my bike assembling and maintenance.
What do I call the thing to buy? Where do I get it?
I want to buy online for price and convenience.

google "1/2 square to 1/4 hex adapter"

I have a torque wrench like so

After use, I unwind it all the way so its set to below zero torque, as someone once told me they can lose calibration if this isn't done.

Anyways, I stupidly just tried to use it before setting it to tighten a crankset, got to about 50Nm before I noticed it wasn't clicking. Now it appears to be fucked, clicks with really small torque even when I set it to 80Nm.

Have I permanently damaged it? If i send it off for calibration will they sort it? Or shall I just get another.