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The pinnacle which I seek. No interest in anything other than SRAM. The only shifting that does it for me.

pinnacle

Now there is a clue ;)

Good luck finding sram stock. I'd go Apex 1 as the weight diff is minor.

https://www.bike24.com/1.php?content=8;product=168488;menu=1000,4,26
Crankset is bit heavy which you can upgrade later.

Plus no one has done Apex 1 successfully on Tumblr yet.

Plus no one has done Apex 1 successfully on Tumblr yet.

Rowwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

Does anyone know of a UK retailer which might have Sugino black chainring bolts in stock? I've treated myself to some Sugino 75DD black cranks with a black Zen chainring for my new track bike, but the cranks come with silver chainring bolts, which will never do. Must be Sugino, obvs, otherwise I anticipate fierydeathcrash.

thanks, lovely but ever so slightly over planned budget...

They do have some options for hydro force on bike24. 170mm cranks + 50T ring for example.

Tensile stuff does look erm, hi-tech. do you have any experience with this brand/shop?

I think @umop3pisdn has them on his hill climb bike. No personal experience

I have their track hub, but sold under a different manufacturer. No experience of the trials hubs but expect they're some sort of Far East hub rebranded.

Halo?

Would a Claris 8spd STI control a current nexus 8 ?

42t with an 11-36 will take you up anything maybe even loaded.

Not loaded in the sense of rack and panniers, no way.

I don't believe so. For my alfine the cable pull is completely different. My solution can be seen in this post - https://www.lfgss.com/comments/12571843/

Trigger shifter on one of those bar extender things. Worked surprisingly well, could just about shift from the hoods.

Definitely not. The cable pull between 4th and 5th is nearly double the rest. Versa (?) make an (expensive) STI style lever for Alfine, or jtek do a (very expensive) bar end shifter.

@hamrack shame. Braddy shimano san. The bike comes with a bar end, will just live with that.

well I'd never know .. maybe 40t when loaded then.

A 40t with a 11-42 10 speed cassette is idea for touring if you're moderately fit.

42x36 is plenty. 31 GI. Same as 34x29. That's massive!

I dunno. Do what you gotta do.

42x36 is plenty. 31 GI. Same as 34x29. That's massive!

On a loaded touring bike?

bikepacking/light touring, would be enough, but still gonna be hard going.

If I remember rightly, I toured around Europe with two panniers, Carradice and tent with 34x28 as lowest gear... Although it may have been 34x30.

So did I, but would have preferred slightly more range in mountain territory, a 1-1 gearing would make it work.

Abet with panniers tho.

To be fair, I've never ridden up a mountain in my life. Like in so many areas, you can safely ignore my opinions.

Up is the shit direction, I wouldn't bother.

Not seeing a downside to this scenario...

:P

I am swapping all the bolts on my bike to stainless as the climate where I am is crazy and everything is rusting up. Any recommendations for stainless QR's? The ones I have are rusting too, they're rubbish anyway and the discs always rub so if I can improve that too would be great. In fact, is there any reason to keep QR's? would it be better to swap them for stainless bolts?

on a related note, I bought some stainless M5 hex bolts from clas ohlson. Will they be fine? I am assuming I don't need bike stem specific M5 bolts? they look exactly the same