Any question answered...

Doesn't that leave the toe box a bit cramped?

Nailed it.

You're talking cobblers.

You nail it while you're wearing it to ensure best fit.

I was just at one - they didn't have any shoe glue.

http://bfy.tw/7wgN

Shimano SL-T610 & SL-M610 shifters.

What is the difference? They look identical.
What does the M or T stand for?

M-System?

Triple?

See if the tech docs explain
http://bike.shimano.com/content/sac-bike/en/home/components11/mountain/deore1/sl-m610-i.html

Thanks. I've been on techdocs. Couldn't find much.
http://si.shimano.com/php/download.php?file=pdf/ev/EV-SL-T610-3524.pdf
http://bike.shimano.com/media/techdocs/content/cycle/EV/bikecomponents/SL/EV-SL-M610-3523_v1_m56577569830820598.pdf

Are basically the same document. Different title. One of them comes in silver too. Otherwise?
I think M may just be the new version of T. But then I have some ancient groupsets that used an M

T is for Trekking (touring/leisure bike) and M for MTB.

Not sure what that means for the performance. Different gear ranges?

Thanks. Seems an odd thing to do.

Can't imagine how it could mean different ranges as they're just shifters.

The T models are optimised for overweight, middle aged Germans, the M work best for people in dodgy shorts with tiny chainrings.

About to get one of my frames blasted and powder coated.

I'm assuming that once that's been done I'll need to face both the bottom bracket and the head tube, or am I likely to be able to get away without? I don't want to have to go out and buy tools that I don't really need.

Impossible to say without seeing the end result, but probably yes.

Unless it's part of the service, yes.

What is the difference?

Check the compatibility map, Shimano trekking groups tend to use big chainrings compared with MTB groups, so the shift levers might be designed to work with a road FD.

There may be a different front shifter. But these are just rear shifters.

Also I thought the pull on a road or mtb front shiter was about the same. Where triple=triple etc...

Home contents insurance, any suggestions of who to go with/avoid?

Depends if you need to insure expensive bikes? I moved away from M&S to Pedalcover when M&S specifically fucked cyclists over. But this was because bikes were the most expensive stuff in my house.

Most expensive bike is a Brompton. Cover would be a bonus but not too fussed.

Brompton would be covered under the M&S policy so I'd be inclined to look at them but at the same time, they fucked me over with their bike rule change so fuck them!

Who did you move to?

It's literally written three posts up. :P Pedalcover

Oh, sounded like they'd passed off bikey stuff to pedalcover and it has a shit rep or something. Ta!

No, I like Pedalcover. M&S changed their rules and penalised people with expensive bikes.

Hold on, what did M&S do and when?

My policy automatically renewed and the amount didn't change much so I assumed the conditions didn't? (Not recommended)