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Glad to hear it!

Actually I bought this yesterday:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cassette-Campagnolo-8S-for-Campagnolo-freehub-body-9Sp-13-23-/332110869951?_trksid=p2141725.m3662.l6403
but I was starting to wonder if it was a good idea. Thanks for your answer, I'm feeling a bit more confident now :)

That was fortunate!

For the £40 (plus the faff of collecting from Devon) it seemed worth a try! Only thing I'm slightly concerned about is the mounting hardware, might try and mod a BOB skewer as they look significantly better made.

I'm after carbon road forks: disc brake (preferably post or flat mount) and mudguard mounts, <£200.

I've only found the Kinesis DC37, but it's discontinued by Kinesis and in short supply: knowing my luck they'll all be sold out before I can get a pair.

The replacement has a tapered steerer and my frame has a straight, 1 1/8" head tube. It also takes an IS, rather than ZS, headset so the Cane Creek adaptor won't work.

Thats a cross fork. 405mm ac if I'm reading correctly, and you want a road fork? AFAIK there are no carbon road disk forks in straight 1 1/8th, except for some china pairs that apparently broke very easily. Closest thing you can get is this in 26" flavour with all the specs youre looking for, but it is steel and very heavy

Condor have got a carbon disc fork, 1 1/8". I think it's got mudguard mounts and I think it's £150.

Just as well I asked!

This: perfect (especially as it's for a Condor frame), thanks!

No worries :)

I've been thinking of getting one myself for my fixed gear, especially now I've upgraded my disc road bike's wheels and have a spare front disc hub wheel lying around.

Also fixed: business at the front, party at the rear!

Scilly, if you get that Condor disc fork, I'd be interested to find the diameter of the crown where it meets the head tube.
Liking the idea of something with internal cable routing,to replace the cheap chinese one (which has been fine) from my fixed disc TT bike.

OK, will do.

When, depends on what I get for my TT bike...

1 more:
enigma c-six, should be 376mm a-to-c
http://www.enigmabikes.com/shop/forks/
http://www.fatbirds.co.uk/1767599/products/enigma-c-six-carbon-disc-fork---350mm-steerer.aspx

(and 1 iso mount without mudguard eyelets):
sjs 380mm a-to-c
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/forks/evolution-a647-carbon-road-disc-forks-700c-1-18-inch-ahead-for-32-mm-tyres/

What is this plastic mudguard adapter called and when can I source a set, more specifically the bolts that attach to it and the mudguard.

Fork is TRP and mudguards are PDW, neither of which came with this adapter (I got the bike complete).

Decided to go with a more relaxed riding position on the Straggler

Really good that.

Thanks for that: much appreciated!

The C-Six are nice, but the £60 difference (compared to Condor) buys me a nice pair of tyres.

And the Evolution aren't cheap enough to justify the lack of features.

The bob skewer works great, had it on 3 diff bikes already. It does nip on the rear strut of my Tubus a bit so needs a spacer/precision hammering to get everything happy together

There's a lot of chatter here about the knock-off trailers' skewers. They're pretty dodgy, especially when you've got a lot of gear onboard!

I've got one of these:
https://www.evanscycles.com/ridgeback-ct1-single-wheel-2009-cargo-trailer-00118732
I got it used for not much money. I had to replace the catches and buy a new skewer (which was missing).

Its pretty good all things considered. The Bob looks more robust but as I use mine so infrequently I like to fold it flat.

Never had any problems with the skewer. But then I've only ever really used it for 1-3 miles at a time (I used to do the supermarket shopping on it).

Well that thread is a painful read. £70 for an old bob seems like a great investment given the faff required for the cheap ones.
Fold flat means nothing to me as it fits in my cupboard and we're also lucky enough to have unlimited secure(ish) bike storage in our building.

I've been away from here far too long, I'm thinking this would be the best place to post.
Ok I got a btwin cheapy road bike & pringled the wheels, speaking to my minted mate he said he had some old mavics I could have, anyways turn up to get them & he says take the bike it's about your size and I've not used it for years, behold a Marin highway one with crabon everything 😮
Rode it for a bit but the shifters are done, it needs re-cableing & the mechs could do with a fettle.
I'm thinking of going as, I've got all the bits from having the mtb SS a while back, had a problem with the gusset tensioner slipping when I stood up & put anything through it, has anyone had that issue ? Got a fix ?
Anyway I'd like to be as close to a magic gear I can but have no idea so I've got a 39 or 50 chainring & 16, 17 & 18t cogs, any opinions ?

It's got the dodgy wheels on it now with 37s, the mavics are on the racer 👍

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good mate! fix the saddle angle though.
there are magic gear calculators on the interwebs for which you type in the distance from centreof bb to dropiut and gives you suitable magic gears with gearing.
spin to win is still my adagium; a ratio round 2,6/7 is a nice spinny gear. 50x18/19 goes in the right direction. good luck and enjoy!

Yeah, the junk wheels are just a little worn aksium race that cost more than my btwin 😂

I had a quick look on Sheldon & 39x16 & 50x18 are about the same ratio (which would be the better size to use ? Smaller ? ), I'm happy with spinny as my knees are ruined.

I didn't find the calc with cs length though.

The seat angle is more the camera angle, it's 1 notch from horizontal, if anything with that saddle it needs more nose down as it ripped me a new arse on Sunday, I've the same prologo on my other bikes at same angle etc, this was just the one on it from last time, I've another 4 to trial on it.

39x16 & 50x18 are about the same ratio (which would be the better size to use ? Smaller ? )

Bigger is smoother.

I usually use this calculator to check chain length vs. chainstay length, but it seems to be offline at the moment. This one is a bit more useful as it shows a table of potentially magic gears for any given chainstay length.

I'm happy with spinny as my knees are ruined

50/18 isn't most people's idea of spinny, and it's much higher than 39/16. There's not much evidence that spinny is better for your knees than mashing, if anything the evidence seems to point the other way. Nonetheless, if you want to spin without buying any new sprockets, 39/16 is a decent everyday gear.