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  • Velosolo do them as well. I think I have an 18t that I dug out of the garage for someone else, if you’re interested? (They wanted a 16)

  • They do look nice but the Gusset ones are half the price. Like I said, the back wheel on this bike was only £26 and consequently spending £19.50 on a sprocket seems rather senseless.

    @c00ps I'm already on an 18t but thanks for the offer!

  • the Gusset ones are half the price

    And a quarter of the quality :)

  • Ah. Should have read upthread!

  • (Double post)

  • the back wheel on this bike was only £26 and consequently spending £19.50 on a sprocket seems rather senseless

    I don't mean to pick on you, because I read this reasoning on here quite often, but it's makes no sense to me.

    Extending your argument, were someone to give you a bike you couldn't justify spending anything on it?

    What you paid for one component, has no bearing on the reasonable cost of another: if a decent widget costs a tenner, then whether you beg, borrow or steal a widget-mount, a decent widget still costs a tenner.

    To my mind, a bargain in one quarter makes it easier to justify an indulgence in another.

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