Any question answered...

Any good ones? Could post in the books thread, people might collect a few at the same time

Get one of the stainless steel ones, pre heat it with boiling water before putting anything you want to keep hot in it.
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/9270518

^ i use one like that. has been fine at the bottom of a work bag squashed by packages.

Cheers!

Any photography books?

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any ideas on a generic alternative to this, £30 for a basic headset seems ridic for a crap old specialized.

https://www.cyclestore.co.uk/specialized_road_mindset_fsa_black_headset-ID_64390?nosto=productpage-nosto-1

What are like swrve shorts but aren't £65?

was looking at these:

https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Fox-Clothing-Essex-Shorts-SS18_119781.htm

Wondering if anyone on here can vouch for them...

Also want some plain black shorts that'll not fall apart from cycling in them daily.

Edit: Just bought them, will report back! £5 off with voucher TZESU5OFF so they cost a grand total of £30 posted. For less than half price worth the punt I reckon..

105 cranks + aksium wheel.
Getting this really weird grinding sound from the hub... But it's dependant on crank position. Any ideas!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BiCnz6InzdE/

Since it doesn't make the noise in the same place on the crank rotation it's probably the cassette/freehub that's somehow causing the noise, no?

Some problem like this? Skip to 80s: https://youtu.be/6C9_dvfQNP8?t=77

Just in case....
Don't ever put it in a dishwasher as it fucks it up. Mine went in probably three times before it stopped working.

Sounds like the tyre is coming into contact with the mudguard. Not sure how the crank position would be causing that though.

Does the noise come back if you rotate the cranks (forward) slowly ensuring the free hub pawls are engaged?

This. Maybe behind the crackset where the mudguard is wider?

100% not the mudguard.

can hear / feel the hub grinding if I spin the wheel and hold the cassette.

guessing it's something to do with the pawls, must be that one of them is fucked. hence hitting at a bad angle or something.

was hoping someone may have a reason as to why.

Would it be legal to have fairings added under your skin on say the back of your calves or arms? Like a body modification thing?
Like below.

Not considering it, but I was thinking about marginal gains the other day and stretching the rules

Don't see why not. Depends who's rules you're racing under.

CTT have fairing rules for your bike, not your flesh.

Would it be legal to have fairings added under your skin on say the back of your calves?

Ask @xavierdisley about Toblerones 🙂

We may be redoing the changing rooms at work. Any suggestions for decent sized lockers that can actually hold a suit, shirts, shoes, cycling gear, etc?

We have a bunch of these:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0148OQRD2/ref=s9_acsd_zwish_hd_bw_b27GPx9_c_x_w/257-1780225-9449249

Actually they're double compartment so they're more like:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Person-Metal-Storage-Locker-White/dp/B014HH1J0G/

Are thru axle shims a stupid idea?

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F302627206428

Also,

Sram GX 10 speed clutched mech with 11 speed road shifters?

Bastard, hope you're not bidding on that cheap one on eBay

If you are I won't bother, I'm in no rush

Was going to but there are several for £35 buy it now which I wouldn’t mind paying if it’s basically the same as rival/force 1 but cheaper

It should work if it's Exact Actuation. Have at it, I wanted a long cage anyway and that one looks short. Note that the 1x derailleurs are a bit different (that one on eBay is 2x10) as the little pivots and cage shapes are different. The jockey wheels are offset compared to the pivot on the cage with the 1x ones which means they don't work with front derailleurs at all.

Presumably the positioning of the jockey wheels/cage on the 1x has some advantage for chain retention or something but I don't know what exactly.

So what I am saying is that it will do the job but it's slightly different to the Rival/Force 1 derailleurs, and also to the 1x11 GX/etc. derailleurs

Edit: SRAM's reasoning for the change of cage shape:

The X-HORIZON™ rear derailleur’s ‘straight parallelogram’ design limits all movement to the horizontal axis, which makes ghost shifting impossible while also reducing shift force. For quicker, more exact shifting, the large upper pulley offset design maintains a constant chain gap across all gears.